Comment The formula (Score 1) 137
Once the girl and boy band formulas were perfected, I don't see much difference in the 'real' popular music anyway. I won't mourn for the Taylor Swifts of the world and the millennial - whoop - inspired stuff on repeat everywhere.
Real music seems to have stopped about 15-20 years ago. There are a very few outliers, but you need to buy their album and T-shirts, not listen on Spotify.