As the seasons change, so do a lot of people's taste in music. Below is a list of both older and newer songs that I've carefully compiled to create a laid-back playlist, perfect for this time of the school year. This compilation is for any of those music-junkies, like myself, who are constantly walking around campus with earbuds in. It's a cool, calm, and collective collection just in time for that late-semester stress everyone's feeling as we near towards finals.
I fully believe music can have a major impact on our feelings, stress levels, and just our day to day lives overall. It's a healthy coping mechanism to resort to and a way to make yourself connect to artists going through the same things as you. Hopefully, these tracks will be able to calm any nerves anyone has and will allow you to treat yourself to a "you day." These may be some of my personal fall favorites, but I hope that everyone can find at least one song on this list that truly resonates with them.
1. "We're Going to Be Friends" — The White Stripes
If this song doesn't bring you back to your carefree elementary school days, I don't know what will.
2. "Better Together" — Jack Johnson
Jack Johnson's "Banana Pancakes" is also an adorable tune to listen to while making breakfast on a fall morning.
3. "Sweater Weather" — The Neighbourhood
"Sweater Weather" is absolutely, without a doubt, the epitome of an autumn track.
4. "Another One" — Mac Demarco
5. "The Gambler" — fun.
6. "Sex in the City" — Hobo Johnson
This is the song that made me such a fan of Hobo Johnson... what a character that dude is.
7. "The Moon Song" — Karen O
Although Karen O's "The Moon Song" is absolutely stellar, the film version of this track, from the movie "Her," is even more so. I'd recommend checking out both the original version and the one sung by Scarlett Johansson and Joaquin Phoenix.
8. "Face" — Brockhampton
9. "Pink Matter" — Frank Ocean
10. "Mary" — Yellow Ostrich
Let it be heard that everything does turn around!
11. "From the Dining Table" — Harry Styles
I may be biased from my love for Harry Styles, but this is still a beautiful song to put on while studying or walking around campus.
12. "Hostage" — Billie Eilish
13. "Skinny Love" — Birdy
The original by Bon Iver is also quite lovely to listen to.
14. "The Good Side" — Troye Sivan
15. "Breezeblocks" — alt-J
A great bop to listen to while walking outside from class to class.
16. "Funtimes in Babylon" — Father John Misty
17. "Bless The Telephone" — Labi Siffre
18. "Paper Houses" — Niall Horan
19. "Rhode Island" — The Front Bottoms
As a college student in Rhode Island, and a New Englander overall, this song is perfectly suiting for my Sunday drives back to campus from my CT home.
20. "Bloom" — The Paper Kites
This is a lovely little song, able to calm any nerves or stress that one may have.
21. "Smithereens" — Twenty One Pilots
Twenty One Pilots is not normally a band I would classify as having "chill vibes," but this song off of their new album, "Trench," is quaint and cute for listening to on a fall afternoon.
22. "Solo" — Samsa
23. "Fallingforyou" — The 1975
Hands down one of the best songs to put on as background music while doing homework or for when you're trying to fall asleep.
24. "Sycamore Girl" — Rex Orange County
25. "November" — Tyler, The Creator
Because my November is (literally) right now.
