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; spring 2016, vol. 2 mix tape

                  Hi, all. I made a second volume of my spring mix tapes pretty much just in time for my summer one to be coming out, so...oh well. I'll hold off on the summer one(s) until mid to late June! I'm glad to know some of you are actually enjoying these. (:

                  I also made some adjustments to the first mix tape before I burned the CD for my car, so I'll tell you about those edits at the end of this part. And I'll waste no more of your time with my rambling, as you're probably here for the music. So here we go:

SPRING 2016, VOL. 2

01: TEAR IN MY HEART by Twenty One Pilots

                  I mean, this song is nothing new. You've all likely heard it before. I'm just kind of playing catch up with this band the same way I have been with P!ATD, so I put this one as the opener because it's fun. If you've not heard it, of course go look it up right now immediately.

02: SHE by ZAYN

                  When his album first came out, I remember samantha telling me this was one track she particularly enjoyed, but I was sort of unsure about it. I like it a lot more, and it had to make at least one of these spring mixes.

03: INTO YOU by Ariana Grande

                  First of all, you can expect a full album review for Ari's Dangerous Woman, which honestly surprised me. I'll save all the compliments I want to give the whole thing for that review, and instead I'll just leave you with my assurance that this is a fantastic song. Super catchy, and I didn't watch the BBMAs, but I heard she killed the live performance of it. Which is no surprise.

04: CRY BABY by Melanie Martinez

                  Love love love Melanie Martinez lately. I can't believe it took me so long to start listening to her stuff. "Cry Baby" took me a little while to get into compared to her other tracks like "Dollhouse," "Pity Party," and "Soap," but it's another one of her bigger ones. It's also her album's title track. The music video is another odd one, but honestly that kind of just adds to her charm.

05: THE RUN AND GO by Twenty One Pilots

                  I'll just let you know that you're going to see at least three more songs from Vessel, so sorry but I'm not sorry. Although I might as well just finally burn that whole album instead of splitting the songs up and sticking them into my mixes. Oh well. But yeah, another great one.

06: WEATHERMAN by Justin Jay feat. Josh Taylor and Benny Bridges

                  I don't even remember where I first heard this. It was possibly recently released and I found it under that tab on Spotify, but I'm not positive. Either way, I adore it. It isn't lyrically heavy, but the short first verse alone is clever and smart, and it's one of those songs that make you feel like you're somewhere else listening to it. Like, when I hear it I feel like I'm on a ferry in New York squinting out at the water while the wind is whipping like crazy because a storm is slowly rolling in. I don't know. It's great.