James Hetfield MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is James Hetfield? James Hetfield is an ISTP personality type in MBTI, 6w5 - sp/sx - 684 in Enneagram, RLOEI in Big 5, LSI in Socionics.
James' lack of Fi really shows in his dislike for doing Meet&Greets. - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tjuOcW9kIFc Fi users actually welcome stuff like that and seek out opportunities to express emotion themselves, even those with inferior Fi like Dave in his therapy session with Lars. On the other hand, inferior Fe is really uncomfortable with people, so having others pour their hearts out in front of you and worship you would be a nightmare (being Fe PoLR doesn't help either). This is because equality is inherent to Fe's nature, meaning the elevation of a single person is immediately off-putting. James' reaction to that magazine headline "The Mighty Het Speaks" is to cringe and wonder why "they think he's important". "When you're on stage and you look at the people you can see how they think you're something more than you really are." In fact, he seems to question, albeit jokingly, if people honestly like the songs. He mentions how often he looks out into the crowd and sees someone screaming "MASTER!" and thinks "come on, you really like this song, seriously?". Seems like Ti skepticism and inferior Fe having trouble letting others in. He says it himself in SKOM "I'm afraid to get close to people, I don't know how to do it, I squeeze too hard due to abandonment issues" An example of Ti would be his lyrics, imo. Stuff like "bleeding me", "manUNkind", "why can't I forgive me", "if you can understand the me, I can understand the you" - not attuned to grammar but his own personal logic. More Ti: Interviewer: How long has the band been together? James: Uh, since we started. - https://youtu.be/cCNInh_QAFo?t=335 "We don't know what's happening next, let the challenges come to us...use them as what they're supposed to be which is experiencing life. Yeah, there was a "goal" but our goals change...to get a tour bus, ok now this and then that." - https://youtu.be/i6jsQccJ7Gg?t=70 "I haven't been good at long term goals, I'm gonna be happy now (...) people are people, we're no greater than each other." No dominant Ni or any Te/Fi to speak of. It's high Se adaptability and thrill-seeking with Ti simplifying. What young INTJ would write Motorbreath, a very xSxP song? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6pkGbAyIww Here he shares his strong disaproval of artists taking on side projects. How more Ne blind can you get? It's why Jason quit the band. He also said he never considered other possible careers.. A closing thought - how fitting is it that one of the best rhythm guitarists ever is Si base?
Biography
James Alan Hetfield (born August 3, 1963) is an American musician, singer, and songwriter known for being the co-founder, lead vocalist, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter for the American heavy metal band Metallica. Hetfield is mainly known for his intricate rhythm playing, but occasionally performs lead guitar duties and solos, both live and in the studio. Hetfield co-founded Metallica in October 1981 after answering a classified advertisement by drummer Lars Ulrich in the Los Angeles newspaper The Recycler.
