Human Collective

Empathy, connection, and the shared stories we all feel

Your Space To Be Human

We’re creating a space to explore the human experience through music, storytelling, and community. Every two weeks, we dive into a new prompt that touches on life, feelings, and everything in between.

We turn those prompts into:

  • A collaborative playlist (everyone can add songs that fit the prompt)
  • A write up and reflection (a separate article with thoughts, images, videos, or anything that helps explore the question)

Whether it’s sharing what helps you cope with anxiety, what makes you feel truly alive, or the last time you laughed until your stomach hurt, this is a place to connect, create, and be heard.

If you love music and are ready to share your voice, you belong here.

Collective image by Helena Lopes on Unsplash

The Editors Recommend

sadness listening party

Sadness Listening Party

Tracks that'll resonate...or even lift up your sadness. Featuring artists like: Lucie Frank, HIGHTEENS, Scott Quin, Guzzi GU, CEDAR, Aleks…

Love Listening Party

Love Listening Party

A listening party celebrating love in all its forms. Featuring artists like: Frans Jansenn, George Pellham, Lukka, Traffic1, Brianna Nita,…

hope playlist image

Hope Listening Party

A listening party filled with hopeful tracks sent in by artists from around the world. This playlist will surely give…

Otis - surprise

Something I Didn’t Think I’d Like (B...

I didn’t think I’d love so many small, ordinary things, but paying attention to them helped me move out of…

andie surprised

Something I Didn’t Think I’d Like (B...

I didn’t think I’d enjoy journaling, but once I stopped overthinking it, it became a habit I look forward to…

jenna pleasant surprise

Something I Didn’t Think I’d Like (B...

I never thought I’d love Lord of the Rings, but one chance turned into a full obsession—from extended editions to…

Human Collection Record Bins

The Human Collection is Edited by:

Jenna B

Jenna B

Music is at the center of everything I do. Whether I’m creating playlists, discovering new artists, or singing along in the crowd, you can usually find me at a concert (over 100 and counting!) or with headphones on, exploring sounds across every genre.

Andie De Guzman

Andie De Guzman

Andie constantly thinks of music as an escape to a whole other place. It also brings out this different side of her that only music can. Like, you ever have a bad day, but when you listen to this particular song or shuffle this certain playlist, everything seems better? Yeah, that's pretty much how it makes her feel too. And for her, music has to be playing everywhere– as in everywhere. It's like she has a soundtrack for anything. She can't stop writing or talking about it. It's something she can talk about with you for hours and hours. Music helps her get lost but in the best way possible.

Instagram: @andie.de.guzman
You can also follow her Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/user/andiemars10

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Contribute to The Human Collection

Welcome!

We're so glad you wish to contribute to the collection - sharing people's stories along with their music feels like a good thing to do. Fill in the form below and if it's a good fit we'll get back to you.

Your contribution

Send us anything -could be a track, a playlist, a poem, a picture, an essay - we're listening :-)
Preferably on Spotify, but apple, youtube, deezer, tidal are fine
Yep - we know this is tricky ;-p
Tell us your story...
If you'd like images used in your article or as a playlist image, please add the url to those images here. If you need to send them to us - let us know here and we'll get you an email address.
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