Fashion is a way to express who you are without having to speak.
The problem is, if you really believe in a society where those who merit to get to the top, get to the top, you'll also, by implication, and in a far more nasty way, believe in a society where those who deserve to get to the bottom also get to the bottom and stay there. I nother words, your position in life comes to seem not accidental, but merited and deserved. And that makes failure seem much more crushing.
I don't think about genres when I make music. I just make music that feels right to me.
Success is no accident. It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying, sacrifice and most of all, love of what you are doing.