More artists are coming up through tik tok now than the radio.

The radio isn't a thousand independent stations looking to fill air time with local talent, it's a handful of mega-monoliths looking to maximize advertising revenue with the Most Popular Thing (that fits the corporate agenda).

This relationship shows that being attractive will improve a persons odds of being successful in music.

Blandly conventionally attractive, to boot. Could we even do Amy Winehouse in the modern moment? Could we see Eminem or Maryl Manson or Buddy Holly or Ray Charles or Billie Holiday topping the charts? Idfk anymore. Seems like it's easier than ever to blacklist anyone who is even remotely controversial. Plenty of attractive people who will do the Brittany Spears thing for fear of being the next Dixie Chicks.

Maybe if personality can shine through in those videos it can overtake appearance.

Unfortunately, the personality that shines brightest seems to be the kind that singles you're an asshole.

Just ask P Diddy and Kanye.