💛 Science Says JLS Are Why I’m Like This

You know those posts that pop up saying “the music you listen to from age 13–17 leaves the biggest emotional impact on you”?
Yeah. Looking directly at you, JLS.

If that’s true — and honestly, I believe it — it explains so much.
Why hearing Everybody in Love still makes my heart do a little flip.
Why I still know the colour codes.
Why Beat Again can bring back the smell of Impulse body spray and the sound of MSN pings.

Those songs raised me. They were the soundtrack to my teens, my comfort blanket, my confidence boost, my reason to smile on the hard days. They weren’t just chart hits — they were emotional landmarks. Moments in sound.

When I think back, JLS weren’t just a band I liked — they were proof that joy could be loud and unapologetic. That fandom could be friendship. That glitter, harmonies, and matching hoodies could somehow make everything feel okay again.

And maybe that’s why they still mean so much now. When something shapes you that deeply, it doesn’t fade — it grows with you. The songs become part of your wiring.

So yes, if a study says your teenage music leaves the biggest impact?
Then science just confirmed what I’ve known all along:
JLS are why I’m like this. 💛🎶