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Got rejected from r/unpopularopinion so I decided to find other subreddits to post this in.

Yes I'm going to be harsh and piss off a lot of Olivia fans come fight me all you want but I'm sorry this bitch just really annoys me. I'm sure she has a good heart judging from her interviews and she's definitely no Kanye, Lizzo or Azealia Banks or whatever but I don't see how she's the angel everyone makes her out to be and I'm going to judge her as an artist.

I am a fan of especially 2000s pop music so I heard a lot of young and teenage artist and yes sure they had their annoying songs especially Avril Lavigne but god Olivia Rodrigo is just so angsty she could give Shadow or even Taylor Swift and Avril Lavigne a run for their money.

Most of her songs on her Sour album and even some of her newer songs are about how "toxic" her ex was and how he made her feel bad because he's happy with some other girl or some shit. Or just angry or crying about some other shit like not having a teenage dream or girls being prettier than she is. Like this bitch needs to shut tf up. Nobody cares about your fucking cringey depression ass diary.

Also she cries in bathrooms like how do you cry in a bathroom of your house when you have your own bedroom? And apparently she spent the night crying implying she cried herself to sleep. Must be so uncomfortable and sad to sleep in a bathroom. Also she also cries in pillows according to a cut song nobody cares about the details of how or where you cry fucking "with my head in my hands I sit and cryyyyyy" ass.

Even artists who write more emotional songs like Keyshia Cole, Halysey, Billie Eillish, Lorde, Fiona Apple, Taylor Swift, Lana Del Ray aren't usually that whiny.

Also I just don't feel like she's really grown as much musically or emotionally.

She whines about how her ex should've loved her less so that letting go wouldn't hurt as much. Or calling songs stupid because they quote unquote don't show love enough. Or about some girl quote unquote getting in the way of her. Or about how her partner doesn't give her needy ass enough attention (similar to I can't Wait to fall in love again).

I get that some people never grow out of their teenage angst but doggone man. At least show SOME perspective taking and respect for your ex/current boyfriends? Don't just write songs humiliating them just because they accidentally hurt your little feelings when they may not even deserve it (idk the lyrics are usually vague).

Also idk they just sound repetitive. Like she's mostly just singing about bad breakups and toxic relationships and rarely sings about anything else. Even in her newest album most of her songs are about how good a relationship feels and how "toxic" an ex is and how she learns to accept letting go of the relationship just like Sour. At least the other artists usually are more versatile. Even Keyshia Cole who mostly sings about betrayals and breakups have some freshness in them? Like how she sings about how a friend betrayed her by stealing her boyfriend from her, how she should've cheated after being accused of cheating, how her partner doesn't give her love because he's too wrapped up in another partner, how prideful she is, how she's falling out of love with her toxic partner, remembering a bad relationship. I would say Guts however is the most versatile and maybe self-aware album but even she has some whiny selfish ass songs in there like Love is Embarrassing, Lacy and Get Him Back that remind me of her Sour album.

Say what you want about Jojo Siwa's edgy era, but at least she grew more than Olivia has.

I think that sweetener by Ariana Grande is a spectacular album! I’m really obsessed with it as of lately <3

I know pitchfork isn’t everything but its a fun benchmark to discuss

What is an album you think Pitchfork rated too high

i think they rated Lady Gaga Mayhem too high at 8.0.

I actually think Gaga committed one of the biggest sins in pop: re-doing one of your former successful eras. she ’reheated her Born This Way nachos‘.

Madonna didn’t even re-do Confessions. its just a title and the aesthetics are very different

I think “re-doing” your former reinventions is forbidden fruit. you already did it successfully. let people miss it.

plus Mayhem didn’t stick at all. definitely way more of a 7.0/6.9 it was interesting don’t get me wrong but nothing spectacular for 8.0

Bebe Rexha doesn’t get enough love.

We can see bigger and bigger AI presence in pop music. Do you feel that producers-billionaires will push for these acts to get fast money?

where can I be messy and discuss pop girls now?? 😭

Can anyone suggest some good songs but only with positive lyrics.

I love that everyone just accepts this. no debates or even argues. Not even swifties

no one even holds it against her. like ‘yep she was faking the yee haw thing to sell country’

she fully from Pennsylvania. No radio host ever said “how the hell you talking like that”

no hate. I think it’s genius and part of selling country. But I love how it disappeared completely and we just moved on

So basically what the title says. The music industry feels really saturated right now, and someones doing something, for everything. So what do you guys think is going to be the next big thing that emerges, like a genre or artist or topic of songs

I didn’t really follow the band closely back then, but I like Harry’s solo music. And I recently watched an interview Louis did on YouTube with Diary of a CEO. In it he goes into depth about how he and zayn were so alike and got on really well together, and then, after the band split, he and Liam were really close. He never mentions the other two.

I want to stress that I don’t believe Louis was dating anyone in the band lol. But I’m just curious as to why people, at the time, and even now, think that Louis and Harry are desperately in love. When every bit of evidence has been debunked and Louis admitted that he was closer to other members.

I’m sure he’s still friends with Harry and is probably avoiding saying his name as not to make some fans over speculate.

You know the girl with the shiny amber/blue orbs, band shirt and messy bun?

If you’re listing multiple please keep it to around 5. I’m posting in multiple communities to just get a large playlist.

Kinda new to reddit

Need help finding this catchy pop song

Had this 3 chord synth riff thing that would play every now and then, sounded very catchy it sounded smooth, continuous and was a very notable thing in the song, it would start sudden and stop sudden, it drove the song , and would play after the singer stopped singing within the song, i don't know if this is correct but i think it would play after 2 bars? there was a wait before it would play again, and it had a variation of it in different keys

Can't tell if the 3 chord thing was a synth or guitar with heavy effects the tone of the synth or guitar sounded "neon" or colorful or something but satisfying to the ears

Had a mix of guitar and synth,

Guitar sounded disco or funk-like, with a percussive ghost note thing going on that's rhythmic, i think it would stop during the 3 chord synth thing

Drums sounded danceable

singer sounded like a white male

it sounded indie or alternative in a way, it sounded very unique compared to other pop songs I've heard but i think its a pop song

i tried to remake 3 chord synth riff thing with BeepBox, my recreation is mid though: https://www.beepbox.co/#9n31sbk0l00e03t1Ua7g0fj07r1i0o432T3v1u03f0qwx10l601d08SU005040woo22190E3b80806T1v1uc7f10l5q011d35A6F1B2Q5209Pca84E1622T7v1u23f10q4q011d08H_RRtrAyAAAsArrh3IaE0T2v1u15f10w4qw02d03w0E0b4h400000000h4g000000014h000000004h400000000p1oArCLUFu184DJvZw_7pw00000 , it would play like that, then stop for a while then play again after a bit, the song was groovy or something, i've also tried posting to the Name That Song and What's That Song reddit thingys but no answer so i hope this is the appropriate place

I just listened to That’s Showbiz Baby! by Jade based on a recommendation on here, and I really liked it! I’m trying to discover more pop classics, so I was wondering if you had any recommendations? I love albums like 1989, Emotion, Ray of Light and Virgin, if that helps. But I also want to expand my horizon, so if you have a recommendation that’s not like these albums, that’s good too:)

A fist fight between Dua Lipa and Taylor Swift?