The Crowd: A Cross-Generational Congregation A Temple crowd is heterogeneous. You’ll see original scenesters who lived through the 80s: people for whom the songs were formative, who might still favor bespoke tailoring and a faded leather jacket. Beside them are younger devotees—late millennials and Gen Z—drawn by aesthetics filtered through social media, TikTok edits of iconic riffs and the genre’s attitude. Many attendees approach the night as performance: makeup, hair, and a wardrobe that cites specific bands without becoming parody. But there’s also a significant portion simply there to dance; their devotion is kinetic rather than archival.
This write-up explores the resurgence of 80s New Wave through the lens of dedicated dance events and thematic venues like The Temple of New Wave
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