“Before we get to, ‘Boss music makes me want to slay my own dragons,’” forensic musicologist Brian McBrearty tells me, “the effect of listening to music depends a ton on the listener’s broader relationship with music.” That is, how you listen to music, what that music is and the environment you’re consuming that music in can all play a part in whether or not a certain type will lead to greater concentration.Īnd with the caveat that the video-game soundtracks of our youth have plenty of potential to be more distracting than anything else, there’s some logic behind why they might boost productivity. Could I have been leveraging video-game nostalgia to juice my focus this whole time? stress levels went 📈 but so did my word count #fyp #school #foryoupage #viral #foryou #mariokart In fact, last month a TikTok user blasting Mario Kart music to finish an essay eventually landed a track from Mario Kart Wii at #15 on the U.S. The teens, it seems, have been on to this productivity hack for a while now. On YouTube, there’s “ 1 Hour of Iconic Mario Kart Music for Studying ” and “ Zelda Music to Relax/Study/Work/Game ” and over on Spotify, the idea is perfectly encapsulated by “ Mario Kart Car Go Fast Brain Go Fast. Since I’m always looking for anything that will boost my productivity, I searched to find the game’s playlist and discovered an entire world of people using it for the exact same purpose. Better yet, I felt the same focus and drive that I felt flying through Snowflake Mountain back when I was 9. The videos obviously made for a great distraction, but as I dragged myself from my nostalgic haze to return to the real world and my daily toiling, a funny thing happened: The intense, upbeat songs from the game continued to echo throughout my brain as I worked.
8 BIT MARIO KART 64 MUSIC FREE
I was immediately transported back to my childhood, completely entrenched in hitting every single turn and boost perfectly in order to beat Wizpig and free the animals on Timber’s Island. Desperate to wring some serotonin out of a hit of nostalgia, I recently looked up YouTube videos of hands-down the best racing game on Nintendo 64 - Diddy Kong Racing.
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