Category: Collection

This month has been very long, and terrifyingly hot. Nobody tell me that it’s August now, I don’t want to think about that yet.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

Oh Dear, Oh Beaux – beaux on A Love Letter To the Moments Spent Outside

Neon Medusa – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Flow – Vide on Flow – Single

Starlite – HOKO on Heathen

DIM – SYML on DIM – EP

BLACK TEETH – SYML on DIM – EP

Magic – Phillip LaRue on Night Swimming – Single

Rät – Penelope Scott on Public Void

Good in Red – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Mr Hudson on Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Single

Save Me – Majik on It’s Alright / Save Me – Single

Expectations – Joel Ansett on Expectations – Single

Magazines – Anson Seabra on Magazines – Single

Paranoid – Lani Rose on To: Keep You From: Hurting Me

Imported – Jessie Reyez & 6LACK on Imported – Single

Belong – slenderbodies on Komorebi

Never Surrender (feat. H. Kenneth) – Mike Emilio & Hypanda on Never Surrender (feat. H. Kenneth) – Single

Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head – TORRES on Thirstier

Todo Estaba Bien – Carlos Sadness & Manuel Medrano on Tropical Jesus

Baci Dalla Tunisia – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Talata – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

T’Amo – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

I Only Go South – Yoste on I Only Go South – Single

Phonky Town – Playaphonk on Phonky Town – Single

b!!!rds – Sir Sly on The Rise & Fall of Loverboy

Gone Are The Days (feat. James Gillespie) – Kygo on Gone Are The Days (feat. James Gillespie) – Single

Los Tontos (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) – C. Tangana & Kiko Veneno on El Madrileño (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) – Single

All Eyes On Me – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)¹

Cherry – Chromatics on Cherry (Deluxe)

Bezos I – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)

August – Flipturn on Citrona

Distorted Light Beam – Bastille on Distorted Light Beam – Single

Red – bennytheghost on Supersonic – EP

BYE – Jaden on BYE – Single

Sister – ferdinant. on Airplanes – EP

Your Power – Billie Eilish on Happier Than Ever

Politicians – Hayden Calnin on Politicians – Single²

Every Time – Landon Austin on Every Time – Single

Lost Cause – Billie Eilish on Happier Than Ever

who put blood in my drink? – SYML & sagun on who put blood in my drink? – Single

Follow You – Imagine Dragons on Follow You / Cutthroat – Single

Lean Into Life – Petey on Lean Into Life

Play Dead – Armen Paul on Play Dead – Single

barcelona – Winnetka Bowling League & Sasha Alex Sloan on barcelona – Single

The Only One – Chord Overstreet on Stone Man – EP

Skeletons – HARLOR on Letters To an X – EP

old cartoons – FJ Law on TAPE 1³

Fingers Crossed – Trevor Daniel & Julia Michaels on Fingers Crossed – Single

Mi Gente – J Balvin & Willy William on Vibras

If I Go (Embers Edition) – Blakey on If I Go – Single

family – FJ Law on TAPE 1⁴

Hurricane – Thirty Seconds to Mars on This Is War

War – Chance Peña on War – Single

Tangerine – Benicio Bryant on Tangerine – Single

Cruel Love – Teflon Sega on Cruel Love – Single

ME PASE (feat. Farruko) – Enrique Iglesias on ME PASE (feat. Farruko) – Single

Why Is Everyone Sad? – Yoste on Why Is Everyone Sad? – Single

Vampires – The Midnight & Magik*Magik on Vampires – Single⁵

Good Girls – CHVRCHES on Screen Violence

Motley Crew – Post Malone on Motley Crew – Single

Don’t You Look At Me That Way – flora cash on Chronically Beautiful – EP

1. But seriously, if Burnham doesn’t win an Emmy for Inside, I… don’t know what I’ll do, really. Disregard the entire concept of the Emmys for the future, I suppose. ↩
2. I’ve yet to tune in to the entirety of the lyrics here, but the bits I do listen to feel about right for the title, which I like. ↩
3. “… where the normal people are. But don’t worry: I’m going to help you hide the fact that you’re high as shit.” ↩
4. My taste in music, at the moment, is definitely Very Autotune on the vocals. ↩
5. Definitely my favorite new addition this month; kinda reminds me of the Westworld theme. ↩

This month, Dolby Atmos suddenly became a thing in the streaming music world, and I’ve been having fun with it! If you can, give it a try, it’s neat. (Admittedly, most of the discernible difference is just a matter of “this is a nice remaster,” but still.)

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

Lightning – Hayden Calnin on Lightning – Single

Oh Dear, Oh Beaux – beaux on A Love Letter To the Moments Spent Outside

I Can’t Lose You – Isak Danielson on Tomorrow Never Came

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X on MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Single

On My Own (feat. Kid Cudi) – Jaden on ERYS

Neon Medusa – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Flow – Vide on Flow – Single

Into Your Arms – Vide on Into Your Arms – Single

Starlite – HOKO on Heathen

DIM – SYML on DIM – EP

BLACK TEETH – SYML on DIM – EP

Magic – Phillip LaRue on Night Swimming – Single

I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Youth (Acoustic Mashup) [feat. Chasing Taylor] – Landon Austin on Covers: Six

Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf on Astronaut In The Ocean – Single

Rät – Penelope Scott on Public Void

Good in Red – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Somewhere We Can Be Alone – Gunnar Gehl on Somewhere We Can Be Alone – Single

Symphony – Forester on Symphony – Single

The Stranger – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Ghost in Your Stereo – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Mr Hudson on Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Single

Save Me – Majik on It’s Alright / Save Me – Single¹

Tiempo – Ozuna on Tiempo – Single

Attached – Shawn James on Attached – Single

Hold Me – Lani Rose on To: Keep You From: Hurting Me

Hell On Earth – Turbo on Hell On Earth – Single

Can’t Work You Out – Nathan Ball on Can’t Work You Out – Single

All We Have Is Now (feat. Trixie) – Blewbird on All We Have Is Now (feat. Trixie) – Single

False Confidence – Noah Kahan on Busyhead

Expectations – Joel Ansett on Expectations – Single

Magazines – Anson Seabra on Magazines – Single

Blinding Lights – The Weeknd on After Hours

In Your Eyes – The Weeknd on After Hours

Paranoid – Lani Rose on To: Keep You From: Hurting Me

Imported – Jessie Reyez & 6LACK on Imported – Single²

Belong – slenderbodies on Komorebi

u love u – blackbear & Tate McRae on u love u – Single

Revolver – bülow on Revolver – Single

Goosebumps – HVME on Goosebumps – Single

There Is A Light That Never Goes Out – The Smiths on The Queen Is Dead³

Never Surrender (feat. H. Kenneth) – Mike Emilio & Hypanda on Never Surrender (feat. H. Kenneth) – Single

Sunflower (Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse) – Post Malone & Swae Lee on Hollywood’s Bleeding

Late At Night – Roddy Ricch on Late At Night – Single

Like That – JP Saxe on Dangerous Levels of Introspection

Don’t Go Puttin Wishes in My Head – TORRES on Thirstier⁴

Todo Estaba Bien – Carlos Sadness & Manuel Medrano on Tropical Jesus

My Rajneesh – Sufjan Stevens on America – EP

Baci Dalla Tunisia – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Talata – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo⁵

T’Amo – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Karma – Mahmood & Woodkid on Ghettolimpo

Klan (Spanish Version) – Mahmood & DRD on Ghettolimpo

Kobra – Mahmood on Ghettolimpo

Out in LA – Aquilo on Out in LA – Single

I Only Go South – Yoste on I Only Go South – Single

GROWING PAINS – AJ Mitchell on GROWING PAINS – Single

Dinero – Trinidad Cardona on Dinero – Single

In the End – Linkin Park on Hybrid Theory⁶

Player 2 – Rory Webley on Player 2 – Single

Under the Covers (feat. DT James) – Blewbird on Under the Covers (feat. DT James) – Single

Phonky Town – Playaphonk on Phonky Town – Single⁷

b!!!rds – Sir Sly on The Rise & Fall of Loverboy

Gone Are The Days (feat. James Gillespie) – Kygo on Gone Are The Days (feat. James Gillespie) – Single

Los Tontos (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) – C. Tangana & Kiko Veneno on El Madrileño (Live at NPR’s Tiny Desk) – Single⁸

Ride – Amber Run on Ride – Single

Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories

bad guy – Billie Eilish on WHEN WE ALL FALL ASLEEP, WHERE DO WE GO?

