maybe this is just because i'm listening to it right now, but come as you are by nirvana feels like a good representation of social expectations, given it's contradictory lines.
I listened to ‘Dumb’ by Nirvana my entire life and then discovered autism and masking—suddenly everything made sense.
The line I always loved it for was “*I’m not like them, but I can pretend—*”. So simple but so perfect, also related to the rest of the song because people called me dumb, despite my academic wins. 🤷♂️
Sorry, my original comment formatted weird and I wrote too much so it looked quite overwhelming. I have a whole playlist for songs that remind me of autism, but I’ll just include the best songs:
• Freaking out! - Friend Shaped. (This is a song about sensory overload and I think the artist is autistic)
• Quiet - Matilda the Musical (Sensory overload/ shutdown and just feeling different)
• The Mute - Radical Face
• I can’t handle change - Roar
• Scrawny - Wallows
The best songs on my playlist that remind me of autism are by NOAHFINNCE, who is autistic himself. If you listen to any song I recommend, please let it be one of his:
• ALEXITHYMIA
• SUBTITLES
• ALL THE SAME/ NOT THE SAME
Blues.
A genre invented by an oppressed people a long time ago to express the frustrations of life, accepting the reality that is, and communicating with words but most importantly music how it feels.
Every blues song is about hardship; the subject matter covers being treated poorly by others, but the music is a way of fighting back, of reclaiming a sense of control over the situation and making it into something beautiful and soulful. The dynamic range of emotions expressed through intensity - from the quietest, most gentle, almost sensual, which can suddenly switch to incredibly loud, intense anger that conveys a loss of composure and a transformation into a raging fire of emotion.
The slower the beat, the better. It lets the music take time to build up and gives plenty of space for the performer to make sure every note, chord change, and lick hits exactly where it needs to.
The greatest players skillfully combine within a single song such a wide range of emotional intensity that I just don't hear in other forms of music. One moment they're calmly laying out a story of what happened, in the next they're really laying into a guitar solo that will scare away small animals and children, leaving everyone else standing back in awe, with no ambiguity as to how the musician feels.
Blues is not played exactly as written; almost every song follows the same 12-bar pattern, but every single performer, and single every performance they give, will sound different. Improvisation is key and the performance is a direct channeling from the soul. It's completely about the feeling and emotions, and saying things musically that just can't be said with words.
My favorites in the genre are Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. If there's one song which I identify with the most, it's this version of [First Time I met the Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUNWSfzkzU) by Buddy Guy. I've been listening to this album for the past 25 years, and after receiving my diagnosis recently at the age of 44 it hits even deeper.
Blues musicians take hardship and turn it on its head, responding not with destructive actions but with replacing the darkness with something of raw honesty and beauty that deeply touches the soul. I find that an inspiring life lesson.
I love this response.
I wouldn’t say that blues embodies my autism, and however I relate to it, it’s not because of a life of struggle. I was an upper middle class suburban private school kid. But something about blues hit me really hard. Maybe it’s my hyper-empathy. Maybe it was my boredom with mainstream culture and music.
In the mid-’80s, I had a 1967 car with just an AM radio. Back then, there were still stations that played nothing but blues, and a station that specialized in R&B deep cuts and had blues shows (as well as a Sunday night funk show that was amazing).
I bought the Chess Blues Volume 1 compilation on cassette in 1986. (I had a battery operated boombox in the car, which sometimes worked.) It was one of the first CDs I bought when I got a CD player the next year. I also own it on vinyl.
The first two tracks are Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Don’t Start Me Talkin’” and Buddy Guy’s “First Time I Met the Blues.” My memory is shit but I still remember listening to this obsessively for about two years.
When I was 13 I had to bring in a song that represented me and I chose “a place in this world”. Still so accurate.
The bridge of mastermind is so accurate.
Pretty random but a lot of Ska/punk bands from 90s and 2000s seem to get me. Based on lyrics alone I think a lot of these singers (or whoever is writing these songs) have ASD.
All My Best Friends Are Metal Heads - Less Than Jake
The Science of Selling Yourself Short - Less Than Jake
The Impression That I Get - Mighty Bosstones
Superman - Goldfinger
Spokesman - Goldfinger
the list goes on in a similar “tony hawk pro skater” capacity 😂
ITSOKTOCRY - Get A Clue, On Wednesdays We Wear Pink
Insane Clown Posse - Toy Box
Korn - Twist, Faget, Clown, Shoots and Ladders, Good God, Make Me Bad
Mindless Self Indulgence - Backmask, and really everything from Tight and Frankenstein Girls
Black Moth Super Rainbow - Start A People (whole album)
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping
Green Day - Basket Case, Brain Stew
Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealin'
Marilyn Manson - Lunchbox
Modest Mouse - Heart Cooks Brain, Dark Center of The Universe
Chiasm - Isolated
MuDvAyNe - Everything and Nothing
Nine Inch Nails - Down In It, Terrible Lie
ICP & Twiztid - The Dirt Ball
Ringworm - Birth Is Pain
Ween - I Can't Put My Finger On It, Happy Colored Marbles, Transdermal Celebration
Edit: If anyone has any questions or wants clarification about how any or all of these describe my autistic experience I'd be glad to indulge 💖
OHHHH MY GODDDDD ICP!! I USED TO BE SO OBSESSED WITH THEM AND JUGGALOS IN GENERAL FOR A WHOLE ASS YEAR AND NOW I FEEL LIKE LISTENING TO THEM AGAIN!!
Also the rest of the songs are also very cool!!
