Hate my degree

Hey,

For a bit of background information, I'm currently more than halfway through studying a mathematics degree and absolutely hate it now. I was always very academic in school and particularly good with mathematical subjects, So, naturally without giving it much thought I went for the sensible option of studying maths at uni. I tried very hard in 1st year, when I was an overly keen fresher and did ok. But as the work has gradually become more abstract, meaningless and difficult I have started to feel very lost and upset that I have to study such a horrendous topic through Uni. I barely passed my second year and was pretty miserable by the end of it. I am now on a year abroad sandwich year which so far has been a great experience but I still have the same problem of hating my studies. I'm worried that if I struggle to even barely pass 2nd year and hate every single course I have to study that I am probably going to fail my final year, not even get the degree and make my self thoroughly miserable in the process. But the other issue is that I feel I have no other option but to carry on for the next two years of study regardless and that i'm too fargone to give up on the degree. Is anyone else in this situation and do they have any advice on how to cope?
Another thing, I have always wanted to pursue a career in music. It's my passion and I have worked in music a lot whilst in uni and I have had opportunities to take it up as a career that have been pushed back or missed because of my studies. Many industry professionals that I have either worked with or have seen me play are very impressed with my talents and think I could be very successful if I were to do it fulltime. I would maybe even like to do a music production course at some point in another university in order to work in the industry. Everyone's advice to me is to pursue this after uni and just bear with maths for now for the sake of the degree as a backup plan.
Does anyone have any thought on this they could share?

Thanks, an unhappy maths student and hopeful musician.

Hi, Thanks for your reply! It was very helpful 😀 I think i am planning on finishing my degree and not dropping out. I am really enjoying my sandwich year so i don't want to leave either. As you said, alot of time and money has gone into this already and its definitley good to have the math degree there to fall back on. The biggest issue i have is how i am going to cope with managing the studying. Even when i try my hardest, revising for months in preparation, i get very average grades (with a few ok ones) or barely pass. Last year i failed two exams due to being overwhelmed by the work load ( i was studying 6 courses in one term). Its so hard to work relentlessly when the work is so difficult and extremely uninteresting to me too. I've actually got an exam this week which im almost certainly going to fail. Do you have any tips for feeling overwhelmed with studying something that is not interesting to you/very difficult? Also, with music. It's just frustrating to know i could be doing what i love when i'm stuck studying something that actually makes me pretty unhappy and that i will have to wait two years until i can attempt to make a life from music.