Submitted by ThisIsTheNewSleeve t3_10azz3e in Music
I grew up listening to harder alternative (Nirvana, Rage, etc) and when I met my wife we bonded over music in the numetal and screamo era (Slipknot, Korn, Deftones, Thrice, Brand New, etc) but some 15 years later I find myself really being attracted to music my old self would be turned off by.
I've gone down this rabbit hole of pop-y female vocalists like CHVCHES, First Aid Kit, Kero Kero Bonito, Sleigh Bells, and even find myself like stuff like ^(Taylor Swift).
My wife saw the song "Clearest Blue" by CHVCHES on our spotify top songs of the year and was like "WTF is this shit?" and it made me second guess myself and feel embarrassed. I wasn't sure whether to defend or hide the fact I was listening to it.
Before anyone says anything, just FYI I am super happy with my wife- we've been together a long time and are best friends and hardly ever argue in the entire time we've been together- I don't want it to come across like she's the bad guy- I think she was just genuinely shocked to see something so out-of-the-norm in our playlist.
Anyway does anyone feel like this sometimes? I've started just using a different music app for "that music" so I don't have to deal with it but part of me feels like I shouldn't have to.
Edit: it is getting to the point where I can't keep up with the comments!! But I'm reading them all and really appreciate everyone's input. I'm going to try to own it more and talk to my wife about how I'm exploring lots of different music lately