It's been several years, and I still have NEVER heard a Marshmello song in my life, yet his name appears everywhere in the internet. I'm starting to think this is a running gag of a fictitious name.
i used to listen to him sm as a kid before he blew up (he was still popular but no where near as much) now he just seems to make shit music where hes just in the background. its kinda sad tbh
I love you i love you, you so cute like a butterfly You so perfect and smile and let's go! Together we are perfect super There, i made the new kpop hit
My hot take on music is: many of us will come to like the music that they were exposed to when growing up. Popular music genres change roughly every 6 to 10 years. So soon, what is popular now will seem unfamiliar and have no nostalgic value to you personally, so many judge it much more harshly than the music they grew up with.
There are, *of course,* exceptions, and some pieces of music have objectively more or less artistic merit than others. But that is not relevant to whether you personally like it or not. Also, I am by no means a professional or someone with any background in music psychology, that's why my first three words were "my hot take".
I really only got into music in my 20s, so this doesn't really apply to me. I still like a lot of the music coming out nowadays that falls somewhere between obscure and top 40. Most music on FM radio sucks (aside from the Weeknd). I do like satellite radio, which plays more obscure, but still popular music. If I'm being honest, I can thank SiriusXMU for getting me into music.
How can you call someone a musical genius and then describe their music as manufactured, soulless pop? Genius is about creating the unexpected, not doing something to an acceptable standard on a repeated basis.
It’s arguably just the next step in music’s evolution. Already, thanks to TikTok, you’ve had a reduction of a song’s duration (they’re all under 2minutes) and virality has obfuscated them need for an organic fanbase, so every current singer/rapper is disposable after 2 years. I think at this rate, AI can easily replace human-made music. Music is generally becoming more and more soulless, more of a permutation from decades past, and it’s already algorithmic more than artistic so yah.
@@DigitalWolverine yeah, but it’s genuinely annoying. Like imagine saying to someone in person “Umm are you on Ohio NPC? 🤓” like that’s genuinely embarrassing and unfunny at the same time. And it kinda doesn’t make sense.
This is so fucking funny lmaoooo. I love obscure artists and popular ones as well. Listening to unknown artists doesn't make you a better or more interesting person
"Too polished, too organized. They sound manufactured" true. If you take a look at how Charlie Puth produces his music, you'd see exactly that. He loves to painstakingly record each note to perfection. I respect his grind, but I prefer more human imperfection. I always get excited when there's a slight difference in singing between repeating verse, or when the timing and pitch are not quantized 100%.
“Light Switch” sounds so “did I just make the song of the summer 🤪🤪😜”. Literally got that catchy ear worm beat, the light switch flick hook, the simple to understand but not too explicit lyrics, the minimalistic soundscape and beat. Like the only Charlie Puth album that was genuinely pretty good was Voicenotes
Well... What about classic writers? Some of them sound more then perfect, hitting almost any feeling and generally being theoretical musical perfection.
@@v.0190 It depends on the musicians playing. The notes are written down with instructions on tempo, dynamics, and feel, but it's still up to the performers to interpret them. This is why different recordings of the same piece will not sound the same.
"I'm gen Z and I think 70s music was better" I don't understand the need for upvotes. Like do people bookmark the page and check how many likes it has every day?
Because people are scared of doing something new because new things are often turned down, but when no one does anything new, everyone waits for something new It makes no sense but thats how it is
no, people are realizing the state of the culture is heading in a direction where there will be more and more generic music. do you think thom yorke would be on tiktok saying "did i just make the song of the summer?" no. having your music blow up be tied to the requirement that you must be able to live on tiktok and consistently create a whole nother form of content is fucking up the music we hear on a regular basis
While I think the whole "NPC" thing is basically an admission of main character syndrome, I do 200% agree that there's an overabundance of what is basically glorified stock music.
Your point has validity, but to make a counterargument, once upon a time I used to take my ex-gf's xanax from time to time, and that is absolutely, unequivocally, an NPC drug. It's like whatever it is that makes you "You" is dead and your body is wandering around in the world doing God knows what. And then you eventually wake up the next morning with essentially zero recollection of anything that happened the previous night. Again, not saying you're wrong, but there's definitely NPCs out and about out there ....... and I know because I was one of them. Moral of the story: Don't take Xanax.
I think we are all NPCs in specific areas. For instance I am fine with cookie cutter interior design - I want a nice home, but honesly I'm happy with something generic that looks good out the box, no creativity or cultural significance needed. Similarly I know people who listen to the most generic music and seem to enjoy it, but have amazing passion and talent in other disciplines.
Some NPC manifestations can be problematic though. Intellectual laziness is one that outright disgusts me. Mostly because of its repeated historical results. Mass-minded people are living things, not living beings. A being possesses autonomy and sentience. Like plant and animal.
im glad you distinguish npc music from pop music, i love a lot of pure pop musicians and a lot of their stuff can feel very middle of the road and generic on the surface, but its not trying to be anything else. like npc music is trying to be deep, but legitimately good pop music knows that its not deep and it doesnt need to be in order to be fun and enjoyable
yeah i think alot of people consider pop to be npc music just due to how it sounds i guess. I can attest to the fact that to me most pop songs sound the same. Not that i think it's npc music just that it all sounds the same to me imo.
Definitely agree with you! As someone who has pop dominate his Spotify Wrapped year after year, alongside growing up with it, I’ve kinda been adapted to finding differences, but even I can tell when a song is clearly make for popularity, not for fun or desire to create. The best kind of pop is pop that knows what it is, and doesn’t take itself too seriously, and pop that takes itself seriously but is genuinely deep. Dua Lipa isn’t NPC music because Dua Lipa knows that her songs are not The Weeknd levels of introspective that need 2 hour breakdown videos to cover, they’re catchy fun disco pop songs to dance too. Ariana Grande knows her pop-R&B era music isn’t going to be making you cry, and she doesn’t want or need her music to do so. They know what they’re doing, they know who wants to listen to it, they don’t care about faux deepness because that is not their goal. The Weeknd’s pop-synth-R&B music (no clue how to quantify his music) is very serious and very sad and very deep and therefore doesn’t pretend to be deep with glaringly obvious lyrics and manufactured melodies, because it is simply deep.
The thing is that it’s entirely subjective. As a rapper turned classically trained musician, I am tired of receiving constant comments about me playing « real music » nowadays. Yes, there is of course an industry that aims at a certain audience through certain types of songs. However, that’s pretty much everyone in the recording industry that are trying to make a living 🤦. « NPC music » makes no god damn sense. Some of you don’t even know how to explain why one music is « NPC » and the other not.
@@xdranzer0004 the fact that some people consider rap not real music is so funny. also yeah i think people generally consider music that they find annoying "npc music" or just popular music. Honestly in the end people should be able to enjoy what they want with out being judged
I had a workmate who said she don't listen to music. Whenever she was at work she would turn off the radio. I mean... fair. Radio is bad this days. But most of my colleagues usually bring their own headphones or something. She just... didn't like music in general. I would rather understand her be ashamed of listening to trash metal or dubstep or some obscure German yodling... she just... didn't. I'm still confused about it
I've been a big fan of him, but he's a commercialized artist. I think he might have some great talent in the EDM scene, if he's actually making he's stuff, but he's a brand. I hate it a lot but that's just how it is
@@CaptConnoissuersome people don’t think any songs are good. There are people in the world who don’t feel any kind of emotion when listening to any kind of music and are just emotionless logically minded Spock-like beings.
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Music is art, art doesn't always need to be profound, full of meaning or even make you feel anything... all art has to do is be a form of expression for someone.
Exactly! A lot of comments are saying “all pop music is trash now, it all sounds the same” and I’m sat here like “have you ever listened to anything else besides Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, and Maroon 5?” Music does not need to be ducking deep or something, it’s okay to have silly simple “wanna bang?” And “I’m into person Y” songs.
i think its not about beung easy to relate, music can have literally no meaning as long as it comes from the heart, i think the issue is that these songs arent really a form of expression since the artists arent really expressing themselves, they are creating product
Rap is such a common genre these days, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I think some newer genres could use a little spotlight. I'm a house and electronic kinda person, along with some swing, classical, and other stuff. Maybe some people could take a listen to those?
I've always felt like most modern rap nowadays all sound the same, I see people's stories on snapchat with rap music on, they're all different songs, yet I can't tell the difference between any of them
@mishynaofficial sure its objectively good music, but it's music that was made for money and not for the music. Re using the same formula as if it were a math problem to solve and get the lowest number on a billboard or whatever. It lacks soul and shouldn't be respected as music.
@@deityoffilthyou can't accept this music and it's sad that you have disrespect for some general things in the world because it affects your outlook, your mindset and it can lead you to a life full of pointless hatred and unhappiness and you won't even be able to realize this. There is just no point in hate, all music are beautiful, you just need to learn to be more open-minded
I agree. I switched from being a rapper to becoming an early music singer and instrumentist (harpsichord and lute). Lots of non musicians (often dudes that listen to metal/rock) have told me how « classy » it is for me to not listen to « overproduced » music and instead now produce « real music ». Let me tell you, among the repertoires that I sing and play, Dowland, Vivaldi, Fauré, &c… there are some very sophisticated and philosophical stuffs out there…. but in the same pieces you also find extremely repetitive clichés about shepherds and basic tonal harmony that modern pop music totally outclasses with their unique flavour. No, I don’t listen to every genre either, but I do think that people using terms like « NPC/industrial music » really should take a step back to think about what they say. Of course, mumble rap, Tyga, Migos, &c… probably need no deep analysis lyrically, but I can assure you that despite the apparently simplistic and braindead aspect of that music, there is a lot of work behind and some of it is more personal than you may think.
Bro you haven't even heard real music until you've listened to Peeguzzler's Hungarian Toiletcore album 'Literally Just a Microphone Being Flushed Down the Toilet'. The demo version of 'Stinky Surprise' has way more heart and soul than obscure band you like.
as someone that isnt really into music, i still dont get the difference between npc and non npc music, whether you like it or not is the only thing that matters, not everyone can tell if a song is "soulless" or "unoriginal", music is subjective
My take is that "NPC Music" refers to musicians that make music while following some well working recipe. It will pass on the radio for a while and make money but don't have any messages or innovation or identity of it's own and thus will be forgotten about before long. In a nutshell the artistic part is completely omitted to create some mediocre but easily enjoyable by the masses music.
