I realized I hadn't listened to this kurumugil song yet. Other than the portion trending in SMs, I haven't listened to the song in its entirety. Turns out, I haven't listened to any of the recently released albums. It didn't even cross my mind.
Mind that, I am someone who listens to songs almost daily for hours. Most of them are from the same 3 playlists. At times, when I wanted something new, I explore a different playlist or a collection. When I think about my behavior, I realized a few things.
there was a time, I used to download a new album as soon as it gets released, and keep playing it on a loop for a whole week. When Spotify and other similar platforms emerged, with the endless availability of content, initially I was skimming through all genres --
and artists like a maniac. Only to realize I am not at all enjoying those. Apart from Tamil songs, I don't have any favorite artists/albums from any other language. I tried, JB, TS, Ed sheeran and many more. Nothing worked. Last ah naan keta English song, believer nu nenaikre 😂
But now, I am at a point, when I think of listening to a new song, I find it useless or a waste of time. Since most of the new songs lose their glow after a few months. More like, it is directly proportional to whether the audio is trending in insta reels or not.
Also, these old songs surprise me at times. Like I might have been listening to a song for years, and on a random afternoon, I find the same song completely mesmerizing and soulful. I guess we can feel this, only with the songs we love to listen to forever.
Of course, this is just me. You can continue to listen to the songs, while doom scrolling on twitter. But I cannot do that. I still want to listen to the song which I have already listened to 1000 times and find myself again 1000 times.
Let Kurumugil wait for me. I have nowhere to go. 💚