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This has just been something that's been on my mind lately.

I'm going to start with a little story, but before I do, I'd just like to say that in no way is this actually a big deal and I'm not the type to get offended easily. On this day, my anxiety was really bad and I just happened to not like what was being said, and for some reason, it was kinda hurting my feelings. Like I was being attacked or something. I respect peoples opinions and understand that not everyone likes the same things as I do. But there is a difference between stating your opinion and being a complete asshole and saying something to make the other person angry. Anyway lets get into it.

So my friends and I were going to hollywood. We've been planning this day for a month and I've been very excited the whole time leading up to this day, until it actually got here. That day I was having second thoughts about going.

What if they don't really like me and just invited me to be nice?

I know we're all carpooling, but what if they're tired of giving me rides?

What if they find me annoying?

Do I really want to go? I think I'd rather watch netflix or something.

So of course I decided to ignore those thoughts and put on some music to calm me down a bit. One Direction to be exact. I find their voices to be relaxing. Their music has gotten me through some pretty tough times. Most people don't understand that because when they think One Direction, they think of what they were like 6 almost 7 years ago when What Makes You Beautiful came out. I still am tired of that song, it was really over played haha. But their sound has changed a lot. Its more mature, it has more of a rock vibe to it. But the songs now and even the songs from back then had some pretty good meanings to it. Like Same Mistakes, Diana, Through the dark, Hey Angel, and Walking In The Wind just to name a few. Some songs have a deeper meaning than you would think and you would have to really read into it like Perfect and my all time favorite, Moments. I won't get into them all, you can listen if you'd like and look up the actual meanings online.

Fast forward. We were walking back to the cars to get something to eat and go home. Then out of nowhere one of my friends (who's like 34) says out of nowhere in a serious tone (we were in silence at the time) "Ed sheeran is a real music artist, not One Direction." Now, its not like she didn't know I liked them. All of my friends know how much I love them and that they're my all time favorite band. So you can imagine that I felt like she was attacking me. So I confronted her about it. I told her that it was immature of her as an adult to try to start something with someone who is 18 and told her basically everthing that I stated above. She did apologize, but I still couldn't help staying mad at her. I never once bashed her music or things that she likes, but she does it to me every chance she gets.

I honestly don't care that my friends don't like One Direction. They'll make fun of them in a playful way, and I join in. That's just what our fandom does. We make fun of those boys. I constantly mess around saying that they're idiots and other things other fandoms wouldn't say about they're favorite music artist. I had one friend tell me that they're not artists and that they're actually performers. My response: if you've actually seen them perform, you would even say that. Horrible, horrible performers. And then I laughed it off. But I can tell what isn't a joke and what is. And if it isn't, I can't help it, but I get mad. Usually I'll just walk away, but since this is my friend and I'm around her a lot, I felt that I needed to say something.

People are always going to like different music than you, that's never ever going to change. And there's going to be people who will say something to you just to be an asshole. Unless they're close to you, you should just ignore it. You have your reason to like that music artist and they're never going to fully understand those reasons.

You aren't going to like the same music as someone else. But you dont need to be a jerk about it. They have their reasons just like you do for liking your music.

I don't like all types of music, but I have respect for all of it. Cuz as a musician and song writer myself, I know how hard it is to not only write the song, but also the music. And I also know the anxiety of the possibility that no one will like it. People think that it's easy, but the sad reality is that it isn't. You put a little peice of you into every song you write and if someone doesnt like it, it sucks. I haven't put any of my songs out there yet so I don't know the actual feeling, but I can imagine that it hurts. When you first start out at least.

So pretty much what I'm saying is,  you don't have to like everything that someone else likes. Whether it's music or not.  But I think we should all respect whatever it is,  because it takes a lot of effort to make it and everyone has their own reason for liking something.

QOD
Who is your favorite music artist and your least favorite? Why?

No judgment :)