Studies Find Psychopathic Murderers Listen to Rap Music

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What YOUR music taste actually says about your personality, according to science

Rob Waugh | Daily Mail (UK) | 9 March 2024

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-13165253/What-music-taste-actually-says-personality-according-science.html

Excerpt: Multiple scientific studies have investigated the personality traits associated with different music genres, and come up with some unexpected facts, like the fact that psychopaths are most likely to enjoy rap music.

Meanwhile, people who listen to extreme heavy metal about violence are actually no more likely to be violent themselves (and in fact just find 'joy' in the music).

We listen to music by people like us

When we choose music, we often choose music by people who we think are like us, a 2020 study showed.

Music to be murdered by?

Real-life psychopaths are not like the classical music-loving Hannibal Lecter - and are actually more likely to enjoy retro rap, a study found.

The least psychopathic people enjoyed My Sharona by The Knack.

The only thing The Knack: My Sharona ever killed was Disco

The research was part of a preliminary unpublished study by New York University in 2017, which hoped to find a way to identify psychopaths without their consent - and which focused on 260 songs and 200 volunteers who had also self-administered a psychopathy test.

Study leader Pascal Wallisch said in 2017: 'The media portrays psychopaths as axe murderers and serial killers, but the reality is they are not obvious; they are not like The Joker in Batman.

'They might be working right next to you, and they blend in. They are like psychological dark matter.

'You don't want to have these people in positions where they can cause a lot of harm. We need a tool to identify them without their cooperation or consent.'

Empathetic people prefer mellow music

Research with volunteers found a stark divide between empathetic people and 'systematizers' who think of things in a more machine-like way.

The research found that people who are more empathetic prefer mellow music - soft rock.

People who are more systematizing (ie less emotional/NOT FRIGGING HIPPIES!) tend to prefer intense music including punk, heavy metal and hard rock.

Punk Rock from 1980 - The Dead Kennedys: Holiday in Cambodia

Violent music doesn't mean you're violent

Listening to violent music such as extreme heavy metal doesn't mean people are violent - and instead, it's a geeky hobby like battle re-enactments.

The researchers found no evidence that the music desensitized listeners.

Prof Bill Thompson, from the Australian University said, 'The fans are nice people. They're not going to go out and hurt someone.'

'The dominant emotional response to this music is joy and empowerment. And I think that to listen to this music and to transform it into an empowering, beautiful experience - that's an amazing thing.'

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All music is art. Some artists we like or don't like.

The thing is if we make violent music about non-whites we get the show shut down, protests etc.

If a black rapper does such things they still get to tour and you can still buy their albums in stores.

If you sing about extreme violence and gore these artists still get to tour. You don't get the Jew on your back complaining.