There's a quote by Hank Green that I think about whenever I see/hear someone insulting someone else's music taste. "Don't ever rag on someone for their music taste. Music is such a glorious part of the human experience and literally no good can come from making it worse for someone." I agree with him a lot. I think we'd all enjoy music more if people would cut out this taste flexing contest and just try to appreciate what other people enjoy. And if you don't like it that's fine but you don't have to be mean about it, just agree to disagree.
I 100% agree with this (with the exception of stupid shit like nazi core/fashwave because the issue with stuff like that falls well outside aesthetic taste)
@@douglaspantz yeah, I thought about including a sentence like "unless you have moral concerns about what someone is listening to" but I guess I felt that might seem pretentious. You're right though, when it gets to that point it's not really about aesthetic taste anymore it's about moral ethics which is different
Thank you for speaking up against the gatekeeping in music listening culture. It really turns a lot of people off from getting into music, and it sucks!
I know it’s not an effective or good solution, but I try to avoid telling or showing people what I listen to, I only have 2 friends so it’s pretty easy. I just keep it private and all to myself.
Leaving Album Of The Year definitevely was one of the best decisions I've ever done in my life. Now I can happily listen to stuff I actually enjoy instead of forcing myself to like OK Computer or feeling insecure about liking an artist with less than 70 user score.
This gatekeeping happens all over the damn place as well, espeically video games. There are too many times where people will build their entire personality off of not liking a specific thing, and it gets toxic FAST. And then they wonder why no one plays their game. It's like "you chased everyone away, the fuck did you think would happen?" If you wanna get more people into your thing, the best thing to do is encourage and guide them into it. Let them explore it for themselves. You CANNOT force people to do it, it never works. And if they don't wanna broaden their horizions? Well, then that's their desision! Maybe they'll pick it up when they feel ready, maybe they never will. But just... guide them.
The rap community is such a good example of this. Old-heads gatekeeping the entire genre because the "new rappers" don't write quadruple duple entendres, weirdo underground fans acting pretentious because they listen to people with less than 1000 streams on spotify, and self-titled "hip-hop heads" clowning on other people's takes because "their top 10 is not objectively correct."
Even though pretty much all I listen to is the old school and weirdo underground hip hop, I completely agree with you. I work at a record store, and whenever I try to get younger kids into the classics/lesser known albums of the genre, I always approach it from a place of attempting to understand their specific tastes. Nothing will turn them off to these discoveries like making it into a pissing match between what is and isn't objectively better. I don't care for a majority of the sound cloud rappers who are popular today, but I never knock people who enjoy that music because I know that they see something in it that I don't, and that's dope that they found those artists on their own
@@gnarwhal7562 Do you have any recommendations for some lesser known albums to listen to? I've been trying to get into the underground but I haven't really gone past Danny Brown or JPEGMAFIA (not really that underground anymore but I still thought they were amazing). Also, I wasn't calling underground music weird, I was saying that the people who flex listening to it are weird. Like, enjoying underground music is fine, but when people shame others for not listening, it's kinda weird.
I just don't wanna hear another song about gun-wielding drug addicts talking about making off with someone's wife and slipping her coke while she goes down on the whole crew. Seriously, stuff's the rap equivalent of country music about being girls, church, getting drunk, and going muddin' in their pickemup truck. It's not just old-heads gatekeeping. It's people who like real music with soul and despise corporate-backed white noise that only serves to line someone's pockets at the expense of our entire culture.
@@jordydiaz6894 Always has. Never said it didn't. I don't listen to the crap, I just don't like when it's associated with genuine art is all. It's like comparing those mass produced, semi-automated, text to speech Reddit read channels or the new wave of ChatGPT-generated garbage with genuine content creators who put a lot of work into their stuff. Really, it's a tale as old as art. Some people create. Others grift. It's been that way forever, regardless of genre. Sad fact is that the majority of the population has never cared. They just go along with whatever. That's how trends are, whether some silver-tongued devil enamors the masses with sweet words or some juicy thumnbail and clickbait title manages to draw them in. It's all the same. There's genuine art out there, some with positive messages, some that makes you think. Then you've got idiotic kids allowing themselves to be passively brainwashed because they "don't listen for the lyrics" and "just like the beat". It's sad. And people wonder how our culture degenerated into what it is.
Literally any time in my life that I’ve said any specific music sucks, I’ve then listened to it and really enjoyed it. A big issue is too many people 1) define themselves by genre, thinking they have to be dedicated to [anything] genre and that genre only. And 2) too many people get caught up in the mainstream and don’t take a step back to see all the other music they’re missing out on.
So funny cause this happened to me with BTS recently lol. A rap fan music reactor (Anthony Ray) got me into them, of all people 🤣 Thought they would suck and was very surprised at how versatile and extensive their discography is. And that they actually write and produce a lot of their music. Songs I'd recommend are: Outro Tear, Rain, 134340, Danger, Louder Than Bombs, Baepsae, Pied Piper, Ugh, House of Cards, Singularity, and Black Swan.
I listen to some “shitty” music but I like to listen to some other more well established “good” music that is different. For example I recently started listening to British ska like the English beat. That shit is fire, there is no way of saying it’s not. Then some dumbass who only listens to the same 5 weezer and Red Hot Chili Peppers songs over and over again calls my music shit.
Fr though some bitch was whining about people not preferring the licensed music that was used in a game but rather the copyright free replacements. And they stated that people who didn't perfer the licensed music have no taste... And I was like: I'm all for loving different versions of music but you don't have to be rude about it if people don't like the ones you like.
It's so funny I hear people in music circles get worried they seem normie when the stuff they have on their most listened to are artists that are popular in music nerd circles but if you ask a random person on the stream they have no fucking clue what a Danny Brown is.