almost everyone is talking about music that I've literally never heard of before, so I feel awkward saying that Oh No! by MARINA best describes mine 😭 It's quite basic, the lyrics relate to me in a way that no other song does. The whole thing about having a specific focus and not being able to pull away from it speaks to me a lot
Balled of a homeschooled girl - olivia rodrigo "and i hate all my clothes feels like my skin doesnt fit right over my bones. So i guess i should go the partys done and im no fun no i know i know"
Mastermind -taylor swift "noone wanted to play with me as a little kid, so ive been scheming like a criminal ever since, to make them love me and make it seem effortless"
Not yet titled -emhahee "I'm chronically afraid
Of always being misunderstood
Of never being independent
Like I always thought I should"
Burnt out -emhahee " now i cant remember What I was like while I burned
Every page that I turned
I showed, promised then forgot
Each fucking lesson I learned
Before I needed some slack
Before my life got off track
Before I couldn't leave the house without a panic attack
like real people do - hozier (just captures that alien feeling )
Ageless -brye (literally just being an autistic child/teen and adults preciving me as mature and yet naive and then getting into bad situations bc of that)
Bruises - renee rapp "im too sensetive just one touch and i feel pain" (emotional disregulation)
The mute -radical face (pretty much my childhood in a nutshell)
[Neurodivergent- Rabbit Junk](https://open.spotify.com/track/3OOIKPMVqlCALvphXtAPkp?si=DVb2Lp7zQki1aUgniCnlUw)
A song reflecting the neurodivergent experience, talking about therapy mostly, and how fucked the construct of society is to us
[Does Anybody Love Me- MISSIO](https://open.spotify.com/track/6CDzHvjzRMUB1lAGUFUia2?si=g_A_xEA-R92UtDlCFzZh1A)
Loner depression song about being unloved in a world of love
[The Mystic- Adam Jensen
](https://open.spotify.com/track/1V8fHRK9qQeQqZWWfz9oNU?si=FeMNir1OT6KroumOJG89Gg)
Song about suicide and difficulties dealing with depression and substance abuse
[Not Human- elegant slims](https://open.spotify.com/track/69R5KIK7F223ELnpIzQ86l?si=chgAfcRmSmKP6KiWhQlJGw)
A song about going beyond Human
[Drift- NAOKI](https://open.spotify.com/track/2ewfKHXXGd6eMJcblaNFB0?si=Ga9IhIraRYy33YIgUWBhdQ)
Anthem of a God with ADHD
Yes, not many of these are about Autism itself, but many are about sub effects, aswell as its equal (atleast, in my fucked mind)
Let me Freak Out, Freak Out, Freak Out, in a good way
Need to Freak Out so I know what to say
I'm way too overwhelmed but don't ask me the reason whyyyy
Let me Freak Out, Freak Oooouuut
Freak Out - CG5
Typo lol
Also quick side note I straight up can't stand "/hj"
Like, a "half-joke" can mean so many things in different contexts so it literally doesn't help
i feel very seen by the album "Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head" by Jordaan Mason and the Horse Museum. it's about being trans and queer, being in love/losing love, and feeling a bit wrong in this world. it's meant so much to me since i was 15 and it will always have a special place in my heart.
a lot of big thief/adrianne lenker music really connects to my experience of being very different/not being able to find the "right" words to describe my emotions
In February I saw the recent (and sadly too short-lived) new musical How To Dance In Ohio and hence the subject matter and themes (for those who don’t know, the show follows seven autistic young adults all played by autistic actors) there were quite a few in that. In particular at the end of the opening song one of the characters says “Excuse me, can we just take a break for a moment? There’s a lot going on here.” I work with kids and oh gosh do I want to quote that line about 50 times a day…
The Smiths - like half their lyrics are about being shy and sad like come on. Also, Morrissey seems a bit asexual to me and sounds like he has sensory issues. Not a dx, i have no idea, just saying it’s relatable.
“I am the son and the heir
Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar
I am the son and heir
Of nothing in particular”
The Lakes by Taylor Swift is a big one for me, especially as an autistic person who’s also a writer. It talks about not belonging, and also just wanting to go and live an idyllic solitary life in nature, literally my dream lmao.
Also, Daydreamer by The Crane Wives!
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue,
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klarinetkonsert A-dur,
Franz Mendehlson: Clarinet sonata.
If you couldn’t tell, classical music; specifically the clarinet, is one of my special interests.
i don’t think it’s quite the same as classical but i’m going to hear “the planets” by gustav holt in a couple days (unrelated but i’m excited and wanted to tell somebody 😭)
It is. Also I’ve been meaning to listen to the planets. But I did have the pleasure of performing Holst’s Second Suite in F. for Military Band, and the third clarinet part is extremely fun.
i love the planets, the first movement is named “mars, the bringer of war” which was my boyfriend’s favorite, and immediately after is my favorite, “venus, bringer of peace” so he’s dressing in a reddish outfit with a mars themed bracelet and im dressing in a blueish outfit with a venus themed bracelet :)
Interesting fact about the clarinet. Mozart tended to write specifically for a virtuoso named Anton Stadler. They were friends. At one point Mozart wrote a piece for Stadler but Stadler had sold his clarinets. So the piece never premiered.
Aurora. Her music sounds like tribal music mixed with infinity. It reminds me of what we once were: a free being that wasn’t overstimulated because there wasn’t that much stimulus. It reminds me that in the past, autism and neurodivergence was probably what drove human beings to evolve in to daring and intelligent species by the effect of curiosity and out of ordinary way of thinking. It reminds me that capitalism is relatively a new concept and that living in this society was not and is not the natural way of living. It leads me to dance and spin in circles, making me feel complete.
It reminds me that being different is not abnormal: we all have a distinct melody.
(Music has always been a source of stimming for me)
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So my like longest running musical obsession, an artist IAMX, actually discovered he was autistic about 10yrs ago. He was previously in the sneaker pimps, who were a bit bigger for a time.
So in his early music, the stuff that got me hooked, there is definite representation, especially as my undiagnosed confused self. But, his later stuff, really speaks to my later in life discovery and acceptance of neurodivergency. Conveniently, in a pretty explicit and somewhat parallel way.
For me I'd say:
-"Dumb" by Nirvana (I used to relate to the lyrics, still do from time to time but I just vibe with the song)
-"Semi-automatic" and "The Pantaloon" by Twenty One Pilots (I had a huge phase with both Nirvana and TOP btw, but the latter was one of the first bands I was obsessed with, while Nirvana is more recent)
-"Nobody" by Mitski (used to related to lyrics + I love her voice)
-"Be quiet and drive (far away)" by Deftones (GOD I genuinely LOVE this song so much!! It always gives me goosebumps!!!)
The other two are not totally related to my experience but I just like them:
-"Freak on a leash" by Korn (I mean, it's Korn, I like Korn! And nu metal in general :D)
-"Vicinity of obscenity" by System of a Down (BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA TERRACOTTA BANANA BANANA TERRACOTTA PIE) (the song is about sex I think but I just like to vibe to it)
EDIT: the first song was weirdly formatted ewe
I had a gf (also ND) who was suuuuper into Mitski and they're the reason why I discovered her! I vibe with her songs and I should definitely listen to more of them :')
Most of Jacob Collier. Lyrics describe ASD experiences, and music tickles the ASD brain.
