Hey everyone! This is Dj Tica from the Hammock. I hope you\u2019re all having a fantastically amazing summer, whether it\u2019s spent staying inside marathoning shows on Netflix, or going on some exciting journeys! Nothing\u2019s better in the summer than listening to some sweet tunes, weather you\u2019re from Georgia, to California, even to Puerto Rico or Switzerland! And what screams good summer more than pop music?! Everything!<\/p>\n
It\u2019s currently 2:42 am, and instead of sleeping, I\u2019m being terrorized: A pop song has taken refuge in my memory and is most certainly not welcome. The popularity of pop music isn\u2019t the reason why this hatred is so fiery, but rather because it\u2019s a genre that hinders its own potential with predictable garbage.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t even know where to begin with how wrong pop music is, so I\u2019ll just dive in.<\/p>\n
Pop music is inconsistent. Yes, all music changes with the times, but I swear pop music is the girl who changes 20 times before going out. This isn\u2019t how it\u2019s always been: Pop music was the groove to move to back in the early 2000\u2019s. But my god! Today, pop music makes me call out to the heavens for patience.<\/p>\n
Is it even music? It seems like today\u2019s pop music consists more of synthesizers and electronic sounds rather than real instruments with actual chords and voices. Everything is done digitally; it\u2019s to the point where we lose the authenticity that we crave from our musicians.<\/p>\n
The most we get from our musicians nowadays is poor diction and closed vowel sounds. It seems the presence of auto tune has allowed people to grow cocky. Becoming famous has become as easy as going on social media and saying you want to be famous. If you can\u2019t sing, you just try to imitate a proper note, and that works for people now.<\/p>\n
\u201cHey kid, wanna be a star?\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI don\u2019t even sing!\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s alright, just sing something remotely close to these three notes, and you\u2019re set!\u201d<\/p>\n
The most upsetting part is that to someone who does take music seriously, this feels like a slap to the face. Songs are supposed to be sung in a way so audience can understand the music and feel meaning behind it. Pop music lost the emotion behind the singer.<\/p>\n
But it doesn\u2019t stop there: Pop has begun to claim whatever tune they can get their hands on. They\u2019ve been known to take songs from alternative,<\/p>\n
indie, and other alternative genres and remixed them to be \u201cpop\u201d standards and appeal the masses.<\/p>\n
A current example of this would be James Bay\u2019s \u201cLet It Go\u201d. I first heard this song years ago, and it was love at first note. The intimacy of the song made it feel that one could really understand the musician just by closing their eyes and listening.<\/p>\n
Few years later, this song was played on the radio. The sweet sound of the guitar chimed through the speakers, but it wasn\u2019t the same. This \u201cLet It Go\u201d by James Bay had upbeat drums pasted into the background.<\/p>\n
This beautiful song, sung with so much sincerity and sentiment, was turned into a meaningless pop song, just with one simple instrument. The song wasn\u2019t meant to be upbeat, and just like many other things that have come out lately: the original is better.<\/p>\n
But even the original is now tainted by the memory of the remix. This isn\u2019t the first time the enjoyment of a song gets ruined by its predecessor. Other examples include anything by the band Fun and the obvious: Gotye\u2019s \u201cSomebody That I Used to Know\u201d.<\/p>\n
I loved this song. Or, you used loved this song. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if your old gym teacher did too because this song was everywhere! The \u201cF*ck you\u201d tone to Gotye\u2019s voice made the song feel raw, complimented by the myriad of instruments it had. But that all got washed away with one set of wretched. upbeat. percussions. WHY MUST YOU RUIN SONGS THAT WERE ALREADY GOOD?!<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t know what\u2019s worse: producers changing the songs, or the fact that there are people out there who will never get to hear the original because of Pop-radio standards.<\/p>\n
And worst of all? There are musicians out there that work hard and search the deepest parts of themselves to come up with lyrics made to touch our souls with the sweet, sweet sounds of outrageous repetition.<\/p>\n
Honestly, it would be a groundbreaking discovery to find a splinter of creativity in the pop industry. It looks like Rihanna didn\u2019t \u201cwork work work work work\u201d so hard to come up with her lyrics (She may not actually be pop, but that pun was necessary).<\/p>\n
Here\u2019s a rule of thumb: if you like pop music, but only have 5 minutes to listen to your favorite songs: listen to the first 30 seconds of a song, and then you\u2019ll know the lyrics for the rest. You could even stop listening there because the rest of the album probably sounds like that too. If you\u2019ve heard one pop song, you heard them all.<\/p>\n
There are countless times where the radio will end up playing the same<\/p>\n
song on multiple stations. But there are even more occasions where people think the same song is playing, when in reality it\u2019s a different song with the same instruments, rhythms, voices, and basically everything else. With so many variations of notes, chords, and accompaniment, you\u2019d think there\u2019d be more diverse creativity.<\/p>\n
My opinion isn\u2019t law. This is quite obviously bias and it\u2019s your choice to agree or not. But one thing isn\u2019t debatable: Music is subjective, as is all art. Who knows, maybe you love pop music (bless your heart), or maybe you don\u2019t. I am aware there are a select few pop artists out there who are genuine musicians and very talented making their music. Every genre has their issues; don\u2019t even mention Dubstep or this article will double in size at record speeds. Though at the end of the day, Pop music will be always one of my least favorite genres. Consider it an honor.<\/p>\n
This has been DJ Tica, bringing you her thoughts with the burning passion of a thousand suns.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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