Babymetal, it’s early days had so much vitriol throw at them and I was right there.
I used to hate Miley Cyrus’ music and her personality. Now I’m on board. I still don’t love her, but I don’t mind singing along when her music plays near me and I feel very neutral to even positive about her as a person. As far as child stars go she actually seems surprisingly normal and thoughtful.
Lana del Rey
I heard her a lot when born to die came out. And even listened full album. And thought “I listened to the same song 15 times” But now a fan, don’t know why.
Ghost. I always wanted to like them, but could not get into their sound. When they won their Grammy in 2015(?) I called a buddy who was huge into them and asked him to curate a playlist for me. I could not do it.
Then in 2018 I saw them open for Iron Maiden, something about seeing them in person. Papa and the Ghouls had this energy about them. Now they are one of my top listened to bands.
seeing a band in person can make such a huuge difference its insane
I really miss all the metal shows I went to back in the early 90s so many bands every weekend.
I wasn’t a fan of ’80s pop music when it came out. But now there’s a layer of nostalgia, and the weirdness of that music is now fascinating to me. So I might not actually like it still, but now I appreciate it.
Fall Out Boy
I’m not sure about “enjoy”, but I’ve come to appreciate The Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, and U2 where I previously couldn’t see the attraction.
Obnoxious late 90s-early 2000s over the top stuff like Limp Bizkit. I don’t know what happened. I always hated it until last year and then it just clicked. Please stay back.
It was just one of those days!
This comment goes for pretty much the whole grunge genre, but especially Pearl Jam. I hated the vocals. But then I went a few years without listening to the radio at all so I forgot they existed, and got pretty into Rush. I guess Geddy’s vocals desensitized me or something because I eventually stumbled on Pearl Jam again and… they actually kicked ass.
Steely Dan
Mindless Self Indulgence
I used to love them, but after learning about Jimmy Urine, I can’t listen to it. Same for Die Antwood. Actually, a whole lot of fucking people
It took me awhile to like Katy Perry’s older stuff. This coming from a guy who likes Indie/Punk/New Wave. I haven’t listened to her newer stuff.
Oh and same with Billie Eilish.
Joy Division. It took several years of being a New Order fanboy before I revisited the earlier band and realized its genius.
I was the other way around! I really liked Joy Division, didn’t really care for New Order. Now I like them both, but they stimulate very different parts of my brain.
Slipknot.
Still don’t like the look the band has, but I like the music now.
Korn is almost the same except I still also don’t really like their music.
Volume 3 is the only album I ever really liked of theirs. Pulse of the Maggots is still a jam
Meshuggah:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9LpMZuBEMk
Listened to them before I got into metal, came back to them later and now love them. That’s from probably one of their more accessible records, they also have more experimental stuff like this:
