• Quoll_Strife@lemmy.worldOP
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    11 months ago

    I try my hardest to find new songs, because I don’t want to be some boomer bastard.

    I don’t know what exactly counts as ‘new’, but I’m enjoying these songs a lot lately

    AronChupa & Little Sis Nora - Tangaman
    Little Sis Nora - MDMA
    These two remind me of late 90s eurobeat shit like Aqua.

    Shotgun Willy - Bombs Away
    bbno$ & Yung Gravy (BABY GRAVY) - Goodness Gracious
    I actually just like anything by this bbno$ guy, but I’m loving the beats and flow on these styles of rap.

    Pickle - Stompin’
    Makes me feel like I’m on drugs in a club back in the day.

    I feel like a lot of new music is probably hidden away on shit like TikTok where I’m never going to be exposed to it because I don’t use it. I have noticed Drum ‘n’ Bass seems to be back, but I was never a fan of that but I’m sure it’s someones jam.

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      11 months ago

      Just want to take a moment to point out that two of the three you seem to like because they remind you of the past.

      I fully support your take on trying to find new stuff, I personally have found that many good songs that I love take a few listens for me to actually like them, some do not catch on tho.

      Given that, may I suggest you add new songs you want to try in your rotation? When they come up just take some effort to listen through and take them in, think of what you like and what you don’t, see if it changes.

      Don’t torture yourself tho

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        11 months ago

        It’s more that they’re a genre that I haven’t seen in 20 years, than that they remind me of the past. I love happy, upbeat, energetic bobby shit. Because it felt like a few years ago everything was that slooooow boring rap style by people fucked up on some sort of downers.

        But y’know what I’m going to force myself to listen to everything on this page.

        Okay so first 10 are done and I’ve enjoyed ‘Miley Cyrus - Flowers’, ‘Troye Sivan - Rush’, and ‘Olivia Rodrigo - Get Him Back!’. The other 7 were pretty slow and boring for my tastes.

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      11 months ago

      I try my hardest to find new songs, because I don’t want to be some boomer bastard.

      I got news for you, pal. The harder you try to be young and hip for the sake of being young and hip, the worse the outcome will be. You’re not getting any younger, and the sooner you accept that, the better.

      Instead of forcing yourself to listen to music that has the single attribute of “released less than 6 months ago” in some sad, vain attempt to relive your glory days, try exploring music based on what you actually enjoy. What artists inspire you? Who influenced them, and what genres influenced their sound? Where did the roots of that sound originate? If a song you love is a cover, who wrote or performed the original? What style of singing is it, or what kind of beat?

      Listen to what you want to listen to. The most interesting conversations I have with people about music always involve the history and roots of sound, not that last hip shit my aging hipster Lyft driver subjected me to.

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        11 months ago

        Nah.

        Always grow, find and discover new things, and challenge yourself.

        The world is full of so much, to retreat back into yourself and only live in nostalgia is not healthy.

        Getting old is inevitable, being a boomer is a choice.

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      11 months ago

      Bombs Away kinda slaps (that’s how the kids say it right?).

      I can definitely stand to step out of my Trance 24x7x365 musical habits…