I politely disagree.

I used to love pop in my teens year

Transitioned to rock afterward.

Discovered heavy metal in my late forties and now listening to 2000s prog consistently.

I still love some “old” pop/rock songs, tho.

I think this cycle is more like half a generation above you than a whole generation. My fav bands in my teen prime were in their early 30’s, while my parents were closer to early 50s at the time.

mosts music tastes stagnate after your teens

Whoah. That claim skipped a few entire genres of my tastes

And I’m pretty sure at least a few artists I listen to are younger than me

Because mosts music tastes stagnate [sic] after your teens

Assumes facts not in evidence.

Also ignores that pop music, by definition, has the broadest reach, by being the lowest common denominator (no criticism here, it’s just a fundamental requirement to be accessible by the most people).

Compare pop music to say, Miles Davis’ “Kind of Blue” . Far fewer people can appreciate “Kind of Blue” because it’s insane complexity. Hell, I have musical training and can only listen to it occasionally, on the daily I much prefer something far more approachable, some form of more-popular music - even stuff we call “classical” (which was the pop music of it’s day).

Not quite parents, but older “kids”.

I’m a millennial with Boomer parents and I typically listen to Gen X musicians.

Almost every part of this is wrong. But I suspect op’s parents do have better music taste than them.

Is it stagnation or you just have more of an attachment to the music you grew up with because it literally affected the way your brain matured? Still interesting insight tho.

Nop, and nop. I still prefer newly released stuff from newer artists. I don’t care that my peers disagree