Do you like something you never thought you’d actually like?
To my delightful surprise, mine happens to be heavy metal – death metal yodeling, to be specific. I discovered a song that combined two unlikely genres together (yodeling and heavy metal) and I’ve been pretty obsessed. In fact, I shared this to my Instagram and immediately went viral (1.9M views as of today).
Turns out, I’m not the only weirdo in the building. I’ve had hundreds of comments from that one video alone that expressed the same bewildered interest I did.
“whoa what the hell is this…and why do I love it so much?!”
God, I love it when I find my fellow weirdos in the wild.
This tiny taste sent me down a rabbit hole of other heavy metal songs, giving me the wildest search history ever.
I guess I really identify with the raw emotion, the screaming, and the dark undertones that feel like a breath of fresh air and much needed catharsis. I can unplug, rage out, and then go about my life having released some primal locked beast that needed to be let out.
And honestly, I think there’s something to be said for letting yourself like the weird thing.
Not everything you enjoy has to make sense. It doesn’t have to fit neatly into the version of yourself you’ve already decided you are.
Sometimes the thing that makes you think, “Wait…why the eff do I like this?” is actually showing you a little piece of yourself that hasn’t been getting much airtime.
Maybe it’s death metal yodeling.
Maybe it’s wearing the ridiculous outfit. Dancing like a maniac in your kitchen. Saying what you actually think. Taking up space in a way that feels a little unfamiliar.
You don’t have to become a completely different person.
You might just need to give the weirder parts of yourself a little more room to breathe.
And if you happen to discover that you’re also into heavy metal Mongolian throat singing…
Well, you know where to find me. 😂
Introducing Ocean Spirit
A homage to the wild untamed spirits within us all
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