All Eyes On Me – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)⁹

Cherry – Chromatics on Cherry (Deluxe)

Bezos I – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)

August – Flipturn on Citrona

Welcome to the Internet – Bo Burnham on Inside (The Songs)

Distorted Light Beam – Bastille on Distorted Light Beam – Single

1. if I listen to Majik enough, will they come back? I can dream ↩
2. “Some people call me six-lack” ↩
3. It’s really neat living in the future, because this song popped into my head the other day, and I just announced to the air that I wanted to hear it, and then, suddenly, there it was. ↩
4. This feels like my childhood, but in a way that doesn’t evoke nostalgia, somehow? It’s a very strange feeling, but I quite like it. ↩
5. I really enjoyed this whole album; I think Talata is my favorite, just because it’s the weirdest. ↩
6. I think this is the best Atmos remaster I’ve listened to so far. ↩
7. “This sounds like demons trying to tell you something.” – my sister ↩
8. This sounds like it shouldn’t be possible, what with the pandemic still ongoing, but it’s a delightful piece of music. ↩
9. If you haven’t yet watched Inside on Netflix, I heartily recommend it — it’s an incredible work of art. The fact that I got this song out of it, which is one of my favorites this month, is a nice plus. ↩

If you haven’t gotten a vaccine yet, go do it.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Seafret on Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

Lightning – Hayden Calnin on Lightning – Single

Oh Dear, Oh Beaux – beaux on A Love Letter To the Moments Spent Outside

skip.that.party – X Ambassadors & Jensen McRae on skip.that.party – Single

I’m God – Clams Casino & Imogen Heap on I’m God – Single

Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver) – Kanye West on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I Can’t Lose You – Isak Danielson on Tomorrow Never Came

Broken Heart Gang – Teflon Sega on Broken Heart Gang – Single

Losing My Religion – Shawn James on The Lake Wenatchee Sessions – EP

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X on MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Single

Science/Visions – CHVRCHES on In Search of Darkness – EP

House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls (Original) – The Weeknd on House of Balloons (Original)

On My Own (feat. Kid Cudi) – Jaden on ERYS

Neon Medusa – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

We Don’t Talk Enough – Quinn XCII & Alexander 23 on Change of Scenery II

We Got Gods to Blame – Hayden Calnin on We Got Gods to Blame – Single

Flow – Vide on Flow – Single

Into Your Arms – Vide on Into Your Arms – Single

Starlite – HOKO on Heathen

DIM – SYML on DIM – EP

Blinding Lights – X Ambassadors on Blinding Lights – Single

Raining – daydream Masi on Movie Scenes EP

BLACK TEETH – SYML on DIM – EP¹

Good Graces – Spencer William on Little Wars – EP

Only Pieces of the Truth – Jordan Hart on Only Pieces of the Truth

All the Lights – By The Coast on All the Lights – Single

I Hate You For This – Munn on I Hate You For This – Single

CRYSTAL BALL – Jake Miller on CRYSTAL BALL – Single

Magic – Phillip LaRue on Night Swimming – Single

I Took a Pill in Ibiza, Youth (Acoustic Mashup) [feat. Chasing Taylor] – Landon Austin on Covers: Six

Overtime – Griffin Stoller on Overtime – Single

From the Back of a Cab – Rostam on Changephobia²

Always – Isak Danielson on Yours

So Handsome Hello – Woodkid on Powerplant – EP

Young Blood – PHOEBE ∆X∆ on Wisdom Teeth, Pt. 1 – EP

Astronaut In The Ocean – Masked Wolf on Astronaut In The Ocean – Single

Rät – Penelope Scott on Public Void³

Peach Scone – Hobo Johnson on Peach Scone – Single⁴

Fashion – Emilee Moore on Fashion – Single

Golden Days – ferdinant. on Golden Days – Single

Follow – Vide on Follow – Single

Empty Space – Teflon Sega on Empty Space – Single

Because the Night (feat. Nikki Flores) – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Good in Red – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP⁵

Klan – Mahmood & DRD on Klan – Single

Somewhere We Can Be Alone – Gunnar Gehl on Somewhere We Can Be Alone – Single

Symphony – Forester on Symphony – Single

The Stranger – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Shadows in the Dark (feat. Elliot Moss) – HNTR on Shadows in the Dark (feat. Elliot Moss) – Single

Devil Make a Deal – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Ghost in Your Stereo – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP

Hallucinogenics (Vallis Alps Remix) – Matt Maeson on The Remixes – EP

can’t give back your love – Clide on can’t give back your love – Single

Stay a Little Longer (feat. Vide) – LANDR & Nander on Stay a Little Longer (feat. Vide) – Single

Bite Marks – Au/Ra on Bite Marks – Single

If I Cared – Jack in Water on If I Cared – Single

start//end – EDEN on vertigo

Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Mr Hudson on Coldplay (feat. Vic Mensa) – Single

Save Me – Majik on It’s Alright / Save Me – Single⁶

1. “You were an honest mistake.” oof. ↩
2. I also quite like the music video, it’s a nice counterpart to the song. ↩
3. “It tasted like Thomas Malthus.” is a truly excellent line. Really, all the lyrics in here are great. ↩
4. This whole thing feels like he just hit record and did the entire vocal track in one go, and then filled in the music afterwards. Very improvisational feel. ↩
5. Really enjoying this whole EP, in case you can’t tell by the way I’ve got the entire thing on this playlist. ↩
6. I miss Majik so much, and I hope the guys that used to be the band are doing well. ↩

Very nearly didn’t get this written up on time; I had a rough time of it with the vaccine side effects, but I’m thankfully through it now. And vaccinated! Get a vaccine, folks – a day of feeling like crap is better than getting covid, and better than giving someone else covid.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

Nuke the Moon – Epic Mountain on Nuke the Moon – Single

Crash Into Me – Petey on Crash Into Me – Single

The Light – Richard Walters on The Light – Single

Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Seafret on Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Single

Lo Vas A Olvidar – Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA on Lo Vas A Olvidar – Single

Cold Sets In – World’s First Cinema on Cold Sets In – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single¹

I’m Worried About You – Addict., REWiND & Achex on I’m Worried About You – Single

Red Run Cold – World’s First Cinema on Red Run Cold – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

emily – Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler on brent ii – EP

fan behavior – Isaac Dunbar on evil twin

Lightning – Hayden Calnin on Lightning – Single

Oh Dear, Oh Beaux – beaux on A Love Letter To the Moments Spent Outside

skip.that.party – X Ambassadors & Jensen McRae on skip.that.party – Single

im a bad friend – Andy H on im a bad friend – Single

Night Like This – daydream Masi on Movie Scenes EP

Hands On The Devil – Smeyeul. & Galvanic on Hands On The Devil – Single

Calamity Song – The Decemberists on The King Is Dead

Whatever You Like – Anya Marina on Whatever You Like [Digital 45]

Hide & Seek (Imogen Heap Cover) – Amber Run on **

I’m God – Clams Casino & Imogen Heap on I’m God – Single

Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver) – Kanye West on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy²

I Can’t Lose You – Isak Danielson on Tomorrow Never Came

There for You – Daniel Allan on There for You – Single

RLNDT – Bad Bunny on X 100PRE

Rohypnol (feat. Fixway & Samer) – APRE on 19

Video Games – Black Match on Basement Covers I – Single

Blindside – Nathan Ball on Blindside – Single

Float On – Phil Good on Float On – Single

Broken Heart Gang – Teflon Sega on Broken Heart Gang – Single

Losing My Religion – Shawn James on The Lake Wenatchee Sessions – EP

Wicked Game (feat. Cal Trask) – StayLoose on Wicked Game (feat. Cal Trask) – Single

Wicked Games (Original) – The Weeknd on House of Balloons (Original)³

Can I Be The One? – daydream Masi on Movie Scenes EP

Death Stranding – CHVRCHES on In Search of Darkness – EP

Long Distance – JORDY on Long Distance – EP

Empty Eyes – Munn on Empty Eyes – Single

As I Am (feat. Khalid) – Justin Bieber on Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe / Deluxe Video Version)

Human – Peter Thomas on Let It All Happen

MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Lil Nas X on MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) – Single⁴

Resolve – Hayden Everett on Resolve – Single

Tether – CHVRCHES on In Search of Darkness – EP

Science/Visions – CHVRCHES on In Search of Darkness – EP

carpool – Zachary Knowles on carpool – Single

House of Balloons / Glass Table Girls (Original) – The Weeknd on House of Balloons (Original)

It’s Raining, It’s Pouring – Anson Seabra on It’s Raining, It’s Pouring – Single

BERNADETTE (feat. Joyce Wrice) – Zack Villere on BERNADETTE (feat. Joyce Wrice) – Single

On My Own (feat. Kid Cudi) – Jaden on ERYS⁵

Feeling Whitney – Post Malone on Stoney (Deluxe)

11H30 – Danger on 09/14 2007 – EP

Broken Bones – CHVRCHES on In Search of Darkness – EP

Peaches (feat. Daniel Caesar & GIVĒON) – Justin Bieber on Justice (Triple Chucks Deluxe / Deluxe Video Version)

Addicted – Blakey on Addicted – Single

Just Fine – Joel Ansett on Just Fine – Single

Destroyer – Of Monsters and Men on Destroyer – Single⁶

22Hrs – Teflon Sega & OZZIE on 22Hrs – Single⁷

Vincent Price – HCK9 on Vincent Price – Single

Hollow – Jon Bryant on Hollow – Single

Neon Medusa – The Midnight on Horror Show – EP⁸

Holding Back (feat. Benjamin Yellowitz) – DYVR on Holding Back (feat. Benjamin Yellowitz) – Single

We Don’t Talk Enough – Quinn XCII & Alexander 23 on Change of Scenery II

Change For the Better – Star Seed & Suave on Change For the Better – Single

9 Crimes – Damien Rice on 9 [Explicit]

Ride It – Regard on Ride It – Single

We Got Gods to Blame – Hayden Calnin on We Got Gods to Blame – Single

Schemers – Steve Benjamins on Schemers – Single

Flow – Vide on Flow – Single

Can You Hear Me? – Munn on Can You Hear Me? – Single

Into Your Arms – Vide on Into Your Arms – Single

Lies – Sloane & Cobe Jones on Lies – Single

Envidioso – Ozuna & Ovi on Envidioso – Single

Starlite – HOKO on Heathen⁹

Only Human – Woodlock on The Future of an End

Anxious Smothers – Jack in Water on Anxious Smothers – Single

Devil Knows – Armen Paul on Devil Knows – Single

ADDERALL – Jake Miller on ADDERALL – Single

DIM – SYML on DIM – EP

Blinding Lights – X Ambassadors on Blinding Lights – Single¹⁰

Raining – daydream Masi on Movie Scenes EP

BLACK TEETH – SYML on DIM – EP

Good Graces – Spencer William on Little Wars – EP

Something Just Like This – The Chainsmokers & Coldplay on Something Just Like This

