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It's an interesting question as old as music itself...
Punk went 'mainstream' and spawned all sorts of subgenres (post-punk, pop-punk, etc.). Punk was still around afterwards, but it was argued something intrinsically anti-establishment could never be the same after being consumed in the same way as 'mainstream.'
Dubstep also went 'mainstream' around the same time it hit the U.S. Many were upset it immediately lost the meaning of its low-budget, grimy U.K counterculture ethos.
In fact, in the space of just a few months I've also seen Phonk go through the same stages.
Starting from very underground, minimally produced and culturally significant Memphis rap - to suddenly gaining huge popularity among an audience so far removed from its origins in the form of 'Drift Phonk.' TikTok only accelerated this further, and not long after, many 'mainstream' producers brought out their own over-produced, over-polished interpretations - removing the genre even further from its roots before fading into obscurity again.
The same may become of Bass music. It's not up to anyone to decide if it's good or bad, but the genre will certainly lose something, or be changed entirely.
Let's not give Taylor Swift any ideas.