This year's music is mid af

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Sugarcube Battery 22 Dec @ 3:37am

This year's music is mid af

Not ranting about modern music in general btw. I am not one of those people. I freaking love modern music. I think the main issue is I heavily rely on RYM and RYM has been infiltrated by

- kpop fans
- fantano fans who mainly listen to hip hop
- the stubborn rock and metal fans who never listen to anything else

Causing the annual top album chart to go to hell.

I only mainly listened to Vanities by Malibu and Choke Enough by oklou from this year. Almost every other album I discovered and loved this year was from pre-2025 that went under my radar.

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festive trash can 22 Dec @ 4:09am

i had insomnia all my life as well as various terrible conditions. I went through my teens in agony until I discovered that all I needed to cure my ailments was kpop

Piotrek 22 Dec @ 4:11am

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQmXG8YCcsg

fall

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Sugarcube Battery 22 Dec @ 4:56am

Originally posted by festive trash can:
i had insomnia all my life as well as various terrible conditions. I went through my teens in agony until I discovered that all I needed to cure my ailments was kpop

Kpop has been trash this year.

Valorthief Actual 22 Dec @ 5:28am

RYM All Time Top Ten

3 Radiohead
2 Kendrick Lamar
2 Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Madvillain
My Bloody Valentine

IDK, the 2025 list seems pretty eclectic. More varied than the all-time at least.

itzDerrio 22 Dec @ 5:29am

if you’re over 30 saying mid af…

Simple Jack 22 Dec @ 5:38am

I dont care which year music is from, only how it sounds, and i am pretty confident in saying OP probably missed a lot of good music from this year

Simple Jack 22 Dec @ 5:40am

Kpop may be the only music i cannot stand

Rɛƈtǟʟ_ɛӼքʟօֆɨօN 22 Dec @ 5:42am

- the stubborn rock and metal fans who never listen to anything else

hehe

Simple Jack 22 Dec @ 5:43am

Originally posted by Rɛƈtǟʟ_ɛӼքʟօֆɨօN:
- the stubborn rock and metal fans who never listen to anything else

hehe

Im not listening to metal now, honest

Rɛƈtǟʟ_ɛӼքʟօֆɨօN 22 Dec @ 6:06am

Originally posted by Moogal:
Originally posted by Rɛƈtǟʟ_ɛӼքʟօֆɨօN:

hehe

Im not listening to metal now, honest

well, I would never say such things :D

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Sugarcube Battery 22 Dec @ 7:15am

Originally posted by Valorthief Actual:
RYM All Time Top Ten

3 Radiohead
2 Kendrick Lamar
2 Pink Floyd
King Crimson
Madvillain
My Bloody Valentine

IDK, the 2025 list seems pretty eclectic. More varied than the all-time at least.

I only somewhat enjoy MBV from that.

You can make the all time list eclectic by using “diverse” filter. That will reduce each artist/group to only appear once.

And no point in eclectic at least for me if it mostly sucks.

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Sugarcube Battery 22 Dec @ 7:17am

Originally posted by Moogal:
I dont care which year music is from, only how it sounds, and i am pretty confident in saying OP probably missed a lot of good music from this year

The year is not the point. I check out new releases as they come out. It’s just something that I do and it’s just lackluster this year.

I missed like what exactly? I listen to a lot more albums than most people.

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Sugarcube Battery 22 Dec @ 7:19am

Originally posted by Moogal:
Kpop may be the only music i cannot stand

Then, you might not have heard the really cheesy mainstream EDM. I have to physically leave the place if I hear it.

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*R A Z* - E M B I G G E N E D - 22 Dec @ 7:24am

Music charts have always been trash. I haven't looked at one probably ever. I don't care how popular the stuff I'm listening to is. It's either good and I like it, or it's bad and I don't listen to it.

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Sugarcube Battery 22 Dec @ 7:41am

Originally posted by *R A Z* - E M B I G G E N E D -:
Music charts have always been trash. I haven't looked at one probably ever. I don't care how popular the stuff I'm listening to is. It's either good and I like it, or it's bad and I don't listen to it.

RYM is like the music version of iMDB and the charts are just based on how people rated the albums / releases. It’s mostly an underground music thing but being a hipster is no longer cool and the certain portion of the user base now follows mainstream music. So, now suddenly, we would see Taylor Swift at the top. It’s the “I’ve transcended past underground music and now I ironically listen to mainstream music again” vibe.

In other words, it was a good place to find underground and niche music. Be ahead of the curve but now you’ll see Miley Cyrus music rated 4 out of 5.

Last edited by Sugarcube Battery; 22 Dec @ 7:43am

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