I think you’re sort of right. It’s not simply because they’re popular, it’s because the popularity means they get inescapable radio play. Over time you resent it more and more.
Generally it is a reaction to having the popular stuff forced into their spaces. Pop music like Coldplay makes its way into movies, shows, and store music so it is always there to cause annoyance.
Like I hate Jared fucking Leto because he keeps getting into movies I would otherwise want to enjoy. If he was only in movies I don’t want to watch then I wouldn’t think of him at all, like the other actors and actresses that don’t ever think about.
I’m just a little too young for that. Mid 40s lol. Probably the last time it will be seen as radio doesn’t matter much. Speaking of which, maybe it was “iloveradio” bullshit that made it overplayed. I’m not even in a small area and I miss my local radio stations.
In that case you might remember people having similar reactions to Hootie & the Blowfish or Nickelback.
They’re all very popular, with big-selling albums, but very ‘safe’, overproduced, bland perhaps. That combined with overexposure creates a backlash and it becomes cool to hate them.
I think it is mostly the massive success. Some people have a belief that anything that is very popular is by definition bad.
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I think you’re sort of right. It’s not simply because they’re popular, it’s because the popularity means they get inescapable radio play. Over time you resent it more and more.
Generally it is a reaction to having the popular stuff forced into their spaces. Pop music like Coldplay makes its way into movies, shows, and store music so it is always there to cause annoyance.
Like I hate Jared fucking Leto because he keeps getting into movies I would otherwise want to enjoy. If he was only in movies I don’t want to watch then I wouldn’t think of him at all, like the other actors and actresses that don’t ever think about.
More like, it’s the lowest common denominator type stuff. In other words, average at best.
I’m old. Imagine if old bands got that stigma. Omg did emo culture do it?
Old enough to remember the massive backlash against disco? Same thing, different era.
I’m just a little too young for that. Mid 40s lol. Probably the last time it will be seen as radio doesn’t matter much. Speaking of which, maybe it was “iloveradio” bullshit that made it overplayed. I’m not even in a small area and I miss my local radio stations.
In that case you might remember people having similar reactions to Hootie & the Blowfish or Nickelback.
They’re all very popular, with big-selling albums, but very ‘safe’, overproduced, bland perhaps. That combined with overexposure creates a backlash and it becomes cool to hate them.
Gotcha. I was just happy to be able to skip eventually. Never hated.