What genre did you completely dismiss for years before finally coming around on it

[ProperWolf]

Country music, genuinely wrote it off entirely for most of my twenties before a specific album completely changed my mind and now I actually seek it out regularly

Curious what people's actual conversion story looks like here, the genre you were genuinely sure you'd never like that eventually won you over anyway

[Octopus40]

Jazz, always assumed it was inaccessible and pretentious until a friend showed me the right starting albums and now it's one of my favorite things to put on

[Ivory Molly]

Classical music, dismissed it as boring background noise for years until I actually attended a live performance and the scale of it completely changed my perspective

[GatewayDolphin]

Country, same as you actually, assumed it was all one narrow sound until I discovered how varied the genre actually is once you dig past the radio hits

[Highland Builder]

Metal, thought it was just noise for years before a friend patiently walked me through the actual musicianship and now I respect the technical skill involved

[Ridge]

K-pop, dismissed it entirely as manufactured until I actually paid attention to the production quality and songwriting and had to seriously reconsider my snobbery

[Odd Maverick]

Folk music, thought it was boring for years until I found artists doing something more emotionally raw with the genre that completely won me over

[Ella81]

Electronic music broadly, assumed it required no actual skill until I learned more about production and now I have genuine respect for the craft involved