Is Post Malone allowed to be country? Are video essayists allowed to talk about country music? Let's find out together as I go sepia tone instead of sitting in the dark this time.

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Sources:
This is What it Sounds Like: What the Music You Love Says About You
Susan Rogers, Ogi Ogas | Penguin

Switched on Pop: How Popular Music Works and Why it Matters
Charlie Harding, Nate Sloan | Oxford University Press

Pop Song Review: "Without Me" by Halsey
Todd in the Shadows

0:00 Intro
1:08 Alternative becomes pop
3:09 Royals
5:31 Only 3 genres
7:18 Old Town Road
8:49 Texas Hold 'Em
10:03 I Had Some Help
14:03 Fancy Like
17:16 Authenticity & Evolving Genre