Per Johansson

Editor and founder of RetroVideoHits.com

About

RetroVideoHits is a curated cultural archive of key works from the MTV era — not an algorithm-driven feed. Across five decades of music video history, the site gathers videos scattered across YouTube and gives them context.

I run the site as a one-person operation: editorial selection, writing, and the technical infrastructure behind it. Friends and contributors with deep knowledge of specific genres occasionally weigh in on what belongs in the archive.

Background

Information science (systems development, database design) and communication studies (usability, digital communication). On the technical side, that means WordPress, database architecture, SEO, and accessibility. On the editorial side, that means longform writing, narrative structure, and editorial curation.

Editorial philosophy

Every Story Behind essay is independently researched and cross-referenced against primary sources, music databases, and contemporary press — original writing with verifiable claims, not listicles.