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Re:Is there such a thing as good taste? by Sohcahtoa82 on Monday November 15, 2021 @01:53PM (#29231059)
> written by a team constructed by a label to create the most generically likeable music possible

A few years ago, a group engineered the most unlikeable song ever:

https://youtu.be/-gPuH1yeZ08

Featuring bagpipes, a rapping opera singer, country music, and a children's choir singing holiday music that ends with telling you to do your shopping at Wal-mart.

Re:Is there such a thing as good taste? by Lammy on Monday November 15, 2021 @04:50PM (#29233261)
"This announcement from the producers of this record contains important information for radio program directors, and is not for broadcast. The first cut on this record has been cross-format-focused for airplay success. As you well know, a record must break on radio in order to actually provide a living for the artists involved. Up until now, you've had to make these record-breaking decisions on your own, relying only on perplexing intangibilities like 'taste' and 'intuition', but now there's a better way. The cut that follows is the product of newly-developed compositional techniques, based on state-of-the-art marketing analysis technology. This cut has been analytically designed to break on radio."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82fshB1F_tE

Re:Is there such a thing as good taste? by Sohcahtoa82 on Monday November 15, 2021 @07:23PM (#29234900)
Just listened to the whole album.

There's a certain genius to how bad and obnoxious it is.