2012 - the year the world was supposed to end. i was weirdly stressed out about that. i would have been in 9th and 10th grade this year.

i had to do this one by month to see the progression of my taste in music. i was still in my oldie/50s era vibe but still had other interests. i was super active on tumblr at this point, and my blog had shifted from kpop to general blog posting anything from movies to 1d stuff to memes and everything in between. my personal life felt very rocky with some bullying and not feeling like i belonged or had a good group of friends, but i felt so happy logging on every day after school to listen to music and browse and that truly saved me. this playlist really takes me back to that.

JANUARY

• that's amore - dean martin
• somebody i used to know - gotye (i remember alicia showing me this song one time she slept over, and the music video had 200k views.)
• money burns a hole in my pocket - dean martin
• we found love - rihanna (i remember michelle's sister driving me home from school one day and playing this and i was instantly hooked - i was so young but all i wanted to do was go to a party and dance to this song)
• the headmaster ritual - the smiths (smiths discovery via the famous smiths tshirt from tumblr dnd the rest was history)
• ask - the smiths
• there is a light that never goes out - the smiths
• toes - lights
• everybody loves somebody - dean martin
• whisper to a scream - the icicle works (saints row came out and i was playing it non-stop, and this was part of the radio soundtrack)
• back to the old house - the smiths

FEBRUARY - clearly captivated by the new jay-z album

• welcome to the jungle - jay-z
• *** in paris - jay-z
• why i love you - jay-z
• photography - def leppard
• lift off - jay-z
• dayglo - iglu and hartly (this is a nexon audition classic)
• head over heels - tears for fears
• main street - late night alumni
• tonight is the night - outasight

MARCH

• hit me - shinee
• talk to you - shinee
• romeo and juliet - shinee
• hello - shinee
• fool - epik high
• every little thing - the beatles
• all you get from love is a love song - the carpenters (this would have been around the time that my grandpa gave me a bunch of his vinyl records. i was on youtube looking up videos and i found this girl who received some records from a neighbor, and one of them was the carpenters. i had never heard of them but i liked the album cover and listened and fell in love immediately)
• eyes - kaskade
• kiss me - ed sheeran (this orange album was my favorite and one of the first vinyl records i bought myself!!! you will see below i listened to this non-stop)
• feels so good - armin van buurgen
• siver and gold - city and colour
• wake me up - ed sheeran
• siberia - lights
• lights - ellie goulding
• stole my heart - one direction (oh my god the one direction phase begins!!!!!!)

APRIL -- indie phase in full swing :)

• come back home - two door cinema club
• autumn leaves - ed sheeran
• small bump - ed sheeran
• little bird - ed sheeran
• more than this - one direction
• stole my heart - one direction
• armistice - phoenix
• lasso - phoenix
• lisztomania - phoenix (i found phoenix through this song, via a podcast/youtube channel called 'eatyourkimchi'. they were americans living in korea as teachers and documenting their lives and i loved them)
• 1901 - phoenix
• eat that up, it's good for you - two door cinema club
• the a team - ed sheeran
• use somebody (cover) - one direction
• one thing - one direction (was absolutely obsessed at this point. full blown directioner)
• infinite arms - band of horses (another vinyl i purchased, the tumblr vinyl hype was so real and i felt like such a bad bitch having this on vinyl)
• if i ever feel better - phoenix (all time fav)
• sweet witches - f(x) (the last kpop remnants poking through before i go full indie)

MAY - the indie start kit below

• miami - foals (i think i found this band through that lost mysterious tumblr blog that made the BEST playlists ever..)
• spanish sahara - foals
• oxford comma - vampire weekend
• statelite - the weekend
• white sky - vampire weekend
• tokyo - the wombats (i either found this on tumblr or 8tracks and listened to it nonstop for weeks)
• cape cod kwassa kwassa - vampire weekend
• machi picchu - the strokes
• after glow - foals
• last time - labrinth
• disorder - joy division
• ready to go - panic at the disco (what a good vibe)
• monte carlo - us royalty
• sweet disposition (probably watched 500 days of summer and found this song)
• tongue tied (gigamesh remix) - grouplove (remix is key)
• kamikaze - owl city
• spanish sahara - foals

JUNE

• games - the strokes
• what you were - the drums
• surrender - angels and airwaves (i almost forgot about this phase..)
• sunrise sunset - we are trees
• sparks - coldplay
• polish girl - neon indian
• last train to london - electric light orchestra (gym class playlists were the best in high school)

JULY

• inner smile - texas (listened to this nonstop on the way to the states.. made the long ride manageable)
• what a pleasure - beach fossils (INDIE PHASE HERE WOW MY LIFE CHANGED WITH THIS ALBUM)
• over the moon - cher lloyd (loved all the brits thanks to 1d)
• the night out - martin solveig (also istened to this non-stop on the way to the states)
• chasing the sun - the wanter
• shallow - beach fossils
• from u - super junior (shocked to see some kpop here)
• gone again - best coast
• book of revelation - the drums

AUGUST

• 30 days - the saturdays (i was running like crazy and this song was super good to run to and i listened to it non-stop because it just.. worked)
• vegas girl - conor maynard
• lovers carvings - bibio (500 days of summer? some indie movie has this and i was hooked instantly)
• she makes me wanna - jls
• sleep alone - two door cinema club
• bubblegum bitch - marina and the diamonds
• walking on a dream - empire of the sun
• life on a nickel - foster and the people
• lemonbright* - talain rayne
• 11th dimension - julian casablancas
• i would do anything for you - foster the people

SEPTEMBER

• lilac wine (cover on soundcloud) - miley cyrus
• m above and beyond cybertrance remix
• four seasons - shinee
• i wanna be adored - the stone roses
• thinking bout you - frank ocean
• sweet disposition - the temper trap
• wonderwall (cover) - one direction
• genesis - grimes
• shutterbug - big boi
• when did your heart go missing - rooney

OCTOBER - barely any scrobbles according to last.fm so this one isn't accurate.

• its real - real estate
• lets go surfing
• happiness - the fray
• easy - real estate
• up all night - best coast
• the future - the drums

NOVEMBER - new one direction album will explain the below

• kiss you - one direction
• heart attack - one direction
• i would - one direction
• doing it wrong - drake
• rock me - one direction
• truly madly deeply - one direction (i remember the 'empty arena' version going viral on tumblr and youtube and it sounded so pretty with the guitar)
• do it like a dude (cover) - jessi j (i loved this song)

DECEMBER - barely any scrobbles again

• wings - little mix
• we come running - youngblood hawke
• once - diana vickers
• locked out of heaven - bruno mars (victorias secret fashion show era clearly?)
• she's not afraid - one direction
• scream and shout - will.i.am/brittney spears
• she wolf - david guetta
• sex yeah - marina and the diamonds