I have BPD and so music can have a profound effect on my mood. I tend to match the mood of the song (the lyrics, tho, unless all instrumental) so anything positive feels good. Unfortunately, my tastes gravitate more toward dark, depressing shit. A lot of Grunge and similar sounding genres. I’ve more recently been only adding things to my big playlist when they are uplifting. The last few on there are songs from K-Pop Demon Hunters… 🫣
man, I’ve heard a lot of nice things about K-Pop Demon Hunters. but even when the early waves of K-Pop going global (think SNSD era. at least that’s my gateway) I was lukewarm on the genre, let alone the more contemporary ones now.
NIN, Mudvayne, Chevelle, RATM, Tool… Might get more specific if I am pissed at a specific thing that has a song that fits that I know of. Mad over a breakup? Might put on All-American Rejects. Capitalism? RATM, Muse, and even Arlo Guthrie.
When you’re angry, what general mood of music do you tend to gravitate to?
I feel like angry uptempo stuff is better for when you are not angry enough about shit. I’ve never sought angry stuff out to reinforce anger, like the anger to me has always seemed like a symptom of boundaries not being in place to prevent greater harms or annoyances
Absolutely NOT to discount anything here but thats my experience which has me curious about your position. Im interested in a general music mood theory but its tough stuff, everyone’s different and it seems challenging to universalize anything to any kind of global benefit or at least nominal effect
Can i break the 4th wall here and ask an example of what makes you so angry? Totally none of my business but do you mind for educational and relational purposes here?
I have BPD and so music can have a profound effect on my mood. I tend to match the mood of the song (the lyrics, tho, unless all instrumental) so anything positive feels good. Unfortunately, my tastes gravitate more toward dark, depressing shit. A lot of Grunge and similar sounding genres. I’ve more recently been only adding things to my big playlist when they are uplifting. The last few on there are songs from K-Pop Demon Hunters… 🫣
What do you think of “warm” stuff?
man, I’ve heard a lot of nice things about K-Pop Demon Hunters. but even when the early waves of K-Pop going global (think SNSD era. at least that’s my gateway) I was lukewarm on the genre, let alone the more contemporary ones now.
What do you listen to when youre mad or angry?
NIN, Mudvayne, Chevelle, RATM, Tool… Might get more specific if I am pissed at a specific thing that has a song that fits that I know of. Mad over a breakup? Might put on All-American Rejects. Capitalism? RATM, Muse, and even Arlo Guthrie.
When you’re angry, what general mood of music do you tend to gravitate to?
I feel like angry uptempo stuff is better for when you are not angry enough about shit. I’ve never sought angry stuff out to reinforce anger, like the anger to me has always seemed like a symptom of boundaries not being in place to prevent greater harms or annoyances
Absolutely NOT to discount anything here but thats my experience which has me curious about your position. Im interested in a general music mood theory but its tough stuff, everyone’s different and it seems challenging to universalize anything to any kind of global benefit or at least nominal effect
First instinct is to listen to something equally angry. I also sing along with everything, so it can help get some aggression out.
But if I am trying to calm down, I would throw on some Lo-Fi Girl stuff or the playlist I use for sleep.
Can i break the 4th wall here and ask an example of what makes you so angry? Totally none of my business but do you mind for educational and relational purposes here?