oh the topic of marigami + kagami being a vocaloid fan: what *do* you think marinette's music taste is like?
i think whenever i've asked people i always get completely different answers so i'm curious. ex: some people choose to dismiss the jagged stone stuff as the writers being biased old white guys, and some don't.
Okay I actually have put a lot of thought into this so incoming rant NOW:
To address like the Jagged Stone thing first, I’m gonna be honest in saying people criticism about it is 100% fair. The Miraculous Team didn’t really put much thought into Jagged stone other than being some stereotypical british rockstar with eccentric habits. They don’t actually really go into detail about just WHAT kind of rock he does, like is he on some MCR type shit, Metal, Pop Punk? Like what kind of music does he make anyway? I am under the personal believe that Jagged just makes the most digestible rock music ever considering how the show pushes the fact that pretty much EVERYONE loves it despite in my personal opinion that majority of the MLB cast would have pretty different taste in music.
Moving onto Marinette it’s a bit more complicated from how I see it. Depends on if I’m just looking at this canonically or am considering all the ways fans interpret Miraculous in the series. Like ik some people place Miraculous in the early 2000s while others sometimes places them in the 2010s-2020s which the two have completely different music vibes.
I do my VERY BEST not to push the “Marinette is an easy Self-insert kind of character” agenda but I’m gonna do so a little bit in this case because the way miraculous fans interpret Marinette either range from “Lover Girl Shoujo protagonist.” To “she’s a little weirdo but she’s cool.” Kind of stuff which I agree with both views. So yeah I can agree when people label her to listen to shit like Sabrina Carpenter and Taylor swift but I also agree with people who say she listens to Girlfriend by Avril Lavigne on repeat. So I think the mixed answers makes sense (arguably this could be a critique about Marinette considering that it’s not always great for a protagonist to be so “versatile” but that’s up for interpretation tbh.) I think you could label her with any kind of music and not really be a “wrong interpretation.”
I also know some may say that she’d probably just try to like whatever music Adrien does (though I do not believe that is possible since I have a personal headcanon that Adrien while musically learned has the most dogshit millennial core playlist known to man due to his father probably constantly forcing him to listen to classical musical while working.)
If I am to share to my interpretation of what kind of music Marinette listens to, I wouldn’t actually put her in one specific music genre. I think the music would be very mood dependent and she’d listen to it in her buds while maladaptive daydreaming and pacing around her room.
I think she’d have very organized playlist based on what she’s doing specifically (rather it’s a new project, daydreaming about Adrien, etc.) and it’d be a mix of music she found naturally and what her friends liked and have introduced her to.
Nino - a Mix of Eurobeat and House music he found on SoundCloud with the most weirdest names. “Yeah his user name is ThighCutter but the beat drop in this song is INSANE”
Kagami - Jpop, I actually think Kagami would be into really “cute” music unless she’s feeling a type of way. Some vocaloid songs though Marinette won’t really connect with it, she really likes PERFUME tho!
Alya: lotta R&B, some Beyoncé, Rihanna, Lady Gaga
Zoe - if we do a more modern day approach I think Zoe would introduce her to “white woman’s first rap” so like Tyler the creator LOL (don’t take this as hate tho I’m legit Tyler’s biggest fan 🥹)