Didn’t age verification - also recently implemented - cause youtube views to drop?

Here’s a case of it very well explained.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dDPUzfwa4u0

I often wonder how ads of any kind have ever worked, unless it was an ad for something we had already planned on buying.

What is this I’m hearing about people not liking the musical episode in season 2. Is this a joke? One comment even said the songs weren’t memorable.

How could anyone not love Christina Chong singing How Would That Feel or Jess Bush singing I’m Ready? They’re frikkin phenomenal.