Most people think they choose which songs they enjoy. They don’t. A real hit doesn’t give your brain the option. It commands it. Here’s how: dopamine. Every addictive song is designed around specific rhythmic and melodic triggers that hijack your reward system. And once dopamine floods in, your brain stops deciding: it starts obeying. That’s why you can’t get a chorus out of your head. It’s not a choice. It’s not even taste. It’s your brain following orders it doesn’t know it agreed to. You’re n