About

Simpsonwave is a video remix series featuring clips from the American cartoon sitcom The Simpsons edited with vaporwave-style music and aesthetic visual effects.

Origin

On October 27th, 2015, Viner Spicster posted a clip from The Simpsons Season 7 Episode 20 "Bart on the Road" remixed with the song "Resonance" by chillwave artist HOME (shown below).^[1] In the following eight months, the video gained over 21.9 million loops and was reuploaded to by YouTuber E z e k the following month.^[5]

Spread

On December 3rd, YouTuber Hothi uploaded a video titled "ＢＡＲＴ ＯＮ ＴＨＥ ＲＯＡＤ", featuring a looped animation of Simpsons characters riding in a car with 80s-style visuals and the song "Resonance" playing in the background (shown below, left). Within six months, the video garnered upwards of 192,000 views. On February 5th, 2016, YouTuber Lucien Hughes uploaded a video titled "ＨＯＭＥＲＳＣＡＰＥ － １９９２ 美的", featuring a Simpsons clip along with the song "ピコ" by vaporwave artist Macintosh Plus (shown below, right).

During the following weeks, Hughes uploaded several additional videos to the channel under a playlist titled "ＳＩＭＰＳＯＮＷＡＶＥ",^[4] including a video titled "ＳＵＮＤＡＹ ＳＣＨＯＯＬ" which accumulated upwards of 900,000 views in the following three months (shown below, left). On April 6th, the /r/simpsonwave subreddit was created, gaining over 470 subscribers in one month. On April 10th, YouTuber FrankJavCee uploaded a video titled "HOW TO ＳＩＭＰＳＯＮＷＡＶＥ" (shown below, right).

On May 26th, YouTuber This Exists uploaded a video titled "Is ＳＩＭＰＳＯＮＷＡＶＥ a joke?", detailing the history of the video series (shown below). In 48 hours, the video gathered more than 72,000 views.

Various Examples

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