What YOUR music taste actually says about your personality, according to science
By ROB WAUGH
What does it actually say about you if you love chart pop hits, or prefer unwinding with some bass-heavy dance tracks or heavy metal?
Probably not what you expect.
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 No Diggity by Blackstreet.
If you like popular, chart-topping music, you’re more likely to be an agreeable person.
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).
And if you like exaggerated bass in music, it could be bad news.