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"Toxic" by Britney Spears and "Shape of You" by Ed Sheeran both make me irrationally angry.
Huh, I'm not much of a pop-person. But both of these songs stood out to me as pretty original with a nice sound design, so I'd publicly disagree. :)
That also makes me irrationally angry, even though people should be allowed to be wrong...
Seriously, though, I think there's something about the trick(s) these songs use to get stuck in people's heads that triggers a very negative visceral reaction in me, like I'm being violated somehow. This leaves me no room to appreciate the songs' originality or sound design.
Maybe it's because English is not my native language, that the lyrics are not able to reach my lizard brain to push any buttons. But the sound and rhythm does.
I tend to get triggered more by movies that try too hard to be sad or deep.
I don't think it's the lyrics that trigger me, though.
As for movies, I can probably relate. I get annoyed when movies try to push my emotional buttons in a way that feels phony or manufactured. A lot of Disney and Spielberg movies tend to have this effect on me.