Music is a wonderful way to help communicate feelings that may be considered hard to describe. What better feeling to describe using music than the feeling of your senior year of high school? Through the ups and downs of the year, music has been through it all. Salem seniors were asked to pick a song that describes their senior year, and I then compiled those songs into one big playlist. Here it is:
“Blister in the Sun” by Violent Femmes (via Caitlynn Strader)
“Chamber of Reflection” by Mac DeMarco (via Devin Jiang)
“Where’d All the Time Go?” by Dr.Dog (via Em Montalvo)
“The Winner Takes It All” by Abba (via Isaiah Bolden)
“Motion Sickness” by Phoebe Bridgers (via Savannah Coulter)
“Beauty and a Beat” by Justin Bieber ft. Nicki Minaj (via Jason Medorial)
“Lavender” by Vacations (via Zoie Antonio)
“Heaven and Back” by Chase Atlantic (via Lennon Ruiz)
“Many Years in the Making” by Syd Matters (via Andrew Rocks)
“Eighteen” by Beabadoobee (via Anna Gemberling)
“Ivy” by Frank Ocean (via Maya Boone)
“Bad” by Michael Jackson (via Oseghale Ighalo)
“Bang Bang” by Jessie J, Ariana Grande, & Nicki Minaj (via Madilyn Liddle)
“Come Back” by The Five Stairsteps (via Lauren Flaig)
“Five More Minutes” by Scotty McCreery (via Hayden Avellaneda)
“Be Young, Be Foolish, Be Happy” by The Tams (via Kenna Taylor)
“American Kids” by Kenny Chesney (via Kelsey Mahan)
“Sick of You” by Gwar (via Logan Tamez)
“Night Changes” by One Direction (via Serena Xie)
“Good Days” by SZA (via Mikayla McKenzie)
“Teenage Dream” by Olivia Rodrigo (via Lily Check)
“Stayin’ Alive” by Bees Gees (via Maeren Rodriguez)
“Walking on A Dream” by Empire of the Sun (via Dallas Williams)
“Hymn for the Weekend” by Coldplay (via Alvin Oba)
“Fun Fun Fun” by Pharrell Williams (via William Hodges)
“Ribs” by Lorde (via Adyson Jordan)
Below are links to this playlist on different platforms. This playlist is a blend of multiple different emotions: despair, joy, confusion, anxiety, contentment, burnout, excitement, and many more. Senior year is a long, grueling year of high school; however, we made it, and this playlist is evidence of that.
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/580bVNbqln2XAAHrNCvFV9?si=1mDtiGRATnenDXqKW51kBQ&pi=4PwIhVlIQPWZ7
Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/26-senior-soundtrack/pl.u-xlyNJ0YTk1egzmX