I’m confident it basically means music that was made only for money and has the same production as a billion other songs and they have the same generic sounds and chord progressions
Because as music LOVERS, we have a deep, intimate connection with music theory. Not everyone is a music lover, music not being a hobby of theirs. I have to say, as I've gotten older, I've appreciated music a lot more. I'm honestly tired of listening to a lot of new stuff that's been releasing throughout the last five years or so. I think I'll wait another five years to hear what projects stood the test of time during THIS half a decade. Classics are classics for a reason. I recently listened to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon and I have to say, it's my third favourite album I've listened to so far. That whole album is an experience; blood, sweat and tears poured into every title. Back in the day, you had to make good music, music that would revolutionise generations to come, or else you wouldn't make a living off of it. Nowadays, it's even harder to make a living off of music (it's mostly got to do with music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music). Artists don't get paid sh*t from streams. The only successful way to make a living off of music is to, first, be crazy popular and, second, tour almost all year 'round. With music software, a lot of stuff even being free, nowadays, creating music is the easiest thing ever. Because it's so easy to make, it's basically inflation, too much music for every single individual artist to even be heard by a thousand people, not even that. The fact that what's popular now is the stuff that's, in fact, easiest to make, makes it hard for me to appreciate most of what these artists are doing overall. Producers will have one chord progression looping throughout the majority of a song (maybe changing up that same chord progression a little bit), add one or two melodies, add whatever drum pattern they mostly have looped throughout most of a song and slap on an unnecessary amount of bass. With the attention span of the younger generation these days, they need music that's catchy and that has so much bass that it makes them feel like a badass when exercising. Honestly, if you don't understand music theory, you cannot appreciate music (fully, at least). I mean, The Dark Side Of The Moon has so many layers to it. I've come to the conclusion that rap is the new seed of choice. When listening to The Dark Side Of The Moon, each instrument had at least two meanings behind their sound, progression and even key. Man, that album was such a vibe when I first listened to it. Anyway, as I was saying, rap is all about the lyrics - the lyrics having multiple meanings behind them - just like the instruments having multiple meanings behind them on The Dark Side Of The Moon. I'm sorry if I've not worded everything perfectly and I've certainly not typed everything I'd like to say but if you've read this... Thank you so much. I hope this long ahh paragraph has changed your point of view on music. Have a wonderful day.
@@myrealnameisharry49 please give try to this guy "DIMASH" the underrated music genius. "SOS" or his cover "HELLO" . He is a singer with 6 octave range AN ALIEN
Fr bro talking about npcs when he looks like a fucked-up character creator that someone just didn't care about making look good, 2014 minecraft steve source filmmaker looking ass head.
It’s pretty obvious social media has changed how music is produced and presented and I hate it. Even like “indie” artists is getting kinda hit with that. I see artists on tik tok trying to show their new song but it’s just “Kendrick Lamar but indie??” “Am I under rated??” Like please shut up oh my god
Music is music. The only people who complain are self-satisfying gooners who jerk over their particular niche. This is coming from someone who listens almost exclusively to underground stuff
Agreed. The only people who say unironically say NPC are people with main character syndrome. They think they're top shit and are the only one who has broken out of the matrix. Meanwhile they tend to be the dumbest, most generic clout chasers.
Yeah no. There are some people who can only be classified as an NPC, or its atleast the closest thing to what they actually are. The majority of humankind is not all that intelligent or self aware. Most will just mindlessly go the same route that millions have done before them: school, job, relationship, children and death, with no real change or uniqueness about it, or without ever truly questioning whether that is the right thing to do. Of course they are still human, and even if you were to compare 2 people pretty much living the exact same life, there are of course still some differences. The system we have is pretty much forcing everyone down the same path, but the ability to question it makes you truly human, even if most can never escape it. But the way most live their life just going down the same mold without ever questioning the world, and never forming their own unique thoughts is as close to NPC as it can get.
@@seanrrr Bad take brother. I think everyone has some level of "main character syndrome". Everyone who is alive right now is experiencing the most intense circumstance that is possible solely for the reason that it is their own. I will never feel exactly the same as you, nor will you feel exactly the same as me. Whatever I just did 5 seconds ago, you can never do that exactly the same, occupying the same space as me, atoms moving in the same way, even people's perception of time differs depending on various factors. For these reasons, everyone is a "main character" and everyone is an "NPC". No one will ever be the main character of another person's life. Really it's more of a paradoxical situation. None can be, but all will always be. With that being said, calling someone a "NPC" unironically is more of a embarrassing sociological attempt at increasing self worth. Calling someone an NPC really does seem derogatory but to some it may not. Believing you are the most important person on the planet is not arrogant or narcissistic, because you're body, you mind, is meant to protect you as a living a being. Your life objectively will always be more important to you as a living creature. Real life isn't like the movies and in most scenarios you will choose yourself over another. Depending on who you are and your own life, there may be a handful of people you would knowingly give it all to protect. I think everybody has a handful. And there are people you don't know but would protect thinking you're not giving anything up. And seldom people are altruistic and will risk something for nothing. I guess my point is, I don't think people who unironically use the term "NPC" to describe other people have "main character syndrome." (which is also not a medical diagnosis but rather a term like "NPC" that has risen in popularity on the internet recently.) That is where I disagree with you, as if everyone has "main character syndrome", then nobody has it, we are all just who we are. I do agree though that those who do use that particular term are stupid and are/or using it with intention for social or monetary gain.
Fun fact: all money from producers doesn't go to making a lot of cd's anymore, its way safer to take a pretty face to sing some generic song and let it play for 30 thimes on: the radio, in every singel commercial and even in movies. Just so you would hear it over and over till you make enough dopamine to be brainwashed into liking the song. Smart dont you think👍
This is dumb because listening to music is a personal experience. The only things that matter are your personal, emotional, subjective reasons for enjoying a song. This is the complete opposite view of NPC music, where everyone enjoys one song the exact same way. I like listening to Heat Waves when school ends even though it’s mega mainstream, but all that matters is that I enjoy it. Bottom line: just enjoy the music that you enjoy.
liking NPC music is like having white, untoasted sandwich bread and boiled unseasoned chicken as your favourite ever food while describing it as a culinary rollercoaster and praising it's vibrant flavour. taking the blandest, most basic and incomplete, barebones common-denominator-thing fathomable at all yet experiencing it as something unique and worth cherishing can not be understood by people who prefer spice. it is an entirely alien mindspace that conflicts with the very principles by which quality and preference are measured.
@@clausroquefort9545 Music is entirely subjective, a song that’s “bland” to you can be great to someone else. And just because a song isn’t groundbreaking doesn’t mean anyone who likes it is an npc. If you want to encourage people to check out underrated artists, shaming them for listening to mainstream artists is the worst way to go about it.
why does it always turn out that those who use the word NPC in relation to other people themselves look more like extras? Dude, if you've listened to a couple dozen suggested tracks in spotify that aren't in the top 500, it doesn't make your taste any better.
There's so many comments like this under this video who make it obvious that they didn't watch the whole video and just read the title and got mad lmao
does watching a video mean for you to accept the position of the author or what? dude, there are so many comments here because the author of the channel has made a 'npc' clickbait and is trying to tell others why their musical taste is bad@@vanceler3855
Maroon 5 in particular makes me sad because they used to be good. Moves Like Jagger was the tipping point. The album it was on, Hands All Over, was the last Maroon 5 album that had a soul, but that song was the harbinger of things to come. When Payphone came out, it was all over. Songs About Jane remains one of my most favorite albums of all time. Harder To Breathe is a banger opener, and This Love is a classic. I still think She Will Be Loved is a genuinely wholesome ballad, and bro, have you HEARD Not Coming Home? Those guitar licks are TASTY. Besides those stand out tracks, the rest of the album is just steamy sexual romance incarnated in musical form. Adam Levine presents himself like a playboy even today. But on this very first album, I actually believe him. What happened to Maroon 5 was a tragedy. What started out as a slick new band that blurred the lines between funk and rock became the soulless corporate pop machine that they are now. If you guys haven't, go listen to Songs About Jane from front to back. It's legit so good.
Songs about jane had a lot of songs with complex chord progression and a sense of sincerity. And then 2010 hit and hes breaking up and falling in love every sunday
Yeah ngl Payphone immediately got me like "This sounds so fucking basic what happened to them?" especially because I grew up with songs like "This Love" which is to this day so damn good even if the lyrics are simple.
Finally, a true Maroon 5 enthusiast! I agree, and Songs about Jane is the best album ever (in my opinion), no joke. In five days from when I am posting this, that album will turn 22 years old since its debut! (06/25/02)
@@Starlit_Juno That I found funny. There is a genuine "NPC-core" on UA-cam. Nintendo music in the background, poorly edited greenscreen, it's a real phenomenon Most youtubers now have zero personality
Would like to point out the irony of making a video on npc music while acting like the most default background noise algorithm slave out there- not dissing YOU here, but the presentation and use of the word content and pushing interaction etc is so that
The oddest part about NPC rhetoric is that it doesn't match reality at all, because everyone has unique and diverse lives that can't be compared to a mild passing observation. Anyone saying someone has "NPC energy" has no idea what they are talking about.
I've been told I have NPC energy once by someone I know. I know they didn't really mean any harm, so I didn't take it too personally, but I did poke fun at it lol
@@silverrath lol just go full Oblivion NPC around them. "I hear there is an exercise facility in the local area called a gym. I have been meaning to go there myself." "Cool man, you should totally do it." "They are selling bread at the local markets, but their salesperson gives me the willies." "I guess?" "Have you heard of the French? Strange creatures."
npc has to be the worst thing gen z has ever created calling people a npc is so dumb everyone deals with the same crap because we’re humans living in the digital age calling someone a npc is like saying I’m superior than you because I don’t act a certain way it’s really ego based which is mind boggling 😭
Or like saying the world revolves around them and they're the protagonist. But if it's gen z, it kind of makes sense because none of them have the world experience to figure it out yet and that's fine. It's not fine if people hold on to the idea though.
0:57 whats this song from? Like the one thats on for a sec when he said 'Why is npc music?'. I can't stop thinking about the lebron's pretty boy nike ad but I know its not from there
I don't really even like the concept of music "categorization" , we should stop labeling types of music or artists , and judging others based on surface level observation we can make on artists they follow or their impact. I don't believe there is such thing as "NPC music" , music is made to resonate with people who like it , and no one has the right to decide which type of music is for "NPC"s and which type is for "Cool different special people". Gen Z is really lacking self awareness and humbleness in my honest opinion ...
