I’m too easily amused because I get endless entertainment out of the personalized playlists Spotify generates for me. Sometimes, I don’t even listen to them, I just scroll through to see the song list and evaluate how well Spotify knows me. 

A personal favorite of mine is the ‘On Repeat’ playlist, a Spotify generated list of the songs you listen to the most. For songs I enjoy, I often lose track of how many times I push the ‘play’ button, so looking at this playlist is the only way for me to really see what I’m listening to. Naturally, the songs included are eclectic and borderline embarrassing in some cases, and I thought Why not share this? So below you will find a list of all the songs currently on my ‘On Repeat’ playlist with a sentence summary/explanation for why.

• “Too Sweet,” by Hozier: I love Hozier’s music, so of course I’m obsessed with this song.
  • 10/10 would think about TSA again
• “Carmen: Habanera,” by George Bizet: There’s a reason I was in the top .05% of Bizet listeners in 2023.
  • 10/10 would pretend to know the lyrics in French again
• “Red Wine Supernova,” by Chappell Roan: This whole album is a recent love of mine and this song will not leave my head. 
  • 10/10 would play the chorus on loop again
• “Dial Drunk,” by Noah Kahan: This song always startles me when it begins, and it makes me feel things. 
  • 10/10 would be confusingly emotional again
• “Nothing You Can Take From Me,” by Rachel Zegler and The Covey Band: The movie was average but this song is a showcase for Zegler’s beautiful voice and charisma. 
  • 10/10 would sway to this song again
• “Succession (Main Title Theme),” by Nicholas Britell: This song is so atmospheric and alluring, it’s interesting to the ear and compelling. 
  • 10/10 would be lost to the gothic and contemporary themes again
• “Dark, Dark, Dark,” by Gregory Alan Isakov: The pretty melody and harmony contrasted against the sadder lyrics makes it the perfect melancholy listen. 
  • 10/10 would feel emotional conflict again
• “Orange Juice,” by Noah Kahan: I love a slow burn verse that turns into a bold chorus, and this song perfectly encapsulates that while making me sad and hopeful.
  • 10/10 would feel a tidal wave of things again
• “Homesick,” by Sleeping At Last: I admire a musician completely unafraid to use a ukulele as the main instrument in a bittersweet song — also I love bittersweet music.
  • 10/10 would feel calmed by the ukulele chords again
• “De Selby (Part 1),” by Hozier: Something about this song is just mystical and gives me shivers every time.
  • 10/10 would recommend for rainy or foggy-day listening again
• “This Woman’s Work,” by Kate Bush: All of the feels, literally every emotion.
  • 10/10 would cry and rage again
• “Jolene,” by Beyoncé: This updated take on the song is stirring and energetic and engaging.
  • 10/10 would be entranced by the choir at the end again
• “All My Love,” by Noah Kahan: The closer to graduation I get, the more this song finds itself playing. 
  • 10/10 would happy cry or think about happy crying again
• “Nothing Matters,” by The Last Dinner Party: The Florence + The Machine and Kate Bush crossover I didn’t know I needed.
  • 10/10 would bop along again
• “Next to You,” by John Vincent III: Any coming of age movie releasing soon should consider this for their soundtrack — I want this in my life’s soundtrack. 
  • 10/10 would picture a montage again
• “Francesca,” by Hozier: A perfect song that is one of my favorites of all time — romantic and angry at the same time.
  •  10/10 would play this at full volume again and again and again
• “Epilogue,” by Justin Hurwitz: The piano motif of La La Land will never not make me feel things. 
  • 10/10 would get swept up again
• “16 Carriages,” by Beyoncé: It’s seldom you see an ode to the exhaustion of work while also thinking of the rewards.
  • 10/10 would picture a caravan of carriages again
• “Abstract (Psychopomp),” by Hozier: I’m not smart enough to understand all of this song, but I am emotional enough to resonate with the lyrics. 
  • 10/10 would think ‘The memory hurts/ but it does me no harm,’ again
• “Holocene,” by Bon Iver: Nothing more perfect than listening to this while looking out the window.
  • 10/10 would be reminded of my imperfections — and I guess, everyone else’s — again
• “Hazy,” by Chloe x Halle: If violet lights were a song, this would be it.
  • 10/10 would be pulled in by the siren song again
• “Pale White Horse,” by The Oh Hellos: In a movie, this song would play while a character wandered through an abandoned, maybe haunted old mansion.
  • 10/10 would want to discover a spirit to this song again
• “Movement,” by Hozier: If this is what all music with organs sounded like, I would’ve enjoyed church more.
  • 10/10 would feel romantic devotion for someone else again
• “Patricia,” by Florence + The Machine: I also want to be best friends with a witch that lives in a cottage in the forest.
  •  10/10 would wander through a forest carrying flowers again
• “All for Leyna,” by Billy Joel: The synth goes so hard — also, apparently it’s ‘LAY-NA,’ not ‘LEE-NA.’ 
  • 10/10 would enjoy the techno-piano again
• “Heavy In Your Arms,” by Florence + The Machine: If William Shakespeare’s “Hamlet” were a musical, this would be Ophelia’s song. 
  • 10/10 would let myself picture a babbling brook again
• “Paul Revere,” by Noah Kahan featuring Gregory Alan Isakov: A collaboration between two incredible artists — sign me up.
  • 10/10 would look at my community with renewed interest again
• “Mountains,” by Hans Zimmer: This is the instrumental equivalent of a calm verse to raucous chorus.
  • 10/10 would be overwhelmed by the orchestra again
• “Irish Eyes,” by Rose Betts: Do I have Irish eyes: no; does this song make me want to listen to more old folk songs: yes. 
  • 10/10 would consider taking up the acoustic guitar (and maybe the tambourine) again