As someone who regularly listens to Kpop, you would not BELIEVE the amount of gatekeeping that lies around in fandoms, like the amount of times older listeners (cough cough ARMYS cough cough) have told me "You can't listen to (abc) beacuse haven't known them long enough!!" Is insane, like, bro, how am I gonna 'know them for long enough' IF I CANT EVEN LISTEN TO THEM (BY YOUR LOGIC) BEACUSE "You're not old enough!!" And that's I don't really regularly interact with kpop group fandoms, besides Skz and Xdinary heros. Not saying that all kpop group dwellers are like this, but definitely watch out.
Kpop is a really funny genre to get elitist about. Like it's just pop. It's pop in a language you don't understand. Sometimes they rap badly in english. All these groups are built and owned by profoundly evil corporations and their songs are written by at most 3 guys. The hipster mentality is grating, but usually it's directed at something that's actually obscure or against the mainstream.
Woah I didn't know this. I used to be a 2nd gen kpop fan and there's no such gatekeeping before. You have a slight interest in kpop? Good, you're our buddy now. Here's some groups you might be interested in. That's when kpop isn't really mainstream worldwide yet. I mean, yeah lots of people know it but not like bts or blackpink level of mainstream. It's ridiculous to gatekeep something's mainstream. I could understand gatekeeping if it's a niche music genre.
Honestly, yeah. I do lived that "enjoy whatever you want" kinda mentality because if I open to listen something that was intrigued, I might leave the expectation for what am I about to listen. I'm more of a Rock kinda of guy but I do step in to Hop-Hop, IDMs, and Electronic a bit and it was fun.
I hate that my family laughs at me because i like music from Japan, and never tried to listen so now i just tell my music taste online or with friends. I hate this type of people, like, it's just a band that sings a language that you don't know
I remember in the comments section in one of your videos someone said they'd recently started listening to music (i assume they didn't listen to music before) through artists like taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, melanie martinez and also kpop. First reply called their music taste bad. It's such a puny thing to get mad at people for. My favourite artist(s) are BTS, and people make fun of me for it a lot. I have literally written thousand word essays on their lyrics and the evolution of each member's songwriting style (yes, they write their own lyrics 90% of the time) bc I find them so moving but they all assume that I'm only into them cause they're hot. Their work has been my main source of joy for the past year, I don't see what's wrong with that.
Omg I just got into BTS not too long ago, a rap fan reactor (Anthony Ray) got me into them lol. It was his Outro Tear reaction that got me hooked. It's a shame so many people will just make judgements and miss out on great songs and artistry.
My first thought whenever someone said that they like something really popular is "basic" but it's not like being basic is a bad thing. I mean, I like basic stuff like MCR, One Ok Rock, Metallica and Avril Lavigne. But I do listen to some less known artists (mostly korean artists because I was a huge 2nd gen kpop fan). It's not like I love their entire discography but I have my go to songs. Just to name a few, Aziatix, Kris Leone, NELL, Broken Valentine, Epik High (this one is probably the most popular out of all)
This video is hillariously accurate and I can laugh at myself because some of the things apply to me but I think the video itself proves its own point because I recgonized the song from the Donkey Kong Country Map screen in it lmao
I’m gonna help you with patreon because honestly you have a clear and fresh view of the music stuff. Tbh it’s a lot to digest sometimes and even I don’t get truly the hype that some artists get on RYM or AOTY So seeing like a impartial view of music it’s really nice Keep it up Small bites. Fr one of the best channels that it’s out there and the mood and atmosphere is so goddamn chill man
popular music, is popular for a reason. i don't see any point in the "you like popular music/tiktok music taste" argument. and especially when i see their music taste, it always contains yeat. i don't get it
one of my friends music taste got insulted because he was listening to the weeknd because he’s “too popular”. also yeats not even that bad, 2093 was pretty good
Thanks for reminding me of this type of cunts I used to deal with on instagram lol. This also reminded me of when I was in class, and I was showing one of the guys videos of a concert I’d been to recently. I saw Poppy and I had a really great time and I wanted to share it. He didn’t know who she was, he asked if that was Weezer, cuz Weezer has that song “I just threw out the love of my dreams” featuring a female singer. I said no and showed her Spotify page. Later that day I had a moment of realisation, I reacted so calmly to that moment, I didn’t go BRUH HOW TF DO YOU NOT KNOW HER BABABA, I probably would’ve back in my Hip Hop Instagram days. I used to ask these questions online when I was new to music, and people were so rude, and I didn’t wanna turn out like them. I felt good, a sense of maturity idk lol.
I've found that the issue is actually much worse in real life, as opposed to what the video says. Both there and in the internet though people will clown on your music taste. I've always had to not tell about my music tastes because pretty much all the time I do it turns out awful. It feels like everyone listens to the same few artists, just like the video said. Some examples I've seen are Radiohead, 10000 Gecks (or something like that), MF Doom, Death Grips, but after listening, they're just really not something I'd listen to. I just like niche artists and niche games in general, some of my favourite artists are popular within small communities, specifically artists like Myukke, Frums and Ebimayo who are popular within rhythm game communities, but outside, no one knows them, and since they've never heard of the kind of music these artists make, they tend to hate on it. And that's sad, I just want to enjoy the stupid music, I don't like "real" music, simply forced not to share music opinions
in august 2021, i started my first ever music playlist. by may 2023, that same playlist only had 180 songs. at that time, i would’ve said my favorite artist was the beatles, but only because i had like 5 of their songs in the playlist. during may of 2023, i converted my playlist from youtube to spotify and started using spotify for my music listening. shortly after that, i listened to a full album for the first time ever. never in my life had i willingly listened through the entirety of an album until that moment. it was Let It Be. so fast forward 7 months, it had gone from a single youtube playlist with 180 songs to a spotify wrapped with 890 songs total. as of now, ive added around 40 albums to my spotify since my first album in may. i have to thank my sudden increased interest in expanding my music to radiohead. i got hooked on them in june, and they’re the only artist that i’ve listened to the entirety of their studio albums (except for nirvana but they only have 3) im still trying to expand my music taste. i’ve never listened to the lonely hearts club, i’ve never listened to MBDTF, ive barely listened to the wall. i only have 5 rap albums in my spotify. i got a long way to go.
