Graduation is quickly approaching, which means the end of nearly a lifelong student career for many seniors. If you aren’t already getting emotional about this great monumental moment, I thought I’d put together a list of trends from all our years of schooling so we can laugh and grumble about our fading youth.

2001:

• People were listening to “Drops of Jupiter,” “Bootylicious” and “Fallin’”   
• “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” “Shrek” and “Monsters Inc.” hit the theaters
• “Fairly Odd Parents” premiered on Nickelodeon 
• Britney and Justin wore all denim to the AMA’s
• The first iPod was released
• The first juicy tracksuit was made for Madonna

2002:

• People were listening to “A Thousand Miles,” “Dilemma” and Avril Lavigne’s debut album
• “Lilo and Stitch,” “Spiderman” and “The Bourne Identity” hit the theaters
• Kelly Clarkson won season one of “American Idol”
• Sanyo SCP-5300 was the first phone with built-in camera
• People were wearing Crocs and Heelys 

2003:

• People were listening to “Lose Yourself,” “In Da Club,” “Crazy in Love” and “Hey Ya!” 
• “Finding Nemo,” “Holes” and “Love Actually” hit the theaters
• “The Lizzie McGuire Movie” and “The Cheetah Girls” premiered 
• Tyra introduced the world to “America’s Next Top Model”
• Trucker hats, low rise jeans, yoga pants, cargo pants and shorts, light-wash bootcut jeans and tube tops were all the latest fashion
• Crazy Frog was created
• Myspace was founded

2004:

• “This Love” made Maroon 5 big, and American Idiot was released
• “Anchorman,” “Napoleon Dynamite” and “Mean Girls” gained cult followings
• Rachel got off the plane, and “Friends” ended
• “Drake and Josh” premiered on Nickelodeon
• Ashlee Simpson lip-synced on SNL
• thefacebook.com went live at Harvard
• Livestrong bracelets kickstarted the wearing rubber bands to show support for causes trend

2005:

• People were listening to “Don’t Cha,” “Gold Digger,” “My Humps” and “Sugar, We’re Going Down”
• “Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe,” Batman Begins” and Madagascar” hit the theaters
• “The Office,” “How I Met Your Mother” and “The Suite Life of Zack and Cody” premiered
• YouTube was founded
• Guitar Hero hit the shelves 
• Carrie Underwood won season four of “American Idol”
• Ties with regular clothes, Ugg boots, shrugs and tennis visors were all the latest fashion
• “Twilight” hit the shelves 
• Webkinz and Club Penguin kept us busy online

2006:

• People were listening to “SexyBack,” “Chasing Cars” and “S.O.S.”
• “Little Miss Sunshine,” “Cars” and “Borat” hit the theaters
• “Hannah Montana,” “30 Rock,” “Dexter” and “Ugly Betty” premiered 
• “High School Musical” premiered on Disney Channel 
• Facebook became available for anyone 13+
• Twitter launched 
• Steve Irwin died
• Blu-ray players, the Nintendo DS and the Nintendo Wii were invented 

2007:

• People were listening to “Crank That (Soulja Boy) [and learning the dance],” “Umbrella,” “Apologize” and “Beautiful Girls”
• “Juno,” “Ratatouille,” “Bee Movie” and “SuperBad” hit the theaters
• “Keeping Up with the Kardashians” premiered
• Netflix announced their streaming service
• Britney shaved her head
• Beyoncé released the B-Phone with Samsung 
• Ripstiks were invented 

2008:

• People were listening to “I am…Sasha Fierce” [and dancing to “Single Ladies”], “I Kissed a Girl,” “Burnin’ Up” and “Viva la Vida”
• “Iron Man,” “WALL-E,” “Twilight,” “ Step Brothers” and “Slumdog Millionaire” hit the theaters
• Heath Ledger died after the premiere of “The Dark Night”
• “The Hunger Games” hit the shelves
• Leggings became pants
• Wayfarer glasses and shutter shades hid everyone’s eyes
• Obama became the first African American president of the United States

2009:

• People were listening to Lady Gaga’s new album “The Fame,” “Boom Boom Pow,” “FireFlies” and “Party in the U.S.A.”
• “Avatar,” “The Hangover,” “Up” and “The Blind Side” hit the theaters
• Tiana became the first black Disney princess in “The Princess and the Frog”
• “Glee,” “Modern Family” and “Jersey Shore”
• Kanye dissed Taylor at the VMAs
• Miley Cyrus pole-danced at the Teen Choice Awards
• Pepe the frog made his way across MySpace

2010:

