We've had the New Boring in architecture for a while now, but according to reports of yesterday's Brit Awards, it is just as big in the world of pop. Triumphs for Adele and Ed Sheeran are both offered by commentators as examples of this trend. Diligence, subtlety, craftsmanship etc. are rewarded in preference to shoutiness, showmanship and attention seeking. Evidently there is a Zeitgeist thing going on here.
Townscape and cityscape can work well when there are a few attention seeking buildings but not too many, set amongst 'good ordinary' background buildings. That doesn't quite make sense for the pop charts, but the Brits suggest you can attract attention, and achieve recognition, without seeking attention in that noisy or hotel-room-trashing tradition. But we'd all miss that tradition if it went away altogether. You need a few Pete Dohertys and Will Alsops to stop you nodding off.
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