I have to tag either to instrumental music, or music that's in a language I don't speak. otherwise my brain gets too distracted by the words in the music.
if i'm writing prose tags i need insrumental music, either soundtracks like lotr or the piano guys, lindsey stirling, etc. action tags i can usually listen to my character's playlist for those.
sometimes i'll listen to songs based on mood; other times i'll listen to stuff that's just emotionally neutral, chill tagging music so i can power through and write whatever
Generally, playlists I've made or music suited to the emotion of the thread. If it exists, the playlists will generally include music related to the characters too, like this album for Scrooge
Right now I have AGDQ on for background noise, but I normally put on Mega Man longplays. 100% serious. That 8-bit music and ping ping ping of the Mega Buster just gets my tags going.
- leave youtube on autoplay