Stampede Staff Playlist: February Edition

Strawberry Swing is a song featured on the album Nostalgia ULTRA by Frank Ocean. This song dives into Frank reminiscing as an adult on all the good times he had as a child with his best friend, as well as a kind of more dark grim idea about how one day the earth will destroy itself and we will all just be memories. The first time I listened to this song I was immediately taken back to all the good memo...

4EVER is a bedroom pop coming of age song that has very relatable lyrics and the story behind the song is for sure relatable to many teens of this age. To me, this song is all about wondering where my place is in this world and wondering if things will change for me or if I am just going to feel this way forever. Clairos' thoughts behind this song are also similar. She wrote this the night before she...

Although I'm not a huge fan of Harry styles and I will admit I have only listened to a couple of songs. I absolutely love his song golden. When I first heard this song shuffled on a playlist I was so intrigued and ended up playing it multiple times just to feel that happy bright feeling it gave me the first time. Style’s whole goal for this song was to bring joy to people even though his whole fi...

I love Sabrina Carpenter since her acting days on “Girl Meets World” so her music career is no question to me. I love it all. Since the pandemic, it seemed to me that Carpenter had taken a break and I did not know when she would release new music until the sudden release of Skin on Jan. 22. Although Skin was getting controversy over its meaning, I think the song sends a great message: Do not l...

This song appeared on the “To All the Boys 3: Always and Forever” soundtrack and I have been listening to this song a couple of times. It is one of those songs to me that I will not consider my favorite but is a song that I will never forget. It is honestly one of the most romantic songs from my generation because it really projects not just the idea of loving till the end but through the entire ...

The first word I said the first time I heard this: wow. Joshua Bassett really did it again and I am here for it. Lyrically and musically, “Only a Matter of Time” is superior because of the amazing piano melody and his vocals. In this song, Bassett’s vocal range is astonishing because he goes from high octaves to low in a matter of a couple of seconds. In terms of the meaning, the song touche...

Harry Styles had many popular hits in his 2019 Fine Line album, however, I think this song is a hidden gem. At first, the song was not my favorite, but after listening to it a few more times I became lost in the melody and the emotion behind the lyrics. Although Styles has produced wonderful hits over the years, this is a song that I can listen to when I am in any mood. One of the lyrics of their song...

This classic song from a classic artist was released in 1978 in his album 52nd Street. Recently, however, the song has made a remarkable comeback on the popular social platform of TikTok. Although TikTok has its pros and cons, I will not deny the supreme ability it has for popularizing music. As a personal fan of older classics, I went and listened to the full song and fell in love with the playful s...

ABBA was first introduced to me through the Mamma Mia! franchise where the move musicals take advantage of a number of the Sweedish pop group's classic hits. After seeing the first movie my sister would play every ABBA song ever created in the car on repeat. As you could imagine I amassed a rather strong resentment towards the group since now their songs echoed in my head daily. However, I made an ...

This song is part of Lorde’s album, Melodrama, which came out about two years ago. I remember listening to this album for the first time when I was on a vacation in San Francisco. Listening to her music while experiencing the sights of California, the mountains, the winding city roads, the oceans, made me fall in love with this song. Whenever I hear it, I think back to my time in San Francisco and...

This song is the title track for Chloe and Halle’s latest album, Ungodly Hour. I remember listening to this song when quarantine first started and my never-ending boredom was just kicking in. I thought it was super fun and catchy.t reminded me of a time when I could actually go outside and see my friends, have fun with other people. When my family and I would go on long walks through parks, one o...

This song is one of my favorites of all time because of its nostalgic vibes. I discovered it when I was in eighth grade moving to Illinois. It perfectly captured all of my emotions. My nervousness to meet new people and my excitement to start a new life. I listen back to it now and think of how much life has changed since then.  ...