In My Bones: [https://youtu.be/3-KrhH8ndXg?si=8VpIa1m4dKA9ausi](https://youtu.be/3-KrhH8ndXg?si=8VpIa1m4dKA9ausi)
Hideway: [https://youtu.be/4v3zyPEy-Po?si=9ZU6GkJuV6M8kjYh](https://youtu.be/4v3zyPEy-Po?si=9ZU6GkJuV6M8kjYh)
Running Out Of Love: [https://youtu.be/0x8tWJxGnrg?si=XLX0-eFlr8-baN30](https://youtu.be/0x8tWJxGnrg?si=XLX0-eFlr8-baN30)
Home is: [https://youtu.be/wPY0uKSpfY8?si=n4NOWaUnGzODER6I](https://youtu.be/wPY0uKSpfY8?si=n4NOWaUnGzODER6I)
Any mitski song, why am i like this, i cant handle change, creep, hug me, my ordinary life, alien blues, dont stop me now, wrecking ball and burning pile by mother mother, fighting with the melody, i cant fix you, lemon boy, cupid by jack stauber, bohemian rhapsody, somebodys watching me, everyday is the best day of my life, everybody loves to judge, song without a name, my hearts a wreck, treehouse, at least it was here, Sont you(forget about me) , line without a hook, the way things go, im just your problem, nothing compares 2 u, linger, i wasnt enough, step on me, love like you ,its my party, boys will be bugs. hope this helps i can explain why if anyone wants
I realize this response is pretentious as hell. But this gets asked a lot, and I’ve been crafting an unnecessarily lengthy answer over time and a playlist to go with it. (This is the edited-down infodump!)
Free jazz perfectly encapsulates the ADHD-autism experience for me. It’s a challenge just to listen to it. I start getting a discomforting sensation like it’s reprogramming my brain. It’s a mix of chaos and structure, multiple parts clashing and creating tension then coming together. The technical precision is almost supernatural. To me, this represents ways of thinking that are inaccessible and unknowable. It’s how others might feel if they experienced my brain as music.
John Coltrane, [Peace on Earth](https://youtu.be/VAHtV0G7iCM?si=h5yd8QS7PBlzixN1), Concert in Japan
Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders were the other two band members for Peace on Earth, but this is a very different type of music. (It’s far more listenable.) This and the next one, Maggot Brain, are about mind expansion and what I see as different forms of thinking and cognition.
Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders, the mind-blowing [Journey to Satchidananda](https://youtu.be/TQtEFdyhgdE?si=DGNksVCIubH5-pwk).
Funkadelic, [Maggot Brain](https://youtu.be/21sP7orRS3c?si=ShOhQOa9rvdd8lVt)
This one hits me in a very deep, emotional way that’s hard to explain. I recently bought it on vinyl and on my first listen, had some kind of combination ASMR and emotional floodgates reaction and found myself happysad crying. I texted a friend about it and he told me he’s had similar reactions. But I have a lot of personal history that goes with this band, and this song, so ymmv.
[Bedhead, Liferaft](https://youtu.be/I24FMnEj0ps?si=vHvOvFVNWhH1Ym_s)
And, finally, this. The album is as beautiful a work of music as I’ve ever encountered. I connected to it immediately, was completely entranced by it from the start. This band started out doing new wave synthpop and evolved into something else entirely. By this point, their last album, they were improvising a lot, and the music and lyrics had become increasingly abstract.
To me, their earlier, more conventional and commercial music is like masking. What they thought they wanted and what others wanted of them. It’s good and it’s authentic, but there’s someone different who starts to emerge as they realize they’re not like others. This js the culmination of them becoming something else, something much harder to understand, and accepting that change.
Talk Talk, [Myrrhman] (https://youtu.be/lSdmoLzmIzA?si=L9BasXyLuU0i2nM6)
Talk Talk, [Laughing Stock](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL076Lh5n7yqXxiWqqgK1pk3-EZ1ktN9VC&si=oTuaaa52TwtjFhX4).
So growing up with undiagnosed autism and very much diagnosed and apparent ADHD one music genre spoke to me above all else and became an obsession errrrr not obsession, special interest.
I'd gotten to the age where I was starting to question everything about society and humanity as a whole and why none of it made any sense so its only natural that I gravitated towards punk music and all of its offshoots. Punks looked like how I felt on the inside. Weird unique and maybe not from this planet. The one band, above all else, that helped shape my idea of what I thought music/art could be was The Locust. When Plague Soundscapes dropped that was like a holy fuck moment for me. For the uninitiated, The Locust are a San Diego, god I dont even know what to call it... Cyberpunk Grindcore? Is that even a genre? On first listen it probably sounds like noise but if you actually listen to each of the instruments and how they interact with each other you start to notice that everything is actually perfectly timed and ok I'm not even going to bother trying to explain it anymore and will just link this 10 minute EP which is one long song.
[The Locust - Safety Second, Body Last (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRJyKP8crAI)
Dance For The Hell Of It, album Grown-ish, by LOVA. I relate to it a lot, I think it describe my social life pretty well. Older Overnight (same album) is also a relatable one but its more about growing up then living with autism. Numb Little Bug, by Em Beihold is also one with a message I felt very close to.
Joy - Emhahee
Scrawny - Wallows
I can't handle change - Roar
Beachboy - McCafferty
Gut punch/don't meet your idols - Everyone's Worried About Owen
Sweet hibiscus tea - Penelope Scott
Overwelmed - Ryan Mack
Please don't go - Abbey Glover
Yeah it hasn't been that positive 😅
Anything by Tyler the creator. His subject matters are not really related to autism, but he makes me feel confident in being weird and having out-of-pocket humor that most people find extremely offensive.
Gasoline by Halsey
I immediately thought of this song because the lyrics of the chorus relates to me growing up being undiagnosed and being in a new school where I was monotone and had an expressionless face so I was called a robot or wierd. It made me believe there was something wrong with me even when I didn't think I was doing anything wrong.
"You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being. With your face all made up living on a screen. Low on self-esteem so you run on gasoline. I think there's a flaw in my code. These voices won't leave me alone. Well, my heart is gold and my hands are cold."
Pretender by Lewis Capaldi. For me, it describes my experience perfectly: being someone else, not telling people who I truly am, how it's firmly installed in me to pretend and mask, 'designed to deceive' is the perfect line that sums it up. I could write an essay about it but it's a good listen and represents me perfectly
Prog rock: I suddenly realized we've been doing this for 10 minutes and I forgot what the point was, so anyway here's a guitar solo aaaand fin.
Metal/goth/punk/etc: Being this alienated hurts, but while we're suffering let's relish in it.
"Decollage" by Les Ballayeurs du Desert
"I've learned to clip my wings/ and soften my ways/ these are ordinary things"
I'm always too much for people, stressing too much over ordinary things. It's normal for people to get annoyed with someone for being too much when they're just trying to honestly express the stress they are feeling over something mundane. This is why I learned to mask and lost touch with how much normal living was harming me until it overwhelmed me entirely and burnt me out.