1. Really fun to sing along to, but I keep winding up in the wrong key if I try to sing it without the music. Not sure what’s going on there. ↩
2. One day I want to arrange an a cappella cover of this, because it just seems like it’d be a fun challenge. ↩
3. Still amused by the coincidence of these two being in a row. ↩
4. If you haven’t watched the video yet, you really should. It’s great. ↩
5. Hey, that new Spider-Man game is fun! Really suffers from the very-overdone “Spider-Man can’t let his loved ones find out he’s Spider-Man” thing, but still, fun gameplay. ↩
6. Apparently “Of Monsters and Men” is my Moving Soundtrack? ↩
7. Realized as I was putting this playlist together that I’ve been misreading the artist as “Teflon Saga” this whole time. ↩
8. Very ‘80s vibes to this one, it’s quite fun. ↩
9. Favorite addition this month. ↩
10. A nice acoustic kind of cover. ↩

This has been the kind of month that managed to go by in the blink of an eye, and also lasted approximately a year and a half.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE¹

Get My Fix – Adam Oh on Get My Fix – Single

Anticipation – Steve Benjamins on Anticipation – Single

Nuke the Moon – Epic Mountain on Nuke the Moon – Single

Falling Fire – Forester on A Range of Light

One Last, Last Time – Armen Paul on One Last, Last Time – Single

Crash Into Me – Petey on Crash Into Me – Single

The Light – Richard Walters on The Light – Single

Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Seafret on Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Single

SHE – Winona Oak on SHE – EP

Night Drives – Devan on Pink Noise – EP

Lo Vas A Olvidar – Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA on Lo Vas A Olvidar – Single

Cold Sets In – World’s First Cinema on Cold Sets In – Single

Drowning – Armen Paul on Drowning – Single

Time to Sink – Edwin Raphael on Time to Sink – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single

I’m Worried About You – Addict., REWiND & Achex on I’m Worried About You – Single

Red Run Cold – World’s First Cinema on Red Run Cold – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

Boy on the Moon – GROUNDSTROEM on Boy on the Moon – EP

cheers – blackbear & Wiz Khalifa on cheers – Single

Loves You Like I Couldn’t Do – Duncan Laurence on Small Town Boy

Echo – Blakey on Echo – Single

You Don’t Look at Me the Same – Great Good Fine Ok & Yoke Lore on You Don’t Look at Me the Same – Single

Ricochet – Griffin Stoller on Ricochet – Single

emily – Jeremy Zucker & Chelsea Cutler on brent ii – EP

All Too Well – Jake Scott on All Too Well

At Night – Charles Fauna on At Night – Single

fan behavior – Isaac Dunbar on evil twin

(They Long To Be) Close To You – AJIMAL on (They Long To Be) Close To You – Single²

Lightning – Hayden Calnin on Lightning – Single

100 Miles – Steve Benjamins on 100 Miles – Single

Trust Issues – Spencer William on Trust Issues – Single

Wicked Game – Cal Trask on Wicked Game – Single

4Runner – Rostam on Changephobia

These Kids We Knew – Rostam on Changephobia

Keeping Your Head Up – JacobNeverhill & Nora Bart on Live at Home – EP

KING – LANKS & Yorke on SPIRITS PT.2

Mild Sanity (feat. Juletta) – Edwin Raphael on Staring at Ceilings – EP

Haircut – Petey & Miya Folick on Haircut – Single

Oh Dear, Oh Beaux – beaux on A Love Letter To the Moments Spent Outside³

skip.that.party – X Ambassadors & Jensen McRae on skip.that.party – Single

BOY WITH A BROKEN HEART – Noah Cunane, Lonr & Jutes on BOY WITH A BROKEN HEART – Single

Hate You + Love You (feat. AJ Mitchell) – Cheat Codes on Hate You + Love You (feat. AJ Mitchell) – Single

im a bad friend – Andy H on im a bad friend – Single

Night Like This – daydream Masi on Movie Scenes EP

Flustered Snowflakes – Pilar Victoria on Hi, My Name Is Pily! – EP

Hands On The Devil – Smeyeul. & Galvanic on Hands On The Devil – Single

Dead Girl! – Au/Ra on Dead Girl! – Single

The Worst – Spencer William on The Worst – Single

Feel It Coming – Woodlock on The Future of an End

(Title Redacted – Spoilers!) – Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez on WandaVision: Episode (Redacted) (Original Soundtrack)⁴

Nobody Loves Me (feat. ELIO) – Winona Oak on Nobody Loves Me (feat. ELIO) – Single

Te Olvidaste – C. Tangana & Omar Apollo on El Madrileño⁵

If I Didn’t Have You – BANNERS on If I Didn’t Have You – Single

Here We, Here We, Here We Go Forever – Mogwai on As the Love Continues⁶

Pompeii (Kat Krazy Remix) – Bastille on Remixed

Caves – Haux on All We’ve Known – EP

Calamity Song – The Decemberists on The King Is Dead

Whatever You Like – Anya Marina on Whatever You Like [Digital 45]

Hide & Seek (Imogen Heap Cover) – Amber Run**

I’m God – Clams Casino & Imogen Heap on I’m God – Single⁷

Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver) – Kanye West on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

I Can’t Lose You – Isak Danielson on Tomorrow Never Came

There for You – Daniel Allan on There for You – Single

RLNDT – Bad Bunny on X 100PRE

Rohypnol (feat. Fixway & Samer) – APRE on 19

Colours – Goth Babe on Smith Rock – Single

Video Games – Black Match on Basement Covers I – Single

Make Up Your Mind – Devan on Pink Noise – EP

Freedom – Jordan Hart on Only Pieces of the Truth

I’m Not Going Back – Kina & Mokita on I’m Not Going Back – Single

Blindside – Nathan Ball on Blindside – Single

Float On – Phil Good on Float On – Single⁸

Broken Heart Gang – Teflon Sega on Broken Heart Gang – Single

Losing My Religion – Shawn James on The Lake Wenatchee Sessions – EP⁹

1. Between this and DON’T TELL THE BOYS I’ve apparently stumbled across subgenre of all-caps… whatever these two are grouped as. They go together, I just can’t think of a name for the group. ↩
2. Fun fact: every time this plays, I briefly get “come with me… and you’ll be… in a world of pure imagination” stuck in my head. ↩
3. Top pick this month! ↩
4. If you’ve seen it, you know what song this is. If you haven’t, don’t click! It’ll be much more fun that way. ↩
5. This is why RLNDT is back on the list, a bit further down – reminded me of it. ↩
6. This whole album is very good, but I’ve found that I have to be in the mood for Mogwai. ↩
7. This little Imogen Heap section brought to you by this video. ↩
8. This is a really excellent cover because it’s completely different from the original. ↩
9. Shawn James is just a whole mood sometimes, y’know? ↩

I’ve had a very eventful month, which combined with this being the shortest month, has made the whole thing feel like a whirlwind.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

Almost Heaven – Isak Danielson on Almost Heaven – Single

Get My Fix – Adam Oh on Get My Fix – Single

Apple Juice – Dan D’Lion & Feder on Apple Juice – Single

Anticipation – Steve Benjamins on Anticipation – Single

New Air – Richard Walters on New Air – Single

Young & Sad – Tom Boy on Young & Sad – Single

Guillotine – Mansionair & NoMBe on Guillotine – Single

Nuke the Moon – Epic Mountain on Nuke the Moon – Single

Falling Fire – Forester on A Range of Light

TRUE – SYML on TRUE – Single

One Last, Last Time – Armen Paul on One Last, Last Time – Single

Crash Into Me – Petey on Crash Into Me – Single

Lost – bülow on Lost – Single

The Light – Richard Walters on The Light – Single

Cold Mine – Fil Bo Riva on Cold Mine – Single

Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Seafret on Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Single

2021 – Lauv on 2021 – Single

Killer Queen – Fil Bo Riva on If You’re Right, It’s Alright – EP

Moon River – Au/Ra on Moon River – Single

A Rapture Coming – AJIMAL on As It Grows Dark / Light

How True Is Your Love (Acoustic) – Hannah Grace, Joshua Keogh & Amber Run on How True Is Your Love (Acoustic) – Single

SHE – Winona Oak on SHE – EP

miss u tonight (feat. Edwin Raphael) – it’s matt on miss u tonight (feat. Edwin Raphael) – Single

SIMPLE LIFE – Jake Miller on SIMPLE LIFE – Single

Night Drives – Devan on Night Drives – EP

THE END – Alesso & Charlotte Lawrence on THE END – Single

None Too Deep – Atlas in Motion & Sofia Caterina on None Too Deep – Single

dramatic – Cat & Calmell on dramatic – Single

I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner on At Night, Alone.

