Reasons Why Modern Pop and Rap are Awful

You can see my comment that is somewhat related to this on "They are more celebs than singers" but this is mostly true. Even though there may be a handful of actual good popular singers (I don't really know, as I don't keep up or listen to current popular music), the majority (at least from what I've heard in public areas, radios, and music others have tried to play me have just seemed to be about the image rather than the music. It honestly should not matter how an artist looks or what they say on social media, etc., the music is what matters.

There are only a few pop singers I would genuinely say can't sing. Sure, not everyone is a world-class opera singer, but most of them can at least carry a tune live. I actually can't think of anyone who uses autotune purely because they need it. Most artists I can think of who use it (Kesha, T-Pain, Kanye West, etc.) use it for an interesting effect.

Literally, it's just talking meaningless, no talent required. If anyone can do it, how does that hold people's attention? Doesn't hold mine!

Everyone on here is narrow minded and needs to listen to nursery rhymes instead.

This list is stupid! If you hate something at least give a good reason for it.

Autotune? Not all rappers or even singers use it. Adele? Lady Gaga? Ariana Grande? Taylor Swift? Jay Z? Katy Perry? Justin Bieber? 1D?!?! Nicki Minaj?!?! Eminem?!? !?! w hat ARE YOU SMOKING?!?!

Besides Kanye West, an artist I don't always like, sounds better with autotune. Listen to Stronger. It's easily his best song. Yo, even Safe Sex Pay Checks, the best song from the absolute worst album of all time, is the only song where Rae Sremmurd use autotune. So I disagree. Maybe you listened to the wrong artists. If you want to judge a whole genre then listen to most of the artists.

You know modern pop/rap singers are bad when most of them rely on autotune to convey their art. When first released, it was used in an interesting manner in mainstream music, like in Cher's Believe and in Daft Punk's One More Time. However now, it's used to cover up bad off-key singers, hence modern pop's heavy reliance on it. It's funny how celebs like Jay-Z & Christina Aguilera spoke out against it in the late noughties but now it's more popular than ever.

Some artists sound good with autotune, like Ariana Grande. There's a video showcasing it and she can sing without it. Autotune is just a voice changer/enhancer. Doesn't mean all artists who use it legitimately suck at singing.

What's so bad about this. It seemed fine when My Darkest Days used it, or when Tim McGraw did it

What about Present Tense by Radiohead? That's about denial that a relationship is failing miserably, with the person trying to forget about the relationship, but ultimately failing, leading to them being stuck in their own thoughts. Or Alright by Kendrick Lamar, which is about that even through the hardest of times, we're going to be alright in the end.

Call it pathetic now, I dare you.

"Oh my God, look at her butt." Possibly the seven words it took for me to stop thinking pop was an okay genre. It's like an empty shell. Has no heart and soul. And when you put it to your ears, all you hear is a boring undistinguishable noise.

This is actually very true. I skip through songs like crazy on Pandora because a lot of artists make ridiculous cliche lyrics that pique no interest in me. Just horrible.

Such as One Dance by Drake

It's not about people making songs about sex that are bad, it's bad music that are selling because of their over sexualized videos that are being payed more attention to than the actual song.

Again not a bad thing. And metal songs can be about sex too. So much of it, that they just gave it a sub-genre.

A lot do but there are modern rappers who actually know what they are doing, most notably Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole, among others.

I beg to differ.

This category applies to artists like Meghan Trainor, Maroon 5, and Fifth Harmony.

Kyle Lai-Fatt doesn't?

Very true...popular music today has become not about the talent, but how good the singers look. And yes, these pop singers become celebrities since many teenage girls will listen to them just because of their looks or because it's "what's cool". This does not apply to all teenage girls (though I know quite a few this way)-as I am one myself and I choose to listen to what I like (which is typically hard rock and metal). It doesn't matter to me if everyone else despises my music choices, I will listen to it regardless. I know there are most likely a lot of people like me; however, it just seems the world is full of people who just follow whatever's popular at the time, just wanting to fit in or be like everyone else. I just wish more people would be willing to explore music genres and discover what they truly like-even if it isn't popular. Sadly, many people are not willing to listen to many genres because they think either they will be judged for it (just think about the stereotypes ...more

Except they are celebs by being singers

There are definitely people in the world who think they can sing and they CAN'T.

This is why I like singers such as Beyonce and Michael Jackson because they have real talent.

Scars To Your Beautiful by Alessia Cara. If that's not a good message I don't know what is.