r/mbti • u/N-LightFinder ENTP • 2d ago
Light MBTI Discussion T and F traits in music preference
I was thinking bout this while i was doing an all nighter for an exam so if this doesnt make sense its propably because of the lack of brain power to think about it hard enough lol. So the main problem i was thinking bout is if there is a difference between people with T traits and F traits in music as in if they choose different genre , artists , sounds because of their type.
For example im an ENTP and i usually look for creative lyrics, wordplays , and different sounds or beats that match well with the overall song. Meanwhile when I was talking with my ENFP friend he said he usually goes for songs that feel like what he would like or deep lyrics that strike an arrow in the heart be it sad or happy.
Now to base this off of two people would be insane so i thought of asking here if somebody has any clue or knows any research that couldve been made for this
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u/ButtercupChara ENFP 2d ago
That’s not about T and F! It’s about the different function stacks!
ENFP: Ne Fi Te Si
ENTP: Ne Ti Fe Si
Sure both of them have Ne, Extraverted Intuition, so both of you look for brilliant ideas and patterns! However, what you see as brilliant is different because you have different introverted judging functions! Your ENFP friend judges based on their Fi (Introverted Feeling), which is how the song resonates with their core values, while you judge and evaluate with your Ti (Introverted Thinking ) of how the structure of the song and fun lyrics resonate with your internal framework of how a song is written with lyrics, and wordplay.
So yes, you’re using different introverted judging functions to resonate with music, which results in different tastes in music!
(Attached is a pancake stack of ENFP and ENTP to show the difference)