I’m good with exploring the different song forms in current music. Will I be catching all the ways a song is still using aspects of old genres? I think so, at least instinctively. I’ll hear 12 bar blues style lyrics, or when a style references the old standards or jazz. For me, it makes sense to build on those and move it along.
I don’t feel well enough equipped to write for my daughters’ generations, or my sons, I’m not sure what they listen to, but I sometimes hear them singing one of my songs. You never really know what someone might value lyric wise.
I actually want to separate somewhat from convention. I feel free when I’m out there, I know where the strings attach and hopefully which ones to pull to guide the kite. Of course I’ll get it wrong sometimes, most times perhaps. Sometimes, just to see if I can, I might try taking the kite to the forest, another time to the beach, but learn from the settings and the elements that work.