ABSTRACT
The outbreak of COVID-19 has witnessed various human responses both scientifically and socially. As a way of slowing down the infection rate, "social distancing" was introduced as a strategy globally, and it places significant limitation on physical interactions. However, the social media space offered limitless opportunities for social interactions and public conversations on the pandemic. Music, as a creative form of art, provides a platform for communication and representation of motivation and resilience among the people during challenging times. This study discusses how the making and sharing of music on social media contributes to young people's representation of and response to COVID-19 in Nigeria. Data were collected through selected COVID-19-related music videos by young people on Facebook and YouTube and were content-analysed. Using an interdisciplinary approach, this study contributes to the growing scholarship on COVID-19 by exploring the intersections between musicology, media studies, social sciences and public health. © The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023. All rights reserved.