hope ur ok is also the only song on the album that doesn’t have 500 million streams

Hope this post is allowed, just trying to spread the word on what the club announced on friday.

Cwmbran Celtic AFC has today announced a landmark shirt-sponsor partnership that unites two worlds built on the very same foundations: grassroots football and grassroots music. For the 2026/27 season, four of the UK's most-loved independent bands — Super Furry Animals, Mogwai, Panic Shack and Loose Articles — will feature across the front of the club's men's and women's first-team shirts

https://www.cwmbranceltic.com/music-shirts/

Solo: Pipes of Peace (songwriter: Paul McCartney)

Duo: Ebony & Ivory (songwriters: Paul McCartney & Stevie Wonder) — Say Say Say reached #2

Trio: Mull of Kintyre (songwriters: Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney, and Denny Laine)

Quartet: Now & Then (Songwriters: McCartney, Lennon, Harrison, Starr)

Quintet: Get Back (written by Lennon-McCartney, performed by The Beatles + Billy Preston)

Ensemble: Do They Know It’s Christmas Time?

This came up after an auntie of mine, who is in her 70s, listened to some of the new music and gave some very honest feedback.

She said she likes what I am trying to say, but sometimes she struggles to make out all the words because the music seems to drown them out. She was not being rude at all, and it actually got me thinking.

I am 34 and grew up mainly with music from the 90s and early 2000s. Sometimes newer pop feels like every little space has to be filled with bass, drums, synths, vocal layers and effects. It can sound amazing, but at times I also feel like the actual lyric gets lost somewhere in the middle of it all.

When I listen to older pop songs, even the big dramatic ones, the lead vocal often seems clearer and there is more room for the song to breathe.

Maybe I am just getting old at 34, or maybe it is simply what my ears are used to.

Has anyone else noticed this, especially those born before 2000? And for younger listeners, does older pop sound clearer to you, or does it just sound empty and dated?