by Wyatt Camery & Richie Kausche
Features Editor & Contributor
art by Eva Sturm-Gross
[originally published May 20, 2022]
When Richie approached me a few months ago to recreate one of those “What Are You Listening To?” videos, I knew I had stumbled across a genius. After weeks of me and Richie seeing each other and saying, “should we do it this week?” or “this week looks kinda busy for me, let’s hold off,” we finally got it done on Thursday, May 12. It was a glorious day, with the sun beating down, illuminating the AirPods in our peers’ ears, which our eyes were fixed on. I’ll admit, not everyone was listening to music so we had to ask for recent favorites, but we tried to collect as much live data from the field as possible. I had a wonderful time interrupting my peers’ days and disarming them with the not-too-invasive question of “what are you listening to?” - I felt not only connected to everyone on campus but also to humanity at large.
Below is a list of what we found in three different locations, Wilder Bowl (and around Wilder), Tappan Square, and the Conservatory (the lounge and Bibbins).
Wilder Bowl
Monte Carlo - Remi Wolf
Old College Try - Mountain Goats
Threatening Each Other re: Capitalism - illuminati hotties
The Nutcracker - Tchaikovsky
Feel No Waste - Drake
Common Language- Madison Cunningham
How to Be a Heartbreaker - Marina and the Diamonds
Flashing Lights - Kanye West
Man on Fire - Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros
Tití Me Preguntó - Bad Bunny
Gloria - Laura Branigan
Waiting on Words - The Black Keys
Alison - Elvis Costello
A Tareeq - Ghazall
“saw tooth wave being amplitude modulated by a sine wave”
Star Witness - Neko Case
Sleep - Ivor Gurney
Take Five - Dave Brubeck
More Than a Feeling - Boston
Paradise By the Dashboard Light - Meatloaf
Illow the sun - the olllan
Purple Haze - the Jimi Hendrix Experience
Mrs. Officer - Lil Wayne
Guilty Pleasure - Bryce Vine
Last Supper - Upsahl
Accordion - Abstract Orchestra
Bound 2 - Kanye
I’ve Never Been in Love Before - Gary Bartz
But Not For Me - Ella Fitzgerald
Soldier, Poet, King - The Oh Hellos
Sitting By the Riverside - The Kinks
Shed - Title Fight
Brush Your Teeth - Raffi
Wagon Wheel - Old Crow Medicine Show
Farewell, Angelina - Joan Baez
Idontwannabeyouanymore - Billie Eilish
(Coffee’s For Closers) - Fall Out Boy
Shifts and Tides - OneRepublic
I Got a Shot - Jack Harlow
Chuper Amigos - Jenni Rivera
I’m Nowhere and You’re Everything - Chris Thile
7th house - Saȃda Bonaire
Old Home Place - The Dillards
Ring of Fire - Ray Charles
Goodbye Earl - The Chicks
Fact 2 - Poison Girl Friend
Happiness is a Butterfly - Lana Del Rey
The Flag is Raised - Bladee & Ecco2k
jazz/lofi hip hop radio chill beats to relax/study to
Weekend - Earth and Fire
Midnight Train to Georgia - Gladys Knight & the Pips
Just Another Case - Cru
Mystery Lady - Don Toliver, Masego
To Each His Own - Patrice Rushen
Green Light - John Legend
Alone Together - Billy Uomo
Honeybody - Kishi Bashi
Gone Down the River - Fletcher Johnson
Anna Sun - Walk the Moon
Here For a Good Time - George Strait
Scared Money - YG
Best Friend - 50 Cent
Yah / Element (Medley) - Joy Crookes
Birds and the Bees - Schoolboy Q
The Con
Morbid Stuff - PUP
Violin Sonata (on Cello) - César Franck
Diabelli Variations - Ludwig van Beethoven
At Kocheri Gate - David Kanaga
Mistake - Daniel Tiger
Distance - Emily King
Read Between the Lines - Mapache
A Cruel Angel’s Thesis - Yoko Takahasi
Love Shot - Exo
Tappan Square
Steampipe Coffee - Circus No. 9
Luchini AKA This Is It - Camp Lo
Ego Trip - Nikki Giovanni
The Heart Part 5 - Kendrick Lamar
Good Memories - Lucki
La Isla Bonita - Madonna
Didn’t Cha Know - Erykah Badu
Newjack - Justice
Something to Someone - Dermot Kennedy