'80s remix

Thump, the music section for Vice, described this genre as a "niche"; Tronicbox wrote in late 2017: "Starting to see so many "80's Remix" popping up on the internet these days".

Club, the general premise of this musical genre involves the hypothetical question of how modern-day pop stars would have sounded if they had dominated the industry in the 1980s rather than the 2010s; the site described the results as "surprisingly listenable" despite the contradiction of present-day lyrics and 1980s production values.

[6] Alim Kheraj, writing for Yahoo Life, described Tronicbox's remix of Ariana Grande's "Into You" as a "dreamy and slinky '80s midtempo bop".

[14] NME described "What Do You Mean It's 1985" as having "motive synths and echo-y vocals over a pinky-plonky piano riff and a drum machine being spanked oh so tenderly, before one hell of a sax solo.

"[15] The site thought "Love Yourself" (Purpose 1985) was an upbeat and sassy rework of Bieber's original song,[15] while describing Grande's "One Last Time" as an "early Madonna-esque disco banger".

[15] NZ Herald thought the "clever reworking" of Justin Bieber songs could have been at home in the soundtracks to 1980s classics like The Breakfast Club or Sixteen Candles, while suggesting "One Last Time" would have offered serious competition to Madonna's chart reign.

[22] PopCrush thought "One Last Time" paid homage to Madonna, Vanessa Williams, and Whitney Houston while sounding like an aerobic song.