Month: April 2018

Posts, Themed Playlists

Throwback Playlist

Brittany Tomore

 I am shocked it took me this long to make a throwback playlist. I was feeling ~inspired~ this weekend by my friend Megan’s “if britney survived 2007…” playlist, which I will link at the end of this post, because it is iconic and I think everyone needs it in their lives. Basically all these songs remind me of middle school which is slightly terrifying and slightly fun. I hope you enjoy taking a trip down memory lane!!

22 songs, 1 hour and 21 minutes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Song: Low

Artist: Flo Rida

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: When this song plays I am suddenly transported back to my middle school’s gym, dropping it low with my friends. Suddenly I am mortified, we are like 11, why are we dancing like this? Who do we think we are? Why are we all wearing Abercombie & Fitch t-shirts?

Favorite Lyric: Shawty was hot like a toaster

Song: Whatcha Say

Artist: Jason Derulo

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: My roommate said she used to cry to this song in middle school and I thought that was the funniest thing I have ever heard.

Favorite Lyric: Mmh whatcha say (Jason Derulo)

Song: BedRock

Artist: Young Money

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: If you don’t know all the words to this song I don’t want to be your friend. This song is so iconic. If 11 year old me knew what this song was about she would be shook. But this song is a staple from 2009.

Favorite Lyric: She Michael Jackson bad

Song: Beautiful Soul

Artist: Jesse McCartney

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: I have had the world’s biggest crush on Jesse McCartney since I was in the first grade. I remember the first time I ever slept over my best friend’s house we listened to his version of “I’ll Be” from the Cinderella Story soundtrack all night. He really defines the early 2000’s for me.

Favorite Lyric: I don’t want another pretty face
I don’t want just anyone to hold
I don’t want my love to go to waste
I want you and your beautiful soul

Song: Bottoms Up

Artist: Trey Songz (feat. Nicki Minaj)

Genre: R&B

Why I Picked This Song: I’m pretty sure this song is where my crush on Trey Songz originated from. This song is so fun.

Favorite Lyric: Now bottoms up and double my dosage

Song: 7 Things

Artist: Miley Cyrus

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: This song goes so hard. Fifth grade me was not ready for Miley Cyrus to put Nick Jonas on blast like this. I still like to sing this way to loudly in the car or shower. Miley is a queen.

Favorite Lyric: You’re vain, your games, you’re insecure
You love me, you like her
You make me laugh, you make me cry
I don’t know which side to buy

Song: He Could Be the One

Artist: Hannah Montana

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: Hannah Montana/Miley Ray Stewart and Jake Ryan forever. Hannah Montana defined my childhood. It would be wrong not to let Hannah have a spot on this playlist.

Favorite Lyric: Think I’m really falling for his smile
Get butterflies when he says my name

Song: Mr. Brightside

Artist: The Killers

Genre: Rock

Why I Picked This Song: Mr. Brightside has the ability to turn a room full of strangers into something that feels like a family reunion. This song gets people so hype. It is a forever classic and I think it should be the national anthem.

Favorite Lyric: Jealousy, turning saints into the sea
Swimming through sick lullabies
Choking on your alibis
But it’s just the price I pay

Song: My Happy Ending

Artist: Avril Lavigne

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: First, I would like to address the Avril Lavigne conspiracy theory, it is true, Avril is dead and was replaced. Look it up. Second, I loved Avril Lavigne when I was younger. For some reason I was really angsty and emo and she appealed to my Hot Topic craze. She had a lot of jams and I was a huge fan. Sk8ter Boi forever.

Favorite Lyric: We were meant to be, supposed to be, but we lost it
And all of the memories, so close to me, just fade away
All this time you were pretending
So much for my happy ending

Song: Burnin’ Up

Artist: Jonas Brothers

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: The Jonas Brothers are iconic. I remember seeing them in concert in 2008 and it was LIFE CHANGING. I am praying for a Jo Bros reunion.

Favorite Lyric: Walk in the room
All I can see is you

Song: When You Look Me in the Eyes

Artist: Jonas Brothers

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: My sister and I got into a fist fight over who gets to use this as their wedding song. This is honestly the most romantic song I have ever heard. I still want to marry Nick Jonas. Shout out to the Jonas Brothers for setting my expectations extremely high since 2007.

