The Modern Club Experience is DEAD, Did Social Media Kill it? 

I think some people are afraid to actually get loose and just have fun for fear of being recorded on someone’s instagram or Snapchat story without being judged/ clowned lol Also I think it’s better if you go with a group of mutual friends who are down to have fun, and not there to “people watch” or stand around and look cool/disinterested

I’m 45. I stopped going to the club 20 years ago. SO GLAD to know that I had all of my fun without phones, social media, bottles, or sections involved 😂.

I've been saying clubs were over, phones/social media, hookah, weed, sections and low vibing music have DESTROYED the going out experience

I’m convinced that meeting chicks in the club almost NEVER EVER goes anywhere..

Been peeping this for years. House parties. Friends of friends invited. Good drinks, good food, good music, vibes. That's where the fun is at.

Social media without a doubt destroyed the club scene of the 80s,90s and early 2000s as we know it

The nightclub is dying out because we've all become inward and self obsessed. Its all about image, people who used to go out and have fun/connect with others now just want to look cool and barely crack a smile. Covid just sped up the process. We all are plugged into our phones, social media and reels. Our attention spans cant handle real interactions anymore, because as a whole people are generally awkward, slow and just collectively trying to survive socially. (And that's okay) but now we need such high levels of attention, activity and stimulation to stay engaged. Our dopaminergic systems are absolutely shot, and if we all collectively detoxed from our vices...then maybe there'd be hope for the clubs to revive. I think festivals have become the new "club" experience.

We need to bring it back to the community anyway. Do more block parties, house parties, and local park festivals, skate parties, organize more Sunday brunches and more cultural vibes. Where we’re coming together to celebrate each other. I honestly think this is part of the crime waves in our communities. We’re not as connected as we used to be. Nobody knows each other, we’re not engaging each other like we used to back in the day. Ask yourself now, how many neighbors on your block do you know? How many can you actually hold conversations with? We’re so disconnected from each other. Bring back the community events and parties. It’s not that hard to become a community organizer! It’s very fulfilling because you’re bringing the spiritual vibes back up for your ppl. We need more of this!

I remember i was a chaperone at a high school dance. The DJ started playing "Oldies" which were all part of my college clubbing experience of the early mid 2000's. These kids barely danced until me and a few teachers my age got out there and started dancing. Even then, most of the kids were basically on their phones and recorded us dancing. 😏😂

Id say both social media and the cost of living killed which equals = quality lifestyle.

Fake chicks, bad music, expensive drinks Not a combination for success

This is going to sound crazy. But, in the 90's, there were clubs where you couldn't stand within 15 feet from the dance floor for too long, without getting pulled up to the dance floor by Girls. If she wasn't attractive, after a couple of songs, there were so many chicks dancing, that you could easily slide over to another chick that you wanted to hit up.

Social media kills most things imo. I went to a concert recently and literally EVERYONE was on their phones watching the concert through the screen, live streaming it, playing games, and doing everything but watching and experiencing the actual concert. It's honestly really upsetting.

My club experience in college was a really good time dancing with random girls with no expectations of anything but just us having fun but now feels like every homecoming in high school of people awkwardly standing 😂

2012 was the last time I went to the Club, I now only go to Concerts, Ball Games, Cook Outs or Birthday Parties and appear to have more fun with those options instead seeing so many people leaning up against the wall at the Clubs.

I stopped clubbing 2015..but around 2006,2007,2008 clubs was fun

Social Media killed the club but covid was the nail in the coffin, I ain't been in a club in two years and I don't miss it, the girls there aren't exactly wifey material either lets keep it a 100

ive been saying this since the 2000s its been pointless for men to go because people don't dance together anymore, the 90s you could dance all night and be drenched in sweat when you leave

Its all in the music. Todays music is trash after lil wayne and Tpain

Screw nightclubs, they are a joke, always have been, I’d rather a watch a rock band in a pub.

The price of drinks at the bar alone is outrageous. Plus, nobody wants to distract themselves from this failing society anymore!

I’m 40 now but back in the day I use to go to the club every weekend. I miss that era of my life. So much fun.

Yeah social media has played a MAJOR role because now, people don’t have to go out to get that experience anymore. They can follow their favorite celeb or influencer and be made to feel like they are in the club right from their phone. I grew up in the era where if you weren’t there, people talking about it the next day would make you HAVE to see it for yourself. Also, social media killed actual human interaction which contributes greatly to a fun experience at the club. Too much self centered, narcissistic people going to the club to look good for their social media pages. Especially the women 🙄🤦🏾‍♂️ no one dances, just look cute and look at the phone. Why even come out in the first place?

