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The omnipresence of music in our lives means that we don't find it all that unusual when movies have pop soundtracks because it channels our own musical experience.

Not all your friend's have seen Minions or Captain America: Civil War, but chances are they've all heard Rihanna's 'Work' or Pharrell's 'Happy'. Popular music, more so than even television and movies, has a way of bringing us into the zeitgeist. Music has the power to unite and divide us, it is perhaps the most influential art on our daily lives. When we're sad, music can bring us up, and when we're happy, a song can pull us down. We tune into the radio or, more likely Spotify, as a means of channeling someone else's experience. The ethereal magic of music has the power to transport you not only to new worlds, but into inexperienced emotions.