October 11 – October 17

Mainu Apne Pyar Wich (Mystic Jungle Remix) — Mohinder Kaur Bhamra (Indian diaspora)

puh-lease stop sleeping on Punjabi music. liiiike we’re tearing up the dance floor to this

Welcome to the Meadows — Everything Is Recorded, Jack Peñate & Roses Gabor (UK)

“i’m leaving you or i’m leaving me” is a truth some of us need to be reminded about staying true to ourselves

Simile — Adekunle Gold, Soweto Gospel Choir & 79th Element (Nigeria)

some of you may be familiar with a Happy Face God. this goes out to you <333

Seagulls — St. Paul & The Broken Bones (Alabama)

some people believe you don’t “fall” in love, you “choose” love. i’m one of those people

Ride Like the Wind (Christopher Cross cover) — Allen Stone (Washington)

flashback to last week when me and my bf were dancing to this and Whitney Houston under a disco ball

Man in His Pomp — Yves Jarvis (Canada)

Rick Springfield but no Jessie

Pretty Idea — Amber Mark (Tennessee)

another bop about choosing love. but what really caught my ear was a familiar, catchy melody. two of the credited songwriters are Julian Bunetta and John Ryan who played a heavy hand in Sabrina Carpenter’s 2024 smash Short n’ Sweet

Act My Age — LANY (California)

i’ve got this playlist called “thief of joy” that’s about feeling like i’m behind my peers. i’ve finally gotten over that feeling but this song got plopped on it immediately

Cry Cry Cry — King Princess (New York)

so on the nose, it’s going on the Boys Don’t Cry waiting room playlist

Want It All — Jay Som (California)

what makes a hit song? a rhythm guitar that forces you to thrash around like a maniac and a few easy-to-yell lyrics that’ll take you one listen to memorize

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