Winter Rain – Winona Oak on Winter Rain – Single

Lo Vas A Olvidar – Billie Eilish & ROSALÍA on Lo Vas A Olvidar – Single

Cold Sets In – World’s First Cinema on Cold Sets In – Single

Drowning – Armen Paul on Drowning – Single

Time to Sink – Edwin Raphael on Time to Sink – Single

Arcade – Duncan Laurence on Arcade – Single¹

pink party – Isaac Dunbar on pink party – Single

In the End (feat. Fleurie) [Mellen Gi Remix] – Tommee Profitt on In the End – Single

Stronger (feat. Kesha) – Sam Feldt on Stronger (feat. Kesha) – Single

Throw Me a Line – HAEVN on Throw Me a Line – Single

5AM – Amber Run on 5AM (Deluxe) WEB

Kill V. Maim – Grimes on Art Angels

Blinding Lights – The Weeknd on Blinding Lights – Single

Barrio – Mahmood on Barrio – Single

Face My Fears – Isak Danielson on Face My Fears – Single

Unconfident – Spencer William on Unconfident – Single

You Don’t Feel Like Home – Jack in Water on You Don’t Feel Like Home – Single

I’m Worried About You – Addict., REWiND & Achex on I’m Worried About You – Single²

STAY CLOSE – SYML on STAY CLOSE – Single

Red Run Cold – World’s First Cinema on Red Run Cold – Single³

Inuyasha – Mahmood on Inuyasha – Single

Breakout – Sloane & Josh Jacobson on Breakout – Single

twentyfive – Yoste on twentyfive – Single

Broken – Star Seed & Meggie York on Broken – Single

I Took a Pill in Ibiza (Seeb Remix) – Mike Posner on At Night, Alone.

Technologic – Daft Punk on Human After All⁴

Derezzed – Daft Punk on Tron: Legacy (Amazon MP3 Exclusive Version)

Alejandro – Lady Gaga on The Fame Monster (Deluxe Edition)

Dandelion – Galantis & JVKE on Dandelion – Single

Mold – Jónsi on Mold – Single

Amends – Odette on Herald

Daisy – Ashnikko on DEMIDEVIL⁵

Boy on the Moon – GROUNDSTROEM on Boy on the Moon – EP

ilomilo (Live From the Film – Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry) – Billie Eilish on ilomilo (Live From the Film – Billie Eilish: The World’s A Little Blurry) – Single⁶

cheers – blackbear & Wiz Khalifa on cheers – Single

Loves You Like I Couldn’t Do – Duncan Laurence on Small Town Boy⁷

High Beams (feat. slowthai) – Flume & HWLS on Hi This Is Flume (Mixtape)

1. Genuinely shocked to realize this is first appearing in this list; feels like it’s been around for longer than that. I absolutely love this song, for the record. Also, its wikipedia page is great – there’s a whole section of music theory nerdery. ↩
2. Angel has been in my lists since July of 2019, and I’m Worried About You feels like a strong contender to take its place. ↩
3. This is one of those songs that feels a little different every time I listen to it. The other day I listened to it with headphones in and the volume up high for the first time, and there was a whole other bass line that I hadn’t noticed before. I love stuff like that. ↩
4. 28 years. Dang. ↩
5. Between Amends and Daisy we’re thoroughly over-quota on upsetting album art. ↩
6. I haven’t watched the documentary yet, but it’s on my list. ↩
7. In the past few months, Apple got rid of their “search Apple Music” tool and replaced it with “search All The Apple Stores.” Which is, usually, annoying, because the search isn’t paginated and only returns so many results, so occasionally finding a song is very difficult because the song doesn’t make it into the results ahead of a bunch of TV shows or whatever. This time, I had to keep trying different search terms, because I kept getting bodice-rippers from the iBook Store. ↩

Hey, so, it’s been a wild month. That’s all I’ve got.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP¹

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

epiphany – Taylor Swift on folklore (deluxe version)

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

Remède – Visceral on Remède – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE²

Almost Heaven – Isak Danielson on Almost Heaven – Single

Demasiadas Mujeres – C. Tangana on Demasiadas Mujeres – Single

Get My Fix – Adam Oh on Get My Fix – Single

Apple Juice – Dan D’Lion & Feder on Apple Juice – Single

Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry on Desireless

Where the Poison Is – FINNEAS on Where the Poison Is – Single

Anticipation – Steve Benjamins on Anticipation – Single

New Air – Richard Walters on New Air – Single

Young & Sad – Tom Boy on Young & Sad – Single

The Middle of July – Imaginary Future on The Middle of July – Single

Guillotine – Mansionair & NoMBe on Guillotine – Single³

With You – Harrison Storm on Be Slow – EP

evermore (feat. Bon Iver) – Taylor Swift on evermore

We All Fall In Love Sometimes – Coldplay on Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin

1+1 2+2 – Teflon Sega on 1+1 2+2 – Single

Nuke the Moon – Epic Mountain on Nuke the Moon – Single⁴

Under the Bleachers – TEME on Under the Bleachers – Single

Roller Coaster – Mako on Fable

Falling Fire – Forester on A Range of Light⁵

TRUE – SYML on TRUE – Single

I Know I’ll Find It – APRE on Always In My Head

One Last, Last Time – Armen Paul on One Last, Last Time – Single

A Better Time – Andrey Azizov & Tailor on Before It’s All Over – EP

Crash Into Me – Petey on Crash Into Me – Single

Lost – bülow on Lost – Single

The Light – Richard Walters on The Light – Single

How Could You Disappear? – AJIMAL on As It Grows Dark / Light

Pays imaginaire – Polo & Pan on Caravelle⁶

Cold Mine – Fil Bo Riva on Cold Mine – Single

Hear It in Your Voice – Quinn Lewis on Everyone but Me

Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Seafret on Parachute (Piano Sessions) – Single

2021 – Lauv on 2021 – Single

Isometric (feat. TruePilot) – Atlas in Motion on Isometric (feat. TruePilot) – Single

Loverboy – Mattis on Loverboy – Single

Silhouette – Aquilo on Silhouettes

Killer Queen – Fil Bo Riva on If You’re Right, It’s Alright – EP

Lose You Now – Lindsey Stirling & Mako on Lose You Now – Single

Moon River – Au/Ra on Moon River – Single

TORN UP! – Adam Oh on SEVERANCE

For Good, Forever – AJIMAL on As It Grows Dark / Light

Animals – AJIMAL on As It Grows Dark / Light

Stranger – Blanks on Stranger – Single

Above All Else, Be Kind – AJIMAL on As It Grows Dark / Light

END OF THE RIDE – Grey on DARK – EP

Teenage Kicks – Kodaline on One Day at a Time (Deluxe)

A Rapture Coming – AJIMAL on As It Grows Dark / Light⁷

What I Thought You Knew – Teflon Sega on What I Thought You Knew – Single

How True Is Your Love (Acoustic) – Hannah Grace, Joshua Keogh & Amber Run on How True Is Your Love (Acoustic) – Single

Exes – Loote on Exes – Single

SHE – Winona Oak on SHE – EP⁸

miss u tonight (feat. Edwin Raphael) – it’s matt on miss u tonight (feat. Edwin Raphael) – Single

SIMPLE LIFE – Jake Miller on SIMPLE LIFE – Single

Night Drives – Devan on Night Drives – EP⁹

THE END – Alesso & Charlotte Lawrence on THE END – Single

None Too Deep – Atlas in Motion & Sofia Caterina on None Too Deep – Single

dramatic – Cat & Calmell on dramatic – Single¹⁰

I Took a Pill in Ibiza – Mike Posner on At Night, Alone.

1. I love Music’s “Show in Playlist” feature, because combined with my monthly playlist system, it means I can see that Cologne has been in my monthly playlist, uninterrupted, since December 2018. Impressive. ↩
2. I’m still not a fan of this type of intro, but this one has grown on me a bit. ↩
3. “Antoinette/Sweet Marie” is such a great line. ↩
4. I found out that the soundtracks to the wonderful Kurzgesagt videos are available for streaming, and boy is that a delight. ↩
5. Good for singing along to, if I do say so myself. ↩
6. “Debussy, but make it dance!” – my friend who sent this to me. Her taste in music is impeccable. ↩
7. You’re gonna want to crank the volume for this one. ↩
8. This has the same “might be about her stealing your man, might be wishing she’d steal you” energy as Jolene. ↩
9. This song really captures the feeling of driving at night, in the best of ways. ↩
10. Caught myself dancing along to this as I was doing this write-up. ↩

[insert obligatory “2020 is over, we survived the apocalypse” joke here]

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single

Dionne (feat. Justin Vernon) – The Japanese House on Chewing Cotton Wool – EP

Upside Down – JVKE on Upside Down – Single

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

epiphany – Taylor Swift on folklore (deluxe version)

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Run Run – Haux & Samuraii on Run Run – Single

So Handsome Hello – Woodkid on S16

Sumarið sem aldrei kom – Jónsi on Shiver

Saturn (feat. Tim Fain) – Sleeping At Last on Saturn – Single (feat. Tim Fain) – Single

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

Fever in the Night – Haux & Samuraii on Fever in the Night – Single

Ride wit Me (feat. City Spud) – Nelly on Country Grammar

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

Microwave Dinner – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP

MMXX – IX (feat. Mikky Ekko) – Diplo on MMXX

Remède – Visceral on Remède – Single

Therefore I Am – Billie Eilish on Therefore I Am – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

Almost Heaven – Isak Danielson on Almost Heaven – Single

18 – Turbo on 18 – Single

Demasiadas Mujeres – C. Tangana on Demasiadas Mujeres – Single

Bien Duro – C. Tangana on Bien Duro – Single

Get My Fix – Adam Oh on Get My Fix – Single

Still for You – Haux & Samuraii on Fever in the Night – EP

Handle – Yoe Mase & Echos on An Unfiltered Stream of Consciousness

Typical – Kidhimself & Canova on Typical – Single

What I Won’t Do – Kilder & Jamal Bucanon on What I Won’t Do – Single

Friends (Under the Influence) – Majik on Paralysed / Friends (Under the Influence) – Single

The Weekend – Armen Paul & TYLERxCORDY on The Weekend – Single

Apple Juice – Dan D’Lion & Feder on Apple Juice – Single

I’m Sorry – Mokita & Stand Atlantic on I’m Sorry – Single

O Holy Night (Live) – Tracy Chapman on A Very Special Christmas Live From Washington D.C.

