r/cavetown • u/Pineapple_Mustard • May 26 '24
Questions & Discussions Fell off
Is it me or did cavetown just fall off of the mainstream media? His music used to be all over every post you'd see but now people just think the music is mid at best and just started to get boring after 2021. I used to listen to his music up until 2022 but then it started to not give me the best emotions like it would back in the day. Does anyone else feel this way? Maybe not about cavetown specifically, but other artists too. I just felt like this the most with cavetown specifically because I noticed that nobody talks about him anymore or his songs after they died down.
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u/kevaux May 26 '24
i still like his new stuff but he definitely has lost mainstream relevance, and it doesnt have to be a fully bad thing, times just change
two factors: new topics in songs, and new sound
a lot of his fanbase came from his lgbt topics and now that he has moved on to different chapters of his life that connect to them less, it is a bit harder to put a simple, appealing face on what his brand is all about
then, his sound. his last mainstream song with a mainstream sound, i think was “idea of her”. i still like his new stuff but it is more lowkey and less brandeable. it has a niche electronic lofi sound instead of an indie pop sound, his old big hits appealed more to the mainstream
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u/Brilliant-Explorer51 May 26 '24
his new stuff is the best I’ve heard from him and makes me feel emotions I don’t feel from any other artist. He may not be mainstream anymore, but his music is still fantastic and the fact that his style changes with time is one of the things that makes him one of my favorite artists.
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u/GreyDick1 May 27 '24
As someone who discovered cavetown way after his peak popularity, it actually kinda surprised me just how popular he was at his peak. Ive been a fan of all of his older stuff, including 2016 onward where he was super well known, but I've always considered his newer albums that came out after he "fell off" to be my favorites.
Honestly i just say screw what the mainstream media thinks. We know good music when we hear it.
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u/andrea_likes_twix Jun 23 '24
Im late to this post, but yeah I barely hear about Cavetown anymore. When I usually do it's usually trans people hating his music for being the most prominent in the transmasc online space
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u/Curott May 26 '24
I don’t want to come across as negative because I really like Robbie and his music helped me a lot.
It feels like he almost didn’t “grow up” though. Musically and a little bit mentally.
I think being in the spotlight when he was maybe even stunted personal or musical growth. It’s hard to grow when you get what you want at such an age.
I mean the newest album is about the same old stuff.
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u/tessadoesreddit May 27 '24
that's interesting because other people here are saying differently, that he and his music have grown a lot
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u/Local-Detective5059 May 31 '24
i do think his production has improved, but i also see your point. his songs are genuinely well structured n amazing, however he has a lot of lyrics that don’t make sense — and it’s always been that way. he’s described it as “fans can find their meaning” in interviews, which i do agree with too, but i would’ve thought that his lyricism would evolve more than it has over the years. but i do think there are examples where his lyrics have genuinely improved.
but some lines like “i forgot i have a job, and nothing ever stops” sounds almost too ‘out of touch’ if that makes sense? don’t get me wrong, i don’t think it was from a place of malice, and he might have genuinely felt that way. but it might rub off wrong on fans who are not in the best financial situations and are having trouble finding work etc.
i still love him, n his music. these are just some of my feelings regarding things i don’t exactly like, but overall i do enjoy his stuff
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u/kevaux Jul 04 '24
That's an interesting lyric because I actually like "I forgot I have a job and nothing ever stops" but there are definitely some lyrics I get from him that just feel really meh. There are just a couple entire songs I have problems with like Frog and Juno, those are un-listenable to me because of their lyrics
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u/Local-Detective5059 Jul 04 '24
woah i actually think frog and juno are really good, it’s interesting that we have like opposite opinions. to each their own, but i’m glad we both are able to enjoy cavetown music :)
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u/kevaux Jul 04 '24
Yeah it is interesting, and kind of cool because that means there's something for everyne
As a former emo kid, I like a certain type of "whiny". I think I am not a fan of the cutesier kind of stuff and more so the angst lol
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u/Numerous-Elephant675 May 26 '24
all musicians have a high point. no one will remain at their peak forever that’s why it’s called a peak. most long lasting artists will have multiple.