Thought Exercise: Music!

[rumham]

Short and sweet today. Give us links to songs whenever possible.

What kind of music would your character have grown up listening to? –

What kind of music do they let people know they listen to? –

What is their secret genre or song? Something they wouldn't necessarily want others knowing they like. –

And what genre can they just not stand? If possible, find an example. –

Do they associate any specific songs or genres with themselves? –

Do they associate any specific songs or genres with other people? –

Songs for the good times? –

Songs for the BAD times? –

Share a few songs might they have on their mp3 device. (If they don't have one, imagine that they do) –

Comments

[volurofthehearth]

What kind of music would your character have grown up listening to? –
Runa would have listened to a lot of different kinds of music, but mostly she would have been exposed to the 90s and 80s. Gunther, ABBA, Lotta and Christer, The Cardigans... The list goes on.

What kind of music do they let people know they listen to? –
Almost everything she listens to she'll gladly share. Her tastes are pretty eclectic. It's almost guaranteed she'll find something you like that she likes too.

What is their secret genre or song? Something they wouldn't necessarily want others knowing they like. –
Her sister Gry and husband Hemming introduced her to metal music and helped her find a favourite band - Ghost B.C.. Most of her family disapproves of this kind of music ("These lyrics are so awful" "What's with all this screaming" "You realise we worship the Norse gods, right?") so she's not quick to share her fondness of it.

And what genre can they just not stand? If possible, find an example. –
There is pretty much no genre she won't give a chance.

Do they associate any specific songs or genres with themselves? –
She knows she's a big fan of pop and dance, but she doesn't associate any particular song or genre to herself.

Do they associate any specific songs or genres with other people? –
Her sister Gry is very much her metal influence and so Amon Amarth reminds Runa of her. This song reminds her of her family/heritage, partly because of the style, partly because of the rune it is based around. Bellman's Lullaby sung by her sister Carita, or by her father, reminds her of both of them, but also her mother who Carita learned it from. More recently this song has come to remind her of Viatorus.

Songs for the good times? –
I love It - Icona Pop
Två mörka ögon - Sabina Dbumda
Don't You Worry Child - Swedish House Mafia
Levels - Avicii

Songs for the BAD times? –
Homesick - Dua Lipa
Sisters and Brothers - The Vespers
Dreamland - Tessa Rae

Share a few songs might they have on their mp3 device. (If they don't have one, imagine that they do) –
Giants - Iselin Solheim
Heroes - Måns Zelmerlöw
All Falls Down - Alan Walker
Katchi - Ofenbach vs Nick Waterhouse
Energia - Sofi Tukker
Something Just Like This - The Chainsmokers & Coldplay