"MTV Rewind is a website that tries to recreate the experience of watching the original music channel back in the day. When you first visit the site, it starts playing the original MTV broadcast, complete with VJ introductions and the original music videos that were aired on that faithful day back in August 1981. I wasn't alive back then, but it's still fun to relive that launch from the comfort of my PC in 2025."
"Beyond recreating the first day, MTV Rewind features different decades you can swap between, built up of playlists featuring thousands of videos, as well as random, old TV ads from back in the day. And I have to admit, there is something special and comforting about returning to an era in which music was delivered to me without me having to create playlists, seek out artists, or hear the stuff that some algorithm decides I want to listen to next."
MTV currently operates primarily as a non-music channel airing shows like Ridiculousness and Paramount-owned comedy films. Historically, MTV focused on nonstop music videos and cultural influence around that format. MTV Rewind recreates the original MTV broadcast, playing the August 1981 launch with VJ introductions and the original videos from that day. The site offers decade-based playlists containing thousands of videos plus archival television commercials to simulate retro viewing. The project sources videos from YouTube and was built quickly as a passion project by a nostalgic creator. The platform provides a passive, curated music-video experience reminiscent of the network's early years.
Read at Kotaku
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