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I think would be a cultural shock for many Americans how popular and acclaimed Bruno is in most of the world, like he’s literally the GOAT popstar

While in the US, he’s just some dude with popular songs 💀 he’s not rated at all in his country

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because we have the context of understanding the last 30-40 years of western pop music and being able to tell that Bruno has always essentially just been a covers artist. Internationally, nobody really thinks about that because they aren't as enveloped in the progression of our sound.

i will be working but Justin Timberlake wiping the floor with that man no shade

People that say that about Bruno don’t really know much about his discography, let’s start with that…

And the same could be said about other popular artists. I also could say Rihanna or Beyoncé are cover artists, tbh. I could say Love On Top is “pastiche”, right? And that Rihanna just sings what’s popular at the time (no, she did not popularize anything)

And people outside the US are aware of these genres histories and hits 💀 American popular music has always been massive around the world. they didn’t get energy and internet connection in 2010. Everyone is pretty much aware of Bruno’s retro style, and that’s not why people like him

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One day I might write about why I believe Bruno and his production team were the leaders of this lil wave, the ~2010 sound~

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Considering much of what is popular, most don't care that Bruno is a safe covers artist. He is doing what many artists have done which is to just copy the most widely liked pop artists of all time and give music listeners more of the same. He effectively is what we fear AI to be when it comes to generating older music and losing any creativity. And many pop artists right now fall into that.

Beyonce and Rihanna no doubt have songs like that but they also have clearly very distinctive records like ANTI and Lemonade that are very obviously not just a collection of cover songs (well besides Rihanna literally doing a cover of that Tame Impala song). Even JT has some songs that are like that. The difference is that you won't find a single Bruno song across his discography that pushed boundaries in any way. He is Ellen Degeneres music.

Obviously popular music in America is listened to worldwide but most people worldwide are going to have a greater context for their music. They aren't looking for a level of depth in American popular music that a music fan in America may be looking at.

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Which artist did he copy when he made his first hit Nothin On You? Which artist did he copy when he made his second hit Billionaire? What about his third hit Just The Way You Are? And his fourth hit Grenade? Which artists did he copy when he made It Will Rain, Talking To The Man, Young Wild and Free, Count On Me, Mirror, The Lazy Song…?

That was his first era, the first 3 years of his career. A incredibly big album that will be certified Diamond in the US soon. He was already globally massive as soon as his career started in 2010. Since that’s what you’re saying, which songs by other artists did he copy on his pop and reggae fusion debut album that was inspired by his family and Hawaii?

His career didn’t start with Uptown Funk in 2014 (a Mark Ronson song from his retro themed album) or 24K Magic in 2016, a R&B album which the concept was him doing different styles of the genre.

Like I said, it seems like people that says this about Bruno doesn’t know much about his discography. I have the impression that a lot of people only started paying attention to him with 24K Magic which I guess might have caused this confusion, as he’s not very appealing to US millennials. KTT is a good example. I doubt there was much discussion about him on KTT1 in 2012.

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