it’s not just you. tiktok is ruining music culture. combined with greed executives at record labels. Most labels don’t know what’s going to hit so they’re using what’s proven to work. There aren’t many risk takers these days. If you want to find great music you have to search deep underground. Most of the playlists for radio/Spotify are controlled by major labels so they’re usually the ones taking the shots. I work in music and i’ve seen so much bs get put through it’s hilarious

you need to look underground tbh. spotify playlists are full of payola and industry plants. i also find it hard to discover great music.

i would find an underground artist on IG and see who they’re following. go down a rabbit hole and see what you find.