Everything I say is based on my opinions, interpretations, and personal life experiences. Many people quickly judge people in the music industry just by looking at their views or follower counts. It is not a good thing at all. Let me explain. Will Hicks is credited as one of the three producers of 'Perfect', and the others are Ed Sheeran and Benny Blanco (Additional Production) on Spotify. Will also has other credits, and they are: 'Electric Guitar', 'Percussion', and 'Programmer'. The official music video of the song I am talking about has more than 4.1 billion views on YouTube. Can you guess the number of Instagram followers Will has? Did you guess 1 million or more? It's actually 1,687! By purely looking at his follower count, would anybody assume he is one of the masterminds behind that hit song whose MV is in the top 30 most-viewed long-form videos on YouTube? I would say "No".
Victoria Ryann Zaro has 7,820 followers on Instagram. If you do not know who she is, she is one of the composers and lyricists of the hit song "you broke me first" by Tate McRae. This is one of the most-streamed songs that was released by a female artist in the year 2020. She is mainly a songwriter, and she is also an artist.
Now let's look at the follower count of Blake Harnage (one of the composers and lyricists of "you broke me first"), he has 9,791 followers. Why do you think talents behind songs this big have such a low number of followers? Because they are not the face of the song. When people think of "you broke me first", they think of Tate, and not of Victoria, Blake, etc. Tate has 9.7 million followers.
Now, let's shift the focus to K-pop, let's check the credits of 'Latata' by i-dle (formerly (G)I-dle). The 'Composition & Lyrics' credits of the song (on Spotify) have two names listed, one is Soyeon, and the other is Big Sancho. I won't talk about Soyeon's follower count as she is an idol, one of the faces of this song. Let's talk about Big Sancho. He has 6,464 followers.
Do you think that's the number of followers these talents deserve? I'd say that one big "No" and that is exactly why I am writing this: to appreciate the talents often not recognized by a big portion of the society. I also want people to stop seeing me solely as an artist who releases his songs to streaming platforms. I, S Navaneeth Krishna (the artist who claims to be the first Asia-based artist to popularize Toronto sound in the continent), am mainly known as a multi-instrumentalist, producer, engineer (music), etc. I also release music to platforms, and they are very important too. You can evaluate me (as a whole) as a multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer, audio engineer, mixing engineer, mastering engineer, composer, lyricist, music curator, music critic, etc., but never solely as a singer because I do more than singing.