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 Understanding how often fortune telling techniques are used in movies and songs and by whom was shocking (to predict details about Al-Mahdi and family to tell that they knew what would happen afterwards). It’s easy to tell when you know parts of the story. I felt angry at the start, deluded (even you sort of feeling towards the person in concern), although over the past years sometimes I felt nostalgic especially for the music that I used to listen to many hours a day (as white noise to help concentrate or to reduce the boredom). 
Right now, I don’t listen to music at all, to avoid delays especially because there are people that need help sooner than later in other parts of the world. 
I’ll be happy if the way many used to write their songs changes and the words written are felt and thought, without the music or only drums (the voice is more than enough). 
Nashied is allowed in Islam and it is similar to rap songs; Nashied doesn’t require musical instruments in most cases and it’s a way of expressing own opinion that sometimes reaches the people more effectively (it’s like words following a rhythm that don’t have to or need to be poetic).