 Therefore, the singer asks him how he thinks music works for the modern people, and the naturalist explains how he thinks popular music is "extremely sexual", comparing popular music to medieval troubadors, and that is why is so relatable to young people and animals, i.e.the gibbons, which mate by singing together out of excitement.Attenborough affirms that "the mystery is how music has been used by humanity for something that is transcendental".