"Ugly" and "good music" are subjective

Shake hands with beef ;⁠-⁠)

They still do, they just can't perform it

Imagine how much less beautiful the world would be if this face weren’t allowed to succeed

Just because you aren’t Beyoncé doesn’t mean you aren’t beautiful.

Hit me with your best music recommendations from ugly people.

pretty sure that's how hyperpop happened 10 years ago

Isn't this extremely genre dependent? And regardless, this has been going on for a long time.

The Supremes? Good looking gals (and great music IMHO).

Grateful Dead? Sure, rough around the edges.

The Doors? Um...ever seen a picture of Jim Morrison? Dude would make Derek Zoolander blush.

Out of curiosity, I asked Spotify for modern metal music, and I got The Black Dahlia Murder

frontman looks like a regular dude who I'd grab a beer with.

Yeah, modern pop places a ton of emphasis on looks, sure. But I think this has been pretty prominent in music for a very long time, be it the airbrushed R&B of the sixties, the androgynous glam of the eighties, or the metro sexual (guy)/model-esque looks of modern pop.

Listen to ugly people music (or vtuber music, same thing (na, just kidding around with vtuber insecurities (help I'm trapped inside this nested parenthesis))) nevermind, got out.

Blah blah blah blah old man yells at sky

Don't forget about the halo effect. Someone on stage doing a killer set is going to seem hotter. When someone is good at one thing, we start to think they're good at everything (where being hot is a thing).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halo_effect