What Your Favorite Music Genre Says About You 

The research here is based on a professor who specializes in applied psychology of music: staffportal.curtin.edu.au/staff/profile/view/adrian-north-f8a0b210/. If you guys want us to conduct an interview with the reseacher down the road, let us know. In the mean time, do you find the research findings to be accurate? Comment below whether you're more introverted or extroverted and if the results match you.

There was a study that showed that heavy metal and classical music listeners have more in common than any other genres. It makes sense when you break down the two styles and you can see that classical music was really the metal of its era

I like a lot of different musical styles and genres- it’s hard to pick just one! I guess that’s why I love to play piano, because you can cover so many genres at once! As a musical person in general, I really enjoyed this video! 💕

01:14 Pop 01:35 Rap and Hip Hop 01:51 Rock and Heavy Metal 02:16 Indie 02:47 Classical 03:11 Country 03:27 Jazz, Soul + Blues 03:50 Dance °o°

I used to listen to rap almost exclusively because it was cool. But as I got older and out of high school I migrated to metal/rock because a friend showed me some bands. But eventually I came to realize that I relate so much more to the lyrics and emotion in a extreme metal track than a rap song. The majority of good metal is very emotional and I find that to be very interesting considering the musical style

people need to stop grouping rock and metal music together 💀💀 there are tons of sub genres, somebody who likes pop punk is not going to be the same as somebody who likes grunge who isn’t the same as somebody who likes power metal

Listening to metal (especially power-metal) and rock fills me with confidence. It's as if the awesomeness and badassery of the music and lyrics (and sometimes even the voice of the singer) temporarily transcends to me, empowering me and filling me with confidence which I usually lack.

As a metal fan, I don't find that I have a low self-esteem. I think what I mostly like about it is that I find the musical elements of extreme metal to be very transcendent, empowering, and I also love the complexity.

My music playlist is filled with literally everything lol, Rock, a little bit of Jazz, classical music, hip hop, pop, Lofi, a bunch of anime songs, ✨Movie/anime soundtracks✨, some more popular music and a fair share of older music from the 60's or like 80's, some piano music and some songs my friends made!

I love both heavy metal and rock, but I also enjoy listening to classical music as well. It wasn't until I did some research of my own that I discovered that both metal and rock were derived from the style and tones of classical music. That's when it clicked and I realized why I liked the genres listed above. And it also explains why I like symphonic/ochrasteric metal. On a similar topic, there was a study that was conducted not too long ago that found that listeners of rock and metal had a similar personality, temperament, and demeanor of those individuals who listen to classical music. Just some food for thought. Additionally, yes, I act and think exactly how you described rockers and metalheads are. I think it happens to be very strange how there's a stigma attached to how we're supposed to act based upon the music we listen to in society. I remember having a rare, casual conversation with some of my classmates in school and as I was very, extremely shy and reserved back then, they were astonished that I even listened to half of the music I said I did; they thought I was too nice and gentle to listen to bands like Slayer and Grim Reaper once they looked up who they were! :)

I listen to a lot of Vocaloid, especially the ones from the 2010s! My favourite producers are DECO*27, PinnochioP, Kikuo, MARETU, and my favourite of all time, wowaka! I have to say, my favourite songs are coin locker baby, rolling girl, and lost one’s weeping, and lower. I know some of the songs are a little bit depressing, but I feel like that’s the true beauty of vocaloid!

I like classical and sad,soft songs. They often help me relax a lot and think about life and my future plans.

As a lover of rock and metal music, I can honestly say that I do have low self-esteem. With your channel, I was able to learn things about myself. Thank you so much for your content.

I prefer indie music when calm, and rush music when concentrated. I'm mostly a little bit of a mess and can be unstable if in a large social setting. However, I do socialize a bit and play about with people, being chill around those I trust. Overall, I say there's some portions that overlap because of my health (in all senses), but I do reflect off my music!

I love instrumental music such as jazz, rock, metal and indie. It's the most emotional for me, I often feel a response not only in the sound, but also in the lyrics

ambient post-rock is my favorite by far! but stuff like prog metal, folk, free jazz, etc are also really good

The one music genre I truly enjoy that has that powerful emotional feeling, is video game music. It's so strange but relaxing how music can make you relate to the characters from it's story. Minecraft volume beta is a album that reminds me of how majestic the good old days can be. I know it's just a game but if your that into games, you want to relate to the world of them as well

I love how cats are included in so many of your animations. I love cats and this channel, and it's helped me so much. A big thank you to the team for their effort!! PS - Amanda, you're the best voice over!

