On: Song lyrics getting simpler, more repetitive, angr...

[seattle_spring]

The article is about simplistic styles though. There are an enormous amount of "bad" songs that don't seem to die.

[dist-epoch → seattle_spring]

How can a song which is liked by tens of millions of people be "bad".

[seattle_spring → dist-epoch]

Surely if you spend any amount of time listening to Top 40 music, you’d know the answer to your own question.

[hackable_sand → seattle_spring]

The art world has a lot of different experiences to offer if you gave it a chance.

[seattle_spring → hackable_sand]

Did you mean to respond to someone else? Listening to Top 40 is basically the definition of “not giving the art world a chance.” It’s not like it’s a secret that almost all of it follows a very simplistic formula.

[dist-epoch → seattle_spring]

What do you think is harder to make, a song which 1000 people like (avant-garde art, your favorite underground band...) or one which has 800 mil views on YouTube.

> a very simplistic formula.

Go ahead, make one, get 100 million views, make a cool few $ with little work.