Favorite Lyric: When you look me in the eyes
I catch a glimpse of heaven
I find my paradise

Song: Don’t Trust Me

Artist: 3OH!3

Genre: Alternative

Why I Picked This Song: When I think of 2008 I think of this song. It is honestly so iconic that I don’t know how to explain how amazing it is. To this day it is still one of my favorite songs to jam out to in the shower. 3OH!3 has a few other classics but nothing touches this song.

Favorite Lyric: T-tell your boyfriend if he says he’s got beef
That I’m a vegetarian and I ain’t f****** scared of him

Song: Piece of Me

Artist: Britney Spears

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: I would listen to this song on a loop for the rest of my life. Not only is Britney Spears my namesake, but she is an icon. First of all, she is 36 and in better shape than most people my age. Second of all, her 2007 mental breakdown is very understandable and kind of iconic in its own right. I love Britney Spears, put it on my tombstone.

Favorite Lyric: I’m Miss American Dream since I was seventeen

Song: Shake It

Artist: Metro Station

Genre: Alternative

Why I Picked This Song: I have a very vivid memory of listening to this song on the way to my friend’s birthday party at a roller skating rink when I was 9. My roommate has a dance to this song. Everyone remembers this song. Miley Cyrus’ brother is in this band. Amazing.

Favorite Lyric: This feeling’s tearing me up
Here we go now

Song: Best I Ever Had

Artist: Drake

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: In middle school my sister was obsessed with rap music. We would listen to a lot of Drake and Kanye West. She can probably rap any Drake song from the 2000’s. I have loved Drake since he was wheelchair Jimmy in Degrassi, so I have to show him some love.

Favorite Lyric: Sweatpants, hair tied, chillin’ with no make-up on
That’s when you’re the prettiest, I hope that you don’t take it wrong

Song: She Will Be Loved

Artist: Maroon 5

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: This song is so beautiful and a timeless classic. I’m pretty sure I can listen to it all the time. Big fan of Maroon 5, even bigger fan of this song.

Favorite Lyric: It’s not always rainbows and butterflies
It’s compromise that moves us along

Song: Thnks Fr Th Mmrs

Artist: Fall Out Boy

Genre: Rock

Why I Picked This Song: Fall Out Boy is one of my favorite bands. This is the first song I ever heard by them. It has a special place in my heart and in the early 2000’s.

Favorite Lyric: Thanks for the memories even though they weren’t so great

Song: Your Body Is a Wonderland  

Artist: John Mayer

Genre: Rock

Why I Picked This Song: John Mayer is perfect. This song is perfect. What else is there to say? I’m 99 percent sure this is the first John Mayer song I ever heard and it made a fan out of me.

Favorite Lyric: Swim in a deep sea
Of blankets
Take all your big plans
And break ’em

Song: 1985

Artist: Bowling for Soup

Genre: Rock

Why I Picked This Song: One time my roommate tore her meniscus in her knee dancing to this song, that is how good it is.

Favorite Lyric: Since Bruce Springsteen, Madonna
Way before Nirvana
There was U2 and Blondie
And music still on M-T-V
Her two kids in high school
They tell her that she’s uncool
‘Cause she’s still preoccupied
With 19, 19, 1985

Song: All the Small Things

Artist: blink-182

Genre: Rock

Why I Picked This Song: As I stated before, I was very angsty in middle school. I loved pop punk music and a lot of my favorite artists were influenced by blink-182. I think blink-182 is one of the best, most talented, and most influential bands in music. All the Small Things is one of the greatest songs to scream at the top of your lungs.

Favorite Lyric: Say it ain’t so, I will not go
Turn the lights off, carry me home

Song: Airplanes

Artist: B.o.B (feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore)

Genre: Hip/Hop

Why I Picked This Song: Summer 2010 this song was on the radio every other song. It was kind of crazy but I remember listen to it coming home from softball everyday in the seventh grade.