Bogie's Lounge, 1989. You paid $5 to get in the place, enter the bar & the girls pour in. Conversations start at the bar and you start grinding on the floor, an hour later you either get rejected or you leave the bar with her.

I’ve been saying clubs were pointless since 2009. It’s usually a sausage fest and overcrowded. I went to the bar instead and had a good time every time I went

I was a club rat 2005-2009 though. I stopped in march of 2010 but let me tell you we had it the best. All the songs y’all mentioned. I am tired of the smart phone. I miss the flip phone days.

Make it mandatory to leave ur phone in the car. Get rid of vip sections. Have a dance floor that is strictly for dancing. Get ride of couches and lounge furniture. 5 dollar drinks. 5 dollar cover. Dress code. No shorts, no flip flops.

Back in the day, the girls were there. Lights, music thumping out the trunk, girls tip toeing looking good, you get in and shorties already on the floor. You head straight to the bar. Back that thang up come on and you get up on shawty and she throwing that thang on you, seeing if you can handle it. I’ve been out the game for a minute (married) but the clubs got that bad?? Not surprised. They call em sections now? You mean VIP? Back in the day, VIP was the big boss move.

For men, trying to approach a woman in a club, chat her up, buy her drinks is all torture.

She's either twerking for IG or dancing with her friends. It's impossible for random dudes to dance with random girls nowadays.

R.I.P my club days 2009-2013

It’s not social media, it’s the music, they play more thug music music in the clubs , they don’t play dance and party music, I’m a DJ and I see it all the time, I blame the DJs. Dj job is to rock the party, they afraid to play party music, they cater to the streets instead of the party. Street music is street music and party music is party music. All street music isn’t club music, some songs can but it is so watered down now, they okay all street music in the clubs. 80s,90,2000s was the best party music years in the clubs.

I've use to go to clubs in from 1982 to 2002. When I first started going in DC area, clubs used to have discipline: Men used to dress in suits, blazers, dress pants and dress shoes. Women used to wear dresses, skirts, pants, etc. But in the mid to late 80's, things changed. It's come as you are.

And most importantly…safety. Folk getting shot and fighting over nothing these days. Of course depending on what city you’re in

Going to the club is a waste of time, trust me when I say that shit is dead.

Clubbing died after the 80s. Even in the 90s, something about it changed and by the 2000s onward, it was no longer about just having fun. This applies mainly to the US. Go to other countries and it’s very different.

Creativity will always be King. Clubs might close down but partying and socializing will never die. Entertainment and the Performing Arts is a way of life for many of us. Be the light you want to see in the world.

What's so strange is everyone has a choice to use social media. No one is forcing anyone to scroll (or go along) while at a social event. And yet everyone does. It's like people have been conditioned to be this way. It's about the image (or the self), more than the event itself.

🤔 so in like 2009 my girls and I were at a grand opening for this club (like mega big deal in our area) we looked around and everyone was texting 😳 and we were like “phones down! Put your damn phones down!” 😆

If you really want old school fun leave your cellphone behind 😊

Me too movement made even very well behaved men nervous to approach women. Hypergamy made "normal" guys feel apathetic about going. Social Media enables bully girls to publicly shame any guy they feel is even 3% "ick" or "ew", making a lot of guys nervous to even speak to girls. Modern young girls are, more and more, acting like weird imitations of any angry, arrogant male, which is beyond NOT sexy to 99% of guys. Gen Z is considered possibly the most overweight and bad hygiene generation yet. And the more time goes on, the less truly good music is coming out, while inflation means what used to be "$3 beer night" is now "$7 beer night". I mean... do you really need me to go on? Why WOULD anyone but a Chad or Pookie want to club? You have to have the chiseled jaw and abs, and be 6' or taller if you even want to walk in and hope for anything but "ew, don't look at me loser".

I think some European clubs got it right by flat out banning anyone from using phones on the dance floor

Nowadays, Stuck up rude Thots, Sexually Frustrated violent men, Too much ppl Flexing, Bouncer/ doormen/ waitress Hates Men, trash music, and expensive. The peak era for Nightlife for Me was 1995-2005! I stopped clubbing in 2012. Now I go to Dave& Buster's, Movies, Bowl, Power walk in city, Laser-tag, and gaming. #Metoo killed clubs! The only Time real Parties exist now are in Cruises or Foreign countries.

