base talk Did the Pop Girls from the 2000s/2010s Set the Bar too High?

[Soda Pop Queen]

I grew up on the early millennium girls and I like some of the newcomers  

 

For better and worse, the industry drastically changes every 10-15 years and it's something you either accept and adapt to or reject and just stick to the artists you grew up with. That's not to say there isn't a natural hierarchy of artists based on certain factors but if you're a fan of music, there will always be something or someone new and great to discover. It's not just limited to the pop girls.

[Eternium]

Over half of Olivia Rodrigo’s career is filler and ALL of Doja Cat’s discography is filler. Honestly, K-pop is stomping the Western girls now because the Western girls don’t even try. I couldn’t imagine buying an album by any of these girls except Dua or Billie, tbh.

[GraceRandolph]

Yeah, the digital era required singles that were guaranteed to sell, and we got some amazingly instant bangers. The music nowadays is a bit mid. 

[Blackout2006]

11 hours ago, Relampago. said:

It wasn’t until we got this new crop of pop girls with Olivia bringing back punk-pop, Billie with her new edgy and dark image, Dua with her bright, pure pop, gorgeous star image, Doja with her kooky/weird internet meme persona, and SZA with her relatable, excellent songwriting and “side chick/love crazy” persona that we got our pop girls back and stomping. I don’t think they’re boring at all, they’re actually reviving pop and taking the torch that was passed onto them and doing amazing. I’m not equally as big of a fan of all of these ladies (Dua, Doja and Billie are my girls mostly) but I still found myself very hyped for GUTS and SOS and use songs from them still. They’re all making pop more exciting again, just like our older MPGs did back in the day— just in their own way. I’d much rather hear from these new gen pop girls than the nightmare that was mainstream music from 2015-2018ish. 

[Escape]

We're just pushing 30.

[rihannafan]

Yes. There's a reason the biggest Gen Z popstar debuted in 2006

[Wicked]

I have anemoia, I think the bar was set by 1970s-1980s Pop girls, and a lot of 2000s-2010s pop girls don't meet that standard.