monthly playlists <3

Hi strangers, happy summer.

Let me start by offering a sincere & heartfelt apology for my prolonged newsletter absence. I have only a handful of good reasons for that, is that enough? I’m here to share something with you… while I recalibrate my brain to write.

Every month on TikTok & Instagram, I share a playlist called “Songs of the Month”. They feature songs that I happened to listen to that month—whether old, new, or random hyper-fixations.

I figured it was time to start sharing these playlists with you all. A little retroactively, sure, but I’ll make sure to keep you updated every month from here on out.

(Also: as a newsletter subscriber, getting direct links to the Spotify playlists, you’ll get to hear all the extra songs that don’t make it to the videos.)

Without further ado…

January

First Samia mention… and dipping my toes into some new, just a bit

February

Oklou truther, Leon Thomas is lowkey goated, theater kid vulnerability

March

Lots of epic women in this one…

April

This month, I also shared a few albums (+ a mixtape) I’ve loved for a long time and tried to listen to fully, many times. I was trying to improve my attention span… lol. They are:

• Charm by Clairo

• how i’m feeling now by Charli XCX

• channel ORANGE by Frank Ocean

• Caution by Mariah Carey

• But You Caint Use My Phone by Erykah Badu

May

Second Samia mention… Patsy Cline is THAT bitch, etc.

June

If you aren’t familiar with old Googoosh songs, fix that

July

I love these songs collected and strung together

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Now would you look at that!? You’re all caught up.

Stay tuned for August… and every other month ‘til we start over in 2026. :)

xoxo,

Nikki