Nah it's hypergamy and modern day selection(highest status guys, best looking, if you are part of lower income you will feel that "drug dealers" get the most play since that's the only thing u've witnessed and experienced from growing up in that setting.

I miss those good ol days 😢 Would get dressed up and leave sweaty as hell Women used to want to dance. The quality of everything has just bombed

To be honest with you most sound systems today suck hip hop or say rap isn't dance music your generation are like old people you guys don't really know how to club

Its because hanging out with friends and having kickbacks was something we did regularly but since social media replaced it hanging out is the new fun so thats whats done at the clubs now

Social media +the cost of a night out+many other factors are killing nightlife

It’s a blessing in disguise I hate clubs loud music over expensive drinks. Women who think their 💩 don’t stink dudes mean mugging and dry @ss music. Concerts are better and clubs outside of America are still good

After Say 32, clubs should have been played out for most guys. It was NEVER cool being the older, “tricking” man in the club because that’s your only value to a bunch of 22 year old girls. Lounges are where it’s at after 30, smaller, more intimate spots with a small dance floor if you want to groove. The bar & lounges experience has always been superior to night clubs

Inflation killed it. Too expensive. For me personally it was Tinnitus.

Me being 27 years old never been to a club I guess I’m not missing nothing

In the UK a taxi costs £15 × 2, entrance £20, 10 drinks at £7 is £70 throw in another £30 for extras snd youve spent £152. Brexit Britain is a poorer Britain and youngsters dont have £152 spare. Half the people want to document on their phone rather than enjoy it. Also younger people are more health concious.

I have been clubbing for 2 years, and can confidently say that I can count on one hand how many times its been fun.

I just think there just too many options for entertainment. Back then, it's considered "limited" options to past time in the weekends, nights.

2016-2019 was my lit era of the clubs! They don't hit the same anymore and super expensive. Rather stay home and drink and the best part is I can put on good music and crash in my bed. No drama and good vibes!

These days I see girls run away from the dance floor when "Back that A** up" lol. Funniest thing Ive seen recently. I knew then clubs are dying.

Sausage fest problem. Too many excess men in society. Why did clubs always let in women free and prioritize them?

Damn man y’all taking me back. We had teenage clubs too where I’m from. And yo u are so right about waiting for that beat to drop and looking for that one person u wanted to dance with for that particular song. We would huddle and jump around if it was a crunk song like OMG the good ol days. We are them old heads now wym 😅

I was a big club goer back in the 2000s best time ever. I'm too old to go now but I imagine it's different now with social media.

Im an introvert. Possibly autistic. I grew up in the 90s but became an adult in the late 2000s. I knew it wasnt the same. I did go many times and got numbers but girls were always broken.

Yall need to go to latin clubs then tell me if the scene is dead when you see all the girls dancing and open to being danced with

We didn’t know how good we had it. The 90s 2000s experience…I’ll never forget it.

Wow! I'm soooo glad I did my clubbin' in the 90s-2000s! I couldn't imagine being in my 20s trying to "go out" to bars and clubs now!

Bruh, I’m a smooth 20 yrs removed from the club scene… wasn’t really a big fan back in the day tbh (early 20s). But sections sound weird af. I thought the pandemic killed clubs but social media… hadn’t even thought about that. As a society we need to learn to be present

To hell with that expensive club scene crap. Imagine paying loads of money to enter, buy drinks and look at prima donna woman taking selfies of themselves. What a load of fart. It’s best to party at your own a friend , or family’s house. It’s more economical safer and you’ll probably know 50% of the people. Food and booze can be delivered to your house. Good luck guys .

The new club is the gym 🤷🏾‍♂️

I’ll tell you as a guy who goes to clubs to specifically dance. The last time I went to the club was in Philly a month and a half ago. I’ll tell you my most recent experience. I can’t tell you how many times I get people thinking I’m arrogant and just walk away from me with a sour face because I can actually dance to the rhythm of a beat and not a wallflower. I also get danced on by women a lot because at the end of the day, it’s all about your confidence on the dance floor and women will be attracted to that, I even made out with a couple on the dance floor as well. It’s also about how attractive you are as well, this is a huge factor when it comes to women wanting to dance with you. I keep myself in shape and I have an athletic body type (think of a professional soccer player physique.) Being very attractive body wise will get you far in the club with women if you know how to dance on top of that, you need to display confidence and stand out. Like I said earlier, you will repel a lot of people who think your arrogant but I get compliments on the dance floor from both women and men. There was also a girl in the club I wanted to dance with and another dude came up to her to try to dance with her and she rejected him instantly (quite rudely) and turned back to her friends. I come up from behind her a few minutes later on a different song and she gave me a very flirtatious look and started dancing with me. Women will dance with you but you gotta basically be the life of the party and look above average, just sayin.

