Are young people losing interest in music?

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For a lot adults, memories of adolescence are inextricably related up In THE music that help them define their teenager identities And form almost tribal allegiances with others WHO sharing their tastes. But For children And young adults Today, exploring music East A very different experience.

In previous generations, THE prevalence of physical media as cassette tapes, vinyl recordings And CD supposed that children could independently develop A relationship with music Since A early age. But with most music NOW consumes via streaming And parents more and more careful about without hindrance to access has THE the Internet, Today pre-teens to have "virtually No musical autonomy", said Olivier Passionate In THE Guardian. 

THE risk East that THE emerging generations "don't do it to have THE type of welded bind has music that only THE white heat of youth can to forge". And WHO can blame them, if their childhood has has been spent In "THE walled up garden" of parental tastes And "on organized playlists such as Spotify Children?

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THE decline of subcultures

THE weakening link between music And identify East part of A wider orient yourself far Since THE rigidly defined subcultures that were A punch of THE teenager experience For pass generations.

While platforms as Tic Tac spawn A unending flow of of short time "aesthetic" micro-tags, Since Soft Girl has Preppy, real subcultures "to have largely collapsed", said Mireille Silcoff For THE New York Times review. 

Established real world "scenes" that could once offer A hypothetical adolescence A "community container Since THE moment She wake up up has THE moment She went has bed" to have has been moved by A series of fleeting "cultural atmospheres, carried out mostly online."

That doesn't mean that younger generations are entirely missing A definition her. Enter Zoomer Glance, said Harvey Salomon-Brady For music website Why now, "A mix of Shoegaze daydreaming, grunge raw energy, And A touch of hyperpop".

Tic Tac East often THE launch ground For these "atmospheric And emotionally ...