I love listening to music; I have many different playlist for my many different moods. During this time of quarantine I have been into the more sad and slow tempo songs. These are a few of my favorites at the moment.

“I love you”- Billie Eilish

I love this song because it is very somber. This song makes me feel as if I am driving in the rain on a peaceful silent night. There are many different ways to interrupt the song, but I like to think the song is about a complicated relationship where the guy keeps saying “I love you” to her but his actions say otherwise. She loves him, but she does not want to because of what he does. The relationship is toxic.

“When the party’s over”- Billie Eilish

Like many of Billie’s songs, this song has multiple meanings. There is a line in the song where she says “I’ve learned to lose you can’t afford to.” To me this means she has learned to cope with him leaving all the time but each time he leaves, she becomes more depressed and more damaged. Another lyric is “Tore my shirt to stop you bleedin.”  I think this means every time she was in pain or not happy, she tried to fix it herself and make it better. This song is one of her more emotional ones; it is not hard to miss once you listen to the song.

“Supalonely”- BENEE Ft. Gus Dapperton

BENEE says the song is exactly what the title of it is. She says, “This one is a super self-deprecating song where I just poke fun of myself being sad.”

Although this song is a bit depressing, it has an amazing beat that makes you want to get up and dance. I relate to this song because a lot of the emotions she speaks of I tend to have more times a week than I can count.

“Trust”- Brent Faiyaz

In the music video for this song, Brent is surrounded by many friends, yet he is preoccupied. He is hesitating to trust a woman he is involved with. The uncertainty of his feelings for this woman is affecting his everyday life. The lyrics and the visual approach to this song gives a great perspective into Brent’s mind and his emotions.

“Mystery of Love” – Sufjan Stevens

This song is in the movie Call Me by Your Name.

Surfjan said: “I wanted the song to feel aesthetically and emotionally like independent works that could live on its one.”

He did not want the song to correlate to the narrative of the movie too much. It is a song about a complicated love that is a mystery to both parties involved.