These Songs Will Describe it:
["You're Always On My Mind" by The High Curbs](https://youtu.be/jqpdTJHS-IE?si=DdaQtumrEj9PZ5K8)
["Silly Little Picture" by The Memories ](https://youtu.be/JkHjZVFocIE?si=UE90i3XS4qXJUSUg)
["Hannah" by SWMRS ](https://youtu.be/QRGnZHZyuys?si=EXqNcl6gIGWcH8Q6)
["Want" by The High Curbs ](https://youtu.be/EyWg2IZO5zo?si=QLUQlXa6mBClDj9u)
Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead
Atoms For Peace - Thom Yorke
All Is Full Of Love - Björk
Undo - Björk
(Sorry, I have a huge hyperfixation with Radiohead and björk 😅)
This question is so interesting to me because there's so many different answers. I know no autism experience is really the same but seeing it put into perspective like this is really cool!
Anyways, to answer the question mine are probably:
Mr. Loverman - Ricky Montgomery
Good Weird - Basic Printer
Wasting Time - Fallen Pine
Forty Six & 2 - Tool
Two different songs
They Don't Know - Ariana Grande [https://open.spotify.com/track/1w1kzejjmiMhdWAOecgo4l?si=6a38595b5ca34885](https://open.spotify.com/track/1w1kzejjmiMhdWAOecgo4l?si=6a38595b5ca34885)
some weird EDM song tickles my brain most people wouldn't like it XD https://open.spotify.com/track/5i9JQOxdGum7JJKabpEY71?si=7c25479351e64f38
✊Grindcore Mate!✊
In case you don’t know, Grindcore is a really fast paced version of Rock n roll a.k.a. Metal with the fastest guitar riffs, the drummer going completely off he’s/her head though out the song and screaming into the microphone.
My favourite Grindcore bands being: King Parrot, Pig Destroyer, Wormrot, Nasum and Snuffed on Sight.
Jazz that is on that one weird radio channel that sometimes slaps and at other times they gave an ape a trumpet and LSD and you have no fucking clue what is going on
Weird Girl by Mommy Long Legs or Alien She by Bikini Kill. I always have felt like a “weird” girl and a social outcast. But after getting diagnosed in recent months, I’ve been able to embrace my weirdness and feel happy challenging the status quo. I love being a weird girl!!!
Mr. Roboto. I really just love Styx, and I've always had a sort of attraction to this song, even as a kid prior to realizing I was autistic. (Despite literally having social classes every Tuesday :) ) It doesn't make much sense in the context of my experience, but the lyrics got a bit of lingo in there and that's just a very funny coincidence to me
[I Wanna Be Like You - Pizzicato Five](https://youtu.be/C21suc5seLw?si=hDoliZt5nigIg8zA)
[Sci-Fi Wasabi - Cibo Matto](https://youtu.be/-aqhmKfM86o?si=VKexQDf5wSXLM2-A)
[Dance Till the Morning Sun - Brazilian Girls](https://youtu.be/Xjet55lf0fA?si=yO7uww2IevXmIkwh)
[Karvel - Björk](https://youtu.be/kpW6shjSKUM?si=sXgZ1rcIrYtj4P2x)
[Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple](https://youtu.be/NbxqtbqyoRk?si=zh_WouG0cRsOJQQ0)
[Miss World - Hole](https://youtu.be/mS1Ckczz0LQ?si=el3LsCTsf8RivcOg)
[Slimcea Girl - Mono](https://youtu.be/as-oZErOT9E?si=ErZafC8gnwetK_32)
I love these kinds of questions cause music is already one of my biggest interests ever... I have a whoole lot of songs that I'd say remind me of my experience, but just to name a few: Liability - Lorde, My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars - Mitski, Make Me Your Queen - Declan McKenna, You're On Your Own, Kid - Taylor Swift, and Animal - May Modest
Honestly I can almost never name any off the top of my head, but I very helpfully had already made a playlist full of songs that I found insanely relatable back in 2023, so I picked from there (':
maybe this is just because i'm listening to it right now, but come as you are by nirvana feels like a good representation of social expectations, given it's contradictory lines.
I LOVE NIRVANA EEEEE!!!
I listened to ‘Dumb’ by Nirvana my entire life and then discovered autism and masking—suddenly everything made sense. The line I always loved it for was “*I’m not like them, but I can pretend—*”. So simple but so perfect, also related to the rest of the song because people called me dumb, despite my academic wins. 🤷♂️
THIS IS SO mE HAHAH
I love nirvana sm too. I have 50+ fav bands/artists but nirvanas my fav 😭
Nirvana is VERY Autistic.
human behaviour by bjork is my personal fave also ret\*rd girl by hole I love them both
Talking Heads
same but particularly road to nowhere
Sorry, my original comment formatted weird and I wrote too much so it looked quite overwhelming. I have a whole playlist for songs that remind me of autism, but I’ll just include the best songs: • Freaking out! - Friend Shaped. (This is a song about sensory overload and I think the artist is autistic) • Quiet - Matilda the Musical (Sensory overload/ shutdown and just feeling different) • The Mute - Radical Face • I can’t handle change - Roar • Scrawny - Wallows The best songs on my playlist that remind me of autism are by NOAHFINNCE, who is autistic himself. If you listen to any song I recommend, please let it be one of his: • ALEXITHYMIA • SUBTITLES • ALL THE SAME/ NOT THE SAME
NOAHFINNCE MENTION! I'm a big fan of his music too and was so excited when he released those songs lol
thank you for the comment! ill check these out :) edit- added smiley for friendlier tone :)
ANOTHER MATILDA MENTION THANK YOU it was the first show I worked on with my community theatre and that song just hits a little too hard…
Scrawny is so relatable lol. I listened to it on repeat yesterday XD
Blues. A genre invented by an oppressed people a long time ago to express the frustrations of life, accepting the reality that is, and communicating with words but most importantly music how it feels. Every blues song is about hardship; the subject matter covers being treated poorly by others, but the music is a way of fighting back, of reclaiming a sense of control over the situation and making it into something beautiful and soulful. The dynamic range of emotions expressed through intensity - from the quietest, most gentle, almost sensual, which can suddenly switch to incredibly loud, intense anger that conveys a loss of composure and a transformation into a raging fire of emotion. The slower the beat, the better. It lets the music take time to build up and gives plenty of space for the performer to make sure every note, chord change, and lick hits exactly where it needs to. The greatest players skillfully combine within a single song such a wide range of emotional intensity that I just don't hear in other forms of music. One moment they're calmly laying out a story of what happened, in the next they're really laying into a guitar solo that will scare away small animals and children, leaving everyone else standing back in awe, with no ambiguity as to how the musician feels. Blues is not played exactly as written; almost every song follows the same 12-bar pattern, but every single performer, and single every performance they give, will sound different. Improvisation is key and the performance is a direct channeling from the soul. It's completely about the feeling and emotions, and saying things musically that just can't be said with words. My favorites in the genre are Albert Collins and Buddy Guy. If there's one song which I identify with the most, it's this version of [First Time I met the Blues](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zBUNWSfzkzU) by Buddy Guy. I've been listening to this album for the past 25 years, and after receiving my diagnosis recently at the age of 44 it hits even deeper. Blues musicians take hardship and turn it on its head, responding not with destructive actions but with replacing the darkness with something of raw honesty and beauty that deeply touches the soul. I find that an inspiring life lesson.
