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57 Songs to Play When You’re In Love With Your Best Friend

This article is written by a student writer from the Her Campus at CWU chapter.

There are certain Hollywood or BookTok storylines that are undeniably heart-racing, toe-curling perfection. Who can say no to the plot where the main character realizes that they’re in love with their best friend? I can hear the sigh of relief from the protagonist now, celebrating the realization that everyone else came to eons ago. I know the feelings of surprise, frustration, and wonder that the main character would be feeling at this point. How? Because I am the main character.  

Apparently, I’ve been in love with my best friend for years, but I only just registered it this summer. And while love is a wonderful sensation, I can’t exactly confess my newfound feelings to him. Instead, I made a soundtrack of the perfect romantic songs, ranging from country ballads to hopeful rock tunes to cry to as I imagine all the ways things could go right (or wrong). BRB, I’m off to live out all of my wildest Wattpad fantasies through the music videos in my head, because I’m trapped in a romance trope with my BFF

So, if you’re also pining for your BFF, then run yourself a bath, light a candle to help set the mood, and work through your feelings on the downlow with this playlist for when you’re secretly in love with your best friend.

1. Being in love with u – tomppabeats

2. Best Part – Daniel Ceasar & H.E.R.

3. Bossa No Sé – Cuco & Jean Carter

4. Boys Like You – Dodie

5. Break My Heart Again – Finneas

6. Couple of Kids – Maggie Lindemann

7. Crush Culture – Conan Gray

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8. Crush – Tessa Violet

9. dont make me fall in love – koi

10. Ease My Mind – Ben Platt

11. Easily – Bruno Major

12. Falling For U – Peachy! & mxmtoon

13. Feel BETTER – Garrett Nash

14. FLARE GUNS – Quinn XCII & Chelsea Cutler

15. Hurt Me Once – Ben Platt

16. I.F.L.Y – Bazzi

17. I hate u, I love you – Garrett Nash & Olivia O’Brien

18. I Wish – Hayley Kiyoko

19. Just Friends – Olivia O’Brien

20. Let Me Down SLowly – Alec Benjamin

21. Let’s Fall in Love for the Night – FINNEAS

22. Lost In You – Khai Dreams

23. Love. Feat. Zacari. – Kendrick Lamar & Zacari

24. Love Me Less – MAX & QuinN XCII

25. Make You Mine – Public

26. Moonlight – Ali Gatie

27. please never fall in love again – feyesal & Ollie MN

28. Run Away – Ben Platt

29. Say You Won’t Let Go – James Arthur

30. sex – Eden

31. SLOW DANICNIG IN THE DARK – Joji

32. SOmeone To You – BANNERS

33. SOMEONE YOU LOVED – Lewis Capaldi

34. SUGAR – BROCKHAMPTON

35. Take My Breath Away – EZI

36. Talking To The Moon  – Bruno Mars

37. Temporary Love – Ben Platt

38. Thinkin Bout You – Ciara

39. Unsteady – X Ambassadors

40. Woke the F*ck Up – Jon Bellion

41. Stay With Me – Sam Smith

42. We Belong Together – Mariah Carey

43. It’s You – Ali Gatie

44. Helplessly – Tatiana Manaois

45. Painkiller – Ruel

46. First Aid Kit – Maddie Poppe

47. Raincoat (Acoustic) – Timeflies & Kira Kosarin

48. Little Things – Maddie Poppe

49. Little of your love – haim

50. Why – Sabrina Carpenter

51. 3005 – Childish Gambino

52. I Lost A Friend – FINNEAS

53. Yellow Hearts – Ant Saunders

54. Right Hand – Drake

55. Memories – Maroon 5

56. Be My Baby – The Ronettes

57. Something To Talk About – Bonnie Raitt

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Her Campus CWU Writer Current Junior at Central Washington University Majoring in Liberal Studies with a Business minor A yellow enthusiast through and through