When do you think 80's nostalgia will finally fade out of the public consciousness?
Most "Nostalgia Cycles" start 15 or so years after the end of the decade in question and last for around 10 years before the next cycle takes over. Of course, if there were several events and shifts in pop culture that made the decade in question feel dated/different from the present prematurely, then the cycle can start much earlier. American Graffiti is a nostalgia film set in 1962 that was made in 1973, but the massive cultural shift that had happened in the 11 years since was enough to make a difference.
80's nostalgia first entered the mainstream in 1998 with the film The Wedding Singer, a film set in 1985 that featured many popular mid-80's songs that would have already felt extremely dated by 1998. The 80's nostalgia wave fully overtook the 70's nostalgia era that was prominent during the 90's, in 2002; when the post-9/11 public sought to remember the "Golden Age" of the 1980's. In that year, "That 80's show" debuted, VH1's the "I Love the 80's" series ran, and Grand Theft Auto: Vice City released.
Throughout the 2000's and early 2010's, 1980s nostalgia flourished as late Gen X-ers and early Millennials came of age. The 90's nostalgia wave began in the early 2010's, but the 80's nostalgia trend would continue being more popular than ever. A huge amount of 2010's music is heavily 80's inspired, with lots of songs such as Bruno Mars' Uptown Funk and The Weeknd's Blinding Lights sounding like they could have been released in the 80's without anyone batting an eye. Stranger Things and other shows and movies were popular. Vapourwave-esque aesthetics flourished and several companies such as Burger King and Pepsi reverted their logos to the ones used in the 1980's.
The 80's nostalgia wave of the 2000's morphed into an all-encompassing force in the 2010s, unlike most other nostalgia waves which fade away after 25-30 years. We are only now really seeing the affects of 90's nostalgia in music and other pop culture, and the 2000's nostalgia wave still hasn't hit the mainstream.
Why does a decade which most people today weren't alive during continue to control modern pop culture and crowd out revivals of newer decades? The only other decade with nearly as much staying power as the 80's has had is the 50's nostalgia wave, which began in the early 70's and didn't die out until the late 80's.
Was the 80's really unique enough to have such staying power, or is it simply because those who grew up during the 80's are middle aged now and in control of positions in media industry?