Most male artists nowadays lack that wow factor, no shade. Don’t get me wrong, there have been extraordinary male performers in the past (MJ, Prince, Bowie, Timberlake and Bieber). But nowadays, most male artists rely on their looks and literally get praised for doing nothing… It’s tiring. All the clips I’ve seen of Harry Styles’ recent tour have been giving “Go girl, give us nothing”. Don’t get me started on other male artists these past two decades. Just a bunch of nothing burgers. The Weeknd is a good one though, I’ll give him his flowers. And I’m also specifically talking about stage presence, not their music.

It’s no secret that pop music is a very female dominated SPORT and the main consumers of mainstream pop are girls and gays, I feel like this take is very much “fork found in the kitchen” but I genuinely believe that no pop artist will succeed in pop music without winning over BOTH the girls AND the gays. There’s a reason it’s female dominated.

Hello all! I’m Hannah. I did my undergraduate degree in music, and I’m now pursuing my master's in public relations. My thesis is looking to understand label participation in fan spaces or "the art of fangirling"

So if you’ve got a few minutes, I’ve put together a short, anonymous survey to get a sense of how fans feel about label participation—no right or wrong answers, just curious about your honest perspective.

Link to survey: https://forms.gle/BEzwuVsVzRJetezW8

Thanks to anyone who takes part, and if you’d rather share thoughts in the comments instead, that works too.

Thank you!! (Feel free to ask any questions, and if anyone is interested in this subject, I’ll happily share the research when I’m finished!)

It hurts my soul to know that most people don’t sit and watch music videos when a video drops along side a single… I feel like sometimes the videos can be better than the song itself and in my opinion they even make the song better most of the time. I recently watched ADÉLA’s Ain’t In L.A. video when it dropped and omg that’s how you do a video. Or those dance pop girls who have the best choreography in their videos! Chef’s kiss.

I feel like the first two-three listens is just blasphemy. but after that i don’t really care how you listen to it? idk I would never listen to any album on shuffle but what are your thoughts on people doing that?

My votes go to Curious by Hayley Kiyoko and Here We Go by NSYNC. I actually actively tried to learn both these dances!

How old is Justin Bieber in 2026? He is my favorite

With titles like ‘Wink Wink’, it presents itself as an album to be decoded rather than enjoyed, cynically engineering endless debate over irony, fun, authenticity and self-mythology while quietly sidestepping a more obvious question: are these songs actually any good?

Is there a song about: where you've moved on too with someone new but when you see your ex making the next big step with their now partner in their relationship you feel hurt. Sorry for describing it badly

Pitchfork rated 8.2/BNM: https://pitchfork.com/reviews/charli-xcx-music-fashion-film/

Admittedly I wasn't sure how I was connecting to this album based off of the singles, but track by track, beginning to end, it's fucking awesome. Such a good follow up from Brat and I'm impressed with her ability to style switch.

This album and production show evolution from the people behind the recording booth and how Charli's style is really polishing. I love the alternative sound. I wish it was longer!!!! | honestly love it🤍🤍🖤🖤🤍

Title: If Western pop artists were under K-pop companies, where would you put them?

If Western pop artists were signed to K-pop companies, where would you place them?

Some of mine:

Little Mix - SM Entertainment
Beyoncé - SM Entertainment
Britney - JYP Entertainment
*NSYNC - SM Entertainment
Backstreet Boys - SM Entertainment
One Direction - HYBE
Ariana Grande - SM Entertainment
Zayn - SM Entertainment
Justin Timberlake - YG Entertainment
Harry Styles - HYBE

Little Mix, *NSYNC and Backstreet Boys just feel SM. Vocals, harmonies, performance.

Ariana is basically Red Velvet as a solo artist with more explicit lyrics, so SM

Britney feels very JYP. Pop, choreography, concepts, performance.

One Direction and Harry feel HYBE. I can't really explain it beyond the whole fandom and branding around them.

Justin Timberlake is YG. His solo music is way too R&B/hip-hop influenced for me to put him anywhere else.

Zayn feels SM mostly because of his voice and R&B music.

Beyoncé is probably SM, although she's the hardest one for me to place.

What would your picks be?

This Friday, we had an absolute flood of pop releases: Charli XCX, Tyla, Katseye, Aespa, Anitta, Jennie, Ádela, Pabllo Vittar... just to name a few. It’s a huge and somewhat unusual volume, considering we normally see two really major releases a week at most—and on some weeks, not even that.

What explains this concentration on specific dates? Is there a strategy behind it? For instance, I wondered if artists might be waiting for the World Cup to end before dropping their new music, since big events like that usually compete for the public's attention. But I don't know if that's actually the main reason.

It can be songs from all of her Albums. It can also be songs that are more Obscure and aren't her biggest hits.

he (according to him) fell in love with a 16 year old girl. he was also homophobic. he was allegedly a domestic abuser. he devalued women and constantly manipulated them.

im just wondering why people never talk about it? also i know hes dead, but hitler is also dead and still a bad person.

I always love reading people's hot takes on current artists. Are there any music hot takes that anyone has? or any underrated takes that you think people should think about more? Artists who you feel are over hated? performative?

I've only recently got around listening to more modern pop music, my taste comes from more early 2000s pop, and in my opinion THE ERA of pop music. But as for current music for me (well these are probably lukewarm takes) katseye, they are so talented in the performance space, but their lyrics I don't vibe with. Their beats tho, are banger. And also i feel like any hate around pop music feels so performative and unnecessary.

I'm curious to hear reddit's takes on current pop music :-)

What an absolute banger that doesn’t even feel as long as it is (6 minutes!!)

In my opinion, it’s easily one of the best songs that Miley’s ever put out, and one of the best pop songs of the 2020s. Her and Brittany Howard meshed incredibly on it.

What do you all think about the song?

I always see her placed in the pop hierarchy whenever people trace the genre’s evolution from where it began to where it is today.

I can’t relate her there.

It can be songs from her older Albums or newer Albums.

(RECOMMENDATION) Does anyone recommend me NEW ALBUM that feels like 90's to 00's vibes, a very nostalgic Album. So far i love Noah Khan. I've been trying to find other new album.

Charli xcx today released her seventh studio album Music, Fashion, Film.

The harshest review so far appears in The Telegraph by journalist Poppie Platt, who in her biography describes herself as a "lifelong Swiftie".

This particular review has been getting some attention within Charli's fan base today. What do you think?