You should do a video on "music therapy" and how people can listen to different types of music to help themselves psychologically. For example, some music can be "healing" and helpful for processing and dealing with emotional trauma; other types of music can help one feel more energetic, improve mental functions, feel more positive, etc. For myself, I've recently started listening to a lot of adult contemporary jazz to help deal with work stress, depression and anxiety related to the pandemic, and it's helped me a lot.

I enjoy the unpredictable art of wavey air that we call Dubstep. It's pretty uncommon, and that's part of the reason why I like it, but I'm also fascinated by the sound design and music production aspect of the genre.

As a rock and indie listener, this was actually really relatable 😅 I can confirm I have lower self-esteem (I'm working on that), I'm gentle (I feel bad for even killing a bug), I'm creative (at least, that's what everyone says I am), and I'm passive. I wouldn't say I'm an intellectual, but my 4.06 GPA, parents, friends, and teachers say otherwise. I guess I'll never know

I listen to several different types of music, the only one I don't listen to is country, classical, or dance music. However most of my songs in the other genres are sad or in different languages. I tend to find comfort in rock or some indie and hip hop music, sometimes even rap. Music is my therapy and my main coping mechanism.

As an EDM fan (particularly dubstep and other bass music) its always surprising when I see others see a similar taste in music irl.

As someone who’s favourite genres are rock, metal, and indie, you’ve literally just described my whole personality

My favourite music genre varies depending on what I'm in the mood for. I have a personal connection to classical music because it used to be my career, and my family listened to country. I expanded from that to new age like Enya and piano like Yirumi. In the past two years, I have gotten into heavy metal like FFDP because of the deep meaning to the lyrics and how expressive the music is.

For me, it has always been metal. After the usual "I'm a 90s kid" eurodance/pop/BSB/Kelly/NSYNC fling, it started with nu metal, proceeded to power/speed metal and landed at thrash/death/black. And yeah...my self esteem could be higher to put it mildly.

For me, my playlists have most genres, although are primarily stuff like emo/pop/punk type stuff. Personally, i don't look at genre but the song itself. Pretty much if i can vibe with it and i like it, it goes in a playlist. I have a bit of almost everything, some country, some rap, some slightly older from like the 90s/early 2000s, its just a mix of genres and I have one playlist on spotify thats over 24 hrs long so its a lot.

i just love that miku was included i love vocaloiddd!!

Something my dad taught me when I was younger is that every song you listen to tells a story, and it's up to you to figure out what that story tells.

i like pop, hip-hop, rap, electronic music genres

I love heavy metal and various electronic genres (mainly vocaloid :D) and the the rock and heavy metal section perfectly described me lol

I don't really have a favourite music genre I just listen to music that sounds good and is fun regardless of its genre... So what does that mean for me?

Hey P2G, I noticed you have lots of vids on personalities and learning your personality but not identity. Could you start a series or at least do one or two videos on identity crisis please? That would be really cool.

I really love heavy metal and rock. The description was exactly my personality

Me a metalhead who also loves classical music: guess I got the whole creative introvert package right there 😅(kinda true tho)

This must be one of my favorite videos since I'm really PASSIONATE about music and I plan on making a career of it, TY so much Psych2go ❤️

Can we talk about the K ON reference 2:14? I loved it.

My favorite genres: All of the above. (All music is great as long as it fits with the situation)

I love a lot of music, but the only genre I can say I don’t like is probably pop. For me, it’s just too mainstream! But (unpopular opinion nowadays) I really love country music. For those of you who don’t like it or think it’s stupid, I think you should look at the lyrics of the songs. Songs like “Brothers” by Dean Brody and “Travelin’ Soldier“ by The Chicks are really beautiful. I don’t always listen to country, but when I do, I feel happy, at ease, and inspired. ☺️ Thank you Psych2Go for an awesome video!! Love you guys 🧡

Hey! Metal and heavy rock fan here I am very introverted and have social anxiety so it's nice to know my music taste matches my personality lol

Really like Electro Swings, not a really popular genre but damn, if you found a good one, it hits hard as hell

It’s impossible for me to find out my personality based on this… I just love so many of them, it’s hard to decide!

