Parsons Playlists: Apricity

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist features a selection of wintry songs curated by Music Library student assistant Esther (class of 2025).

Apricity

The term “apricity” is defined as the warmth of the sun during winter. We may feel lethargic and burned out during the cold months, but I hope this playlist can provide some warmth and positivity to cheer us on!

Apricity - Winter landscape

David Hugo – “Die Right Here”

Bren Joy – “Henny in the Hamptons”

Nicky Youre & dazy – “Sunroof”

Surfaces – “Come With Me”

Besphrenz – “Tired Eyes”

Lui Joseph – “Strawberry”

Kuwada feat. Paul Russell – “Facetime (4g LTE)”

Camilo and Evaluna – “Índigo”

Cannon – “Water Glass”

Here is a link to the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexFA7_D14ItQzo5YRIluQak

Parsons Playlists: Remembering the 2010s

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist features music from the 2010s curated by Music Library student manager Deisy (class of 2024).

Remembering the 2010’s

As you drive down the road listening to the radio, all of a sudden that one song comes on! As it plays, memories of the past flood into you as you smile from the past nostalgia. Well this playlist will transport you back to the decade of the 2010’s, what are some good memories that will come up for you?

Adele – “Rolling in the Deep”

Lorde – “Royals”

Rihanna – “We Found Love”

Carly Rae Jepsen – “Call Me Maybe”

Beyoncé – “Formation”

Lil Nas X – “Old Town Road”

Billie Eilish – “bad guy”

The 1975 – “Love It If We Made It”

Ariana Grande – “thank u, next”

2010s playlist

Frank Ocean – “Thinkin Bout You”

Cardi B – “I Like It”

Frank Ocean – “Pyramids”

Mark Ronson – “Uptown Funk”

Cardi B – “Bodak Yellow”

Miley Cyrus – “Wrecking Ball”

Luis Fonsi – “Despacito”

Fetty Wap – “Trap Queen”

BTS – “Dynamite”

Here is a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZezafAB3OZuJtyVQF1lSvTNS

Parsons Playlists: Broadway’s Finest

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today’s playlist features a selection of Broadway tunes curated by Music Library student manager Danny (class of 2023).

Broadway’s Finest

On Broadway

“Santa Fe” from Newsies

“Defying Gravity” from Wicked

“I’m Not A Loser” from Spongebob Squarepants: The Musical

“I’d Rather Be Me” from Mean Girls

“Freeze Your Brain” from Heathers

“Tonight At Eight” from She Loves Me (2016)

“I Dreamed A Dream” from Les Miserables

“The Music of the Night” from The Phantom of the Opera

“More Than Survive” from Be More Chill

“Prologue/The Day I Got Expelled” from The Lightning Thief

Cast album covers

“What Baking Can Do” from Waitress

“Waving Through A Window” from Dear Evan Hansen

“Dust and Ashes” from Natasha, Pierre and the Great Comet of 1812

“One Fine Day” from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical

“Dear Theodosia” from Hamilton

“Just Another Day” from Next To Normal

“Say My Name” from Beetlejuice

“Tonight Belongs to You” from The Prom: A New Musical

“Welcome to the Renaissance” from Something Rotten!

“That Face” from Dogfight

“Grow For Me” from Little Shop of Horrors

Here’s the whole playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZewGPd58vomkfAoKzV0YQyw2

And here is an extended edition on Spotify:

Parsons Playlists: Holiday Mix 2

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a SECOND playlist of holiday music. This one is curated by Music Library student manager Allison (class of 2022).

Christmas playlist

Here is a playlist of Christmas songs I enjoy:

Paul McCartney – “Wonderful Christmastime”

John Lennon & Yoko Ono with the Harlem Community Choir – “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)”

Brenda Lee – “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree”

Mariah Carey – “All I Want For Christmas Is You”

Bobby Helms – “Jingle Bell Rock”

Michael Bublé – “Santa Claus Is Coming To Town”

The Ronettes – “Sleigh Ride”

Mariah Carey – “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”

Chuck Berry – “Run Rudolph Run”

Wham! – “Last Christmas”

Kelly Clarkson – “Underneath The Tree”

Band Aid – “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” (1984 version)

Ariana Grande – “Santa Tell Me”

Justin Bieber – “Mistletoe”

The Beach Boys – “Little Saint Nick” (1991 remix)

Sia – “Sunshine”

Here’s a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57Zez11FS6ssT_lzS1yoJDiRnX

Parsons Playlists: Holiday Mix

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a selection of holiday music curated by Eli (class of 2024).

Tired of hearing the same few Christmas songs over and over? I’m not! But in case you do wish to branch out, here are ten Christmas songs you may not have heard.

Bumble Snow Monster

David Phelps – “Catching Santa”

Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters – “Mele Kalikimaka”

Stevie Wonder – “Someday At Christmas”

Sia – “Santa’s Coming For Us”

Mariah Carey ft. Ariana Grande & Jennifer Hudson – “Oh Santa!”

Paul McCartney – “Wonderful Christmastime”

Victor C. Johnson – “Stars I Shall Find”

Louis Armstrong – “Zat You, Santa Claus?”

Leslie Odom, Jr. – “The Christmas Waltz”

Stevie Wonder – “What Christmas Means To Me”

Here’s a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZewOxwXb5rdEE4pWs3vYSaue

Parsons Playlists: Indie Rock

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring an indie rock playlist curated by Music Library student manager Ryan (class of 2022).

