Starting UofT: The Spotify Musical

Hi hi!

I’ve always been an avid fan of turning every life event into a Spotify playlist and making sure that everyone on the app tracking my listening activity has a full musical breakdown of it. Angry and sad about someone I never dated? Done. My cat delivered a hairball on my bed? *Opens Spotify*. Ripped my skin off while waxing? Cue the angry rock.

Point is, moving to Toronto to attend UofT is life-changing—you are practically the equivalent of Elle Woods starting a new life as a Harvard Law student and you should have the main character musical backing you deserve. I’ve thus given myself the task of developing a carefully curated playlist to parallel your journey as you begin university life! Enjoy.

Phase 1: the honeymoon phase, it’s all so cute and glittery and flowery

• September – Earth, Wind & Fire (because, obviously)
• Good Days – SZA (for reflecting on yourself as you begin this new phase of life)
• Saturday Night – Ta-Gana (to get ready for those amazing, definitely not gross, frat parties)
• Alright – Supergrass (very main character energy)
• A Toast and a Spirit – Vacation Manor (it feels very much like “new life, new adventures”)
• New Rules – Dua Lipa (because high school drama is not going to cut it here!)
• Successful – Ariana Grande (because you are)

Phase 2: oh god I actually have work to do

• Focus – H.E.R. (seriously)
• Work – Rihanna and Drake (if Rihanna says work, then you work, no questions asked)
• Work B*tch – Britney Spears (because you better work, b*tch)
• Big Energy – Latto (crank up the caffeine at Caffiends [#sponsored] and get to work)
• Coffee – Joel Adams (my bank account is crying rn but it’s worth it, I think)
• Keep it Up – Chase Atlantic (um maybe ignore the song, but the title is a big yes!)
• Up and Down – Doja Cat (because motivation really comes and goes)

Phase 3: the academically rigorous uni I applied to is actually academically rigorous

• I’m so tired… – by Troye Sivan and Lauv (because, same)
• Sign of the Times – by Harry Styles (it really will be a sign of the times) 
• Exhausted – H.E.R. (yeah)
• NO – Meghan Trainer (because when it all gets too much, just tell your profs ‘no <3’)
• Snap Out Of It – Arctic Monkeys (I’m talking about your work slumps)
• Uncomfortable – Chase Atlantic (the struggle is seriously real)
• Afraid – The Neighborhood (yeah, you should be)

Here’s the link to the playlist!!!! Have a lovely orientation.