Recommendation for rap album: D-Day by Agust D. He's a big Korean rapper, also a really good producer and lyricist. My favs on the album are Snooze, Polar Night, Huh, and Haegeum (title track which he wrote, composed & produced by himself).
Great video, I saw this in my recommended. I believe instead of people being elitist on the artist they listen to, they should recommend the artist especially if the artist is niche. Gate keeping is quite a harmful thing.
I hate when people say "you have bad/good music taste" like to each their own, music is music, and it's all opinion based anyways so there's no "good' or "bad"
only small bites: that's how i consume music. like i'll listen to 1 album by an artist and then move on and come back in like a month and listen to another record
Haha, yeah. Paul Malburet (born April 10, 1985) also known professionally as Incredible Polo and sometimes just Polo is a French self-taught musician, songwriter and the face and voice of Incredibox. The genres of music he makes are alternative, electro, progressive, and pop. He is also one of the three members of So Far So Good. In 2013, he silently released his first Album "Abissama", with little acclaim. In 2016, Paul released "Ma Hill", his more known album featuring the song "The Ship"
I see this not only online but in real life too. Frequently I'll bring up an album or a band that I like and immediately I'll get scoffed at or made fun of for liking it. Like, The Beatles might be super basic to be into but why's everyone gotta be so negative about it? I also really hate when people say you're not a real music fan if you're not into super obscure underground artists who have like 5 fans total. To me it doesn't matter how popular an artist is, if I like the music then I'll listen to it and more often than not try to share it. Rant aside, I enjoyed this video and I'm glad there are people in the world who are more open-minded to others' music taste
I have a playlist of like 7k+ songs that me and most of my friends keep adding to so we can share and experience new music without the hassle of each of us trying to find music alone
My man uses Animal Crossing GC, Michael Jackson, DKC and Tekken 4 music... and has to hear things like "your music taste sucks?" Bro, your music taste in this video alone is DOPE :D
It’s amazing how many people online don’t understand opinions I don’t know how many times I praised an album someone comes along and shits all over the album and tells me how awful it is which I’ll usually reply with something along the lines of well I enjoy it no amount of convincing and criticism will change my mind I will continue to listen to it and enjoy it and a third person shows up and goes wdym bro that’s so ass☠️ like even when you lay out what an opinion is they still act like they are gonna convince you that you actually dislike blank record or have this weird ego over hating stuff good for you now you have less stuff in the world to enjoy where’s the glory in being a hater I don’t get it
This vid resonate with me so much, especially when I started listening and getting into Green Day and other punk artists recently, and I can't BREATHE on Twitter without some "die hard fan who defended father of all motherfuckers to death and went to all the live shows including the ones where Billie Joe start shouting at the fans" telling me I'm not a real fan lol edit: "bUt gReEn dAy iS nOt pUnk " Shut the fuck up 😍😍
I normally don't listen to artists, with vert few exceptions. I just think it's cool to think to myself "what would I like to listen to right now?" and search that on youtube or spotify to see if I discover a cool music. I don't really can't talk about any popular music artist cuz I don't listen to them, I might have listened to one, two maybe even three of their music, but it was for the music and not the artist. With the few exceptions of Yun Li/Yung lixo and Ace of Hearts I just listen to random music that I find and think is good :)
I don’t get gatekeeping obscure musicians because when I show someone something and they have never heard about it I get embarrassed because it’s probably not as good as I think it is
0:43 I dam well know people unironically listen to this 1:39 I do this sometimes, I wanna listen to something and I’m just too lazy to just listen to it
Honestly don't care about others opinions, been listening to Kanye and Tyler for years and I'm content with listening to all their songs for 10/15 more years
Tyler's a real artistic music genius & visionary sort of like the David Bowie of Hiphop. He's music is complete with humor, relatability + introspective lyrics and on top of that a good sound design/production so what's not to like about his music? I guess those are the perks of being both a skilled producer and songwriter
Had this happen when i didnt know what death grips is. They acted like i was crazy and lacked culture or something. And like i tried listening to it after. I dont really get it but thats cool i'll just listen to the stuff i like
They are experimental music, so it's understandable why it wouldn't be for you. I'd say look at other subgenres of the main genre you enjoy. It's how I found out about Power Noise for example (it's practically rhythmic noise).
ngl i wish i could see your playlists on spotify (if you have some) and i have a vivid memory that you said in a video that you use spotify but i cant find it, anyways, nice video!!!!
3:19 OMG i heard a friend from a while ago told me about their liked songs and it was like 13000 songs 😱. Props tbf, but like yea it is impossible to listen to it all. Also to that person idk how you kept track of all that music, but more power to you 🙏
Took me years to realise there are 5k+ genres seriously thought it was rock pop metal and anime or something and everything else was weird or crappy, now i listen to folk and whimsical songs i used to hate on and dont find half the popular stuff interesting anymore. I feel like when you are exposed to more types of music you kinda widen your taste and discover your own vibe instead of being stuck to the cycle of "popular" stuff
Ive only listened to obscure genres etc my whole life and i used to attach my ego to my music taste a few years ago. It was easy to imagine everyone else as a "normie" but it took me a while to realize people like what they like. What a simple realization that took entirely too long...
How people can't comorehend that I manage to like both Coldplay and Radiohead is actually pretty weird man, like they always acting like I gotta pick one (aka radiohead) and that I can't possibly be a fan of one and the other.
