New Romantic movement

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The New Romantic movement was a late-1970s and early-1980s British pop-cultural and musical trend characterized by flamboyant fashion, synth-driven music, and a theatrical, glamorous aesthetic.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fashion movement ⓘ
music movement ⓘ
subculture ⓘ
youth subculture ⓘ
aesthetic club-based performance art ⓘ
decadent and glamorous imagery ⓘ
romanticized historical and fantasy themes ⓘ
associatedWith Billy’s club ⓘ
Blitz club ⓘ
The Camden Palace ⓘ
The Rum Runner club ⓘ
characteristic androgynous appearance ⓘ
club-oriented culture ⓘ
danceable rhythms ⓘ
elaborate hairstyles ⓘ
flamboyant fashion ⓘ
romantic and escapist lyrics ⓘ
synthesizer-based sound ⓘ
theatrical makeup ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
culturalOrigin Birmingham ⓘ
Liverpool ⓘ
London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
declineCause commercialization of style ⓘ
shift toward more mainstream pop and rock in mid-1980s ⓘ
endTime mid 1980s ⓘ
genre new wave ⓘ
linked to: New Wave

post-disco ⓘ
synth-pop ⓘ
hasPart Birmingham club scene ⓘ
Blitz Kids ⓘ
London club scene ⓘ
influenced 1980s pop music ⓘ
contemporary fashion ⓘ
later synth-pop acts ⓘ
influencedBy David Bowie ⓘ
Glam rock aesthetics ⓘ
Kraftwerk ⓘ
Punk fashion ⓘ
Roxy Music ⓘ
mediaCoverage British music press ⓘ
Top of the Pops ⓘ
notableFigure ABC (band) ⓘ
Adam and the Ants ⓘ
Boy George ⓘ
Classix Nouveaux ⓘ
Culture Club ⓘ
Duran Duran ⓘ
Japan (band) ⓘ
Rusty Egan ⓘ
Soft Cell ⓘ
Spandau Ballet ⓘ
Steve Strange ⓘ
Ultravox ⓘ
Visage ⓘ
peakPopularity early 1980s ⓘ
relatedTo MTV era ⓘ
Second British Invasion ⓘ
startTime late 1970s ⓘ
stylisticOrigin art rock ⓘ
disco ⓘ
electronic music ⓘ
glam rock ⓘ
punk rock ⓘ

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Roxy Music → influencedMovement → New Romantic movement ⓘ
Midge Ure → isPartOf → British new wave movement ⓘ
linked to: New Romantic movement
The 1989 World Tour → promotesSingle → New Romantics ⓘ
linked to: New Romantic movement
1989 → single → New Romantics ⓘ
subject linked to: 1989 (2014 Taylor Swift album)
linked to: New Romantic movement
True → genre → New Romantic ⓘ
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To Cut a Long Story Short → movement → New Romantic ⓘ
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Journeys to Glory → genre → New Romantic ⓘ
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linked to: New Romantic movement
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linked to: New Romantic movement
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George Alan O'Dowd → movement → New Romantic ⓘ
linked to: New Romantic movement
1989 → single → New Romantics ⓘ
linked to: New Romantic movement
Out of the Woods → followedBy → New Romantics ⓘ
linked to: New Romantic movement
New York club kids → influencedBy → New Romantic movement ⓘ