2015 Pop Culture in Review
January 25, 2016
As the new year starts and we take a step back and reflect upon 2015, it’s funny to examine the pop culture. You can get a good chuckle out of all the ridiculous slang terms and trends that came about through the year. Below is a list of the things that have managed to “break the internet” this year. Buckle your seat belts–here it is!
- Biggest Albums Released:
- Kendrick Lamar – To Pimp a Butterfly
- Adele – 25
- Justin Bieber – Purpose
- Drake – If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late
- Donnie Trumpet and The Social Experiment – Surf
- The Weeknd – Beauty Behind the Madness
- Fifth Harmony – Reflection
- Fetty Wap – Fetty Wap
- Top Songs of 2015
- “Lean on” – DJ Snake and Major Lazer
- “Love Yourself” – Justin Bieber
- “Can’t Feel My Face” – The Weeknd
- “Stitches” – Shawn Mendes
- “Adventure of a Lifetime” – Coldplay
- “Locked Away” – Adam Levine
- “The Hills” – The Weeknd
- “Hotline Bling” – Drake
- Largest Blockbusters of 2015:
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens
- Jurassic World
- The Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Inside Out
- Furious 7
- American Sniper
- Minions
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Part 2
- The New England Patriots won the 2015 Superbowl
- The Golden State Warriors won the 2015 NBA Finals
- The Minnesota Lynx won the 2015 WNBA Finals
- The Kansas City Royals won the 2015 MLB World Series
- The Chicago Blackhawks won the 2015 NHL Stanley Cup
- Caitlyn Jenner came out as transgender.
- “The Dress” is it blue and black? Is it white and gold? We still don’t know
- June 26th, 2015 – the day “Love Wins” A.K.A the day gay marriage was legalized
- The Bill Cosby Scandal
- Derek Shepherd tragically dies on Grey’s Anatomy
- The iPhone 6S (plus) was released
- “Hit the Quan”
- “Now watch me whip, now watch me nae nae”
- “Lebron James?” vine
- Alex from Target – the cute cashier from Target who got famous after his picture surfaced on twitter and he gained 450K followers in one night.
- Man buns
- Hover boards
- The Paris attacks
- #BlackLivesMatter
- The Rachel Dolezal Story
- #KanyeForPresident – Kanye announced that he will be running for president in 2020 (He’s kidding I hope).
- Zayn Malik left One Direction
- The Charlie Charlie Challenge
- Cecil the Lion
- 2 Llamas got loose in Arizona
- The Kylie Jenner lip challenge, or should I say the horrible effects of this challenge.
- Drake’s “Hotline Bling” music video
- “Left Shark” during Katy Perry’s Superbowl performance
- Poot Lovato – Demi Lovato’s “lost twin”
- The Miss Universe mix up ft. Steve Harvey
- Full House announced a spin off series called “Fuller House”
- The New Royal Baby arrived – Baby Charlotte!
- “What are thooooose!?”
- Donald Trump joins the republican party in the presidential election
- Trivia Crack app
- “How old am I?” app
- Soccer Stars
- Justin Bieber’s Calvin Klein ad
- McDonald’s introduced all day breakfast
- Ronda Rousey was defeated
- New Snapchat filters
- New iPhone emojis
- “Finna” – abbreviation of “fixing to”. Normally meaning going to. ex: We’re finna get a burger, you coming?
- “Fam” – short for family. Usually referring to your friend group. used to describe your friends or someone you can trust deeply. ex: The fam and I are so close, we do everything together.
- “Bae” – meaning “before anyone else”. Used to refer to your significant other. ex: Bae and I have been together for 6 months.
- “Yaaaas” – meaning yes, but said very loudly and drawn out in order to show that you really approve of something ex: Isn’t McDreamy so handsome? YAAAAS!
- “…or nah?” – usually used at the end of a question. It means “or no?”. ex: Do you wanna go to the mall …or nah?