User blog comment:CykeP/Negativity in Western VOCALOID Music/@comment-4870649-20160204084741/@comment-53539-20160205232549

"feel good" songs or "lets go party" style songs, actually out sell most other type of songs themes. The Teen angsty part of the music industry is actually a niche, just as our own Vocaloid music is. In fact, a lot of people actually don't like the moody music at all because its a "downer" to them and dampens the mood. Don't forget the most popular music is still often played in nightclubs and places like that, which has to have a certain aura about it because people go to nightclubs to have fun.

I don't think being a teenager has anything to do with it. Most songs are about love/lust/sex anyway, even in other countries (anyone who tries to deny this is kidding themselves). And its not just the songs... But the singers. :-/

With those two things in mind, why do you think singers like Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber got famous? It wasn't based souly on talented singing.

@Queen, honestly, while many teenagers need help, as mentioned elsewhere teens have problems with empathy and sympathy in general due to the influx of hormones. Which make sthe "emo" image ironic, because teens aren't actually that emotional compared to children or adults it turns out. >_<

Giving them help is vital, but honestly... Its not going to change much culturally. You tend to find most of the time there is issues at home, a culture of bad influence... Maybe a parent figure who doesn't give a dam (kids often pay for their parents failures, as I did myself by the time I was an adult). Often there is nothing you can do to change it, because the "cure" can sometimes be worst then leaving things alone. Example... Foster care has a reputation for not giving a child a decent upbringing, and can mess with their head because they feel like a package that will be passed around if things go wrong... Among other troubles.

Honestly... Speaking from experience of domestic violence, half the time you don't see whats going on even when you should. Because the bullying at school was harsh, I never saw the bullying at home happening. I was not aware my father was manipulating me and years later when I went to leave home at 23, it bit me on the rear and I'm very much paying for it now at 31 (32 in May) years old. I do recommend that a teenager gets help because it stops them becoming like me a person who lacks confidence in RL, who is stuck on citalopram or some other emotion controlling drug, wth no future and no idea what tomorrow brings. In my case as well, I'm very much alone with no chance of ever marrying or even having a stable relationship because I don't want a man like my sodding father.

Honestly, I didn't listen to much teen angst music and was happy with 80s/90s style music. Not everyone who actually listens to angsty music is in serious trouble emotionally either.

I could write a whole essay about the failings of my growing up... From child to teenager to the boring and likely to end in a sad way adulthood. And having grown up on a counsel estate, surrounded by even worst sickening drama... And having a friend who went through the system and was let down... And a landlady whose mother didn't care for her since she was the reason she couldn't have anymore children... And her friend who was sent to a farm her uncle owned where she was raped + her children killed as soon as they were born on the farm before anyone found out (I'm not making this one up sadly as while the police didn't believe her there were witness accounts, it was quite a scandal but those were the days of Jimmy Savel(spelling))...

Safe to say... There are plenty of things in the world even in a 1st world country where "peace" is present that could make any teen angst look like nothing. its a simple case of teens have problem getting help because "where do you start". Some kids have one falling out over not getting a bar of chocolate and they hate their parents for life... You often find their cases are more likely to get noticed and counseling then a teenager whose father is practically starving them (been there, done that, got the sodding T-shirt that says "I was very underweight").