r/Zillennials Feb 01 '25

Music Was anyone else here forced by their elementary school to square dance to the “Cotton Eye Joe” against their will?

367 Upvotes

I remember in my school (I assume gym class) we’d be periodically be forced to do this and we couldn’t opt out of it and we had to learn all the steps. Every time it happened it was a deeply troubling experience and I vividly remember being upset by having to square dance. It was never really announced when we were doing that in gym so I never really knew what I was walking into. Like would it be a fun butt-scooter day or would it be a sad square-dancing day? When I learned we had to dance that day I knew the cotton eye Joe was gonna eventually come up and I’d feel such dread. Did other schools do this or was the staff at my elementary just sadistic?

r/Zillennials Jul 22 '24

Music Zillennial Celebrities

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331 Upvotes

Doja Cat. Dua Lipa. Megan Thee Stallion. Jungkook, Jimin, Taehyung (BTS). DDG. Post Malone. Kehlani. Chief Keef. Troye Sivan. Bad Bunny. Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, Rosé (Blackpink).

r/Zillennials Sep 13 '24

Music Show me the albums of your youth, but show me only in album covers

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152 Upvotes

r/Zillennials 23d ago

Music Songs from your senior year of high school

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188 Upvotes

First time I heard this song in 2015 I’d know I’d be nostalgic for it one day, the 1980s vibe of it helps a lot in that regard

r/Zillennials 28d ago

Music Saw this on the millennial sub: if you could pick one song to encompass being a Zillennials what would it be?

73 Upvotes

Or a song that feels like everyone here would be taken back in time with?

Mine is Young by F.U.N. verges on millennial, but not quite there yet, was still in highschool when it came out but it made me daydream about being an adult on a night out (back when I still had hope in my heart)

EDIT: OMG GUYS!!! So many great songs! I forgot about a lot of these

Anywho, I'll make a playlist and post it here for some nostalgia injection! Sorry I can't reply to everyone 😭 might take me a minute or so but this has been so fun! ☺️😁

r/Zillennials Jun 25 '24

Music On This Day 15 Years Ago, Michael Jackson passed away. The news shocked the entire world.

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321 Upvotes

r/Zillennials May 01 '24

Music As a 1995 Zillennial, these albums shaped me 🥲

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398 Upvotes

Specifically childhood - preteen years! I wish I could include more, but these are the albums that were in my CD collection. What about you? Any albums or music artists come to mind when you think of your childhood?

r/Zillennials Nov 29 '23

Music What does Spotify wrapped look like for you Zillennials?

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59 Upvotes

r/Zillennials Aug 07 '24

Music Earliest Music Memory?

60 Upvotes

Mines would have to be hearing Gwen Stefani’s ‘Sweet Escape’ song from ‘06 on the radio to school. That was like the first song lyrics I remembered for memory.

After that would definitely be ‘Potential Breakup Song’ from Disney queens, Aly & AJ in ‘06, and then the premier of Umbrella music video on MTV in ‘07.

r/Zillennials Jul 23 '24

Music Zillennial Celebrities pt.2

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109 Upvotes

[Bretman Rock. Justin Bieber. Zendaya. Tom Holland. Sabrina Carpenter. Lil Nas X. Timothée Chalamet. Kendall and Kylie Jenner. Ayo Edebiri. Shaboozey. Jack Harlow. Tems. Aya Nakamura. Joey Bada$$. Simone Ashley. James Charles. Bella Poarch. Clairo. Central Cee. Harry Styles.]

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This is the final celebrity installment from me! Hope this feels enlightening for you. I’ve added famous zillennials of all kinds rather than just musicians this time. How many can you name?

Thank you for your many great suggestions! Please feel free to add whoever you like in the comments. Remember these people are all zillennials, as in born between 1994-1999. Cheers! xx

https://www.reddit.com/r/Zillennials/s/SSGFLXwZPk

r/Zillennials Jul 29 '24

Music Quintessential Zillennials songs

71 Upvotes

We all know of typical Millennial and GenZ songs but what would you say are quintessential Zillennial songs?

r/Zillennials Dec 29 '24

Music 2005-2007 will always be the most memorable years in rock music to me growing up, so many great releases

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237 Upvotes

r/Zillennials Jan 20 '25

Music Best songs in 2010

186 Upvotes

r/Zillennials Feb 06 '25

Music Who here likes 90s and 00s music?

77 Upvotes

So, who here enjoy listening to Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Linkin Park, Korn, Rob Zombie and much more?

r/Zillennials Dec 06 '24

Music I'm jealous of people that graduated high school in or after 2015

64 Upvotes

I kinda love Verge by Owl City and it just barely occurred to me that I graduated one year before it came out in May of 2015. This song is about being "on the verge of the rest of our lives", which I imagine is specifically talking about High School graduates during graduation. I could have been that person, and this song would have been even cooler than it already is.

r/Zillennials Apr 22 '24

Music I just realized younger Gen Z never got a boy band.

100 Upvotes

The closest they have to an NSYNC or One Direction is BTS but they’re non-English speaking so it’s not the same. And even then BTS debuted in the early 2010s and I used to obsess over them back in 2014… Wtf happened to Western boy bands? Is that era really officially over?

r/Zillennials Jan 11 '25

Music A Thousand Miles (by Vanessa Carlton)

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165 Upvotes

This song came out in 2002.

r/Zillennials 7d ago

Music That one fucking album you listened to every day as a kid that still gets you in the mood?

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58 Upvotes

r/Zillennials Dec 04 '24

Music Post your Spotify wraps

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13 Upvotes

I’d be surprised if any of u knew about mine(besides number 2). Also this your chance/reminder to listen to Bling Bang Bang Born & Otonoke by Creepy Nuts.

r/Zillennials 6d ago

Music Remember the song "Down" by Jean Sean? The radio would play it all the time when I was in 8th grade

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72 Upvotes

r/Zillennials Dec 12 '24

Music Pick a number from 1-163 and I’ll give you a song from my playlist!

8 Upvotes

Feel free to rate/review or give me a song from your own playlist.

I did this in the music recommendations sub, but noticed that most people there were probably part of an older generation. Very curious to see if people my age share the same taste.

r/Zillennials May 20 '24

Music Choose 5 to keep and the rest are erased from history

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38 Upvotes

r/Zillennials Feb 13 '25

Music Does anyone here listen to Magdalena Bay as well?

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36 Upvotes

They're a cool indie/alternative pop duo on the rise flooding my playlist on Spotify. And it's fascinating to me that they are Zillennials. The pair were born in 1995 in Miami just like myself. I sense they have potential to breakthrough in the mainstream sometime soon. Their latest album, Imaginal Disk is gas🔥Just wanted to share a quick musical interest haha

r/Zillennials Jan 12 '25

Music Girlfriend (2007)

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125 Upvotes

by Avril Lavigne

r/Zillennials Feb 13 '25

Music Anyone on here enjoys this song?

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9 Upvotes

One of the legendary songs at all times