by Glenn Rose

I’m not sure why so many people have decided that they don’t like pop music only because it’s popular. There are a lot of things that are popular that people do, like: breathing, eating, pretending they’ve seen documentaries, wearing hats, etc. Just because tons of people get into something doesn’t make it any less cool or good. If anything it’s kind of better if it has more people listening to it, because what’s a better judge of quality than tons of people listening to your stuff? Nothing that’s what. My taste in music does tend to be a bit less popular than pop music, but that’s probably just because I’m 19 and think being quasi-indie is cool and it’ll make girls like me. Let’s use a common example of people hating pop music: Ke$ha. I know it sounds like mindless dance-y drive,l but let me drop some knowledge on you before you tune me out with your records you bought at a thrift shop. 1. Ke$ha got 1500 on her SAT so she’s probably smart enough to write music none of us would understand. 2. She’s said before that she just wants to make music that makes people happy, and what’s happier than partying with your friends? 3. It’s super catchy and that’s awesome. Now I know some of you will say that a song being catchy doesn’t make it good, but to that I say, joke’s on you, your brain says otherwise. Your brain CLEARLY just likes the song so much that you have to repeat it over and over in your head. Music is music and why would you cut out a whole faction of it just because a lot of people like it? So button throw on that graphic tee you got at urban outfitters, put away that trendy, hip music and go down to the store and buy a pop album. So then we can all focus on things that really matter, like hating country music.