Never been to the club everything I’ve heard seems more negative than positive but honestly I might go check it out just once to see what it’s about…

I think among the new generation (mine), the club scene is dying but its in exchange for self thrown parties that’s promoted like an Airbnb or loft party. I feel like the cost of everything is driving people to essentially make their own clubs out of these parties and everyone can bring their own drinks, weed, etc. to enjoy themselves. Most parties don’t even cost nothing since you’re bringing your own stuff and if they do cost, it’ll be like 15 dollars max. As for cellphones, I’m ngl, It’s a huge problem. I find myself not using it much nowadays at parties because it’s better to live in the moment than trying to capture everything. I see the issue but recently, I’ve noticed most people don’t use phones much here no more. If anything, the girls are always twerking and dancing on each other but the guys are too scared to go dance with them because of how nowadays, guys can get called out for anything and they’re instantly condemned so most guys, especially young black men, are afraid of the girls freaking out and then saying they got sexually harassed or something like that. That’s really the plight of the club scene as of now from what I see

People are too busy posting videos and pics. Theres no actual socializing going on ,just people standing around playing on their cellphone 😮😊

No lie this video gunna blow up. Spot on guys. I don’t even waste my time in the states anymore. The US is for getting the bag then you take the bag and spend it in another county

The current phone and social media generation has made going out in public a less enjoyable experience. Some people livestream while in clubs, taking away from the experience of those around them. What was once a place to escape reality and the outside world has become overpriced and filled with unpleasant individuals. The clubbing scene has lost its charm, and only a certain type of people still go there, the ones who make it a negative experience for everyone else.

In Europe (NL) clubs are booming, they saw what festivals were doing and replicated it at a smaller and more accessible scale

Dance Clubs are over for blacks. Not if you are into international crowds. That’s a black problem. Because blacks don’t dance in their clubs generally speaking.

Good riddance. The clubs were always awful. Not that social media is any better. The women will miss it I think, that system of meeting people was fun for them. Lots of attention and dancing and so forth. But we men wont miss a damned thing if the clubs all close down.

I Think Things Would Be Better In Most Clubs If The Clubs Were Playing House, Techno, Electronica, Dubstep, Bass And EDM. I'm Sure A Lot More People Would Be On The Dance Floor 🕺 And Many People Would Get Their Money's Worth And The Going Out Experience.

Joking asked a girl about giving me a dance she said woman don’t dance 💃 no more . But most girls dancing with each other

Brother's here's a tip from an OG that still goes out alone on a regular basis and if I want, I can dress to the nines or not, and have females coming up to me asking to dance, with no problem I can meet females from all cultures/ethnicities and still get numbers, etc. You ready go to the Latin Salsa/Mambo clubs, it's the same if I go to CT, NY, DC, MD, VA, because it's the last place a man can go and still walk away respected because he's the male lead. Even if you know basic Salsa steps, which many clubs offer for a price sometimes as low as $10 or $15 to see and hear a live band depending on your part of the country there are dance classes before the hardcore dancers arrive. Also, the age range from 21-70, everybody dances with everybody, I have my pick, some places offer excellent food at a reasonable price. You can learn to dance Merengue and Bachata from the Dominican Republic, the women love these dances, and Salsa/Mambo NY style, Cuba style and you don't have to know any Spanish. Literally your on the dance floor for hours. If you want to be a domestic passport brother than go to the Latin Clubs, at least you get the flavor before you leave the country. I prefer Latin dancing over hand-dancing because Latin Dance has more variety. Leave those silly Ratchet/Upscale BS clubs alone and check the Internet I did for Latin Salsa/Mambo clubs and ask about the price and dance lessons. Look on the RU-vid and see the number of brothers/sisters enjoying Latin Salsa/Mambo music. Most important this is so called Latin groove is a Black things created by the slaves as past time, this is where jazz went it fused with Afro-Caribbean dance beats.

The night club scene started dying in 2015/16 in the UK and fully buried 2020.

