Right there with you. I didn't start listening to hiphop until college. Did a lot of Indie in highschool, that's sorta out now. Electronic music has completely changed for me. I've been loving this new wave of music that'll change genres mid song to just hit the right vibe. It's fun to watch all the stuff that you heard in middle/high school be thrown in a blender and turned into Hyperpop. DnB has been sneaking into all sorts of genres as has chiptune. The availability means things like city pop can shine.
What do I want to listen to today? Japanese garage rock? Phonk? Industrial Hip hop? This was so much harder to do even in the torrenting era. Music has such a low amount of time investment to listen to, why not just try everything if there's no additional cost?
There is one part of me that sorta misses the era when I'd get twenty albums and that was 3 months of music. I'd know them back to front, get excited at the ending notes of one song as I got hyped about the next one. The lack of commitment has made me more like a humming bird flitting from one flower to the next.
What do I want to listen to today? Japanese garage rock? Phonk? Industrial Hip hop? This was so much harder to do even in the torrenting era. Music has such a low amount of time investment to listen to, why not just try everything if there's no additional cost?
There is one part of me that sorta misses the era when I'd get twenty albums and that was 3 months of music. I'd know them back to front, get excited at the ending notes of one song as I got hyped about the next one. The lack of commitment has made me more like a humming bird flitting from one flower to the next.