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
On the plus side, I feel as though independent music is more interesting than its ever been. Every genre under the sun is being created at a DIY and I find that beautiful. You can find DIY pop, DIY noise, DIY punk, DIY hip hop, DIY folk, DIY country, and everything else. It rules. Songtrader might ruin this moment with the destruction of bandcamp, but I hope people keep making the art. I hope I find a new place to discover it.
I haven't really listened to the radio since Bomb the Music Industry and Defiance Ohio started putting their music online for donations, so I'm a little out of touch on mainstream. Some really good stuff does make it out of the mainstream, but I have no idea how common it is, because it mostly gets filtered through other people for me lol.