Grouplove

FOR THE LOVERS

– An absolute bop that will get you dancing like no one’s around. It’s all about that youthful, naive, exhilarating love that seems like it could last forever. Favourite lyric: “I loved you then and I love you now.” Cage the Elephant – Trouble First heard on the soundtrack to Edge of Seventeen (a perversely funny comingof-age film), this track is hazy and romantic in a non-suffocating way.

Favourite lyric: “I said it was love and I did it for life.” Weaves – Drag Me Down A spooky and delightfully unrecognisable cover of a One Direction song, this female-led track features on the horrorcomedy TV series Crazyhead. Still, it’s a hopeful one.

Favourite lyric: “All my life you stood by me, when no one else was ever behind me.” Ibeyi – Faithful Ibeyi is a duo of French-Cuban twin sisters and here, they deliver us a sparse, languid tune about what love requires in order to survive.

Favourite lyric: “My heart is set, you are the one for me.” The Mowgli’s – Say It, Just Say It An uptempo tune, Say It, Just Say It is for someone who hasn’t found love but would do anything to.

Favourite lyric: “You make me feel like I’ve been waiting my whole life, and I could die to find that simple kind of love you can’t deny.”

Jagged Edge (feat Run of Run DMC) – Let’s Get Married

We’re ending with a throwback tune about marriage, because why not? From The

FOR THE HATERS

The Neighbourhood – Afraid An aggressive start to our playlist, The Neighbourhood know exactly how to make bitterness sing. Favourite lyric: “It hurts but I won’t fight you. You suck, anyway.” The 1975 – Loving Someone The 1975 like to mix social commentary with indie pop, and Loving Someone is no difFavourite ferent. lyric: “I’m the Greek economy of cashing intellectual cheques.” The Kooks – Bad Habit The title says it all — who needs love when you’ve got your vices? Heavy on the percussions, Bad Habit is funky, smooth and addictive. Favourite lyric: “Oh man, you know I wish I had it all.” Melanie Martinez – Cry Baby The kind of song you’d imagine playing in the background of a bizarre heist. Favourite lyric: “Your heart’s too big for your body, it’s why you won’t fit inside.” Olly Murs – This tune somehow manages to be about both a terrible relationship and not realising what you’ve had until it’s gone. Favourite lyric: “You don’t know love ‘til it feels like you died when it’s missing.” Hailee Steinfeld – Love Myself Self-love on Valentine’s Day = crucial. Steinfeld takes a tired cliche and turns into something fresh and fun. Favourite lyric: “I LOVE ME.” Neighbourhood.