Favorite Lyric: Can we pretend that airplanes in the night sky are like shootin’ stars
I could really use a wish right now, wish right now, wish right now

Song: Photograph

Artist: Nickelback

Genre: Garbage

Why I Picked This Song: My first ever concert was Bon Jovi and their opening act was Nickelback. I have convinced my mother that is why I need therapy. Although Nickelback is kinda garbage and sort of scares me, I feel like I had to add this song for the meme quality it produces.

Favorite Lyric: And this is where I went to school
Most of the time I had better things to do

Instead of including a playlist of the songs above, I am sharing the greatest throwbacks playlist of all time. Many of the songs on my playlist come from this one. I hope you enjoyed your trip down memory lane!!! Please let me know what music you listened to back in the day and feel free to share any embarrassing middle school memories with me!  

 

 

 

 

 

Posts, Songs of the Week

Songs for the Week of April 16th

Brittany Tomore

Between new music from different artists and the beautiful weather from this past weekend, I spent a lot of time laying outside and listening to music. This playlist is composed of a lot of songs I found myself jamming out to this weekend. Although the warm and sunny weather is gone, i am hoping these songs keep the sunshine in the back of my mind! I hope you enjoy! 

24 songs, 1 hour and 23 minutes

Song: Hotel Key

Artist: Old Dominion

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: This song is really fun! When I listen to it I think about being on vacation. I really like Old Dominion because most of their songs leave me thinking about summer.

Favorite Lyric: The tequila was cheap but the flow we were feeling was real

Song: Get Along

Artist: Kenny Chesney

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: Kenny Chesney is one of my all time favorite artists. His music always makes me feel like I’m on a beach in Mexico somewhere. This song is super uplifting and and reminds me not to take life so seriously. I honestly can’t stop listening to this song.

Favorite Lyric: Met a man wearin’ a t-shirt, says “Virginia is for lovers”
Had a Bible in his left hand and a bottle in the other
He says “All you’re really given is the sunshine and your name”
We both started laughin’ when the sky started to rain

Get along, on down the road
We’ve got a long long way to go
Scared to live, scared to die
We ain’t perfect but we try

Get along while we can
Always give love the upper hand

Song: Pushing Up Daisies (Love Alive)

Artist: Brothers Osborne

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: This isn’t really a fun or summer song, but it is sweet and cute and new and I liked it. It is a love song and I love love songs so I wanted to add it. It is on the slower side and super relaxing. Get yourself a love like this y’all.

Favorite Lyric: I’d promise you forever if I could
If I could slow down the hands of time I would
I know they say all good things must end
If I can do it all over well I’ll do it all over
Over and over again

Song: I Do

Artist: Cardi B (feat. SZA)

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: I am obsessed with Cardi B. Everything about her is entertaining to me. Her album “Invasion of Privacy” is really good and the whole thing is worth a listen, but this is one of my favorite songs off the album. The lyrics are a total mood and Cardi B kills everything she does.

Favorite Lyric: Now I’m a boss, I write my own name on the checks (Cardi)

Song: Closure

Artist: Jack & Jack

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: Honestly I have never heard of Jack & Jack and after googling them I am high key embarrassed to put them on this playlist, but this song is good so whatever. Apparently they got famous from Vine, kind of like Shawn Mendes but not as cool as Shawn Mendes. I feel like 14 year olds probably listen to them.

Favorite Lyric: What’s the point in closure, when it’s already over, over
Yeah, things change, people change
Can’t enjoy the sunshine without a little rain
I see brighter days comin’, I’m just keepin’ faith

Song: Nice For What

Artist: Drake

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: Ever since Drake put out this song telling girls to stop being nice to boys my skin has become clearer, my crops have flourished, and life has been good. I love Drake, what a great man.

Favorite Lyric: You know dark days, you know hard times
Doin’ overtime for the last month
Saturday, call the girls, get ’em gassed up

Song: Wrong Again

Artist: Scotty McCreery

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: I’d apologize for all the country music, but I’m not actually sorry. Country music and summer go together perfectly. The 80 degree weather Saturday had me and my friends in the mood to drive around with the windows down listening to country music. This song is super summer-y as are most of Scotty McCreery’s songs.

