I've Become Pop Trash but I Think This Somehow Makes Me a Better Person
Hi friends!
Somehow I've already had quite the week, and it's only Tuesday night. College has changed me in many ways, but one of the more surprising ones was my music taste, and that's what I spontaneously want to talk about tonight.
As y'all might know, in high school I was a pretentious butt about music. There was good music and there was bad music, and which side of that line you fell on said something about your character. However since coming to college I've found myself listening to, and enjoying, much more of that "bad" music than I used to. There are a couple of concrete reasons for this, like never getting speaker control during my 2 months on the spin bike and the general music taste of the team/parties, but also some less concrete reasons, like how I think I'm less sad than I was in high school so have less of a need for my weird-indie-sad music. Don't get me wrong, I still have my ~quirky~ music taste, but I often find myself wanting to just bop to some classic pop jams.
What do I do, now that I'm listening to the music I used to judge people's characters off of? I don't judge! Myself or anybody! It's all music, and people should do whatever makes them feel fulfilled, whether that's listening to my old emo playlists of "art" or to Ariana Grande's new song on repeat. Maybe the thing I'm most grateful for realizing this first year of college is that there aren't "superior" ways of doing things, and nothing good comes from being pretentious (however I continue to be pretentious about the Bay Area food scene. I've been dragged to Chipotle too many times). Not only does this help me see other people with a more open mind, but I hope that it allows me to see myself in less harsh terms and do whatever I want, disregarding what my former self or anyone else might think. It's hard, but shamelessly jamming to Ariana is a start.
Anyways, as always I want to share the music I listen to with you guys so here are my top picks, "Pop Trash" edition:
Anyways, it's past my bedtime but thank you for entertaining the beginning of my end of the semester reflections
Somehow I've already had quite the week, and it's only Tuesday night. College has changed me in many ways, but one of the more surprising ones was my music taste, and that's what I spontaneously want to talk about tonight.
As y'all might know, in high school I was a pretentious butt about music. There was good music and there was bad music, and which side of that line you fell on said something about your character. However since coming to college I've found myself listening to, and enjoying, much more of that "bad" music than I used to. There are a couple of concrete reasons for this, like never getting speaker control during my 2 months on the spin bike and the general music taste of the team/parties, but also some less concrete reasons, like how I think I'm less sad than I was in high school so have less of a need for my weird-indie-sad music. Don't get me wrong, I still have my ~quirky~ music taste, but I often find myself wanting to just bop to some classic pop jams.
What do I do, now that I'm listening to the music I used to judge people's characters off of? I don't judge! Myself or anybody! It's all music, and people should do whatever makes them feel fulfilled, whether that's listening to my old emo playlists of "art" or to Ariana Grande's new song on repeat. Maybe the thing I'm most grateful for realizing this first year of college is that there aren't "superior" ways of doing things, and nothing good comes from being pretentious (however I continue to be pretentious about the Bay Area food scene. I've been dragged to Chipotle too many times). Not only does this help me see other people with a more open mind, but I hope that it allows me to see myself in less harsh terms and do whatever I want, disregarding what my former self or anyone else might think. It's hard, but shamelessly jamming to Ariana is a start.
Anyways, as always I want to share the music I listen to with you guys so here are my top picks, "Pop Trash" edition:
okay I didn't really listen to this song much but it's part of my friend's burlesque dance and it's just so fun to groove to so here it is!
I LOVE Miley Cyrus and also this song
yay feel good music to sing along to!
Every couple of weeks I get really into Ariana Grande. Not sure why, but she bops
The track team anthem of the month
TBH, kinda like some of tswifts new album...
No sure how this became relatable but here we are
Anyways, it's past my bedtime but thank you for entertaining the beginning of my end of the semester reflections
This is such a fun post! I have also had a humbling experience about being pretentious, but have also become more conscious about certain things too (which I hope doesnt translate to pretension but that I definitely think could)
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