Seven Bops: 051423 - 052023
A weekly playlist of sonic therapy to move you through the week.
Wassup, y’all 👋🏾! My weekend was all over the place so it took me a little longer to get this week’s playlist poppin’. I gotta say, y’all showed up with some really beautiful submissions last week. Thank you to Jamila, gwen, Nqobile, and Magali for your shares! A few of them brought tears to my eyes and were more cathartic than I anticipated. While they don’t all flow together for this week’s playlist, they sparked an idea for more expansive music discovery and sharing that I’ll tell you more about once I’m done marinating on how to roll it out.
In the meantime, here’s the tracklist for this week:
METTE - Mama’s Eyes
Janelle Monae - Float *Coco & Breezy Remix* (shout out to Jamila in Charlotte, NC for texting me this one!)
KAYTRANADA feat. Charlotte Day Wilson (shout out to gwen in Montclair, NJ for this submission!)
ENNY - Charge It
Fhin feat. Chløë Black - Irréversible *Private Agenda Remix*
Kehina & emil - Would You (Renee, I think I found this in your IG stories last week. If so, thank you!)
Soft Glas - Humid
Just as a heads up, the vibe on this one is super upbeat to start. Heavy on the “get that ass up and dance” and then it mellows out and feels like a warm hug, lol.
Listen on Apple Music or Spotify.
Talk to y’all tomorrow when submissions open for the next playlist ❤️.
HMKM
Seven Bops is a community sourced playlist curated to move you through the week. Every Wednesday I create a thread for submissions. From the bops you all submit and what I’m currently listening to, I’ll curate a set of seven songs to share with you every Sunday.
The Seven Bops ALWAYS delivers. As a tarot reader (which is the practice that grounds me most in my life), I flip a card over everyday to ground me in a frame that I might not have otherwise thought to think through. I share this because the Seven Bops has become a weekly compass of emotions and feelings swirling inside me (similar to my daily pull, it has become a ritual). It’s as if seven individuals threw wishes, reflections, and observations out into the universe (through song/music), then you (Holley) say “Bet, I got you all, Fam.” And put these songs together to help us move around the parts that are stuck or need some rejuvenation. I defend my dissertation this Friday. I am experiencing a mix of excitement and anxiety. But it is because I care so deeply. Most importantly, I felt like dropping in and saying thank you (again and again) for this much needed boost to my week. Seriously, thank YOU and thanks to the community for this nourishing lift that arrives just in time every week. Big BIG love! ♥️