You know the time when you’re going home after a long day at work, and your all time favourite jam comes up on the radio, and you feel like the king of the world? Or the other time you were feeling depressed, and this one song your friend had shared on Facebook seemed to talk about your entire life story? Or that time you went clubbing and the DJ drops the bass so good that every particle in your body feels exploded with energy and passion and the entire universe feels infinite? Okay maybe that was a little exaggerated, but you get my point.

Music has timelessly had the ability to connect and shape people. Regardless of societal background, whether you are waitressing at the local bar, or making millions at an investment firm, music touches, connects and flows through you.

But humans being programmed to be humans, we always need approval for the shit we do. So we go around judging and dissing others if they aren’t the same as us.

“Dude you listen to Justin bieber?? Are you gay or something?”

“What do you mean you’ve never heard of Metallica??”

“Look at these hipsters and their indie shit”

Okay yea, I admit I’m guilty of this myself.

Naturally we tend to connect with people whom agree to our tastes and preferences. And that’s perfectly fine. If death metal makes you feel infinite and immortal, then that’s awesome. Maybe pure instrumental alone is what you keeps you going through your day, that’s awesome too. Everyone has got their own tastes and preferences in everything they do.

But society doesn’t wanna let you listen to your music. Society wants to tell you that Taylor Swift is music and anything else is crap (no hate on Tay Tay). Society tells you that if you listen to EDM you gotta be some sort of a party animal or druggie/alcoholic. And all these hardcore fans take it to the internet to debate on what good music really is. And these debates can sometimes turn a little ugly, making very personal offensive insults towards the artists or musicians themselves. And the little judgement and insults become hatred and rage. Where does all this hatred come from?

Fear is the path to the dark side.

Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.

As Master Yoda said once, fear is the path to the dark side. Fear is the root of all negativity. Fear of societal acceptance. Fear of being different. Fear of losing your identity. And that fear acts as a motivation to hate on others, to judge and to diss and attack and shoot them down through all means.