A TEENAGER whose nostalgia for the 1990s has led to her listening to Pearl Jam and stealing her dad’s plaid shirt feels it is irrelevant that she was not even alive at the time. 

Nikki, 17, not her real name, wishes she could go back to the good old days when Oasis were in the charts and everyone was flocking to see films like Johnny Mnemonic. 

She said: “Every time I hear Smells Like Teen Spirit, it really takes me back to being a vague plan my parents had for the future. But you can’t deny the 90s were amazing, probably. 

“All the big grunge bands were around – Nirvana, Hootie and the Blowfish, The Cranberries. Films were better too – you’d go to the cinema and be spoilt for choice between The Craft, Sleepy Hollow and Dark City.” 

Nikki was disappointed to discover her favourite indie rockstars are older than her parents, but will still be attending reunion concerts where she is the only person not middle-aged, knackered and full of life regrets.  

She has also recently bought a cassette player to listen to songs she discovered on Spotify, and has started wearing low-rise jeans which her mother was horrified to discover are technically ‘vintage’.  

Mum Clare, not her real name,  said: “I still own Tammy Girl tops, and now she’s buying them like they’re some kind of relic. I’m 44, not the f**king Sphinx. 

“I’m allowed to reminisce about the 90s because I was actually there. I’m pretty sure they only felt like good times because we were young and they were in fact shit, as I’m reminded every day when Nikki plays The Spin Doctors.”