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the deliberate decision to face the apocalypse with a grin and a playlist
means Cheerful, optimistic, and full of positive energy.
from Straight from music: the 'upbeat' is the unaccented beat in a bar, marked by the conductor lifting the baton upward before the strong downbeat. By the early 20th century in American English, that rising gesture had drifted into figurative use — a lift of the spirits rather than the hand — and 'upbeat' came to mean buoyant and hopeful.
- music origin
- named for the conductor's lifted baton before a beat
- tempo trick
- faster songs literally raise your heart rate and mood
- contagion
- emotions spread between people like a yawn
- survival edge
- optimists outlive pessimists in long-term studies
for instance
walking on sunshine — 1985 song by katrina and the waves that became synonymous with infectious optimism
good as hell — 2016 lizzo track that defined upbeat positivity for a generation
don't stop me now — 1978 queen anthem, peak upbeat energy in rock music