gosh, i think i get what you mean. I look to see who Doja Cat was and tried listening to her music but the feeling I get was nope, nope! I'd rather listen to Rihanna or even Nicki Minaj if I was given no choice at all.
I think i get to be that old fart now that complains how good music is dead and tell folks to get off my lawn.
Haha. Yeah that's exactly what I'm saying. That reminds me of how, though I know I've said this before, I've honestly tried to listen to Post Malone's hit songs, knowing that it probably wasn't going to be for me, but still just to understand what it is...and I couldn't get through them. I thought to myself...I honestly don't see how this is considered that good, let alone so groundbreakingly awesome that this guy should be crowned a mega-star. I feel like at best, he should be YouTube-famous or a one-hit wonder, or just another one of many artists out there, not the voice of a generation. He should be one of those artists that becomes a meme for a little while, and once the joke is played out, that's it. I mean, I see how they are coherently crafted songs, like he knows how to put a song together, make melodies and hooks and write lyrics, but I didn't find it interesting musically, and most of the time he isn't actually saying anything besides "I'm famous, and I have a lot of money" and "celebrities/rich people have problems too". I'm like, OK, good for you I guess, but that doesn't do anything for me, emotionally. I don't identify with his type of person or worldview, and I don't care about his money or his problems. I didn't find any of it stimulating or entertaining, fun or cool, or feel any kind of energy from it. It made me kind of drowsy and dopey, to tell you the truth. Jokes aside I don't actually hate the guy, I just think he's way overrated.
Rihanna, is one of those where she may not be my style, but I can understand how she has a good singing voice, and I can understand how people would like her.
Nicki Minaj's music however, feels like it kills brain cells. If music were food, it would be empty calories, it would make your mind flabby and obese. There are some musicians that I remain ignorant of on purpose, like I haven't even listened to a single Doja Cat song. And I made it a long time without hearing anything by Justin Bieber as well.
Anyway, I have plenty of the old stuff to keep me occupied, I haven't even listened to everything by all of the old bands I find interesting. So I'll be busy with that for a good while...I don't have to keep up with what's new, to keep discovering things.