Missing the Mark – Aquilo on Missing the Mark – Single

Dakiti – Bad Bunny & Jhay Cortez on Dakiti – Single

Viva La Primadonna [Marina and the Diamonds vs. Coldplay] – phenste on Viva La Primadonna¹

Save Tonight – Eagle-Eye Cherry on Desireless

Off to the Races – Lana Del Rey on Born to Die

Red Carpet – Jon Bryant on Red Carpet – Single

Where the Poison Is – FINNEAS on Where the Poison Is – Single

High School Reunion, Prom (feat. Lil Uzi Vert) – SAINt JHN on While The World Was Burning

Another Year – FINNEAS on Another Year – Single

You Might Need Somebody – Dan D’Lion on You Might Need Somebody – Single

When You Believe – Isak Danielson on When You Believe – Single²

Changing My Ways – Kilder & STELLA on Don’t Hide

Bella Storia – Fedez on Bella Storia – Single

Walked Through Hell – Anson Seabra on Walked Through Hell – Single

Anticipation – Steve Benjamins on Anticipation – Single

New Air – Richard Walters on New Air – Single³

Young & Sad – Tom Boy on Young & Sad – Single

Carol of the Bells – Lindsey Stirling on Warmer in the Winter⁴

PLUTO (feat. Brendan Pastor) – Adam Oh on PLUTO (feat. Brendan Pastor) – Single

Silent Night – The Lumineers on Silent Night – Single

The Middle of July – Imaginary Future on The Middle of July – Single

Hide – Armen Paul on Hide – Single

Fade into You – Portair on Fade into You – Single

Guillotine – Mansionair & NoMBe on Guillotine – Single

With You – Harrison Storm on Be Slow – EP

Flags – Coldplay on Flags – Single⁵

evermore (feat. Bon Iver) – Taylor Swift on evermore

Tú Me Dejaste de Querer (feat. Niño de Elche & La Húngara) – C. Tangana on Tú Me Dejaste de Querer (feat. Niño de Elche & La Húngara) – Single

Again – Mako on Fable

Coyote (Midnight Mix) – Mako on Fable

Last Night of an Empire – Imogen Heap on Last Night of an Empire – Single⁶

Goosebumps (feat. Kenny Beats) – Bastille on Goosebumps – EP

We All Fall In Love Sometimes – Coldplay on Revamp: The Songs of Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Cycles – Peter Thomas on Cycles – Single

1+1 2+2 – Teflon Sega on 1+1 2+2 – Single

Oh What a Mess I’m In – Hayden Calnin on Oh What a Mess I’m In – Single

Peregrine – Mako on Fable

The Wagon – Mako on Fable

1. Having had to go find the link for this, I suppose I could update the artist name to match the one on their YouTube channel, but I kinda like the nostalgia factor of having a dead tumblr username in there. ↩
2. This might make it in to my Holiday Playlist Rotation, because I’m a little tired of all the Boomer Childhood Music. ↩
3. I love the chorus here. “Oh hell, you made the right decision.” ↩
4. I think the first time I actually saw the album art here was just now, putting together this list, and wow is that an outfit. ↩
5. It’s been a few years since Coldplay released something and I didn’t go “I thought they broke up?” when I saw it. ↩
6. It’s entirely on-brand for Imogen Heap that my speakers had a fun glitch when I first hit play and kept playing a bit of the song on one side, then a bit of the song on the other side, and it took me a while to realize it was a glitch and not just Imogen Heap. ↩

Now that Big Sur is out and I can do a full-SwiftUI app on macOS, I’m back to being very tempted to make a little utility app to simplify the process of writing up these playlists.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single

Dionne (feat. Justin Vernon) – The Japanese House on Chewing Cotton Wool – EP

Bo Exotic – Turbo on Bo Exotic – Single

Roses (Imanbek Remix) – SAINt JHN on Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Single

Upside Down – JVKE on Upside Down – Single

STUD – Troye Sivan on In A Dream – EP

Fear of the Water – SYML on Work – EP

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

Hummingbird – Run River North on Hummingbird – Single

Last Train – The Midnight on Monsters

Famous – Octavian, Gunna & SAINt JHN on Famous – Single

MONCLER – Lazza, Pyrex & Guè Pequeno on J

miss america – Isaac Dunbar on miss america – Single

epiphany – Taylor Swift on folklore (deluxe version)

Empty – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Chihiro – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Be Kind (Stripped) – Marshmello & Halsey on Be Kind (Stripped) – Single

You Can’t Fix Me – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Run Run – Haux & Samuraii on Run Run – Single

Blue – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Piano In The Sky – Winona Oak on SHE – EP

Reactor – Woodkid on S16

So Handsome Hello – Woodkid on S16

Sumarið sem aldrei kom – Jónsi on Shiver¹

Drawn to You – Woodkid on S16

The Way I Used to Love You – Blue October on This is What I Live For

Cannibal (with Elizabeth Fraser) – Jónsi on Shiver

Hold – Jónsi on Shiver

The Weatherman – Blue October on This is What I Live For

Salt Licorice (with Robyn) – Jónsi on Shiver

Saturn (feat. Tim Fain) – Sleeping At Last on Saturn – Single (feat. Tim Fain) – Single²

Only Lost is Found – Blue October on This is What I Live For

DON’T TELL THE BOYS – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP³

Exhale – Jónsi on Shiver

Fever in the Night – Haux & Samuraii on Fever in the Night – Single

Ride wit Me (feat. City Spud) – Nelly on Country Grammar

Moving on (So Long) – Blue October on This is What I Live For

Spaces – Jaymes Young on Spaces – Single

Microwave Dinner – Petey on Checkin’ Up on Buds – EP⁴

MMXX – IX (feat. Mikky Ekko) – Diplo on MMXX

Your Love (Deja Vu) [Stripped Back] – Glass Animals on Dreamland (+ Bonus Levels)

Shiver – Jónsi on Shiver

Remède – Visceral on Remède – Single⁵

No One – Peter Thomas & gnash on No One – Single

Brainstorm – Alexander 23 on Brainstorm – Single⁶

Therefore I Am – Billie Eilish on Therefore I Am – Single

Ocelot – Mako on Ocelot – Single

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE – Zack Villere on FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE

Almost Heaven – Isak Danielson on Almost Heaven – Single⁷

18 – Turbo on 18 – Single

No Other Way – SHAED on No Other Way – Single

Demasiadas Mujeres – C. Tangana on Demasiadas Mujeres – Single

Bien Duro – C. Tangana on Bien Duro – Single

Get My Fix – Adam Oh on Get My Fix – Single⁸

She’s Not You – Addict. & ZC3 on She’s Not You – Single

Still for You – Haux & Samuraii on Fever in the Night – EP⁹

Handle – Yoe Mase & Echos on An Unfiltered Stream of Consciousness

MoneyOnMyMind – UPSAHL & Absofacto on Young Life Crisis – EP

love, or the lack thereof – Isaac Dunbar on love, or the lack thereof – Single

Typical – Kidhimself & Canova on Typical – Single

What I Won’t Do – Kilder & Jamal Bucanon on What I Won’t Do – Single

Friends (Under the Influence) – Majik on Paralysed / Friends (Under the Influence) – Single

1. At some point I might have to look up a translation of the lyrics here. I’m a little curious. ↩
2. May or may not occasionally just crank the volume and sing along to this at the top of my voice. ↩
3. Far and away my favorite new song this month. I have no idea why, but this one hits me right in the heartstrings. ↩
4. This whole album has big “closeted in the Midwest” energy. Not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. ↩
5. Listen, sometimes you just need some rap that you absolutely can’t understand, okay? ↩
6. Some of the same sounds as “Bury A Friend,” which unfortunately is less effective here, because, y’know, Billie Eilish is already Billie Eilish, and not pioneering this whole new sound this time around. ↩
7. A lot of “musical theater” vibes to this one – it’s the key changes. ↩
8. Somehow I stumbled across a Tiktok where Oh teased this song, and I liked it enough from that that I just threw a reminder in Things, “in two weeks remind me to see if this song is out.” It was! ↩
9. There’s a sound in here, I think somewhere around 1:20, that reminded me so intensely of Majik that I wound up adding Friends to the list. Man, I miss Majik. ↩

As an unintentional callback to the note on my previous playlist, I’m drinking hot apple cider as I write this. On-brand!

