I like earworms, but often I never notice myself with them. When I do notice myself having an earworm, and it becomes a little bit annoying, it's a bit like thi

I like earworms, but often I never notice myself with them. When I do notice myself having an earworm, and it becomes a little bit annoying, it's a bit like this article and I ask myself why. Lean into your earworm. What I try to do is pay more attention to the earworm. If it's lyrics, what are the lyrics saying? (and look them up). If it's instrumental music what are the emotions? What was the time when I last heard it and how was I feeling. What is the purpose of the earworm - what message is it saying? I treat the earworm as if it was my subconscious trying to tell me something. Contemplate and listen properly to your earworm. Often this strategy happily removes annoying earworms and sometimes it tells me some new useful information. It doesn't give me any deep insights or epiphanies just something like "oh that fun sounding song was actually sad - about a girl who lost her baby, I didn't notice now I do" Once or twice I've noticed something strange. The earworm actually increases in volume (sometimes at a loud pub level of sound) but only due to or in response to the IRL situation that I find myself in.