English Explanatory Dictionary

chillwave

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A genre of music of the late 2000s, characterized by effects processing, synthesizers, looping, sampling, and heavily filtered vocals with simple melodic lines.

Word forms

chillwave

Etymology

From chill + -wave. Coined tongue-in-cheek on the blog Hipster Runoff in 2009.

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