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SONGS THAT MEANT SOMETHING TO ME IN COLLEGE
You know those songs that take you back to specific moments in your life? The ones that remind you of certain people, or the ones that you blast going 80 on PCH with your windows down, because they make you smile. I've spent the past four years in Santa Barbara singing, crying, laughing, and drinking to songs that are directly associated with some of my favorite memories here. This is a playlist of those songs. Listen here.
SOME MEMORIES: THINGS I HOPE I KEEP FOREVER
Thinking Out Loud • Ed Sheeran
The first time I drove through Henley Gate during freshman orientation, I was listening to this song.
Doses & Mimosas • Cherub
Played while bouncing back and forth on Fourth South from Miguel's room to Tonya's for dirty Jenga and beer pong across the suite bathrooms.
Latch • Disclosure, Sam Smith
Sitting in Louise & Kelly's room after SBmenus-ing Hana Kitchen & challenging eachother to games on Sporcle.
Back To Back • Drake
Late nights in Pardall Center or Jacob's apartment, making spam musubi and boba.
Roses • The Chainsmokers
Running between Squid House & OG Trap to scream this song in the kitchen.
Love Me Like You Do • Ellie Goulding
Drunkenly taking the bus to Camino Real Marketplace on Valentine's Day to watch Fifty Shades of Grey with Kelly, Louise, & Meghan, and then two years later, when we brought a Four Loko in a Hydroflask to the sequel.
Runaway (U&I) • Galantis
Lingerie dance parties with Dani and Heidi in 6598 Trigo, the world's tiniest apartment.
The Night Is Still Young • Nicki Minaj
That time Dani and I took allergy medicine but deliriously stayed up anyway, talking about who knows and laughing about everything.
We Are Impossible • Dillon Francis, The Presets
When Anna and I would call each other and talk for two full hours because the drive back to SB was boring whenever we did it alone.
Feel Good • Gryffin, Illenium, Daya
The ridiculous amount of glitter Louise, Kelly, & I went through, and that time we threw a party and the next morning, the cat accidentally drank some vodka and threw up in our room.
Slide • Calvin Harris
When we drove up to SF for PBLI and Daniel, Saliq, David, and Karel spent the entire car ride repeatedly playing this so they could learn the lyrics.
rockstar • Post Malone
The first few months Thomas spent in IV, he played this song so many times. This song reminds him of America, and it reminds us of him.
All The Stars • Kendrick Lamar, SZA
All the times we drove back from Los Agaves in Alex's car with his massive subwoofers blasting this song.
Higher Ground • Odesza, Naomi Wild
Coachella 2018, when Louise and I scared everyone around us with how wild we danced, and then scared ourselves because of the serotonin rush.
The Middle • Zedd, Grey, Maren Morris
Barefoot in the club but holding hands and singing along with Prentice, Thomas, Louise, Kelly, Mina, Jenny, Alex, and more friends at Omnia Las Vegas.
THANKS SB. I LOVE YOU SO BAD.
BONUS CONTENT
A timeline of four years in Santa Barbara (some pictures aren't linked, I'll fix that eventually but I'm lazy)