It’s easy to see when looking at selling out in music that a band or artist started with creating something they care about but then transitioned into only caring about making money. However, what about when band are put together purely for means of profit.

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We’ve all seen the boy bands like One Direction and backstreet boys that were only made to make catchy songs for the mainstream and appeal to a specific target audience to create a devout following. My question is, was their music ever art at all? I mean look at Harry Styles, who after leaving One Direction stared a solo career where he had control and create art.

The worst contender to the commercialization of music would have to be Kpop, with Agencies that just pump out “teams” of members just to appeal to specific target audiences.

“Music produced in kpop often have very unoriginal structure, and lack meaning. It is created not out of creativity, but out of a need for commercialization. However, due to the insane budget, there will obviously be a high end production team working on it, which will make sure the song is catchy and well mixed. However, that does not negate the fact that the music is, to put it bluntly, soulless.” – Oahsnail (reddit)

Kpop is also the only genre of music on Wikipedia that has am “ethical controversy” section, as well as the stigma behind most Kpop idols being overworked and treated trash, because in the end the product is all that matters.

Is amazon in charge of these Kpop bands, like come on. (THIS IS A JOKE PLEASE DON’T COME AFTER ME JEFF BEZOS)