Favorite Lyric: Look at you baby, look at you
Just goes to show what I thought I knew
Moon’s gone but here comes the sunrise
Find myself getting lost in your eyes
Never thought I’d feel something so right

Song: Sundowners

Artist: Jordan Davis

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: This guy has an impressive beard and an impressive voice. This song is fun and makes me think about escaping a crowd with someone you like and driving around with them all night. It is cute and sweet and reminds me of young love that is always just infatuation and probably a bad idea.

Favorite Lyric: And every kiss is burning hot
I can’t let ’em go to waste
Let’s say tonight is all that we got
And I’m ready for the chase

Song: Wasted Times

Artist: The Weeknd

Genre: R&B/Soul

Why I Picked This Song: “My Dear Melancholy,” is one of the best albums I have heard all year. Seriously shout out to Selena Gomez for breaking The Weeknd’s heart. This album has been on repeat since it came out. I love it. This is probably my favorite song from the album (I can’t even really pick a favorite because they are all so good). This song is about how Selena Gomez didn’t even compare to The Weeknd’s other ex Bella Hadid (ouch).

Favorite Lyric: Wasted times I spent with someone else
She wasn’t even half of you
Reminiscin’ how you felt
And even though you put my life through hell
I can’t seem to forget ’bout you, ’bout you
I want you to myself

Song: Advice

Artist: Kehlani

Genre: R&B/Soul

Why I Picked This Song: I saw Demi Lovato in concert a few weeks ago and Kehlani was her opening act. At first I didn’t really like her because I kinda just wanted to see Demi, but this song is such a mood. As soon as a heard it I was like okay I need to download this. Any girl who never takes her own advice when it comes to boys, this is a song for you.

Favorite Lyric: 

‘Cause how is the man of my dreams not a man of his words?
And how is the man for me just a man that makes me hurt?
It’s time to take
Take my own advice

Song: Chasing Fire

Artist: Lauv

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Song: I love Lauv. Every song I’ve heard by him is amazing. This song is fun and makes me feel like dancing.

Favorite Lyric: I wanna hate you cause I still love you
And it’s weighing on my chest
We keep our bodies tied together
To ignore what’s coming next

Song: Look Alive

Artist: BlocBoy JB (feat. Drake)

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: I love Drake. This song really pumps me up. It is perfect to listen to when you are getting ready to go out or when you’re at the gym.

Favorite Lyric: 

And I could let you check the tag now, I’m rocking name brand
I’m only chasing after bags, now I got a game plan
And I’m out here whipping boots
Seven hundred, three high fives look alive, look alive

Song: Somebody Else

Artist: The 1975

Genre: Alternative

Why I Picked This Song: I am getting away from the feel good summer-y songs, but The 1975 has been one of my favorite bands since high school. They are really angsty and alternative but the song is pretty relatable. I am not a huge fan of the album this song is from but most of their music is really great.

Favorite Lyric: I don’t want your body
But I hate to think about you with somebody else
Our love has gone cold
You’re intertwining your soul with somebody else

Song: Dangerous Night

Artist: Thirty Seconds to Mars

Genre: Alternative

Why I Picked This Song: I heard this song on the radio when me and my friend were driving to her grandparent’s house and was really digging it. I really love the way it sounds and I love the lyrics. It is fun in an alternative kind of way. Shout out to 92.3 for switching to alternative music and making my car rides a little bit better :)

Favorite Lyric:
What a dangerous night to fall in love
Don’t know why we still hide what we’ve become
Do you want to cross the line?
We’re running out of time
A dangerous night to fall in love

Song: Love is Madness

Artist: Thirty Seconds to Mars (feat. Halsey)

Genre: Alternative

Why I Picked This Song: This song kind of has a creepy sound to it but in a cool way. I love Halsey and I really like this collaboration because it isn’t something I would have expected. Halsey has spent a lot of time collaborating with pop musicians so I like this change for her.

Favorite Lyric: You are insane
My desire
A dangerous game

Song: Freaky Friday

Artist: Lil Dicky (feat. Chris Brown)

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: This song is so weird, but I kind of like it. The end of the song is extra weird and I try to turn it off before it gets to the end, but I think the song is funny. I love Chris Brown’s voice even though he is a trash human being.

