Fair enough. I'm just amazed at how influenced people are by magazines or fluff pieces when discussing this subject because the fact remains the word Millennial was invented to describe children born into the digital age, from 1977 onward. The word was actually made up in 1977. (Or actually probably in 1976 in anticipation of the new children being born, if we're analytical about it). I used to notice dramatic differences between myself and my ex who was only Gen X by being two years older than me. He was much more influenced by punk, he had a lot less concern for the environment, he remembered something called Z Caveraccis which was completely foreign to me...I just looked at him in dismay, especially with how taken he seemed to be by AN ARTICLE OF CLOTHING.
But on the other hand we used to watch horror movies and eat Blow-Pops and watch I Love the 80s together...and probably couples like we once were invented the term X-inneal, a term I am still suspicious of and ultimately reject. After a chat with a dear friend I've known for many years who was born in the same year as myself, we decided we are Millennials and that's that. It's really obvious to me that Gen X differs from me in some fundamental way I may not describe well, but I can also see how the younger cohort of Millennials is rejecting of people who remember typewriters, VHS tapes, and requesting songs on the radio. Then again, you have a figure like Lana Del Rey born in 1985 who is a Millennial by any definition and a Millennial icon, and one of her biggest hits was called "Radio." 80s babies have their own stubborn little view of things, that I allow, but apparently the 90s kids were happy to participate culturally?
Some "Millennials" even have a false nostalgia for vinyl. I think this is worth mentioning. I doubt very many people born in the 90s actually remember vinyl irl ever, unless they had an Aunt Sadie who collected Led Zeppelin or Roberta Flack, and the vinyl craze was actually driven by people born in the 70s and 80s who remembered seeing vinyl as children which disappeared....those of us in the 80s especially watched things change with a disturbing quickness that has left us a rather odd bunch of humans. I would argue though that those born up to the mid-90s have suffered a similar fate, I would include my ex-lover in that who was born in '93. He had a very "old school" upbringing though his parents were from Argentina and Chile and though he lived in L.A. in his teens he still had a lot of attachments that spoke of a more old-fashioned up bringing.
So it's really really hard for me to say that anyone born past 1994 meets my personal definition. I still say 1977-1994 and if you look on Amazon or Google, there's an actual book about this, and more than one article. Personality Cafe is correct.
No I do not think that those who were born from 1977-1981 are Millennials.Yes I may agree with you that they were born in the digital age.However, how are those who were born from 1977-1981 born babies Gen X?Yes I know they may emember when MTV still played music, they may have listened to radio while falling asleep at night or getting ready for school in the morning, or requested songs from a DJ at the town pool or on a radio station.
X-inneals lead the Horror Revival in the early 00s and created a lot of the 80s nostalgia that was popular up until about 2012. Problem being, people born as late as 84 or 85 have "80s nostalgia" due to having a lot of early memories or having parents who saturated them with 80s culture even in the early 90s.
X-inneals saw the Breakfast Club and Heathers and Pump Up the Volume. X-inneals remember You Can't Do That on Television. X-inneals might have actually watched Pink Floyd the Wall with their aunt or uncle. Basically X-inneals remember the 80s and I dont.I am a Malaysian Chinese was born on 8th December 1997 in Brunei. I will tell you why you are Older Millennials as you are only 36-37 this year.And Why am I Younger Millennials not early Gen Z. You were born in 1982 or 1983. In My opinion,Older Millennials are 1990s Kids not 1980s Kids.And you turn 8 years old in 1990 or 1991 so it shows that your peak of your core childhood times occur in the early 1990s not late 1980s.
Baby Boomers(b.circa 1946-1964)
b.circa 1946-1950-Early Baby Boomers (were in their peak from Late 1962-Mid 1966 during the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962, the Assassination of JFK in 1963,The Inauguration of Lyndon B Johnson,The Start of Vietnam War,The Beatles and etc)
b.circa 1950-1960-Core Baby Boomers (were in their peak from Late 1966 to Mid 1977 during the era of Nixon,Ford and Carter Era,The End of Vietnam War's Protest,The Carpenter and etc)
b.circa 1961-1964-Late Baby Boomers(were in their peak from Late 1977 to Mid 1981 during the Final Era of Disco and the rise of MTV Generation's Culture like the Launch of MTV,New Wave and etcs,Star Wars,Star Trek and etcs)
Generation X/MTV Generation(b.circa 1965-1981)
b.circa 1965-1968-Early MTV Generation(were in their peak from Late 1981-Mid 1985 during the era of New Wave,Michael Jackson's Thriller,Prince,Madonna,mostly Reagan's 1st Term and etcs)
b.circa 1969-1977-Late Core 1980s Teen and-Transition Late 1980s to 1990s Teen Culture or Late 1980s Teen Culture(Core MTV Generation) (were in their peak from Late 1985-Mid 1994 during the Michael Jackson's Bad,AIDS Epidemic,NES,Whitney Houston,Sega Genesis and GameBoy release, Berlin Wall Falls,the release of Michael Jackson's Dangerous,Gangsta Rap,Nirvana(Band),The End of Cold War and USSR,Pearl Jam,Pre-Internet,during Latter Reagan,Mariah Carey,Bush Senior,Early Part of Clinton Era and etcs)
b.circa 1978-1981-Core 1990s Teen Culture (Late Generation X or MTV Generation)(were in their peak from Late 1994-Mid 1998 during the release of Michael Jackson's History,Mariah Carey's Butterfly,Madonna's Ray of Light,the rise of Millennials's culture like Spice Girls and Backstreet Boys,Getting Jiggle with it,Titanic,Celine Dion's My Heart Will Go On,TLC,PS1 and N64 era,Windows 95,Windows 98,mostly during later part of Clinton and etcs)
Millennials(b.circa 1982-2000)
b.circa 1982-1985-Millennium and Y2K Teen Culture(Early Millennials)(were in their peak from 1998-Mid 2002 during the era of Y2K,later part of Clinton,Bush Era and during the of Millennium Era of music such as Teen Pop, Party Rap, & Nu Metal, Avril Lavigne,the rise of technologies like Windows 98 SE,Windows 2000,Windows ME and etcs. One of their Mainstream song is Britney Spears Baby One More Times)
b.circa 1986-1996-Core Millennials (were in their peak from Late 2002-Late 2012 during Rise and Emo era,Iraq War,Great Recession,explosion in popularity of Social Media such as myspace,facebook,Launch and golden age of Youtube,Windows XP,PS3,Nintendo Wii,Xbox 360,DS,Windows Vista and during the Core Bush Years, during the Later Part of Bush Year,Obama Election,Early Era of Obama,Death of Michael Jackson,The Rise of China Superpower country in 2007/2008,Beijing Olympics 2008,Music Artist like Taylor Swift,LMFAO,Rihanna,Justin Bieber,technologies like Windows 7,Windows 8,The rise of EDM and Hipster,gaming consoles like Nintendo 3DS and etcs)
b.circa 1997-2000,Hipster Teen Culture(Late Millennials)-I was born here(8th December 1997)were in their peak from Early 2013 to Mid 2017 during the Later Part of Obama,Trump's Era(20th January to 31st August 2017)Youtube Music Awards 2013,Windows 8.1,Let it Go,Taylor Swift's 1989,CEDM(Christian EDM),EDM,PS4,Xbox One,Windows 10,The rise of Plural's Culture and etcs)
