Normally, Iām a big album person, but lately my roommate got me into listening to my liked songs. Itās amazing. You get the best of all worlds, Nirvana into Clairo into Caroline Polachek into Talking Heads into Andre3000⦠How spectacular that we have all of the music in the world just at our constant disposal.
I have over 1,000 liked songs on Spotify spanning from what feels like a lifetime of music listening. Iāve currently been in a little bit of a music slump, so throwing on my liked songs and just seeing what pops up has been a really fun reset for me. Iām rediscovering a lot of old favorites.
iām not saying i want to or will put on every subgenre (bc i will not!) but i love being able to listen to most genres or at least appreciate most genres when playing their best. iāve got playlists for so many moments and genres and moods and it makes me so happy having such a variety of music in my life!
iāve found that people who say āi listen to everything but country and rapā usually donāt even have a wide variety of music preferences within the āeverything butā they refer to. music is such a diverse form of art and restricting yourself to a few artists or only whatās popular (hello tiktokā¦) is doing a disservice to the medium and to yourself as someone able to listen to music. now, iām not at all saying that liking āpopularā music is bad in and of itself. i also love charli xcx and tyler the creator and so on, but i donāt think you should restrict yourself to the top 40 and your daily life will likely be improved if you listen to all kinds of music, on the reg or least occasionally in an exploratory way.
it also makes me sad when artists iāve liked a while become popular online for a few songs but it seems like people new to the artist donāt bother listening to their earlier music or subgenre. iām happy more people enjoy them but omg! like for example, charli XCX being seen as ānewā by some people - but thereād be no brat without how iām feeling now and pop 2, nor without pc music and SOPHIE. i actually suspect the percentage of people streaming apple who could tell you who SOPHIE is is probably depressingly low :(
anyways, iām no purist and of course have my own regular rotation but, i really really recommend exploring within different genres to find more of what you like. you might even be surprised! maybe you donāt like all kinds of country, but you learn you fuck with folk (or at least johnny cash, i mean, cāmon); maybe you think hyperpop is ātoo weirdā for you but you discover some electropop youāre obsessed with. exploring musicāālistening to everythingāāis very worth it!
Iāve heard some of the coolest music from recommendations from friends. It shows you care and it gives you more common interests. plus, it also kind of gives you more of an idea of how they are as a person.
Saturn is really the best planet. Thereās a reason why the only planetary body that has an emoji that isnāt a luminary is Saturn. Neptune is maybe a close second though.
Videos, outside of your window, whatever. Lighting is so scary but so intriguing and beautiful at the same time. Or maybe those things make it beautiful. I donāt know. All I know is that I love watching lightning strike.
Itās a wet and gloomy day. My hair is frizzy, my tea is ginger and peach flavored. I used lipstick on my lips and cheeks today and nothing else. The shoes Iām wearing are not made for the rain. This morning I was reading East of Eden. Frazzled is how I would describe myself right now. I feel like your favorite English professor whoās always running late. Highly recommend.