{"id":137819,"date":"2024-12-16T22:44:54","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137819"},"modified":"2024-12-16T22:44:54","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T15:44:54","slug":"tortured-by-an-earworm-how-to-get-it-out-of-your-head-wicked","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=137819","title":{"rendered":"Tortured by an earworm? How to get it out of your head | Wicked"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\"><em>Something has changed within me<\/em> \u2013<em> <\/em>and it\u2019s really bloody annoying!<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Ever since Wicked stormed the global box office last month, many people have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2024\/nov\/28\/holding-space-wicked-has-made-the-term-famous-but-what-does-it-mean\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">been holding space<\/a> for the lyrics of Defying Gravity \u2013 which is to say, unable to get them out of their head.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Studies estimate that more than 90% of people experience such an \u201cearworm\u201d at least once a week \u2013 \u201cso it\u2019s a really common, everyday experience,\u201d says Kelly Jakubowski, an associate professor of music psychology at Durham University. The song snippet is typically about 20 seconds long, and plays on stubborn repeat in your head. Not everyone is equally susceptible. \u201cMostly, it has to do with music exposure,\u201d says Jakubowski. If you listen to music often, you\u2019re more likely to find some of it gets \u201cstuck\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Typically, it tends to pass within a few hours or even minutes. Two-thirds of people who routinely experience earworms \u201cdon\u2019t find them annoying\u201d, says Jakubowski. But if you\u2019re part of the third who do \u2013 whose earworms might prey on their mind for days at a time \u2013 what can you do to escape them?<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">First, it\u2019s important to understand why some songs are more catchy than others. Wicked, for example, might be particularly fiendish, pairing evocative lyrics with memorable melodies \u2013 not to mention being inescapable at present. Jakubowski <a href=\"https:\/\/pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/articles\/PMC10585939\/\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">points to research<\/a> by Callula Killingly, of Queensland University of Technology in Australia, which suggested a \u201cmutually reinforcing\u201d relationship between the catchiness of a particular song and people\u2019s exposure to it.<\/p>\n<aside data-spacefinder-role=\"supporting\" class=\"dcr-1eyan6r\"><svg viewbox=\"0 0 22 14\" style=\"fill:var(--pullquote-icon);\" class=\"dcr-scql1j\"><path d=\"M5.255 0h4.75c-.572 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941H0C.792 9.104 2.44 4.53 5.255 0Zm11.061 0H21c-.506 4.53-1.077 8.972-1.297 13.941h-8.686c.902-4.837 2.485-9.411 5.3-13.941Z\"\/><\/svg><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"dcr-zzndwp\"><p>Interval jumps, including perfect fourths (Here Comes the Bride) and fifths (Star Wars) catch our attention<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/aside>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cPerhaps unsurprisingly, if people feel the urge to sing along to a piece of music when they\u2019re hearing it, they tend to more often get it stuck in their heads later on,\u201d says Jakubowski. (You can imagine the converse, she adds: if a song is obscure <em>and<\/em> hard to sing, it\u2019s unlikely to cause you undue trouble.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Songs with faster tempos and \u201cmemorable but distinctive\u201d melodies were more likely to be \u201cmusically sticky\u201d, she adds. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/science\/2016\/nov\/03\/cant-get-you-out-of-my-head-what-makes-a-song-an-earworm-lady-gaga\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">In a 2016 paper<\/a>, Jakubowski singled out the opening riff of Deep Purple\u2019s Smoke on the Water, the chorus of Lady Gaga\u2019s Bad Romance and (fittingly) Kylie Minogue\u2019s Can\u2019t Get You Out of My Head as having the potent mix of generic and unexpected.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">Defying Gravity is riddled with interval jumps, including perfect fourths (as in Here Comes the Bride) and fifths (Star Wars) \u2013 greater than you might expect of a standard pop song \u2013 that catch our attention and get stuck in our heads. If you\u2019re currently being bothered by an earworm, there are a couple of things you can try to bring yourself back down to earth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">First, listen to a different song \u2013 or even just think of it. \u201cIt\u2019s nearly impossible to have two songs in your head at once: you just don\u2019t have the cognitive resources to do that,\u201d says Jakubowski.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">In countering a deeply lodged earworm, it helps to reach for a song that is familiar but not too engaging. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/arts-entertainment\/music\/earworm-catchy-tune-song-nursery-rhymes-god-save-the-queen-a7395911.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">One survey led by<\/a> Jakubowski found that God Save the King was the most effective. \u201cMost people said that that song is so boring you can think of it easily, but it doesn\u2019t get stuck itself.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"54da6baf-9e86-4c4f-bb6c-75be2432e343\" data-spacefinder-role=\"richLink\" data-spacefinder-type=\"model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement\" class=\" dcr-1your1i\"><gu-island name=\"RichLinkComponent\" priority=\"feature\" deferuntil=\"idle\" props=\"{&quot;richLinkIndex&quot;:11,&quot;element&quot;:{&quot;_type&quot;:&quot;model.dotcomrendering.pageElements.RichLinkBlockElement&quot;,&quot;prefix&quot;:&quot;Related: &quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;\u2018Holding space\u2019: Wicked has made the term famous. But what does it mean? &quot;,&quot;elementId&quot;:&quot;54da6baf-9e86-4c4f-bb6c-75be2432e343&quot;,&quot;role&quot;:&quot;richLink&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/film\/2024\/nov\/28\/holding-space-wicked-has-made-the-term-famous-but-what-does-it-mean&quot;},&quot;ajaxUrl&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/api.nextgen.guardianapps.co.uk&quot;,&quot;format&quot;:{&quot;design&quot;:10,&quot;display&quot;:2,&quot;theme&quot;:3}}\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">The other tactic you could try to shake a song is to chew gum. <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.reading.ac.uk\/news-events\/2015\/April\/pr631000.html\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">According to 2015 research<\/a> from the University of Reading, study participants who chewed gum after being played catchy pop songs reported thinking of and \u201chearing\u201d the song less often than those who didn\u2019t. The lead author of the study suggested this simple strategy might be effective in countering other disruptive thoughts, by disrupting working memory.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">\u201cEssentially, when you\u2019re singing something in your head, you\u2019re sub-vocalising it \u2026 The same muscles that you\u2019d need to actually speak, you need those [available] to mentally \u2018speak\u2019,\u201d says Jakubowski. By keeping your jaw busy and your mouth \u201cfull\u201d, \u201cit actually kind of destroys the earworm\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\">But, Jakubowski adds, it\u2019s important to chew vigorously enough to prevent you from \u201ctalking\u201d \u2013 and, crucially, not in time with the music. \u201cIf you\u2019re chewing along with the beat, it could have the opposite effect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-s3ycb2\"><em><strong>Do you have an opinion on the issues raised in this article? 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