Mateo complained about the music at his high school dance. “It was all pop music. It was so lame and awful!” Based on Mateo’s review of the dance, what is MOST likely to be TRUE about Mateo’s taste in music?

Mateo calls the pop music “lame and awful,” suggesting he dislikes music aimed at mainstream audiences. He is most likely to prefer music he considers more authentic and less mainstream, which is choice D. The other choices describe music that is generally associated with popular or commercial pop.

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