30岁之后就没再听过什么新歌了

You might believe you'll stay young and free-spirited forever, but one day you'll find yourself grumbling about not understanding the latest slang words and asking a young person what a meme is.For some it might be happening earlier than they thought. That's according to a new survey from Deezer, which suggests people stop discovering new music at just 30 and a half.

虽然人人都希望自己青春永驻，但总有一天你会发现自己已经不懂年轻人说的梗了。这个过程可能开始得比你想象的更早一些。音乐网站Deezer称，人们在30岁之后就不再听新歌了。

The music streaming service surveyed 1,000 Brits about their music preferences and listening habits.Sixty percent of people reported being in a musical rut, only listening to the same songs over and over, while just over a quarter (25 percent) said they wouldn't be likely to try new music from outside their preferred genres.

该网站对1000名英国人的音乐喜好进行了调查，发现了60%的人喜欢重复听同一首歌，而超过25%的人称，他们不会去搜索除自己喜爱的音乐类型以外的新歌。

The peak age for discovering new music, the results suggested, was 24. This is when 75 percent of respondents said they listened to 10 or more new tracks a week, and 64 percent said they sought out five new artists per month.

搜索新歌的高峰年龄是24岁。这个年龄的调查对象中，有75%的人每周会听10首以上的新歌，而有64%的人称他们每个月会搜索5位新的歌手。

After this, though, it seems people's ability to keep up with music trends peters off.Some of the reasons the survey revealed were people being overwhelmed by the amount of choice available (19 percent), having a demanding job (16 percent), and caring for young children (11 percent).Nearly half of respondents said they wished they had more time to dedicate to discovering new music, so at least for that 47 percent it wasn't due to a lack of interest.

自此以后，人们跟随音乐新潮流的能力就开始下降了。至于其中的原因，有19%的人是因为歌曲太多，犯了选择困难症，16%的人是因为工作太忙，也有11%的人是因为需要照顾孩子。大约有47%的调查对象称，他们希望自己能有更多时间听新歌，所以对这一部分人来说，他们至少还是有兴趣的。

In 2015, the Skynet & Ebert blog looked at data from US Spotify users and Echo Nest.

2015年，Skynet & Ebert博客对美国声破天和回音网的音乐数据进行了分析。

On average, teen music taste was dominated by popular music, then this steadily dropped until people's tastes "matured" in their early 30s. By age 33, it was more likely they'd never listen to new music again.

分析发现，青少年的音乐口味受流行音乐影响最大，到了30出头时，他们的音乐品味会趋于“成熟”，到了33岁，人们就不再听新歌了。

Rather than having less time, some research suggests we listen to the same songs over and over again because of musical nostalgia.

这并不是因为人们没时间，相反，人们会不断地听同一首歌。这是因为老歌能够唤醒人们对校园或大学时光的记忆。

Earlier this year, economist Seth Stephens-Davidowitz analysed Spotify data in The New York Times. Essentially, he found that if you were in your early teens when a song was first released, it will be the most popular among your age group a decade later.

今年，经济学家Seth Stephens-Davidowitz发现，如果某一首歌最初发行的时候，你刚好处于青少年早期，10年之后，这首歌将成为你的同龄人中最受欢迎的一首。

As for why this happens, research has shown how our favourite songs stimulate our pleasure responses in the brain, releasing dopamine, serotonin, oxytocin, and other happy chemicals.The more we like a song, the more of these chemicals flow through our body.

喜欢的歌曲会让我们的大脑产生愉悦的反应，释放出多巴胺、血清素和催产素等“幸福”物质。我们越喜欢一首歌，就意味着这首歌让大脑产生的“幸福”物质越多。

This happens for everyone, but during our adolescent years our brains are going through a lot of changes. We're also incredibly hormonal and sensitive, so if we hear a song we really love, it's more likely to stay with us forever.

虽然每个人都会有这种反应，但在青少年时期，我们的大脑会经历很多变化，荷尔蒙会让我们变得极其敏感。因此，我们如果在这时候喜欢上一首歌，那么它很有可能会伴随我们一生。

That isn't to say you won't hear a new song you love in later life – it just might not elicit the same strong response because you aren't such a sponge anymore.

这并不是说你以后就不可能喜欢上别的歌曲了，只是那些歌曲所引起的反应不如老歌强烈。

Another reason we listen to the same songs over and over could be because of something called the "anticipation phase."

另外，对于熟悉的歌曲，我们会知道高潮将在什么时候来临。

If you get goosebumps when you hear your favourite songs, it could be because of the hormonal responses, but it could also be because you know the good part is coming up.

如果你听到你最喜欢的歌曲时会出现鸡皮疙瘩，那可能是因为荷尔蒙反应，但也可能是因为你知道好的部分正在出现。

For example, just before the song peaks, or there's a dramatic chord change, our brain perceives it as a reward and releases dopamine. However, over time we start to lose the same feeling of euphoria because we musically gorge ourselves.

歌曲进入高潮或者和弦出现戏剧性变化时，我们的大脑会释放多巴胺。但随着我们听的歌曲越来越多，歌曲高潮带来的愉悦感就会越弱。

If you haven't heard a song for several years, the euphoria may return, particularly if you first heard it when your brain was soaking everything up between the ages or 12 and 22.

但如果你听到了一首好几年没听的歌，而这首歌刚好是你12-22岁时第一次听过的，大脑可能会再次经历当初这首歌曲带给你的欢愉。

So if you have a penchant for music from your youth, it's probably wired deep into your psyche.

所以如果你从小就喜欢音乐，它可能深深地渗透到你的心灵中。