Liking something unpopular is a small, quiet act of independence.

Taste is one of the first places you get to practise having a mind of your own. Keeping a liking that nobody around you shares takes a small amount of nerve, and it teaches you something useful: that you can survive not being agreed with. The stakes are low, which is exactly why it makes good practice. Bigger disagreements come easier afterward.

Mention one thing you genuinely enjoy that your friends do not, without hedging and without turning it into a joke. Notice how little actually happens.