Not from a music perspective. Yes from a general state of the economy, the building up of China as the next super power, the turmoil in the Middle East and the warring perspective. Music is not what it was in the 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s.
Hopefully some decent musicians take the spotlight.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.