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Is today’s contemporary music lacking?

I listen to various genres of music, and I am a big fan of rock/pop from the 1950s to today.

When I turn in the radio to hear new pop/rock songs, I often hear “monotonous” verses with minimal melody repeated again and again (4x) then the chorus not quite matching the music of the verses. The artist seems to try using a good voice trying to make the song sound good but these songs seem to lack a good “melody”. Anybody else notice this?

Also, because pop/rock music is well established, is it more difficult nowadays to create new good melodies - are artists running out of creative ideas?  This thought has often crossed my mind whenever I hear another song remake.
kennyc

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cat_doorman
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Don’t blame the artists, blame the public. Popular music is a money making venture that churns out more of whatever sells. Not sure exactly where the shift happened. There are still outliers though. It could be a lack of music education. Some of it might be tied to the increasing importance of appearance since the dawn of the video age. If the song is mediocre, but has a great video it will still get play. Find music you enjoy and support it rather than complain about what just falls in your lap.

There are a lot of YouTube videos analyzing music that touch on this. Some of my favorites are by Rick Beato or Adam Neely. 
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