Theme
Songs about anxiety
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Bella Kay
Steady
A refusal to enter a relationship because the singer can't stand herself long enough to let someone else try
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Noah Graves
Jesus, I'm afraid
A 3 a.m. prayer from someone whose public smile hides a private collapse, addressed to a God they are still learning to trust
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Benson Boone
Beautiful Things
A prayer of gratitude that curdles into panic, sung by someone who finally has a good life and cannot stop bracing for it to disappear
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Malcolm Todd
Earrings
A short, self-aware song about being too anxious to admit a small mistake to someone you slept with, and watching the silence quietly end the thing
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LE SSERAFIM
BOOMPALA
A pop mantra about loosening your grip on fear and permanence by treating self-love as a daily, almost meditative practice