All the Playlists

Candyman – Zedd, Aloe Blacc

7 April 2018

If you’ve seen the original Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, maybe you’ll feel a slight nostalgia hearing this song. Zedd and Aloe Blacc take their own spin on the classic, “The Candy Man Can” in their own version – which I personally think is even more fun and catchy! It tugs at my own heartstrings as well…

Rise Up – Andra Day

7 April 2018

Here’s a song that gives me goosebumps every time I hear it. Andra Day has a powerful way of delivering this song with a whole lot of real and raw emotion. The message she’s giving is one that I feel is too often an unspoken thing. She’s speaking into our own battles and the fighters inside of each of us. A message as powerful as this will always be relevant, but perhaps for a listener it will be especially important for them to hear this right now…

Show Me Love (feat. Chance the Rapper, Moses Sumney and Robin Hannibal) [Skrillex Remix] – Hundred Waters

7 April 2018

Skrillex needs some SERIOUS love for making this remix of Hundred Water’s “Show Me Love.” And Chance’s added verse is just that icing on that cake. Folks, I was obsessed with this song for weeks and I labeled it as my personal anthem on my walk to class every Tuesday and Thursday at 8am – when I’m just barely human. But a song can change a mood real quick, right?…

Passenger – Noah Kahan

7 April 2018

How freeing this song makes me feel because it reminds me that emotional self-sufficiency is a MYTH! I mean, how often do we try to pretend that we can always be strong enough for ourselves? I try that and I end up getting my butt kicked by life.

South – Hippo Campus

7 April 2018

Self-Awareness. It’s a coming-of-age type of trait we can only grow in. I listen to this song and can’t shake the idea out of my head that this song is telling us to be introspective – just for those three minutes and fifty-one seconds. The lyrics invoke this theme that who we are as of now and who we have yet to become is highly shaped by the people we keep and the experiences we have with them.

Flight – Himmel

5 April 2018

Character, energy, variation, production quality, originality… this track has it all!

The track begins with a subtle melody which then quickly progresses into a wild frenzy of energetic drums and diverse synths, which vary from subtle plucks to intense arpeggios that will have you bouncing off the walls…

Flightless Bird, American Mouth – Iron & Wine

5 April 2018

I can’t listen to this song without wanting to cry. It has been my favorite since I was 11 years old and here I am still crying over it at 21. Everything about this song is perfect. Play this at my wedding at my funeral and while watching the stars and the moon

Looks Like Rain – Passion Pit

5 April 2018

This song is definitely a little more upbeat that the others on this playlist, but this song has quickly become one of my all time favorites. Maybe it’s the hook

“then you lifted your hands and PRAYED”!

Against All Odds – Phil Collins

4 April 2018

Sometimes only a classic will do & this 1984 track from Phil Collins most definitely falls into that category.  If you’re the one being left – if you’re the one standing there watching your love walk away and taking half of your heart with them – then this is for you!

Khona – Mafikizolo ft Uhuru

3 April 2018

This song was released by South African group Mafikizolo in 2013 and it was an instant hit across continents. You don’t even need to understand what they are saying but you find yourself dancing to it in ways you probably never thought your body could move…

All Night – Chance The Rapper (feat. Knox fortune)

3 April 2018

This is a feel good song with the right beat and great instrumentals to go with it. You can tell Chance was clearly having fun when he recorded this song and it’s almost like you’re in the studio with him getting lost in the music…

Nuh Let Go – Maleek Berry

3 April 2018

London based UK- Nigerian producer, songwriter and recently turned artist Maleek Berry is no stranger to the music scene and this track proves why he has become such a stand out artist…