I'm into the Vocaloid community/just generally vocal synthesizers as a subculture, and I've seen a really weird sort of pseudo-elitism within people in the community regarding people ragging on others for having taste that's TOO niche? Sorta like how people do IRL except instead of pissing on people for nyot exclusively listening to Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Drake it's pissing on people for nyot exclusively listening to Circus-P, Giga and Maretu. I really don't get it. Istg I'm like 99% sure the only reason it happens is because of kids who only found out about vocal synth through Project Sekai who used to shit on people who don't exclusively listen to Top 40 and decided to move to shitting on people who listen to too much outside of the top 15 producers.
there is these one group of underground artists that i found and they are soo underground that its criminal only like 100 streams on spotify and their shit sounds so good that group is called flaccid basket i reccomend giving a listen to them they are soo underrated
Ngl ever since i listened to the mind electric for the first time i have been trapped in the tally hall bubble and now i'm completely unaware of what's happening outside of it
Damn you copyright 😭 I wish you luck on here man. This video is nice!! I liked how smooth the ending animation was, your guy got so mad he gained more frames. Also LOCKET EP SPOTTED
VGM (Video Game Music) fans getting the "Oh, there's no lyrics thats not real music" or "Wow, if you think that is good music you really need to go touch grass" or even the "like the mario theme or something, that must get repetitive". Bro their is thousands of games each with their own OSTs, and part of what makes VGM so memorable for me at least is the fact that games create the moments that go with the music.
video game music i think can have far more depth than a lot normal music due to the fact its presented alongside the game. theres often a lot more to unpack there.
@@kawalek5 hell yeah, to be honest, I mostly listen/play indie games. Deaths door and Hades are absolutely based games with great soundtracks. Haven't played dmc5, should I?
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Great video! It's a shame that since I'm better at watching your videos than everyone else, nobody else will be able to enjoy it as much as me.
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To me a good music taste is just not limiting yourself to one or a few genres and trying a bunch of different sounds.
instead of pretending you like artists you don't know, just call that artist trash and proceed to call them a loser virgin
been saying this~
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"I respect every music tas- IS THAT (insert artist/genre here) OMG HOW COULD YOU LISTEN TO THAT? 💀💀💀💀💀💀💀😭😭😭😭😭😭"
Idk why, but reading this comment made me think of the meme “I respect every single spiderman in here”.
@@Kogotom123 "NO YOUR BLA-"
harsh noise enjoyer here, i can confirm this exact dialogue has been transferred to my ears for every single person i have ever talked to about music.
There's a quote by Hank Green that I think about whenever I see/hear someone insulting someone else's music taste.
"Don't ever rag on someone for their music taste. Music is such a glorious part of the human experience and literally no good can come from making it worse for someone."
I agree with him a lot. I think we'd all enjoy music more if people would cut out this taste flexing contest and just try to appreciate what other people enjoy. And if you don't like it that's fine but you don't have to be mean about it, just agree to disagree.
I 100% agree with this (with the exception of stupid shit like nazi core/fashwave because the issue with stuff like that falls well outside aesthetic taste)
@@douglaspantz yeah, I thought about including a sentence like "unless you have moral concerns about what someone is listening to" but I guess I felt that might seem pretentious. You're right though, when it gets to that point it's not really about aesthetic taste anymore it's about moral ethics which is different
Absolutely agree
bro really quoted hank green 🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮
@@normanj4007 what's your issue with Hank Green?
Thank you for speaking up against the gatekeeping in music listening culture. It really turns a lot of people off from getting into music, and it sucks!
I know it’s not an effective or good solution, but I try to avoid telling or showing people what I listen to, I only have 2 friends so it’s pretty easy. I just keep it private and all to myself.
Leaving Album Of The Year definitevely was one of the best decisions I've ever done in my life. Now I can happily listen to stuff I actually enjoy instead of forcing myself to like OK Computer or feeling insecure about liking an artist with less than 70 user score.
This gatekeeping happens all over the damn place as well, espeically video games. There are too many times where people will build their entire personality off of not liking a specific thing, and it gets toxic FAST. And then they wonder why no one plays their game. It's like "you chased everyone away, the fuck did you think would happen?"
If you wanna get more people into your thing, the best thing to do is encourage and guide them into it. Let them explore it for themselves. You CANNOT force people to do it, it never works. And if they don't wanna broaden their horizions? Well, then that's their desision! Maybe they'll pick it up when they feel ready, maybe they never will. But just... guide them.
The rap community is such a good example of this. Old-heads gatekeeping the entire genre because the "new rappers" don't write quadruple duple entendres, weirdo underground fans acting pretentious because they listen to people with less than 1000 streams on spotify, and self-titled "hip-hop heads" clowning on other people's takes because "their top 10 is not objectively correct."
Even though pretty much all I listen to is the old school and weirdo underground hip hop, I completely agree with you. I work at a record store, and whenever I try to get younger kids into the classics/lesser known albums of the genre, I always approach it from a place of attempting to understand their specific tastes. Nothing will turn them off to these discoveries like making it into a pissing match between what is and isn't objectively better. I don't care for a majority of the sound cloud rappers who are popular today, but I never knock people who enjoy that music because I know that they see something in it that I don't, and that's dope that they found those artists on their own
@@gnarwhal7562 Do you have any recommendations for some lesser known albums to listen to? I've been trying to get into the underground but I haven't really gone past Danny Brown or JPEGMAFIA (not really that underground anymore but I still thought they were amazing).
Also, I wasn't calling underground music weird, I was saying that the people who flex listening to it are weird. Like, enjoying underground music is fine, but when people shame others for not listening, it's kinda weird.
I just don't wanna hear another song about gun-wielding drug addicts talking about making off with someone's wife and slipping her coke while she goes down on the whole crew.
Seriously, stuff's the rap equivalent of country music about being girls, church, getting drunk, and going muddin' in their pickemup truck.
