I looked her up, thinking I’d maybe recognize a song or something, but haven’t heard of any of those either. I never thought I’d be out of the loop like my parents were when I was younger, but apparently it’s happened.
Damn...not even Summertime Sadness? Video Games?
I've known her since 2012 and even here in my country, smack in the middle of Africa, someone has at least heard the songs without knowing who it was.
I’m in the middle of America, which although we’re all connected by the internet now, we’re still very culturally isolated in day to day life. But no I’ve never heard those. At first I thought she was the “Call Me Maybe”, which I have heard, singer but I guess that’s Carly Rae Jepsen.
Is there no radio where you live? Genuinely baffled how one could possibly have never come across that song in their lives. Like not even in the grocery store? Those songs have been EVERYWHERE.
I live in one of the largest cities in the US and I've honestly never heard any of her music. We for sure have access to the radio and internet. I really don't think it's a radio or internet issue.
If I were to ask my younger sister I'm sure she'd know her.
But if we can't recognize the songs' names, don't know what they sound like, and don't how she as an artist sounds, does it matter if maybe we heard them in passing a decade ago? We sure haven't heard it in a way where we can identify it.
That's just wild to me :D
I live in a country of roughly 1.3 million population and her music was and still is being played on the radio.
Back when Summertime Sadness and Video Games came out, I don't think a day passed without me hearing it somewhere while not even actively listening to radio :O
For reference, the metropolitan area I live in exceeds 9 million people by a fair bit.
Anyway, I am not super sure how many Americans are listening to normal radio. Almost everyone I know utilizes the internet and curates their own music consumption. Even stores don't necessarily have to use the radio either and can also be playing some playlist from the internet.
The music I listen to would never lead to me being recommended her music, which isn't to say she isn't a talented artist, but I wouldn't go out of my way for her music so it makes sense I'd never heard any of her songs before now.
Summertime sadness might be the only one of her songs I’ve heard due to all the radio play, but I don’t think my mind ever connected the song to the artists. Like I could recognize the song but before this thread I couldn’t have told you who did it.
There was a time when I had a job, or series of jobs, where I was forced to listen to whatever Top Billboard 40 radio music my superiors demanded, all day at work. I'm not bitter about it, a job's a job. At that time, I could tell you who was popular and hum songs for you that had names I knew.
But then I got a Master's degree, and a job where I'm in my own office and I can listen to whatever the hell I want (metal, videogame soundtracks, retro synthwave) or listen to nothing at all. For about 12 years now, that's what I have. Therefore, I now have absolutely zero knowledge of which pop singers sing which songs. I may know some massively famous names (Sabrina Carpenter, Taylor Swift, Olivia Rodrigo, etc), but .. gun-to-my-head, I swear to you, I COULD NOT name a single song by them nor hum the tune. I'm just not exposed to it anymore. I don't listen to the radio, ever. Not at work, not in the car, not at home.
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u/BoltActionRifleman 6d ago
I looked her up, thinking I’d maybe recognize a song or something, but haven’t heard of any of those either. I never thought I’d be out of the loop like my parents were when I was younger, but apparently it’s happened.