My sorority has had five candlelights (candlelight: engagement celebration in the cutest possible way) since the beginning of the semester. FIVE! They’re all seniors, and my friends and I look at each other and go: we need boyfriends in the next few months if we want a candlelight before we graduate.
Every girl in the world has one of those moments. The moment when you’re just sitting there, staring at your Insta feed, scrolling through Pinterest or jamming to music, and all of a sudden, it hits you like a wall: you want a boyfriend. Or a significant other. Or someone to just hang with that isn’t a girl. The desire comes at the weirdest moments and in the strangest circumstances, but it’s undeniable.
For those heartbreaking times, the best way to fight through them is to own them for all they're worth. Grab your hairbrushes and TV remotes, turn down the bass and crank the volume up. It’s time for your "I Want A Boyfriend Playlist."
WARNING: MULTIPLE TAYLOR SWIFT SONGS AHEAD
1. Girlfriend by Avril Levigne
Hey, hey, you, you, I could be your girlfriend! Seriously, ditch that girl you think you want, and be with me as I stalk you through social media instead of a putt putt course.
2. Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift
Drop everything now, meet me in the pouring rain, kiss me on the sidewalk. Literally, it is every girl’s dream to be kissed in the rain. You can thank "The Notebook", Noah and Allie.
3. Your Love Is My Drug by Ke$ha
My sleep is gonna be affected, if I keep it up like a love sick crack head. In middle school, the basketball team and I would scream this at the top of our lungs from the bed of a truck while going down the highway.
4. Boyfriend by Justin Bieber
I’d like to be everything you want, hey girl, let me talk to you. You already are everything I want, you just have to come talk to me. Please. Pretty please?
5. You Belong With Me by Taylor Swift
Dreaming about the day when you wake up and find that what you’re looking for has been here the whole time! So I didn’t have a ridiculously cute neighbor boy who played football and had a ratchet girlfriend, but everyone has had someone they silently vie for and probably don’t ever get. I wish he had had a folded up "I Love You" in his jacket pocket.
6. Beautiful Soul by Jesse McCartney
I don’t want another pretty face, I don’t want just anyone to hold. Do I count as “not just anyone”? Probably one of the most iconic songs from a little girl’s childhood, Jesse McCartney was one of our first crushes. But I promise, he’s replaceable now! Kinda.
7. See You Again by Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana
I stuttered when you asked me what I’m thinking about, felt like I couldn’t breathe. Yeah, I loved this jam as a girl, but I still can’t form words in front of a semi-attractive guy. I’m 19-year-old girl who’s a freshman in college.
8. Everytime We Touch by Cascada
And every time we kiss, I swear I could fly, can’t you hear my heart beat fast? My friend, Chloe, and I would sing this as loudly as we could on top of a picnic table at the lake when we were in third grade. Is it still acceptable to do that? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
9. Love Story by Taylor Swift
I’ll be waiting, all that’s left to do is run. You’ll be the prince, and I’ll be the princess. Last T-Swift song, I promise. I know it was overplayed a thousand times, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t perfect. Of course, I loved this song before I found out that both Romeo and Juliet died in the end…
10. Burnin’ Up by The Jonas Brothers
High heels (high heels), red dress (red dress), all by yourself, gotta catch my breath. Ah, the Jonas Brothers. They’re still just as amazing separated as they were together, but throwing it back to their old days is fab. I’m not saying I want some to slip into lava for me, but if you felt like you were when you saw me, I’m cool with that.
