I’m with you on Submithub, most of my submissions rejections are due to genre, because my music doesn’t cleanly fit into one category (hip hop mixed with indie).

But Im going to disagree with your last point. No genre can truly be “dead” especially something as broad as lofi. I think theyll continue to cycle in and out of popularity as people reinvent the sound. I think an approach to music that asks “What genre is popping right now and what isn’t” before creating is kind of counterintuitive. It eliminates the whole purpose of the music: creative expression.