That was my first reaction, too. Generic, computer-generated mush. It doesn't take a skilled musician anymore to be a star.
Then I recalled my youth. I was an angry teenager in the early to mid 1990s. My parents hated the grunge and punk music I listened to. Now to be fair, that music has held up pretty good. But if you look at the top 40 music from that era... not so much. Trashy euro-pop dominated the charts.
I guess we'll have to wait for a decade or two to see what holds up and what don't.
Then I recalled my youth. I was an angry teenager in the early to mid 1990s. My parents hated the grunge and punk music I listened to. Now to be fair, that music has held up pretty good. But if you look at the top 40 music from that era... not so much. Trashy euro-pop dominated the charts.
I guess we'll have to wait for a decade or two to see what holds up and what don't.