mallsoft

Mallsoft (also known as mallwave) is a vaporwave subgenre centered around shopping malls.

==Overview== thumb|Album cover of Palm Mall by [[Cat System Corp. Illustrations such as these are often used as artwork for mallsoft music.]] thumb|The album Palm Mall, an example of the genre Often based on corporate lounge music, mallsoft is meant to conjure images of shopping malls, grocery stores, lobbies, and other places of public commerce. Mallsoft artists typically elicit nostalgic memories of these retail establishments, even to those who did not experience them firsthand, sampling easy listening, bossa nova, and smooth jazz music. The music can also include intermittent advertisements, as well as the sounds of footsteps, conversations, and air conditioning. Much of the listening enjoyment is derived from nostalgia and the "pleasure of remembering for the sake of the act of remembering itself".