This graduate thesis aims to analyze the phenomenon of listening to turbo-folk with an emphasis on studying the needs that adolescents satisfy by consuming turbo-folk following the postulates of uses and gratification theory. For this graduate thesis in two secondary schools (gymnasium and vocational school) in the City of Zagreb, a research was conducted using a survey method on a convenience sample of 200 respondents (students from 1st to 4th grade). In addition to the needs that adolescents satisfy by listening to turbo-folk, the respondents' observations on personal consumption of turbo-folk were analyzed concerning the average estimated daily time of consumption, presence and influence of society, place and occasion of consumption, medium of consumption, catchiness and memorability of melodies and lyrics, most frequently listened to performers, the image of turbo-folk on the contemporary music scene and given the emotions experienced during consumption. According to the constructed research hypotheses, it was noticed that the examined adolescents consume turbo-folk to satisfy individual needs, that they experience positive emotions more intensely when listening to turbo-folk, that they find lyrics and melodies of turbo-folk songs catchy and memorable, and that they perceive that turbo-folk takes on a new image on the contemporary music scene.