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

Don’t Take the Money – Harry Strange on Don’t Take the Money – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Hayden Calnin on Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Single

Good Together – Shallou & Ashe on Magical Thinking

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

We Can Take Our Time – Hayden Calnin on We Can Take Our Time – Single

American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Estelle on American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Single

Something to Hold on to – Harry Strange on Something, Hold On – EP

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

Every Colour – Luca Fogale on Every Colour – Single

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single

Dionne (feat. Justin Vernon) – The Japanese House on Chewing Cotton Wool – EP

Bo Exotic – Turbo on Bo Exotic – Single

Roses (Imanbek Remix) – SAINt JHN on Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Single

Hold Me Closer (feat. yaeow) – Addict. on Hold Me Closer (feat. yaeow) – Single

Upside Down – JVKE on Upside Down – Single

Feel It – Luca Fogale on Feel It – Single

Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (Edit) – Elderbrook on Why Do We Shake In The Cold? – Single

STUD – Troye Sivan on In A Dream – EP

Barking – Ramz on Barking – Single

Fear of the Water – SYML on Work – EP

Come On – Will Young on Echoes

Bottom of a Heartbreak – NEEDTOBREATHE on Out of Body

Numb – Elderbrook on Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (Deluxe Album)

Wait To Wake Me Up – Lepani on In The Moment – EP

Perfectly Imperfect – Declan J Donovan on Perfectly Imperfect – Single

Love to Come Home (feat. madugo) – Blewbird on Love to Come Home (feat. madugo) – Single

Falling – Phil Good on Falling – Single

Hummingbird – Run River North on Hummingbird – Single

No Se Da Cuenta – Ozuna & Daddy Yankee on ENOC

Lie – Sasha Sloan on Only Child

Last Train – The Midnight on Monsters

Run Away – Tycho & rum.gold on Run Away – Single

Famous – Octavian, Gunna & SAINt JHN on Famous – Single

MONCLER – Lazza, Pyrex & Guè Pequeno on J

Lifetime – Romy on Lifetime – Single

Run Away (Acoustic) – Tycho & rum.gold on Run Away – Single

Deja Vu – Betcha on Feels Like We’ve Been Here Before

Don’t Turn Off the Lights – Enrique Iglesias on Escape¹

Tal para cual – D3llano & $amurai on Tal para cual – Single

miss america – Isaac Dunbar on miss america – Single

Keep in Touch – Jake Scott on Keep in Touch

epiphany – Taylor Swift on folklore (deluxe version)²

All My Love – Elderbrook on Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (Deluxe Album)

BACK FOR ME – Reece on BACK FOR ME – EP

Empty – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Fire – Elderbrook & Ytram on Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (Deluxe Album)

Chihiro – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Be Kind (Stripped) – Marshmello & Halsey on Be Kind (Stripped) – Single

You Can’t Fix Me – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Fade – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP³

Stay – Cheat Codes & Bryce Vine on Stay – Single

Howl – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

We’ll Be Alright – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Boredom – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Run Run – Haux & Samuraii on Run Run – Single

Blue – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Slow Motion – Charlotte Lawrence on Slow Motion – Single

Piano In The Sky – Winona Oak on SHE – EP

Everyone Changes (feat. Gabrielle Aplin) – Kodaline on One Day at a Time (Deluxe)

Reactor – Woodkid on S16

So Handsome Hello – Woodkid on S16⁴

Sumarið sem aldrei kom – Jónsi on Shiver⁵

Moon – Yoste on try to be okay – EP

Highway 27 – Woodkid on S16

Ghost – LANKS & Sam Phay on SPIRITS PT.1

Everybody But Me – Nick Wilson on Love and Heartache – EP

Minus Sixty One – Woodkid on S16

Drawn to You – Woodkid on S16

How to Save a Life – The Fray on How to Save a Life⁶

The Way I Used to Love You – Blue October on This is What I Live For⁷

Flaws – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Cannibal (with Elizabeth Fraser) – Jónsi on Shiver⁸

Hold – Jónsi on Shiver

The Weatherman – Blue October on This is What I Live For

Salt Licorice (with Robyn) – Jónsi on Shiver

Saturn (feat. Tim Fain) – Sleeping At Last on Saturn – Single (feat. Tim Fain) – Single

Only Lost is Found – Blue October on This is What I Live For

1. I like this song because it’s kinda about the importance of communication in relationships! Positive influence!
   Of course, Escape is also on this album, and that’s a song about a woman who needs to get a restraining order and a gun, so… ↩
2. Now that the Bon Iver song off this album is thoroughly overplayed in my head, I’m listening to other parts of it. ↩
3. Can you tell that I’ve become a big fan of Yoste? ↩
4. I sent this song to a friend with this note: “and I love Woodkid because that isn’t even his horniest song, but Woodkid Horny Music is EXTREMELY different from regular horny music” ↩
5. This song had no right to hit as hard as it did, I, as a former Choir Kid, feel called out.
   As a side note, this was real fun to search for in Apple’s link building tool, which intermittently doesn’t know about unicode. ↩
6. One day I’m gonna have a sufficient dataset, thanks to all these playlists, that I can do some fun analysis. I’m betting The Fray is gonna be on an annual cycle. ↩
7. So far, my favorite off the new album, but I’ve also only listened to about half of the album so far. ↩
8. This album is kinda all over the place, but I love it ↩

It’s fall! The obligatory joke would be something about pumpkin spice, but actually I’m just planning to explode into a cloud of apple cider flavored things.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Falling Down – Harrison Storm on Falling Down – Single

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

F**k Collingwood – Hayden Calnin on F**k Collingwood – Single

Don’t Take the Money – Harry Strange on Don’t Take the Money – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

scorton’s creek – Isaac Dunbar on scorton’s creek – Single

I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis on Now In a Minute

Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Hayden Calnin on Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Single

Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd on Starboy

Good Together – Shallou & Ashe on Magical Thinking

Lost My Mind – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony

No Love – Noak Hellsing on No Love – Single

Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Rick and Morty on Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Single

I Lost a Friend – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony

Cold Feet – Ryan Hemsworth & EDEN on Cold Feet – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

Giants – Dermot Kennedy on Giants – Single

We Can Take Our Time – Hayden Calnin on We Can Take Our Time – Single

SPACCATO – Don Joe, Madame & Dani Faiv on SPACCATO – Single

start//end – EDEN on vertigo

Passports – Kiran Kai on XYZ – EP

Burn the Witch – Shawn James on Burn the Witch – Single

Stingray – Kai Whiston & EDEN on Stingray – Single

Bitter – Yoe Mase & sad alex on Bitter – Single

Dorado – Mahmood, Sfera Ebbasta & Feid on Dorado – Single

American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Estelle on American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Single

exile (feat. Bon Iver) – Taylor Swift on folklore

Something to Hold on to – Harry Strange on Something, Hold On – EP

Mountain Steeps – Hayden Calnin on Mountain Steeps – Single

Swill – Jónsi on Shiver

Hurricane – Anson Seabra on Hurricane – Single

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single¹

Tokyo Drifting – Glass Animals & Denzel Curry on Dreamland

It’s All So Incredibly Loud – Glass Animals on Dreamland

Aristocrats – Raleigh Ritchie on Andy

I Want You Close – By The Coast on I Want You Close – Single

Siren Song – MARUV on Siren Song – Single

I Still Love You – NIGHT TRAVELER on I Still Love You – Single

Every Colour – Luca Fogale on Every Colour – Single

Fall – Lepani on In The Moment – EP

Blood On the Leaves – Kanye West on Yeezus

Down from Here – Sloane on Down from Here – Single

Find Yourself – Thunder Jackson on Thunder Jackson

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single

Are You Happy? – SHY Martin on Sad Songs – EP

Sirens – LANKS & Fossa Beats on Sirens – Single

How Would I Know – Kygo & Oh Wonder on Golden Hour

Dionne (feat. Justin Vernon) – The Japanese House on Chewing Cotton Wool – EP

Killer – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind

Crawl – Blakey on Crawl (Acoustic) – Single

Bo Exotic – Turbo on Bo Exotic – Single²

Why Do You Lie to Me (feat. Lil Baby) – Topic & A7S on Why Do You Lie to Me (feat. Lil Baby) – Single

Roses (Imanbek Remix) – SAINt JHN on Roses (Imanbek Remix) – Single³

Hold Me Closer (feat. yaeow) – Addict. on Hold Me Closer (feat. yaeow) – Single

Heat Waves – Glass Animals on Dreamland

Upside Down – JVKE on Upside Down – Single

Feel It – Luca Fogale on Feel It – Single

Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (Edit) – Elderbrook on Why Do We Shake In The Cold? – Single

And It Breaks My Heart – LÉON on Apart

If We’re Being Honest – Novo Amor on Cannot Be, Whatsoever

STUD – Troye Sivan on In A Dream – EP⁴

Rising – Duskus on Rising – EP

Sea and Fire – Harrison Storm on Sea and Fire – Single

God I Hope This Year Is Better Than The Last – SYML on Lost – EP

Next To Me – Lepani on In The Moment – EP

Barking – Ramz on Barking – Single⁵

Fear of the Water – SYML on Work – EP

WDWGILY – SYML on Chill – EP

Get Numb – Council on Haunts Me – EP

Doin’ It Right (feat. Panda Bear) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories

Vampire – Noah Cunane on Vampire – Single

Instant Crush (feat. Julian Casablancas) – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories

No Perfect Love – Lucy Daydream on No Perfect Love – Single

Come On – Will Young on Echoes⁶

Let’s Fall in Love for the Night (1964) – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony (Deluxe)

Beyond – Daft Punk on Random Access Memories

Wildfire – SYML on Work – EP⁷

Frequency – Chance Peña on The Inevitable – EP

Still Here – Thorin Loeks on In This Place

Falling – DANIEL SAINT BLACK on Falling – Single

slow summer – Zachary Knowles on slow summer – Single

Bottom of a Heartbreak – NEEDTOBREATHE on Out of Body

All These Dreams – Ryan Hemsworth on Pout – EP

Hot Stuff – Kygo & Donna Summer on Hot Stuff – Single⁸

Buried Alive – Rory Webley on Are You Scared Yet? – EP

Hey Stupid, I Love You (Spanglish Version) – JP Saxe & Mau y Ricky on Hey Stupid, I Love You (Spanglish Version) – Single

