Opinion: Modern country is the worst musical genre of all time

The reason you say that modern country is the "worst music ever" is because you grew up loving that genre and it hurts to see how it has been poisoned by rampant commercialism. "Music" executives have done to country music what they always do. They try to dumb everything down to make it palatable to as wide an audience as possible. That is all they care about. Not the quality of the music or the history of the genre itself.

That being said, it's not even close to the worst.

Rap is the king of bad.

When it comes to music genres, I'm cosmopolitan. In general I would not like country modern or classic country-western or country rock, but what about Sturgil Simpson??

The music that bothers me most is the electronic mash of beats and synthesize vocals. Most of the songs like that are terrible to my ears, and they all sound the same. I know music is subjective and every generation seems to embrace music that does not appeal to their parents.

It’s all Willie’s fault!🤣

@mcondo: While the term Outlaw Country is widely used as a separate genre---and pre-dates Americana by a few decades, I view the former as part of the latter. By the way, I’ve never cared for Hank Williams Jr., but love Hank III, who sounds a LOT like his grandpa.

If there’s one current Country artist who deserves to be considered Outlaw, it is surely Steve Earle. When Shania Twain was huge (made possible by the success of the Country music Anti-Christ, the deplorable Garth Brooks), Steve characterized her as "The highest paid lap dancer in Nashville". ;-)