That claim can be backed up: Days before our conversation, daine covered Martin Solveig and Dragonette’s “Hello” for Triple J’s flagship ‘Like A Version’ programme, a Millennial classic of that 2010s era. Back then, dancey electro-pop was plentiful at festivals. Australia had Stereosonic, with heavy-hitters like Calvin Harris, Avicii, and Tiësto leading many lineups. Festivalgoers who couldn’t make Stereosonic could experience it at home with Ministry of Sound’s The Annual compilation CDs, and dare I say, the Aussies beat the Brits during this period with their barrage of headier, crunchier, and more euphoric mixes. Solveig and Dragonette’s hit appears on the 2011 edition.

Stereosonic’s last stint was in 2015. Similar headliners seldom return and reserve their frequent festival runs for other continents. Australia’s version of The Annual quietly disappeared too. The solution, then, is to create that opportunity for yourself. This dance music is returning thanks to a new generation of electro-pop artists who witnessed it as kids, but were obviously too young to partake in clubbing. Frost Children, Ninajirachi, and daine are some artists spearheading this wave. Millennial optimism walked so Gen Z optimism could run. Once I mention Stereosonic, daine lights up immediately.

“Literally! My sister said that to me the other week. She was like, ‘Your gen has it so shit. When I was your age, we had Stereosonic and Calvin Harris, and now your life sucks,’” daine says, mocking their sister. “We know it sucks, which is why I’m trying to fix it. That’s why I think the cover went viral because it’s like, ‘Hello’, it’s signalling to the people that we are officially in the 2010s revival era of nostalgia, which I don’t think has happened yet.”

Many signs are signalling this imminent nostalgia wave, but it may already be here. Daine lists a few: Charli’s latest Strokesy record, , and how she joined the American rockers on stage for their  closer “Take It or Leave It”; Kim Petras collaborating with Porches for her song “Jeep”; and the two pop stars reposting daine’s cover of “Hello”. “We’re all pushing the thing. We’re like, ‘Oh, okay, we’re all doing this now. Full steam ahead, get this shit to the moon.’” At the time of writing, daine and I are 23, and we both agree that we, and everyone else around our age, need this. “We have to save the children! Well, we’re not children, but we’re children! We deserve our indie, optimistic, early 20s that’s all zany and fun. We missed out, but no longer, not anymore.”