While you may be tempted to try to suppress earworms, Kellaris cautions against it. Let’s say, “establish.” Now try singing it. Try this: Tell ChatGPT, “You are Weird Al Yankovic, make these lyrics funny and about Star Wars.” Want an AI-free solution? Try strategically replacing words in the song-so swap out the word “Caroline” in “Sweet Caroline” with another three-syllable word. The AI tool ChatGPT gets a lot of flak for potentially putting writers out of business, but if you’ve got an earworm, it could provide an antidote. “There’s no rhythm, no melody, and it just takes up space in your phonological loop,” Arthur says. In a pinch? Tune into the earworm eraser, a 42-second track that’s designed to disrupt the neural patterns that latch onto a catchy song. “When you expand your horizons and learn about different kinds of music, there’s a larger repertoire for your mind to draw upon,” Schubert says. If you create a playlist made up of songs with varying tempos and beats, your mind may be less likely to catch on a particular tune. “Even chewing gum can disrupt the phonological loop necessary for imagining through the song,” says Elizabeth Margulis, a professor at Princeton University and director of its music cognition lab. Distraction, or coming up with a competing task, sound, or image-something that engages your mind-can help get rid of an INMI. It turns out watching memes when you’re trying to ditch an earworm is an expert-approved strategy. “I imagine that I’m at a concert, and I hear the audience clapping and cheering in my mind,” she says. That’s a trick Arthur uses to signal to her mind that the song is over. Don’t have time to play the song in its entirety? Cue the applause. Once you listen to the whole song all the way through, your brain gets the message that it’s complete, so there’s no need for it to repeat. When you only know one part of the song, that’s the bit that gets stuck. If an earworm has a hold on you, scientists believe the following strategies may help obliterate it:
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