That's because you have big music publishing and labeling companies who need to promise more to their investors. They are a business first and have fiduciary responsibilities to the people invested in them. They have to make projections, and a company doesn't get invested in if they don't keep growing. Like any company, they adhere to the most secure methods to ensure continuous growth, so they base their growth & the amount of investment money they've attained on what music has worked before. And that's when they've reached the point where the music they make has become less about, "What emotions do I feel right now that I think can connect with different people?", and more about, "What music is going to appeal to the most people that an algorithm can share with as many listeners as possible?" And having algorithms that can do that is a big game changer in the present world of streaming digital music. The music is safe & easy, so it's low risk to the investors. And that's why today's pop music is incredibly shallow & stale, and the level of creativity is as dry as dirt. Reduce the risks to guarantee success. It's all about money and business growth. They do not care about how creative music can be. Not one iota.

Most people who aren't children who listen to this music are either A: Simply not that into music and will just listen to whatever's popular to pass the time (Turning on the radio during their commutes, playing "accessible" music playlists at parties, etc.), B: Care less about musical ingenuity and more about whether or not the music is trendy and if they can dance or get laid to it, or C: Just really like it and don't feel the need to delve deeper into the music genres, even though they definitely should do that because it would help broaden their horizons and augment their appreciation for the genres they listen to instead of just listening to whatever the record labels and radio broadcasters shove down their throats.

The pop music industry has trained the masses to expect less from how far creative minds can stretch. In the world of art, music can sustain our minds and emotions like nothing else, so when big industries are steadfast in selling the most basic & least inspiring music they can because it's easy to make and will guarantee financial success, they're straight-up deceiving you. They know they don't have to try hard or push creative boundaries because the music they've been selling for so long has worked, especially in recent decades since growing populations have developed short attention spans (Great job Tiktok) and could care less about deeper, innovative, and instrumentally & lyrically challenging music.

To escape this, I listen to modern prog rock & prog metal, where the level of writing and musicianship is god-tier, and takes actual attentiveness to absorb & enjoy, and I genuinely love it.