Retrofuturism is an artistic movement that depicts ‘retro’ styles with futuristic technology. It is part utopian and part dystopian, showing futuristic depictions of the world in a retro style as conceived in an earlier era. In short, it is a recreation of the future as seen in the past.

This artistic style has boomed in recent years, popularized by its use of infamous music videos such as Doja Cat’s ‘Need to Know’. Doja Cat, who has 54,493,994 monthly listeners on Spotify, created an alternative universe for her recent album ‘Planet Her’ with each music video depicting a different aspect of this world. The song ‘Need to Know’ which features fellow artist Grimes, shows female-presenting aliens sporting various Y2K outfits and playing video games set in a retrofuturistic scene. The group then flies around a Star Wars-inspired set before heading to a futuristic nightclub.  

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Viewed by 216,641,205 people, Doja Cat’s video has proven very popular and perfectly articulates the current love for a retro-futuristic style. Other artists, like Ashnikko, have also embraced this look by using retro-looking animation, reminiscent of early 2000s Barbie movies, to depict herself and Grimes in the music video ‘Cry’.

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Retrofuturism and Elon Musk

Elon Musk’s Cybertruck is also a perfect example of retrofuturism. With its angled edges and sleek design, it looks like something straight out of a retro computer game. Elon Musk’s design is also very reminiscent of Curtis Brubaker’s ‘Hawk’ prototype, a fighter aircraft designed in the 1930s.

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Is cryptocurrency retrofuturistic?

Elon Musk’s company behind the Cybertruck, Tesla, bought $1.5 billion in Bitcoin. With this in mind, is cryptocurrency itself somewhat retrofuturistic?

For many, the mysterious nature of cryptocurrency

 feels like a payment method used in the Star Wars universe more than in a real-world setting. Crypto is unbanked and removed from traditional payment methods, distancing itself from the everyday expectations of currency and placing itself in the future.

Currently, cryptocurrency is all online, in its own web universe. Although long-predicted, the potential for currency to be entirely based online has always been anticipated and with crypto, this can finally be realised.

With the use of words like ‘metaverse’, ‘blockchain’, and ‘non-fungible token’ cryptocurrency cannot help but sound like something straight from cyber-space. Most artistic depictions of retrofuturism place mankind in a Mars-like landscape living amongst aliens. The language of crypto aligns with this perspective, blasting currency out into a surreal space-age universe.

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Which new coins could fulfil your retrofuturistic lifestyle?

With a name like Logarithmic Finance (LOG) this coin can’t help but stand out as an option to fulfil any retrofuturistic desires. Logarithmic Finance (LOG) describes itself as ‘a next-generation Layer-III swapping protocol carefully designed and built to promote seamless connectivity between early-stage innovators and investors’. Therefore, this presale coin is promoted as ideal for those looking to join the cryptocurrency universe, priding itself on its smooth interconnectivity to the crypto ecosystem. Logarithmic Finance (LOG) is all about ease of use, ideal for new investors who want to live their retro-futuristic fantasy.

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