Summer is coming, and it’s coming fast. For those of us who are attending school through the rest of the year, this is the chance for us to receive a brief, blessed reprieve from books and schoolwork. It’s our chance to let our hair down (well, figuratively--it’s too hot to let our hair down in reality), and enjoy our freedom, however temporary and imagined it may be.
Everyone knows that a good summer break needs, fun, sun, and a great soundtrack. I’m sure that you’re already the life of the party, and the imminent danger of climate change and global warming ensures the presence of the sun, so all that’s left to do is put together a great playlist for this summer.
I’ve compiled a few of my favourite songs that I will definitely be vibing to this summer. Some of them are old, some of them are new, but all of them are going to help keep us in the mindset to bask in the best and brightest season of the year.
Feel free to add some of your own tracks to this list, and make a soundtrack completely your own. No matter what background music you decide to use, remember to enjoy your summer to the fullest!
- “Slide” by Calvin Harris
- “Rollin” by Calvin Harris
- “Lens” by Frank Ocean
- “Bad at Love” by Halsey
- “Back to You” by Russ
- “Just a Picture” by KYLE and Kehlani
- “Smoke Break” by Chance the Rapper (feat. Future)
- “COOL” by Troye Sivan
- “Stay” by Zedd (feat. Alessia Cara)
- “My Love” by Majid Jordan (feat. Drake)
- “Better” by Lil Yachty
- “Don’t Play With Me” by Halsey
- “Little Red Corvette” by Prince
- “Party Monster” by the Weekend
- “Instinct” by Roy Woods
- “Drama” by Roy Woods (feat. Drake)
- “Take on Me” by a-ha
- “Private Eye” by Hall and Oates
- “Drowining” by A Boogie wit da Hoodie (feat. Kodak Black)
- “Ballin” by Bibi Bourelli
- “Keep On” by Kehlani
- “Too Much” by Kehlani
- “Love” by Kendrick Lamar
- “Genghis Khan” by Miike Snow
- “RAF” by A$AP Mob
- “Self-Made” by Bryson Tiller