Actually, as expected, my favorite music genre was not included here. (Expected because I have yet to find a friend in my everyday life who likes the same music.) My favorite music genre...It's orchestral movie scores. Perhaps CLOSE to classical music in that it is orchestral, but the composition style is just different, and I think that's key. I wonder what it says about someone to like orchestral movie scores, I really do. Also wish I could find more people to be friends with who like the same music as me... :/

I'm a big music lover and love a variety of music, but classical music speaks to my soul! I felt that track you playing for classical music in a special way I can't describe. The traits for that genre were pretty spot on for me as well :) Also, the picture for the country section with the person playing guitar and singing with animal friends was so pure. I wish I could do that in real life 😊

I don't stick to one genre of music I always pick any type of genre that depending on my mood

I kind of bounced around between genres all my life. In fifth grade I briefly listened to classic rock due to this show I use to watch called supernatural. By high school, I was listening to rap and hip hop, (Pop at times) which I'm convinced was just a phase because that's what most of my schoolmates would listen to and I was very selective depending on the lyrics. Out of high school I was really just playing video game soundtracks in the background while I did whatever. Despite this, I always caught myself coming back to country music, probably because I grew up with my dad listening to it. I feel like each country song is like a story about a point in somebody's life. As a fairly creative person who writes in his own time, this is probably why songs like, "What hurts the most" resonated with me more than anything else. With that being said, I feel this video is only half right about me. I wouldn't consider myself outgoing or emotionally stable, and I'd be down to experience anything new with the right group of people. But making new friends is nerve-racking as hell, haha. It should go without saying, I'm very introverted, but at least being hardworking and being around others, mainly a few close friends who share my interests, does describe me quite a bit. Funny story, on the first day of school in sixth grade, my teacher had everyone write down a question on a piece of paper and throw it across the room and we all had to pick one up. I got the one that asked what music I listened to of course, and not sure what to say since I wasn't really into anything in particular at the time I responded, "Country". The entire class erupted in laughter, and I was extremely embarrassed. When the same thing happened to another kid who liked metal, the teacher got after everyone.

I was waiting for the Indie music to pop up. Turns out everything you stated is true.

Wow. I generally like a bit of a lot of things in the musical realm, but metal is generally my favorite. And your description here hit the nail on the HEAD.

I'm pushing the line of the standard Hip Hop fan. I'm generally high on self-esteem but pretty much an introvert, I'm comfortable in social settings but truthfully never wanna be there lol

I've always enjoyed a wide variety of genres. But my music journey started with listening Audiomachine, two steps from hell, immediate music etc. Back in 2015 I've discovered Erutan and her unique take on folk-medieval style. After that I've started to dig deeper. Skillet and vocaloid peaked my interests eventually. Currently I'm more inclined towards Uplifting trance and symphonic metal (nightwish) Anime is a big factor in my music taste.

THE K-ON REFERENCE- 💛💛💛

As someone who listens to every type of music I see this as an absolute win

Damn, this really gives a whole different meaning to "Ya like jazz?"

Rock and heavy metal is so true for me, and it's all I listen to (and my dad and sister call it trash, but it's what I like, and it help me drown out everybody/everything else)😉

Yes! I’m an extrovert and creative but my self esteem is low and I hate hard work 😂 I’m a gentle soul too. I love both pop and rock so I’m a combination of both. 😅

My 2 favourites are indie and rock and it matches me a lot-

As a creative individual, I appreciate various genres of music primarily due to the emotions they evoke. Depending on the situation I may prefer to listen to a specific genre at any given moment, mainly so I can immerse myself in the music and learn from its emotions.

metal, classical, jazz. by comparing all of the traits of these and then always picking the dominant ones and ones missing from others, you nail me

My favourite genres are pop, rap and hip-hop and especially the hip-hop description was quite the opposite of me. Though I agree that I like to define myself with music - it sometimes makes me feel energised, self-confident or excited which are things that I naturally miss and would like to have/be.

My Playlist on Spotify is so mixed that it's difficult to pin just one down. There's Broadway, female punk, lots of LGBT, but i think if i had to pick one genre over all the ones i enjoy it'd have to be Celtic music. I LOVE Irish music so freaking much!

My favourite music genre is everything. Keep up the good work.

Holy crap, the description for pop music was so frighteningly accurate for me

I personally love pop, rock, indie, r&b and dance music !

My favorite is dance music, and it fits with me id say. Love to be myself, usually involving lots of random voice changes, and off the cuff jokes, to make people laugh where I can. P.S. I LOVE that you included art of "Mayday" from "No Straight Roads" as the art under Rock. Such a great game to play through, even if i was a bit conflicted fighting AGAINST my favorite music style the whole game. I really enjoy seeing the gaming easter eggs you slip into these videos.

