The Ref List Gets Sonic
A playlist that captures the range of daily emotions - from morning confidence to night time dread.
Link to the full playlist on Spotify:
About the playlist:
As far as references go, music is one that influences nearly every single person, yet our individual tastes are often extremely different. I am likely listening to music from the moment I wake up until the moment I go to bed. I love to compliment my days, my moods, and my life with songs. Creatively, music inspires aspects of characters I write, visuals I love, and stories that move me. It is also a medium I have a purely emotional connection to. I do not play an instrument, have never been inside a studio, or even tried producing my own beat. I like it that way though…I have no real desire to peak behind the curtain.
My goal with this first playlist for The Reference List was to interpret a day of feelings. To strap you into an emotional rollercoaster akin to one creatives ride everyday. As people in a collapsing dystopian world, a regulated day comes as a rare commodity. I often find myself feeling confident, lonely, horny, angry, numb, joyous, and insecure all in the same day. Lucky me.
This playlist aims to explore what can be experienced in a 24 hour period. From sexy sleepy mornings, to post-coffee confidence, to the flow state of working on a creative project, to the calm of dusk, to the dark loneliness that creeps in during the early hours of the morning.
My Spotify is linked for anyone who would like to follow The Reference List over there. I plan on posting more of my own as well as guest curated playlists.
I have also linked youtube versions of each song below, in case you prefer that format.
Enjoy!
TRACK 1: Sexy Boy by Air
TRACK 2: MacArthur Park sung by Donna Summers.
TRACK 3: Hot Girl (Bodies Bodies Bodies) by Charli xcx
TRACK 4: Incredible Sauce by Giggs (ft. Dave)
TRACK 5: When a Woman Is Around by Unloved
TRACK 6: Home Town by WITCH
TRACK 7: Dark and Long - Dark Train by Underworld
TRACK 8: Dancing in Babylon by MGMT (ft. Christine and the Queens)
TRACK 9: Piano Joint (This Kind of Love) by Michael Kiwanuka
TRACK 10: Estate by João Gilberto
TRACK 11: I Want You by Elvis Costello & The Attractions
TRACK 12: I Scare Myself by Thomas Dolby
TRACK 13: Where Did the Night Go by Gil Scott-Heron reimagined by Makaya McCraven