Chris

there was 4 i knew
or was it it 5
'mostly tuneless crap'

You are only repeating what others have said for decades regarding other generations music!  All I know is that the more I grow older, the more I appreciate even music I used to not like before. Music affects people in different ways.  Not everyone is looking for music with deep meaning or thought.  Sometimes, the most successful songs were meaningless bops! I think we all have that one song that is crazy ridiculous that is possibly hated by others, that we just love. You only live once!  So enjoy what you enjoy and don't let others make you feel like your any less of a person for enjoying whatever music you enjoy!

It was an unprecedented time in music history where the entire industry was in a "so what the fuck do we do now" mode with streaming wiping out sales and old models of business. Seems their solution was to make a bunch of shit that sounds the same vs. creativity.