Complaining about “songs getting dumber” is a story as old as recorded music. We tend to remember music positively if it’s important to our personality formation. Usually the music from our youth, although big jumps are possible later in life.
It’s not that new artists are worse or better than the old ones, you just don’t have an emotional connection to newer music.

That being said I do dislike some trends in 2020s music - melancholic mood and more focus on introspective texts. And all of reggaeton subculture. Contrary to your point I think there’s more focus on lyrics now than in 2010s.

I’m late to the trend, but I’m jumping on the brat summer bandwagon

Party for 3 days straight (Thursday was a public holiday so I already started)

Ideally an electoral system should have the “none of the above” option. If it gets the majority the elections are repeated with new candidates, and previous ones are disqualified for a number of years.

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