Ok but I want to talk about your tags because
I'm a music teacher and I think about this ALL THE TIME. There are basically no songs now that everyone knows. (Aside from like... The National anthem??? Happy birthday???)
On one hand I love that more niche artists are getting bigger platforms and are able to find and connect with their audiences. On the other hand, especially after the pandemic, there are tons of kids who literally don't even know Row Row Row Your Boat or Twinkle Twinkle. And I worry deeply all the time about what that does! When you can't sing together. When none of your friends listen to the same music you do. When you don't have any stories or songs or art that gives you a shared connection and identity and meaning. When art becomes something you consume privately rather than something that is shared, something communal.
I think about this a LOT and it scares me sometimes. Having cultural touchstones is important. Using art as one more way of isolating ourselves and art becoming private consumption rather than a shared experience... Yeah.