But genres and styles are still important to keep track with the stuff you like. _Id est_ if you find a track from a genre or an artist you like, you might look for similar stuff down the same path. It is complementary with being open-minded.
I know it's a joke, bur calling people NPCs is so dehumanizing. It's one insult I wouldn't want to see being normalized. Y'all, be interested in other people and get to know the people you'd normally call NPCs, everyone has a story and probably some side to them that would be unexpected.
@@DJ-Krimson-Steele I love how the biggest comeback y'all can come with is basically "No U". Every single time a thinking person older than 17 gives valid criticism to the term "NPC" theres gonna be an anime rotten teenager to say "wEll aCtUallY tHaT mAkes yOu an NpC, I'm sOoooo SmOrt"
Finally glad people can confidently call out bullshit music without being labeled "contrarian asshole", as a quite musical person myself, pop music today is so soulless and manufactured, even some bands people tell me is the 'best band' and I still find it to be completely lifeless slop. I'm not asking every new album to be completely off the wall and 100% original creative, but you can do FAR more with music than what is 'safe' for 'general audiences'.
that's why idkhow and blossoms will always be the best edit cause I sent it early on accident: I 100% agree w you, even pop used to be an experimentation on catchy but amazing songs and some are still absolutely iconic, but nowadays it just became a soulless game of effortless background noise for tiktoks
@@viquitowers2815 I disagree, a lot of experimentation is still happening in pop music. The pop genre is arguably the largest of all genres, and while we have TikTok singers here to shovel their cookie cutter tracks, we have people who actually are trying to experiment, be it in the genre as a whole, or within their own discography. Example: Dua Lipa, massive pop singer. Houdini, her latest track, does things noticeably different than her previous two albums, and her collaborations with the likes of Calvin Harris and Elton John. It’s fresh, it’s new. Dare I say you’re painting everyone with one brush or however that saying goes. But I assume you don’t actually listen to pop music at all so honestly 🤷🤷
I'm tired of everything just being described as "for NPCs." It's even worse than everything even slightly popular getting called basic. Just let people like what they like and stop trying to act superior to everyone else. Who cares.
No but you don't understand, I am the absolute center of the universe. If you like something that doesn't apply to me, that's harmful. Being sarcastic ofc.
There was a moment where the author contradicted himself. First, he praises Charlie Puth as a musical genius, and then, literally 7 seconds later, he claims how empty and soulless his songs are. If someone is a musical genius, their songs should be anything but soulless and empty.
I would agree, but when it comes to theory one can be a musical genius. For example, Jacob Collier is an incredibly skillful musicians and his levels of musical understanding is higher than most musicians'. However, he can barely make listenable music or anything memorable at all.
Because calling people NPC's makes you sound immature and childish as it implies life has no real meaning other than to be a simulated entertaning experience (a game)? Sheeple music would be, in my opinion, a much better term.
I'm not really into that kind of music either, but this entire video is obnoxiously egocentric. Just because you prefer some music more than others doesn't make the latter "soulless" or whatever you wanna call it. The musicians put genuine effort into making that music sound good, and a lot of people indeed think it sounds good, and even if it's more on the "basic" side, different people have different taste, so you calling them "NPCs" for it just comes across as so self centered and inconsiderate. I don't care what you have to say, people could have the worst taste imaginable, but no matter how much you disagree you still have to respect them.
If you’re making music not for yourself, but for the most amount of people possible, it’s not genuine, it’s soulless, and that’s undeniable. Calling someone an NPC is obviously narcissistic but soulless music is real
A song made by someone who never touched an instrument in their life will have more originality and authenticity than any mass produced song made to maximise plays
Because those are people who don't know shi so they just express themselves. When you learn something, you generally tend to follow a pattern. This is why, imo, relearning stuff from scratch and from a different perspective is radical.
While this may be true, it definitely would lack in the actual sound. Sure, it would be original, but you can you make it original and sound good? This is the reason people should study up on theory, so they can express themselves while simultaneously making catchy songs that people will want to listen to. Think of a three year old scribbling on paper. Sure, it's original, but is there anything appealing to it? Definitely don't tell people to just stop learning about how to make appealing music, that is not the solution. Instead, have people take what they learned, and be creative with how they use it.
As a gen z child growing up on one of these npc music that I used to listen as a child now just got too repetitive that i'm eating the same food everyday. When I discover other underrated artists who aren't so much in the radios like TallyHall for example. I also get to explore other genres of music when I get to love Jazz, Metal, Math Rock, Hyperpop, Electro Swing, Fan made franchise music and much more. Its a big fresh of other content that made me itch my brain and energizes my mood that I would say i don't have a bias or favorite song or genre.
@@trash_alien Math rock is a style of alternative, indie rock and progressive rock, it is known for its odd time signatures, extensive chords and rhythmic patterns hence why the name math is included for its uncommon styles of music. They also call it emo jazz, them being combined gives out meticulous, but also the same time messy rhythms that it actually sounds good. Most of them can be hardcore or soft rock, overall some are relaxing and mellow sounding. I recommend bands like Chon. tricot, toe, TTNG, Don Caballero, and more. I understand it isn't everyone's type of music and will have time to get used to it but I adore this genre so far.
I hate most of these songs and artists, but this video is one of the most NPC things I've seen. Every "opinion" you had was subjective. Everything you said was the most milk toast opinion you could have possibly taken. You never took a notable stand. You never made a notable point. Most of the video was backtracking. "This music sucks and its low effort, oH bUT ItS SubJeCtiVe ArT sO ITS OK IF YoU LiKe It, but really its terrible-" Music cannot be both subjective and have qualities that make it objectively great. If its subjective, NO part of it can be objective. There is no good or bad with subjective. I know you did that because you lack a spine and people will get angry if you say its objectively bad, but you clearly believe that music has objective qualities, so be honest with your audience. Horrible take
nah, this video is painfully surface level, people on reddit would drop countless arguments based on history, philosophers, studies... even if it's all outdated, misinterpreted, taken out of context or straight up pseudoscience lol
Imo, people calling music "NPC" music are just people who don't like the Genres and are sick of these types of music, in the end it's just a term that people are using to make themselves feel better, about not being an "NPC". At the end of the day, everyone is technically an NPC as we can't play other people we can only play ourselves.
I really don't get why people HATE "npc-music". From a persepctive of music therory and the "maths" of harmonies and melodies, music basically wants to be generic and catchy. Lucky enough, there's a lot of artists that do experimental music as well, but i think generic Pop also has its right to exist and having a fanbase. It's mostly about the style of music, wether you feel it or not. I really get why people like experimental music, but for me it's understandable as well if someone likes "npc- music" that has the priority in catchy and beautiful melodies and harmonies, even though they're predictable and generic.
all i can say is: it's actually so fun to go onto random music videos on youtube music or spotify and just find random FIRE songs like, my personal favourites: Fine Wine | Saint Motel Diane Mozart | Saint Motel Everyone's a guru now | Saint Motel Staring a hole in the floor | Whitey somebody grab the wheel | Whitey Sweet words for the sour | Whitey (i especially love Saint Motel and all of their songs, they are just THAT GOOD)
🔥🔥🔥🔥SAINT MOTEL HAS BEEN MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥 I actually discovered them through Spotify recommendations for their song “Preach”. Have not dung into the discography as a whole, but I’m gonna sometime soon! Stumbling into random non-ultrafamous bands and musicians putting out absolute bangers on the down low is the BESTTTT
@@auliamate I can tell you as a dude who has listened to every single Saint Motel song, THEY ARE ALL INSANELY GOOD. So go on and listen to every single one of their songs because you WON'T regret it 🔥🔥
Quick reminder that the term NPC being used on IRL people is literally meant to dehumanize, if they're an NPC then there's no point in trying to understand or empathize with them, "they're not a person like ME".
I was raised on heavy metal and I still love it! I don't hate pop music by any means, it's just that I prefer 80s to 00s pop than the stuff on the charts today. Pop music can still be creative and great, it's just that I can't go too long without something hard n heavy
@@shaniaaaa1 The only country album I like is the Chris Stapleton album that was a white square as it's cover, other than that I completely agree with you about country music. It's just the same 5 songs about cowboy boots and beers sung with the same stupid twangy voice
An important thing to note is that "NPC" music is different depending on who's defining it. Someone who doesnt listen to any rap might see all rap as "NPC" music because they dont know any rap songs and they couldnt imagine so many people liking it. Someone who is invested in the pop scene would see pop as a normality and maybe even a way of life. It really depends on the person.
This is how I've been feeling about some kpop acts recently. Trading in the funky, experimental quality of the genre for "down to earth" corporate pop songs aimed at mainstream viral success. It's just not very emotionally convincing and therefore uncanny.
ON FREAKING GOD I’ve been listening to less K-pop recently because there’s just so much “girly I heard this song but like better in every way a month ago” songs right now. It’s actually led to me discovering R&B fully
no deadmau5 is popular but his music isn’t generic and npc, what the guy in the video is talking about how most popular songs are generic and “npc” because they are soulless and are only made for cash, they have the same chord progressions, boring lyrics, same production, all sound the same, same sounds, 4/4 time signature always
And pop as a whole is a mostly generic genre and pop is always on the charts it’s very hard to make a pop song that isn’t generic otherwise it wouldn’t be considered a pop song
2 other ways you can define NPC music: Chemical formula music (songs so chemically pure you'd think they used Walter White's meth recipes) & Fast Food music (music so bland and empty it's about as memorable as the taste of a McDonald's meal)
I wonder if you guys in the comments have had a similar opinion of NPC music towards genres that aren't strictly pop. For example, what about breakcore? As much as I love the genre, some of it certainly feels uninspired and soulless for sure. Same thing goes to D&B, jungle and other relatively "hippie" genres. When's the last time a racing game D&B song has stuck with you? I distinctly recall one song from TM Turbo and a couple from NFSMW 2005, but that's about it really. There's also Home Depot music that sucks.
I'm out of the loop, but I noticed at the beginning that there are tiktoks dedicated to questioning 'phonk' as NPC music. What happened to disseminate that opinion? The genre never seemed that big and was mostly relegated to small producers occasionally achieving a hit.
