Pain. Suffering. Agony. Those are some of the words that may be popping into your head right now as your Thanksgiving break reaches its end. You want to anticipate the holiday season with excitement, but there’s just one thing that’s standing in your way: finals. Yes, as we speak, college students around the world are trying to calculate what they need to get on their finals to bump their grades up to an A. So, what do you do when everything around you is on fire?
1. Astrid S, “Hurts So Good”
Meet Astrid. She’s 20, she’s from Norway, and she’s skilled at writing slick songs that break your heart. “Hurts So Good” is on the cusp of becoming a mainstream hit, and after watching the music video below, you’ll want to pack up your bags and move to Sweden.
2. Anna Nalick, “Breathe (2 AM)”
Because you’ll probably be up at 2 AM cramming for your calculus final, even though you’re probably going to fail miserably and you have to beg your professor to round you 29.7% to an A. Oh, well, C’s get degrees, right? Right?
3. Jhene Aiko, “Spotless Mind”
As your grades are falling, you realize that you’ve changed quite a bit since the beginning of the semester -- though probably not in a good way. You’re probably think more negatively, and you mostly spend your time browsing memes than doing your work. “Spotless Mind” celebrates change, but urges us to remain positive.
4. LANY, “ILYSB”
The acronyms probably remind you of a lot of things about college, especially where I go -- UC Berkeley. There’s EECS, or Electrical Engineering and Computer Science. Then, you have CoE (College of Engineering), CoC (College of Chemistry), and L&S (College of Letters and Sciences). Let’s hope that LANY changes your opinion of acronyms as soon as you hear “ILYSB.”
5. Ellie Goulding, “Under The Sheets”
As trite as it sounds, at the end of the day, your GPA, your grades, your MCAT or GRE or LSAT scores don’t define who you are. No number or scale can sum up your individuality. Your personality is colorful and three-dimensional, just like Ellie Goulding’s “Under The Sheets.”