It's not just old-heads gatekeeping. It's people who like real music with soul and despise corporate-backed white noise that only serves to line someone's pockets at the expense of our entire culture.
@@trajectoryunownbut “real music “still exists it’s just you have to go find it yourself which isn’t even that hard
@@jordydiaz6894 Always has. Never said it didn't. I don't listen to the crap, I just don't like when it's associated with genuine art is all.
It's like comparing those mass produced, semi-automated, text to speech Reddit read channels or the new wave of ChatGPT-generated garbage with genuine content creators who put a lot of work into their stuff.
Really, it's a tale as old as art. Some people create. Others grift. It's been that way forever, regardless of genre. Sad fact is that the majority of the population has never cared. They just go along with whatever. That's how trends are, whether some silver-tongued devil enamors the masses with sweet words or some juicy thumnbail and clickbait title manages to draw them in. It's all the same.
There's genuine art out there, some with positive messages, some that makes you think. Then you've got idiotic kids allowing themselves to be passively brainwashed because they "don't listen for the lyrics" and "just like the beat". It's sad. And people wonder how our culture degenerated into what it is.
Literally any time in my life that I’ve said any specific music sucks, I’ve then listened to it and really enjoyed it. A big issue is too many people 1) define themselves by genre, thinking they have to be dedicated to [anything] genre and that genre only. And 2) too many people get caught up in the mainstream and don’t take a step back to see all the other music they’re missing out on.
So funny cause this happened to me with BTS recently lol. A rap fan music reactor (Anthony Ray) got me into them, of all people 🤣 Thought they would suck and was very surprised at how versatile and extensive their discography is. And that they actually write and produce a lot of their music. Songs I'd recommend are:
Outro Tear, Rain, 134340, Danger, Louder Than Bombs, Baepsae, Pied Piper, Ugh, House of Cards, Singularity, and Black Swan.
I hate when people tell me the music I like is bad. I just don't tell people what music I listen to nowadays
I listen to some “shitty” music but I like to listen to some other more well established “good” music that is different. For example I recently started listening to British ska like the English beat. That shit is fire, there is no way of saying it’s not. Then some dumbass who only listens to the same 5 weezer and Red Hot Chili Peppers songs over and over again calls my music shit.
Fr though some bitch was whining about people not preferring the licensed music that was used in a game but rather the copyright free replacements. And they stated that people who didn't perfer the licensed music have no taste...
And I was like: I'm all for loving different versions of music but you don't have to be rude about it if people don't like the ones you like.
It's so funny I hear people in music circles get worried they seem normie when the stuff they have on their most listened to are artists that are popular in music nerd circles but if you ask a random person on the stream they have no fucking clue what a Danny Brown is.
I love da Danny Brown ayeee🤌
As a person who walks on the street and has no ducking clue what a Danny Brown is, i agree.
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@@ashtar3876he's a country singer trust me
aint it funny how it happens?
As someone who regularly listens to Kpop, you would not BELIEVE the amount of gatekeeping that lies around in fandoms, like the amount of times older listeners (cough cough ARMYS cough cough) have told me "You can't listen to (abc) beacuse haven't known them long enough!!" Is insane, like, bro, how am I gonna 'know them for long enough' IF I CANT EVEN LISTEN TO THEM (BY YOUR LOGIC) BEACUSE "You're not old enough!!"
And that's I don't really regularly interact with kpop group fandoms, besides Skz and Xdinary heros. Not saying that all kpop group dwellers are like this, but definitely watch out.
Kpop is a really funny genre to get elitist about. Like it's just pop. It's pop in a language you don't understand. Sometimes they rap badly in english. All these groups are built and owned by profoundly evil corporations and their songs are written by at most 3 guys. The hipster mentality is grating, but usually it's directed at something that's actually obscure or against the mainstream.
Woah I didn't know this. I used to be a 2nd gen kpop fan and there's no such gatekeeping before. You have a slight interest in kpop? Good, you're our buddy now. Here's some groups you might be interested in.
That's when kpop isn't really mainstream worldwide yet. I mean, yeah lots of people know it but not like bts or blackpink level of mainstream.
It's ridiculous to gatekeep something's mainstream. I could understand gatekeeping if it's a niche music genre.
"people suck" too fucking real
can’t go a bites ramble video without him mentioning that tame impala is just one dude
tame imapala one guy
@@nonfunny3750 dude no way
thank you for hearing the word about tame impala. im spreading the word to all@@wayneyea
He is the tame impala
PREACH KING, PREACH!! On a real though I’m glad you’ve made this video, being a weezer fan is hard man..
Ok actually if you’re a weezer fan you deserve ridicule
Yeah must be hard being a bundle of sticks.
i love weezer
Honestly, yeah. I do lived that "enjoy whatever you want" kinda mentality because if I open to listen something that was intrigued, I might leave the expectation for what am I about to listen. I'm more of a Rock kinda of guy but I do step in to Hop-Hop, IDMs, and Electronic a bit and it was fun.
I hate that my family laughs at me because i like music from Japan, and never tried to listen so now i just tell my music taste online or with friends.
I hate this type of people, like, it's just a band that sings a language that you don't know
That's practically what KPop is.. lol. Well, attached least to me..
I understand you tried showing my mom a spanish song that I was deeply attached too and she laughed it off
I remember in the comments section in one of your videos someone said they'd recently started listening to music (i assume they didn't listen to music before) through artists like taylor swift, olivia rodrigo, melanie martinez and also kpop. First reply called their music taste bad. It's such a puny thing to get mad at people for. My favourite artist(s) are BTS, and people make fun of me for it a lot. I have literally written thousand word essays on their lyrics and the evolution of each member's songwriting style (yes, they write their own lyrics 90% of the time) bc I find them so moving but they all assume that I'm only into them cause they're hot. Their work has been my main source of joy for the past year, I don't see what's wrong with that.
