THE YEAR WE COULDN'T BELIEVE
2004’s almost over, and honestly?
I don’t even know where to start.
This year wasn’t soft.
It was glittery, loud, chaotic—and lowkey kind of amazing ✨
THE YEAR WE DID THE MOST
Fashion was doing the most ‼️
Layered tanks. Raccoon eyeliner. Juicy tracksuits. Belts that served zero purpose.
Trucker hats started fading but low-rise jeans? Still holding on for dear life 😬
Every MySpace girl had the same vibe:
Side bangs. Flash photography. Mirror pics with lyrics in the caption 💋
Boys in polos with popped collars were multiplying and no one could stop it.
THE YEAR WE DANCED
Ashlee Simpson had a crazy year
Her album dropped, she gave us “Pieces of Me,” and then came SNL.
The lip sync. The jig. The Internet exploded.
She got dragged, sure—but that song still hits. I don’t care what anyone says.
Britney got married. Twice. ✌️
Once for 55 hours in Vegas and again to Kevin Federline (who tf??) later in the year. The tabloids had a field day.
But she also gave us “Everytime”—and it felt like a heartbreak we weren’t ready for 💔
Usher dominated everything.
Confessions dropped and every track was a hit. “Yeah!” was the party anthem, but “Burn”? That was for the car rides home when you were in your feelings 🔥🔥
Gwen Stefani finally went solo and turned every mall into a runway.
Love. Angel. Music. Baby. was everywhere.
“Rich Girl” on repeat. Harajuku Girls in every teen magazine.
And Kanye? He changed the game.
The College Dropout didn’t just go hard—it felt like something new. “Jesus Walks” wasn’t just music. It was a moment. 🙏
THE YEAR THAT WAS SO FETCH
Mean Girls basically rewrote the teenage rulebook 💅
Tina Fey made the most quotable movie ever.
“You can’t sit with us.” “So you agree? You think you’re really pretty?”
Still saying them. Still not sorry 🙄
Napoleon Dynamite was weird—and kind of perfect.
Suddenly it was cool to be awkward. “Vote for Pedro” shirts everywhere. And people were actually eating tots as a personality trait 😭
The Notebook gave us Ryan + Rachel + That Rain Kiss = Emotional Devastation.
Also shoutout to Shrek 2, Spider-Man 2, and Prisoner of Azkaban.
Sequels were eating this year 🍿
THE YEAR TV WENT OFF THE RAILS
The OC came back. More drama, more chaos.
Seth, Summer, Ryan, Marissa—rich kids, bad decisions, perfect television 🧡
Laguna Beach hit MTV and made high school look like a soap opera.
Beach houses, heartbreak, love triangles. Somehow all in HD 🏝️
Tyra lost it on America’s Next Top Model and screamed “I WAS ROOTING FOR YOU” into reality TV history 🗣️
Desperate Housewives started—and it’s already got our moms hooked.
Murder, gossip, perfectly manicured lawns. Yes please.
And Degrassi??
That episode with Jimmy getting shot—still not over it 💔
THE YEAR WE BECAME POP CULTURE
We weren’t just watching pop culture—we were pop culture 📲
We cried over Britney.
We memorized Mean Girls quotes.
We styled our whole personality around our MySpace playlist 🎧
And through all the drama, shade, and eyeliner smudges—we kind of found ourselves. In the chaos.
In the crushes. In the comments.
Tomorrow is 2005 🕺🪩
And maybe we’ll wear fewer belts over tank tops.
But probably not.