couldn't wait to turn 15, then you blink and it's been 10 years

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couldn't wait to turn 15, then you blink and it's been ten years is a playlist curated around 25 songs that I love and really resonate with me in a lot of ways. The title comes from a lyric of Lorde's "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", which is a song I have always loved from the moment I first heard it, which I have found myself relating to it more and more with every passing year. 

The day I'm posting this is also my 25th birthday, so it felt like the perfect way to celebrate and commemorate this milestone! It was so hard to narrow it down to just 25 songs - if you've seen some of my past playlists, you'll know they usually have no less than a few hundred songs on each - but I really tried to choose the songs that mean the most to me. 

I have always really resonated with "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)", along with the rest of Lorde's music throughout my life for the past decade. Her music plays such a major role in my life and shaped so much of who I am today. It always feels like there she has written a song that expresses exactly how I'm feeling at every stage of my life, which is a connection I will always cherish. "Secrets from a Girl (Who's Seen It All)" is a song in particular that I have been thinking a lot about over the past few months. "Everybody wants the best for you, but you've gotta want it for yourself, my love" and "Your dreams and inner vision, all your mystical ambitions, they won't let you down, do your best to trust all your rays of light" are two lyrics that are incredibly impactful sentiments and words of wisdom that have been on my mind a lot lately. Both really stand out to me as mantras that I'm definitely going to keep in mind over the next year (and beyond). 

This song was written as a love letter to her younger self, the 15-year-old girl who wrote "Ribs". That is another one of my favorite songs ever and is also included as the final song as the playlist too. In an interview with Spotify Lorde wrote, "I was listening to 'Ribs' and thinking about who I was at that time in my life. I was so apprehensive about what was to come. I took the two chords from that song and reversed them. This is future me talking back and saying... 'it's going to be okay'".

"Dream of Mickey Mantle" by Bleachers, "As It Was" by Harry Styles, "Give Yourself A Try" by The 1975, "Change" by Lana Del Rey, and "clementine" by Halsey are among the other highlights from this playlist that I adore and feel so connected to on a personal level. The sequence of "All My Heroes" by Bleachers, "New York" by St. Vincent, "Perfect Places" by Lorde and "The Archer" by Taylor Swift is also really special to me as well. All of those artists and many more are frequently included on this playlist and have served as the soundtrack of my life in a lot of ways.


I also thought it would be fun to include some of the polaroid photos I took today too! 🎂 I have been taking film photos for years and years but for some reason I never posted any of them on here before, which is something I definitely want to change! I plan on starting a series sharing some of my film photography very soon! 

Be sure to follow me on Spotify to keep up to date with upcoming playlists. Check out couldn't wait to turn 15, then you blink and it's been ten years here or linked above. If you would like to check out more of my playlists click here or the links below. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I have! ✨

Thanks for reading! I started this blog right before I turned 18 and all these years later it's cool to look back and see how much has changed, but also how so much of me is still the same. I look forward to what the future brings and hope you'll come back soon to read more! 🎈

-Melissa ♡



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