I know good modern pop music exists, I'm talking about the terrible shit that plays on radios, commercials, TV etc. The stuff that the media has decided is current pop music.
This is probably my most boomer opinion , but most of it is awful. Where have all the strong voices gone? It's all baby voiced feel good insurance commercial stuff or warbley break-up songs.
If I hear another song that sounds like 'Tonights Gonna be a Good Night." or Ed Sheeran or any of the 100 songs sung by women that all sound like infants I am going to screm.
Also anyone notice that these songs are all safe as far as lyrics go? No ones allowed to be mad or defiant in music anymore. Its all "Lets party." or "Boohoo my Boyfriend left me." Mainstream music used to have tons of "Fuck the system" songs, not any more. There seems to be no genre represented outside of singer-songwriter. Also let women have strong voices again, damn it. Also let bands that play instruments exist. Let multiple genres exist!
Anyway, Boomer_Owl out
the mainstream is kind of disappearing anyway as culture has become stratified into a million small subcultures. sure there are still some big artists like Taylor Swift or Megan Thee Stallion or whatever but I have to wonder if they're the last of a dying breed. you can go through life without caring about any of these famous people, which was much more difficult before the internet. most people don't listen to the radio anymore, they get their music from Spotify, TikTok and Youtube algorithm geared towards their specific taste
like, ask 5 random teenagers what music they're into and you'll probably get 5 completely different answers
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Death Grips and Post Punk are borderline mainstream. There's a level 4 alternative where yknow, you're part of a music scene and know a lot of underground music.
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Hell yeah level 3