David Guetta, Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia, Avicii, Skrillex… I swear EVERYONE from 2011 to early 2016 that was at the top of the charts was a DJ featuring a famous artist like Rihanna, Ellie Goulding, Justin Bieber, etc…
Dunno what kind of perfect storm happened for that trend to form but I want it back, kind of. I just can’t stand current music, especially if the music is getting shorter and the lyrics even dumber (I’m talking about popular music, not unknowns).
2010s were the years I kinda stopped just listening nu metal and metal and kinda went back to popular music for a while. 2020s music pushed me back to 2000s nu metal and Metallica.
They’re DJ. They know how to play their music live, David Guetta knows how to do his thing when he was younger with analogic stuff and same goes for the rest, minus probably Skrillex and Avicii but they’re DJs too
They’re producers that also DJ.
Instead of being a credit in the liner notes, they took the spotlight and called the singer a feature.