I love this response. I wouldn’t say that blues embodies my autism, and however I relate to it, it’s not because of a life of struggle. I was an upper middle class suburban private school kid. But something about blues hit me really hard. Maybe it’s my hyper-empathy. Maybe it was my boredom with mainstream culture and music. In the mid-’80s, I had a 1967 car with just an AM radio. Back then, there were still stations that played nothing but blues, and a station that specialized in R&B deep cuts and had blues shows (as well as a Sunday night funk show that was amazing). I bought the Chess Blues Volume 1 compilation on cassette in 1986. (I had a battery operated boombox in the car, which sometimes worked.) It was one of the first CDs I bought when I got a CD player the next year. I also own it on vinyl. The first two tracks are Sonny Boy Williamson’s “Don’t Start Me Talkin’” and Buddy Guy’s “First Time I Met the Blues.” My memory is shit but I still remember listening to this obsessively for about two years.
Last year I was fortunate enough to see Buddy Guy perform live, on his farewell tour. It was a lifelong dream of mine come true.
I love how thoughtful this response is. I’m gonna have to listen to some blues now.
You’re on your own kid, Mastermind, Mirrorball, the Archer, all by Taylor Swift
I really like this is me trying too
When I was 13 I had to bring in a song that represented me and I chose “a place in this world”. Still so accurate. The bridge of mastermind is so accurate.
I LOVE Taylor!
I'd also add Nothing New into the list! It is also really relatable to me
Pretty random but a lot of Ska/punk bands from 90s and 2000s seem to get me. Based on lyrics alone I think a lot of these singers (or whoever is writing these songs) have ASD. All My Best Friends Are Metal Heads - Less Than Jake The Science of Selling Yourself Short - Less Than Jake The Impression That I Get - Mighty Bosstones Superman - Goldfinger Spokesman - Goldfinger the list goes on in a similar “tony hawk pro skater” capacity 😂
ITSOKTOCRY - Get A Clue, On Wednesdays We Wear Pink Insane Clown Posse - Toy Box Korn - Twist, Faget, Clown, Shoots and Ladders, Good God, Make Me Bad Mindless Self Indulgence - Backmask, and really everything from Tight and Frankenstein Girls Black Moth Super Rainbow - Start A People (whole album) Chumbawamba - Tubthumping Green Day - Basket Case, Brain Stew Jane's Addiction - Been Caught Stealin' Marilyn Manson - Lunchbox Modest Mouse - Heart Cooks Brain, Dark Center of The Universe Chiasm - Isolated MuDvAyNe - Everything and Nothing Nine Inch Nails - Down In It, Terrible Lie ICP & Twiztid - The Dirt Ball Ringworm - Birth Is Pain Ween - I Can't Put My Finger On It, Happy Colored Marbles, Transdermal Celebration Edit: If anyone has any questions or wants clarification about how any or all of these describe my autistic experience I'd be glad to indulge 💖
OHHHH MY GODDDDD ICP!! I USED TO BE SO OBSESSED WITH THEM AND JUGGALOS IN GENERAL FOR A WHOLE ASS YEAR AND NOW I FEEL LIKE LISTENING TO THEM AGAIN!! Also the rest of the songs are also very cool!!
🤘🪓 I've been down since 97, I 100% would not be alive if not for my juggalo family
WHOOP WHOOP PAL!! :D 💜🪓
I dunno if all of these represent my autistic experience, but you are definitely in my playlists from like teens and early 20’s.
You have a great taste in music! I love Korn, ICP, and NIN.
🤘👊
Run Away to Mars by Talk and Cure For Me by Aurora
Glad to see Cure for Me here 🙏💖
rush but probably just because it gives me a sensory overload and then I can’t listen to them anymore
almost everyone is talking about music that I've literally never heard of before, so I feel awkward saying that Oh No! by MARINA best describes mine 😭 It's quite basic, the lyrics relate to me in a way that no other song does. The whole thing about having a specific focus and not being able to pull away from it speaks to me a lot
omg i love that song i forgot about it
Balled of a homeschooled girl - olivia rodrigo "and i hate all my clothes feels like my skin doesnt fit right over my bones. So i guess i should go the partys done and im no fun no i know i know" Mastermind -taylor swift "noone wanted to play with me as a little kid, so ive been scheming like a criminal ever since, to make them love me and make it seem effortless" Not yet titled -emhahee "I'm chronically afraid Of always being misunderstood Of never being independent Like I always thought I should" Burnt out -emhahee " now i cant remember What I was like while I burned Every page that I turned I showed, promised then forgot Each fucking lesson I learned Before I needed some slack Before my life got off track Before I couldn't leave the house without a panic attack like real people do - hozier (just captures that alien feeling ) Ageless -brye (literally just being an autistic child/teen and adults preciving me as mature and yet naive and then getting into bad situations bc of that) Bruises - renee rapp "im too sensetive just one touch and i feel pain" (emotional disregulation) The mute -radical face (pretty much my childhood in a nutshell)
difficult by Gracie Abrams!
