Wow, this totally happened to me. At first, I would always say that a person's taste would always change throughout his or her's life, but I would always avoid the reason why. I guess that all this time, music has been a mirror to my personality, feelings, emotions, and thought.
When I first listened to music, it was Cambodian music. Yeah, it's practically what one would only hear in my country. Well, as soon as I moved to America, I began listening to American tracks. I immediately discontinued listening to any Cambodian songs after that. It was as if I moved on towards another chapter of my life.
At age 11, I started Middle School. Culture blasted itself into my soul the moment I took the first step out of the bus. I began to listen to video-game music and a lot of techno tracks, because some of my former friends was also listening to it. Anyways, throughout my 6th grade year, I was humiliateed to no ends. In a way, I blamed my lifestyle, which included the music I was listening to.
For the rest of 7th grade, I progressed to mainstream and indie rock, emo, heavy metal, and grunge music. My life then was depressing, and I ever thought about was a way to get rid of the pain. The songs they singed was pleasing to my soul. I had hope; it continued pushing me to find a better life.
8th grade, I finally found a better life. I abandoned most of my heavy metal bands for more pop singers. It was all my friends ever listened to. I was afraid that if they saw bands like Alice Cooper, Black Sabbeth, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, etc. on my iTunes, they wouldn't like them anymore.
Eventually, I finally stopped listening to my friend's song and started finding my own. Nowadays, I listen to Korean Pop, Pop, Alternative Rock, Pop Punk, Rap, Hip-Hop, Country (Taylor Swift), and R&B. I listen to everything else to a much lesser extent. I am not sad anymore, and my life has been promising lately. I, too, have began listening to more female singers lately. I started listening to Techno, Electronic, and Trance again. Heavy Metal bands such as Iron Maiden, AC/DC, Aerosmith, and Metallica appeals to me. For once, I feel that I am finally at peace, so is my musical taste.