I was just recalling someone I used to know who liked to rant about the "star-making machinery" and how the most famous singers these days are fakes because they didn't write their own songs. However, this guy also loved to watch movies and adored certain actors. Actors typically don't write their own lines, though.
Who do you admire and why?
If you want to enjoy the work of a true artist, then he needs to create the entire song. Yet even for those artists, it's hard to do everything by themselves. They'll either need a beat or an instru to cover, or other people to play more instruments.
If you just expect an interpretation and only care about the voice, then just singing is enough. Most of today's popstars are just singing, everything else is being taken care of by other people in their respective field. There are even people to cover during concerts, so some of them even cheat when chanting.
I remember watching a very interesting interview of DJ Snake where he talked about his life before getting famous with his hit
Turn Down For What. At that time, he went to the US with just a few thousand dollars to make beats and instrus for famous singers like a slave (even for lady gaga). It was so hard and not rewarding (because obviously, they paid sht) that after a few months he came back to France with less money than before.
After this, he locked himself in a studio with his last reserve and released a song every day on his Soundcloud. He also said that if Turn Down wouldn't have been a hit, he would have stopped soon after cuz he had smthg like 20 bucks left on his bank account.
People often badmouth electronic artists, saying that it's not 'music' because nobody is singing or whatever other bullshit. But at least, those producers do all the stuff themselves. I have much more respect for a real artist like DJ Snake than a fake one singing on a pre-made instru.
Yet once again, it just depends on your personal opinion.