The phenomenon of nostalgia in American popular music. The cases of Drake’s “Honestly, Nevermind”, Beyoncé’s “Renaissance”, and The Weeknd’s “Dawn FM”

Ubiquitous music has become an integral part of our lives. Sounds from the United States and Canada have almost always dominated the charts and the hearts of audiences around the world. This is not surprising since these top-quality productions hit people's tastes very easily, enjoying particular popularity. Among the multitude of musical genres, performers and songs, it is also easy to highlight the numerous elements that have common references in all musical genres. One of these is the creation of nostalgia in music, which, among other things, manifests itself through the use of various musical motifs or distinctive sounds or instruments to create music similar to a particular time period. Artists also reach back to old songs so as to create an entirely new work from them, but this is just one way of referring to the past in creativity. A perfect example of this issue is the albums “Dawn FM”, “Renaissance” and “Honestly, Nevermind”, released in 2022, which all show, through their similarities and differences that this trend is being used as much as possible by the biggest names in American popular music today.