Where Music Is Going 

It used to feel so good to listen to sad, mellow, angsty music that made me ache or think deeply. I loved my music to challenge me. Nowadays, I’ve been saying “I don’t want to have thinking accompanied with my music anymore. I want easy listening. I just want music to feel good.” And I never thought I would say that. My pretentiousness is gone and I look forward to a new era of bops and hits and repetitive chord progressions lol PS: Silk Sonic could be a big part of this era’s transition.

You mean I missed my chance to write sad indie music 😢

this video was so well made! I love how much thought and care you put into it

Ngl, I feel the opposite way you said after covid. During covid I listened to more upbeat and happy songs and can’t say that sadness was anywhere in my mind. Now after covid is done and I’m back to the real world, I’m more depressed than ever and listening to more sad music than ever. Life was peachy before the pandemic, now it’s bland and monotone.

There was a song that came out a few months back by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha called "I'm Good". I saw so many people putting it on their worst lists for last year, but I honestly thought it was an incredibly refreshing breath of fresh air. After ten years of moody indie pop, it was so nice to hear an upbeat pop hit about having fun and feeling good. This video is outstanding, I really hope you keep making these.

I agree! I came to a similar conclusion and see people gravitating towards this path. It brings me hope. Albums such as Kendrick Lamar's Mr. Morale revealing innerstandings of truth; The Weeknd and Tyler the Creator killing of their famed personas in Dawn FM and CMIYGL: The Estate Sale; Lana Del Rey returning 'home' in Ocean Blvd; and Kali Uchis manifesting love through Red Moon in Venus. Something different I've observed is also the resurgence of psychedelic music with artists like Cuco and others transcending genres and blending in cultural elements like from cumbia. I hope to see more soul music, too! It's become one of my favorites since the pandemic.

I feel exactly as you do and during the pandemic I listened to mostly sad indie artists or just angsty music but, now we are coming out of our pandemic I'm tired of listening to music that makes me feel really melancholic / sad. I'm really excited for this new era of music

Man this is so eye-opening and such a well-edited yet simple-to-understand video

I like how you talk like a normal person instead of "RU-vid voice". Relatable and informative

you basically made what i've been saying all along into a video, what a piece

I've been looking into the 1970s. My goal is to understand and produce the effect they gave around that era withoutjust copying it. Music is about expression, but mostly it should be in a positive direction and not how it's been lately. The 70s did have a few less cheery tunes, but that was only because the artist spoke on the condition of the world and not solely focus on themselves like we do. We went from peace and activism to depression and suicidal thoughts, and that's not ok because the kids are the ones who are most effected. I remember when Sad by X came out and a little 7 year old just kept repeating, "suicide....suicide....suicide" thats when i knew we were going at this all wrong. As a musician it broke my heart when i found out that music is mostly generated on a computer. That alone took alot of soul out of music. Once the lyrics became fogged with sadness it crippled our reality. The world needs a shift in its music because it is the heartbeat of society. If we keep making mindless junk tunes our heart will stop.

amazing video as always sergio! i love these musical documentary style videos! keep it up ! :)

Your vulnerability made me subscribe ❤

This is very intuitively valid to me. Obviously it's really hard to know for sure- but I have a good feeling youre right.

This is epic as fuck. One of your best videos. Tom Fox is killing the music. Love them scene changes: the forrest, the car selfie eating fries, the stuffing nose at sunset. Touché my brother. The writing and storytelling A+ as well.

Love the message of ❤. Good job 👏

I think you make a lot of good points, but at the same time, I've always felt like "sad gurl indie" (not at all a derogatory term, its the music I most often listen to) is gonna be the next big thing. Taylor Swift made two albums in that style (and I'd say her most recent, "Midnights," borrows from the style as well, though its more electronic). Phoebe Bridgers/boygenius are on a meteoric rise, and I feel like with her/them are other artists like Gracie Abrams, Lizzy McAlpine and others who are coming up as well and getting a lot of attention. So I suppose it depends on how soon you think this transformation will take place. By 2025? Maybe not. By 2030? I could certainly see it.

Not sure which video, but you've mentioned how subcultures have proliferated and thrived in the digital age, i.e. wonderful little oases of underground hobbies and niche interests. I wonder how this "High" period we seem to be entering will compare to older high periods, when there was one mainstream and not much in the way of organized, rich subcultures/niche communities. It may be harder to point to dance music or visceral pop as an iconic representation of our time, in the same way as Beatlemania, because it's a social option to ignore the mainstream and happily exist in a rich subculture (like sad indie, prog, or other more cerebral art forms). You've got us thinkin, Serge.

Wow, amazing video man thanks🎈

This was surprisingly vulnerable and insightful. There are a lot of flapping heads in the video essay game, as an objective person new to your channel, I think you have something real and fresh to offer. I hope you do well, you've got my subscription, very interested to see more. I can see your channel focuses on music which is great but I can't help but ask what your thoughts are on other media as well, would love to hear your thoughts on Netflix's Beef if that's something you're interested in.

This was very incoherent and naive, but also very optimistic and cute. Appreciate it!

Thoughtful content as always.

This was the best video I’ve seen all month on this god forsaken website. Thank you

this video is so well put together, thank you for this

this is an insanely good video

I’m curious to know what you think of Ed sheerans new song, “eyes closed”. Personally I’m disappointed, it has a generic pop beat, not acoustic as originally planned for subtract. 😔

cool

so cool! shoutout from Brazil

I think we had the same covid/post covid but in different places haha

Bro is def gonna be the next big boy in Yt Icl your content something else

i like the way you speak

Bruh this entire theory breaks when you realise that there were only 22 years between the two world wars

FACTS!! I'll be dropping the dopest booty-shakin house music very soon!!

I was just about to get a flip phone and get a job on an alaskan fishing boat! GET OUT OF MY HEAD

i like songs that have sad lyrics but are fun to dance to

rlly good video

Guess im gonna have tah stop listening to the weeknd now🤷🏼‍♂️ Btw serge i loved the change of this vid u keep improving with your discussion points and setup everytime

This shift also happens when you get older and leave your teen years

PARTY ROCK ANTHEM 2.0

Music ain't even going to be music in the future. It's going to be snippets or choruses so they can blow up on TikTok. The length will be ridiculously shorten to adjust to people's current attention spans.

fellow van neistat stan pog

you are so cute :)

lol i just realized haven't listened to Modest Mouse in... a whiiiile. and i don't want to

embrace cringe!!!!!

Wait what youre just going to put abortion politics in to this?!??? 1:36

Are you from Argentina? You look exactly like my best friend lol