Also, I think it’s really important to avoid hating something once it gets “too mainstream.” Good things get noticed. You don’t have to have been the first one or the only one to notice it for it to remain good. By disparaging anything with a little bit of popularity is both misanthropic and self-delusional. Like genre, fame is driven by a different engine than quality. You might get famous because you went viral on YouTube or you might get famous because you sold out and slept with a record executive or you might get famous because what you’re singing and how you’re singing it is exactly what your generation needs. It won’t make you uncool to like an artist that everyone else likes – changing your stance simply to avoid the mainstream is as trendy and false as tuning in to Top 40.
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