Time is a cruel mistress. It never stops moving, no matter how bad you want it to. For some Gen Z kids, they are voting in their very first Chicago Mayoral Election and that means there’s a good chance that they were born in 2005. While our instincts tell us that 2005 was only a few years ago, it was, in fact, 18 years ago. The distance between 2005 and now is the same distance as the 70’s and when That 70’s Show actually began.

2005 can be remembered by the White Sox World Series victory, Star Wars III, or the first ever YouTube video, but we like remembering it by the music that came out that year.

For example:

There was also this, from Chicago’s very own:

And we can’t forget about these bangers:

A full list of bangers that turn 18 year this can be found here.