Sombr reveals that he often finishes his songs only if they blow up online

[Teletubby 154,059]

"All my hits I made in the process of of them blowing up because I don't finish songs. I will post the chorus online. I'm making something that I am really happy with and then seeing if if people want it now or later. Being able to to AB test things music with people. If I like the response, I'll finish it and drop it."

 

[Elizabeth 618]

A horrendous way to write music 

But not surprising in the TikTok era 

[NUTELLA 14,757]

I can't decide if he's cute or if he looks like a Tim Burton sketch

[Onlygaga 1,555]

1 minute ago, NUTELLA said:

I can't decide if he's cute or if he looks like a Tim Burton sketch

Definitely both. Depending on the angle I’m either turned on or scared. 

[Hadrian 963]

What an awful way to work, wow

[Dojo 19,630]

I read blow a line and I was like, well yes, Charli's impact!!

[Kirby Ghosty 320]

Weird way to approach music but: at least he wrote 12 to 12 organically out of pure passion which I think is his best song. Also at least he writes his OWN songs too. 

[Janosch 175]

i kinda like the approach. obviously it's kind of a capitalist logic, but let's leave that aside. I find it reasonable that as an artist you want to create music that has an impact on your listeners.

[REALITY 78,009]

He’s not an artist, he’s a commodity 

[Roughhouse Dandy 12,227]

Yuck

[Lord Mayhem 2,007]

So he makes music based on public validation.

He lacks all artistic integrity and will fade even quicker into irrelevance 

[Meredith Grey 3,170]

So has he never finished a song? Cuz i ain’t heard a single one

[DESTROY UR DISEASE 13,750]

2 hours ago, Kirby Ghosty said:

at least he wrote 12 to 12 organically out of pure passion which I think is his best song.

oh he did? that'd explain why it's the only song from him so far that I really liked and not just "oh ok, this one is fine"

[DESTROY UR DISEASE 13,750]

1 hour ago, Janosch said:

i kinda like the approach. obviously it's kind of a capitalist logic, but let's leave that aside. I find it reasonable that as an artist you want to create music that has an impact on your listeners.

well it does kind of make sense, however I think this kind of approach partially takes away the artism and creative expression, and (I think most importantly) authenticity, and puts the "product" in the first place, as if "who cares that it might be the best thing I've ever created, if it doesn't sell well - it's not worth it"

Also what exactly is impact? Is it when you create a deeply personal record that moves people and connects with them, and is also a songwriting masterpiece... or when your song goes #1 for several weeks? Obviously you can have both if you know how to do it, but can you really when you care the most about the response? (especially when the masses are known for being a bit shallow)

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Like imagine if Gaga didn't finish ARTPOP just because people (at the time) didn't vibe with it as much as they did with The Fame