Here’s a post to share songs that are loosely related to autism. They don’t have to specifically mention autism, but be related to it in some fashion. It would be helpful if you include an explanation as to how you find it is related to autism and what the song means to you.

  • readthemessage@lemmy.eco.brEnglish
    5·
    8 months ago

    Two come to mind easily:

    https://youtu.be/djuLTycQICE?si=G4hrdKs0AANTXBfn

    Fitz and the Tantrums - The Walker

    Between “Can’t keep up with my rhythm” and “I walk to the sound of my own drum” this song feels very empowering for me at times.

    https://youtu.be/jfLpVbu5svQ?si=FHJ-n510Hr4jZWWX

    Machine Gun Kelly - bloody valentine

    The overcommitment to the relationship in his head and being sad after being overstimulated is very relatable as well.

  • Setarkus.MX@mander.xyzEnglish
    4·
    8 months ago

    The Weirdos Walz

    It doesn’t mention autism or any neurodivergency specifically but seeing how the divergents are often regarded as strange or weird I thought this fit.

    Plus I like the thought of of slowly walking and swaying around to this with some like-minded folk

  • carbon_based@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    Yesterday, i learned about AURORA. She should not be missing here. Check out her magnificent voice and deeply emotional music.

    This song, A Different Kind of Human (Youtube) (Invidious) talks about the sense of not belonging on this planet and it’s a dream about being taken home.

    About Aurora herself, if she would fit any diversity categoriy is of course solely her business to not care about :-) (Youtube) (Invidious). She performs with plenty of whole-body gesturing which reminds me of Sinéad O’Connor.

    In any case, i for sure would love to dance with her, yeah! (Invidious)

  • Jeraxus@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    2·
    6 months ago

    "Someday I’d like to go where nobody knows what I am

    And i’d like to be quiet quiet as i can

    Maybe I’ll be safer there where nobody knows what I am

    And what i can do

    While I wander the vacant streets of my mind"

    Carnes by Ghost and Pals

    (Unofficial reupload, TW: cannibalism)

    I spend more time in my mind than in reality, I really relate to this character

    • hauiAEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      What the actual fuck man?! My childhood hero is fucking autistic??? I‘m crying of relief man. Thanks for posting this.

      • I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
        3·
        2 months ago

        @haui_lemmy@lemmy.giftedmc.com!!! Hi 👋😀

        You’re welcome! While Eminem hasn’t explicitly stated it, there’s a lot of evidence indicating that he’s autistic. I think the song Legacy is too on point of the autistic experience for an NT to write. In Wicked Ways, he has a line that says, “Ever heard of Asperger’s? It’s a rare condition…” Later on in the same song, there are lyrics that go:

        To this day I, still get in fights with the same broad

        At the same Walmart arguing over the same cart

        In the middle of the aisle wil’in’

        I don’t give a fuck, I don’t play

        Bitch you think you saw this basket first?

        You’re ass backwards like motherfucking Bob and Silent Jay

        The dude is seriously rapping in an official song about what would be considered a minor issue, but because he’s so set on rules and morals, a lady taking a basket he saw first drives him bonkers, lol. That would totally be me if I didn’t have autism therapy to help me put that into perspective and be more chill about it.

        Also, there are all sorts of interviews where he is either seemingly overwhelmed and unconventionally honest or obviously confused by the social interaction. The second interview was upsetting for me because I think Colbert was being an ass to Eminem.

        Additionally, I think that the fact that he’s White but involved in rap hints at his autistic perspective on the stupidity of race. Like, he surely sees that there is systemic racism, but it seems to me that he innately doesn’t believe in race as concrete characteristic that naturally divides humans into distinct categories. Otherwise, he’d probably be less involved in a music style that is mostly dominated by Black people. This argument might just be me projecting my beliefs though 🤷‍♂️

        But to answer your question: yes, it seems like you intuitively related to Eminem because he’s one of us (✋🏳️‍🌈AUT😀ISM🏳️‍🌈🤚). He seems to have savant-level skill with rhyming and music to the point that many famous rappers have publicly stated that they will not start problems with Eminem because his response would be embarrassingly better. The dude is a rap legend.

        Personally, I totally get his rhythm. I feel like it’s similar to how I speak: atypical spurts that are on beat with pauses and extensions in the middle of statements for effect or to think and rhythmic inflections for artistic fun/to be silly and have a style. Whereas other rappers seem to have a more fluid and standard rhythm where the inflections are at the ends to emphasize the meaning of entire message, which matches how NTs speak.