At the end of the year, at the end of a decade, there's a lot to infer about what mainstream music is like right now from the Jingle Ball.
Lizzo was part of an indie rap group called The Chalice and still years from writing her breakout hits "Truth Hurts" and "Good as Hell." BTS didn't arrive until 2013, and Monsta X didn't debut until 2015 — but the past couple years have seenSome acts from the Jingle Ball 2019 show in NYC are already proving they're getting better with age — Halsey, for one — while others already seemed forgettable during their performances.
At the end of the year, at the end of a decade, there's a lot to infer about what mainstream music is like right now from the Jingle Ball. All the artists who performed reflected a very 2019, genre-mixing sensibility, from pop-country Dan + Shay to pop-rap Lizzo and the clubby dance-pop of Monsta X. The Jingle Ball, like the music industry right now, is a singles game.
Who knows where 2020 will take mainstream music, in all its delightful and exhausting glory? Who knows who will really "make it" in 10 years and what that means? Whose work right now is being done quietly and under the radar, waiting for a big break? Though radio and charts and playlisting are games artists must play to be heard, 2019 showed that good pop music, despite the algorithms and the data, still has the power to surprise.Let us slide into your DMs.
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