Probably because it's popular on TikTok, which these people assume represents actual mainstream music trends when it really just reflects internet culture. Also a lot of phonk songs are pretty similar sounding to each other, so people can't really tell them apart.
Songs i extremely hate are shitty remixed rehashes of older popular songs, they are also just songs trying to capitalise on that known sounds to those who don't know the original in order to get max profits.
Calling people NPC (back in the days we used to call them sheeps) is just a way to feel superior to people. "I'm special, other people are not, they're blind, they lack taste, only I have assented to a spiritual realm far superior to the NPCs/Sheeps/Blinds/tiktokers". We all think that. We're all others NPCs. As for music, you've maid your point.
I guess is because it falls in how repetitive and generic it is in majority? For me Phonk always used the same kind of format aside from trying to always sound like an edgy beat. But I guess it depends of everyone's perspective in phonk. I am more into vaporwave so..
I agree especially since a lot of npc music pops up all over social media, but ever since I got rid of all my accounts I haven't heard any npc music so far. Also I think there could be a correlation with npc music and industry plants since some of these musicians appear out of the blue and be putting out music which most of the time sound generic.
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that Marshmello was being put in the NPC music artist category. I thought his stuff from the late 2010s were really awesome and amazing. I will always love his song "Alone", and his underrated remix of "Where Are U Now" personally. But I guess apparently he's NPC music to other people nowadays...
yeah, everything is npc music. because the term "npc music" can really be defined anywhere. only listening to popular music? npc. only listening to unpopular music to stand out? npc. logic is so facinating.
I hate how calling someone an npc is now something that mostly npcs do
shut up
So ur saying ur an npc...
No one is an npc.
@@ictogoneveryone is. We’re just waiting for PC to make their move.
@@Dankmemeslover69 And when everyone is a NPC **evil laugh** no one will be
It's been several years, and I still have NEVER heard a Marshmello song in my life, yet his name appears everywhere in the internet. I'm starting to think this is a running gag of a fictitious name.
I'm pretty sure you've heard that annoying "fwaaiendies, that's how you [swear word] spell fwends" song lmao
I love Marshmellos music but I do like daft punk more
i used to listen to him sm as a kid before he blew up (he was still popular but no where near as much) now he just seems to make shit music where hes just in the background. its kinda sad tbh
The last time i listened a marshmello song was like 2016
yea man if you havent heard of someone it means they dont exist for sure
I feel like kpop is the perfect example of NPC music, too perfect and shiny to be manufactured at a big scale
"they use deodorant to hide their truth"
better name “ps-pop”: plastic/synthetic pop
npc music is music listened by normies that are all the same and kpop stans are mostly "weird kids"
Exactly, Kpop feels so commercial and souless to me idk. It's indeed the perfect example of "NPC music".
Also, we don't talk about kpop stans....
I love you i love you, you so cute like a butterfly
You so perfect and smile and let's go!
Together we are perfect super
There, i made the new kpop hit
My hot take on music is: many of us will come to like the music that they were exposed to when growing up. Popular music genres change roughly every 6 to 10 years. So soon, what is popular now will seem unfamiliar and have no nostalgic value to you personally, so many judge it much more harshly than the music they grew up with.
There are, *of course,* exceptions, and some pieces of music have objectively more or less artistic merit than others. But that is not relevant to whether you personally like it or not. Also, I am by no means a professional or someone with any background in music psychology, that's why my first three words were "my hot take".
I really only got into music in my 20s, so this doesn't really apply to me. I still like a lot of the music coming out nowadays that falls somewhere between obscure and top 40. Most music on FM radio sucks (aside from the Weeknd). I do like satellite radio, which plays more obscure, but still popular music. If I'm being honest, I can thank SiriusXMU for getting me into music.
Yeah but mine were better
How can you call someone a musical genius and then describe their music as manufactured, soulless pop? Genius is about creating the unexpected, not doing something to an acceptable standard on a repeated basis.
What the hell David firth what are you doing here.
DAVID FIRTH??!
thanks for giving me nightmares as a kid
@@ayan8136 praise the UA-cam algorithm
Salad Fingers was the musical genius equivalent of OG NG.
I pray to god ai music is never a big thing… we can NOT let it go that far
@simplybrisk Yeah but ai music still sounds pretty boring tho
It’s arguably just the next step in music’s evolution. Already, thanks to TikTok, you’ve had a reduction of a song’s duration (they’re all under 2minutes) and virality has obfuscated them need for an organic fanbase, so every current singer/rapper is disposable after 2 years. I think at this rate, AI can easily replace human-made music. Music is generally becoming more and more soulless, more of a permutation from decades past, and it’s already algorithmic more than artistic so yah.
It will be
dang npc music made by soulless human singer/ team will be replaced by soulless ai what a tragedy
It is now
Can't believe we "evolved" into calling REAL people NPC
gen alpha do be doing gen alpha things
@@xdddddddddddddnot only Gen A
It’s been a thing for a long time lmao.
@@DigitalWolverine yeah, but it’s genuinely annoying. Like imagine saying to someone in person “Umm are you on Ohio NPC? 🤓” like that’s genuinely embarrassing and unfunny at the same time. And it kinda doesn’t make sense.
For complaining about NPCs the guy in the video sure acts like one lol
1:44 From the screen, to the ring, to the pen, to the king ahh sentence
Just say ass
From the verse to the chorus to the hook 🗣️🗣️
from the fire to the hole
"well you see..i'm not an NPC..i'm far better....because i listen to such obscure artists as neutral milk hotel and car seat headrest"
If you only listen to pop you’re a bot and you don’t exist that’s just the truth
pfft... das nothin,, I listen to the music tapes and 1 trait danger (〜￣▽￣)〜
I listen to 👑¥^^🛵°=🛅==✅÷÷÷ππ🛗🛗¥§∆
This is so fucking funny lmaoooo. I love obscure artists and popular ones as well. Listening to unknown artists doesn't make you a better or more interesting person
its even more funny that these people in efforts to preserve their cool obscure image have become a stereotype that people make fun of lel
"Too polished, too organized. They sound manufactured" true. If you take a look at how Charlie Puth produces his music, you'd see exactly that. He loves to painstakingly record each note to perfection. I respect his grind, but I prefer more human imperfection. I always get excited when there's a slight difference in singing between repeating verse, or when the timing and pitch are not quantized 100%.
Being a perfectionist and wanting to make it sound like corporate slop are too very different things
“Light Switch” sounds so “did I just make the song of the summer 🤪🤪😜”. Literally got that catchy ear worm beat, the light switch flick hook, the simple to understand but not too explicit lyrics, the minimalistic soundscape and beat.
Like the only Charlie Puth album that was genuinely pretty good was Voicenotes
Well... What about classic writers? Some of them sound more then perfect, hitting almost any feeling and generally being theoretical musical perfection.
This is such a good comment!! I relate so much
@@v.0190 It depends on the musicians playing. The notes are written down with instructions on tempo, dynamics, and feel, but it's still up to the performers to interpret them. This is why different recordings of the same piece will not sound the same.
90% of music of all genres is just "we broke up. Im happy Im sad'
Not death metal... if you don't know what death metal lyrics are like, look them up... or just read the names of the songs..
Except when it's just instrumental most of the time.
*most* Breakcore: hold my 57 amen breaks
wait you're saying most of dubstep is that?
*laughs in uptempo hardcore*
The easiest way to spot an NPC is looking at the comments on older songs that say “who’s watching in 2024”
"I'm gen Z and I think 70s music was better"
I don't understand the need for upvotes. Like do people bookmark the page and check how many likes it has every day?
its crazy how now were in the age when we can use literally any sound on this planet to make music, and yet every song now feels the same
Thats mainstream music my friend. And we are not the ones making it famous.
Because people are scared of doing something new because new things are often turned down, but when no one does anything new, everyone waits for something new
It makes no sense but thats how it is
Listen to better music, then. There’s plenty of new great stuff out there.
dude there're always genres like onkyo out there
Try "Король и Шут" then
So people finally realized generic music exist?
only the tiktok and main character crowd it seems.
tiktok logic, calling generic music npc music
Back in my day, we called it "mainstream".
God forbid I'd enjoy some catchy music, I can be pretty snob about fotm things but not to an extreme level where I mock people who enjoy it
no, people are realizing the state of the culture is heading in a direction where there will be more and more generic music. do you think thom yorke would be on tiktok saying "did i just make the song of the summer?" no. having your music blow up be tied to the requirement that you must be able to live on tiktok and consistently create a whole nother form of content is fucking up the music we hear on a regular basis
While I think the whole "NPC" thing is basically an admission of main character syndrome, I do 200% agree that there's an overabundance of what is basically glorified stock music.
"The whole "NPC" thing is basically an admission of main character syndrome"
That's a VERY good point.
Your point has validity, but to make a counterargument, once upon a time I used to take my ex-gf's xanax from time to time, and that is absolutely, unequivocally, an NPC drug. It's like whatever it is that makes you "You" is dead and your body is wandering around in the world doing God knows what. And then you eventually wake up the next morning with essentially zero recollection of anything that happened the previous night.
Again, not saying you're wrong, but there's definitely NPCs out and about out there ....... and I know because I was one of them.
Moral of the story: Don't take Xanax.
@@arandompasserby7940
Okay, fair enough.
"Stock music" is such a better name!
It's admission there's people with soul and people who have none
"music has existes as long as humans have"
Birds singing: Bruh
they sing not for fun, but for attraction, mating, fighting for territory and resources usually 😅
@@nothing2449
I mean human also do that as well.
Just listen to all the rap songs of people ditching each other to show their superiority. 😂😂😂
@@dereenaldoambun9158 ahahah, really 😅😂
NPC youtuber covers NPC music without making a distinct point or taking sides.
True also npc
Truly an NPC moment. 😢
NPCeption
I'm not an NPC, I'm a real music fan. Currently I am listening to the Portal 2 sound track through a Motorola Razor in a flooded subway station.
Then you truly regret nothing.
@@valvefan Guess someone signed his petition
He's somehow staying alive for some reason....
Based
PORTAL 2 FAN YES!!1 FINALLY!! ANOTHER ONE I FOUND ON INTERNET AFTER 1, 2, uhh.h... 4 YEARS!1!
I think we are all NPCs in specific areas. For instance I am fine with cookie cutter interior design - I want a nice home, but honesly I'm happy with something generic that looks good out the box, no creativity or cultural significance needed.
