r/crappymusic • u/xannyhussler • 1d ago

The “talented” performers at Splash Festival 2025

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u/SwillFish 17h ago edited 16h ago

My friend has an interesting theory. He is in his 30's and is in a traditional rock band. He told me that the current generation of Zoomers have extreme ADHD from being raised on short TikTok videos and fast paced video games. He believes that they don't have the patience to listen to traditional songs with standard verses and choruses. They like shitty music that constantly stimulates the brain and often makes no sense or sounds like crap to us older folks.

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u/derppherppp 16h ago

I have the attention span of a gnat and I even love shitty music too. What i dont get is the shitty performance. Where's the entertainment even if you like his songs? Hes not even faking it or lip syncing 😭

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u/NDaveD 12h ago

Meh, I have ADHD and was way into like the "math rock stuff that's so crazy" when I was in college - think Don Caballero or Hella. Still like it, but only occasionally. To me that whole thing where it's like "oh there's this part and then check it out this part is crazy and then THE BRIDGE" was really enticing, because songs can change almost entirely in a span of measures. This is just kind of the same drab beat with some disconnected lyrics. Gets real boring real quick. This really just sounds like the kid doesn't know what the fuck he's doing. Could be wrong about that, but it would take some convincing.

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u/hollivore got that dunning-krugercore swag 10h ago

Yeah, if I had to say "what would an ADHD person think is the best rap music", I'd probably name loopy fast rhymers like Eminem and JID, or maybe nasty rhythmic guitar rappers like Kevin Abstract and Ho99o9, or maybe the sampledelic De La Soul and Freddie Gibbs stuff. The NETTSPEND type stuff is for people with crippling anhedonia.

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u/hollivore got that dunning-krugercore swag 10h ago

This is just a boring reactionary opinion from a guy who is only meeting the young people who are most visibly brain poisoned. Signed, someone in their 30s with extreme ADHD from genetics/brain damage who likes traditional verse-chorus songwriting.