Okay so here is my full list of current headcanons regarding the music taste of the Gangsey TM members:
Ronan — like I already mentioned in the previous post that inspired this one, I am a huge believer in Ronan being a fan of Mother Mother. I can see him being drawn to both the fact that they are relatively “non-mainstream”, the way they sound, and to their rebellious lyrical themes, often challenging social norms and exploring the connection between masculinity and violence (“Mano o Mano” was the song that made me think of him especially). Another band I think he would LOVE is 100 gecs because you can’t tell me their songs do not give off the same vibe as the Murder Squash song was described to be: brain-scratching and funky (when you know how to have fun) but sort of “annoying” enough to the average listener for him to put it on when he wants to piss someone off. Then there is the canon fact that he listens to EDM music. That, combined with the two bands I mentioned, would probably make up the majority of his >public< playlists BUT in >private< he would definitely also have his 💫yearning & religious guilt time slots💫 where he just listens to Hozier
Gansey — I am a strong believer that he is one of those people who just pick one, preferably dead and “old school”/ “vintage”, musician to idolise and then just listen and re listen to >mostly< only their music (assuming that they have an extensive discography to pick from). Now, hear me out, I could very reasonably see David Bowie being that musician for him. As a huge fan myself, I feel like a lot of Bowie’s songs possess the same sense of wonder and adventure that Gansey primarily sees the world through. Like, I can definitely see him having “Heroes” as his “victory song” and being immensely fascinated by “Cygnet Committee” (possibly even thinking about it through Glendower’s POV)
Blue — my bets are on her favourite singer being Kate Bush because she is just whimsical like that. Moreover, I think that her music must consist of primarily “weird” and “misunderstood” women in general. That being said, other artists/bands she listens to are probably Bjork, Tori Amos, Fiona Apple, Strawberry Switchblade, Siouxsie and the Banshees (bc of Siouxsie Sioux), Fleetwood Mac (bc of Stevie Nicks), etc. Realistically, she also likely first heard/find out about these artists because it’s the type of music that’s played around 300 Fox Way. My headcanon is that she used to have a brief identity crisis because of that cause she wanted to have a separate identity from her other household members but just could not help loving these artists (she eventually reached a satisfying conclusion that at least it makes her different from the “normies” at school lol)
Adam — okay so I thought about this A LOT and no matter how I try to spin this, I just don’t see Adam as someone who intentionally listens to music????? I don’t think he would have time for that and that’s just too much of an “extra leisure activity” for someone like ADAM PARRISH. The first time I can see him consciously allocating time to search for music is probably in Harvard when he hears his acquaintances discuss someone famous and now he is doing his research to not seem out of the loop and feel normal TM (but that would not be something he necessarily enjoys). Other than that, he would maybe listen to some playlists Ronan makes for him and like them purely because of who made them hehe (now, Ronan would definitely also put some of Hozier’s yearning TM songs in there as well and Adam would probably get that there is a symbolic meaning in that but they would just never mention that)
Noah — idk, some skater boy TM music is probably in there but I am not familiar enough with the genre to say what exactly that would be. Other than that, I headcanon him as a HUGE Phoebe Bridgers stan who goes on rants about how “no one else gets her use of ghost imagery as much as he does”
Henry — boy canonically got kidnapped in a Madonna t shirt so I think it’s safe to say that he just collects pop divas to call “mother” like Pokémon cards. Britney Spears, Lady Gaga, Beyonce etc are all in his earphones at ALL times. Could also see him being into musicals and sometimes listening to their soundtracks on repeat. Extra fun headcanon: Henry obviously yaps about his love for musicals to Blue and Gansey and ends up getting Gansey into Hamilton
