College Playlist

A collection of songs from the past four years of my life. If I were to give any advice to incoming college freshmen it would be to start a playlist in your first year and add the songs that speak to you the most or you can’t get off of repeat over your time at college.

This playlist can be found at Apple Music and Spotify

Along the Road by Karmin

“Experts at eighteen with warm beer and caffeine”

Good Old Days (feat. Kesha) by Macklemore

“Never thought we’d get old, Maybe we’re still young, Maybe you’ll always look back, And think it was better than it was.

Sober Up (feat. Rivers Cuomo) by AJR

“All my new friends, We smile at party time, But soon we forget to smile, At anything else”

Save Myself by Ed Sheeran

“Human beings are destined to radiate or drain”

Closer (feat. Halsey) by The Chainsmokers

“We ain’t ever getting older”

Bastards by Kesha

“They won’t break my spirit”

You Gotta Be by Kiera Weathers

“The world keeps on spinning, can’t stop it if you try to”

What Do I Know? by Ed Sheeran

“Just remember life is more than fittin’ in your jeans, it’s love and understanding, positivity”

Fidelity by Regina Spektor

“I never loved nobody fully, Always one foot on the ground”

All my Heroes (MTV Unplugged) by Bleachers

“All the nights I don’t remember, Are the ones I can’t forget”

U.N.I by Ed Sheeran

“Weeks pass in the blink of an eye”

Goodbye by Bleachers

“Goodbye to my upstairs neighbor”

New Year’s Day by Taylor Swift

“Hold on to the memories, They will hold on to you”

Fire Alarms by Ed Sheeran

“We were young and we were foolish, School books in our arms”

Looking Up by SafetySuit

“Sometimes you gotta tell yourself that the best is to come and the worst times are gone”

Grow Up (Martin Jensen Remix) by Oily Murs

“Someday I hope we can fix it, ‘Cause I an’t to proud to try”

Miss You by Louis Tomlinson

“We’re dancing on tables and I’m off my face, With all of my people and it couldn’t get better they say”

Place We Were Made by Maisie Peters

“Made by the small town secrets we’d keep, All that I know is, No matter how far away, This is the place we were made”

I Know You (feat Bastille) by Craig David

“And it’s paradise in our minds, Falling together, Arms ’round each other”

Real Friends by Camila Cabello

“I just wanna talk about nothing with somebody that means something”

These Days (feat. Jess Glynne, Macklemore & Dan Caplen) by Rudimental

“Too young to feel this old”

The Middle by Zedd, Maren Morris & Grey

“Floors are wet”

Kill the Lights (with Nile Rodgers) by Alex Newell, Jess Glynne & DJ Cassidy

“Come and spin me around”

Solo Dance by Martin Jensen

“Just want to dance”

Seventeen by Alessia Cara

“Don’t forget where you come from, where you’ve been, Always keep your closest friends, they can’t slip away”

Grown (from “Grown-ish”) by Chloe x Haile

“I can’t sleep, I’m wide awake”

Coming Home by Sheppard

“Trying to catch a moment, But it slips through my hands”

Have It All by Jason Mraz

“May you get to rest, may you catch your breath”

Stop Me from Falling (feat. Gente de Zona) by Kylie Minogue

“Shoulda seen the warning sign”

2002 by Anne-Marie

“Paint a picture of you and me, Of the days when we were young, Singing at the top of both our lungs”

Woke Up Late by Drax Project

“Last night, we met at one, Drank till two, Danced till four”

Nothing to Regret by Robinson

“We run and we jump when we feel unprepared”

We Were Made for This by Train

“When the coldest days of winter were The summers that we took aim at the bay”

When We Were Young by Passenger

“Collecting our yesterdays”

I’d Rather Be Me by Barrett Wilbert Weed & Original Broadway Cast of Mean Girls

“‘Cause sometimes what’s meant to break you makes you brave”

Quarter Past Midnight by Bastille

“Still avoiding tomorrow”

Wonder Years by The Summer Set

“So we stumble home in our Sunday best, Like a Sunday mess”

Life Changes by Thomas Rhett

“You wake up, ain’t nothin’ the same”

Growing Pains by Alessia Cara

“Home’s looking farther the closer I get”

Eastside by benny blanco, Halsey & Kahlid

“We can do anything if we put our minds to it”

Sixteen by Thomas Rhett

“People talkin’ ’bout college and knowledge and that’s all right”

I Hope You’re Happy by Blue October

“And whatever your progress, I know you’ll be fine”

