too popular? Options

[brooklyneast05]

why do people like a certain musician/artist but then don't like them when they get "too popular"?

i never understand this concept fully. i mean...if their music is the same, and you liked their music to begin with, why would it matter that more people like it now? wouldn't you still like what you like regardless of whether 5,000 people know about them or 500,000? shouldn't you be happy that someone who you think makes good music is actually doing well in their career?


this isn't the same as a song being over played on the radio or something. i understand that you can like a song but then just hear it too much. this is more about disliking a whole group/artist just because more people start to listen to them.


i don't understand why the size of a fan base would determine what music you like.

[mipadi]

More often than not, though, an artist's music does change when they become popular; or rather, they have to change their music to be popular. Part of the reason is that, to be a well-known musician, you pretty much have to be on a major label; and when you're on a major label, you lose a lot of artistic control over your music. When you're on an indie label, you can basically do whatever you feel like -- explore new sounds, do new stuff, or just do something "weird". But when you're on a major label, you have to be palatable to the masses, and a lot of times that's tired and boring.