You, like me, may feel some sort of automatic disdain for folks who line up before dutch bros, trader joe's and starbucks open in order to buy "limited edition" stuff. But, dear reader, can YOU remember the last time you woke up at 3AM for something you loved? I certainly can't.
People just love to say 'they just don't make good shit anymore' to be cool or something but literally one look into any music history at all and you see that now there are infinitely more ways to succeed than color-by-number radio play everyone was trying to hit pre-internet
lowkey no one makes actual albums with narrative structure and emotional arcs anymore. itβs all just One Decent Song And Other Slop I Added To Make Money. itβs so sad.