Skyscraper Anonymous

Released in 2016, Skyscraper Anonymous stands as a cornerstone of the 'Future Funk' subgenre, a high-energy offshoot of vaporwave that prioritizes danceability over ambient irony. Yung Bae utilizes a sophisticated sampling technique that draws heavily from 1970s and 80s Japanese City Pop and Western Disco, re-contextualizing these sounds for a modern audience through aggressive percussion and sidechaining. Unlike earlier vaporwave works that often slowed down samples to create a sense of 'mallsoft' dread, this album accelerates them, heightening the emotional stakes and energy. The album's brevity - clocking in at just over 20 minutes across 11 tracks - mirrors the 'edit' culture of SoundCloud, where the project gained its initial massive following. It solidified Yung Bae's position as a leader in the scene, moving the genre away from anonymous internet aesthetics toward a more polished, festival-ready sound while maintaining the core 'anime-groove' identity that fans associate with the movement.