The Ultimate End of Summer Playlist
Everyone’s going to want you on aux…
by JULIA SHORT ★ JULY 26, 2021
Summer is the perfect time to expand your scope of music by listening to new genres, artists, and collabs. And why is summer this enormous time for the music industry to flourish, you may ask? Because everyone is out of the house; beaches, clubs, house parties…you name it. They all better have some good ass music.
Credit: Pinterest
Being given the aux cord at a party or during a long drive has the same equivalence of being told you look amazing in an outfit. You feel like you're on top of the world. No one wants to go to a house party where the music is mainly pop hits from 2016 (2000s hits though? Say less). Therefore, when the clothes get skimpier, the weather gets hotter, and the nights seem wayyy longer, summer is the prime time to listen to the music blasting on a speaker at the beach.
Credit: Pinterest
Now, the aux. It’s always an issue of who gets to play their music, and honestly, 9 times out of 10 it's a hit or miss. You either get the friend who listens to EXPLICITLY rap music (who considers Aminé an underground artist), the one who only know songs off of the Billboard top 100, the one who will only listen to songs that mention beer and cowboy hats (explicit country music fans, please expand your scope), and the indie friend who attempts to gatekeep a pretty popular artists.
It’s in your best interest to have a playlist prepared AT ALL TIMES…because you never know when you’ll be asked to play whatever you got. With that being said, below is my ultimate summer 2021 playlist. With songs for every occasion, and where no genre of music goes unnoticed.
After Hours - The Weekend
Blue World - Mac Miller
(You Drive Me) Crazy - Britney Spears
Backseat (feat. PnB Rock) - Pop Smoke
Already Best Friends (feat. Chris Brown) - Jack Harlow
GO - The Kid LAROI and Juice WRLD
Imma Be - Black Eyed Peas
Slide (feat. Frank Ocean & Migos) - Calvin Harris
BLIND (feat. Young Thug) - DaBaby
What’s New - Megan Thee Stallion
Pretty Girl Rock - Keri Hilson
Mr. Right Now (feat. Drake) - 21 Savage and Metro Boomin
Please Don’t Go - Mike Posner
Let’s Get It Started (Spike Mix) [Bonus Track] - Black Eyed Peas
Fractions - Nicki Minaj
Spicy (feat. Post Malone) - Ty Dolla $Ign
We’re Good - Dua Lipa
Go Crazy - Chris Brown and Young Thug
Backseat Freestyle - Kendrick Lamar
Makes Me Wonder - Maroon 5
Club Can’t Handle Me (feat. David Guetta) - Flo Rida
Mmm Yeah (feat. Pitbull) - Austin Mahone
Run It! (feat. Juelz Santana) - Chris Brown
Best Friend (feat. Doja Cat) - Saweetie
KOD - J. Cole
BAD NEWS - Aries
Neon Guts (feat. Pharrel Williams) - Lil Uzi Vert
S&M - Rihanna
Goosebumps (Remix) - Travis Scott and HVME
Summer Love - Justin Timberlake
Lemon Pepper Freestyle (feat. Rick Ross) - Drake
Good Girls Go Bad (feat. Leighton Meester) - Cobra Starship
Transportin’ - Kodak Black
Need To Know - Doja Cat
Everyday (feat. Rod Stewart x Miguel x Mark Ronson) - A$AP Rocky
Closer - Ne-Yo
New Light - John Mayer
worst behavior - Ariana Grande
Dang! (feat. Anderson .Paak) - Mac Miller
Save Your Tears (Remix) - The Weeknd & Ariana Grande
Need It (feat. YoungBoy Never Broke Again) - Migos
Heat Waves - Glass Animals & iann dior
Way Out (feat. Big Sean) - Jack Harlow
You Belong With Me (Taylor’s Version) - Taylor Swift
Compensating (feat. Young Thug) - Aminé
Stay - The Kid LAROI and Justin Bieber
Love Again - Dua Lipa
She Don’t (feat. Ty Dolla $Ign) - Ella Mai
Do It (feat. City Girls & Latto) [Remix] - Chloe x Halle & Doja Cat
Diana (feat. King Combs) - Pop Smoke
Bitter (with Kito) - FLETCHER
DOLLAZ ON MY HEAD (feat Young Thug) - Gunna
Painkiller - Ruel
All Falls Down (feat. Syleena Johnson) - Kanye West
Runaway Baby - Bruno Mars
Credit: Pinterest
Obviously, not everyone has the same taste in music, but trust me when I say that this playlist will hit different on a long drive to the beach. This playlist encapsulates basically all the feelings that you might feel this summer while also making you feel kind of like the sh*t for being on aux. This is the perfect playlist for not only a hot girl summer, but everything that comes with it.