Basic music taste

What classifies as basic music. I’ve been thinking about it and people always say artists like bts , Sabrina carpenter, Taylor swift are all so basic. But why, as far as I know bts didn’t start out as the biggest kpop act ever. I used to listen to Sabrina carpenter before she changed her style and that wasn’t considered basic then? Or when someone asks you your favorite song from an artist (or in general) and if you say like their most popular song then things like “you’re not a real fan” “that’s so basic everyone likes that song” get said. But in my opinion there’s a reason it’s a top song and that’s because it’s probably a banger. I personally like a music group called stray kids and the song that made them blow tf up and become a global success is called “gods menu” and hell that song is a 10/10 I love that song but I wouldn’t call someone basic for saying it’s their favorite or that they are their favorite artist (they are insanely huge rn). Or something else is I shared a playlist a while ago and it was described as “TikTok music taste” mind you I don’t even have TikTok and those songs are at least 5 years old 😭

Posted Jun 30, 2026, 2:53 AM UTC

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