1000% Not weird at all. The ones judging you for it are the weird ones. Love kicking back and listening to good music. I’m actually laying back on the couch right now after a tiring day and the only reason I’m on Lemmy right now is because I didn’t have my headphones.

As many others have already said, you are definitely not weird for it. If thats what you enjoy, don’t let others take it from you just because they might consider it weird.

For me personally, I do both. Sometimes I listen to background music while doing other things. As someone said above, its like elevator music. However, for me it improves the mood for some tasks.
On the other hand, I sit down maybe three times a week just for listening to music. I fully follow the emotions and story of a song or album.
The music is quite different between these two modes. For the background music I just need some good tunes. When listening fully, the song must have a text I like or be a really good instrumental song. Then I also need the right song and order of songs depending on mood. Mostly it’s a curated list from which i select song by song. If I hear a great song in background listening I add it to the list. Later I listen to a more songs of the album or artist with full attention and add the ones I enjoy to my list. Funnily there are songs which then have so much meaning for me, I cannot listen to them in background anymore. Either I skip them or i put my full attention to them.

Both actually. BUT the type of music I listen to changes drastically depending on my activity.

Both. The distinction being when working I listen to albums or a stream, when listening only, it’s by the song.

I have an over-active imagination and music stimulates it. There’s almost no time in which I’m listening to music and not imagining some emotion-stirring scenario in my head.

I used to do that all the time in my teenage years. I would buy a CD Album, go home, play it on my stereo, listen through the entire album while reading the lyrics or Look at the art in that little Booklet that came with the album.

Or i would just play an album, lie on my bed and just listen.

Nowadays i mostly listen to music while working or driving. I dont have a stereo and no space to have one. I would like to have a “music corner” it like Rob in High fidelity.

I mostly listen to music whilst walking the doggy, and sometimes when doing chores around the house

Occasionally I have a random moment though of “it’s music time” and just focus listen to a whole album in one sitting

Depends how stoned I am

Sometimes but never in headphones. In the living room right in the stereo spot on the couch. Mostly I listen and do, but sometimes just listen.

I wouldn’t say weird. You can enjoy your music however you want.

Personally i wouldn’t be able to do it, having ADHD and sitting still doesn’t really go together.

I do it. I miss having linear, defined “playlists” we used to call listening to an album. So, duh, you can still do it. I play curated playlists when I’m driving. If something catches my attention, I go to that song’s album (please don’t be a single, please don’t be a single). If the album plays through well, I’ll probably give it a go at home.

Granted, sitting still is not my strong suit, so it’s not all that common. Video games are my main TV/couch thing if solo. I always have some other chore or project nagging me. But damn, is it relaxing to lightly hit a thc vape and play deadmau5

Does vaping weed count as “doing something else”?

Have to do something else. I mostly listen to new albums when doing cardio at the gym, or when playing multiplayer vidya.

I “metaltate” several times a week. Dark room, closed eyes, focus on breathing, and headphones with black metal.

I think everyone should try to only listen, at least sometimes. We’ve been trained to need input constantly and we’re not built for it. People can’t just watch TV any more either, need more screens!