Music and Relationships
Why are we more likely to have a similar music taste to our friends?
Have you ever noticed that you and your group of friends all listen to similar music? Maybe you don’t listen to the same music as everyone but just your closest friends. There’s even the possibility you just like the music you do because of the same values, even though the music is the same. Or are you the one person who listens to a style of music that everyone makes fun of you for? Whether you like the same music as someone else, it remains important aspect of our social lives.
During a study taken in 2007, researches conducted an experiment where people had to meet strangers in a chat room with the objective of getting to know the other person. After all the transcripts were collected it soon became clear that music was by far the most common topic of conversation. This is because we feel that the music a person listens to is a good measure of their personality. While it may not always be the case it is possible to deduce a few things about the person.
This study explains that people who listen to the same music could have similar attributes. It also suggests that we like to see our own personality traits reflected back at us in our friends. We know this isn’t always true as we all have those friends who are completely alike but cannot stand each other. You can find qualities that you enjoy in other people through their music taste but it doesn’t need to be the same as what you listen to.
Wouldn’t you have more fun on a long car journey if you had the same music taste as your best friend? Thinking like this is why a new craze of dating apps that match you on musical taste have appeared. These applications replicate the feeling of meeting people at a niche music festival, where everyone is into the same stuff. With a relatively high success rate these apps are proving musics worth as a social tool.
More than just showing that people with the same music taste are compatible, this proves that just knowing what the other persons music taste is can have a positive impact on the relationship. So if the video below describes your girlfriend or boyfriend it may be time to…..move on.
Thank you so much for reading, so do you have the same taste in music as your friends? Do you think it matters? Comment below, let me know. If you enjoyed this article have a look at some of our others here. We also have a new app coming out soon, that connects people through music, its called Mixably and you can sign up for the beta here!
