This really makes me sad: "The actual sound of music is changing too. I’ve noticed in popular music that artists are setting melodic and thema­tic hooks earlie

This really makes me sad: "The actual sound of music is changing too. I’ve noticed in popular music that artists are setting melodic and thema­tic hooks earlier in their tracks because it makes more sense for, say, a video on TikTok or Instagram Reels" It means when people are listening to music nowadays, they are using an app FIRST, and the music comes SECOND. It's the equivalent of being so in awe of your record player, you just fiddle around with its controls for hours, playing records only when you want to hit the cue button- and ending the music not when the song is over, but when you get an itch to tap the stop button.