Does Popular Music Make Us Unconcoiously Hypnotized?

In Adorno's article "On Popular Music" he touches base with the fact that we may be unconscious to what we listen to because of the media's way of "getting to us". We discussed in class on how he may just be right. We were shown this through "the 4 cords" by Axis of the Awesome. They explain in this video how just four cords are the key base of many of the catchy songs we listen to, but does that have to relate to every popular song? Could we just like a song just to like it, or does it have to due solely with our unconscious mind? Popular music is defined in different ways depending on the way you look at it, but overall it is simply defined as music that is appealing to the majority of people. I do agree with his view on Popular music, but I also question it because people could like a wide variety of music from Punk to EDM to Rap. Just because someone listens to popular music, does not mean other things do not spark their interest. For instance, I like to listen to popular songs from artists such as Nikki Minaj and Taylor Swift  because their songs are catchy due to the standard Versus-Chorus-Versus-Bridge-Chorus-Versus. But I also like songs from people who are not as popular, artists like Phora, Logic, Kids These Days, etc. because they spark my interest for reasons other than the use of the basic four cords. Therefore, is there really an answer to his theory of popular music vs. serious music or do we just define it ourselves?