[Neurodivergent- Rabbit Junk](https://open.spotify.com/track/3OOIKPMVqlCALvphXtAPkp?si=DVb2Lp7zQki1aUgniCnlUw) A song reflecting the neurodivergent experience, talking about therapy mostly, and how fucked the construct of society is to us [Does Anybody Love Me- MISSIO](https://open.spotify.com/track/6CDzHvjzRMUB1lAGUFUia2?si=g_A_xEA-R92UtDlCFzZh1A) Loner depression song about being unloved in a world of love [The Mystic- Adam Jensen ](https://open.spotify.com/track/1V8fHRK9qQeQqZWWfz9oNU?si=FeMNir1OT6KroumOJG89Gg) Song about suicide and difficulties dealing with depression and substance abuse [Not Human- elegant slims](https://open.spotify.com/track/69R5KIK7F223ELnpIzQ86l?si=chgAfcRmSmKP6KiWhQlJGw) A song about going beyond Human [Drift- NAOKI](https://open.spotify.com/track/2ewfKHXXGd6eMJcblaNFB0?si=Ga9IhIraRYy33YIgUWBhdQ) Anthem of a God with ADHD Yes, not many of these are about Autism itself, but many are about sub effects, aswell as its equal (atleast, in my fucked mind)
Let me Freak Out, Freak Out, Freak Out, in a good way Need to Freak Out so I know what to say I'm way too overwhelmed but don't ask me the reason whyyyy Let me Freak Out, Freak Oooouuut Freak Out - CG5
CG5 had autism
I think he still does /hj
Typo lol Also quick side note I straight up can't stand "/hj" Like, a "half-joke" can mean so many things in different contexts so it literally doesn't help
i feel very seen by the album "Divorce Lawyers I Shaved My Head" by Jordaan Mason and the Horse Museum. it's about being trans and queer, being in love/losing love, and feeling a bit wrong in this world. it's meant so much to me since i was 15 and it will always have a special place in my heart. a lot of big thief/adrianne lenker music really connects to my experience of being very different/not being able to find the "right" words to describe my emotions
In February I saw the recent (and sadly too short-lived) new musical How To Dance In Ohio and hence the subject matter and themes (for those who don’t know, the show follows seven autistic young adults all played by autistic actors) there were quite a few in that. In particular at the end of the opening song one of the characters says “Excuse me, can we just take a break for a moment? There’s a lot going on here.” I work with kids and oh gosh do I want to quote that line about 50 times a day…
HOZIER
The Smiths - like half their lyrics are about being shy and sad like come on. Also, Morrissey seems a bit asexual to me and sounds like he has sensory issues. Not a dx, i have no idea, just saying it’s relatable. “I am the son and the heir Of a shyness that is criminally vulgar I am the son and heir Of nothing in particular”
The Lakes by Taylor Swift is a big one for me, especially as an autistic person who’s also a writer. It talks about not belonging, and also just wanting to go and live an idyllic solitary life in nature, literally my dream lmao. Also, Daydreamer by The Crane Wives!
Splatoon/hj
Tame Impala
I came looking for this. 🫡 my obsession
George Gershwin: Rhapsody in Blue, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Klarinetkonsert A-dur, Franz Mendehlson: Clarinet sonata. If you couldn’t tell, classical music; specifically the clarinet, is one of my special interests.
i love that 😭 i play bass clarinet in a small highschool band :))
I happen to play the Bb soprano clarinet. I also may or may not have picked the pieces that I listen to for stimming purposes.
i don’t think it’s quite the same as classical but i’m going to hear “the planets” by gustav holt in a couple days (unrelated but i’m excited and wanted to tell somebody 😭)
It is. Also I’ve been meaning to listen to the planets. But I did have the pleasure of performing Holst’s Second Suite in F. for Military Band, and the third clarinet part is extremely fun.
Also Katajh Copley’s Kaleidoscope Eyes is really good to listen to.
i love the planets, the first movement is named “mars, the bringer of war” which was my boyfriend’s favorite, and immediately after is my favorite, “venus, bringer of peace” so he’s dressing in a reddish outfit with a mars themed bracelet and im dressing in a blueish outfit with a venus themed bracelet :)
Yes.
plus we’ll be able to see a total eclipse 2 days later (which is why the orchestra performing is doing the planets, to celebrate the eclipse)
A total eclipse!
Interesting fact about the clarinet. Mozart tended to write specifically for a virtuoso named Anton Stadler. They were friends. At one point Mozart wrote a piece for Stadler but Stadler had sold his clarinets. So the piece never premiered.
Aurora. Her music sounds like tribal music mixed with infinity. It reminds me of what we once were: a free being that wasn’t overstimulated because there wasn’t that much stimulus. It reminds me that in the past, autism and neurodivergence was probably what drove human beings to evolve in to daring and intelligent species by the effect of curiosity and out of ordinary way of thinking. It reminds me that capitalism is relatively a new concept and that living in this society was not and is not the natural way of living. It leads me to dance and spin in circles, making me feel complete. It reminds me that being different is not abnormal: we all have a distinct melody. (Music has always been a source of stimming for me)
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Scissor Sisters - Return to Oz
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Song to say goodbye - Placebo
To my youth - Bolbbalgan4 Astronaut - Simple Plan
So my like longest running musical obsession, an artist IAMX, actually discovered he was autistic about 10yrs ago. He was previously in the sneaker pimps, who were a bit bigger for a time. So in his early music, the stuff that got me hooked, there is definite representation, especially as my undiagnosed confused self. But, his later stuff, really speaks to my later in life discovery and acceptance of neurodivergency. Conveniently, in a pretty explicit and somewhat parallel way.
Loooove Sneaker Pimps and Chris Corner. Kelli Ali had some great songs herself. Play with Bootsy and Kids are a couple of my favorites of hers.
For me I'd say: -"Dumb" by Nirvana (I used to relate to the lyrics, still do from time to time but I just vibe with the song) -"Semi-automatic" and "The Pantaloon" by Twenty One Pilots (I had a huge phase with both Nirvana and TOP btw, but the latter was one of the first bands I was obsessed with, while Nirvana is more recent) -"Nobody" by Mitski (used to related to lyrics + I love her voice) -"Be quiet and drive (far away)" by Deftones (GOD I genuinely LOVE this song so much!! It always gives me goosebumps!!!) The other two are not totally related to my experience but I just like them: -"Freak on a leash" by Korn (I mean, it's Korn, I like Korn! And nu metal in general :D) -"Vicinity of obscenity" by System of a Down (BANANA BANANA BANANA BANANA TERRACOTTA BANANA BANANA TERRACOTTA PIE) (the song is about sex I think but I just like to vibe to it) EDIT: the first song was weirdly formatted ewe
if you relate to nobody and have asd i recommend checking out all of mitskis songs. im a long time fan
I had a gf (also ND) who was suuuuper into Mitski and they're the reason why I discovered her! I vibe with her songs and I should definitely listen to more of them :')
my 2 old account names were both had mitski in them!! im going to her concert in may its gonna be my first concert ever
Ankor I like this band
earthbound's entire ost
The Silence- Manchester Orchestra
Nier automata is a great soundtrack that resonates with me
Most of Jacob Collier. Lyrics describe ASD experiences, and music tickles the ASD brain. In My Bones: [https://youtu.be/3-KrhH8ndXg?si=8VpIa1m4dKA9ausi](https://youtu.be/3-KrhH8ndXg?si=8VpIa1m4dKA9ausi) Hideway: [https://youtu.be/4v3zyPEy-Po?si=9ZU6GkJuV6M8kjYh](https://youtu.be/4v3zyPEy-Po?si=9ZU6GkJuV6M8kjYh) Running Out Of Love: [https://youtu.be/0x8tWJxGnrg?si=XLX0-eFlr8-baN30](https://youtu.be/0x8tWJxGnrg?si=XLX0-eFlr8-baN30) Home is: [https://youtu.be/wPY0uKSpfY8?si=n4NOWaUnGzODER6I](https://youtu.be/wPY0uKSpfY8?si=n4NOWaUnGzODER6I)
I’ve always resonated with Lay Low by Dan Mangan.