Favorite Lyric: I woke up in Chris Brown’s body (oh yeah)
Somehow this **** turned into Freaky Friday

Song: Why Guy Wouldn’t

Artist: Waterloo Revival

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: I heard this song at Outback and thought it was a jam. It is fun and makes me want to dance. I can see myself listening to this song this summer when I am tanning in my pool.

Favorite Lyric: What guy wouldn’t want a girl like you / Can’t blame me for feeling like I do / Go on baby shake your hair / Like you don’t mean to make them stare / Oh, you’re so cool / What guy wouldn’t want a girl like you.

Song: Good Times

Artist: All Time Low

Genre: Alternative

Why I Picked This Song: All Time Low is my favorite band of all time. I’ve probably said that like five times already on this blog. This song kinda like address nostalgia before it even begins. The lyrics talk about remembering the “good times” even though they aren’t even over yet.

Favorite Lyric: Underneath the stars we came alive
And singing to the sky just felt right

Song: Do You Believe Me Now

Artist: Jimmy Wayne

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: This guy kind of looks like the Walmart version of Billy Ray Cyrus, which is scary, but he has a really nice voice. This song was recommend to me by Apple Music and I really liked it.

Favorite Lyric: So do you believe me now, I guess I really wasn’t that crazy

Song: Somebody’s Been Drinkin’

Artist: Cole Swindell

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: I love Cole Swindell. I’ve seen him in concert twice and he is very underrated. He write a lot of country artists most popular songs. He is a super talented songwriter and singer and I really like this new song from him. It is like the opposite of his song “Ain’t Worth the Whiskey”, which is another jam.

Favorite Lyric: 1:26 screenshot, GPS, coming in hot, two miles away
‘I miss you so much’, 1:28- ‘Why’d we ever break up? ‘

Song: Ride All Night

Artist: Jason Aldean

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: Jason Aldean’s new album “Rearview Town” is amazing. I’ve probably listened to it six times since it came out on Friday. He has such a nice voice. I feel like a lot of his songs are romantic and cute.

Favorite Lyric: Bet you’d look good on a two lane back road
Bare feet on the dash, hand out the window

I want to ride all night, you sitting to my right
Till we get tomorrow shining in the headlights

Song: Love Me Or Don’t

Artist: Jason Aldean

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: This song is a huge mood. It is about a couple that is really hot and cold and he is all like figure it out and stop wasting my time.

Favorite Lyric: And I’m tired of playing these games
Yeah you say that it’s over
And then you tell me come over
It’s like fire, and then it’s like rain
Yeah we’re hot and we’re colder
You get me drunk and then sober
Tell me it’s on if you want it to be
If you’re moving on, then I think you should leave

Song: Set It Off

Artist: Jason Aldean

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Song: I really want to see Jason Aldean in concert. This song sounds so fun and I can picture myself dancing to it at a concert. I love the chorus of this song so much.

Favorite Lyric: You’re 90 proof smooth

Song: 1942

Artist: G-Eazy (feat. Yo Gotti & YBN Nahmir)

Genre: Rap

Why I Picked This Song: This song has a sick beat and I really like G-Eazy. I’ll probably be listening to this song all summer.

Favorite Lyric: I don’t follow rules and they don’t like that

Let me know what songs you like and what songs you have been listening to this week! 

 
Posts, Themed Playlists

My Favorite Music Videos

Brittany Tomore

I decided to share with you all ten of my favorite music videos! I hope you enjoy them! Let me know what videos you liked and leave comments with your favorite music videos! Warning: I apparently like a lot of music videos that make me cry, so if you cry easily like me, get a box of tissues ready. 

 

Song: I Do

Artist: Jessie James Decker

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Video: I think about this music video a lot. I am obsessed with watching wedding videos and I’m obsessed with Jessie James Decker and this music video is her and Eric Decker’s wedding set to a song she wrote from him. It is super sweet and her wedding is a dream. I love that she shared something super personal with her fans. I may have teared up watching this a few times.

Favorite Lyrics: I love you till the end of time
I wanna spend forever with you
I do

Song: Better With You

Artist: Jesse McCartney

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Video: I have been in love with Jesse McCartney since the first grade. He has finally released a new song and it is a jam. The song is super sweet and cute and so is the music video. The video shows how the smallest thing can change your life.

