opinion thatll make a lot of music listeners mad

i dont understand the point of gatekeeping music

The most common form of gatekeeping I’ve seen is bashing people from finding audios/songs because of tiktok, or people that will gatekeep an entire genre because they found out about it before someone else did

it destroys the point of music and why its created/appreciated; It’s not supposed to be a tool of forming a superiority complex or calling people “posers” because someone can’t name specific songs/albums from an enjoyable band. People should be able to listen stuff without doing an entire psychoanalysis on a band because of the fear of being harassed by hardcore listeners. 

I also don’t like how people in general care which songs are overrated/underrated, again destroying the point of music. the viewcount/fame of a song shouldn’t fucking matter at all, especially if it’s a song that people can relate/connect to. I’ll even admit I’m an avid listener of “Creep” by radiohead, and even though his fans claim it to be his most overrated song, I really don’t care. It has a nice rhythm and lyrics that connect to me, so I listen to it. If a song speaks to you or makes you convey an emotion, that’s all that matters because that’s what music is supposed to do.

Again, it isn’t a tool to bash other listeners because they’ve heard less songs/albums from a band you like or if they found the band/genre later than you did. The label “fan” shouldn’t need to reach so many expectations and exclude others who are less educated on a band’s other productions and music

but I’ll accept any counter-arguments in the comments, just don’t start crying about it pls thanks