Music: Soundtrack of Gen Z: Not What You'd Expect 🎵 - Voix (2024)

FAQs

What music does Gen Z listen to? ›

Electronic Dance Music (EDM) is making waves too. Think Martin Garrix, Marshmello, and The Chainsmokers. Indie and alternative rock have a solid fanbase. Twenty-One Pilots, Imagine Dragons, The 1975 - they're all loved.

63% of Gen Z and 65% of Millennials in the US agree they listen to new music to discover new perspectives and new cultures. They are overall more likely to listen to foreign music, which would explain the rise of K-POP, Afro Beats, and LatinX Music in recent years.

The Music & Moods of Gen Z​

While Millennials and Gen X listen predominantly to '90s music, 29% of Gen Z prefer to listen to '90s music over 23% to 2000s music.

Generation Alpha is the successor to Generation Z, which comprises those born between 1997 and 2012, according to the Pew Research Center. Generation Alpha are mostly the children of Millennials, those born between 1981 and 1996.

About 3 in 10 (29%) Gen Zers said action is one of their favorite genres, followed by animation (20%), mystery/thriller (17%) and romance (17%).

Bop: A word to describe a really good song or beat. Synonyms: Jam, hit. Example: “I love this song. It's a bop.”

5) They see gaming as more than a hobby

As it turns out they're the most likely of all generations to play games, and even as they grow older and take on more responsibility, they're still finding time for serious button mashing. Gaming is ingrained in Gen Z's culture.

The state of the world also fuels Gen Z's pessimism. An ongoing study at Montclair State University finds that Gen Zers perceive the world as more dangerous than their older counterparts. They're more likely to feel anxiety about extreme weather. Active-shooter drills became the norm while they were in school.

Why is Gen Z obsessed with the 80s? ›

The Rebellion Against the Digital Age

It's a simpler time when people weren't glued to screens, and a “like” was something you did in person. The allure of the '80s lies in this escapism – it's Gen Z's way of rebelling against the omnipresent digital embrace, even if it means wearing oversized clothes.

Due to so much information, Gen Z has turned into a generation that is young but has an aged-like mindset that is struck with constant fear and is critical of making mistakes. Failure to succeed in life socially, economically, family-wise, and career-wise has caused Gen Z to live in despair.

With everything being at the click of a button, one thing Gen Z does at a high rate is listen to music. According to Edison Research, on average Gen Z spend 3 hours and 43 minutes a day listening to music — approximately 40 minutes more than the rest of the U.S. population.

An average of 154 minutes per day is spent listening to music for Gen Z, with most of that listening happening on Spotify.

Rock Music

Gen Z's all about that '80s sound. No, I'm not talking about cassette tapes and Walkman rewind buttons, but the electrifying, nostalgia-inducing sounds of rock music. Artists like The Smiths and Guns N' Roses have taken the essence of '80s synth music and given it a fresh, modern spin.

Gen Y exhibited a diverse range of music tastes, often favoring pop, electronic, and indie music.

Yes, Generation Z is quite fond of EDM, largely due to its presence on the internet, social media platforms, and through various digital music streaming services.