Favorite Lyric: When there was nothing left
You showed me the best
I’m still a mess but you hold on

Song: Marry Me

Artist: Thomas Rhett

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Video: This video makes me cry every time I watch it. It is about a guy and a girl who have been friends forever and she is set to marry someone else and ends up not going through with it because they are in love. Thomas Rhett’s wife Lauren was going to marry someone else until her dad intervened and told Thomas to tell Lauren how he felt about her and I’m pretty sure this is what the song is about. I love how this music video takes you on a journey of the protagonists lives together, because it makes you really have feelings for them and care about their story, even if it is just a three minute song.

Favorite Lyric: And I know her daddy’s been dreading this day
Oh, but he don’t know he ain’t the only one giving her away

Song: Weightless

Artist: All Time Low

Genre: Pop-Punk

Why I Picked This Video: This is a song from All Time Low’s Nothing Personal album and this music video really promotes the “nothing personal” image. The whole music video is basically making fun of band culture and the band making fun of themselves. I personally find the video really funny. And All Time Low is my favorite band so anything they do is a favorite of mine.

Favorite Lyric: Maybe it’s not my weekend, but it’s gonna be my year

Song: You Belong With Me

Artist: Taylor Swift

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Video: This might be one of my favorite music videos ever. For starters this was Taylor Swift’s peak. The video has a really funny plot that I feel like a lot of girls have related to at one point or another. The whole boy next door story line was super cute and Lucas Till was perfect for the role. I really just enjoy this video and it reminds me of middle school so

Favorite Lyric: Dreaming about the day when you wake up
And find that what you’re looking for has been here the whole time

Song: Lovebug

Artist: Jonas Brothers

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Video: I really love how this video has like a 1930’s vibe. I love old things and I think love back in the day was so so cute. I love the Jonas Brothers more than I love most of my family and young Nick Jonas was a total cutie. This video is an A+ in my books.

Favorite Lyric: Now I’m speechless, over the edge
I’m just breathless
I never thought that I’d catch this love bug again
Hopeless, head over heels in the moment
I never thought that I’d get hit by this love bug again

Song: Kids in Love

Artist: Mayday Parade

Genre: Pop-Punk

Why I Picked This Video: I love this song!! The video is really fun and makes me wish I was cool and did reckless things. I described this video to one of my friends as “emo Jersey Shore” because the kids in the video are kinda trashy but I kinda love it.

Favorite Lyric: And we were just kids in love
The summer was full of mistakes we wouldn’t learn from

Song: What I Never Knew I Always Wanted

Artist: Carrie Underwood

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Video: Okay, technically this isn’t really a music video and it is more like a slideshow, but it makes me cry every time I watch it and I love it so much. Between her hot hockey player husband, baby, and dog there is so much cuteness. I love this song and the video and I don’t think I will every stop being emotional about it.

Favorite Lyric: Life has a way of showing you just what you need
And who you were made to be

Song: Tell Me You Love Me

Artist: Demi Lovato

Genre: Pop

Why I Picked This Video: This video is so dramatic and has a really strong plot line. It is like a six minute little movie and I love it. It also has Jackson Avery from Grey’s Anatomy so that is a huge bonus. This is a beautiful music video for a really good song.

Favorite Lyric: Everything I need
Is standing in front of me
I know that we will be alright

Song: You Should Be Here

Artist: Cole Swindell

Genre: Country

Why I Picked This Video: No song makes me cry like this one does. I’ve seen him perform it live in concert and I was an controllable sobbing mess, and I think I scared my roommate. This music video is so heartfelt and open. This song is for Cole’s dad who passed away before getting to see Cole really break out in the country music industry. As if the song is not sad enough by itself, this music video takes you with Cole visiting family to visiting his dad’s grave. I am crying.

Favorite Lyric: They say now you’re in a better place
And I would be too if I could see your face

You should be here, standing with your arm around me here
Cutting up, cracking a cold beer
Saying cheers, hey y’all it’s sure been a good year
It’s one of those moments, that’s got your name written all over it
And you know that if I had just one wish
It’d be that you didn’t have to miss this
You should be here