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Something just dawned on me and I realised I've never thought of it this way before but I thought i'd share it with you for added perspective. 

Reacting to something with your full attention in this day and age with our shortening attention spans definitely changes how you experience music. Like you're sat there in a chair for hours, you get figgity and more irritable lol it's just a weird way to experience music. 

Some of the albums I'm slating, I may have enjoyed had I just listened to them on the bus or train casually but because I'm reviewing it, it definitely skews the experience a little bit when it's not an IMMEDIATE hit. 

So I'd want everyone to consider that context of how it feels as a reactor and why I might change my mind in the future regarding certain songs/albums, because maybe I was just in a better space for it? But you can rest assured, how I feel is pretty consistent about 85% of the time as I'm sure most of you have gathered lol so you're not getting cheated out of much but there's always exceptions to the rule! 

<3 



Comments

dyacc

As someone who never actually trusts my first opinions on music unless it’s a straight hit, I feel you! I didn’t even like perfume or cream soda for weeks/months and now they’re two of my favs this yr lol Heck Let Me In is undeniably my fav track this yr, but I didn’t like it at first bcos I didn’t like the mv. For me it’s usually bcos of my mood but rly anything can influence first opinions. Still enjoy your reactions anyway, so no pressure.

Mint

The fate of the reviewer/critic. Used to be a job back in the day. I've always felt that reacting is like a modern version of the critic. As such, one of the pitfalls of the critic was reviewing stuff they were clearly not interested in at the moment, which benefited neither the reviewer nor the reader. Like, Roger Ebert forcing himself to watch Marvel movies The good thing about reacting is you get to pick and choose what you see/hear. Because its difficult to experience something in a somewhat unnatural environment on a forced schedule. That's why, though it looks like an easy job, you can actually get burned out pretty fast doing reactions