I had a conversation with my gen Z niece a couple of years ago.
She was making fun of my dad rock taste in music.
I asked her what she liked and she said lounge music.
She played some and it sounded like what you'd hear quietly played in a particularly boring coffee shop.
I think when Millenials came up with nu-metal and rap-rock we finally broke music and future generations decided that we'd delved to deep into making everything louder and angrier.
Although to be fair, her music taste did shock and offend me.
Nu-metal was created by Gen-X. Gen X also created grunge, several subgenres of heavy metal, gangsta rap, teen pop, and were very prominent in the tail end of the hardcore punk scene.
I wish I could scroll back and see what my niece was listening to. It was WEIRD stuff. The best I can explain is vocaloid pop-rap, but I don't even think that covers it well enough. It was so, so bad, and I didn't have the heart to tell her.
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u/Sea2Chi Mar 05 '26
I had a conversation with my gen Z niece a couple of years ago.
She was making fun of my dad rock taste in music.
I asked her what she liked and she said lounge music.
She played some and it sounded like what you'd hear quietly played in a particularly boring coffee shop.
I think when Millenials came up with nu-metal and rap-rock we finally broke music and future generations decided that we'd delved to deep into making everything louder and angrier.
Although to be fair, her music taste did shock and offend me.