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  • Hello, it's me, Max Knoblauch. This week I am going to be listening to "Hello" by Adele,

  • every day, all day, for the entire week. And I'll never get tired of it, ever in my entire

  • life. Okay so this is my inaugural listen. "Hello, it's me... Hello from the other side..."Very

  • happy with it, I love the song. I'm gonna probably be the foremost expert on this song,

  • maybe in the world. Today's pretty rough. My commute to work is about 5 and a half "Hello"s,

  • and somewhere probably around the four and a half "Hello" mark I realized, Okay, I've

  • had enough of this song. I'm losing track of when it ends and when it begins. You train

  • for a marathon. With this I kind of just jumped into it, and I'm experiencing some real chafing.

  • Can't imagine that that is having a positive effect on my psyche.Today I wanted to go to

  • talk to somebody just about how this might be affecting my brain. As you are listening

  • to it more and more your brain actually sort of entrains which could make it more difficult

  • for you to actually focus on other things- I didn't listen to a single word you just

  • said. Keith actually suggested to put me in kind of a chamber where they strap me onto

  • a bed and put my head in a bucket, and I was locked into a box. Hey Max, how are you doing

  • in there? You're going to hear three clips from "Hello". "...Hello from the other side..."

  • I listened to about 30 minutes of "Hello". This really allowed me to just get one-on-one

  • with Adele. Keith showed me the results of the test. The same neurons are responding

  • to the same inputs over and over again. It has a sort of tiring out effect. Adele's "Hello"

  • is killing my brain. Yeah. So today is day 4. But once you're alone in the apartment,

  • it takes a whole new meaning. It's just me and Adele. Which is not so bad. "...Hello

  • from the other side..." You can listen to this song 100 times and never get tired of

  • it. Listen to it 400 times, and you get very agitated around your friends. This project

  • has been a lot. You know what I mean? That kind of song that you just can't get out of

  • your head. Before this project, for me, that song was "Drift Away" by Uncle Kracker and

  • I probably bit off a bit more than I could chew with this. I literally couldn't get it

  • out of my head for 5 days. It's time to say goodbye to "Hello". "...Hello, it's me..."

  • They really did have a nice property. Whew. Okay. Finally, great. I feel like I submitted

  • to the song and it will always be happening inside of my body. It's over for me in that

  • regard. "...It clearly doesn't tear you apart anymore..." Around 11 it was fine, around

  • 12 it started to get annoying today, 1PM... I passed away. If Adele saw this video, I'd

  • be pretty embarrassed.

Hello, it's me, Max Knoblauch. This week I am going to be listening to "Hello" by Adele,

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