hmm. i do like listening to weird harsh noise stuff way more than i used to, but that's at least partially because i had to gain an appreciation in order to have things to talk about with a cute transfem who lived near me. so not necessarily transition related

i got really into disco around when i came out but idk if that's related beyond finding it funny to keep playing i'm coming out

There's a new me coming out
And I just had to live, and I wanna give
I'm completely positive
I think this time around, I am gonna do it like you never knew it
Oh, I'll make it through
The time has come for me to break out of this shell
I have to shout that I am coming out

in general i think this goes with sexuality, where it's not that transition necessarily changes things, but it opens yourself up to self reflection and considering whether you might enjoy things that you were previously not willing to think about for whatever reason

I wish I could say yes but despite broadening my horizons a lot I still have an affinity for pretentious boomer music But I have the weird-harsh-noise brainbug too fwiw.

I don't have to be weird about the fact that I like girly pop music and fluffy-haired zoomer boys with guitars.

But moreso, before transition I was a moody repressed teenager who was really elitist about heavy metal. Not using my consumption habits as a means to suppress my gender issues more just opened up the variety of what I was willing to expose myself to, and it turns out I like a lotta different music.

Still like metal though, just now I listen to my black metal while dressing like a demure country girl.

Sorta. My tastes always change though. They range from prog to trance to classic rock. Over the past couple years though? J-pop. Specifically Aimyon. It’s like I’m a basic bitch but in the wrong country.

I don't know if this exactly correlates with transitioning, but I was a big kpop person before I started transitioning and slowly over the past few years of being trans I've slid into being a punk/post-punk/generally alternative music person. I feel like that also has a lot to do with my changing sense of fashion, though, which I can definitely say I experienced a shift in post-transition.

(I still listen to kpop though, it just doesn't form the bulk of my music taste like it used to.)

i started listening to a lot of r&b at the start of my transition too!! in general i just listened to more female artists as i questioned harder and eventually transitioned. i think the main thing was that i let myself listen to poppy/fruity music without feeling bad abt it