Similarly I know people who listen to the most generic music and seem to enjoy it, but have amazing passion and talent in other disciplines.
you just blew my mind
@K-kj5svIt just means Non-playable character, like the AI person in a video game.
Nah not me, you acknowledging you're an NPC 100% means you're NGMI tho...good luck lol
@@bitotaru NGMI?
Some NPC manifestations can be problematic though. Intellectual laziness is one that outright disgusts me.
Mostly because of its repeated historical results.
Mass-minded people are living things, not living
beings. A being possesses autonomy and
sentience. Like plant and animal.
“I Hate NPC Music” spoken like a kid straight outta reddit
Shi bros favourite artist was definetly talked about in this video😂😂
@peetusalmela4945 He's right.
Talking about NPCs when you act like one is crazy
Kinda ironic. It’s it?
Spoken like you aren't one either
im glad you distinguish npc music from pop music, i love a lot of pure pop musicians and a lot of their stuff can feel very middle of the road and generic on the surface, but its not trying to be anything else. like npc music is trying to be deep, but legitimately good pop music knows that its not deep and it doesnt need to be in order to be fun and enjoyable
yeah i think alot of people consider pop to be npc music just due to how it sounds i guess. I can attest to the fact that to me most pop songs sound the same. Not that i think it's npc music just that it all sounds the same to me imo.
Definitely agree with you! As someone who has pop dominate his Spotify Wrapped year after year, alongside growing up with it, I’ve kinda been adapted to finding differences, but even I can tell when a song is clearly make for popularity, not for fun or desire to create.
The best kind of pop is pop that knows what it is, and doesn’t take itself too seriously, and pop that takes itself seriously but is genuinely deep. Dua Lipa isn’t NPC music because Dua Lipa knows that her songs are not The Weeknd levels of introspective that need 2 hour breakdown videos to cover, they’re catchy fun disco pop songs to dance too. Ariana Grande knows her pop-R&B era music isn’t going to be making you cry, and she doesn’t want or need her music to do so. They know what they’re doing, they know who wants to listen to it, they don’t care about faux deepness because that is not their goal.
The Weeknd’s pop-synth-R&B music (no clue how to quantify his music) is very serious and very sad and very deep and therefore doesn’t pretend to be deep with glaringly obvious lyrics and manufactured melodies, because it is simply deep.
this is why his inclusion of dua lipa as npc music rubbed me the wrong way
The thing is that it’s entirely subjective. As a rapper turned classically trained musician, I am tired of receiving constant comments about me playing « real music » nowadays. Yes, there is of course an industry that aims at a certain audience through certain types of songs. However, that’s pretty much everyone in the recording industry that are trying to make a living 🤦. « NPC music » makes no god damn sense. Some of you don’t even know how to explain why one music is « NPC » and the other not.
@@xdranzer0004 the fact that some people consider rap not real music is so funny. also yeah i think people generally consider music that they find annoying "npc music" or just popular music. Honestly in the end people should be able to enjoy what they want with out being judged
I had a workmate who said she don't listen to music. Whenever she was at work she would turn off the radio.
I mean... fair. Radio is bad this days. But most of my colleagues usually bring their own headphones or something. She just... didn't like music in general.
I would rather understand her be ashamed of listening to trash metal or dubstep or some obscure German yodling... she just... didn't. I'm still confused about it
I don't listen to music either.
one of my best friends doesn't listen to music, it's.. strange
some people just don’t like music and that’s fine
Trash metal or thrash metal? Thrash is amazing while trash is just trash
Bro thinks its strange to not have 24/7 brain fog from music
No way bro just called a childhood classic MARSHMALLOW NPC music on the thumbnail
It is
I've been a big fan of him, but he's a commercialized artist. I think he might have some great talent in the EDM scene, if he's actually making he's stuff, but he's a brand. I hate it a lot but that's just how it is
Childhood classic? Damn I’m old. Back to UKF August mix I go.
imagine being so new you think marshamallow is childhood music
and yes, the typo is deliberate, cry about it
How terminally online ya'll gotta be to even hear about "NPC music"
bro you can hear that on a random 20 second video
btw you're on this video so you heard about it, you terminally online psycho
bro u gotta try dubstep
Never heard the phrase NPC music but I agree with the video
Definitely an npc
NPC Music is basically code for "I don't personally like this music, therefore it's bad."
By that definition, good music doesn’t actually exist bc not everyone thinks every song is good.
"I don't _know_ anybody who likes this music, therefore only NPCs enjoy it, therefore its popularity is a conspiracy."
Sounds like modern politics.
@@crnkmnky Yup.
@crnkmnky Or pretty much everyone likes it but you so therefore it is npc music
@@CaptConnoissuersome people don’t think any songs are good. There are people in the world who don’t feel any kind of emotion when listening to any kind of music and are just emotionless logically minded Spock-like beings.
It's like a Netflix movie. On paper, everything is there, but when you watch it something just doesn't feel right.
It's the Uncanny Valley of music
That’s due to the subconscious propaganda and “the message” they push, you might not notice it but your brain did.
Every family comedy on netflix:
Idiotic dad
Breadwinner mom
Annoying younger son
Angsty teen daughter
Baby (optional)
Younger daughter (comic relief) (optional)
"i'm not the npc i know about duster and glitch pop" bahahahah
This video is the incredibly pretentious.
I love your name lol
@@brandonsheets1883 NPC Zoomers are big mad at being called out lol
The thing about "niché" music and bands are that their are millions of fans still of these artists. It's not that big a deal people just like music.
an npc says that he hates nps music in his video with npc music on a background
he never said he hates npc music
@@sssveden title of the video?
Everyone is an NPC dude.
NPC is a stupid way to call anything you dislike. It has no definition because it's just based on "vibes".
@@maravreloaded...
it’s royalty free music. how distracting would it be to play music he actually enjoys with lyrics
Music is art, art doesn't always need to be profound, full of meaning or even make you feel anything... all art has to do is be a form of expression for someone.
Careful you're going to get called an npc
@@MrKasenomThe main character is certanly what I'm not...
Exactly! A lot of comments are saying “all pop music is trash now, it all sounds the same” and I’m sat here like “have you ever listened to anything else besides Ed Sheeran, Justin Bieber, and Maroon 5?”
Music does not need to be ducking deep or something, it’s okay to have silly simple “wanna bang?” And “I’m into person Y” songs.
i think its not about beung easy to relate, music can have literally no meaning as long as it comes from the heart, i think the issue is that these songs arent really a form of expression since the artists arent really expressing themselves, they are creating product
This comment screams (i throw paint at a canves and call it art)
This aged well with the release of thick of it, feels like the song was made just for the sake of being made rather than any form of talent or art
Some years ago I've began hearing rap music in ads and I realized "I can't believe rap has became corporate music"
Rap is such a common genre these days, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but I think some newer genres could use a little spotlight. I'm a house and electronic kinda person, along with some swing, classical, and other stuff. Maybe some people could take a listen to those?
I've always felt like most modern rap nowadays all sound the same, I see people's stories on snapchat with rap music on, they're all different songs, yet I can't tell the difference between any of them
@@iidpack1865 very few of them are original theyre either a clone of kanye, em, or travis/carti
It’s been corporate for a while and tbh it’s all trash. I really don’t get the appeal even at a niche level
Yeah I’m over rap being in everything.
Bro discovering chord progressions
Zombie chords
"How dare they make music that sounds good!"
@mishynaofficial sure its objectively good music, but it's music that was made for money and not for the music. Re using the same formula as if it were a math problem to solve and get the lowest number on a billboard or whatever. It lacks soul and shouldn't be respected as music.
@@deityoffilth dude these progressions existed for the entire history of humanity chill
@@deityoffilthyou can't accept this music and it's sad that you have disrespect for some general things in the world because it affects your outlook, your mindset and it can lead you to a life full of pointless hatred and unhappiness and you won't even be able to realize this. There is just no point in hate, all music are beautiful, you just need to learn to be more open-minded
It's ironic cuz the people who listen to npc music are the type of people to make fun of others and call them NPCs 💀
Exactly.
"People who call others npcs are the real npcs" -🤖
he didn't say that, he said npcs call other people npc, not what you're saying@@paloim
@@Asher__65 thats..the same overall meaning
"Npcs call people npcs"
"The real npcs are the ones who call people npcs"
They're not very different
I agree. I switched from being a rapper to becoming an early music singer and instrumentist (harpsichord and lute). Lots of non musicians (often dudes that listen to metal/rock) have told me how « classy » it is for me to not listen to « overproduced » music and instead now produce « real music ». Let me tell you, among the repertoires that I sing and play, Dowland, Vivaldi, Fauré, &c… there are some very sophisticated and philosophical stuffs out there…. but in the same pieces you also find extremely repetitive clichés about shepherds and basic tonal harmony that modern pop music totally outclasses with their unique flavour. No, I don’t listen to every genre either, but I do think that people using terms like « NPC/industrial music » really should take a step back to think about what they say.
Of course, mumble rap, Tyga, Migos, &c… probably need no deep analysis lyrically, but I can assure you that despite the apparently simplistic and braindead aspect of that music, there is a lot of work behind and some of it is more personal than you may think.
I dont think ive ever seen a more milk toast video in my life
As the only person with good music taste I can say that the obscure band that I listen to is the only real music.
which band is it?
AYO THIS MAN BE SPITTIN 🔥🔥🔥
Bro you haven't even heard real music until you've listened to Peeguzzler's Hungarian Toiletcore album 'Literally Just a Microphone Being Flushed Down the Toilet'. The demo version of 'Stinky Surprise' has way more heart and soul than obscure band you like.
@@aunteggmaniac Demon hunter
I listen to aphex twin
as someone that isnt really into music, i still dont get the difference between npc and non npc music, whether you like it or not is the only thing that matters, not everyone can tell if a song is "soulless" or "unoriginal", music is subjective
you're right. he never even defines what souless means. saying souless is just another way of saying "I just dont like this"
there really is no difference. it's just another wave of kids thinking they're special
My take is that "NPC Music" refers to musicians that make music while following some well working recipe. It will pass on the radio for a while and make money but don't have any messages or innovation or identity of it's own and thus will be forgotten about before long. In a nutshell the artistic part is completely omitted to create some mediocre but easily enjoyable by the masses music.
