cool cool. did you ever see drive, the ryan gosling movie? it gets a lot of credit for revitalizing synthwave, and rightfully so, or at least it utilized the synth sound to make a soundtrack exactly how i would expect. it had some kavinsky. i don't think there is much point to synthwave beyond being in the background and tugging at your emotions, though. i game to it sometimes, but then i game to fucking rainymood too.
Drive? Heck, I own it on DVD. I like it enough that intend to get a Blu-Ray version eventually. I'd give the movie some credit, but I think it's partly just at the right place at the right time. I don't know if I'm using the term right, but I think there's a minor movement in art right now to re-capture feelings from the '80s. On Netflix, there's a new series called Glow. People love pixel art. Synthwave. Retro-gaming. Hell, I wouldn't be surprised if someone said old school cyberpunk was making a comeback. Background music is good music. I've been listening to a lot of synthwave for the past week or so while reading articles on Wikipedia or looking up images on Wikimedia. It's very easy to ignore and pay attention to at the same time.