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, England
surface form: London
declineCause commercialization of style
shift toward more mainstream pop and rock in mid-1980s
endTime mid 1980s
genre New Wave
surface form: 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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Gary Kemp hasGenreAssociation New Romantic movement
Spandau Ballet associatedMovement New Romantic movement
Roxy Music influencedMovement New Romantic movement
Midge Ure (James Ure, born James McGregor, not Farmer) isPartOf New Romantic movement
subject surface form: Midge Ure
this entity surface form: British new wave movement
The 1989 World Tour promotesSingle New Romantic movement
this entity surface form: New Romantics
1989 (2014 Taylor Swift album) single New Romantic movement
subject surface form: 1989
this entity surface form: New Romantics