I’m confident it basically means music that was made only for money and has the same production as a billion other songs and they have the same generic sounds and chord progressions
No there is an objective quality to music. There is some objectively bad music I enjoy and some objectively good music I don't
I Hate NPC Video Essays
Why can't people just enjoy their music without being criticized?
Because as music LOVERS, we have a deep, intimate connection with music theory. Not everyone is a music lover, music not being a hobby of theirs. I have to say, as I've gotten older, I've appreciated music a lot more. I'm honestly tired of listening to a lot of new stuff that's been releasing throughout the last five years or so. I think I'll wait another five years to hear what projects stood the test of time during THIS half a decade. Classics are classics for a reason. I recently listened to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side Of The Moon and I have to say, it's my third favourite album I've listened to so far. That whole album is an experience; blood, sweat and tears poured into every title. Back in the day, you had to make good music, music that would revolutionise generations to come, or else you wouldn't make a living off of it. Nowadays, it's even harder to make a living off of music (it's mostly got to do with music streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music). Artists don't get paid sh*t from streams. The only successful way to make a living off of music is to, first, be crazy popular and, second, tour almost all year 'round. With music software, a lot of stuff even being free, nowadays, creating music is the easiest thing ever. Because it's so easy to make, it's basically inflation, too much music for every single individual artist to even be heard by a thousand people, not even that. The fact that what's popular now is the stuff that's, in fact, easiest to make, makes it hard for me to appreciate most of what these artists are doing overall. Producers will have one chord progression looping throughout the majority of a song (maybe changing up that same chord progression a little bit), add one or two melodies, add whatever drum pattern they mostly have looped throughout most of a song and slap on an unnecessary amount of bass. With the attention span of the younger generation these days, they need music that's catchy and that has so much bass that it makes them feel like a badass when exercising. Honestly, if you don't understand music theory, you cannot appreciate music (fully, at least). I mean, The Dark Side Of The Moon has so many layers to it. I've come to the conclusion that rap is the new seed of choice. When listening to The Dark Side Of The Moon, each instrument had at least two meanings behind their sound, progression and even key. Man, that album was such a vibe when I first listened to it. Anyway, as I was saying, rap is all about the lyrics - the lyrics having multiple meanings behind them - just like the instruments having multiple meanings behind them on The Dark Side Of The Moon. I'm sorry if I've not worded everything perfectly and I've certainly not typed everything I'd like to say but if you've read this... Thank you so much. I hope this long ahh paragraph has changed your point of view on music. Have a wonderful day.
@@myrealnameisharry49 I have no clue what I just read but have a lovely day:)
@@myrealnameisharry49I’m a huge music lover, and honestly who cares if someone listens to a song I don’t like?
@@myrealnameisharry49 Jeez man it is really not that deep. Let people enjoy music and get off your high horse.
@@myrealnameisharry49 please give try to this guy "DIMASH" the underrated music genius. "SOS" or his cover "HELLO" . He is a singer with 6 octave range AN ALIEN
Bro looks like a goddamn skyrim npc
Press F to interact
Brother looks like a fallout 4 settler that will try to kill a radscorpion with a baseball bat
He looks just like the elf in the oblivion intro
They're the adoring fan without the cool hair
Fr bro talking about npcs when he looks like a fucked-up character creator that someone just didn't care about making look good, 2014 minecraft steve source filmmaker looking ass head.
It’s pretty obvious social media has changed how music is produced and presented and I hate it. Even like “indie” artists is getting kinda hit with that. I see artists on tik tok trying to show their new song but it’s just “Kendrick Lamar but indie??” “Am I under rated??” Like please shut up oh my god
I miss the days of "I wrote this while high on shrooms"
this dude is the most npc looking dude with the most npc sounding voice I've seen in my life
and doing the cliche youtuber "holding the mic" gag
Music is music. The only people who complain are self-satisfying gooners who jerk over their particular niche.
This is coming from someone who listens almost exclusively to underground stuff
Coomcore is the best music possible
When listening to certain music genres makes you less of a person 💀
literally omg
nah, it's not even about genres. It's about music that's generic
yes
@@kr3mlsche alexa play skibidi toilet remix
He described you
I really hate the soulless corporate music you're talking about but calling another human an NPC is one of the most arrogant, narcisistic thing ever
fr
Agreed. The only people who say unironically say NPC are people with main character syndrome. They think they're top shit and are the only one who has broken out of the matrix. Meanwhile they tend to be the dumbest, most generic clout chasers.
That’s true, thx for sharing
Yeah no. There are some people who can only be classified as an NPC, or its atleast the closest thing to what they actually are. The majority of humankind is not all that intelligent or self aware. Most will just mindlessly go the same route that millions have done before them: school, job, relationship, children and death, with no real change or uniqueness about it, or without ever truly questioning whether that is the right thing to do. Of course they are still human, and even if you were to compare 2 people pretty much living the exact same life, there are of course still some differences. The system we have is pretty much forcing everyone down the same path, but the ability to question it makes you truly human, even if most can never escape it. But the way most live their life just going down the same mold without ever questioning the world, and never forming their own unique thoughts is as close to NPC as it can get.
@@seanrrr Bad take brother.
I think everyone has some level of "main character syndrome".
Everyone who is alive right now is experiencing the most intense circumstance that is possible solely for the reason that it is their own.
I will never feel exactly the same as you, nor will you feel exactly the same as me.
Whatever I just did 5 seconds ago, you can never do that exactly the same, occupying the same space as me, atoms moving in the same way, even people's perception of time differs depending on various factors.
For these reasons, everyone is a "main character" and everyone is an "NPC".
No one will ever be the main character of another person's life.
Really it's more of a paradoxical situation. None can be, but all will always be.
With that being said, calling someone a "NPC" unironically is more of a embarrassing sociological attempt at increasing self worth.
Calling someone an NPC really does seem derogatory but to some it may not.
Believing you are the most important person on the planet is not arrogant or narcissistic, because you're body, you mind, is meant to protect you as a living a being.
Your life objectively will always be more important to you as a living creature.
Real life isn't like the movies and in most scenarios you will choose yourself over another.
Depending on who you are and your own life, there may be a handful of people you would knowingly give it all to protect. I think everybody has a handful. And there are people you don't know but would protect thinking you're not giving anything up.
And seldom people are altruistic and will risk something for nothing.
I guess my point is, I don't think people who unironically use the term "NPC" to describe other people have "main character syndrome."
(which is also not a medical diagnosis but rather a term like "NPC" that has risen in popularity on the internet recently.)
That is where I disagree with you, as if everyone has "main character syndrome", then nobody has it, we are all just who we are.
I do agree though that those who do use that particular term are stupid and are/or using it with intention for social or monetary gain.
Pop Music nowadays feels like it doesn't want to try new things because "what if people don't like it"
AJR?
Exactly.
Fun fact: all money from producers doesn't go to making a lot of cd's anymore, its way safer to take a pretty face to sing some generic song and let it play for 30 thimes on: the radio, in every singel commercial and even in movies. Just so you would hear it over and over till you make enough dopamine to be brainwashed into liking the song.
Smart dont you think👍
@@florrinator4148 yup pretty much but there is some music I just like though
@@jdnart everyone is free to like all music, and I have no right to judge that.
This is dumb because listening to music is a personal experience. The only things that matter are your personal, emotional, subjective reasons for enjoying a song. This is the complete opposite view of NPC music, where everyone enjoys one song the exact same way. I like listening to Heat Waves when school ends even though it’s mega mainstream, but all that matters is that I enjoy it. Bottom line: just enjoy the music that you enjoy.
fr, the people that are constantly trying to find new ways to shit on others are the real npcs lmao
@@zytheabsolutenerd75 EXACTLY
liking NPC music is like having white, untoasted sandwich bread and boiled unseasoned chicken as your favourite ever food while describing it as a culinary rollercoaster and praising it's vibrant flavour.
taking the blandest, most basic and incomplete, barebones common-denominator-thing fathomable at all yet experiencing it as something unique and worth cherishing can not be understood by people who prefer spice. it is an entirely alien mindspace that conflicts with the very principles by which quality and preference are measured.
@@clausroquefort9545 good explanation
@@clausroquefort9545 Music is entirely subjective, a song that’s “bland” to you can be great to someone else. And just because a song isn’t groundbreaking doesn’t mean anyone who likes it is an npc. If you want to encourage people to check out underrated artists, shaming them for listening to mainstream artists is the worst way to go about it.
why does it always turn out that those who use the word NPC in relation to other people themselves look more like extras? Dude, if you've listened to a couple dozen suggested tracks in spotify that aren't in the top 500, it doesn't make your taste any better.
There's so many comments like this under this video who make it obvious that they didn't watch the whole video and just read the title and got mad lmao
does watching a video mean for you to accept the position of the author or what? dude, there are so many comments here because the author of the channel has made a 'npc' clickbait and is trying to tell others why their musical taste is bad@@vanceler3855
you are an npc youtuber, like literally I don't even know if I ever saw you before or if you are a new one
So many people have been pointing this out but he's not wrong about popular music just being slop
@@symptomofsouls and everyone has known this since the 50s. Giving it a new name isn't making it New
Generic male of age 13-25
To be fair, NPC UA-camrs usually have like 100k subs
a dude who looks like an oblivion character talking about NPCs. truly meta.
did you even watch video or just read the title?
@@sssveden nope!
@@sssveden He does he looks just like the elf in the intro
@@snowcloudshinobiperioddd
@@vivisbestie4647 he was talking about you guys
Him not knowing what dubstep is made me feel super old
Dubstep era was peak music
Absolutely zero self awareness. This is NPC UA-cam video
LMFAO
@@i_want_my_shuggah you made that comment twice. You are a bot yourself.
@@euugh8877 LMFAO
@@euugh8877 LMFAO
@@euugh8877 LMFAO
Moral of the story: Everyone is an NPC. We're waiting for the player to come and do the playering.
Maroon 5 in particular makes me sad because they used to be good. Moves Like Jagger was the tipping point. The album it was on, Hands All Over, was the last Maroon 5 album that had a soul, but that song was the harbinger of things to come. When Payphone came out, it was all over. Songs About Jane remains one of my most favorite albums of all time. Harder To Breathe is a banger opener, and This Love is a classic. I still think She Will Be Loved is a genuinely wholesome ballad, and bro, have you HEARD Not Coming Home? Those guitar licks are TASTY. Besides those stand out tracks, the rest of the album is just steamy sexual romance incarnated in musical form. Adam Levine presents himself like a playboy even today. But on this very first album, I actually believe him. What happened to Maroon 5 was a tragedy. What started out as a slick new band that blurred the lines between funk and rock became the soulless corporate pop machine that they are now. If you guys haven't, go listen to Songs About Jane from front to back. It's legit so good.
