Loudness war
The Loudness War is, thankfully, starting to taper off - largely because of YouTube ( https://productionadvice.co.uk/youtube-loudness/ ) and Spotify ( https://artists.spotify.com/faq/mastering-and-loudness#what-... )Since YT and Spotify are some of the predominant ways people listen to music these days, and they normalize loudness, music producers are starting to go back to more normal masters, thankfully.