Misia in Koizumi-designed dress performing at the Tokyo 2020 Opening Wu Tomo Zhizhao-Getty

Misia in Koizumi-designed dress performing at the Tokyo 2020 Opening Wu Tomo Zhizhao-Getty

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The Cultural Moments That Defined 2021

Year two of the pandemic was, in many ways, just as challenging and weird as the first. That said, in-person events made a tentative comeback, as did socializing outside our homes -- albeit with masks on our faces and hand sanitizer in our pockets. More so than in 2020, we adapted to living with the virus.