It's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?

Why isn't it just common practice to just use "they" instead the entirely cumbersome "he/her"?
Like it's just so much easier to type out and say, and it's just better to use regardless.
- The fun part is that you'll have people complaining about it either way!
  
  Yea, but the people who complain about "they" are assholes so we can safely ignore them.
  
  I am offended by your use of 'people', that excludes folk and kin!
  Rawr!
- Not only is it more readable and aesthetically-pleasing, singular "they" is more inclusive of people outside the gender binary!
- Love how the top comment doesn't even answer the question. But TIL, I guess. If I had known this option existed, I probably would have used it. I'm going to play the "not a native english speaker"-card on this one.
- Because "they" refers to multiple people?
  
  It doesn't though. They has been used for singular without knowing the gender for a long time.
  
  Singular "they" actually predates singular "you".
  
  My friend forgot their umbrella at the office.
  They nervously answered the phone.
  They're a lazy motherfucker.
  I gave my friend a hug and wished them a speedy recovery.
  Any of those sound unusual, or like they're referring to more than one person?
  
  I was taught this very aggressively in school, but it turns out that it’s just not true and there’s a long history of singular they.

Darude Sandstorm.
Not even joking
- You can always use the recorder cover to see if they make a comment about liking the real version.
- Banger.

None!
There should be no guilty pleasures in music. Especially dating. It's much more attractive to have a wide range of tastes and be comfortable with what you like.
- yea exactly. I don't feel guilty for the music I like

Nickelback.
- If I have to hate a reasonably decent pop rock band to earn points I shouldn't even be on the date.
  
  I don't have a baseline when it comes to pop songs. Also, I have never been on a date anyways. So, it's all good.
- I'm personally not a fan of most of their albums, but I have to say that put on a great live show. They started as a cover band and last I saw them, they did a bunch of covers of 70-80s rock, all of which were very well done.

Doesn't exist. I tell them what I like. If they can't handle the truth then it wouldn't work anyway.
I also don't have guilty pleasures. I enjoy things.

So I put my hands up. They're playin' my song, the butterflies fly away. I'm noddin' my head like, yeah. Movin' my hips like, yeah. I got my hands up, they're playin' my song. They know I'm gonna be okay. Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A. Yeah, it's a party in the U.S.A.
- Yesterday was Thursday, Thursday. Today it is Friday, Friday!
  
  I don't know what I was expecting, but that was so much more.

Obviously the ska.

My workout playlist consists of anime openings and Power Metal. I don't watch anime nor play D&D, but I like the fast-paced and fantasy/superhero style.
- To be fair, A Cruel Angels Thesis is really nice.

ive seen barry manilow in concert 4 times
- That's pretty fucking awesome.
  
  hes just one of those guys that gives a solid live performance. he sounds exactly like the albums, not a lot of extra bullshit.. mostly him and the piano.
  similar with weird al.. my hands down favorite live artist.

Aqua and Toy Box. Dog bless the early 2000’s

Drum n bass

Steely Dan. The worst part would be I won't stop talking about the drum solo in Aja.
- I bought a Front242 CD from a record shop once, got home to find out the staff had grabbed Steely Dan CD an put that in the case accidentally. (The days before tamper proof display adapters, where the media was stored behind the counter)

I have a philosophy to always expose my craziest parts cuz if they dont like them it eventually wont work anyway so id play cupcakke x mario kart remixes for them
- I appreciate this and will do the same. 10 hours of They're Taking the Hobbits to Isengard. Anyone who can make it at least 3 hours and is singing along instead of stabbing me is a go for date two.

It's your first date and she/he asks what type of music you like. What's the guilty pleasure you won't tell her/him about?
I love music and hate but being myself (AuADHD weeeee) so, they're going to hear an honest answer. If they're not down with my love of folk punk and what I classify as "shitty punk rock" (you just the kind - overly-compressed, terribly mixed, played by people who barely know how to tune a guitar), well, that's fair enough. Same as if they aren't up for my, AuADHD - neurodivergence can be a bit to handle.
- I see a potential fellow days n daze enjoyer...?
  
  Nothing "potential" about it. :)

I have some Brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys on my gym mix.

I will gladly tell them how much I like Weird Al.
- That's not really the question, though
  
  It's in the spirit of the question, with 'Nobody' being the implied direct answer. Just saying my pleasure (musically) is not guilty or secret.

- Was it Queen of the Clouds? I like Lady Wood and Blue Lips too, but QOTC is just such a "leave it on, no need to skip any tracks" album for me. Such a vibe.
- Ty from a new fan

Taylor swift :p

ICP
- Came here for this. I can still recite a crazy number of those songs 20+ years after I stopped listening to them.
  
