August 18, 2022 link article music

This piece from The Guardian may be relatable if you’ve found yourself falling off new music:

Bring that beat back: why are people in their 30s giving up on music?

A 2015 study of people’s listening habits on Spotify found that most people stop listening to new music at 33; a 2018 report by Deezer had it at 30. In my 20s, the idea that people’s appetite to consume new music regularly would be switched off like some kind of tap was ludicrous. However, now I’m 36, it’s difficult to argue with.

The article explores some interesting reasons, and although it’s well worth the read it honestly ends a little drearily, if not realistically.

My biggest personal reason for falling off at times is a disinterest in recent mainstream hip-hop. This line from “Lightyear” off of Logic’s latest nostalgic boom-bap College Park album summarizes it well:

I feel like rap is retreating while my hairline is recedingWhich is literally the definition of what I've become: That's an old head