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.

  • I'm back on my BS 🤪@lemmy.worldOPMEnglish
    6·
    8 months ago

    Somos Abnormales by Residente (Spanish song by Puerto Rican artist)

    Lyrics in Spanish:

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    Tres ojos, cuatro orejas

    Mucho pelo entre medio de las cejas

    Con los cachetes, llenos de granos

    Sin brazos ni piernas como los gusanos

    Imperfecciones en todos los lugares

    Cicatrices, jorobas, lunares

    Juanetes, en los dos pies

    Con ocho dedos, en vez de diez

    Blanco, que se te ve la venas del cerebro

    Como café, sin leche, bien negro

    Mal distribuido como las vacas

    Mucha barriga pero con las patas flacas

    Cabeza grande, cuerpo chiquito

    Celuliticos, los muslos blanditos

    Mucho labio, bembón o bembona

    Una nariz que parece otra persona

    Aquí todos somos deformes

    Y nos resistimos a usar uniforme

    Lo más feo de la flor es el tallo

    La belleza se alimenta de fallos

    Cómo nos vemos curiosos

    Ponemos a los lindos nerviosos

    Que toda la gente nos señale

    Lo que no es igual, sobresale

    Soy Anormal

    Somos anormales

    Lo que me gusta de ti

    Es que tu eres anormal

    Nuestra sexualidad se despierta

    El ADN con las piernas abiertas

    Los cromosomas bailando bolero

    Las hormonas con hambre

    Lamiéndose los cueros

    Y procreamos una cosa bien rara

    Como nosotros pero con otra cara

    Nuestra genética, un laberinto

    Somos igual de distintos

    Lo que se mezcla es más interesante

    Como una mosca con orejas de elefante

    Los colores se triplican, nadie pierde

    Amarillo con azul hacen verde

    Original, no lo pueden copiar

    Lo que es impuro no se puede duplicar

    La raza se arregla, cuando se daña

    Somos de la tribu que con sucio se baña!

    Soy Anormal

    Somos anormales

    Lo que me gusta de ti

    Es que tu eres anormal

    Soy Anormal

    Lyrics translate to English:

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    Three eyes, four ears

    Much hair between the eyebrows

    With the cheeks full of pimples

    Without arms or legs, like worms

    Imperfections everywhere

    Scars, humps, moles

    Bunions on both feet

    With eight fingers instead of ten

    So white that the veins of your brains are visible

    Like coffee, without milk, very black

    Poor body mass distribution like cows

    A big belly but with skinny legs

    Big head, small body

    Cellulitis with soft thighs

    Big lips, bembón or bembona (terms for big lipped man and woman)

    A nose that looks like another person

    Here we are all deformed

    And we resist using uniforms

    The ugliest part of the flower is the stem

    Beauty feeds on mistakes

    Because we look curious

    We make the pretty people nervous

    Let all the people point at us

    What isn’t the same stands out

    I’m abnormal! I’m abnormal! I’m abnormal!

    We are abnormal

    What I like about you

    Is that you are abnormal

    I’m abnormal! I’m abnormal! I’m abnormal!

    We are abnormal

    What I like about you

    Is that you are abnormal.

    Our sexuality awakens

    The DNA with spread legs

    The chromosomes dancing bolero

    The hungry hormones licking their leathers

    And we procreate a very strange thing

    Like ourselves but with another face

    Our genetics, a labyrinth

    We are equally different

    What gets mixed up is more interesting

    Like a fly with elephant ears

    The colors triplicate, no one loses

    Yellow with blue make green

    Original, it cannot be copied

    What is impure cannot be duplicated

    The race fixes itself when it is damaged

    We are the tribe that washes with dirt

    I’m abnormal! I’m abnormal! I’m abnormal! We are abnormal What I like about you Is that you are abnormal

    I’m abnormal

    I share this songs for several reasons:

    One, the artist is openly autistic, saying in one of his songs that he was diagnosed as a kid. To me, it seems like he also takes special effort to be authentic and engage in his uniqueness without any shame.

    Two, the song is called “We’re Abnormals”. My Hispanophone family nicknamed me Arnold Mal, which was pretty clever on multiple levels. I was the first American-born and native Anglophone in the family, so the name Arnold was fitting in that they saw it as an English name. Also, when read in Spanish, “Arnold Mal” sounds like they are calling me abnormal. That was fitting because I was definitely the weirdo of the family. Before diagnosis, it made sense since I grew up with my father’s side of the family, yet stuck out as being oddly different from them. They often told me that I reminded them of my mother my entire life. I had embraced it because I was proud to not take after a lot of their traits, which I found did not match well with my ethical standards. After diagnosis, it makes even much more sense since I’m autistic and they aren’t (bonus: my mother was very likely autistic). I stuck out for being odd in my manner of doing things, preferring order, limited socialization compared to them, interacting softly, and having a strong moral code. Related to the strong moral code, the artist has a history of composing songs that stand up for underdogs and disadvantaged people, which I can relate to my whole life.

    Three, because of my experiences and projecting that onto the artist, I see it as him having similar experiences, probably being labelled as abnormal since childhood. By the way, abnormal is a common term for those that aren’t neurotypical in Latin America. He taking on the identity as if saying, “If I’m abnormal, then I’m going to be proud of being abnormal with all my other abnormals,” then, celebrating being abnormal and its benefits. Basically, the song is about being prideful of being different, and I love that. Ultimately, the song is about being proud of being you, especially if you’re abnormal 🥹

    Four, the song also has lyrics that relate to common autistic traits.

    • “We resist using uniforms,” which is common among autistics to resist conformity.

    • “Because we look curious.” Special interests! But also confused in social situations and I know I have a staring problem when I try to figure people out.

    • “What I like about you is that you are abnormal.” Yep! I naturally gravitate to autistics, even before knowing I was autistic. But also, there’s research to support that with the concept of the double-empathy theory that argues that autistic people aren’t lacking empathy, they’re just better at empathizing with other autistics. The same goes for neurotypical people in that they also empathize better with other allistics.

    • “Our sexuality awakens, the DNA with spread legs.” I’ve read that autistic people tend to have atypical sexual preferences, from asexuality to uncommon kinks.

    • “Our genetics, a labyrinth.” This reminds me of the autism evaluation process when the evaluator tried to figure out who else in my family was autistic.

    • “We are equally different”. Yeah, we’re just different. No worse, no better.

    • “What gets mixed up is more interesting…What I like about you is that you are abnormal.” To me, autistic people tend to be much more interesting. They have their uniqueness and special interests.

    • “I’m abnormal.” I’m Arnold Mal, and I’m abnormal.

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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)

    • haui@lemmy.giftedmc.comEnglish
      2·
      2 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

        @[email protected]!!! 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.