Of all the capitalist scams produced by this god forsaken world, Valentine’s day is for some the absolute best of them and for others the absolute worst. We have a song for it all! Whether you’re cuffed, ghosted, ghosting or seriously just couldn’t care less we have some tuuuunes for you! Regardless, we love u. Happy Valentine’s Day from us to you!
When your valentine gets you milk chocolate, but you are vegan
Haley: “All Apologies” – Nirvana
Cameron: “Lay Me Down” – Sam Smith
Ciara: “Should’ve Said No” – Taylor Swift
Shelby: “Girl of Constant Sorrow” – Joan Baez
Riley: “Sex Bob-omb” – We Are Sex Bob-omb
When your ex’s house is the go-to house for shows
Shelby: “Death Cup” – Mom Jeans OR “I Wanna Be Sedated” – The Ramones
Haley: “Smile Like You Mean It” – The Killers
Ciara: “Say It Ain’t So” – Weezer
Megan: “So I Shotgunned a Beer and Went to Bed” – Snowing
Alison: “I’m Gonna Get My Heart Cut Out” – All My Exes Live in Texas
When you run into a professor on a date
Ciara: “Moving to New York” – The Wombats
Emma: “Press Enter to Exit” – The Horrors
Shelby: “I Wanna Be Forgotten” – Bass Drum of Death
Alison: “Dread in my Heart” – Mother Mother
Finally sending that “I miss you” text
Ciara: “Bad Ideas” – Tessa Violet
Haley: “Oh No!” – Animal Camera
Shelby: “If You Love Me, Come Clean” – Flatsound
Cameron F: “Game to Lose” – I’m With Her
Max: “fin (the long and untold story of how i know it’s meant to be)” – Origami Angel
Megan: “Summon Satan” – Advance Base
Alison: “Want it Back” – Amanda Palmer
When the person who ghosted you just so happens to re-add you on snap a week before Valentine’s Day
Ciara: “Been There, Done That” – NOTD, Tove Styrke
Haley: “Go Your Own Way” – Fleetwood Mac
Shelby: “Do I Wanna Know? – The Arctic Monkeys
Emma: “Drop Your Phone in the Sink” – The Growlers
Joel: “Missed the Boat” – Modest Mouse
Alison: “What Do You Want from Me Tonight?” – Sidney Gish
When you get tickets to the Seattle Symphony on Valentines Day through KXSU but your boyfriend says he’s busy (unrelated situation that’s totally never happened or anything)
Ciara: “The End” – La La Land Soundtrack
Cameron F: “Bitter Sweet Symphony” – The Verve
Shelby: “Wastes of Time” – Elvis Depressedly
Alison: “Almost (Sweet Music)” – Hozier
Emma: “Crippling Self-Doubt and a General Lack of Confidence” – Courtney Barnett
When you’re single af and you roll into QFC the day after Valentine’s Day to buy some cheap ass candy
Ciara: “Friday I’m in Love” – The Cure
Haley: “Self Care” – Mac Miller
Cameron F: “Make Me Feel” – Janelle Monáe
Shelby : “Feelin’ Myself – Beyoncé ft. Nicki Minaj
Alison: “Heaven is a Place on Earth” – Belinda Carlisle
Emma: “Sugartooth” – Brandi Carlile
The ultimate Galentine’s Day Anthem
Ciara: “no tears left to cry” – Ariana Grande
Emma: “Undrunk” – FLETCHER
Haley: “No Scrubs” – TLC
Shelby: “Wannabe” – Spice Girls
Joel: “Super Trouper” – Mamma Mia Soundtrack
When you wake up on Valentines Day feeling completely fulfilled bc you don’t rely on others for your own self worth! (can’t relate)
Emma: “After Laughter (Comes Tears)” – Wendy Rene
Ciara: “That Wasn’t Me” – Brandi Carlile
Haley: “Time to Pretend” – MGMT
Cameron F: “The Dreaming” – Kate Bush
Shelby: “Be Your Own 3AM” – Adult Mom
Alison: “2 Cool 2 Care” – Anna Burch
When you know that Valentine’s Day is a capitalist scam and goes against everything you believe in and commodifying love is actually really messed-up but everything is just… so… sparkly
Haley: “Sweep Me Off My Feet” – Pond
Ciara: “I Want It All” – High School Musical 3 Cast
Shelby: “Semi-Revolutionary” – Just Nick OR “Walking Contradiction” – Green Day
Alison: “Heart-Shaped Hologram” – Stephanie Mabey
Emma: “Communist Daughter” – Neutral Milk Hotel
The song to blast in your headphones the day after Valentine’s Day when EVERYTHING is 75% off
Haley: “Siri, Open Tinder” – Childbirth
Ciara: “Wonderwall” – Oasis
Cameron F: “Landslide” – Stevie Nicks
Max: “Heaven” – Petal
Shelby: “Free Fallin’” – Tom Petty
When your parents ask if you have a boyfriend but you’re a gay woman.
Ciara: “I Don’t Know How to Tell You This” – Faith Ling
Haley: “Since When Are You Gay?” – Childbirth
Emma: “My Lover Cindy” – Marika Hackman
Shelby: I’m Coming Out” – Diana Ross
Max: “Deceptacon” – Le Tigre
The first song you add to your collaborative playlist with your crush (!!!!!)
Emma: “I Know (ft. Fiona Apple)” – King Princess
Haley: “I Want to Kiss You” – The Spook School
Ciara: “(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To” – Weezer
Shelby: “Boyfriend” – Best Coast
Joel: “Just the Way You Look Tonight” – Frank Sinatra
The song that plays in your head as you slide into your crush’s Canvas DMs
Cameron: “Please, Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want” – The Smiths
Ciara: “Shoot Your Shot” – Marqus Anthony
Cameron F: “Dweller on the Threshold” – Van Morrison
Haley: “The Ideal Husband” – Father John Misty
Shelby: “Nervous Breakdown” – Black Flag
Joel: “Boyfriend” – Justin Bieber
Alison: “Cowboy Take Me Away”- Dixie Chicks
When you get ghosted on February 13th
Haley: “List of People (To Try And Forget About)” – Tame Impala
Emma: “Party of One” – Brandi Carlile
Cameron F: “Nobody” – Mitski
Cameron: “Me and the Ceiling” – Celeste Buckingham
Ciara: “What Did I Do to Your Heart” – Jonas Brothers
Shelby: “Sound Of silence” – Simon and Garfunkel
Megan: “hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have – but i have it” – Lana Del Rey
Alison: “Eulogy for You and Me” – Tanya Davis
When you’re the one doing the ghosting
Cameron: “Please Don’t Say You Love Me” – Gabrielle Aplin
Haley: “Gardenhead / Leave Me Alone” – Neutral Milk Hot
Ciara: “I Would” – One Direction
Cameron F: “No Wrong” – Bahamas
Shelby: “I’m Not A Good Person” – Pat the Bunny OR “Bye Bye Bye” – NSYNC
Max: “Au Revoir (Adios)” – The Front Bottoms
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