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I hate every single modern song and I can’t put my finger on why!

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CherriesAndBerries5 · 20/06/2025 10:16

(To start, this isn’t me trying to be ‘edgy’ I just genuinely don’t understand!)

I’m 28 and I love music. I listen to a huge range of music. I like indie and rock and also dance and fun songs.
I also have some awful dance and pop songs that I absolutely love! I know there were some really cheesy pop songs in the 10s and some I absolutely love. There are some rap songs that I enjoy too.

However… there’s not a popular song out there right now that I don’t absolutely despise. Most songs I have to turn off when they come on. And I don’t understand why because is it really much different to some of the songs in the 10s that I was indifferent to?

What I don’t understand is how all my friends are loving and singing along to all of it?

Lose control by teddy swims? God awful.
Beautiful things by benson Boone? I have to turn it off.
Too sweet by Hozier? One of the most dull and boring songs I’ve ever heard.
Tipsy? Fucking irritating.
Pink pony club? The most bang average song I’ve ever heard, why is everyone raving about it???

I’m not sure I can put my finger on it, I am open to listening to all sorts and I’ve always liked most songs but why do I hate every single one now (and why does everyone love them)??

OP posts:
araiwa · 20/06/2025 10:36

Aren't they all written by one Swedish guy

DeSoleil · 20/06/2025 10:35

It’s because the songs produced today are overwhelmingly all crap.

threesocksmorgan · 20/06/2025 10:32

Too sweet by Hozier, brilliant song (im very old)

Comedycook · 20/06/2025 10:32

MauriceTheMussel · 20/06/2025 10:29

I have the radio on in the background (Radio 1), and as is often, yesterday Gwen Stefani’s Sweetest Escape came on. That’s like 20 years old. No way in 2004/5 would songs from 1984/5 have been regularly heard on Radio 1. So, I don’t think it’s only you who finds today’s music lacking

I thought this the other day actually. Even songs that are 25 years old are still played a lot... during the 80s, they weren't regularly playing songs from the 1960s were they?!

Comedycook · 20/06/2025 10:31

It just sounds different nowadays and I also can't put my finger on it. I never wanted to be a middle aged person who dislikes modern music but here I am...but it's not me, it's the music...I'm convinced.

MauriceTheMussel · 20/06/2025 10:29

I have the radio on in the background (Radio 1), and as is often, yesterday Gwen Stefani’s Sweetest Escape came on. That’s like 20 years old. No way in 2004/5 would songs from 1984/5 have been regularly heard on Radio 1. So, I don’t think it’s only you who finds today’s music lacking

PollyBell · 20/06/2025 10:20

It all seems mechanical now