This is definitely a cultural thing. I go to a lot of Spanish clubs and I see this problem but nowhere near as bad as English clubs

I went to NY nightclubs beginning in 86 and DJed professionally in Manhattan every weekend and most weeknights from 95 until COVID so I know what I’m talking about. I can tell you how it died. The first nail in the coffin was banning smoking in clubs. Before that people would stay all night until the lights came on at four. The later it got the busier it got. But after the smoking ban people would go outside for a cigarette and they might not come back in. This created a shorter rotation of customers which caused DJs to cater to immediate gratification in order to keep people inside. The music got trendier and more focused on quick mixes to appease shorter attention spans. If that wasn’t bad enough cell phones came into being also around that time. There’s a reason there aren’t any clocks or windows in clubs. It’s so you will forget about the outside world and spend money partying. Cell phones have the time and let you talk to people who aren’t there. So that illusion is destroyed. I remember whenever it was daylight savings time in the fall, the manager would always come up to me around 3am and say “ are you ok with playing an extra hour “ and people would stay until basically 5am. That never happened again after cell phones. Then came 2004 when Millennials finally became old enough to go out. That 50 cent song came out that year and all the DJs were complaining to each other that people were obsessed with that song and that they had to play it over and over. I had one friend DJ Omi, who said she would play it back to back until people stopped dancing just so she could get back to DJing. The requests for Britney Spears were endless and were always made by annoying girls who either weren’t even dancing or would take over the dance floor obnoxiously shouting the lyrics with their little girl posse. The millennials turned nightclubs into fucking Karaoke and the spineless promoters and club owners catered to this bridge and tunnel crowd because rents had become outrageous. That’s how it all ended.

God forbid your song came on and you’re in the bathroom! Everyone is hurrying up to get on the dance floor. So sad people will never find “Love in this Club” ❤❤no one is dancing because they don’t want to be recorded. Take away privacy and out goes the fun.

I went to a club for some drinks. All I saw were women dancing in groups. No men in sight. I would rather fly away to get a vibe.

Fkn 304’s killed it

I return from the club scene in 2011 at 25 so i have no idea what its like now but im glad i got to enjoy it when i did.

I had a great time clubbing in Bangkok just before 2020. Tokyo looks like it has some good clubs, too

Im from the same era as buddy on the left and i feel so sorry for this new generation, they have no idea how to connect organically and have fun in the club. There's literally not even a dance floor a lotta times. I have started to refuse to go if the spot is "section-y"

The make-believe era

its not about any of that. Its about the Music. Music Videos as well. Back then hip hop and rnb was dance motivated. Music videos was in the club grinding dancing. The music culture has divided us. However, go to a Mexican club, they are still dancing. Why? Their music has not changed. They don't let record labels change their culture. Go to a Mexican spot and you'll dance. You cant dance with a girl with this new wave music. Everything else this video mentions adds more fuel to the anti dancing. But its the culture invasion taken over by the executive record labels that has changed the way you move in the clubs. If we bring back the music to things that makes us move, and then push out music video promoting the culture of dancing, it will come back. Chris Brown is the only thing we have left close to dancing. Once we lose Chris Brown, dancing will be dead.

I’m 33 and I’m glad that when I was 18 clubs were fun we danced and no one was glued to a phone or social media because Facebook was just coming out

Back in 2007, I met a woman from Miami at a club in New York. She seemed fascinated that people were DANCING with each other. Men and women. I'm like, what else is supposed to happen? Unfortunately about 3 years later I found out. Whole club environment changed, starting with the music. TBH, in NYC, standing around, overpriced VIP sections, that started with "the lounges" in Manhattan.

House/mansion parties are the vibez! It’s not just for young people! I’ve been to mature ones as well!! I’m a young cat! During end of Covid when everything was shut down but re-opening was PEAK house party type vibes. Was really fun

I couldn't care less that it has "died"....I couldn't be happier that I got to experience REAL LIFE and REAL FUN back in the 80s-90s When ppl were REAL and didn't HIDE BEHIND Their PHONES and act like snotty, hateful Jerks. I honestly Feel Sorry for this generation and Up/Coming One....SMH!!!!!

Truth. I’m am so thankful that I had a fake ID in the 2000’s. I got to enjoy the last of the club/party scene era. Literally started a decline in 2012. Now it’s just doomed. It worst for the people who have no friends.

That’s disrespectful calling him a Old head he probably not that old 🤔

Yeah attened bachelor party and whole entire dance floor filled with people scrolling on the phone

Those sections killed the dance floor 😑 The clubs got greedy & social media deteriorated the club scene experience.

In Europe and NYC the scene is going back to the way it use to be real clubbing house music real club music tx , never really club the south never really club

Been dead for a long time. Enjoyable from 2011 till around 2015 then it went shit.