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Music Therapy: 20 Songs That Preach Self-Love

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

Presenting your anti-Valentine’s Day playlist.

Spotify playlist: self-love love songs

Tracklist:

  1. Ellie Goulding, “Anything Could Happen”
  2. MisterWives, “Best I Can Do”
  3. Colbie Caillat, “Brighter Than the Sun”
  4. Kristen Chenoweth & Idina Menzel, “Defying Gravity”
  5. Alpines, “Empire”
  6. Bastille, “Flaws”
  7. Rudimental, “Free (feat. Emeli Sandé)”
  8. Banks, “Goddess”
  9. Lily Allen, “Hard out Here”
  10. Wilson Phillips, “Hold On”
  11. Halsey, “Hurricane”
  12. Ben Howard, “Keep Your Head Up”
  13. Rihanna, “Needed Me”
  14. Dua Lipa, “New Rules”
  15. Kesha, “Praying”
  16. Corinne Bailey Rae, “Put Your Records On”
  17. Daya, “Sit Still, Look Pretty”
  18. Lorde, “Yellow Flicker Beat”
  19. Grace, “You Don’t Own Me (feat. G-Eazy)”
  20. Julie Andrews & Raven-Symoné, “Your Crowning Glory”
Ellie is a Political Science and Policy Studies double major at Rice University, with a minor in Politics, Law and Social Thought. She spent the spring of 2017 studying/interning in London, and hopes to return to England for grad school. Academically, Ellie's passion lies in evaluating policies that further the causes of gender equality, LGBT rights, and access to satisfactory healthcare, specifically as it pertains to women's health and mental health. She also loves feminist memoirs, eighteenth-century history, old bookstores, and new places. She's continuously inspired by the many strong females in her life, and is an unequivocal proponent of women supporting women.