Crystal Aura Gaze

I have been making playlists for each season with songs that I feel perfectly encapsulate the season. This is my second Summer Playlist (see SIDE A here – this is from the year 2020.)

You can listen to Summer Playlist SIDE B on Spotify here.

For my seasonal playlists, I usually break down each song with a favorite quote, a meaning, and how it connects to the season. But for this playlist, I will let each song speak for itself. I will still give some explanation to my playlist, though.

My seasonal playlists are always put together with intention and flow. They are not randomly thrown together in just any order. The first song is the first day of the season while the last song represents the last day. I had to open this summer playlist with “Heat Waves” because of the line, “late nights in the middle of June” because this is where we start.

There is certainly a variety of genres because I like to keep it interesting. There’s a mix of pop, rock, country, acoustic, and electronic. There’s some well-known artists mixed with indie and obscure artists.

Summer is the “full moon” of the year – peak and heightened energy. The first day of summer, known as Summer Solstice or Midsummer, is the longest day of the year. The light has reached its maximum. From here on, the days will get shorter and darker. However, light will still prevail until fall.

Both spring and summer are the seasons of positivity. But with the days subtly getting darker, summer does have a little bit of sinister energy. While spring is the innocent child, summer is the young adult – more experienced and exposed, but still free and hopeful. (In case you’re wondering, autumn is the elder, and winter is the newborn baby.)

In this intense heat, we feel more relaxed, sluggish, hazy, and delirious. This playlist captures all of those feelings. It also has themes of traveling and going on vacation, drinking cold iced tea, being grateful for our blessings, swimming in the ocean, restlessness and insomnia, daydreaming, and melting away.

1. Heat Waves – Glass Animals
2. Summer Baby – Jonas Brothers
3. The Sun – Portugal. The Man
4. Belong Together – Mark Ambor
5. Happiness – The Heavy Heavy
6. Cloud 9 – Beach Bunny, ft. Tegan and Sara
7. The Highway Knows – Molly Tuttle
8. Miles On It – Marshmello, Kane Brown
9. Big Blue Wave – Hey Ocean!
10. Oceans – Gryffin, ft. Kid Joi
11. Blessings – Calvin Harris
12. Honey Boy – Purple Disco Machine
13. Sunlight – The Magician, ft. Years & Years
14. Melt – Liquid Stranger, Champagne Drip
15. Still Sleepless – D.O.D., Carla Monroe
16. Serotonin Moonbeams – The Blessed Madonna, Uffie
17. There She Goes – CYRIL, MOONLIGHT, The La’s
18. Breathless – The Corrs
19. Good News – Shaboozey
20. Don’t Wake Me Up – Margo Price, Jesse Welles
21. Strawberry, California – Abbie Callahan
22. I Wish It Would Rain – Sister Sadie
23. Birdseye – Babehoven
24. Weekend – Landon Smith
25. HOT TO GO! – Chappell Roan
26. Black Bathing Suit – Lana Del Rey
27. Sunlight – Lufthaus