Omg I just got into BTS not too long ago, a rap fan reactor (Anthony Ray) got me into them lol. It was his Outro Tear reaction that got me hooked. It's a shame so many people will just make judgements and miss out on great songs and artistry.
My first thought whenever someone said that they like something really popular is "basic" but it's not like being basic is a bad thing. I mean, I like basic stuff like MCR, One Ok Rock, Metallica and Avril Lavigne.
But I do listen to some less known artists (mostly korean artists because I was a huge 2nd gen kpop fan). It's not like I love their entire discography but I have my go to songs. Just to name a few, Aziatix, Kris Leone, NELL, Broken Valentine, Epik High (this one is probably the most popular out of all)
This video is hillariously accurate and I can laugh at myself because some of the things apply to me but I think the video itself proves its own point because I recgonized the song from the Donkey Kong Country Map screen in it lmao
I’m gonna help you with patreon because honestly you have a clear and fresh view of the music stuff. Tbh it’s a lot to digest sometimes and even I don’t get truly the hype that some artists get on RYM or AOTY
So seeing like a impartial view of music it’s really nice
Keep it up Small bites. Fr one of the best channels that it’s out there and the mood and atmosphere is so goddamn chill man
popular music, is popular for a reason. i don't see any point in the "you like popular music/tiktok music taste" argument. and especially when i see their music taste, it always contains yeat. i don't get it
one of my friends music taste got insulted because he was listening to the weeknd because he’s “too popular”. also yeats not even that bad, 2093 was pretty good
@rkellyhasrizz it has been a year and yeat is still ass
@@nonfunny3750 lyfestyle was ass but 2093 was a good album
@@rkellyhasrizz oh this i agree wit, 2093 is good
dude I LOVE your videos, I don't watch YT at all but you are da the only person I consecutively watch, please never stop
Thanks for reminding me of this type of cunts I used to deal with on instagram lol. This also reminded me of when I was in class, and I was showing one of the guys videos of a concert I’d been to recently. I saw Poppy and I had a really great time and I wanted to share it. He didn’t know who she was, he asked if that was Weezer, cuz Weezer has that song “I just threw out the love of my dreams” featuring a female singer. I said no and showed her Spotify page. Later that day I had a moment of realisation, I reacted so calmly to that moment, I didn’t go BRUH HOW TF DO YOU NOT KNOW HER BABABA, I probably would’ve back in my Hip Hop Instagram days. I used to ask these questions online when I was new to music, and people were so rude, and I didn’t wanna turn out like them.
I felt good, a sense of maturity idk lol.
The animation has been getting better frfr
any rhythm gamers here…? i listen to edm, dnb, dubstep, future bass, j-pop maybe? anyone else here save me from this void?
I KNOW ITS BEEN A YEAR BUT YOU'RE NOT ONLY MY FRIEND
0:34 Hey! That album is a Masterpiece!
I've found that the issue is actually much worse in real life, as opposed to what the video says. Both there and in the internet though people will clown on your music taste. I've always had to not tell about my music tastes because pretty much all the time I do it turns out awful. It feels like everyone listens to the same few artists, just like the video said. Some examples I've seen are Radiohead, 10000 Gecks (or something like that), MF Doom, Death Grips, but after listening, they're just really not something I'd listen to. I just like niche artists and niche games in general, some of my favourite artists are popular within small communities, specifically artists like Myukke, Frums and Ebimayo who are popular within rhythm game communities, but outside, no one knows them, and since they've never heard of the kind of music these artists make, they tend to hate on it. And that's sad, I just want to enjoy the stupid music, I don't like "real" music, simply forced not to share music opinions
0:24 happened to me 2 months ago because i changed from eminem and rap to weezer and alt rock
in august 2021, i started my first ever music playlist. by may 2023, that same playlist only had 180 songs. at that time, i would’ve said my favorite artist was the beatles, but only because i had like 5 of their songs in the playlist.
during may of 2023, i converted my playlist from youtube to spotify and started using spotify for my music listening. shortly after that, i listened to a full album for the first time ever. never in my life had i willingly listened through the entirety of an album until that moment. it was Let It Be. so fast forward 7 months, it had gone from a single youtube playlist with 180 songs to a spotify wrapped with 890 songs total. as of now, ive added around 40 albums to my spotify since my first album in may.
i have to thank my sudden increased interest in expanding my music to radiohead. i got hooked on them in june, and they’re the only artist that i’ve listened to the entirety of their studio albums (except for nirvana but they only have 3)
im still trying to expand my music taste. i’ve never listened to the lonely hearts club, i’ve never listened to MBDTF, ive barely listened to the wall. i only have 5 rap albums in my spotify. i got a long way to go.
Recommendation for rap album: D-Day by Agust D.
He's a big Korean rapper, also a really good producer and lyricist. My favs on the album are Snooze, Polar Night, Huh, and Haegeum (title track which he wrote, composed & produced by himself).
As a KISS, Pitbull and EDM enjoyer, I approuve this video. 👍
I approve this as I am a fan of Len Spencer and Byron G. Harlan.
I dont listen too much outside death metal and jazz
I would describe my music taste as my taste in music.
Daft Punk?
I used to be into future funk and no one knew the artists. Its more of an annoiance than a flex
future funk is fire
Commenting to say I love your vids and the “tis the season” line made me crack up for some reason.
“did u know that tame impala is JUST ONE GUY??????” Is prolly the most common phrase in my vocabulary this point
Great video, I saw this in my recommended.
I believe instead of people being elitist on the artist they listen to, they should recommend the artist especially if the artist is niche. Gate keeping is quite a harmful thing.
you put 'another part of me' in 8/16 bit form (i dunno im not an expert) i love it
Dear fantano cultist....
