15. b e g o t t e n 自杀: a vaporwave horror story, part 1 (halloween special)

The Virtual Ocean is the “Let’s Listen” vaporwave discovery podcast. What is vaporwave? Vaporwave is a music genre (and internet meme) that appropriates mood music from the past while presenting subtle takes on modern-day consumerist culture. The genre has drawn many passionate listeners with its powerful immersion, ambiguous commentaries, and the genre's unique ability to amalgamate with the memes created as its byproduct. It's a genre with several subgenres that are extremely distinct from one another in sound and style; and yet evoke similar archetypal ideas that say, either explicitly or implicitly, a lot about the modern world.It's also very, very, aesthetic.In each episode, we listen to tracks that make up genre and give our thoughts, emotions, and commentary on them.In episode 15, we begin our Halloween special by diving into the haunting sounds of b e g o t t e n 自杀, (begotten suicide). Behind these beautiful depressing soundscapes lies a true story about a mysterious package sent to vaporwave label owner Geometric Lullaby.... Sail with us to find out what happened.