Have you ever felt that way? The ghost of side-swept bangs caught in a mirror selfie you took with your Canon Powershot and sent chills down your spine.
Instagram has a new feature that lets you add a song to play at the top of your profile. You know, kind of like Myspace.
The feature was announced on Thursday and will be used by Sabrina Carpenter to promote her latest single, “Taste,” starting Friday.
For millennials, this may feel like a real throwback to the days of MySpace, when picking the right songs to play on your profile was crucial.
(It may also remind you of another irritating experience of the old internet: autoplaying music.)
Those of us who took part in the first round of choosing the best emo songs to play on our profiles might not be as excited to do it again.
But there are definite signs that Myspace has a strange nostalgia for people who were too young to use it in the 2000s.
A new app called “Noplace” became a surprise hit among teens and Gen Z this summer, topping the App Store charts. (“No place” is the same as “My space,” get it?)
The app is like a text-based Myspace, allowing you to customize your profile with your favorite songs and movies, post to your friends’ “walls,” and, most importantly, choose your 10 favorite friends.
I’m trying Noplace, but unfortunately, I have to say I’m too old for it. Usually, when a hot new app comes out, a few friends and acquaintances in the texting world are trying it out. But on Noplace, I couldn’t find anyone I know (except for the ever-ubiquitous blogging pioneer and tech executive Anil Dash).
There is a feature that allows you to see other people’s public posts, but it seemed like a lot of the people there were under the age of 18, so it felt weird to interact with them.
But most importantly, putting together a profile with love just didn’t seem that fun to me. I used to love filling out these profiles to show off my impeccable tastes and great jokes. Now? I’m tired. Maybe I have to be 17 to enjoy this.
Still, if Instagram wants to appeal to Gen Z (which it undoubtedly does), mining some of its Myspace hits is never a bad idea.
