Music is my Therapy: Introduction
A little overview to why I am starting this Substack!
Music plays an enormous part in all of our lives. Well, it does at least in mine.
I have had a very broad music taste in my 21 years of life. I listened to Green Day on the porch with my family when I was 5 years old. I listened to Stromae on repeat in middle school when my class did a music recital and we sang one of his songs. I listened to Hamilton when I was a freshman in high school since everyone and their mother was obsessed with it (including me). Nowadays, I am a big Kpop fan, even though I swore to myself when I was young I wouldn’t get into Kpop but… here I am.
When I have told people about my music interests, the most asked question I get is, “Why do you listen to music in other languages?”
Why not? Music in other languages doesn’t stop me. Yeah, you may not be able to sing most of the lyrics because you do not know the language. But you can still enjoy the effort that the singer put into the song. Many songs draw me in because of the great beat, and sometimes I don’t really pay attention to the lyrics. If I really am curious what something means, there’s Google Translate.
Also something that surprises me is when people always hate on people for listening to certain people or genres. For example, I always got weird looks from people when I told them I listen to Kpop. I get that there are certain stigmas around Kpop, but I am 99% sure everyone in the world has listened to Kpop. Remember “Gangnam Style” by PSY back in 2012? That’s Kpop. Most likely everyone in the world has heard that song at least once, so everyone has listened to Kpop.
Anyways, to get back on track. A few months ago, I went to go see a musical with my mom called, “Beautiful: The Carole King Musical”. It was a great musical about Carole King’s life and the ups and downs she had to face during the start of her music career. Music always seemed to help Carole out, and I walked out the doors realizing how much music means to me.
My goal for 2024 is to learn about more artists, whether they are super popular or they are trying to make a break into the industry. I may even try to listen to artists that were popular back in the 1960s to early 2000s.
This Substack will be all about music (if you cannot already tell by the past few paragraphs or the title of the Substack). From music reviews to recommending music and everything in between, I will be talking and indulging in music.
Follow me along on my journey and maybe you’ll be influenced to listen to some new artists as well.