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Billie Eilish Again Named Apple Music's Artist of the Year
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She's insufferable. I shudder to think about who the finalists were, if she won.
Music today, outside of a couple genres, is so derivative and lacking in actual talent. Rick Beato, a music producer, has a YT channel and talks at length about the piss poor state of modern "Pop" type music.
Music today, outside of a couple genres, is so derivative and lacking in actual talent. Rick Beato, a music producer, has a YT channel and talks at length about the piss poor state of modern "Pop" type music.
She's the musical equivalent of the film director Wes Anderson.
Makes pretentious, esoteric, and yawn inducing pablum that all the supposedly "elitist" and "in the know" people think is generational and of high quality, but they fall asleep listening to it or watching it, if they do either at all.
Makes pretentious, esoteric, and yawn inducing pablum that all the supposedly "elitist" and "in the know" people think is generational and of high quality, but they fall asleep listening to it or watching it, if they do either at all.
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I’m not a fan of her music, but I’ll always have respect for artists who write their own songs and have success from it. It’s very rare these days.
I'm in my 50s, saw her show last night and it was phenomenal. Tough at some points to really hear her over the screaming fans, but to be expected.
This album as was her last showed an evolution of her music, both a departure from her first two albums and showing real growth and pushing the boundaries of her sound while still maintaining signature elements of her style. After hearing the work Gaga did on A Star is Born, one wishes she would evolve as well. I can't listen to Gaga's commercial work, but some of her live performances that completely transform her songs show a peek of what she could be. I haven't listened to much of the Beyonce album to know whether it was good or not, but what I did hear was ok but by no means groundbreaking and really felt more like an attempt at country through her existing voice which I felt missed the mark a bit. However, your comment would make me consider a further dive.
As to the album in question, the reviews I've read have been very positive and have noted the ways in which the album is a new level for her. Looking forward to what comes next.
Why? Because a super talented artist had her best year yet, including her second Oscar for songwriting, and a highly popular new album?
Not precisely. I live in the city that is the birthplace of country music....literally, we're recognized by Congress as that and we have a museum for it. I am not a country fan but you can't live here and not know the history. Jimmie Rodgers created his version of country from a mix of genres and Jazz and Blues were a part of that. Traditional Gospel and even localized music played in hollers, was also part of its genesis. Country was born out of traditional black music BUT ALSO born out of traditional white music.
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The silicon wafer is a fitting award, because like pretty much all recent pop music her songs are composed and performed by a computer.
All kidding aside, these sorts of awards are nothing more than marketing. Tastes are subjective and the "why not so-and-so" posts are kind of rhetorical. Listen to what you like and try some new stuff now and then.
All kidding aside, these sorts of awards are nothing more than marketing. Tastes are subjective and the "why not so-and-so" posts are kind of rhetorical. Listen to what you like and try some new stuff now and then.
Next year, the award will be a wafer of 8GB RAM modules. 
I can mumble depressing things into a microphone too. Where is my award?
America is a place where if you go around telling people how great you are for long enough, they will start to believe it. Beyonce is at best a decent pop singer, she is no where near the musical genius she and her fans like to fantasize that she is.
PFFFFTTT HAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHA!!
Oh, oh man. Oh that was good.
Oh that laugh was the highlight of my day. It’s all downhill from here, but thanks for that.
It absolutely did not “remind and educate ppl that country music originated in black culture” because that’s demonstrably not true.
Country music originated in the south particularly in Appalachia.