Numb – Elderbrook on Why Do We Shake in the Cold? (Deluxe Album)

Domestic Bliss – Glass Animals on Dreamland

Wait To Wake Me Up – Lepani on In The Moment – EP

Perfectly Imperfect – Declan J Donovan on Perfectly Imperfect – Single

Love to Come Home (feat. madugo) – Blewbird on Love to Come Home (feat. madugo) – Single

Falling – Phil Good on Falling – Single

Stronger – Kanye West on Graduation

Mad World – Pentatonix on Mad World – Single⁹

Hummingbird – Run River North on Hummingbird – Single

No Se Da Cuenta – Ozuna & Daddy Yankee on ENOC

Lie – Sasha Sloan on Only Child

1. This one is fun – it’s that “male pop singer” trope of “I’m gonna make you cheat on your boyfriend,” but turned on its head. ↩
2. This is delightfully catchy. ↩
3. Eventually I’m just gonna make a whole “Tiktok” playlist. ↩
4. Remember Troye Sivan? ↩
5. This feels like one of those songs where my mom will ask me what the lyrics mean and I’ll just shrug. ↩
6. This was one of those “I haven’t listened to this song in ages!” additions. Which I then swapped out immediately, because when I added it to the playlist, I added the version that was already in my library – which turned out to be an iTunes Match track, of a 48k YouTube rip from years and years ago. Whoops! ↩
7. SYML recently released what are, essentially, mixtapes of his work. Not sure what that was about, but it did lead me to discover a couple tracks I hadn’t heard before, so… I guess it worked? ↩
8. Is the resurgence of roughly ‘80s sounds in music a general trend, or is it just what I’m interested in right now? (I’m going to cite the new Wonder Woman as evidence for ‘general trend.’) ↩
9. I love this song, and also firmly associate it with the trailer for Gears of War. ↩

Hey, I’m almost done with school! Wild.

Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP

Falling Down – Harrison Storm on Falling Down – Single

Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single

F**k Collingwood – Hayden Calnin on F**k Collingwood – Single

Don’t Take the Money – Harry Strange on Don’t Take the Money – Single

Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single

Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single

New Shapes (feat. Octavian) – Diplo on Europa – EP

scorton’s creek – Isaac Dunbar on scorton’s creek – Single

I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis on Now In a Minute

Heavy – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind

Poison (feat. Take A Daytrip, Obongjayar & Santi) – Octavian on Poison (feat. Take A Daytrip, Obongjayar & Santi) – Single

Wait to Come Over – Charles Fauna on Eulogy – EP

Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Hayden Calnin on Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Single

Peaked – EDEN on Peaked – Single

Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd on Starboy¹

Good Together – Shallou & Ashe on Magical Thinking

Lost My Mind – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony

No Love – Noak Hellsing on No Love – Single

Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Rick and Morty on Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Single

Dreamland – Glass Animals on Dreamland

I Lost a Friend – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony

Cold Feet – Ryan Hemsworth & EDEN on Cold Feet – Single

Golden Hour – Orion Sun on Hold Space For Me

Lying to Myself – Portair on Lying to Myself – Single

How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP

TesTa TrA Le NuVoLE, pT. 2 – Alfa & YANOMI on TesTa TrA Le NuVoLE, pT. 2 – Single

Giants – Dermot Kennedy on Giants – Single

Accidents – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind

We Can Take Our Time – Hayden Calnin on We Can Take Our Time – Single

SPACCATO – Don Joe, Madame & Dani Faiv on SPACCATO – Single

Heart-Shaped Box – Glass Animals on Heart-Shaped Box (Quarantine Covers Ep. 1)

Vivo – Ernia on Gemelli

start//end – EDEN on vertigo

Lo sai – Tedua & Sick Luke on Vita vera mixtape: Aspettando la Divina Commedia

Passports – Kiran Kai on XYZ – EP

Burn the Witch – Shawn James on Burn the Witch – Single²

Stingray – Kai Whiston & EDEN on Stingray – Single

Bitter – Yoe Mase & sad alex on Bitter – Single

America – Sufjan Stevens on The Ascension

With You – Thorin Loeks on With You – Single

Dorado – Mahmood, Sfera Ebbasta & Feid on Dorado – Single

American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Estelle on American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Single

Bimbi per strada (Children) – Fedez & Robert Miles on Bimbi per strada (Children) – Single

Craving – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind

Salt – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind

Lentamente – Cara on Lentamente – Single

I Heard – Elliot Moss on I Heard – Single

Tonight – Thorin Loeks on Tonight – Single

All Your Love – Sir Sly on All Your Love – Single

Heads And Tails – BANNERS on Where The Shadow Ends

exile (feat. Bon Iver) – Taylor Swift on folklore³

Something to Hold on to – Harry Strange on Something, Hold On – EP

Unknown but Somehow You’ll Find Your Own Space – Harry Strange on Something, Hold On – EP

Mountain Steeps – Hayden Calnin on Mountain Steeps – Single

Swill – Jónsi on Shiver

Chapter 1 – Octavian on Rari (Chapter 1) – Single

Rari (feat. Future) – Octavian on Rari (Chapter 1) – Single

Tardissimo – Guè Pequeno, Mahmood & Marracash on Mr. Fini

Touch – Sleeping At Last on Atlas: Senses

Touch – Haux on NOON // 239

Hurricane – Anson Seabra on Hurricane – Single⁴

Caramelo – Ozuna on Caramelo – Single

Call Him – Noah Cunane on Call Him – Single

Gistro Amarillo – Ozuna & Wisin on Gistro Amarillo – Single

Tokyo Drifting – Glass Animals & Denzel Curry on Dreamland

12 Steps – CXLOE on 12 Steps – Single

Genie in a Bottle – Rory Webley on Are You Scared Yet? – EP

AUATC – Bon Iver on AUATC – Single

It’s All So Incredibly Loud – Glass Animals on Dreamland

Pick Up Where We Left Off – Kayden on Pick Up Where We Left Off – Single

Aristocrats – Raleigh Ritchie on Andy

I Want You Close – By The Coast on I Want You Close – Single

Siren Song – MARUV on Siren Song – Single⁵

I Still Love You – NIGHT TRAVELER on I Still Love You – Single

Every Colour – Luca Fogale on Every Colour – Single

Boys Don’t Cry – Dillistone & ferdinant. on Boys Don’t Cry – Single

My Rajneesh – Sufjan Stevens on America – EP⁶

Only Us – Kygo & Haux on Golden Hour

Call Me – Lo-Rem on Please, No More Gaslighting

Fall – Lepani on In The Moment – EP

Blood On the Leaves – Kanye West on Yeezus

Lost In the World (feat. Bon Iver) – Kanye West on My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

Down from Here – Sloane on Down from Here – Single

Find Yourself – Thunder Jackson on Thunder Jackson

The Dark – SYML on The Dark – Single⁷

All That Matters – Blanco White on On the Other Side

Are You Happy? – SHY Martin on Sad Songs – EP

Sirens – LANKS & Fossa Beats on Sirens – Single

Easy – Troye Sivan on In A Dream – EP

How Would I Know – Kygo & Oh Wonder on Golden Hour

Dionne (feat. Justin Vernon) – The Japanese House on Chewing Cotton Wool – EP⁸

Here Comes the Night – djSnake & Mr Hudson on Here Comes the Night – Single

Killer – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind

Crawl – Blakey on Crawl (Acoustic) – Single

1. Every once in a while I think about the story of how this collaboration happened, and I consistently have the mental image that Daft Punk didn’t want to collaborate with The Weeknd, they were just too overwhelmed by him suddenly bursting in to argue. Almost certainly not what happened, but a fun image nonetheless. ↩︎
2. I can’t listen to this without picturing the scene from The Old Guard. ↩︎
3. Somehow I still think of Bon Iver as being a little-known indie artist, despite the fact that he’s on this playlist in collaborations with Taylor Swift and Kanye West. ↩︎
4. A nice song to sing along to, though I can’t read the title without getting the Thirty Seconds to Mars song stuck in my head instead. ↩︎
5. I wonder if Tiktok pays royalties on the songs that go viral on Tiktok? ↩︎
6. This song feels like an entire album all in one, it’s wild. ↩︎
7. While trying to play this the other day, I determined that the search engine in the iOS Music app is still hot garbage, because searching for “dark syml” found exactly zero results. ↩︎
8. My friend Soph sent this to me, like… a month ago, and I finally listened to it and immediately texted her back like “that song is amazing thank you!!!” ↩︎