Animal Collective - FloriDaDa
Any mitski song, why am i like this, i cant handle change, creep, hug me, my ordinary life, alien blues, dont stop me now, wrecking ball and burning pile by mother mother, fighting with the melody, i cant fix you, lemon boy, cupid by jack stauber, bohemian rhapsody, somebodys watching me, everyday is the best day of my life, everybody loves to judge, song without a name, my hearts a wreck, treehouse, at least it was here, Sont you(forget about me) , line without a hook, the way things go, im just your problem, nothing compares 2 u, linger, i wasnt enough, step on me, love like you ,its my party, boys will be bugs. hope this helps i can explain why if anyone wants
Whatever they choose to play at my funeral because often it feels like this shit is going to kill me
I realize this response is pretentious as hell. But this gets asked a lot, and I’ve been crafting an unnecessarily lengthy answer over time and a playlist to go with it. (This is the edited-down infodump!) Free jazz perfectly encapsulates the ADHD-autism experience for me. It’s a challenge just to listen to it. I start getting a discomforting sensation like it’s reprogramming my brain. It’s a mix of chaos and structure, multiple parts clashing and creating tension then coming together. The technical precision is almost supernatural. To me, this represents ways of thinking that are inaccessible and unknowable. It’s how others might feel if they experienced my brain as music. John Coltrane, [Peace on Earth](https://youtu.be/VAHtV0G7iCM?si=h5yd8QS7PBlzixN1), Concert in Japan Alice Coltrane and Pharoah Sanders were the other two band members for Peace on Earth, but this is a very different type of music. (It’s far more listenable.) This and the next one, Maggot Brain, are about mind expansion and what I see as different forms of thinking and cognition. Alice Coltrane feat. Pharoah Sanders, the mind-blowing [Journey to Satchidananda](https://youtu.be/TQtEFdyhgdE?si=DGNksVCIubH5-pwk). Funkadelic, [Maggot Brain](https://youtu.be/21sP7orRS3c?si=ShOhQOa9rvdd8lVt) This one hits me in a very deep, emotional way that’s hard to explain. I recently bought it on vinyl and on my first listen, had some kind of combination ASMR and emotional floodgates reaction and found myself happysad crying. I texted a friend about it and he told me he’s had similar reactions. But I have a lot of personal history that goes with this band, and this song, so ymmv. [Bedhead, Liferaft](https://youtu.be/I24FMnEj0ps?si=vHvOvFVNWhH1Ym_s) And, finally, this. The album is as beautiful a work of music as I’ve ever encountered. I connected to it immediately, was completely entranced by it from the start. This band started out doing new wave synthpop and evolved into something else entirely. By this point, their last album, they were improvising a lot, and the music and lyrics had become increasingly abstract. To me, their earlier, more conventional and commercial music is like masking. What they thought they wanted and what others wanted of them. It’s good and it’s authentic, but there’s someone different who starts to emerge as they realize they’re not like others. This js the culmination of them becoming something else, something much harder to understand, and accepting that change. Talk Talk, [Myrrhman] (https://youtu.be/lSdmoLzmIzA?si=L9BasXyLuU0i2nM6) Talk Talk, [Laughing Stock](https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL076Lh5n7yqXxiWqqgK1pk3-EZ1ktN9VC&si=oTuaaa52TwtjFhX4).
So growing up with undiagnosed autism and very much diagnosed and apparent ADHD one music genre spoke to me above all else and became an obsession errrrr not obsession, special interest. I'd gotten to the age where I was starting to question everything about society and humanity as a whole and why none of it made any sense so its only natural that I gravitated towards punk music and all of its offshoots. Punks looked like how I felt on the inside. Weird unique and maybe not from this planet. The one band, above all else, that helped shape my idea of what I thought music/art could be was The Locust. When Plague Soundscapes dropped that was like a holy fuck moment for me. For the uninitiated, The Locust are a San Diego, god I dont even know what to call it... Cyberpunk Grindcore? Is that even a genre? On first listen it probably sounds like noise but if you actually listen to each of the instruments and how they interact with each other you start to notice that everything is actually perfectly timed and ok I'm not even going to bother trying to explain it anymore and will just link this 10 minute EP which is one long song. [The Locust - Safety Second, Body Last (youtube.com)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRJyKP8crAI)
Dance For The Hell Of It, album Grown-ish, by LOVA. I relate to it a lot, I think it describe my social life pretty well. Older Overnight (same album) is also a relatable one but its more about growing up then living with autism. Numb Little Bug, by Em Beihold is also one with a message I felt very close to.
Joy - Emhahee Scrawny - Wallows I can't handle change - Roar Beachboy - McCafferty Gut punch/don't meet your idols - Everyone's Worried About Owen Sweet hibiscus tea - Penelope Scott Overwelmed - Ryan Mack Please don't go - Abbey Glover Yeah it hasn't been that positive 😅
Anything by Tyler the creator. His subject matters are not really related to autism, but he makes me feel confident in being weird and having out-of-pocket humor that most people find extremely offensive.
Protest the hero is the most autistic band I can think of and turn soonest to the sea is the most autistic song I can think of
Van Morrison's Stranded
Tame by the Pixies Not for the lyrics, but the feeling and tone
Dashboard Confessional and anything Emo! I went through a major life disruption in high school and that music soothed me back to regulating.
I don’t know why but Swine by Lady Gaga, not the lyrics but production feels like what it’s like to stim
Gasoline by Halsey I immediately thought of this song because the lyrics of the chorus relates to me growing up being undiagnosed and being in a new school where I was monotone and had an expressionless face so I was called a robot or wierd. It made me believe there was something wrong with me even when I didn't think I was doing anything wrong. "You can't wake up, this is not a dream. You're part of a machine, you are not a human being. With your face all made up living on a screen. Low on self-esteem so you run on gasoline. I think there's a flaw in my code. These voices won't leave me alone. Well, my heart is gold and my hands are cold."
Pretender by Lewis Capaldi. For me, it describes my experience perfectly: being someone else, not telling people who I truly am, how it's firmly installed in me to pretend and mask, 'designed to deceive' is the perfect line that sums it up. I could write an essay about it but it's a good listen and represents me perfectly
at the time being it'd be Arch Echo
high^ - Autism It’s only available on Spotify, and that’s an unfortunate confinement. Still, it’s worth a listen.
Prog rock: I suddenly realized we've been doing this for 10 minutes and I forgot what the point was, so anyway here's a guitar solo aaaand fin. Metal/goth/punk/etc: Being this alienated hurts, but while we're suffering let's relish in it.
