Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they used to be

Re:Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they u... by spyspy on Saturday March 30, 2024 @07:45PM (#39879789)

Agreed! My hot take among my millennial friends is that popular music today is way more varied and interesting than what we grew up with. Sorry 50 cent. And it’s not like that music disappeared. We get both!

My only complaint is how short songs are now. Everything is tiktok optimized.

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Re:Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they u... by thom on Saturday March 30, 2024 @08:22PM (#39880058)

I've not noticed that, if anything I'm always delighted to find a 3-minute song these days, it feels like a bit of a lost art.

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Re:Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they u... by gardenhedge on Sunday March 31, 2024 @05:06AM (#39882633)

I always thought most songs were too padded out. E.g chorus repeated 3+ times

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Re:Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they u... by BipolarCapybara on Saturday March 30, 2024 @07:51PM (#39879832)

More than TikTok optimized, stream optimized. Artists get paid by individual stream, so they make their songs shorter in hopes of getting more streams per album.

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Re:Popular songs are simpler and more repetitive than they u... by bobthepanda on Saturday March 30, 2024 @10:23PM (#39880782)

Generally speaking you have a lot more diversity in sound.

Latin pop is much bigger and often is present. Kpop makes regular appearances. And now joining their Carribean music cousins are Afrobeats tunes.

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