Music will never be doomed, but Earth and the humans definitely are… did everyone see that bit about the little musical bit that keeps getting repeated in popular songs?? and that is why normals love it? the alternation between the fifth and the third??? It was going around FB a couple weeks back, probably was also on this board. But I mean, this is reason number one that spotify’s most played tracks are disheartening!
To me this has always just been an emo/pop-punk influence on modern pop. It’s probably the safest way for some massive acts to seem a bit credible and festival-friendly. Obviously there’s an element of The Arcade Fire’s children adapting the idea, which led to The Lumineers and Of Mice & Men, etc, but I blame all of those post-hardcore bands and silly Blink-182 sorts who wrote incredibly catchy vocal hooks atop those super-fast riffs and drums.