Vista Kicks – “Chasing Waves”

Adam Melchor – “Joy Ride”

Champagne Lane – “Golden Hour”

Whitney – “FTA”

Iron and Wine – “Your Fake Name Is Good Enough For Me”

The Happy Fits – “Too Late”

indie rock

The Backseat Lovers – “Kilby Girl”

The Shins – “40 Mark Strasse”

flipturn – “August”

Peach Pit – “Alrighty Aphrodite”

Peach Pit – “Drop the Guillotine”

Half Moon Run – “Black Diamond”

and here is a link to the full list on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZewqK0MqWOox99fCw9-uZvgM

Parsons Playlists: Best of Joji

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a playlist of music by Japanese R&B/hip-hop artist Joji, curated by Music Library student manager Brianna (class of 2024).

George Kusunoki Miller, who goes by the musical pseudonym Joji, is a Japanese singer, songwriter, and comedian. He began his career in entertainment on YouTube, releasing comedic rap songs under the name “Pink Guy”, and various other videos where he would often star in multiple roles. In 2015, he retired from his YouTube career and began making the music he had always wanted, now going by Joji. When asked how this was different from his previous musical career as Pink Guy, he said “I guess that’s the difference, Joji’s just me.” His debut album Ballads I made him the first Asain-born artist to reach #1 on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 2018. His most recent release from 2020, titled Nectar, reached a peak of #3 on US Billboard 200. Here is a compilation of my favorite songs from Joji.

George Kusunoki Miller aka Joji

Run

Gimme Love

Afterthought

Daylight

SLOW DANCING IN THE DARK

YEAH RIGHT

TEST DRIVE

NO FUN

Will He

Here’s a link to the playlist on YouTube:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZexQP5Fg5DRH4g207vMYUkxF

and here is the playlist on Spotify:

Parsons Playlist: Bands Make the World Go Round

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a playlist entitled “Bands Make the World Go Round” curated by Music Library student manager Danny (class of 2023).

Twenty One Pilots – “Ode to Sleep”

Twenty One Pilots – “Tear In My Heart”

Twenty One Pilots – “Not Today”

Paramore – “That’s What You Get”

Paramore – “Still Into You”

Paramore – “Misery Business”

The Struts – “Could Have Been Me”

The Struts – “One Night Only”

The Struts – “Fire – Part 1”

The Struts – “Ashes – Part 2”

Queen – “Don’t Stop Me Now”

The Script – “Breakeven”

The Script – “If You Could See Me Now”

Fall Out Boy – “Sugar, We’re Goin’ Down”

Fall Out Boy – “Alone Together”

The Killers – “Mr. Brightside”

The Killers – “When You Were Young”

The Killers – “This River Is Wild”

The Killers – “Bones”

My Chemical Romance – “I’m Not Okay (I Promise)”

My Chemical Romance – “Welcome to the Black Parade”

My Chemical Romance – “Helena”

My Chemical Romance – “I Don’t Love You”

The Strokes – “Someday”

Boys Like Girls – “The Great Escape”

Matchbox Twenty – “Unwell”

All Time Low – “Dear Maria, Count Me In”

We the Kings – “Check Yes, Juliet”

Here is the playlist on Spotify:

And here is a YouTube version: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyChf4LFI5mPm1kgDK1aR4e

Parsons Playlists: 19th & 20th Century Piano Music

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we are featuring a collection of 19th and 20th century piano music curated by Music Library student manager Ryan (class of 2022).

Baby grand piano

Samuel Barber – Excursions, Op. 20

Erik Satie – Trois Gymnopédies No. 1

Erik Satie – Trois Gymnopédies No. 2

Erik Satie – Trois Gymnopédies No. 3

Frédéric Chopin – Waltz No. 7 in C Sharp Minor, Op. 64

Frédéric Chopin – Nocturne for Piano, No. 8 in D Flat Major, Op. 27

Franz Liszt – La Campanella

Franz Liszt – Liebestraume S541/R211, No. 3. Nocturne in A-Flat Major

Here is a link to the full playlist on YouTube: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLU94rco57ZeyweOia4E_CpnV5TG7iyQO0

Liszt Chopin Barber Satie

Parsons Playlists: 25 Under 25

Welcome back to Parsons Playlists! Today we’re featuring a selection of 25 songs by artists under the age of 25 as curated by Music Library student assistant Eliana (class of 2024).

25 under 25

A playlist featuring the next generation of artists: 25 songs from 25 artists all 25-years-old or younger.

1. Olivia Rodrigo – “favorite crime”

2. Billie Eilish – “Happier Than Ever”

3. Lil Nas X – “MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name)”

4. Noah Cyrus – “July”

5. Aurora – “Runaway”

6. Jaden – “Icon”

7. Willow – “Meet Me At Our Spot”

8. Shawn Mendes – “Wonder”

9. Khalid – “8TEEN”

10. Lorde – “Liability”

11. Madison Beer – “Selfish”

12. H.E.R – “Best Part”

13. Tate McRae – “friends don’t look at friends that way”

14. Clairo – “Bags”

15. Jeremy Zucker – “all the kids are depressed”

16. Bazzi – “Young & Alive”

17. Brockhampton – “No Halo”

18. Doja Cat – “Get Into It (Yuh)”

19. Clinton Kane – “CHICKEN TENDIES”

20. Dominic Fike – “Açaí Bowl”

21. Conan Grey – “People Watching”

22. Wallows – “Are You Bored Yet?”

23. Lil Pump – “Gucci Gang”

24. Lev – “When I Hurt You”

25. Ruel – “Painkiller”

YouTube playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLkMUbgZb8jJeg-0CMSakdmDpDyDncVqGs

Spotify playlist: