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3 Songs That Are Convincing My Millennial Brain That I Actually Like the Gen Alpha Melody

These three songs prove that the saturation of the Gen Alpha Melody might not be so bad after all.

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We’ve been dutifully studying the Gen Alpha Melody in recent days, and there’s something about it that’s endearing in certain contexts. Hearing it in sequence is still mind-boggling, but in small doses, like these three songs, the Gen Alpha Melody is actually kind of cool.

“Ode To the Mets” by The Strokes

This one is a bit of a cheat, since I already like The Strokes. But the use of the Gen Alpha Melody in the 2020 track “Ode to the Mets” has a little more texture than a lot of the typical pop examples. One of the key elements of these songs comes in the melancholy lyrics, usually about heartbreak or losing someone important.........

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