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Dotted across the days of September, it has often felt like time is rushing through us. It keeps pouring in, the minutes finding themselves disintegrating into each other, and pours out with a swishing blur. These long drawled out visceral moments of knowing nothing really visceral is happening – all during a period when many of us feel like we should be emerging into a new state of life.

Growing older this year has felt like a diminished, constricted possibility of what could have been once experienced. The fear of not knowing the tangibility of growing older, the act of bracing yourself for a striking movement of growth when the world decides to show itself to you – turns out, growing pains ripple through you even when everything around you comes to a halt.

We hope you hear the echoes of our fused fear and exhilaration for change and growth in these songs.

Growing Pains by Alessia Cara

Album: The Pains of Growing

The Other Side by Conan Gray

Ribs by Lorde

Album: Pure Heroine

Suit And Jacket by Judah & The Lion

Album: Folk Hop N’ Roll

SUPERPOSITION (ft. John Mayer) by Daniel Caesar

Album: Case Study 01

FEAR. by Kendrick Lamar

Album: DAMN.

Kids by MGMT

Album: Oracular Spectacular

Yes I’m Changing by Tame Impala

Album: Currents

20 Something by SZA

Album: CTRL

Sweet Life by Frank Ocean

Album: channel ORANGE

Solo by Oh Wonder

Album: Ultralife

Ain’t It Fun by Paramore

Album: Paramore

Grown (from Grown-ish) by Chloe x Halle

Album: The Kids Are Alright

You can listen to the entire playlist on YouTube or Spotify.