1. Hey Ya || Outcast
2. Hello || Giraffage
3. Nerds || Bo Burnham
4. Moving to New York || The Wombats
5. Be Impressive || The Griswolds
6. Holding Onto You || Twenty One Pilots
7. America || The Griswolds
8. Don’t Stop Me Now || Queen Cover by George Watsky
9. De-Stress || Rebelution
The playlist starts out with a reflection from the unofficial start of my year, a SERVitecture trip I went on only a week before college started. Being thrust into a week-long trip with people I didn’t know, in a state far from where I’d ever been, doing work and service already preparing me for my major was obviously stressful, However, none of these situations could stop me from being outgoing and optimistic, and so Hey Ya starts the playlist off to an upbeat and exciting note. Then, I meet my wonderful roommate Elise and the start to college kicks of with Hello, a salutation to someone who would later become one of my closest friends. However, I couldn’t forget Abbi, my best friend from high school living just a floor below me, and so NERDS, a song even she herself had shown to me plays for nostalgic reference to our already existing friendship (plus we’re lame nerds so it fits). I can’t help but pick out a big moment in my first semester, getting to go on the Art Scholars New York trip. I had only been to NY once before, and I couldn’t possibly hide my excitement to travel there again. Whether I chose this song based on my love for the city and way of life itself, or if I chose it because I was dreading taking the 11 hour bus back to Columbus, Moving to New York accurately portrays my feelings towards the trip. On the topic of big cities, my next moment reflects on the effort I put forward in my multimedia drawing of Chicago, a piece I felt very accomplished making, hence Be Impressive fits in well. My next greatest accomplishment when I was passed down the Scout Scroll, an esteemed honour in the Boo Radley Society. I chose Holdign Onto You more as a pun off the title, as it raining hard and I desperately clung the book to my chest as I ran home without an umbrella. The next moment is also a pun off the song title, America, as I was in England at the time and there was little to no urge of me wanting to go back. The trip was my first out of the country experience and I was ecstatic to experience anything and everything I could in the 9 days I was given. The next moment was with some of my close high school friends that came up for OSU Relay for Life. Though the 18 hour event did eventually get cancelled early due to the horrible weather, Don’t Stop Me Now shows our resilience in trying to persevere through the night. The reflection ends with a recent picture of my boyfriend and I De-Stressing before finals by going to my very first soccer game! I liked it so much that I made him take me to the game the week after, too. Overall, the positive experiences definitely outweigh the negative and I can’t wait for my second year.