A good song is a good song, regardless of # of writers.
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Originally posted by M A R C
The obsession with artists writing their own music is annoying.
I understand it's impressive, but not everyone is gifted in that area.
As long as that artist isn't lying about writing their own songs, i don't think there should be an issue.
An album can be written by one artist only and still sound like trash.
If I told you the house on the left was built by 43 people, but the house on the right was built by 6, it doesn't make either house better than the other. But it is definitely more impressive, and you develop a higher respect for those who created something of equal quality with less help (the right).
Y'all are trying it lol, songwriting is just as much of a talent as singing & dancing.
Trying to undermine it
I don't think anyone's trying to undermine it or deny that it's a talent and skill (if said artist is legit and actually good at it). The problem comes when people try to to elevate their fav above another talented person solely because they write, or claim to, write their own songs. There's nothing more cringe than people on a pop music forum getting snooty about songwriting when most of the artists' music discussed here doesn't heavily rely on songwriting apart from a good melody.
A good song is a good song regardless of number of writers, but coming up with a good song definitely becomes more impressive if it has less writers involved in it.
one person also wrote, composed and produced this:
excuses
I don't hate artists who work with a lot of people I just don't respect them as much as I respect someone who writes everything by themselves, there is something more unique, more fresh and more intelligent about those kinds of artists.
i don't think people are saying songs written by one person are necessarily better, but if an artist releases music that has many cowriters, their actual contribution to the music comes into question. This is especially a big deal when artists are releasing very personal music.
And, as others have said, when a song is released that has ten cowriters, it becomes more of a product than art.
It's not that it's frowned upon, but how could you say someone who needs 6-8+ other co-writers on a song is a more talented songwriter than someone who requires less than 2 others to put a song together?
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