I try to keep an open mind about current music.
Once in a while, you can stumble upon someone with real talent that has not yet been Slutted Up or Dumbed Down.
Of the three you named, I would say
Lewis Capaldi is someone worth listening to.
I just discovered some of his music the other day.
This is a young man from Scotland. He doesn’t look like much. At first glance I wasn’t sure if I was seeing a sloppily dressed, slightly chubby teenage girl or boy. But he has a very good voice, strong and melodic when he needs to be.
Sometimes Lewis can over-sing his verses, needlessly jumping octaves from gravely bass to a hoarse falsetto. He will get better over time. What I heard from Lewis sort of reminds me of a young Jim Morrison (Doors).
He likes to tell stories, the way Gordon Lightfoot used to do. Not many fellows singing this way nowadays.
The other two can be entertaining, but their sound has become rather homogenized and Old Hat.
He is 24 years old. I fail to see that rank as “adult contemporary”.
Where is the music for ADULTS over the age of 30?