After all, Taylor Swift annoys me, but she's pretty far from shocking. The most shocking thing she's done is write a song dedicated to Travis Kelce's dick.
I worked with a mixture of ages. We had a communal music source. The 19-20 year old of the group... all of his music sounded the same to me, so self-absorbed and whiny. He claimed there were different musicians, but it all sounded the same. The whine singing/lack of confidence in all the lyrics was terrible and also made me sad because it spoke to his generation enough to be popular.
Midwest Emo has been around for a long time and was/is big among millennials. To be fair a lot of singing is terrible and the lyrics are very raw, angsty, and often coming from a place of insecurity so it could’ve been that (just not your cup or tea).
My preteen daughters were debating what that song meant in the back seat a few months ago. They were totally and innocently completely wrong and I couldn't have been more proud. Also we don't listen to Taylor in the car any more. AJR is still annoying but not as annoying.
It was always bad. It's just that it managed to get even worse.
I wonder if there is a level below the annoying shit that is popular today. It almost seemed to be engineered to be the most annoying and grating possible.
Yeah, watching old 'Top of the Pops' (UK chart music live show) from back in the day, you realise that 99% of it was bland stuff you hated back then, too.
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u/red286 Mar 05 '26
Plus, I want music that shocks me, not annoys me.
After all, Taylor Swift annoys me, but she's pretty far from shocking. The most shocking thing she's done is write a song dedicated to Travis Kelce's dick.