The 2010s were so fire, so lit, and so cringe, we just had to revisit our five-part series looking at the decade. In the 2010s, we had good times, probably, and bad times too, and pop culture was there to get us through it all. The Pop Culture Junkie Podcast is again bringing you the most memorable moments of the years 2010 through 2019 with our series We Love the 2010s. This week, Alex, Hayley, Nicole and Shauna give their hot takes on the years 2014 and 2015.

2014 was the year of Gone Girl power: we were ‘All About that Bass’ and took a trip to Broad City; Sony got hacked and so did Apple, leading to some TMI leaks; this is the year we met Adele Dazeem, John Wick, and that hot mugshot guy, and couples who just met ended up married for a reality TV show; and finally this is the year we said “Hands up; don’t shoot” and ‘Turn Down for What’?

In 2015, the Force Awakened, and it apparently ruined a lot of childhoods; Hamilton! turned dry American history into Broadway gold; there was a shakeup in late night talk, and one left-hand shark had us all awkwardly dancing. Fifty Shades of Grey (the movie) had us awkwardly admitting we wanted to see it, and we were either Netflix and Chilling or Whipping and Nae Naeing. And finally, one picture of a dress had everyone questioning how differently we all could perceive the world.

Soundbite credits for 2014:
Gone Girl | 20th Century Fox
“Meghan Trainor: ‘All About That Bass’ Doesn’t Skinny Bash” | Today Show/NBC News
Broad City | 3 Arts Entertainment / Comedy Central
“GMA Takes the Stage for the Ice Bucket Challenge” | Good Morning America/ABC News
“Hollywood Hacked” | NBC News
“‘Handsome’ Felon Goes Viral” | ABC News
‘”Hands Up, Don’t Shoot’ Protests Sweep Nation” | USA Today
John Wick | Lionsgate
John Travolta introduces Adele Dazeem | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
“How Did a Mass Celebrity Photo Hack Happen” | ABC News

Soundbite credits for 2015:
“Rihanna’s ‘Bitch Betta Have My Money’ Producer, Deputy, Tells Us How He Made The Track” | MTV News
“Jon’s Big Announcement” | The Daily Show/ Comedy Central
Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Disney
“Hamilton‘s Lin Manuel-Miranda on Broadway Hype” | ABC News
“September Event 2014” | Apple
“Katy Perry’s Pepsi Super Bowl XLIX Halftime Show” | NFL
“What’s Up with Netflix & Chill” | The Real/Telepictures Productions
Fifty Shades of Grey | Focus Features/Universal Pictures
Schitt’s Creek | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Back to the Future Part II | Universal Pictures
“The Dress That Broke the Internet Explained” | ABC News

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