Big-box retailers have embraced the retro format, and megastars including Taylor Swift, Harry Styles, and Billie Eilish have sent pressing plants into overdrive
Like many people in his generation, Vijay Damerla finds most of his new music online—but the 20-year-old is slowly becoming a vinyl junkie, amassing records in his room.
The student says he doesn't even own a turntable, saying for him "it's the equivalent of like getting an artist poster, or like even an album poster on your wall."
"Except, like, there's actually kind of a little bit of a relic from the past."
For Celine Court, 29, collecting vinyl—she says she owns some 250 records—is about the nostalgic, warm sound that many listeners say digital copies chill.