Theme
Songs about nostalgia
Interpretations from our editorial team that explore this theme.
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Cody Johnson
Take Me Back (Leave Me There)
A homesick prayer for a vanished mid-century South, where the singer wants not just to visit the past but to be left there for good
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Weezer
Buddy Holly (2024 Remaster)
A geeky kid styles himself and his girlfriend as a vintage TV-and-radio couple to wave off bullies and prove that retro devotion beats schoolyard cool
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Ed Sheeran
Celestial
A love song about finding steadiness in another person when the world feels too heavy, framed as cosmic awe at ordinary connection
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The Chainsmokers
Closer (feat. Halsey)
Two exes in their mid-twenties hook up in a hotel bar and pretend, for one night, that the rented car and the stolen mattress add up to a life