Pop music is good again, is the economy to thank?

Chappell Roan’s “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Short n’ Sweet” and Charli XCX’s “BRAT” dominated the charts in 2024, breathing new life into pop music. These influential albums and a new wave of pop artists combined to accomplish a goal previously thought unachievable: the revival of “recession pop.”   “Recession…