Why do teenager listen to pop music?
 

Mostly teenager listen to a pop music, can you please tell me why? Top reason why they always do this. Thanks

People tend to listen to music they like.

Teenagers aren't a single monolithic group that all listen to the same music.

People under 18 usually have a 100% disposable income, so they're a target market for pop stars.

It's also an easy sell.

Teenagers that have relatively happy upbringings at home and school are going to listen to relatively happy music, and if they haven't had a lot of exposure to music, they will be content with simple beats.

People who listen to say Slayer or Skinny Puppy, have had to experience life outside that happy box, thus they are outsiders...in some fashion.

Interesting, I thought I had a pretty happy childhood until now.

Well maybe you just have a depressive personality :)

I've seen your mustache. Trying way to hard to look like a weirdo still makes you a weirdo.

You misinterpret my laziness with intentionality. It's not my fault that it worked out so gloriously.

I disagree with William. Happiness overall has nothing to do with it. For instance, the 4th, 6th and 8th happiest nations, Norway, Finland, and Sweden, also boast the most metal bands per capita, averaging around 40 per every 100,000 people.

I think it's not that they like it because they're teenagers, it's that they like it because it's what they're exposed to. Their parents listen to it on the radio, and therefore they listen to it on the radio. Usually as they get older, they just have more time to discover new music and find their own personal niche. It's just like how older people have a tendency towards doo-wop and rockabilly. This is what they were listening to in their formative years, and therefore it holds a special place in their hearts. Same thing for pretty much everyone on this forum as well.

Yeah, I wouldn't say that happiness was the cause for me getting into metal, or extreme metal for that matter. I think it's more about the outsider culture for most kids. Those who strive to fit in aren't going to pay any attention to loud, abrasive music that isn't being played on the radio because the majority of "popular" kids aren't. Whereas someone who already considers themselves to be an outsider might use the metal scene as a way to connect with other outcasts like themselves.

Or, there's always the chance that the music just appeals to the person, because we're in the age of the internet where you can easily find just about any genre of music you're looking for within a few clicks. That makes it fairly easy to get into any style, but of course pop is still at the forefront of pop culture.

Hmmm that's an interesting point, but I do think there is a lot of depressive outsiders living in the Nordic states, with ugly zit popping faces lol.

Extensive welfare states aren't a cure all for utopia, in fact I would think that the all American boy who plays on his local football team in an Arizona suburbia is probably happy than the average popular swede teen.

But yes culture tends to play a role, metal appears to be the counter culture of choice in Scandinavia, not so much in America, as it once was decades ago.

The weather also affects our moods and what appeals to us, so there's probably too many factors at play to paint taste as happy life=happy music lover.

Simple, I don't listen to a lot of pop. I am a teenager. I listen to whatever.

I feel that it has a lot to do with convenience. I'm sure that most people would be content with listening to whatever comes on the radio and thus don't see a need to look elsewhere for music.

Mind control.

...Can you elaborate?

In general I tend to agree with that one study:
From: "People stop listening to new music at 33, study shows"

People do tend to stick to the radio and what friends are listening to both pre-20's and post-30's. Most people I know (over 30), sadly, view music as a child's past-time and have settled into careers and kids and money money money. Not all but most. It's depressing.

Barely because the ears adapt to what is listened to. This is pretty much like food, palate needs to be trained so the taste evolves with years. If you give a 5 yo child something spicy with heavy tastes, he won't like it because he isn't used to it.

Music is the same, everyone starts by airing what's popular. Even if you don't want to, that's what is used as background music on all popular events, on all TV programs etc, not even mentioning FM radios obviously. With this starting point, ears take several years to digest new sounds until being completely able to like / dislike something according to their personal tastes.

I was a teenager once. I didn't listen to pop music at all.

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Teenagers are a large chunk of who makes music popular so whatever is popular with them is generally going to sell well. So it's popular music. Basically, them listening to it is the cause not the effect.

lol because teenager is stupid, no one like teenager

teenager egg house. hulk smash teenager.

Lol i love how people still have an actual discussion amidst such a ****e thread

In a world of seven billion people there is only one "teenager?"

Yes. Teenager is our only hope.

Hopefully they can stop masturbating long enough to save us all.

Social constructs. Teens listen to what their peers listen to. Teens who listen to popular music tend to want to be popular themselves. Listening to goth, punk or prog music as a teen makes you an outsider. Only other kids on the fringe listen to those genres. Fringe kids tend to be outsiders. Ergo.

My dad said when he was a kid, he listened to jazz because his friends listened to jazz. (Miles Davis were very popular at this time. Late 50). So Dad and his friends all used to dress like Miles and his band and bought every Miles album because it was the cool thing to do.

Another example. When I used to work in a record store (actual vinyl records) in th 80s, people actually went by what was popular on Billboard magazine Top 20 or American Top 40 on the radio. Mostly they would buy whatever they knew their friends were buying.

What you find is, teens who enjoy music just for the sake of listening to music, generally don't fall into any of those groupings you see in high school (pop, hip hop, metal, goth). Unless their in the high school band to which they're usually like me. We tend to like or at least able to appreciate all music as long as it's good.

Teenager listen to harsh noise. Why?

Cause people keep giving Nickelback record deals for some reason.

Because it is harder to find alternative music on radio and tv more than years ago. You could find everything on internet but you have to search it. Not easy for lazy people

Nothing easy for lazy people.

Teenager listen to powerviolence. Why do teenager listen to powerviolence?

Because teenager have angst.

It just is how it is. Teenagers are a very diverse group and hold different interests, personality, upbringing, environment, etc. It all has an impact on which music they choose.

Teenager listen to polka. Why do teenager listen to polka?

Because teenager likes to do polka....Everyone like polka!!!!!

Why do teenager listen to 4'33?