Now Playing: August 2025

Listen to our August 2025 edition of “Now Playing”, a playlist on Spotify!

Note: This specific playlist changes each month when we update it! These are the artists we’ve been listening to all August long:

Honey - Brie Stoner **dreamy, Lana Del Rey-esque tune that makes you want to feel the wind out of a car window

You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive - Ruby Friedman Orchestra **haunting cover of a classic 90s country song we’ve had on repeat

Ice In My OJ - Hayley Williams **anyone else deeply heartbroken for and in awe of Hayley Williams? what a woman.

Heartbeat Chemtrail - Kayla Marque **the hypnotic rhythm of this song makes it easy to vibe to, we love

Blue - Laura Elliott

Deadweight - Eden Joel

Liz On Top Of The World - From "Pride and Prejudice" Sountrack - Dario Marianelli, Jean-Yves Thibaudet **“you’ve bewitched me, body and soul…” exactlyy

Cloud Atlas - Sextet (From "Cloud Atlas”) - Piano & Orchestra Version - Jonas Kvarnstrom

Pushing It Down and Praying - Lizzy McAlpine

4x4xU - Lainey Wilson

Flawless My Dear - Kris Bowers **Is this from the Bridgerton soundtrack? Yes. Are we really leaning into the period piece soundtrack music? Also yes.

Some Protector - ROLE MODEL

DYING 4 YOUR LOVE - Snoh Aalegra

Moment - Victoria Monét **on an R&B kick and you can’t go wrong with anything on Jaguar

Until The End Of Time - Coco Jones, Leon Thomas

Unloyal (with Ari Lennox) - Summer Walker, Ari Lennox

Here With Me (feat. Anderson .Paak) - Mary J. Blige, Anderson .Paak **i don’t think i’ve heard a bad song with Anderson Paak on it

I Like That - Janelle Monae **bringing this energy with us into the end of summer, an actual legend

Manchild - Sabrina Carpenter

Mystical Magical - Benson Boone

Nice To Each Other - Olivia Dean **such an easy listen

Leave Me Alone - Reneé Rapp

Von dutch - Charli xcx

Vodka Cranberry - Conan Gray **lead single for his new album Wishbone that just released this month! Go listen!

Soup - Remi Wolf

Cardinal - Kacey Musgraves

Ode to a Conversation Stuck in Your Throat - Del Water Gap **solidifying itself as a 2020s favorite for us

Never Need Me - Rachel Chinouriri

Il MOST WANTED - Beyoncé, Miley Cyrus

Motion Sickness Phoebe Bridgers

no tears left to cry - Ariana Grande ** seven years since Sweetner, had to celebrate

When We Were Young - Adele

If 1 Ain't Got You - Alicia Keys

Big Girls Don't Cry (Personal) - Fergie **YES you can HOLD my hand IF YOU WANT TO! cuziwannaholdyours toOOooO

Love On The Brain - Rihanna

Prada - cassö, RAYE, D-Block Europe

Only Angel - Harry Styles **crawling back to his debut album since HS4 seems so far away

tolerate it - Taylor Swift **to think she went from singing this song to getting engaged to a man that treats her right, incredible work

it would feel like this - girlinred

fOoL fOr YoU - ZAYN **we don’t talk about his debut solo album enough, truly a masterpiece

Pictures of Girls - Wallows

Do I Wanna Know? - Live At the BBC - Hozier **an Artic Monkeys cover by Hozier? Yes please!

Lady Lady - Olivia Dean

Times Square Jesus - The Favors, FINNEAS, Ashe

Moonlight - JONES

Discovery Channel - Hayley Williams **I want this song injected into my veins

Catching Bodies - Sekou **groovy beat with such a unique voice, like if Giveon released happy music, incredible vibes

To Be Free - Sam Smith

One Thing - Lola Young

Easy Lover - Miley Cyrus **it’s not a Kelzana Now Playing without Miley involved obviously

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