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The Mad Men behind Pop Music
It is a given fact that music over the years has become a major industry. Some people also feel that music has been ruined due to being treated solely as a business, and that is backed by the number of people in the music business who don’t care about the music at all and are driven only by money. That's the reason we have the mainstream pop genre. A pretty face (preferably young, in her/his 20s) is picked by a label to become one of the faces of that company. But what does music have to do with this? Not much… It is assumed that the “artists” picked have skill enough to perform what others will write for them… That’s right! Others will write for them! In fact, hardly any Pop artist writes her/his own music or gives ANY contribution for that matter. For example, The Weeknd’s single “I can´t feel my face” (ranked nr. 1 on the Billboards), who also won the Grammy Awards, Record of the Year and Best Pop Solo Performance, was co-written by FOUR different ...
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