I hate when people say "you have bad/good music taste" like to each their own, music is music, and it's all opinion based anyways so there's no "good' or "bad"
When an Onlysmallbites video doesn’t have a “package for uh, mister bites,” I literally cry. Jk this is a good video I love ur vids.
only small bites: that's how i consume music. like i'll listen to 1 album by an artist and then move on and come back in like a month and listen to another record
This shit crazy, who wants to keep the artists they listen to underground? I need everybody I interact with to listen to Jamiroquai and Igorrr
Haha, yeah. Paul Malburet (born April 10, 1985) also known professionally as Incredible Polo and sometimes just Polo is a French self-taught musician, songwriter and the face and voice of Incredibox. The genres of music he makes are alternative, electro, progressive, and pop. He is also one of the three members of So Far So Good. In 2013, he silently released his first Album "Abissama", with little acclaim. In 2016, Paul released "Ma Hill", his more known album featuring the song "The Ship"
:( I am a 10 hours of silence ocasionally broken up by metal pipe sound fan
your not ready
man i love this guy and i just found him, subbed
I see this not only online but in real life too. Frequently I'll bring up an album or a band that I like and immediately I'll get scoffed at or made fun of for liking it. Like, The Beatles might be super basic to be into but why's everyone gotta be so negative about it? I also really hate when people say you're not a real music fan if you're not into super obscure underground artists who have like 5 fans total. To me it doesn't matter how popular an artist is, if I like the music then I'll listen to it and more often than not try to share it. Rant aside, I enjoyed this video and I'm glad there are people in the world who are more open-minded to others' music taste
The super obscure underground artist part hit home, cuz I make music and I have some fans... but I just hope it doesn't turn into that bs.
YOUR SOOS IMPRESSION WAS AMAZING!
I have a playlist of like 7k+ songs that me and most of my friends keep adding to so we can share and experience new music without the hassle of each of us trying to find music alone
My man uses Animal Crossing GC, Michael Jackson, DKC and Tekken 4 music... and has to hear things like "your music taste sucks?" Bro, your music taste in this video alone is DOPE :D
So you're telling me you *DON"T* listen to emotive 80s gabber rock breakbeat depth-math-core (with korean characteristics)? *Give you the look
I have an irrational fear of sharing what music I listen to, for fear of getting made fun of and reked.
F**k it its twitter - the real ones
I would like to hear what you listen to
( I swear I won’t judge )
"Your music taste is bad" is a sentence that only comes from people who dont even have a personal taste
It’s amazing how many people online don’t understand opinions I don’t know how many times I praised an album someone comes along and shits all over the album and tells me how awful it is which I’ll usually reply with something along the lines of well I enjoy it no amount of convincing and criticism will change my mind I will continue to listen to it and enjoy it and a third person shows up and goes wdym bro that’s so ass☠️ like even when you lay out what an opinion is they still act like they are gonna convince you that you actually dislike blank record or have this weird ego over hating stuff good for you now you have less stuff in the world to enjoy where’s the glory in being a hater I don’t get it
3:37 Didn't expect to see AJR get slightly involved in this video.
If you don’t listen to *insert underground artist from random unknown genre here* ,you don’t know music.
Somewhere out there in the vast sea of music is some unfindable artist that's never released anything who's probably the crown prince of hipsters
Underground music do be hitting different though.
This vid resonate with me so much, especially when I started listening and getting into Green Day and other punk artists recently, and I can't BREATHE on Twitter without some "die hard fan who defended father of all motherfuckers to death and went to all the live shows including the ones where Billie Joe start shouting at the fans" telling me I'm not a real fan lol
edit: "bUt gReEn dAy iS nOt pUnk " Shut the fuck up 😍😍
Crazed stans are the worst sometimes 😩
> Green Day
> punk
Go listen to something better than Green Day.
@@shriderrad4123 the irony in you gatekeeping music taste under this video
@@-Teague- I'm not gatekeeping Green Day goofy, they just fuckin suck. Literally go listen to anything else
I normally don't listen to artists, with vert few exceptions. I just think it's cool to think to myself "what would I like to listen to right now?" and search that on youtube or spotify to see if I discover a cool music. I don't really can't talk about any popular music artist cuz I don't listen to them, I might have listened to one, two maybe even three of their music, but it was for the music and not the artist. With the few exceptions of Yun Li/Yung lixo and Ace of Hearts I just listen to random music that I find and think is good :)
yo, props for animating over that default dance
I don’t get gatekeeping obscure musicians because when I show someone something and they have never heard about it I get embarrassed because it’s probably not as good as I think it is
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Bookmarking 2:48 bc the happy sphere goober is precious and adorable
3:03 that was beautiful
4:10 Tekken 4 - Touch and go for anyone wanted to know the music in the background 😌
You can always find less main stream, weirder, and more original music. Its a end less pit lol.
I love the sr pelo influence lmao
you think its crazy that tame impala is one guy? wait until you hear that MGMT is TWO guys
😱
I swear the background song at some point was like an 8-BIT version of Another Part Of Me by Michael Jackson
0:43 I dam well know people unironically listen to this
1:39 I do this sometimes, I wanna listen to something and I’m just too lazy to just listen to it
came for the title and thumbnail, stayed for the soos impression
I would shame people for their music taste if i didn't only listen to fucking video game OSTs
amazing video it sucks that because of the internet (childish gambino refrence??!!) people feel afraid to give highly regarded albums a listen
I feel bad talking about music since I listen to a lot Phonk. I love it, but anyone who doesn't think it's super weird.
me when my friends constantly make fun of my music taste
Imagine your friend sees weird shit you listen to and the friend is like "wtf is this shit" and then you go on a 5:53 ramble.
@@Mewtwodestroyer I have a new video idea now!
Mine too :(
Honestly don't care about others opinions, been listening to Kanye and Tyler for years and I'm content with listening to all their songs for 10/15 more years
Yo, I just got into Kanye and Tyler this year and they became my favorite artists.
