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I don't think it's because Gen-Z is more conservative and moreso that boomers are finally switching to streaming. This combined with the trend of listening to older hit songs which were created to be played on radio (so no explicit language included) makes the Spotify top 50 very tame The downfall of rap music is for sure also another reason for the overall decline I didn't really notice less explicit language in all the new albums I listened to this year tbh

Record labels aren't investing much into new artists anymore. So you either have to bring your own connections and money in order to push yourself into the industry or have an already established following (usually from social media like tiktok). Nepo babies can easily bring both of those things with them so it's less risky for labels to sign and promote them. Labels don't have to invest that much money into them compared to an unknown person who probably needs training and loads of promo in order to even get noticed a little bit.

I saw the leaks of these a few days ago and I was 100% convinced these were some AI sets created by a fan cause they looked too good to be true (Like all these vinyl mockups that get posted all the time) Love that it turned out to be true

I hate this new trend of turning every niche interest or thing into gambling. It ruins the fun. TOTC used to be chart fans creating predictions for the Hot100 in their free time. But they got money hungry and turned into a site promoting Kalshi. You can't even believe them anymore cause they try to influence the betting market with their predictions. And not to mention all the insiders and manipulators getting in there too and doing so with no consequences at all How this is even legal at this point baffles me

Just look at the charts and streaming numbers right now. Old recurrent music is the future. It is more than likely that in the future music labels will no longer push new artists and instead rely on the catalogue of their old artists cause its more profitable. And with AI flooding the music landscape it is probably a good bet to hold on to past hits which were made in an era where the massive output of AI slop didn't exist. And not to mention how nostalgia will always bring people back to listen to past hits. It all kinda makes sense

I will never understand why good 4 you is having such low daily streams. It's even outstreamed by happier and on the same level as favorite crime, despite being her biggest smash

Surprised about honeybee being so stable but that's what her best song deserves I've seen lots of new viral videos with her staying quiet at the „I love you baby" on the last chorus. Going viral just for your genius songwriting, we love to see it.

Shirin only being able to get hits with annoying ass meme songs now Bauch Beine Po really destroyed her career cause she's been releasing pure trash since it smashed

Am I the only one who can't play a single song from the album on apple music? No error message or anything, they just don't play Had to go back to youtube for my first listen

which is her second highest peak there (after NTLTC which debuted at #2 and dropped out the top 10 the following week ) This era may not become as big as ES but she is gaining back her global audience which kinda dropped her for the last two eras.

It has always been like this. Back in the day it just wasn't as noticeable cause the bad singers used playback to hide their voice so they didn't stick out as much I guess. Today we expect everyone to sing live even if it's combined with a backing track. I mean there were still artists like Paula Abdul or Milli Vanilli() the same way we have a Selena Gomez today Edit: Adding to this, artists nowadays need more than just a good voice. They have to write their music, have to be relatable and build up their image themselve. Writing camps and label-made popstars don't exist anymore like they used to be. A Whitney Houston didn't write her songs, she was just the final piece to make them happen. Now an artist has to fully create the song in first place.

The way the autotuned her voice so much that it became unrecognizable besides a single note Could have been anyone

I love how everything about this is so perfect. The song, the video, the lyrics the build up... and the creative decision to add that godly outro to an already long song which pushes it to a 11/10. I wasn't really hyped for this era cause I couldn't connect with Drop Dead at all but The cure pulled me back into being excited for the album.

Personally for me it was Manchild. I had the wrong expectations when it first dropped and just couldn't get into it with it's pop/country fusion. But after some time I finally was able to appreciate what a fun, carefree song it is and became obsessed with it. And looking at its recurrent numbers I guess I'm not the only one

It feels like google wants to kill the internet like we know on purpose. Traffic for smaller websites will collaps even more and most will slowly start to disappear cause there is no reason for them to exist anymore. And all the big players will just absorb all the traffic while offering the bare minimum The dead internet theory is becoming more real with every day it seems