‘Baby Driver’ Has Got Everyone Feeling Huge iPod Classic Nostalgia

I had a shitload of iPods throughout the 2000s, but the Classic – technically the sixth generation iPod – was easily my favourite. Nothing is more beautiful to me than its extensive storage capacity and that whirring click sound it made when you dropped it one too many times and fucked up the hard drive. 

Seeing it crop up as Baby’s weapon of choice in the film has got people online reminiscing about the Classic, long ago forgotten for stuff you can more readily play Candy Crush on. That includes Edgar Wright himself, who tweeted his old fella pumping out the soundtrack to his own movie.

True story. I have never stopped using my iPod. pic.twitter.com/0lV3LUlEtR

— edgarwright (@edgarwright) July 2, 2017

A few other filmmakers chimed in, like Star Wars Episode VIII director Rian Johnson, who also inexplicably has a Classic which still functions in 2017:

+1 pic.twitter.com/cDYvJuMzrv

— Rian Johnson (@rianjohnson) July 2, 2017

Metal Gear Solid auteur Hideo Kojima clocked in with his own entry, too.

Decade. pic.twitter.com/iwY1Cvx6b8

— ???? (@Kojima_Hideo) July 4, 2017

Guardians of the Galaxy director James Gunn showed off his own Classic, deftly docked into a speaker clearly to hide the fact that the battery no longer functions for longer than 5 minutes.

Same. pic.twitter.com/mDhxzmV1uw

— James Gunn (@JamesGunn) July 2, 2017

Fans are getting amongst it, and quickly coming to the realisation that getting your hands on an iPod Classic is likely to be a disappointing affair in 2017:

Baby Driver really makes me want to pick up another iPod Classic but I really have zero need for it.

— JK aka SHARKTANK (@_jay_kay) July 4, 2017

With Baby Driver being such a classic I hope Apple capitalizes and rereleases the IPod Classic

— Stank Ocean (@itsblackchris) July 4, 2017

If Baby Driver accomplishes anything, I hope it convinces Apple to bring back the iPod classic.

— ?†hey (@Born_2_Lose) July 4, 2017

just got home from baby driver & immediately smooched my iPod Classic

— tweet urchin (@ladysancrete) June 29, 2017

You heard ’em Apple. Bring it back.