Pandemic Playlist

Hard Times – Paramore

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEB6ibtdPZc

-This song represents the beginning of 2020, so the start of lockdown. The beginning of this year was a “Hard Time.”

This is America- Childish Gambino

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VYOjWnS4cMY

-This song represents what America is like and directly relates to the police brutality present now.

Feel Something- Bea Miller 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9l0PfHg45To

-I picked this song because it is one that I listened to often during quarantine. One of the lyrics is to want to feel “like a person again”, which is how I felt when we were on lockdown.

Not Afraid- Eminem

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s

-This song relates to the protests that are going on. People are “not afraid to take a stand.”

Commander in Chief- Demi Lovato

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n9Y-lS1trhw

-This song was released before the election. It is a response to how the Commander in Chief dealt with covid and other social issues. The election was an important part of 2020.

To Be So Lonely- Harry Styles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPK-6FeJ9A

-Tt was a lonely start to this year, once everyone was put into quarantine.

Are You Bored Yet?- Wallows feat. Clairo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIgmyE5Juzw

-The beginning of this year was very lonely, thus boring.

Laugh Now Cry Later- Drake

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPK-6FeJ9A

-Even when I was having a good time with my friends (when COVID cases dropped), listening to the news and hearing all of the deaths made me sad.

Here Comes the Sun- The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_O1QKQCsGs

-Even with all of the craziness going on right now, there is always light at the end of the tunnel.

Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da- The Beatles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_J9NpHKrKMw

-This is one of the songs that I listened to during this pandemic that made me feel happy. “Life goes on.”