Ditch Spotify’s AI-generated “DJ” and instead get your next music recommendation from your trusted Arts & Culture editors! We’ve crunched the numbers, read your horoscopes and listened to every song ever written in order to curate the following:
For the Wellesley student spending summer back in their childhood bedroom:
When you’re lying in your twin bed, staring at the ceiling and wondering why 15-year-old you decided that was a good color to paint a wall, play Lorde’s new single “What Was That ––using your headphones of course, other people live in this house and your brother is studying for the SATs. As a TikTok I once reposted said, “Lorde is like Nanny McPhee, never showing up when you WANT her but showing up when you NEED her.”
For the Wellesley student determined to have a summer fling:
Play “The Glamorous Life” by Sheila E. It’s fun! It was written by Prince! She’s a drummer! The song is nine minutes long and is major for every single second. Play it while doing your makeup, while driving at exactly the speed limit–for legal reasons–or while riding the subway and being mysterious. Everyone wants you. The person you want definitely wants you. And, who knows? You might just find yourself falling in love.
For the Wellesley student getting beaten down by tariffs:
Eggs are four billion U.S. dollars and the minimum wage in your home state is still the exact same. Get in your car and play Gang of Four’s “Natural’s Not In It.” Or not. Gas is really expensive. What to do for pleasure? This song is featured in Sofia Coppola’s “Marie Antoinette” and if we have to be living in an ancién regime-coded era, it might as well be directed by the very best Coppola.
For the Wellesley student who didn’t get into any summer internships:
Play “Fire with Fire” by AlicebanD. You’re trying to find a purpose in your life right now and so is she. There is somebody else who’s clearly to blame, but is it your professors, politicians, or parents? Who knows? Spend your time dreaming and imagining hypothetical scenarios with your friend who lives way too far away.
For the Wellesley student replacing their smartphone with a flip phone:
Have you told your friends that you’re deleting Instagram again? Did you send a reel 24 hours later? If so, this summer it might be time to reconnect with nature. Hear a child’s laugh. Watch the sunset from a 7/11 parking lot as you plan your big move to Montana. Since you won’t have Spotify, go buy Jim Croce’s “I Got A Name” record on vinyl. Plus, whenever you eventually succumb to social media temptations you can post a picture of said vinyl and appear #rustic and cultured to your followers.
For the Wellesley student upset with the government:
Did you finally block Elon on X? Have you started googling citizenship and visa requirements for Nordic countries? Are you actively avoiding interacting with anyone from Babson? Listen to “Money Game, Pt. 2” by Ren. Yes, he is British and this song is from COVID-19, but the “unprecedented times” are still going on.
For the Wellesley student traveling abroad this summer:
I hate you. I want to trade lives. I have no interest in sharing music recommendations with you because you already have everything. In any case, play “Free Man in Paris” by Joni Mitchell. Or, at the very least, use it as the score to your Instagram post that I will be hate viewing. A little on the nose? Sure. But so is spending the summer in Europe. And you’re unfettered and alive.
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Summer music recommendations for every type of Wellesley student – The Wellesley News
