at the end of the (as has been scientifically proven) the sounds that humans find pleasant is based on the person and culture. But I personally don’t like pop because of how it’s made. The genre is pretty low quality and the songs focus on a catchy tune more than anything. There are no complex rhythms, no surprising sounds, pop songs are very predictable
that’s one of the reasons I like hyper pop so much, because it removes the predictability and repetition of regular pop while still remaining the good parts of pop
Ariana Grande can't be overrated to the extent of Taylor Swift or Sabrina Carpenter. But you two haven't even listened to any of them, so...