Telepathic aliens enjoy that humans will "play music" for hours at a time. When it's too mentally quiet on deck, they just announce the catchiest song titles they know and the humans will start thinking about it automatically.
The humans hate this so, so much.
Zorf: Human Steve, can you please play that song I like, the one with all the females
Steve: what
Zorf: A little bit of Monica in my life
Steve:
Steve: mother fu--
Get ready for ten years of nothing but the Piña Colada song.
alien: this is so sad. alexa, play despacito
crewmate named alexa: thats… not how it works
alien: you and i both know that is a lie