“People see rock ‘n’ roll as, as youth culture, and when youth culture becomes monopolized by big business, what are the youth to do? Do you, do you have any idea? I think we should destroy the bogus capitalist process that is destroying youth culture.” Ah, the intro to The Radio Dept.’s dreamy tune “Heaven’s on Fire.” How often I quoted the song’s opening lines in my college essays. But, allow a millennial to borrow a Gen Z word popular today—it’s now feeling a little “cringe.” Still, those words captured the mood of the 2010s. Escapism at its most romantic […]... Keep on reading: Is indie sleaze having a revival? The soundtrack of the 2010s youth