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; summer 2016, vol. 1 mix tape

                  Welp, here I am again avoiding my responsibilities and just generally being a mediocre at best employee here at the good ol' hotel. I just figured that since I finally burned my summer 2016 CD a couple days ago and I have been thoroughly enjoying it (and listening to nothing else but it), I'd share it with you all. As I do.

                  Quick reflection time: my favorite part about doing these playlists is seeing the evolution of my music taste. I don't have some of my older ones posted on here as I've only just now begun to do that, but I think the oldest CD I have is a spring 2013 one – that's when I officially started. And to be able to track the changes is honestly super cool. I highly recommend doing this for anyone who loves music as much as I do. It's also quite therapeutic?

                  Anyway, reflection over. Here we go!

SUMMER 2016, VOL. 1

01: RICH by Maren Morris

                  Funny story about this one: I found it on Spotify's "What's New" playlist a couple weeks ago and utterly adored it from the word go. It was so fun and catchy, and it was stuck in my head all day every day. So I showed it to my brother, who I thought would appreciate it, and he's like, "It sounds like country, ew." And I was like, "No, it's clearly pop." So I looked it up, and sure enough it's country. But...it's good. Believe me.

02: MILLIONAIRE by Cash Cash feat. Nelly

                  I've been keeping an eye on Cash Cash ever since I was in middle school. I'm not entirely sure why, but I think it might be because I used to have an unhealthy obsession with their song "Party In Your Bedroom." Either way, nothing they've released lately has been very impressive until this song (and it might be only because of Nelly to be totally honest). It's a lot of fun with a rad nod to Nelly's song "Ride Wit Me."

03: SIDE TO SIDE by Ariana Grande feat. Nicki Minaj

                  You've heard what I have to say about this one already, but just know that I still love it and Nicki is still the Queen of Rap.

04: HOLDING ONTO YOU by Twenty One Pilots

                  Ah, here they are again. I think this is currently my favorite song on their Vessel album. Although I kind of go through this phase with every single track, but really...this one is pretty fantastic. I go through some type of out-of-body experience during that ending part (the "lean with it, rock with it" part) every single time.

05: RUN AWAY WITH ME by Carly Rae Jepsen

                  The opening music in this song get me going every single time. I feel like I can take over the world when I hear it. But yeah, I know this is sort of old news but I'm just now hearing it for the first time...so here it is.

06: NO BROKEN HEARTS by Bebe Rexha feat. Nicki Minaj

                  Listen, Bebe Rexha is absolutely adorable and I actually really really like this song. As far as Top 40 radio hits go, this one is probably my favorite thing playing currently (apart from One Direction – obviously). And if you like this even a little, check out some of Bebe's other songs. They're surprisingly impressive.