Pop music isn't nearly as important now. As music is cheaper to make and produce, and more and more artists and fans live in niches and subcultures, the only pe

Pop music isn't nearly as important now. As music is cheaper to make and produce, and more and more artists and fans live in niches and subcultures, the only people who listen to pop are the people who don't care enough to discern their more specific tastes. Why would it be any surprise then that pop trends towards a boring inoffensive middle?