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    I don’t listen to music with a calculator

    TOOL fans in shambles

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    I was sharing music with a friend and their reaction upon being shown an artist (not even listening) was "ew less than 100k monthly listens”

    bro? is this your metric for good music ? how many people listen to it on Spotify ?

    if this is how avg ppl see music it explains a lot about top 40 charts

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      I remember getting made fun of in middle school for listening to Nevermind, you know just a landmark in rock music because it was at the time almost 10 years old. Sigh.

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      Funny, cuz lots of the ones who say “ew less than 100k listens” will also say they’re not into pop music. Wondering what they think “pop” is short for lmao

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          You’re right and also wrong. It’s a genre defined by being meant for an audience as wide as possible. It evolves over time like any genre, but in this case specifically what defines pop in an era is whatever is popular in some era. Trying to be popular is like the entire point of pop.

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      It’s sadly a very common thing and applies to just about everything. “It’s not popular so it’s automatically bad”, I’m just glad I’m not forced to be around people like that too often.

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        Oddly enough, I’m on the opposite side. Popularity ruins good things. I’m probably just bitter and cynical though. And that’s also not to say that there aren’t things with massive popularity that are also good.

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      Yeah! Sabrina is way better than Taylor!

      ~ I don’t actually hold this opinion. I don’t actually give a fuck at all. But I do like them both just fine ~

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      Which is supposed to be the better album?

      I don’t listen to either artist and don’t care for either of them from what I’ve heard on the radio and at malls so I’m not the best person to judge. I’m curious what your thoughts are though (and what the general consensus is).

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        I mean It is just a matter of opinion if course, but I think the common consensus was that this was not Taylor’s greatest work, and Manchild is one of if not Sabrina Carpenter’s biggest song right now.

        I personally was never the biggest fan of modern pop music but it’s been starting to grow on me.

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    I can safely say I know none of these albums. I’ve enough prior music to deal with first.

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    Personally the more popular an artist or band is, the less likely I’ll enjoy their music.

    This is broadly speaking and not universal, there are big exceptions like radiohead, massive attack, aphex twin, BICEP and tool, but for the most part, if something is in the charts, I’m probably going to hate it

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      Her father, Scott Swift, was a stockbroker for Merrill Lynch and notably purchased a 3% stake in Big Machine Records, the label that first signed Taylor, contributing to her initial success.

      Like all billionaires she inherited everything.

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    Yes. Bad Bunny have a lot of numbers in spotify BECAUSE it’s the default/background music that plays in every party.

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        Popularity doesn’t equal quality, though. Not to say anything about bad bunny since I don’t think I’ve ever heard his music before.

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          I mean, quality is a subjective thing, especially with music. What I consider quality music you might think is garbage and vice versa.

          But if the song is a default at parties then it’s hard to argue that it’s low quality.

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        I don’t entirely disagree, but I kinda feel like broad acceptance doesn’t necessarily equate to popularity. It’s like, yeah, I wouldn’t mind listening to Bad Bunny, but I’m also super unlikely to put it on myself you know?

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          What is popularity if not broad acceptance? “Quality” is something else and mostly subjective, but it’s not directly related to popularity

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        Let’s say that a reproduction in spotify is a sale (since is streaming and that’s how it works), perfectly we can say, once again that sales =/= quality, which, is the title of the post.