How will pop music die out?
 

How will music like Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Katy perry finally die out? I asked this by google and I got results of people are comparing it to the disco craze, and such. A better question is., Do you think it will ever die out?

I'm guessing you're quite young.

Pop music won't ever die out, it will just evolve.

21 and growing sick of this crappy music.

I hate how people start hating music only due to their preconceptions. I hate it when I read something like: "Lady Gaga is crap" written by someone who "knows music". Lady Gaga is one of the most talented musicians today. Of course there are many bad artists today, but when there haven't been? The truth is that 70% of the music always was, is, and will ever be crap. We now listen to old songs and artists, but we listen only to the best of them, simply because the bad was buried in the history. And on the other side, today we hear every new song played on the radio or tv many times, and most of them are bad really, but it always have been like this. There are many good pop artists today: Bruno Mars, Demi Lovato, Adele, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Nelly Furtado, Alicia Keys, R. Kelly, Kanye West.

So you're guessing that given enough time crappy music will just go away? That there won't be some new pint-sized twerp to give tween-aged girls a thrill once Justin Bieber finally passes through the gauntlet of puberty?

The artists mention will die out when their replacement counter-parts arrive on the scene in the next 5-10 years. Very few pop stars actually thrive in their post-success world, and I can't help but think Justin Bieber is destined to become the new Aaron Carter by 2017. I mean besides diehards, is anybody actually thinking about Debbie Gibson or Tiffany in this day and age?

That could be sooner than expected.

Of course there will be, but wasn't it like this back in the 80s, too. People listened to rock bands like Kiss, Rainbow, and there was the idol of all teenage girls Michael Jackson. Of course they hated him. My point is that the time is the best indicator of everything, which is really good and memorable. There were thousands of classical composers 200 years ago, but today nobody haven't heard about the half of them, and the only ones that everybody has heard of are Beethoven, Mozart, Bach and maybe someone else. Don't you think they were actually the best.

We will have to wait and see. We will have to wait and see.

We could be waiting for a long, long time. There's always going to be pop music because obviously some sort of music has to be the most popular. But as regards pop music continuing to be manufactured crap it just depends on how long the majors can stick to the business model of pedaling lowest common denominator rubbish. Maybe some day when the last record company collapses will this breed of pop music die out.

Besides if there was no pop music then there would be no alternative music either and things would just be boring.

The same crappy music that is around today has always been around, just different artists and different fads.

I don't think pop music will die out any time soon. Pop music will continue to exist as long as there are people willing to buy it.

If music like Justin Beiber, Ke$ha and Lady Gaga stops selling at some point, the pop industry will only have to reinvent itself (probably to a different demographic) to continue making a profit. That's why pop music sounds different every decade. People get tired of current pop music, so the industry attempts to "freshen" it up.



Just my two cents :)

This.

It bothers me that people have started identifying "pop" as a very specific music genre. It's not. It's whatever is popular. Rock was pop. Disco was pop. Grunge turned pop. That's why bands like Creed and Bush existed. In Norway I'm sure there was a time Black Metal could be considered pop. So yeah, there will always be pop.

Reverend Bizarre hit number one in the Finnish singles chart and they're a fucking doom metal band, and they're not the only metal band to have done that in Finland. Essentially this makes them pop bands.

Debbie Gibson starred in the classic movie Mega Shark Vs. Giant Octopus...personally i feel that he monologue at the end was in fact Oscar worthy but that bitch Meryl Streep just couldn't let go


i don't know man....really its all just the same regurgitated sound....this is why so many "older" pop stars are constantly accusing the newer, younger and often better stars of coping them

Jeez, gimme a chance, willya? I'm lockin' and loadin' as fast as I can! Can't be everywhere at once! Now, where is that Bieber guy playing....? :D:ar_15s:

Let's face it, Britney Spears and Christina Agulira have been in the pop industry sucessfully for 14 years so far. I personally believe Lady Gaga has staying power because she has the ability to be innovative and trend setting. But I imagine a lot of people will disagree with me.

I apologize, my post wasn't directed at you, but I do agree.

Bad music is nothing new. There were bad music in the 60's too, but we don't hear much about it, you know. We hear about The Rolling Stones, The Beatles, and The Beach Boys. The bad music that is around now WILL eventually stop selling, but I don't know how the *firetruck* it got popular in the first place.

I find this quite ignorant, I mean not ALL popular music these days is rubbish or 'bad'. For these people who never stop going on about how "music these days is nothing compared to the old days" you make me want to vomit out my own brain. Seriously, get off your ass and actually look for some music. There are zillions of music forums and ways to find out about decent music in for ALL of the decades, it's just about making an effort. How about attending a local gig, using spotify or using last.FM as resources.

when the earth blows up

Two months and counting...

That's what I'm talking about. After 20 years nobody will remember kesha, nobody remembers her even now. People will remember Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Justin Timberlake (if he returns to music), and of course, Lady Gaga. She's the most unique pop musician since Prince in his first years.

So are you talking about the average lifespan of an individual pop artist? Because that's hard to predict. These days your average radio fodder will be popular for a year or two and fade out. However, big names like Lady Gaga will probably endure for a very very long time.

I'm not so sure that's true.

My first exposure to music was to the acts in the charts in the mid 80s. I can still remember most of those acts that played then, both the successful ones that people still remember today and the ones that were either one hit wonders or novelty songs with no artistic merit whatsoever because that's the era of chart music I remember. Hell I talk to people my age some of whom have no interest in music and those acts are the ONLY ones they remember.

In 20 years time as long as there's still daytime local radio and a market for people not really that interested in music buying compilation albums with titles such as ' The Hits Of 20__(Insert Year Here) the likes of Kesha will live on.

Lady gaga puked on stage as well.

Please tell me why Lady Gaga is better than all the other popular musicians nowadays. Show me her best song or something.

I mean, I know she's a damn good singer, but that's not enough to me. I want to hear a song by her that's actually a great track, even when not considering the vocals.

Also, pop music doesn't die, it just shapeshifts into something else.

Pop music is too commercialised to die out. People aren't going to lose their interest in these kind of artists. It's just something that will constantly changed with the times, in line with popular culture and technology.

something better will come along

There is only one way to kill a shapeshifter... a silver dagger through the heart.

That made my day.

you know, this is probably not the answer you wanted great question-poser, and honestly i haven't been on here for so long that i'm clearing virtual cobwebs as i type, but i find pop music really fascinating and like someone said before, it evolves.

i guess i'm more open to shoddy dance top 40 stuff than most people, and i can totally understand you not liking it or not wanting to listen to it, but what is popular says a lot about a generation, and just in general, it's a really interesting thing if you ever wanted to look deeper into.

It will always be short and catchy.

It will continue to be more about the artist being quirky/outlandish so that it can filter through to everyone and be famous/well known.

I think the obviously autotuned for effect will be faded out and be a period thing. Plus it looks like now all pop music is being dubstep-ised.

When something as big as the Beatles or Dylan comes along and completely revolutionizes the genre.

But technically it would still be popular, hence pop music will still exist.

Guys, The Beatles and The Kinks IS pop too, you know. Short songs, catchy choruses, so I don't really see the thing about the "revolution". Pop music is what it is.

Are you talking about the genre pop or the term used to describe music as popular?

Assuming you mean the latter, nothing short of the human race going extinct is going to eliminate "popular" music. As long as music exists, there will always be music that is popular or at least more popular than others. But given the bands you've listed, I assume you mean the likes of electro-pop or dance-pop. In that case, I doubt that it will die out. It will likely just evolve.