Summer Playlist 🌼

Pool days, sunny skies, and being outside all call for summer music. Here are 19 songs to listen to while enjoying your favorite summer.

Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All)- Lorde

Brazil- Declan McKenna 

Doin’ Time- Sublime 

Good Days- SZA 

That’s When- Taylor Swift, Keith Urban 

Real Love Baby- Father John Misty 

Alright- Supergrass 

Hits Different- Taylor Swift 

Right Down the Line- Gerry Rafferty 

Brooklyn Baby- Lana Del Rey 

Hell N Back- Bakar 

Kilby Girl- The Backseat Lovers 

Solar Power- Lorde 

deja vu- Olivia Rodrigo 

Paper Planes- M.I.A. 

Cigarette Daydreams- Cage the Elephant 

Kyoto- Phoebe Bridgers 

Sofia- Clairo

Forever- Noah Kahan 

Secrets from a Girl (Who’s Seen it All): When I think of Lorde, I think about the song “Ribs’ ‘ which is a very popular song for its interpretation on growing up. While “Ribs” is more about the uncertainty of getting older, this song is pretty much the opposite. It is the reassurance that when you grow up, everything will work out how it is supposed to. Going into another summer, I feel like this song encapsulated a lot of the worries that are going through our minds right now about stepping up to the next things. So, overall I feel like this is a good song to keep in mind as we move forward into what is next and make this summer count. 

Real Love Baby: When you think of a day at the beach, this is the kind of song that would be playing in the background. The vocals have a very vintage feel to them like an older song from the 60s that everyone always knows the tune of. When you listen to this song, you can almost just picture that perfect day of spending the whole day outside and smelling like sunscreen and the pool. This is one of the few songs that I feel truly makes you feel happy. While it is bittersweet, there is a perfect balance of excitement that pours out through the guitar. I just know that when I’m thinking about a song that reminds me of summer memories, I will be thinking of this song. 

deja vu: The first time I listened to this song, I didn’t like it at all. It didn’t sound catchy, and the whole idea of it was kind of creepy, but than I realized that is exactly what makes this song so good. After watching the music video, everything seemed to kind of click on what the message of what this song was. The melody is so different from anything I’ve ever heard and even the concept of the song became interesting. “deja vu” is about watching someone else take your place in a relationship and noticing the similarities between them and how you used to be. This is now one of my favorite songs of all time. Every time the windows are down in the car and it is time to pick a song, this one always seems to come to mind. “deja vu” is such a great song that has the perfect scream-able bridge for the summertime hangouts.