Summer Playlist

My first summer in D.C. has changed me in more ways than I ever expected: I'm so dark I could pass as part African, I now think 89 degrees is chilly, and I'm realizing the world has so much more in store for me than I ever thought possible. With all this change, it's nice to know some things are always constant. Good company, chilled wine, and my music are never far away. Here's the playlist that's kept me going all summer:

1) "Too Close" - Alex Clare

2) "It's Time" - Imagine Dragons
3) "Glad You Came" - The Wanted
4) "Home" - Phillip Phillips
5) "Ho Hey" - The Lumineers

6) "I Will Wait" - Mumford & Sons
7) "I Won't Give Up" - Jason Mraz (my favorite music video of the summer)
8) "50 Ways to Say Goodbye" - Train
9) "Sail" - AWOLNATION
10) "Safe & Sound" - Taylor Swift feat. The Civil Wars

11) "Somebody that I Used to Know" - Gotye feat. Kimbra (as if you need a link to this video)
12) "All Summer Long" - Kid Rock
13) "Call Me Maybe" - Carly Rae Jepsen (the video is nearly as good as the song)
14) "Little Talks" - Of Monsters and Men

15) "Young Blood" - The Naked and Famous
16) "Tighten Up" - The Black Keys
17) "The Funeral" - Band of Horses
18) "Animal" - Miike Snow

19) "Another One Bites the Dust" - Queen
20) "Settle Down" - Kimbra
21) "Starships" - Nicki Minaj
22) "Peponi" - The Piano Guys feat. Alex Boye (listen to all of the Piano Guys stuff while you're at it)


These songs have been sung in shady Georgetown bars, danced to at clubs on Connecticut, and drowned out thoughts walking around Dupont.

There are 22 songs because my 22nd birthday is my last day here. Eight hour flight back to my last year at Berkeley--happy birthday to me.