Open-earedness refers to an individual’s desire and ability to listen and consider different sounds and musical styling. Research has shown that adolescents exhibit higher levels of open-earedness, with a greater willingness to explore and appreciate diverse musical genres. During these years of sonic exploration, music gets wrapped up in the emotion and identity formation of youth; as a result, the songs of our childhood prove wildly influential over our lifelong music tastes.
I’m almost 50 and my playlist has harry styles, Radiohead, Jacob collier, and ivy lab in queue.
In my 20s opera was my after party comedown music.
I may be odd.