Dating app “conversations” these days go like this:

“What do you work as?”

“What did you study?”

“What do you like to do during the weekends?”

All very predictable. It actually feels a bit like sussing out someone’s CV.

So this got me thinking. If we’re looking for love, why do we interview each other like we want to connect on LinkedIn???

Okay to be fair, these clichéd questions are practical when considering a potential partner. But if the objective of dating is to find out if the person is someone you’d enjoy spending time with (or at least wouldn’t mind meeting), surely there’s a better way to go around it.

Perhaps, the real question we should ask our dates is:

“Can I see your Spotify playlist?”

Hear me out.

“Music is a form of language”

So said my musician colleague, Juan, as I was trying to get into the groove writing this article.

I realised what he said was actually legit. Dating apps today are no longer just about swiping someone based on their photos. Okay, they still kind of are, but these days, there are extra nifty features to showcase bits of your personality.