Music

Hi everybody! Today, I will be talking about music and its impact on kids at my school and generation. First of all, music is HUGE. I mean, it's not like music just became popular, but you know what has? The rise of technology. Airpods, shower water-proof speakers, headphones, you name it. At school, just about everybody has airpods. Everyone is in their little music bubble, listening to Travis and Britney and Queen Bey. This leads me to my question: why do we depend on music, and what makes it so important?

One anecdote from my life is a girl that I know. She listens to music in every class. Only in one ear, and her hair covers it. It's actually pretty funny, because sometimes I'll look over at her and she's mouthing words and doing a little dance. She connects with the music, and listens to it 24/7. My cousin also has a connection to music. She has autism, as I've previously mentioned, and music is a big part of her life. She loves Just Dance and will occasionally go through phases where she listens to one song. For a while there it was the Alvin and the Chipmunks and the Chipettes (no complaints), Baby Shark (it was a good arm workout), and my personal favorite You Spin Me Round by Dead or Alive. I am always fascinated to see what music different people listen to. You can tell a lot about them.

Even though our generation listens to music through the night, we aren't the only ones. The only thing that my 103-year-old grandma holds on to is the songs she sings. We've grown up listening to her sing, and now that she doesn't remember so much, the songs that she once sang to us are what we now sing to her. She's quieter these days, but once we start singing, she transforms. My mom says it is because they didn't have TV or social media back then. The only thing they had was a radio, and they would listen to music all day long. It's funny, how we've come full circle. They only had music back then, and that constant has been what my grandmother remembers. She doesn't remember names, dates, or people, but the tunes are her forever.

Something about Music can change your life. You find yourself singing it in the shower, thinking about it before you fall asleep, and singing it when you are daydreaming. It lives inside of us, and it helps us process different feelings: excited, upset, angry, or just thoughtful. It gives us words we might not know how to say. I write to communicate the words that many might not know how to articulate, but I for one, am happy that music can be my partner in crime.