Vaporwave is a musical genre inspired by electronic dance music (EDM), New Age music and the indie dance genres chillwave and . Vaporwave is known for its use of Japanese characters in song titles, 80's smooth jazz and Muzak samples that have been pitch shifted and time stretched with music editing software. The genre has often been described as a satire of corporate and consumerist culture and modern capitalism, specifically as a critique of mainstream EDM.
