dynamiteninja
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I would say ENFP or INFP. Her music is very quirky and different and there is a deep quality to it that makes me think she is an Intuitive (or perhaps I am just biased).
Interesting. I thought she was a clear INFP. ISFP maybe, but there are a few reasons I would argue with that.
To me, she seems pretty introverted, but a rather liberated introvert at that. You can see her softness and timidity.
Remember, intuition means a focus on possibilities, whereas sensing means taking what is and perhaps molding it into something else. In her songs I can the clear use of intuition, and she does have a lot of intuition going on.
Clearly feeling over thinking, and perceiving over judging.
Check out this interview:
YouTube - Regina Spektor - Interview
Yes, she does say 'lots of random stuff, no meaning', but I think she is very shy and probably didn't know how to answer the question, and really the only meaning that could be taken from the songs would be in hearing the songs themselves.
I honestly think she is too 'dreamy' to be ISFP, INFPs are otherwordly, whereas ISFP are more realists.
Yeah Regina is a wacky INFP.
Her lyrics are near-always are about playing with words, or playing with sounds (she is arguably one of the most versatile and risk-taking vocalist when she makes dolphin sounds/gutteral/whatever). This is what an SP does, and does well. I'm not as certain about the E v. I, but I am about SFP. She also says that anything she "hears or sees" has "a very high chance of ending up in the song. She talks about "taking in art all day" and then going home to write about it, in its randomness. This is dominant Se.
My ESFP sister is far more "dreamy" than her, and she still identifies as ESFP. I have her confirmation as a vocal/piano major that Spektor is a prototypical SFP personality in the music world (the type that dominates music performance studies).
Her lyrics are near-always are about playing with words, or playing with sounds (she is arguably one of the most versatile and risk-taking vocalist when she makes dolphin sounds/gutteral/whatever). This is what an SP does, and does well. I'm not as certain about the E v. I, but I am about SFP. She also says that anything she "hears or sees" has "a very high chance of ending up in the song. She talks about "taking in art all day" and then going home to write about it, in its randomness. This is dominant Se.
My ESFP sister is far more "dreamy" than her, and she still identifies as ESFP. I have her confirmation as a vocal/piano major that Spektor is a prototypical SFP personality in the music world (the type that dominates music performance studies).
But on a side note, SFPs don't really dominate music performance.
I was saying music performance wrt my sister's performance degree in university, where there are less SJs, and less Ns of every kind. I wasn't insinuating that "musicians" who "perform" are mostly SPs.