In honor of this year’s Grammy Awards giving me some much-need respite from the televised downfall of Pax Americana, here is a short playlist of my favorite songs from some of the Grammy Award winners and nominees. Which songs/artists are your favorite? (If you say you don’t like Beyoncé--no, you didn’t).
• TEXAS HOLD ‘EM, Beyoncé
• Please Please Please, Sabrina Carpenter • A Bar Song (Tipsy), Shaboozey
• Fortnight (feat. Post Malone); Taylor Swift, Post Malone
• Good Luck, Babe!, Chappell Roan
• Not Like Us, Kendrick Lamar
• NISSAN ALTIMA, Doechii
• Now And Then, The Beatles
• Apple, Charli xcx
• Die With A Smile; Lady Gaga, Bruno Mars
• Espresso, Sabrina Carpenter
• Beautiful Things, Benson Boone
• The Architect, Kacey Musgraves
• It Takes A Woman, Chris Stapleton
• Beautiful People (Stay High), The Black Keys
• Here We Go (Uh Oh), Coco Jones
• Burning, Tems
• After Hours, Kehlani
• Broken Man, St. Vincent
• Dark Matter, Pearl Jam
• Gift Horse, IDLES
• Dilemma, Green Day
• I Swear, I Really Wanted to Make a ‘Rap’ Album but This Is Literally the Way the Wind Blew Me This Time, André 3000
• May Ninth, Khruangbin
• Neon Pill, Cage the Elephant
• Starburster, Fontaines D.C.
• Escapism., RAYE, 070 Shake
• offline; Young Miko, Feid
• BYE BYE, Kim Gordon
• Higher, Burna Boy
• 4x4xU, Lainey Wilson
• The American Dream Is Killing Me, Green Day
• Big Mama, Latto
• Te Felicito; Shakira, Rauw Alejandro
• Cellar Door, Spiritbox
• Tomorrow, Yemi Alade
• 16 CARRIAGES, Beyoncé
• What Now, Brittany Howard
• Witchy (feat. Childish Gambino); KAYTRANADA, Childish Gambino
• Got Me Started, Troye Sivan
• Running, Norah Jones
• Love Me JeJe, Tems
• Von dutch, Charli xcx
• Pink Pony Club, Chappell Roan
• Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!); Gojira, Marina Viotti, Victor Le Masne
• That’s My King, CeCe Winans
• us (feat. Taylor Swift); Gracie Abrams, Taylor Swift
• Neverender; Justice, Tame Impala
• Cowboys Cry Too (with Noah Kahan); Kelsea Ballerini, Noah Kahan
• GOOD DAY, Forrest Frank
• Te Lo Agradezco; Kany García, Carin Leon
Andrea Gutierrez is the managing editor of the Bryan County News.