i have long held that pop music repeats itself too often and i think ive realized why: it's because they're afraid of the solo. replaceable white men who sing would rather repeat the chorus eight thousand times than let the guitar do something awesome
to be clear, repetition of musical things in general is not bad. my grievance is with people who think mumford and sons is the freshest new sound in music singing the chorus ten times in a row because they can't envision music that doesn't center around their voice
@typhlosion another theory: people are becoming aware that most songs' bridges suck and are therefore abandoning them without knowing anything to replace them with
@nev let the guitarist loose. if you don't have a guitarist then have your producer program a cool solo on the lead synth. fuck it, bass solo if you really want. this is a problem that has been solved. not every part of your song has to have the singer yapping over it
i had this thought because i was in a diner listening to the radio play some classic rock and i realized i couldn't think of any recent popular songs that had guitar solos in them