  I actually went on an ICP rabbit hole earlier this year and played all the videos I didn't know existed. I just listened to their albums in my youth. Luckily my wife used to listen to them as well and we made it a drunken night of it.
- Related: https://youtu.be/-T333zf__uU

Carmeldansen in its original form is legitimately a good song and I actually love the whole album its from.

Mindless Self Indulgence
- Understandable lmao.
  "So you like this song called 5 what now? And what did he just call Jimmy Paige?!"
  
  song called 5 what now?
  Wait, which song are you referring to? For the life of me, I can't remember
- I kinda forgot about them, but same. "Frakenstein Girls Will Seem Strangely Sexy" got a lot of plays from me when I was in highschool

Hyperpop. I'm a Christian and only date other Christians and many of those songs have pretty lewd lyrics.
- That sucks that you can't just be yourself
  
  Yeah, there's a part of me that wants to stop caring and just show some of that music to whoever I'm on a date with.

depends, but I usually don't reference more of the occasional things I listen to , less of the electronic/breakcore or experimental/obviously avant garde (less Secret chiefs 3, more crossfire duo )
EDIT : my wife doesn't mind the tech death/grindcore, she does mind the free jazz/avant garde classical

I'd rather listen to Raditude than Pinkerton...
- I see why. I think that sentence just broke my brain a little.
- Just casually admitting crimes in public.
- Holy mackerel

Spinal Meningitis by Ween.
On a lighter note, I loves me some Señor Coconut.

Cbat, obviously
- Godawful clownfuck music and yes I also like that one
- Post the whole playlist you coward. I wanna see just how bad it is.

I love singing Kalinika... I'd probably avoid mentioning it because Russia is an authoritarian state that likely wouldn't approve of me dating the person I'm talking to. Also, the Russian government sucks in like a billion other ways.

Kpop. But to be fair, I listen to a wide variety of genres, from prog rock to metal, r&b, EDM, and film scores.

italo-disco. though i might reveal that in a later moment.

Marching band music. Can’t get enough of it.
- Dude, I would be ecstatic if my hypothetical date said they listen to marching band music. Please recommend me some.
  
  I'm not big into matching band music, but I went to a MarchFourth concert on a whim and had a fun time. Lots of juggling, hula hooping, dancing. They even had a guy doing yo-yo tricks to a saxophone solo.
  https://youtu.be/8x9Cv-dLw9E?si=1Zh8kC_Q8X0SSI6W

Metal. A lot of people kinda freak out when they hear you like metal of any kind. And not in a good way.
- Sounds like the kind of people i would not wanna have a second date with..

Sonic the Hedgehog soundtracks, specifically the songs with vocals. Haven't kept up with the series in a while but my playlist has songs from everything from Sonic CD to Sonic and the Black Knight. I'm sure some of it is actually good music and some I only like because it reminds me of Sonic.
I guess it'll take a few more dates before I show her What I'm Made of...

I'm going to save the Powerwolf and Lord of the Lost until maybe the third date...
- They might realise you play paradox games and be weirded out

Metro Station - Shake It

French deep house from 2016.

2000 - 2010's indie rock/pop like the kooks, mando diao, vampire weekend, etc

Probably the cursed remixes on YouTube, they don't need to know how much of a banger beatswapped uptown funk is.

I don't really have guilty pleasures, but I'd probably keep Pupil Slicer and HIDE for the third or fourth date...

My "Hey! It's Franklin!" CD.

Demi Lovato's first album, Don't Forget. It absolutely slaps but it's difficult for me to talk about it.

Donk is a 2nd or 3rd date kind of genre.

...every once in awhile i listen to top fourty countdowns from the mid-eighties, not necessarily because i enjoy the music, but because i'm mesmerised by the time-warp effect of revisiting period radio programs...
...i disliked a lot of the music then but i appreciated the shared cultural experience of legitimately popular broadcast media, and retrospectively it's a window into a world which no longer exists...

I don't know how she woud react to the entire ratchet & clank OST so I probably wouldn't show her this.

Insane Clown Posse

MC Frontalot.
- That's a deep cut right there

Die Antwoord
- I just watched Zef on Prime and it gave me a whole new perspective on them.

Over clocked remix

Snake River Conspiracy

There's a Ghoooooost in me
That wants to say I'm sorry
Doesn't mean I'm sorry...
- I love that song, gives me nostalgia for little big planet
  
  I didn't know it was on the soundtrack there. I just really dig her vibe, and have been going through a lot of her songs recently