What is the opposite of "acquired taste"?
Solution 1:
Innate or congenital would fit (somewhat), but I don't like them much here. Intrinsic might work fairly well, but it's not really opposite "acquired". Congenital is; I just don't really like it for this use. I might go with natural, which has the dubious bonus of being a weak musical pun ("see sharp or be flat!").
That said, I'm not sure that Trance is not also an acquired taste. :-)
Edit: usage examples, as requested:
- Innate specifically means something one is born with: "She had an innate talent for music."
- Congenital tends to be used for things perceived as defects or flaws: "He was born with congenital blindness."
- Intrinsic sets a quality apart from extrinsic (externally supplied), and often appears with the word value or worth, as in this example from the Cambridge Dictionary: "Each human being has intrinsic dignity and worth."
- Natural can be opposed to artificial, and "acquired taste" has a sense of artificiality: "My affinity for sugary snacks is natural; coffee was an acquired taste."
Solution 2:
Popular, pop, and populist all fit as examples of opposite to "acquired taste", except that "pop music" has grown from "music with popular appeal" to a more rigidly defined genre, and Trance is not pop. Leaving aside the music discussion, consider the definitions.
popular adjective
- of or relating to the general public
- suitable to the majority: such as
a: adapted to or indicative of the understanding and taste of the majority
// a popular history of the war
b: suited to the means of the majority : INEXPENSIVE
// sold at popular prices- frequently encountered or widely accepted
// a popular theory- commonly liked or approved
// a very popular girl
Source: Merriam-Webster: popular
pop adjective
- POPULAR : such as
// pop music
a. of or relating to popular music
// pop singer
b. of or relating to the popular culture disseminated through the mass media
// pop psychology
// pop grammarians
// pop society
Source: Merriam-Webster: pop
Populist is properly about political appeal, but in common usage, it can be used apolitically, and apply to anything: "appealing to or aimed at ordinary people". Which very much runs opposite to "acquired taste".