Are you a hopeless romantic? Or is your vibe all angst and grit? Does your aura match Taylor Swift’s “Lover,” or The Killers’ “Mr. Brightside”? Take this quiz, and you’ll find out.
Just answer these quick questions, and we’ll reveal a song that matches your essence—and tell you why it fits you so well. Click that “Start Quiz” button to let the music play!
Questions Overview
- A proud, blaring saxophone.
- A cutting, attention-grabbing electric guitar.
- A soulful and alluring piano.
- An infectious synthesizer.
- An overgrown train station. The train never comes, but you've got nowhere to be, anyway.
- A tightrope over a churning ocean. It's dangerous, but it's a sunny day with no wind, and the view is incredible.
- A library in an old manor. You could get lost forever in all those books.
- A museum full of strange exhibits that nobody can quite explain, not even you.
- A good novel to read in my downtime.
- A disposable camera to capture the memories I'll make.
- A foreign language dictionary, so I can get around without trouble.
- Some extra cash to burn on something fun.
- The glittering red potion in a bottle shaped like a rose.
- The pure black potion in a bottle shaped like a fist.
- The deep blue potion in a bottle shaped like a crashing wave.
- The shining yellow potion in a bottle shaped like lightning.
- A stranger who I’ve never met, but seems somehow familiar...
- A place I didn't know I wanted to go until just now.
- A wild animal that won't leave my mind. Like it's trying to tell me something...
- An abstract shape. I don't understand it, but I can't stop staring at it.
- A steady river, bustling with motion and life.
- A warm ocean with soft sand to catch your feet.
- A cool lake with water as clear as the blue sky above.
- A puddle just big enough to make a splash.
- My mom or dad's. Someone who's known me my whole life.
- My best friend's. They always know just what to say.
- A number that always calls a random stranger who wants to talk to another stranger.
- It dials my own number, and I talk to myself on the other end of the line.
- The sky full of stars, infinite and expanding.
- The busted sidewalk under my feet. I have to watch my step.
- The darkness up the street. Ominous, but exciting.
- My camera, where I have photos of the memories I just created.
- A floral scent that's mature and complex.
- A mossy scent that reminds you of a foggy forest.
- A sweet scent that reminds you of your childhood home.
- A fresh scent that brightens and uplifts you.
- It's a love letter I wrote to someone who'll never read it.
- It's an apology from a friend who couldn't say sorry to my face.
- It's a bucket list that's already halfway completed.
- I don't know. A stranger gave it to me and I'm saving it for a rainy day.
- In the window seat of an airplane, looking down at all the little people...
- Driving alone cross country, blasting my music through rolled-down windows.
- On a train. It'll take a while, but I'll have seen so much on the journey.
- On a boat! The voyage might be dangerous, but think of the stories I’ll have to tell after!
- A baked treat from the darling bakery down the street, where the staff knows my name.
- A fancy five-course meal that takes me on a culinary journey.
- My go-to snack food I can munch on while watching my favorite show.
- My favorite meal from my childhood, just how I remember it.
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Let’s Talk Music!
For this quiz, we reached back into the music archives to find songs both old and new that perfectly encapsulate certain personality types. From the hopeless romantics to the mysterious mavericks to the wistful brooders. But as humans, we’re all a little too complex to be contained within a single song. In fact, it might be better to think of your result as a song that represents your mood or personality right now—a mood and personality that’s always changing. Maybe come back in a few days and retake the quiz and see if your result is different!
For now, let’s explore how people have expressed themselves with music through the years. For a start, here are the most popular songs of each year, for the past 15 years:
- 2009 - “Boom Boom Pow” by The Black Eyed Peas
- 2010 - “Tik Tok” by Kesha
- 2011 - “Rolling in the Deep” by Adele
- 2012 - “Somebody That I Used to Know” by Gotye feat. Kimbra
- 2013 - “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore & Ryan Lewis feat. Wanz
- 2014 - “Happy” by Pharrell Williams
- 2015 - “Uptown Funk” by Mark Ronson feat. Bruno Mars
- 2016 - “Love Yourself” by Justin Bieber
- 2017 - “Shape of You” by Ed Sheeran
- 2018 - “God’s Plan” by Drake
- 2019 - “Old Town Road” by Lil Nas X feat. Billy Ray Cyrus
- 2020 - “Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd
- 2021 - “Levitating” by Dua Lipa
- 2022 - “Heat Waves” by Glass Animals
- 2023 - “Last Night” by Morgan Wallen
It’s not just individual songs that wax and wane in popularity, though. Entire genres also have a tendency to come in and out of popularity, which might give us some clues into how the public generally felt during different eras. After all, different genres tend to showcase different viewpoints, perspectives, moods, and cultural beliefs. Here’s a quick tour of the most popular genres throughout the years:
- 1958: Pop
- 1966: Rock
- 1974: Soul
- 1983: Rock
- 1997: R&B
- 2004: Rap/Hip Hop
- 2011-Present: Pop
Now, that’s a whole lot of data crunched into just a few bullets, so it’s hard to get a complete picture. Even individual genres tend to evolve, morph, blend, and transform through the years to express the people making the music, and the people listening. Which genre do you think best represents you?
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