There can simply be no such thing as a happy world without music. Those sweet music notes that distract us from loud chatter on the bus, that little distraction it gives us from our anxiety while walking in a busy area, the welcome pounding in our ears while we spend a night on the town in venues that are alive with live music and DJ’s cranking up the volumes of our favourite bangers; music is simply a saviour.
Timing is everything, there is no better time to write this piece about music and how it alters in ways that fit into Ireland’s four seasonal categories; Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter, and yes, Ireland has four seasons.
SIN is calling all music lovers to the paper to join in on celebrating and exploring how music becomes festive in each season; Christmas isn’t the only season that has a massive music playlist. Mariah Carey can’t hog all other festivities.
Christmas has it all, eh? However, there is so much more festive favourites for every other holiday, but there’s a lot of work to be done in that area. Think about every single Christmas song there is and compare that to Halloween songs, summer hits or even chill spring time music; there’s not a lot to go on because snow season is greedy.
Perhaps you need someone to assure you that there is music that will teach you to pay closer attention to the different times of year, and Spotify allows us to explore these new seasonal songs easily and painlessly.
Spring time houses the beautiful lyrics of Wildflowers by Maddie Poppe, Yours by Jake Scott and I Have Never Felt More Alive by Madison Beer, each song just mere fractions of what one considers to be their spring song.
Valentine’s Day is fast approaching, but the best thing with a playlist like this is you get to make it yours; a combination of classic love songs and revengeful lyrics.
While popular love songs like A Thousand Years by Christina Perri, I Won’t Give Up by Jason Mraz and How Long Will I Love You by Ellie Goulding are a top favourite, we must consider everyone’s baddie side that will take you on a whole other level, Greedy by Tate McCrae, Darkside by Neoni, I Shot Cupid and Kiss or Kill by Stela Cole and God Sent Me As Karma by Emlyn.
Who said that Valentine’s Day was only allowed to house romantic songs? We need a playlist for our broken, but put back together hearts too. March 17 has celebrations of St Patrick’s Day, a gigantic celebration for the Irish community; every single pub plays the traditional Irish songs of Galway Girl, Dirty Old Town, Whiskey in the Jar and Zombie.
Summer is well-known for housing a never-ending list of party and dance songs to kickstart sun season and the temporary goodbye for woolly jackets. Song artists like, Dua Lipa, Zara Larsson, Mabel and so much others blare from everyone’s speakers.
My personal playlist for summer season consists of Dance the Night by Dua Lipa, Cake By The Ocean by DNCE, Instruction by Demi Lovato, Baby Don’t Hurt Me by Anne-Marie ft David Guetta and Lush Life By Zara Larsson. One simply doesn’t dance while listening to these songs, they make you want to move and celebrate the return of hot weather, fun times and ice-cream.
August is a beautiful time filled with crisp leaves and woolly cardigan weather. It may be hard to believe, but there is such a thing as an Autumn playlist. Here are a few suggestions that will be sure to make you feel those Autumn vibes; Sweet Relief by Madison Beer, All Too Well by Taylor Swift, Houses by Great Northern and Cinnamon by Jome.
Halloween, that sweet and spooky time season that everyone loves is brimming with spooky songs that will be a great aid when carving pumpkins and putting together treat bags for trick ‘r treaters. A lot of people associate Halloween with songs like Monster Mash, Thriller and Ghostbusters, but there’s more than just the traditional songs; Season of The Witch by Lana Del Rey, Candyman & Everyday is Halloween by LVCRFT and Witch Hunt by VISTA.
Christmas is another big holiday season with a never-ending list of songs, but we won’t get into that right now. Christmas time has just finished, we won’t be talking about that for another year.
Rachel Garvey is a Co-Editor for Features for Student Independent News for the year 2023/24. She works full-time, but dedicates her free time to writing and being involved in SIN. Rachel has been a contributor to SIN since 2017.