base talk How do you think platforms like tiktok are shaping the future of pop music?

[Welovetrouble]

Well how do you think the future of pop music will be influenced by tiktok? Do you see it losing its social currency anytime soon? Etc

[queenoftheclouds]

If Trump bans it then yes.

[Pheromosa]

I hope it's banned

[Virgos Groove]

Shorter songs, no bridges, focus on the hook. And lots of nostalgia-bait.

[Princess Aurora]

It's all up to the eventual US ban 

[AxelFox]

It's done a lot of damage to an already struggling industry.

 

Mainstream music at large has never been worse. Sure, there's some gems here and there but when you compare it to the music from the 60s up to like the mid 00s it's dire.

 

And I know people like to bring up the argument that there was bad music back then too bla bla and we only remember the good stuff, which has some merit. But that argument is slowly losing ground as it's been more than a decade since the early 10s and music from and after that period has not stood the taste of time in the way hits from the old have. 

[Sailor Moon]

it's already in effect right now.

songs are barely 2:30 long, skip on bridges or pre-choruses, very repetitive. 

 

and the impact on kpop .. there are already millons of challenges, idols doing videos every hour..

[Devin]

i hope its banned so people can go back to putting real effort & creativity into their music.

[Trent W]

Tik tok already had its full effect in the music industry 

 

Right now it feels more like it's past its prime and on its way to something new

 

I honestly want to see what's next, tik tok has been dominating the industry since 2019 and dictating what becomes a hit

 

It's been a repetitive cycle since then

[UnusualBoy]

Not sure it's done anything remarkable, songs are shorter, repetitive and basically made to cater that platform with the idiotic dancing challenges. I know I sound like a boomer but I said what I said.

[Hexchromatica]

It's killed music videos and bridges in songs and no one performs their songs on TV anymore

[Hexchromatica]

59 minutes ago, Princess Aurora said:

It's all up to the eventual US ban 

if/when it's banned, people will just migrate to reels/shorts

[bielneira]

I like that TikTok brought some hidden gems/artists to stardom, but it also has made music more and more uninteresting in the long term. 

[KillingYourCareer]

Other than the things that have already been mentioned, I would add that the topics have shifted to self-deprecation and victim complexes a lot. So many songs about being a toxic person.

[TipToe]

They are surely turning music into a less important form of art that people only care for if it's linked to a quick reward/online boost of something. This is already in full effect. People seeking to develop a real career as a musician are doomed tbh.

[Revolution]

Inshallah it will be banned soon 

[Gorjesspazze9]

It's basically made Labels obsolete. They still chasing onto algorithms to see what's popping, but trends move too fast that not even they can keep up. If TikTok is ban, the industry will find a new demographic to follow, so the Y2K and obnoxious hip hop edits will decrease and I belive more alternative rock and pop will have another resurgence. The youth will always be the needle for what's popular in music, but I think there will be a shift to more traditional structured songs in pop music in the next 2-3 years. Probably who knows tho