Black culture’s global influence can never be overstated. But in 1992 — a year that set the stage for further innovation in pop culture and social justice — our impact was at an all-time high. To complement POPSUGAR’s expansive timeline that tracks ’92, we gathered some of the top journalists in the industry — VIBE veterans Danyel Smith, John Kennedy, and Datwon Thomas, writer Sowmya Krishnamurthy, and POPSUGAR editors — for a Twitter Space conversation on the defining year.
During the hour-long dialogue on Feb. 15, we gave flowers to all the music, movies, TV shows, and fashion staples from 1992 that greatly influenced us. “When I took a really good look at 1992, it just became clear to me how effective a year that was,” POPSUGAR features director Iyana Robertson says, kicking off the conversation. Films like “Juice,” “Boomerang,” “Sister Act,” and “Bebe’s Kids” all set a standard in their own right, acting as a launching pad for a plethora of ’90s fashion and music trends.
“What I ended up watching more than anything was the fashion,” Robertson adds. “I’m looking at a movie that came out in 1992 and I’m wanting to wear all the clothes. That’s an experience that comes up for me over and over and over when I watch ’90s material.” POPSUGAR executive editor Jada Gomez adds: “I was pretty young in ’92 and I took [all] these films very literally — what was for me and what wasn’t . . . For ‘Boomerang,’ I remember not watching it until I got older, but growing up on that soundtrack. It’s just so beautiful and it puts you in such a head space that, if you were 30 in ’92 or seven in ’92, you definitely have that connection to that film.”
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