If you grew up watching 'Grown Ups' or SNL, or listening to the Foo Fighters and Creed on the way to school, then you'll understand just how formative 'Dadcore' really is. Inspired by Adam Sandler's enviable wardrobe, we dissect how Dadcore came to be, how it's an antithesis to the 'clean girl' aesthetic and the world of microtrends, & finding comfort in dad rock.
Links:
Jerry Portwood, “Saturday Night Live And The Dacore Revolution” (Fatherly)
Lauren Sharkey, "How dadcore won over fashion" (The Book of Man)
Tayler Adigun, “Why Adam Sandler is Tiktok’s unlikely fashion muse” (Yahoo)
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Timestamps:
Intro 00:00
Defining Dadcore 00:17
Grown Ups 03:24
Phil Dunphy 05:45
Dadcore v. Blokette and Clean Girl 06:22
Ready to Rock ‘n’ Roll? 07:41
Normcore to Dadcore 08:04
Fashion Through the Decades 09:54
The Irritations of Microtrends 11:33
The Empowerment of Baggy Clothing 16:38
Dad Rock 17:55
DILF Fan Accounts on TikTok 22:03
Momcore? 24:24
The Objectification of Men Online 26:12
Confining Ourselves to Aesthetics 28:36
Outro 30:19
