Wouldn't you be able to see how mediocre something is the first time, though?
And how can flopping make you realize something is generic when generic songs succeed?
Looks like you're just flip-flopping for excuses. You're one of these "backtracking" stans, aren't you?
People stan for success. So obviously if something becomes successful they'll start liking it, and if something flops they'll disown it. I've seen it happen so many times where a song is released and everyone loves it, then it flops and all of a sudden they're talking about how they always hated it and knew it wouldn't do good. Like