art/pop
If Britney Spears is a songwriter, I'm a Vermicious K'nid!
It's very telling that she finds art (or artistic songs) boring. It might be a bad sign for our society that someone this shallow is so celebrated. It's certainly a bad sign for any of us songwriters who are interested in anything beyond fake boobs & expensive looking videos.
It's not hard to write a good pop song at all. It's very easy if you have any experience. It's very difficult to get a good pop song on the radio, however, because payola is common, there are only 3 major labels who all bank on the one hit wonder & refuse to develop talent, & radio playlists come from one of two bean counter offices, the one in New York & the one in L.A. It took all of these forces shoving "Oops I Did it Again" down the throats of the masses to make it a hit. It might just as easily been relegated to bargain bin oblivion.
So even if you do write a great could be hit song about a boy-girl relationship with a catchy verse, familliar lyrics, a huge chourus & a good beat that the kids can dance to, good luck getting anywhere with it.
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