r/decadeology • u/slow-saturn • Jun 15 '26

Discussion šŸ’­šŸ—Æļø Musicians whose careers stalled after Covid

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Camila Cabello was huge 2017-2019, but her popularity really dwindled post Covid. What other musicians were popular in the 2010s but fizzled after 2020s?Ā 

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u/xNotJosieGrossy Jun 15 '26

I havenā€™t seen much of Lorde lately

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u/Alternativesoundwave Jun 15 '26

She released an album in 2025 and one in 2021. Man of the year and what was that got some attention but her first two albums are better

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u/kracketmatow Jun 15 '26

to me solar power didnā€™t really feel like it was written with the goal of charting. it more has the vibe of an album made with artistic goals in mind. similar to the most recent miley cyrus album

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u/Alternativesoundwave Jun 15 '26

I love melodrama so I was a bit sad about her last two but I didnā€™t think they were bad

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u/tsunomat Jun 15 '26

They weren't good, though. They're just kinda there. I feel like they both checked boxes without trying. I don't listen to either of them. I listen to the first two a lot.

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u/Currency080Trick Jun 15 '26

Always get her confused with Charli XCX

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u/ThatsVeryGneiss Jun 15 '26

People say theyā€™re alike, they say theyā€™ve got the same hair.

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u/InevitableSevere6929 Jun 15 '26

Girl so confusing actually helped her

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u/pdt666 Jun 15 '26

sheā€™s fine and releasing stuff lol

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u/tsunomat Jun 15 '26

But is she releasing good stuff?

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u/pdt666 Jun 15 '26

itā€™s decentĀ 

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u/freshoffthecouch Jun 15 '26

I feel like Lorde was more for Gen Z anyway. I saw she played gov ball and they all seemed into it

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u/Greeneyesablaze Jun 15 '26

Lordeā€™s most popular song is from 2013. Gen Z is 1997-2012. How is Lorde for Gen Z?

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u/sneezyDud Jun 17 '26

I mean babies and 5 year olds aren't really big on music. She's literally for gen z based on what you said..

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u/Greeneyesablaze Jun 18 '26

Okay so if babies and 5 year olds arenā€™t big on music, and Gen Z was mainly babies and 5 year olds at the peak of Lordeā€™s popularity, tell me how itā€™s for them?Ā 

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u/sneezyDud Jun 18 '26

how was it mainly babies when gen Z starts from 1997? Half of gen z was aged 8-16 years old in 2013, and she was also successful after that most popular song in 2013. If not for gen z, who was she more relevant for? I'm gen Z, I can say one of the albums I grew up with in my early teenage years was Pure Heroine. In my later teenage years, Melodrama

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u/Greeneyesablaze Jun 19 '26

Do you you know that millennials existĀ 

And most 8 year olds arenā€™t into pop music eitherĀ 

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u/sneezyDud Jun 19 '26

šŸ¤¦šŸ»ā€ā™‚ļø u know what? sure lmao

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u/freshoffthecouch Jun 15 '26

She recently played gov ball and the crowd was very into it. Gov ball is usually a very young crowd. Lorde started her career in 2013 and then fizzled but it feels like Gen Z are very into her now.

Also, I said ā€œforā€, not ā€œfromā€

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u/Greeneyesablaze Jun 15 '26

Neither you nor I said ā€œfrom,ā€ so Iā€™m not sure why you felt the need to clarify.

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u/freshoffthecouch Jun 15 '26

I said that because of your comment regarding Gen Z years

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u/Gold-Vanilla5591 Jun 15 '26

She wants to lay low and live a normal life from what I know

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u/ConnectStar_ Jun 15 '26

One hit wonder. Ainā€™t been a thing since 2014/15

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u/GrouchyCrow Jun 15 '26

She just headlined All Things Go and it was packed, energy was super high and she was fantastic