It has been a busy month, and August doesn’t look like it’s going to be any better. But hey, while I have your attention: register to vote!
Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP
Falling Down – Harrison Storm on Falling Down – Single
Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single
F**k Collingwood – Hayden Calnin on F**k Collingwood – Single
Don’t Take the Money – Harry Strange on Don’t Take the Money – Single
This is Where it Ends – Richard Walters on This is Where it Ends – Single
Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single
Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single
New Shapes (feat. Octavian) – Diplo on Europa – EP
Morning Prayers – Steve Benjamins on Morning Prayers – Single
scorton’s creek – Isaac Dunbar on scorton’s creek – Single
Church – Charles Fauna on Yonder
I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis on Now In a Minute
Heavy – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind
Poison (feat. Take A Daytrip, Obongjayar & Santi) – Octavian on Poison (feat. Take A Daytrip, Obongjayar & Santi) – Single
Wait to Come Over – Charles Fauna on Eulogy – EP
Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Hayden Calnin on Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Single
Peaked – EDEN on Peaked – Single
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd on Starboy
I Love You’s – Hailee Steinfeld on I Love You’s – Single
Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden on Tongue N’ Cheek (Dirtee Deluxe Edition)
Moonlight popolare – Mahmood & Massimo Pericolo on Moonlight popolare – Single
Good Together – Shallou & Ashe on Magical Thinking
2FU – Gavin Haley on 2FU – Single
Lost My Mind – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony
No Love – Noak Hellsing on No Love – Single
Breaking Me – Topic & A7S on Breaking Me – Single
Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Rick and Morty on Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Single
Dreamland – Glass Animals on Dreamland
I Lost a Friend – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony
On My Life – Cheat Codes on On My Life – Single
All Your Love – Sir Sly on All Your Love – Single
Long Way Home – Tom Boy on Long Way Home – Single
Cold Feet – Ryan Hemsworth & EDEN on Cold Feet – Single
Golden Hour – Orion Sun on Hold Space For Me
Daydreamer – AURORA on A Different Kind of Human (Step II)¹
ELEGANTE – DrefGold & Sfera Ebbasta on ELO
Lying to Myself – Portair on Lying to Myself – Single
How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP
TesTa TrA Le NuVoLE, pT. 2 – Alfa & YANOMI on TesTa TrA Le NuVoLE, pT. 2 – Single
Giants – Dermot Kennedy on Giants – Single
Accidents – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind
Crimewave – Crystal Castles on Grey’s Intro to Music Mixtape (Made With Love) [Vol.1]²
For You – Drop – G & Ted-D on For You – Single
We Can Take Our Time – Hayden Calnin on We Can Take Our Time – Single
Dark Maze – IBE on Dark Maze – Single
Tourner dans le vide (Slowed) – Unge Moped & Tuber on Tourner dans le vide : Man slowed down – Single³
Ride It – Regard on Ride It – Single
Chanel – Frank Ocean on Chanel – Single
Die Trying – Michl on Die Trying – Single
The Box – Roddy Ricch on Please Excuse Me For Being Antisocial
SPACCATO – Don Joe, Madame & Dani Faiv on SPACCATO – Single⁴
Heart-Shaped Box – Glass Animals on Heart-Shaped Box (Quarantine Covers Ep. 1)
Te lo prometto – Il Tre on Te lo prometto – Single
Vivo – Ernia on Gemelli
when the party’s over – Pentatonix on At Home – EP
So Close to Magic – Aquilo on So Close to Magic – Single
Ibiza (feat. Romeo Santos) – Ozuna on Aura
start//end – EDEN on vertigo⁵
Dead and Gone – Lani Rose on Dead and Gone – Single
Real Life Stuff (feat. Julia Michaels & Clever) – Diplo on Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil
Circles – Of Monsters and Men on Circles – Single
Lo sai – Tedua & Sick Luke on Vita vera mixtape: Aspettando la Divina Commedia
Passports – Kiran Kai on XYZ – EP
Burn the Witch – Shawn James on Burn the Witch – Single⁶
Counting Hours – MAY BBY & Chris Hue on Counting Hours – EP
Stingray – Kai Whiston & EDEN on Stingray – Single
Bitter – Yoe Mase & sad alex on Bitter – Single
America – Sufjan Stevens on The Ascension⁷
With You – Thorin Loeks on With You – Single
Dorado – Mahmood, Sfera Ebbasta & Feid on Dorado – Single
Wings – Lisa Heller on Wings – Single
American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Estelle on American Boy (feat. Kanye West) [Lost Frequencies Remix] – Single⁸
Bimbi per strada (Children) – Fedez & Robert Miles on Bimbi per strada (Children) – Single
Craving – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind
Salt – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind
Dishes – Lauv on Without You – EP
Lentamente – Cara on Lentamente – Single
I Heard – Elliot Moss on I Heard – Single
Tonight – Thorin Loeks on Tonight – Single

Good news, we’re past the halfway line of the year.
Cologne – Haux on Something to Remember – EP
Falling Down – Harrison Storm on Falling Down – Single
Angel – H. Kenneth on Angel – Single
F**k Collingwood – Hayden Calnin on F**k Collingwood – Single
Don’t Take the Money – Harry Strange on Don’t Take the Money – Single
This is Where it Ends – Richard Walters on This is Where it Ends – Single
Blinding Lights – The Weeknd on Blinding Lights – Single
Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – The Blaze on Somewhere (feat. Octavian) – Single
Slowly – ODIE on Slowly – Single
New Shapes (feat. Octavian) – Diplo on Europa – EP
Morning Prayers – Steve Benjamins on Morning Prayers – Single
In Your Eyes – The Weeknd on After Hours (Deluxe)
It’s Getting Worse – Gavin Haley & Mokita on It’s Getting Worse – Single
scorton’s creek – Isaac Dunbar on scorton’s creek – Single
Church – Charles Fauna on Yonder
Been Thru This Before (feat. Giggs, SAINt JHN) – Marshmello, Southside, Giggs & SAINt JHN on Been Thru This Before (feat. Giggs, SAINt JHN) – Single
I Love You Always Forever – Donna Lewis on Now In a Minute
Heavy – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind
Enough For You – Lani Rose on Enough For You – Single
Nunca Estoy – C. Tangana on Nunca Estoy – Single
Poison (feat. Take A Daytrip, Obongjayar & Santi) – Octavian on Poison (feat. Take A Daytrip, Obongjayar & Santi) – Single
Goliath – Woodkid on Goliath – Single
Stains – Fyfe & Joel Baker on Stains – Single
Wait to Come Over – Charles Fauna on Eulogy – EP
Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Hayden Calnin on Unfortunate Love (feat. Harrison Storm) – Single
Peaked – EDEN on Peaked – Single
Starboy (feat. Daft Punk) – The Weeknd on Starboy
I Love You’s – Hailee Steinfeld on I Love You’s – Single
Bonkers – Dizzee Rascal & Armand Van Helden on Tongue N’ Cheek (Dirtee Deluxe Edition)¹
Moonlight popolare – Mahmood & Massimo Pericolo on Moonlight popolare – Single
On & On – Fyfe & Joel Baker on Prayer Emojis – EP
Good Together – Shallou & Ashe on Magical Thinking
Guille Asesino – C. Tangana on Bien:( – EP
Palm Springs (feat. In.Drip.) – Luna Shadows on Palm Springs (feat. In.Drip.) – Single²
2FU – Gavin Haley on 2FU – Single
Lost My Mind – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony
Sono un bravo ragazzo un po’ fuori di testa – Random on Sono un bravo ragazzo un po’ fuori di testa – Single³
Shelter – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony
Mean It – Piano Version – Wrabel on Piano
Crickets – Chloe Angelides on Crickets – Single
No Love – Noak Hellsing on No Love – Single
Higher – Juke Ross on Higher – Single
Breaking Me – Topic & A7S on Breaking Me – Single
Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Rick and Morty on Don’t Look Back (feat. Kotomi & Ryan Elder) [From Rick and Morty: Season 4] – Single⁴
Let Someone Go – Blewbird on Let Someone Go – Single
Dreamland – Glass Animals on Dreamland
I Lost a Friend – FINNEAS on Blood Harmony
Affection (Unplugged) – Amber Run on Affection (Unplugged) – Single
Go Somewhere – APRE on Go Somewhere – EP
On My Life – Cheat Codes on On My Life – Single
All Your Love – Sir Sly on All Your Love – Single
Long Way Home – Tom Boy on Long Way Home – Single⁵
Always Forever – Aquilo on Always Forever – Single
If I Want To – Goody Grace on If I Want To – Single
Talk – Jon Bryant on Talk – Single
Oxygen – Winona Oak & Robin Schulz on Oxygen – Single⁶
Long Time (feat. INTRN) – Atlas in Motion on Light Leaks – EP
Cold Feet – Ryan Hemsworth & EDEN on Cold Feet – Single
Golden Hour – Orion Sun on Hold Space For Me
Daydreamer – AURORA on A Different Kind of Human (Step II)
Hide and Seek (feat. JT Roach) [Don Diablo Edit] – Danny Olson on Hide and Seek (feat. JT Roach) [Don Diablo Edit] – Single
ELEGANTE – DrefGold & Sfera Ebbasta on ELO
Higher (feat. Opposite the Other) – Midnight Kids on The Lost Youth
Lying to Myself – Portair on Lying to Myself – Single
How It Was – Yoste on A Few Brief Moments – EP⁷
Cioilflow (feat. Salmo) – Dani Faiv on Scusate se esistiamo
Brand New (Renewed) – Foreign Fields & SYML on Brand New (Renewed) – Single
TesTa TrA Le NuVoLE, pT. 2 – Alfa & YANOMI on TesTa TrA Le NuVoLE, pT. 2 – Single
Sway – Alt Bloom on Astronaut Complex – EP
Giants – Dermot Kennedy on Giants – Single
Accidents – Haux on Violence in a Quiet Mind⁸
KIDS – Alle Farben, VIZE & Graham Candy on KIDS – Single
Lullabies for Little Crimes – Steve Benjamins on Lullabies for Little Crimes – Single
Die Young – Ke$ha on Deconstructed