Just like many of you likely are, I am ecstatic that spring has arrived in Seattle! The future is full of glorious sunny days that require music to daydream with. So I created a playlist that was inspired by spring and a mix of cottage core and romantic academia elements. Picture yourself laying on a picnic blanket in a sundress surrounded by wildflowers listening to these beautiful songs…
emma’s ethereal & romantic spring playlist
The Last Unicorn – America Old Money – Lana Del Rey Mystery of Love – Sufjan Stevens Achilles Come Down – Gang of Youths Dance for Me Wallis – Abel Korzeniowski Once Upon a December – Emile Pandolfi Aldebaran – S.A. Karl Amore mio aiutami – Piero Piccioni Waltz of the Flowers – Tchaikovsky Salvatore – Lana Del Rey Experience – Ludovico Einaudi Swan Lake, Op.20, Act 2:XI. No.14 – Tchaikovsky Planetarium – Justin Hurwtiz Flightless Bird, American Mouth – Iron & Wine Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium) – Ola Gjeilo Sirens – Emile Waldteufel Persephone – Tamino Realm of Hope – Jonathan Segev Sonata No. 14 in C-sharp Minor – Beethoven Alone at the Lake – Claude Signet The Sound of Music – Charmain Carr, Heather Menzies, etc. The Night We Met – Sarah and Michaila Cothran Walking Through the Garden – Zbigniew Preisner
I picked some of these songs from movie soundtracks like Anastasia, The Secret Garden, The Last Unicorn, La La Land, Call Me By Your Name, and so on. However, a lot of these songs were also picked from a genre of aesthetic youtube playlists!
If you like aesthetically based playlists I would encourage you to check out the channels “Ivoryyy” and “Oliviaalee” on youtube. They both create playlists for every type of mood or aesthetic you could imagine, and include creative (and sometimes heavily dramatized) titles to bring them to life.
Some of Ivoryyy’s are: “Lying in the Ruins of Greece” “Searching for lost souls in an old library” “Dancing through the hidden Garden, an ethereal playlist” “I told the stars about you, dark academia playlist” “Down the rabbit hole, a dream core playlist” “I can’t talk right now, I’m doing hot girl thingz”
Some of Oliviaalee’s are: “A playlist for old money living in the french countryside, light academia” “A playlist for depressed poets, dark academia” “You’re a ballerina dancing with a ghost in an abandoned theater, dark academia x royal core” “A pride and prejudice playlist, regency era” “You’ve fallen into the starry night painting” “You’re the rich kid in an early 2000’s movie (a y2k playlist)”
Even within these limited lists there are so many kinds of playlists to choose from! They are so much fun whether you are studying, laying in the sun, on a walk, or on a long drive. I encourage you to have fun with it and dive into the world of aesthetic playlists!