It has been suggested that all artist and bands have been standardized to fit in to the pop genre and have music that sells. Artist now are seen as 'products' and are used in a way of getting money. Boy bands like JLS have been marketed and have realised produces as a means of obtaining money.
Adorno and Horkheimer have a theory that suggests that industries have a certain way of have to produce something. They say that all artist are the same. Their example of this would be the 'lock and key' theory suggesting that all artist are keys that all look the same and have little, if any differences. The key is then perfect to fit into the lock, or in this cause the music industry.
Adorno and Horkheimer also suggest that mainstream industry reject anything that isn't familiar, and that they get rid of anything that is pure. Most pop songs claim to have originality and have something different were, in reliability, they have just the same type of music as everyone else.
Culture indusry allows people to become the 'masses' and can be easily manipulated.
Adorno and Horkheimer have been critised for looking down on the x factor and their views on mainstream artist and popular singing shows being the end of all taste had been said to have been greatly over exaggerated.
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