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Similarly to most people, music plays an integral part of my day to day life with a vast range of genres available to soundtrack my life.
Growing up in a household that is very musically driven, I’ve had a strong inclination to music for the majority of my life.
There were many songs and music videos I found interest in before but the first one to stand out was the band Paramore; in the late 2000s a fair bit of time after the release of Riot! I discovered MiseryBusiness on TV music channel Kerrang!.
Misery Business was loud, in-your-face and unlocked a whole new genre to me.
With a genre heavily dominated by men it was so cool(and definitely necessary for) me to see a woman front a band! The song was, and still is,extremely catchy with the potential to get stuck in your head all day.; it had catchy hooks,powerful vocals and a chorus that will get stuck in your head for days.
I straight away found a mass of interest in their work, as I was still a young child this included recording whenever they played on TV and rewatching whenever I wanted to listen to them. Due to the style influence behind Paramore’s earlier music, I showed up to school wearing fake Doc Martens and used hair chalks to dye my hair pink and although I was made fun of a lot I really enjoyed dressing this way.
Paramore encouraged me to try music out for myself, I took GCSE music and started a band and found so much happiness from music and the art of performance that I completely owe to them.
Bethan Stewart
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