2021 was entertainment’s “bridge year.” The industry was no longer in full pandemic crisis mode (like 2020), but not yet back to normal. The result? Hybrid releases (theaters + streaming same day), binge-model burnout, and a hunger for both comfort content and bold experimentation.
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The Year of Olivia Rodrigo: Her debut album SOUR captured the zeitgeist, fueled by the power of TikTok as a primary discovery engine for new hits. Overall Theme of 2021: The Bridge Year 2021
If 2020 was the year the world stopped, 2021 was the year we found our collective groove again—mostly from our couches. It was a year of "Squid Game" memes, the return of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a digital gold rush in the form of NFTs. Squid Game (Netflix): The surprise of the year