Episode notes
You heard a song in passing and you probably did not even like it, but days later you're singing the chorus in the bathroom. This episode explains exactly why that happens; the cognitive itch your brain cannot stop scratching, why the songs you hate stick harder than the songs you love, why trying to get rid of an earworm only makes it louder, and why Afrobeats hooks were practically built to produce earworms.
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