Pop music is meh right now, according to the Wall Street Journal

[gumby]

Ariana Grande, Billie Eilish, Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift released hyped up albums earlier this year, but "Pop Girl Spring" has been lackluster, the WSJ reported

Comments

[wonky]

I'm ngl, the fun and catchy pop music is in kpop as much as people hate it for being manufactured yada yada yada (everything is lol).

[richyrich909]

I agree. I’ve been listening to more K-pop for the past year or so because everything in America pop-wise has been a snooze lol. And they have proper bridges and production that actually goes somewhere.

[wonky]

Same! And they actually, in my admittedly limited viewing experience still, seem to put effort and budget into their music videos too. All the effort is in that industry. The US pop industry is lazy affff right now.

[richyrich909]

Extremely lazy.

[mspopstar]

Bodyguard is the obvious standout off Cowboy Carter; a cookout anthem. I wonder why Beyoncé didn't come out with it first.

[jearsinsears]

mte Bodyguard is a great summer song!

[spectras]

bodyguard is seriously such a vibe. one of my most played from cowboy carter next to ya ya and leviis jeans

[waffletaco]

because she and her team are clowns in regards to releasing stuff.
You cant flop if you dont try, i guess.

[michaelscott]

yeah well maybe wall street journal should be listening to some loona (boycott version)

[jearsinsears]

pop music has been kinda stale imo
i had hope with Victoria Monet's On My Mama last summer but Espresso just doesn't hit the same for me. The new Tommy Richman song is also kind of a letdown especially after he hyped it up so much with all that teasing for like 2 weeks.

also surprised that no one seems to be talking about Cowboy Carter anymore. I feel like I couldn't go anywhere without hearing songs from Renaissance or ppl talking about it when it dropped but the same energy doesn't seem to be there with CC.

just give me something fun to dance to!

[steffi_333]

They’re not wrong, lbr