Nu gaze

Nu gaze (also typeset as nu-gaze and sometimes known as second-wave shoegaze) was an international movement of shoegaze that took place during the 2000s. The movement was influenced by the original shoegaze movement but embraced a more diverse array of influences, particularly from electronic music. Often, bands in the movement were faster and included cleaner production than those in shoegaze's first-wave.

Nu gaze began around 2000, with England's My Vitriol, Sweden's the Radio Dept. and France's M83. The 2003 soundtrack for the film Lost in Translation helped accelerate the revival when Deerhunter, Maps and Asobi Seksu began to gain attention. The movement had declined by 2013, succeeded by a separate shoegaze revival including DIIV, Cheatahs and Wild Nothing. During the 2020s, nu gaze's name was adopted for a separate genre: those merging elements of shoegaze and nu metal.