The semester workload is picking up and I pulled a sweater out of my closet last night — this can only mean one thing. Fall is here! And a new season calls for a new playlist. Autumn is for cozy drinks, pumpkin picking, crushing a little too hard on the person across the lecture hall, and pretending your walk across campus is part of a movie montage. Embrace it all with this list of songs, designed to bring the magic of a romantic comedy to your everyday life.
“Kiss me” by sixpence none the richer
This song is soft, sweet, and oh-so-lovely. It’s the perfect background music for the moment you realize that you’re actually in love with your long-time best friend, who happens to feel the same way about you.
“where you lead” by carole king
You can’t have fall without the Gilmores, and this is their song. Follow Lorelai and Rory’s lead by falling hopelessly in love with men of varying levels of maturity. There may be drama, but do it for the plot.
“Cigarette daydreams” by cage the elephant
This song has a touch of mystery. It calls for introspection. Play it as you stare longingly out the window on a stormy fall night, perhaps torn between two equally attractive but completely different love interests.
“Valerie” by amy winehouse
Moody and passionate, this is the tune that’ll play during a grand gesture of love that follows a huge fight. Get ready for roses.
“put your records on” by corinne bailey rae
This song is for dancing in an old-fashioned diner with your crush. Obviously.
“I think i met you in a dream” by coin
Every rom-com needs a good dream scene, where the main character thinks she’s finally in love and then is brutally awakened back to her sad reality. This is the background music for yours.
“do you believe in magic?” by the lovin’ spoonful
Hopeful and upbeat, this tune will play during a bouncy montage of early-relationship glee.
“vienna” by billy joel
That honeymoon can’t wait forever. This song will come after a minor conflict that to you, seems like the end of the world.
“she’s so high” by tal bachman
At some point, someone will admire you from afar, and you’ll have no idea. This’ll be the song that’s playing.
“Dreams” by the cranberries
The perfect way to end a rom-com. I can see the credits rolling now.
Your fall rom-com playlist:
Enjoy these and the other rom-com-worthy songs on the list as you embrace this lovely season.