from what i’ve seen in general if you like an artist’s music except for like a few such as mj etc you have to like some random deep cut or a b side/loosie/leak the most.
you cant simply like a single from them the most according to the fans. you can simply disagree with someone of course but i feel like fans act really pretentious about their fav artist and berate those for liking one of their most popular songs.

It depends on the fans but in my experience most MJ stans seem to love his hits the most anyway

people gatekeep

stans don't like casuals

honestly depends

something like rap usually the song which is most popular which maybe is a dumbing down of their sound or obvious chase for radio hit so obviously its not going to be fans most fav song

that person is insecure and bases their entire personality around being a stan of that artist

this also goes for artist which might be experimental but might had radio hit or two

example of this is It's Oh So Quiet is nothing like rest of bjork's discography

i was saying mj the exemption cos a lot of his best songs are the massive hits tbf he has so many of em

i hate that song so much

people not buying artists leaks so they can vault them????? not a real fan smh

Because according to them, fans really feel the music of their favorite artist unlike those who know only singles, so they should like some rare track where maybe the artist stays truer to himself rather then tries to get sales.

gold digger is top 20 kanye

perfect all around

sound like some meatball s***

Some people weird! You like what you like, whether that's the deep cut or the single!

tf that song is flames bro

Who cares, do you actually give a f*** if a random nigga thinks you a fake fan

nah it just ruins the discussion of their music cos for me i can disagree with someone regarding music but i ain’t looking for disrespect

Fair enough

Elitism

People on this site HATE casual fans of music for whatever reason lmao

it feel like that nigga who will pester a girl for wearing a nirvana shirt and asking her if she knows any song not named smells like teen spirit or a radiohead fan asking them if they know something not named creep

Which is funny because this site is full of casuals.

Which is fine

Last sentence is key, there is absolutely nothing wrong with being a casual fan of anything I have no idea why it’s so looked down upon here