Head Held High by Kodaline

“You need a little hope to carry on, In the middle of the night when you’re alone”

Drive by Ben Rector

“Growin’ up doesn’t mean gettin’ older”

Wasted by Jesse McCartney

“Already know who’s calling”

Zero by Imagine Dragons

“I remember walking in the cold of November, Hoping that I make it to the end of December”

Can’t Stop What’s Coming by Eric Hutchinson

“Happy accidents begin so small”

Atlas: Taste by Sleeping At Last

“I wanna feel, tectonic shifts”

Quarter-Life Crisis by Judah & The Lion

“This truth is so hard to speak, but I could use the freedom”

Let You Love Me by Rita Ora

“I think I run away sometimes whenever I get too vulnerable”

i’m so tired… by Lauv & Troye Sivan

“Can’t un-miss you”

The Other by Lauv

“When there’s nothing quite wrong, but it doesn’t feel right”

Don’t Hold Me by Dean Lewis

“Like footprints in the snow are lost when the winter’s gone”

Forgive Me Friend (feat. Swedish Jan Factory) by Smith & Thell

“You will always have a special place in my heart”

Half a Man by Dean Lewis

“I’ve been running from my demons, Afraid to look behind, I’ve been running from myself, Afraid of what I’d find”

Older by Ben Platt

“Life is gonna find you when it’s supposed to”

Summer (feat. Jeshi) by Celeste

“Housed in a city I feel like I belong in, I don’t feel like a stranger anymore”

Don’t Ever Let Em by Fitz and The Tantrums

“Can’t fight the wind when it’s blowing, You just hold tight and you get where you’re going”

Pushing 21 by Liv Dawson

“I’ve gotta find my pace, got no more time to waste, You can’t keep up with my pace”

Lie by NF

“I don’t regret it though, I learned from it”

Never Seen the Rain by Tones And I

“You’re just coasting, coasting by ‘Cause nothing seems to mind ya”

Complainer by Cold War Kids

“When will ya stop wondering who you are?”

Stupid Things by Evie Irie

“I wanna live in a world I’m allowed to make all of my own mistakes”

No Right To Love You (Acoustic) by Rhys Lewis

“And doubt sets in like a storm, I could feel it coming”

Dancing Queen by Daecolm

“Night is young and the music’s high”

I’ll Be There by Walk Off the Earth

“Everybody needs somebody and you got me”

21 Years Down by Opus Orange

“And it’s difficult to tell, Just where we’ll be, But years from now, Let alone two or three”

High School by Alexander 23

“I miss my best friend, Drunk at the dead end, All of our stress would melt away”

twentysomething by Russell Dickerson

“Right here, real life begins, With a camera flash and confetti kiss”

Light Up by BANNERS

“Heartbeat and the bells are ringing, they are, they’re just for you”

Memories by Maroon 5

“Toast to the ones here today, Toast to the ones that we lost on the way”

Why Wait by Lilla Vargen

“I’m finding it hard to breathe, ‘Cause you’ll be the death of me”

One and Only by Adele

“God only knows, Why it’s taken me so long, To let my doubts go”

Changes by Lauv

“Changes, They might drive you half insane, But it’s killing you to stay the same”

People You Know by Selena Gomez

“When it was good we were on fire, Now I’m breathing ashes and dust”

3am by Halsey

“My self-preservation and all of my reservations, Are sitting and contemplating what to do with me”

22 by Ethansroom

“I’ve got a little sister, That’s turning twenty soon, Where are the years that I chased, Away to get here to”

Open My Mouth by Kiiara

“I leave out the words that only make it worse”

I Wonder (Departure) by Lily James, Jessica Keenan Wynn & Alexa Davies

“Everything dear, will it be here, One day when I am returning?”

Can’t Be Happy All the Time by Tones and I

“I think of all the paths I’ve taken, That lead me back to here”

homecoming queen? by Kelsea Ballerini

“Zipping up the mess, Dancing with your best foot forward”

Hold On To Happiness by Rhys Lewis

“I was busy making plans, Couldn’t see the things I had, Till they were all gone”

Coffee Break by Forever the Sickest Kids

“Cause I’ve overcommitted myself, I guess this is growing up, I’m sleeping so little these days”

Home by Mathew V

“Wherever your heart is, Is where it feels like home”

That was supposed to be the last song, but on the day I came home from graduation pictures at Geneseo, I found this song and decided it was the perfect song to finish the playlist.

So Will I by Ben Platt

“You say, what if things start changing? I say, we’ll be changing with them, We’ll just sing a different melody, And dance at different rhythm”