Has music lost consistency and hype compared to past years?

When I listen to some songs these days I can’t help but think that music has deteriorated over the years. They just don’t hit the same anymore, in quality and consistency.

Or is it just me?

i believe the pop industry has figured out this decades formula, so basically follow the leader. of course there is good in it, because sometimes theres a certain rhytm or melody you like and similar ones you are most likely to gravitate towards, but yes i think musicians and studios play it way too safely

Kennysplash said:

Or is it just me?

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Kolauttaja said:

i believe the pop industry has figured out this decades formula, so basically follow the leader. of course there is good in it, because sometimes theres a certain rhytm or melody you like and similar ones you are most likely to gravitate towards, but yes i think musicians and studios play it way too safely

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to add to this, many pop songs nowadays are built on the attention catching 20 seconds that you hear for 10k times on tiktok, so even tho they listen to it for a few seconds the artist gets tens of millions of listens even tho the rest 3 mins are utter garbage

No I don't think so I think is better than ever and will always be people can't live without music.

Music today does not carry the melodic quality that it had years ago. Lyrics in a song can mean so much too. One of the great modern song writers I admire to this very day is Harry Chapin from the 70s. One of his great songs is "Taxi" from 1974.

It does feel like music has changed in terms of consistency and hype, but not necessarily in a negative way. Earlier, fewer releases meant more collective excitement around albums and artists. Now, with constant drops and algorithms driving discovery, the hype gets spread thinner.
That said, moments of real energy still exist especially in live, community-driven spaces like Jameson Connects, where music feels less disposable and more about shared experience. The hype may look different today, but it hasn’t disappeared; it’s just more fragmented.

Yes, almost everything have changed over the years. Today, nudity is what moves songs in the music industry. If you're not using half naked ladies in music video, it doesn't matter how good the beat or lyrics of the song is, it's never going to do well.

In my opinion as a music producer, I believe that the fact that music streaming services offer unlimited songs for a small subscription makes it harder for smaller bands to make it out like they would of if you found their album in a CD shop. instead, lots of people are listening to all the (obviously) popular artists. because everyone is listening to the same people, those big artists stop focusing on writing actual good music, and write, as Kolauttaja mentioned, 20 seconds of the same thing, then the rest of the song is trash.

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