The 11/10: How Personal Resonance Intertwines With Our Musical Opinions
The 11/10: How Personal Resonance Intertwines With Our Musical Opinions Hi everyone!! I truly can’t believe it’s been 4 years since I started Fire’s Flaming Hot Takes. It’s been such a wild ride, I was only a rising junior in high school when I first started and now I’m a...rising junior in college...Full circle moment or something. But anyways, what this article essentially is is me trying to explain and dissect my weird thoughts on a rating I have awarded some songs. Without wasting any more time, let’s get this started!! I: Objective 10s vs Subjective 10s Okay, this first section will be brief and might seem unrelated to the concept of an 11/10, but it’s important for me to define and distinguish an objective 10 and a subjective 10 because I will reference these later in this article. On the surface, an “objective 10” doesn’t really make sense; there’s no such thing as objectivity in music so this feels like a bit of a nonsense term. However, to me, I define an “objective 10”...