I don’t think that attractiveness alone is that big of a factor.
I rarely get shit from people in a workplace like you described, but it’s more because I’m nice to everybody and I don’t respond to aggression with aggression.
Most people are reactive by default, which is usually what aggressive people are looking for.
I find that the less aggression you dish out, the less people try to serve it to you.
That said you could maybe make an argument that attractive people have slightly less to be cranky about on average and maybe that makes them less reactive, etc, but I don’t think that holds weight.
Most attractive people don’t know they’re attractive, and those who know it still rarely feel it. Self-perception is a bitch for everyone, no matter how you look to other people.
I think it’s a talent that a lot of people appreciate, regardless of who wrote the words.
I think the average person appreciates the singing more than the lyrics in general, even in cases where that may be disappointing.
As a writer who has used AI to generate the vocals for songs I wrote, I can tell you that even a great performance of well-written music gives people “bad vibes” when they realize it’s a machine singing it.
Most art is a human-to-human experience and having an impassioned performance from a machine gives people the willies, even if a human wrote the song. Especially if they can’t tell it’s a machine and find out later.
Maybe this will change over time, but I think it’s ultimately about what speaks to people the most. Bob Dylan isn’t famous for being the best singer. Ariana Grande isn’t famous for being the best song-writer.