[Cherry]

Originally posted by Meowster

Maybe Hailee Steinfeld will become the new Adele.

Queen is already partially there with an Oscar nomination.

And the double entendre anthem "Love Myself" is coming for Song of the Year.

[Kworb]

Originally posted by JakeKills

Shawn's voice is so good but his lyrics are so bad.

A reverse You Know Who expedition.

He didn't even write Stitches.

And his voice is really annoying and awful.

[GreasyBruce]

Originally posted by Meowster

This new wave of musicians is.. well.. tragic. Hopefully more newcomers and/or the old guard will step it up before the sanctity of music is ruined for good.

Hmm agreed. I blame Vine and YouTube stars and the like, they've dumbed down teenagers' taste to the point where they have zero sophistication. It's a miracle someone like The Weeknd, with a true quality song and video like "The Hills" is smashing.

[Achilles.]

Originally posted by Meowster

This new wave of musicians is.. well.. tragic. Hopefully more newcomers and/or the old guard will step it up before the sanctity of music is ruined for good.

Lorde, HAIM, Troye, Hailee, and Sam can stay. The rest

[Cherry]

I haven't heard Yawn's music, but I heard his speaking voice once and it was like nails on a chalkboard.

[Mike91]

Originally posted by Meowster

This new wave of musicians is.. well.. tragic. Hopefully more newcomers and/or the old guard will step it up before the sanctity of music is ruined for good.

People wonder why the industry is dead.

[Skywalker]

Originally posted by Sazare

I was thinking precisely this. The newest crop of pop artist is among the most vanilla and charmless that I've ever seen. I'm hoping this isn't the beginning of some trend.

I don't have a problem with less distinctive singer/songwriters that wouldn't normally break the mold make it in but it seems like those are the ONLY people breaking into the music atmosphere ATM. Hope GODGA steps it up or someone new comes to bring some edge to all of this.

[Achilles.]

Originally posted by Kworb

He didn't even write Stitches.

And his voice is really annoying and awful.

Maybe Katy ghost wrote it for him. "Without your kisses, I'll be needing stitches" is right up her alley.

[ezra]

when you think about it, Carly Rae is just an overrated flop Katy with one hit.

[Sazare]

Hailee isn't very good from what little we've heard. Very few people can make a song about masturbation sound so rote and joyless. Were it not for the masterful production the song would be utterly useless.

[conatus]

Love Myself (?) just sounds like a Sucker bonus track to me.

[Cherry]

The TCAs/E! article actually kinda scary, tbh. Are all of today's hot new artists really Viners who I've never heard of? Why do I feel old when I'm barely out of my teens?

[Gui Blackout]

So happy that Shawn is finally getting a smash hit to side with his #1 album

Stitches is like the 2nd best pop song of the year after Here

He's such a king

[GreasyBruce]

Rachel Platten
Whatever the hell is R. City
Omi
Silento
Selena Gomez basic ass
Charlie Poofter & Megalodon
Fetty Wap sucks, I'm sorry but he's like the return of mid 00s rap with zero substance

I remember we were saying the Top 10 sucked months ago and it still sucks

[Skywalker]

I do like Lorde, Samantha, Troye, The Weeknd so it isn't as bad as it could be. Meghan can be cute at times but her Hairspray shtick got old fast. It really is strange how the public got burnt out by pop music so fast. Godga is so emblematic.

[RobynYoBank]

I think I like that Shawn Mendes song. But I've only heard it twice.

[Sazare]

Originally posted by conatus

Love Myself (?) just sounds like a Sucker bonus track to me.

I mean it's basically thematically identical to Body of My Own.

It's just a lot less subtle and completely free of personality.

[Skywalker]

Sigh. Love her but did Adele really have to kill the music industry like she did?

[ezra]

Teenage Dream cover with no text > that candy cane text foolishness

She could be so much better if she weren't such a buffoon

[Cherry]

Can we talk about how Gaga, who is known for starting careers (The Weeknd, DJ Snake) has now gotten another one off the ground? Semi Precious Weapons were the opening acts on the Monster Ball; now the lead singer is writing smashes for Hailee and Selener.