Songs about jane had a lot of songs with complex chord progression and a sense of sincerity. And then 2010 hit and hes breaking up and falling in love every sunday
Songs About Jane was great. Sunday Morning is an eternal mood.
Yeah ngl Payphone immediately got me like "This sounds so fucking basic what happened to them?" especially because I grew up with songs like "This Love" which is to this day so damn good even if the lyrics are simple.
Finally, a true Maroon 5 enthusiast! I agree, and Songs about Jane is the best album ever (in my opinion), no joke. In five days from when I am posting this, that album will turn 22 years old since its debut! (06/25/02)
It’s crazy to think they went from a legit pop rock/power pop band with a sound almost reminiscent of Franz Ferdinand to…whatever tf they became.
“Soulless corporate pop” rlly hit the nail on the head with that one!
Wrong
"I hate NPC music"
-Proceeds to describe what an NPC is like an NPC
Literally make npc videos
NPC is just another derogatory term for what you don't like.
@@Starlit_Juno That I found funny. There is a genuine "NPC-core" on UA-cam. Nintendo music in the background, poorly edited greenscreen, it's a real phenomenon
Most youtubers now have zero personality
Would like to point out the irony of making a video on npc music while acting like the most default background noise algorithm slave out there- not dissing YOU here, but the presentation and use of the word content and pushing interaction etc is so that
The oddest part about NPC rhetoric is that it doesn't match reality at all, because everyone has unique and diverse lives that can't be compared to a mild passing observation. Anyone saying someone has "NPC energy" has no idea what they are talking about.
I've been told I have NPC energy once by someone I know. I know they didn't really mean any harm, so I didn't take it too personally, but I did poke fun at it lol
@@silverrath lol just go full Oblivion NPC around them.
"I hear there is an exercise facility in the local area called a gym. I have been meaning to go there myself."
"Cool man, you should totally do it."
"They are selling bread at the local markets, but their salesperson gives me the willies."
"I guess?"
"Have you heard of the French? Strange creatures."
"gives me the willies"
bro i'm 🦐@@classydays43
npc has to be the worst thing gen z has ever created calling people a npc is so dumb everyone deals with the same crap because we’re humans living in the digital age calling someone a npc is like saying I’m superior than you because I don’t act a certain way it’s really ego based which is mind boggling 😭
Or like saying the world revolves around them and they're the protagonist. But if it's gen z, it kind of makes sense because none of them have the world experience to figure it out yet and that's fine. It's not fine if people hold on to the idea though.
0:57 whats this song from? Like the one thats on for a sec when he said 'Why is npc music?'. I can't stop thinking about the lebron's pretty boy nike ad but I know its not from there
I don't really even like the concept of music "categorization" , we should stop labeling types of music or artists , and judging others based on surface level observation we can make on artists they follow or their impact. I don't believe there is such thing as "NPC music" , music is made to resonate with people who like it , and no one has the right to decide which type of music is for "NPC"s and which type is for "Cool different special people". Gen Z is really lacking self awareness and humbleness in my honest opinion ...
Yeah, as some other guy in the comments said, all music is just noise and all music is art
The gigachad pfp fits
But genres and styles are still important to keep track with the stuff you like. _Id est_ if you find a track from a genre or an artist you like, you might look for similar stuff down the same path. It is complementary with being open-minded.
rare moment of a gigachad pfp being a W
don't limit the comment to Gen Z, all generations have arrogance akin to this, even if they don't use the description "NPC"
I'm sad Oliver Tree went from songs like Hurt, Alien Boy, Forget It, and I'm Gone to tracks like Life Goes On. So much potential wasted
frrrr the 2020 version of ugly is beautiful is still on my heavy rotation
nah he is smart to use the mob mentality to his advantage
@@mintcomusicfacts
I know it's a joke, bur calling people NPCs is so dehumanizing. It's one insult I wouldn't want to see being normalized. Y'all, be interested in other people and get to know the people you'd normally call NPCs, everyone has a story and probably some side to them that would be unexpected.
Yeah I don't like npc becoming more popular either. Completely ruined its effectiveness as an insult.
Well, if the shoe fits...
@@DJ-Krimson-Steele I love how the biggest comeback y'all can come with is basically "No U". Every single time a thinking person older than 17 gives valid criticism to the term "NPC" theres gonna be an anime rotten teenager to say "wEll aCtUallY tHaT mAkes yOu an NpC, I'm sOoooo SmOrt"
npc lore goes hard fr 😭
people who unironically use the word npc as a genuine insult are the actual npc's, think about it...
terminally online man discovers radio friendly corporate pop music
🤭🤭🤭🤣
LMAOO
😐
Confirming the NPC allegations
Hating on popular music or things in general doesn't make you deep. Be defined by the things you love not the things you hate.
Bro is the thinker
It's not about hating, it's about recognizing slop and calling it what it is
Finally glad people can confidently call out bullshit music without being labeled "contrarian asshole", as a quite musical person myself, pop music today is so soulless and manufactured, even some bands people tell me is the 'best band' and I still find it to be completely lifeless slop. I'm not asking every new album to be completely off the wall and 100% original creative, but you can do FAR more with music than what is 'safe' for 'general audiences'.
that's why idkhow and blossoms will always be the best
edit cause I sent it early on accident: I 100% agree w you, even pop used to be an experimentation on catchy but amazing songs and some are still absolutely iconic, but nowadays it just became a soulless game of effortless background noise for tiktoks
collectivisim is fun!
@@viquitowers2815 I disagree, a lot of experimentation is still happening in pop music. The pop genre is arguably the largest of all genres, and while we have TikTok singers here to shovel their cookie cutter tracks, we have people who actually are trying to experiment, be it in the genre as a whole, or within their own discography. Example: Dua Lipa, massive pop singer. Houdini, her latest track, does things noticeably different than her previous two albums, and her collaborations with the likes of Calvin Harris and Elton John. It’s fresh, it’s new.
Dare I say you’re painting everyone with one brush or however that saying goes. But I assume you don’t actually listen to pop music at all so honestly 🤷🤷
I hate the whining about different music. Just let people listen to what they like.
ai comment
"What is Dubstep?"
The genre's been around for almost two decades, come on.
I'm tired of everything just being described as "for NPCs." It's even worse than everything even slightly popular getting called basic. Just let people like what they like and stop trying to act superior to everyone else. Who cares.
No but you don't understand, I am the absolute center of the universe. If you like something that doesn't apply to me, that's harmful.
Being sarcastic ofc.
enjoy what you want. people not liking what music you enjoy is their problem lol.
My thoughts exactly!
@laterlater990
If you don't like the music that's fine.
But ridiculing the people who listen to the music you don't like is a problem.
The first rule of NPC is to hate other NPCS.
bro looks like Jimmy neutron
big ahh fore head
sup fellow NPC
There was a moment where the author contradicted himself. First, he praises Charlie Puth as a musical genius, and then, literally 7 seconds later, he claims how empty and soulless his songs are. If someone is a musical genius, their songs should be anything but soulless and empty.
He can be a genius who does formulaic repetitive music for the sake of success.
@@skyen85exactly, op has clearly never heard of jacob collier
I would agree, but when it comes to theory one can be a musical genius. For example, Jacob Collier is an incredibly skillful musicians and his levels of musical understanding is higher than most musicians'. However, he can barely make listenable music or anything memorable at all.
@@kaphizmey6229 oh i see you have great taste 🤤 please give a try to this song "SOS" by Dimash
Nice to see the foundation in the comment section
This is the truest video that I've ever seen. I don't know why more people don't talk about this.
Because calling people NPC's makes you sound immature and childish as it implies life has no real meaning other than to be a simulated entertaning experience (a game)?
Sheeple music would be, in my opinion, a much better term.
because its not an issue and not a lot of people actually care about what others like in music.
Because nobody gives a rip about being an "NPC". I'm an NPC, so are you! Now shut up about it and let me enjoy my AC/DC or whatever
People do talk about it, they just don't call others "NPCs" like a child.
@@rodrigocoockiemonster4460 There's another term for NPC music, it's called elevator music.
I'm not really into that kind of music either, but this entire video is obnoxiously egocentric. Just because you prefer some music more than others doesn't make the latter "soulless" or whatever you wanna call it. The musicians put genuine effort into making that music sound good, and a lot of people indeed think it sounds good, and even if it's more on the "basic" side, different people have different taste, so you calling them "NPCs" for it just comes across as so self centered and inconsiderate. I don't care what you have to say, people could have the worst taste imaginable, but no matter how much you disagree you still have to respect them.
If you’re making music not for yourself, but for the most amount of people possible, it’s not genuine, it’s soulless, and that’s undeniable. Calling someone an NPC is obviously narcissistic but soulless music is real
NPC music? I listened to NCS music
A song made by someone who never touched an instrument in their life will have more originality and authenticity than any mass produced song made to maximise plays
Because those are people who don't know shi so they just express themselves. When you learn something, you generally tend to follow a pattern. This is why, imo, relearning stuff from scratch and from a different perspective is radical.
While this may be true, it definitely would lack in the actual sound. Sure, it would be original, but you can you make it original and sound good? This is the reason people should study up on theory, so they can express themselves while simultaneously making catchy songs that people will want to listen to. Think of a three year old scribbling on paper. Sure, it's original, but is there anything appealing to it? Definitely don't tell people to just stop learning about how to make appealing music, that is not the solution. Instead, have people take what they learned, and be creative with how they use it.
Music played by my nephew will be shït just admit you want to feel special and anti-system.
this comment reminds me of kikuo
As a gen z child growing up on one of these npc music that I used to listen as a child now just got too repetitive that i'm eating the same food everyday. When I discover other underrated artists who aren't so much in the radios like TallyHall for example. I also get to explore other genres of music when I get to love Jazz, Metal, Math Rock, Hyperpop, Electro Swing, Fan made franchise music and much more. Its a big fresh of other content that made me itch my brain and energizes my mood that I would say i don't have a bias or favorite song or genre.
Damien Van Elburg. Check him out.
What's math rock?
