To be honest, there is only one song in my playlist that I can actually identify with. But, I do identify with the other songs in my playlist in a very different sense. I can identify with the diversity of my musical selections and overall preference; as I do consider diversity and individualism essential to my personality. I appreciate the creativity, thought, authenticity and story in each song. For this assignment, I specifically chose mostly instrumentals because I believe the instrumentals themselves are beautifully rhythmically composed and that they best reflect me, without the bindings of lyrics. But the fact of the matter is, it’s almost impossible to even get a glimpse of who I am through only ten songs, but it’s a starting point, right?
I chose the song Fancy by Drake to be the song that best captures who I am. What I like most about the song is that the idea of being “fancy” doesn’t only refer to looks or physical appearance, but also entails a great deal of responsibility, confidence, poise, independence and intelligence – and with that said, I do consider myself very fancy.
Fancy by Drake is, without a doubt, my theme song.
The next proceeding six songs really capture my personality instrumentally. If you listen to the music, you can form a pattern between each of these songs: energetic, fun, confident, and outgoing – which pretty much sums up my personality. I consider myself a cool person with a unique form of outgoingness and style. I also believe that confidence is the key to success. Confidence can be defined in several ways, however, in my opinion, I feel that poise is a necessity for confidence. This is essential to whom I am as an individual, and again, this connection between confidence and poise can be defined as a means of being “fancy” – just in case you didn’t make that connection!
The last three songs reflect yet another different side of me; I have a fondness for folk music and classical music. These songs speak for the softer side of my personality – a side of rationalizing, thought, and free-spirited creativity. I personally think these songs possess a different beauty that often goes overlooked. Although I don’t literally relate to these songs, I can identify with the calmness, serenity and type of “raw” beauty or attractiveness within each.
To sum everything up, I am a very fun, outgoing individual, but I am incomplete without a constant craving for sophistication, knowledge and individualism (:
