What's wrong with liking pop music?

[Shana]

Stop criticising rock and metal then
Hypocrite

[Windowphobe]

For that matter, Rebecca Black, a singer above average but by no means superior, has one co-writing credit -- on the later single "Person of Interest."

There is good stuff to be had in almost any genre you can name; it's simply a matter of letting yourself, rather than your friends or your most direct cultural influencers, be in charge of finding it.