• People were listening to “Airplanes,” “Forget You,” “Just the Way You Are” and “California Gurls” 
• “Inception,” “Toy Story 3,” “How to Train Your Dragon” and “True Grit” hit the theaters
• “The Walking Dead” premiered satisfying everyone’s zombie craze
• The Angry Birds app launched
• Dabbing started
• Dubstep came to the U.S. 
• Silly Bandz were life
• Nike elite socks and pink yoga pants were all the fashion

2011:

• People were listening to “Rolling in the Deep,” “Superbass,” “Country Girls (Shake it for Me)” and “Love on Top”
• “The Help,” “Captain America: The First Avenger,” “Bridesmaids” and “Midnight in Paris” hit the theaters
• “Game of Thrones” premiered 
• “Fifty Shades of Grey” hit the shelves 
• The Harry Potter series met its end with “Deathly Hallows Part 2”
• The Oprah Winfrey Show ended
• People started planking and twerking everywhere for no reason
• Will and Kate got married
• The world met Siri
• Snapchat launched

2012:

• People were listening to “Radioactive,” “Call Me Maybe,” “Gangnam Style” [horrendous dance included], “Ho Hey” and “We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together”
• “The Avengers,” “Lincoln,” “The Hunger Games,” “Brave” and “Wreck-It Ralph” hit the theaters 
• Tebowing was a thing
• Instagram launched
• Memes and GIFs exploded on the internet 
• The world was supposed to end 

2013:

• People were listening to “Blurred Lines,” “Wrecking Ball,” “Royals” and “Story of My Life”
• “12 Years a Slave,” “The Great Gatsby,” “Frozen” and “The Wolf of Wall Street” hit the theaters
• People were crazy about the Harlem shake and nae naeing
• Vine launched 
• Athleisure took to the streets 
• “Orange is the New Black” premiered, kicking off Netflix’s original content 
• Blockbuster closed

2014:

• People were listening to “Fancy,” “Habits (Stay High),” “Uptown Funk,” “Thinking Out Loud” and “Blank Space”
• “Boyhood,” “The Lego Movie,” “Unbroken,” “The Fault in Our Stars” and “Big Hero Six” hit the theaters
• The Ice Bucket Challenge, Alex from Target and selfie sticks swept the nation
• Bae and turnt up unironically pierced our vocabularies 
• Man buns graced our fine country
• Amazon Alexa launched

2015:

• People were listening to “Hello,” “What Do You Mean,” “Trap Queen” and “The Hills”
• “Inside Out,” “The Martian,” “The Revenant,” “The Force Awakens,” “Room” and “Trainwreck” hit the theaters
• “Empire”  and “The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” premiered
• 1989 brought us new Taylor music and a new celeb girl squad
• “Girl on the Train” hit the shelves 
• Hamilton premiered on Broadway with glowing reviews that swept across the world
• Misty Copeland became the first African American female named principal dancer at the American Ballet Theatre 
• Jon Snow died
• Caitlyn Jenner introduced herself
• Netflix and chill became a thing
• One Direction broke up
• The blue and black/white and gold dress infuriated the internet

2016:

• People were listening to “Closer,” “Hotline Bling,” “Can’t Stop the Feeling,” “Formation” and “Cheap Thrills” 
• “La La Land,” “Moonlight,” “Moana” and “Hidden Figures” hit the theaters
• “Stranger Things” and “This is Us” premiered
• “Full House” and “Gilmore Girls” got revivals
• People were doing the mannequin challenge and flipping water bottles to go viral
• Pokémon Go distracted us all
• Lemonade broke the internet
• Leo got his Oscar
• #oscarssowhite happened
• Bradgelina broke up
• Avocado toast broke Instagram 

2017:

• People were listening to “HUMBLE,” “Sign of the Times,” “Perfect” and “Green Light”
• “Get Out,” “Coco,” “Wonder Woman,” “Lady Bird” and “Shape of Water” hit the theaters
• Taylor Swift broke her hiatus to drop “Reputation”
• “The Handmaid’s Tale” premiered
• #metoo resurged
• Women’s marches took to the streets across the nation
• There was unicorn everything
• “Fake news” made life hard for everyone

2018:

• People were listening to “This Is America,” “Girls Like You,” “God’s Plan,” “Havana” and “High Hopes”
• “Black Panther,” “A Star is Born,” “Spiderman: Into the Spiderverse,” “Incredibles 2,” “Bohemian Rhapsody” and “Crazy Rich Asians” hit the theaters
• “Queer Eye” got its fabulous revival
• The #inmyfeelings challenge went viral
• Harry and Meghan got married 
• Liam and Miley got married in secret