User blog comment:CykeP/Negativity in Western VOCALOID Music/@comment-53539-20160129005146

I don't mind it. I know people complain most pop music is either about sex yourself centred-ness... I think sometimes this i a way of trying to be the opposite and rebel about the popular.

We have interesting songs, its just that people keep buying into songs like "Dark Horse" making that type of music popular over others. As a consequence, the industry produces more of that crap. I see little difference in basic writing set up between Dark Horse and Bad Romance... Notable Bad Romance is a popular cover song.

A lot of teens and youth seek the dark side, because the concept of mortality kicks in from the age of 8-10 years old (depends on the person). It doesn't explain everything, but to me that dark side of the human physche exploration thing has always been a question of about mortality. Just as happiness in songs is about trying to hide it.