this may be the nostalgia talking but there will never be a better time for pop music than the 2000s. 2010s was a heavy blend of meshing in edm + the rise of boy bands, so it lacked any sense of originality at least in my opinion. 2020s pop (so far) feels very social media focused, as in that if you've heard the song once through tiktok, you've heard it a thousand times. each era definitely has songs that shine through! I just feel pop really came into its own in the 2000s personally.