Hype (20TH CENTURY)

Political version of Gresham’s Law.

People and institutions whose surface value (‘hype’) is less than their substance will be driven out by those of whom the reverse is true.

• ‘An ounce of presentation is worth a ton of production.’

• Film and television

  • Hype (TV series), an American comedy television series
  • The Hype (TV series), an Australian television series
  • Hype!, a documentary about the popularity of grunge rock in the early to mid 1990s

  Music

  • The Hype (band), fronted by David Bowie
  • “The Hype”, an early name of the Irish rock band U2
  • DJ Hype, British drum and bass DJ
  • Hype Williams (born 1970), music video director
  • Hype (album), 1981 album by Robert Calvert
  • Hype! (soundtrack), a 1996 soundtrack to the Hype! documentary
  • “Hype” (song), a 2016 single by Dizzee Rascal and Calvin Harris
  • “Hype”, a 2016 song from the album Views by Drake
  • “The Hype”, a song from the 2011 album Kill the Lights by The New Cities
  • “The Hype” (Shopping song), by post-punk band Shopping
  • “The Hype” (Twenty One Pilots song), by American rock band Twenty One Pilots