You have already been living in the illusion that the cultural things that you consider important - artists, music, whatever - are paid much attention to in the

You have already been living in the illusion that the cultural things that you consider important - artists, music, whatever - are paid much attention to in the rest of the world. Outside your own bubble you'll find that even if the most famous musicians in the world are known everywhere they often only have a small mindshare compared to more local artists and there's a lot of extremely popular stuff going on that you have never heard of. Perhaps that's just happening to the internet as more people get it.