@@trash_alien Math rock is a style of alternative, indie rock and progressive rock, it is known for its odd time signatures, extensive chords and rhythmic patterns hence why the name math is included for its uncommon styles of music. They also call it emo jazz, them being combined gives out meticulous, but also the same time messy rhythms that it actually sounds good.
Most of them can be hardcore or soft rock, overall some are relaxing and mellow sounding. I recommend bands like Chon. tricot, toe, TTNG, Don Caballero, and more. I understand it isn't everyone's type of music and will have time to get used to it but I adore this genre so far.
@@phantomaviator1318just did its pretty bad sorry. A german guy doing traditional country but badly and germanly
@@ts-wo6pp He's Dutch, but aye, fair enough. I dig it, personally.
not even music is safe from this npc term bullshits, cant have peaceful life us nowadays 🗿
I hate most of these songs and artists, but this video is one of the most NPC things I've seen.
Every "opinion" you had was subjective. Everything you said was the most milk toast opinion you could have possibly taken. You never took a notable stand. You never made a notable point. Most of the video was backtracking. "This music sucks and its low effort, oH bUT ItS SubJeCtiVe ArT sO ITS OK IF YoU LiKe It, but really its terrible-"
Music cannot be both subjective and have qualities that make it objectively great. If its subjective, NO part of it can be objective. There is no good or bad with subjective.
I know you did that because you lack a spine and people will get angry if you say its objectively bad, but you clearly believe that music has objective qualities, so be honest with your audience.
Horrible take
Facts
Hell yeah
NPC is just a useless buzzword. At this point
most reddit video of all time just dropped
LMFAO
cant believe a good amount of people agreed with the video lmao
@@thunzur What do you not agree with lol? He made very uncontroversial points.
@@shmuck9649 A bunch of zoomers are getting triggered and are coming from tiktok.
nah, this video is painfully surface level, people on reddit would drop countless arguments based on history, philosophers, studies... even if it's all outdated, misinterpreted, taken out of context or straight up pseudoscience lol
Imo, people calling music "NPC" music are just people who don't like the Genres and are sick of these types of music, in the end it's just a term that people are using to make themselves feel better, about not being an "NPC".
At the end of the day, everyone is technically an NPC as we can't play other people we can only play ourselves.
Love it when a commentary channel talks about something they have no idea about, haven’t got enough of these.🎉
Ur so real
I really don't get why people HATE "npc-music". From a persepctive of music therory and the "maths" of harmonies and melodies, music basically wants to be generic and catchy. Lucky enough, there's a lot of artists that do experimental music as well, but i think generic Pop also has its right to exist and having a fanbase. It's mostly about the style of music, wether you feel it or not. I really get why people like experimental music, but for me it's understandable as well if someone likes "npc- music" that has the priority in catchy and beautiful melodies and harmonies, even though they're predictable and generic.
"Look, I'm a huge fan of Oliver Tree"
It's you. You're the NPC dude.
How
ok but who honestly listens to oliver tree
Seriously, there is even a segment of the video where he describes being an NPC lol
@@brando9198 me, well, I used too
@@brando9198 Who is Oliver Tree?
how is this not NPC youtube content
Underground music fans when they call me an NPC for not listening to Lil toilet seat licker, the new best underground artist
nothing more npc for an artist than have lil in their name
all i can say is:
it's actually so fun to go onto random music videos on youtube music or spotify and just find random FIRE songs like, my personal favourites:
Fine Wine | Saint Motel
Diane Mozart | Saint Motel
Everyone's a guru now | Saint Motel
Staring a hole in the floor | Whitey
somebody grab the wheel | Whitey
Sweet words for the sour | Whitey
(i especially love Saint Motel and all of their songs, they are just THAT GOOD)
yo dude, if you like saint motel, i would recommend Jady! they opened for saint motel at a concert
omg i found Saint Motel through random UA-cam digging too :) good algorithm
@@laurarebelo8415 they literally are the greatest band i have ever listened to (in my humble opinion)
🔥🔥🔥🔥SAINT MOTEL HAS BEEN MENTIONED 🔥🔥🔥🔥
I actually discovered them through Spotify recommendations for their song “Preach”. Have not dung into the discography as a whole, but I’m gonna sometime soon!
Stumbling into random non-ultrafamous bands and musicians putting out absolute bangers on the down low is the BESTTTT
@@auliamate I can tell you as a dude who has listened to every single Saint Motel song, THEY ARE ALL INSANELY GOOD. So go on and listen to every single one of their songs because you WON'T regret it 🔥🔥
Quick reminder that the term NPC being used on IRL people is literally meant to dehumanize, if they're an NPC then there's no point in trying to understand or empathize with them, "they're not a person like ME".
What's with these homies dissing my girl
@@JasonCan-wp2fu why do they gotta front
@@Anaea*insert sick mini guitar riff*
@@AnaeaWhat do we ever do to these guys?
@@JAczyDude That made them so violent?
I was raised on heavy metal and I still love it! I don't hate pop music by any means, it's just that I prefer 80s to 00s pop than the stuff on the charts today. Pop music can still be creative and great, it's just that I can't go too long without something hard n heavy
I hate all pop, upon hearing any pop at all, I must cleanse my ears with Infant Annihilator, Cattle Decapitation, Lorna Shore, and Cannibal Corpse
@@wesley7376 same way i feel about country music, realatable af
@@shaniaaaa1 The only country album I like is the Chris Stapleton album that was a white square as it's cover, other than that I completely agree with you about country music. It's just the same 5 songs about cowboy boots and beers sung with the same stupid twangy voice
@@wesley7376man unironically listening to infant and cattle is edgy 14 year old as hell try some azaghal or stormkeep
@@wesley7376try early Johnny cash
An important thing to note is that "NPC" music is different depending on who's defining it. Someone who doesnt listen to any rap might see all rap as "NPC" music because they dont know any rap songs and they couldnt imagine so many people liking it. Someone who is invested in the pop scene would see pop as a normality and maybe even a way of life. It really depends on the person.
This is how I've been feeling about some kpop acts recently. Trading in the funky, experimental quality of the genre for "down to earth" corporate pop songs aimed at mainstream viral success. It's just not very emotionally convincing and therefore uncanny.
ON FREAKING GOD
I’ve been listening to less K-pop recently because there’s just so much “girly I heard this song but like better in every way a month ago” songs right now. It’s actually led to me discovering R&B fully
Society needs f(x) back... Even aespa don't have half of their zaniness.
The term is used only by people who think of themselves as "main-characters" which way more annoying
This is why I like indie music.
Its all unique and you can immediately tell whose song it is. Its like a little gem for me
Ikr
Same with deathcore
@@wesley7376fr fr and same with doomgaze or shoegaze
It's almost like what metal used to be.
Progressive music:
If famous then npc, got it
Popular = bad 😂
no deadmau5 is popular but his music isn’t generic and npc, what the guy in the video is talking about how most popular songs are generic and “npc” because they are soulless and are only made for cash, they have the same chord progressions, boring lyrics, same production, all sound the same, same sounds, 4/4 time signature always
And pop as a whole is a mostly generic genre and pop is always on the charts it’s very hard to make a pop song that isn’t generic otherwise it wouldn’t be considered a pop song
If it's a lukewarm, corporate slop engineered to appeal to the widest possible demographic, then yes it's npc
@@Turnyourphoneoff and most of the popular music these days are actually terrible, oh the irony 😂😂😂
2 other ways you can define NPC music:
Chemical formula music (songs so chemically pure you'd think they used Walter White's meth recipes)
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Fast Food music (music so bland and empty it's about as memorable as the taste of a McDonald's meal)
Such a perfect way to describe it
There’s some songs that are exceptions to the rule, but those are few and far between.
I still remember my last McDouble being pretty tasty. Much more memorable than the average Taylor Swift song.
I wonder if you guys in the comments have had a similar opinion of NPC music towards genres that aren't strictly pop.
For example, what about breakcore? As much as I love the genre, some of it certainly feels uninspired and soulless for sure. Same thing goes to D&B, jungle and other relatively "hippie" genres. When's the last time a racing game D&B song has stuck with you? I distinctly recall one song from TM Turbo and a couple from NFSMW 2005, but that's about it really.
There's also Home Depot music that sucks.
@@lysenthe Every genre has soulless music, you just here more people complain about pop because it’s more mainstream
I'm out of the loop, but I noticed at the beginning that there are tiktoks dedicated to questioning 'phonk' as NPC music. What happened to disseminate that opinion? The genre never seemed that big and was mostly relegated to small producers occasionally achieving a hit.
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Probably because it's popular on TikTok, which these people assume represents actual mainstream music trends when it really just reflects internet culture. Also a lot of phonk songs are pretty similar sounding to each other, so people can't really tell them apart.
Songs i extremely hate are shitty remixed rehashes of older popular songs, they are also just songs trying to capitalise on that known sounds to those who don't know the original in order to get max profits.
Yeah, they never sound better than the original and why so they all have some random guy rapping despite no rapping being in the original song?
Bro you out here talking like an NPC too
Calling people NPC (back in the days we used to call them sheeps) is just a way to feel superior to people. "I'm special, other people are not, they're blind, they lack taste, only I have assented to a spiritual realm far superior to the NPCs/Sheeps/Blinds/tiktokers".
We all think that. We're all others NPCs.
As for music, you've maid your point.
*made not maid
Question. When did phonk become NPC music? Ive been seeing that a lot lately.
I guess is because it falls in how repetitive and generic it is in majority?
For me Phonk always used the same kind of format aside from trying to always sound like an edgy beat. But I guess it depends of everyone's perspective in phonk. I am more into vaporwave so..
I agree especially since a lot of npc music pops up all over social media, but ever since I got rid of all my accounts I haven't heard any npc music so far. Also I think there could be a correlation with npc music and industry plants since some of these musicians appear out of the blue and be putting out music which most of the time sound generic.
trueee it's wild how a lot of artists today only exist in the social media ecosystem
@@mintcomusic yeah and I remember hearing that even some established artists are tuning their music to go viral on tiktok
I'm sorry, I wasn't aware that Marshmello was being put in the NPC music artist category. I thought his stuff from the late 2010s were really awesome and amazing. I will always love his song "Alone", and his underrated remix of "Where Are U Now" personally. But I guess apparently he's NPC music to other people nowadays...
yeah, everything is npc music. because the term "npc music" can really be defined anywhere.
only listening to popular music? npc.
only listening to unpopular music to stand out? npc.
logic is so facinating.