Comfort In Chaos

EDM these days is an interesting thing. Lots of it is just repeated ideas with different singers and names. Then there are distinct styles that stand out from the bunch, and a lot of times these are the artists who blow up and gain worldwide fame. Then the fans of these artists are called normies and looked down upon by the "real fans" of EDM. That then alienates people, and the newer popular artists in EDM tend to have a more traditional style. That's fine to have a traditional style, but right now I find most of the popular work in EDM pretty generic and boring. I say this as someone who loved EDM growing up in the 10s. I'm 26 now, and seeing these new names like Summit pop up is fun to see, but when I listen, I don't hear anything that is much different than a lot of stuff from the past. I'm not sure if it's new fans or hardcore fans leading the charge on a lot of these new names, but I find it hard to dive in like I used to. This album is just a continuation of that. Nothing bad, but I've heard a good amount of this all before. I still find EDM and EDM crossover artists that I enjoy, it's just that they don't seem to really have much traction, even though I feel their sound is very unique (Goth Babe). I hope artists like John Summit continue to succeed, but I also welcome some more unique flavors in the genre, as right now, it seems to be a large heap of recycled styles.