Basic Trope: Characters like music that's not aimed at their age range.
- Straight:
- Alice is a child who likes Progressive Rock from The '70s.
- Bob is middle-aged, and likes Boy Band.
- Exaggerated:
- Alice is very young and listens to music that's outright inappropriate for her age group.
- Bob is elderly (or even immortal) and exclusively listens to children's music.
- Downplayed: Alice is a fan of a band that has a Multiple Demographic Appeal, but their music is still generally aimed at people older than her.
- Justified:
- Alice's parents are into 70s Progressive Rock, meaning that she grew up with the music and found that she enjoyed it herself.
- Bob's kids like boy bands, and he's spent a lot of time listening to their favorite music with them.
- Alice is Wise Beyond Her Years.
- Alice is too young to know what the song's lyrics mean.
- Inverted: Not applicable - any instance of characters listening to music not for their age range would count.
- Subverted:
- Bob is middle-aged, and likes Boy Band....from The '90s, during The New '20s setting...
- Alice actually come from the 70s.
- Double Subverted:
- ...and his playlist includes the latest Billboard No.1 singles of the said year.
- Alice is just joking or pretending to be older.
- Parodied: ???
- Zig-Zagged: Alice likes a lot of music - some aimed at her age, some not.
- Averted: Everyone listens to music aimed at their age range.
- Enforced:
- AM/FM Characterization
- The author is the fan of these kinds of music, and they want to introduce their music taste to older/younger demographic.
- Lampshaded: ???
- Invoked:
- Alice's parents show her some music they enjoyed when they were younger, hoping she'll enjoy it as well.
- Bob's kids decide to show him some of their favorite songs.
- Exploited: ???
- Defied: Bob refuses to listen new music.
- Discussed: "I feel like I'm the youngest/oldest person at this concert!"
- Conversed: ???
- Implied: Alice's playlist includes outdate words/slangs in song titles and lyrics.
Back to Music/Age Dissonance and listen to Gangsta Rap which is my little cousin's favorite!
