Does listening to music while studying actually hurt your focus, or does it depend on the genre? I've been a lifelong fan of classical, but when I tried studying with ambient electronic tracks, my mind wandered more than with silence. For years, I relied on lyric-heavy pop to get through homework, convincing myself it helped, but recent experiments suggest that any music with words can interfere with reading comprehension — some studies show a 10% drop in performance. I'm not sure if that's true for everyone, but I'd rather test it for myself than trust the claims.