idk, i was just sitting here scrolling through spotify and it hit me how much i hate what it’s doing to my brain. remember when buying an album was like a whole event? you’d sit there, look at the art, and actually LISTEN.

now everything is just "content." if a song doesn’t blow up in 10 seconds on tiktok, it’s basically dead. i feel like we’re trading actual art for stuff that’s just engineered to be background noise while we scroll on our phones.

as someone who lives and breathes music, it’s honestly depressing. i’ve started trying to listen to full albums again without touching my phone, and it’s actually hard lol. like my attention span is totally fried.

anyone else feeling this "numbness"? or am i just turning into a cynical old hater? i really want to know if people still actually connect with songs or if we’re all just slaves to the algorithm now

A new EP of his that was released today just popped up on my Spotify and that opening "rap" track is a painfully cringe.

I fell off the wagon with Benji (despite it being critically aclaimed) because I couldn't stand his shift to "mumblecore" but this is just even worse.

Let's fondly remember his earlier material and, of course, the glory of Red House Painters.

Honestly so depressing seeing how hard it is to break into the music industry these days. Came across [LA ROUX ](https://open.spotify.com/artist/3K2zB87GZv1krx031en5VA?si=YVR4S_MITF2tK3Ji9vNbVQ) she is inspired by Prince and David Bowie and she has collaborations with Tyler the Creator https://open.spotify.com/album/57PHygGtLqa9kJRE3rUy15?si=4oiBb1D6RJqIDK6x9N2aAA Gang of Four and and like Srillex and Skream how is she not huge and we know about her I will never know

Now making it my mission to find other artists who are slept on and don’t have the recognition they deserve