I Cried to the Same Playlist for a Week Straight , Then I Tried the Trick Music Therapists Swear By The week I let the playlist win For one full week, I listened to the same sad playlist every day. Not once a day, either. I mean in the car, while making coffee, while pretending to answer emails, and once while standing in the kitchen staring into the refrigerator like the answer to my problems was hiding behind the leftover pizza. It was not. The playlist was full of the usual emotional heavy hitters: songs about regret, missing people, losing time, being generally disappointed in yourself, and wondering whether everybody else received an instruction manual for adulthood that somehow got lost in the mail. By day three, I knew exactly when each song would hurt. By day five, I was crying before the lyrics even started. That takes talent, honestly. This was part of our October series, The Octaves of October , where we’re looking at the way music meets us in real life: during pan...
So this week I had a plan and I changed the plan and I had absolutely nothing. So I decided just to fuck around and be silly. In fact this is a silly picture I took of me to make my kids laugh. Hope you do too. MUSIC FROM THIS EPISODE I DON'T KNOW - Ozzy Osbounre AHH MEN - Doja Cat ELLE MY LOVE - Souther All Starts I REMEMBER - Deadmau5/Kaskade SO INTO YOU - Chris Malinchak WHAT LOVE CAN BE - Kingdom Come