What Does Your Musical Taste Say About You?
This could be dangerous territory, folks, because you may learn something about yourself that you don’t want to know. But if you dare, read this from PsyPost.org:
I’m quite used to receiving abuse concerning the content of this column, but in contrast my previous post (about why fans of heavy metal shouldn’t have been banned from a pub) seems to have caused some interest in what one can infer from somebody’s musical taste about their personality and lifestyle.The simple answer is an awful lot!
In 2010 I surveyed 36,518 people about their liking for 104 musical styles and their personality. Self-esteem was highest among fans of blues, funk, jazz, classical music, opera, and rap, but lowest among fans of heavy metal, indie, and punk.