Hey, what about people who like to listen to Catholic chants and medieval songs?

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I'm a fan of indie rock and metal..... and the combined descriptions are scarily accurate.

thank you so much for your help, you give me mently happy and refreshed, and you make me more more about my self..

Hatsune Miku in ur style is so adorable

What about people who listen to songs they relate to? I listen to a lot of Vocaloid which can be difficult to categorize due to its branching genres. But I listen to a lot of the…depressing songs. (Ex: Rolling Girl, Lost One’s Weeping, Jishoumushoku, Inochi ni Kirawarete iru).

Omg is Hatsune Miku in the thumbnail that's cute

I personally really like hiphop/rap as well as indie music which is interesting because the personality types are quite conflicted. I am generally considered an introvert

I like the Rock, Indie and Classical genres and I'm an introvert with high self esteem.

4:10 Is that cartoon Avicii? 🥺 I'm a big EDM fan, so Idk if Dance really cuts it. The personality traits line up quite a bit though, so I guess so

It's interesting to be a music lover, you capture every genre of music a little bit😅

Couldn't have been more wrong about rap and hip hop. Many rappers came to music due to mental illness, trauma, and/or isolation, and the fans are into it because it speaks to them personally. It can give comfort mainly to isolated introverts.

As a rock/metal lover. I can confirm that I have low self esteem. But those 2 genres do give me energy.

Thank you for your effort, Pcych2Go Team. You've helped hundreds of thousands of people all around the world, including myself, to get through tough times. P.s. I loved listening to metalcore a lot for like 7 years strait. But only stuff where you can actually understand the lyrics and the melody x) Then, after a 3yr relationship break-up I have set myself on the course to do what I always wanted, to become more authentic, and.. Now I don't listen to metal at all. It's not like a deliberate choice, just happened automatically. Trap, Bass House, Rap, even some J-pop. I consider myself being an ambivert.

I’m a big fan of classical music.

What if I like a lot of genres💀

MIKU

everyone always forgets RnB and it crushes me, it's such an underrated, diverse genre

Indie , rock and dance are my favourites ! Although i also like metal sometimes!

My fav is industrial hardcore 😃

2:56 But I did not get mentioned? I see how it is 😔😢😭

My two personal favorite genres are Rock/Metal and Jazz/Soul/Blues! Both genres are very similar, while being wildly different at the same time!

Wow this was really enlightening. Now I know more about myself. Alot of confirmation. Thanks!

Yeah I believe this video is true for me, I love punk and indie, Green Day being the favorite for me. And yes I'm an introvert and a wall flower, but I guess I know several rock lovers who are the biggest extroverts and are the most outgoing guys I have ever met. So, yeah I believe a music taste can't define anyone at all.

I actually listen to classical music I just love it and it’s so calming but I mostly listen to piano music it’s just so relaxing and after I watched this it made me feel so special and I love your vids and keep up the good work :D

I have to say, my favourite genres are Indie and Soul Blues, but I do like a bit of Pop, Country, Dance, Rock/Heavy Metal, and Jazz. I am introverted.

I love two types of music: Jazz/electro swing, and I'm not sure what to call it, but it's the 'Lo-Fi' type of music. But funnily enough, I'm quite introverted, I love spending time alone and being creative, or studying and learning new things.

As a person with Aspergers/ADHD I love EDM (Electronic Dance Music) but don't really dance to it. I kind of just zone out and stare into space for hours and sometimes fall asleep to it when i'm really tired. Even the fastest most energetic songs are relaxing to my hyperactive brain.

I like how you did not refer to people who love Dance music as extroverts. I am an introvert and this genre allows my mind to see myself dancing under a spotlight inside a dark room. Anyway, I am glad to know what genre I truly belong to.

My favourite genre has got to be hip-hop and that description is quite accurate.

I Love all those illustrations, and also your voice

Realistic music during daytime, fantastical music during nighttime - speaking as a EDM connoisseur who DID grew up with DDR (I'm impressed).

It what very interesting how you said that people who listen to rock are often gentle souls because that’s how I am. I really love harsh and intense music (especially from video games) but I am really gentle at heart.

I love electronic dance music, you're description of dance makes sense.

These are the kind of videos I love!!!! Thanks @Psych2Go!

My personality best suits Indie's description, but I don't think I listen to that primarily. I just listen to whatever sounds joyful, whatever I feel like. Usually it has a quick tempo.