A lot of modern music is catchy, tuneful, danceable, and memorable.
It’s also pure crap production-wise. It’s pitch corrected, auto-tuned to an inch of its life, quantized without fail and is mechanical and lifeless.
Let’s now add artificial "drums", synthesized guitar, a bunch of programmed loops and every Pro-Tools "plug-in" imaginable and it becomes a certifiable dumpster fire.
Case in point is Billie Eilish. I love her songs. However, her music is almost un-listenable, production-wise. On a bluetooth speaker across the room it’s fine. On anything approaching hi-fi it’s a complete mess.
That’s my reason why modern music is garbage. It’s good songs ruined by crappy production.