Day 1: a song that reminds you of being 9 years old and drinking honeysuckles in the backyard after piano class while your mom pays the teacher
Day 2: a song that you listened to driving on the interstate for the first time, even though you weren’t allowed, and you got off one exit from where you got on because you were nervous
Day 3: a cover song that you never knew was a cover until someone at a party–where you were already feeling self conscious anyway–made you feel really stupid about it and now it’s the only thing you can remember when you think back on that party
Day 4: a song your coworker would always play and it used to annoy you but now you kind of love it and want to tell them, but you probably won’t
Day 5: a song that you only ever listened to 30 seconds of because it was on a “hit clip” that you got inside of a happy meal
Day 6: a song by someone you personally know that comes on shuffle—every time, like a cruel joke—when you are just trying to make out and not think about your friends
Day 7: a song that always makes you think “i should do this at karaoke” but then you forget when you are actually at karaoke and you just do “Cowboy Take Me Away” again
Day 8: a song that feels like the first cold day in early October and it makes you want to cry from nostalgia but also smile with hope for the future and the combination makes your arm hairs tingle—but it could just be the cooler weather doing that
Day 9: a song that you only know about because it was featured on one of the biggest cultural influences of your generation—an OC mix
Day 10: a song that you used to say you’d play at your wedding until you started questioning if getting married was ever something you would actually want to do and if you did, it probably wouldn’t be the kind of wedding with traditional “wedding dances” anyway