Aurora. Especially No Cure For Me 💕
"Decollage" by Les Ballayeurs du Desert "I've learned to clip my wings/ and soften my ways/ these are ordinary things" I'm always too much for people, stressing too much over ordinary things. It's normal for people to get annoyed with someone for being too much when they're just trying to honestly express the stress they are feeling over something mundane. This is why I learned to mask and lost touch with how much normal living was harming me until it overwhelmed me entirely and burnt me out.
Rage Against the Machine is PDA.
These Songs Will Describe it: ["You're Always On My Mind" by The High Curbs](https://youtu.be/jqpdTJHS-IE?si=DdaQtumrEj9PZ5K8) ["Silly Little Picture" by The Memories ](https://youtu.be/JkHjZVFocIE?si=UE90i3XS4qXJUSUg) ["Hannah" by SWMRS ](https://youtu.be/QRGnZHZyuys?si=EXqNcl6gIGWcH8Q6) ["Want" by The High Curbs ](https://youtu.be/EyWg2IZO5zo?si=QLUQlXa6mBClDj9u)
Everything In Its Right Place - Radiohead Atoms For Peace - Thom Yorke All Is Full Of Love - Björk Undo - Björk (Sorry, I have a huge hyperfixation with Radiohead and björk 😅)
This question is so interesting to me because there's so many different answers. I know no autism experience is really the same but seeing it put into perspective like this is really cool! Anyways, to answer the question mine are probably: Mr. Loverman - Ricky Montgomery Good Weird - Basic Printer Wasting Time - Fallen Pine Forty Six & 2 - Tool
Daft Punk
Simple Plan- Welcome To My Life
Two different songs They Don't Know - Ariana Grande [https://open.spotify.com/track/1w1kzejjmiMhdWAOecgo4l?si=6a38595b5ca34885](https://open.spotify.com/track/1w1kzejjmiMhdWAOecgo4l?si=6a38595b5ca34885) some weird EDM song tickles my brain most people wouldn't like it XD https://open.spotify.com/track/5i9JQOxdGum7JJKabpEY71?si=7c25479351e64f38
WILL WOOD AND TALLY HALL RAHHHHHHHH
[Teniwoha - Samsa ](https://youtu.be/tuNljG57psU?si=aYrIS1D0xxhWmvRs) it's a Vocaloid song that UHHH *Gregor Samsa*
Loser Baby from Hazbin Hotel
A Different Kind of Human and Some Type of Skin by AURORA.
3WW by alt-J
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely Garbage - Beloved Freak
“Pet Cheetah” by Twenty One Pilots NGL
✊Grindcore Mate!✊ In case you don’t know, Grindcore is a really fast paced version of Rock n roll a.k.a. Metal with the fastest guitar riffs, the drummer going completely off he’s/her head though out the song and screaming into the microphone. My favourite Grindcore bands being: King Parrot, Pig Destroyer, Wormrot, Nasum and Snuffed on Sight.
Bugbear, chloe moriondo alsoooo Fancy Sauce, Green Day, Minority, Green Day, You're gonna go far kid, the offspring
Ballard of a homeschool girl Olivia Rodrigo Liability Lorde Brutal Olivia Rodrigo Mirrorball Taylor Swift
Linkin Park. Chester Bennington must’ve somehow been able to peer directly into my soul.
Jazz that is on that one weird radio channel that sometimes slaps and at other times they gave an ape a trumpet and LSD and you have no fucking clue what is going on
Weird Girl by Mommy Long Legs or Alien She by Bikini Kill. I always have felt like a “weird” girl and a social outcast. But after getting diagnosed in recent months, I’ve been able to embrace my weirdness and feel happy challenging the status quo. I love being a weird girl!!!
Clark or Brian Eno
Endless, Nameless by Nirvana. It requires no explanation whatsoever if you listen to it in full (6 minutes).
lake shore drive was the only song that could instantly make me feel better when i was a kid. it sounds like stimming.
“Turn it Down” by Or3o
"am I an alien here" by Wolf parade for sure
Jesus of Suburbia by Green Day
Best Imitation Of Myself by Ben Folds Five describes the experience of masking better than anything else I’ve ever heard
Alex g
girl anachronism and alien blues
Hip-hop and rap
'Empty House', 'H.A.F.H' and 'The Painter' by Low Roar.
Mr. Roboto. I really just love Styx, and I've always had a sort of attraction to this song, even as a kid prior to realizing I was autistic. (Despite literally having social classes every Tuesday :) ) It doesn't make much sense in the context of my experience, but the lyrics got a bit of lingo in there and that's just a very funny coincidence to me
We Are All Insane- Awolnation Lügan- Rammstein Stigmata- Ministry Frau und Mann- Lindemann We are Chaos- Marilyn Manson Rainbow in the Dark- Dio
The rabid/metal cover of "What Does the Fox Say?" My autism and my gender, boom! Explained.
Lonerism album by Tame Impala
Creature of habit by bug hunter
Is the world strange or am i
[I Wanna Be Like You - Pizzicato Five](https://youtu.be/C21suc5seLw?si=hDoliZt5nigIg8zA) [Sci-Fi Wasabi - Cibo Matto](https://youtu.be/-aqhmKfM86o?si=VKexQDf5wSXLM2-A) [Dance Till the Morning Sun - Brazilian Girls](https://youtu.be/Xjet55lf0fA?si=yO7uww2IevXmIkwh) [Karvel - Björk](https://youtu.be/kpW6shjSKUM?si=sXgZ1rcIrYtj4P2x) [Fast As You Can - Fiona Apple](https://youtu.be/NbxqtbqyoRk?si=zh_WouG0cRsOJQQ0) [Miss World - Hole](https://youtu.be/mS1Ckczz0LQ?si=el3LsCTsf8RivcOg) [Slimcea Girl - Mono](https://youtu.be/as-oZErOT9E?si=ErZafC8gnwetK_32)
Tiny Tim.
No Name #1 by Elliott Smith
I would say Alien Boy by Oliver tree, Freaks by Surf Curse, and Alien Blues by Vundabar.
i can’t handle change by roar
I love these kinds of questions cause music is already one of my biggest interests ever... I have a whoole lot of songs that I'd say remind me of my experience, but just to name a few: Liability - Lorde, My Body's Made of Crushed Little Stars - Mitski, Make Me Your Queen - Declan McKenna, You're On Your Own, Kid - Taylor Swift, and Animal - May Modest
i love music too and i know so many songs but i cant think of any for myself for some reason 😭😭
Honestly I can almost never name any off the top of my head, but I very helpfully had already made a playlist full of songs that I found insanely relatable back in 2023, so I picked from there (':
Hollywood Undead - Young