Just listen to anything by the Chainsmokers if you want to know everything that's wrong with music. Not wrong, actually, just why things are the way they are. You only have to listen to one song because they're all the same.
The Slow Secret Death of the Guitar
A really fascinating piece on the current state of the guitar industry.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-slow-secret-death-of-the-electric-guitar/...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/lifestyle/the-slow-secret-death-of-the-electric-guitar/...