KIR

2mo

weren’t those all independent though

treeman

2mo

9k too much

Childhood

2mo

y'all might be 🐶💔 if you're trying to frame this as bad for him lmao

pussy bacon

2mo

That's really good

Zack From The Six

2mo

That's actually an impressive number considering how utterly trash and talentless he is

NBA GameBoy

2mo

Not to be that annoying nerd poster but I think in today's day and age it's hard to determine just how popular or unpopular an artist - or anything for that matter - really is

I saw Nettspend at Dover Street Market in NY a few months back and it was fairly busy and not a single person went up to him or seemed to even notice him

Maybe they, like me, just weren't fans and maybe couldn't tell who he was because they'd hardly ever seen pics of him

But my point is a lot of artists might do crazy numbers in terms of impressions and interactions and memes generated on social media, but that doesn't always translate into sales (obvious I know)

The other side of that coin though is that there's artists you and I have never heard of currently doing crazy numbers in terms of real streams/tickets + merch sold, but the algorithm hasn't ever delivered their online presence to our feeds and FYPs for whatever reason

These things coupled with a seemingly infinite and ever expanding list of new artists popping up and getting some buzz everyday online, as well as everyone walking around with decades and decades of older (not current) artists and scenes and genres to explore, means everyone's attention is fragmented, so even pop (popular) music is not as popular as it once was

bluegreenred

2mo

they were opium which is umg, yeat same thing but bias label is under interscope

NBA GameBoy

2mo

Not to be that annoying nerd poster but I think in today's day and age it's hard to determine just how popular or unpopular an artist - or anything for that matter - really is

I saw Nettspend at Dover Street Market in NY a few months back and it was fairly busy and not a single person went up to him or seemed to even notice him

Maybe they, like me, just weren't fans and maybe couldn't tell who he was because they'd hardly ever seen pics of him

But my point is a lot of artists might do crazy numbers in terms of impressions and interactions and memes generated on social media, but that doesn't always translate into sales (obvious I know)

The other side of that coin though is that there's artists you and I have never heard of currently doing crazy numbers in terms of real streams/tickets + merch sold, but the algorithm hasn't ever delivered their online presence to our feeds and FYPs for whatever reason

These things coupled with a seemingly infinite and ever expanding list of new artists popping up and getting some buzz everyday online, as well as everyone walking around with decades and decades of older (not current) artists and scenes and genres to explore, means everyone's attention is fragmented, so even pop (popular) music is not as popular as it once was

KIR

2mo

nah they were just opium

treeman

2mo

9k too much

vingu

2mo

we all collectively experiencing a bit of monoculture withdrawal syndrome with it now being dead after growing up with it i think

vagabonds

2mo

x was an interscope release

mustardonthezeusho

2mo

Monoculture?

KIR

2mo

yeah but ken carson stinks so whatever

no stylist and up2me were on foundation media