Usually silence, but if I’ve either read the book before or heard the songs enough times that I don’t have to listen to the words I might have music on. If I’m in someones car or a public space it also doesn’t bother me if music plays

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My version of “background noise” always distracts me

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i can only do silence. any music, even without lyrics, distracts me

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I have to have music but it has to be instrumental, no lyrics.

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I’ll listen to music that fits the vibe but never in the language I’m reading in, that would be too distracting

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Background music for me is only for math or science, otherwise any reading involved requires miscellaneous background noise (like a coffee shop, but like not one conversation I can listen to entirely right next to me yk)

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I read while watching movies tbh

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I only do silence or white noise, otherwise it can be sensory overload

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i usually read with white noise

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i make book playlists for each of my books! purely instrumental though i can’t do lyrics while reading

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i listen to music like 95% of the time when i’m reading but usually only songs that i know almost every word so that it’s not distracting

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Silence for me or possibly Lofi

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