@@kraken6940Same for me
@@kraken6940 casual
Tyler's a real artistic music genius & visionary sort of like the David Bowie of Hiphop. He's music is complete with humor, relatability + introspective lyrics and on top of that a good sound design/production so what's not to like about his music? I guess those are the perks of being both a skilled producer and songwriter
That yung bruh instrumental caught me off guard 4:07🔥😂
Had this happen when i didnt know what death grips is. They acted like i was crazy and lacked culture or something. And like i tried listening to it after. I dont really get it but thats cool i'll just listen to the stuff i like
death grips is great man (they're my 2nd fav artist) perhaps give them another try? i've seen footage & hacker is what made them click for me
@@atrocityexhibition its just not for me, not saying its bad.
Death Grips fans are just insufferable. The music is still good tho, check em out.
They are experimental music, so it's understandable why it wouldn't be for you. I'd say look at other subgenres of the main genre you enjoy. It's how I found out about Power Noise for example (it's practically rhythmic noise).
ngl i wish i could see your playlists on spotify (if you have some) and i have a vivid memory that you said in a video that you use spotify but i cant find it, anyways, nice video!!!!
3:19 OMG i heard a friend from a while ago told me about their liked songs and it was like 13000 songs 😱. Props tbf, but like yea it is impossible to listen to it all. Also to that person idk how you kept track of all that music, but more power to you 🙏
Took me years to realise there are 5k+ genres seriously thought it was rock pop metal and anime or something and everything else was weird or crappy, now i listen to folk and whimsical songs i used to hate on and dont find half the popular stuff interesting anymore. I feel like when you are exposed to more types of music you kinda widen your taste and discover your own vibe instead of being stuck to the cycle of "popular" stuff
Obscure "Bad!" Then plays 8 bit another part of me.
I often find my friends listening to artists like Radiohead and Death Grips, while I'm over here listening to Graham Kartna.
Ive only listened to obscure genres etc my whole life and i used to attach my ego to my music taste a few years ago. It was easy to imagine everyone else as a "normie" but it took me a while to realize people like what they like. What a simple realization that took entirely too long...
Don’t talk to me if you haven’t heard little Stuart little
One day I just wanted to share with my friends my Spotify playlist. They immediately clowned on me caused I listened to rap :(
how? rap is the everyone genre rn, all but one of my friends like rap
@@potatotaxi They said that it was too explicit and I should stop listening too it.
OMG THAT BOMB RUSH CYBER FUNK TRACK AT THE END!!!!
LET
THEM
KNOOOOOOOW!!!!
How people can't comorehend that I manage to like both Coldplay and Radiohead is actually pretty weird man, like they always acting like I gotta pick one (aka radiohead) and that I can't possibly be a fan of one and the other.
I like both of them
I'm into the Vocaloid community/just generally vocal synthesizers as a subculture, and I've seen a really weird sort of pseudo-elitism within people in the community regarding people ragging on others for having taste that's TOO niche? Sorta like how people do IRL except instead of pissing on people for nyot exclusively listening to Harry Styles, Taylor Swift and Drake it's pissing on people for nyot exclusively listening to Circus-P, Giga and Maretu.
I really don't get it. Istg I'm like 99% sure the only reason it happens is because of kids who only found out about vocal synth through Project Sekai who used to shit on people who don't exclusively listen to Top 40 and decided to move to shitting on people who listen to too much outside of the top 15 producers.
there is these one group of underground artists that i found and they are soo underground that its criminal only like 100 streams on spotify and their shit sounds so good
that group is called flaccid basket i reccomend giving a listen to them they are soo underrated
I listened to one song and all I thought was, jazz rap?
@@Kazinga123 yeah but still fire tho
some guy insulted my music taste on a video about listening to all genres and that was the funniest thing I saw all week
skrillex people are the most welcoming though
Ngl ever since i listened to the mind electric for the first time i have been trapped in the tally hall bubble and now i'm completely unaware of what's happening outside of it
I feel like this one video described a (small) part of the metal community perfectly.
Any music is valid as long as it has an audience that enjoys it, not everyone has to enjoy something to be valid with some exceptions of course
Damn you copyright 😭 I wish you luck on here man. This video is nice!! I liked how smooth the ending animation was, your guy got so mad he gained more frames.
Also LOCKET EP SPOTTED
Nice timing with the Spotify Wrapled stuff yesterday.
idc what you listen to. my friend said he didnt like some of the jid songs i played.
he’s been missing for a few months.
That thumbnail is amazing😭👌
me after listening to the 37th ambient breakcore playlist :
as a "i listen to everything person", cool video👍
A lot of breakcore is so buns listen to some bukem
@@micodos reminds me of that one song from 1999 unreal tournament or one from 1080 snowboarding
VGM (Video Game Music) fans getting the "Oh, there's no lyrics thats not real music" or "Wow, if you think that is good music you really need to go touch grass" or even the "like the mario theme or something, that must get repetitive". Bro their is thousands of games each with their own OSTs, and part of what makes VGM so memorable for me at least is the fact that games create the moments that go with the music.
What is everyone else's favourite VGM or OST? Personally, mine has to be Calamity Mod, it's just so good!
@@ZaviahNorwoodlove calamity mod and the music is pretty good but I don’t listen to it. Used to like mgr ost and DMC5 a while back
video game music i think can have far more depth than a lot normal music due to the fact its presented alongside the game. theres often a lot more to unpack there.
@@kawalek5 hell yeah, to be honest, I mostly listen/play indie games. Deaths door and Hades are absolutely based games with great soundtracks. Haven't played dmc5, should I?
@@ZaviahNorwood love hades!!!! You should defo play DMC5 if you love metal gear rising. Some other games I’d suggest are Hi-Fi rush and Everhood. Hi-Fi rush is another hack and slash similar to MGR and DMC however it’s more music based. Everhood is an indie game similar to undertale but everything’s focused around music