Freshman Orientation LC04

I included “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?” from one of my favorite movies, Frozen. I love Olaf’s character; he should have his own movie. If Frozen came out at a more age appropriate time for me, I would have grown up on it. My sister and I are very close; we vacationed in Disney World last January when Frozen was in theater. We saw it together.

I included “Runaway” by Kanye West. Kanye gets a lot of negative critique regarding his behavior outside of the studio. Judging him as an artist alone, he’s a creative genius. He’s an icon because he uses what people say about him as fuel to keep going. We could all learn something from him in that aspect. I love this song mostly because of the video: I adore ballet and the extended video tells a unique story.

I included “Run the World (Girls)” by Beyonce because she’s one of the only famous women who isn’t afraid to say she’s a feminist. Women who are still afraid of calling themselves feminists after all these people before us have fought makes me sad. I consider myself a feminist.

“Team” by Lorde is on my list because I strongly believe in teamwork. I try to remind every group I’m in that we’re a team; we are trying to achieve the same goal. The first line of the song, “Wait till you’re announced,” represents a goal of mine. I want to work and work until one day I don’t have to introduce myself.

I included a more popular remix to “Young and Beautiful” by Lana Del Rey. The original is depressing, but the remix isn’t. I use creative art forms like music to escape everyday problems. I thought this represented that part of me. “Clarity” by Zedd was also included because it speaks to the same concept. It’s a sad song, but the beat distracts from the lyrics.

“Maiya Yashoda” and “Carnival Tabanca” represent me culturally. My parents are from Guyana. Guyana is unique to most other places in the West Indies because their inhabitants descend from African and Indian slaves. These two songs are so different, but they both encompass the kind of music I grew up on.

“Till the World Ends” is on Britney Spears’s album Femme Fatale. Britney is the first pop artist I could remember liking because my sister, who’s seven years older forced her music on me. Femme Fatale is one of her albums released in my time. My middle name, Mohini, translates to femme fatale.

The last song on my list is “It’s So Hard to Say Goodbye to Yesterday”. I included this one for you all. It’s my high school graduation song. I adored my four years of high school. My transition to college wasn’t as easy as it may look now that I’m a junior. It was really rough my freshman year and I wished everything was the same as 12^th grade. But today, three years since, I’m so thrilled it isn’t!

To listen to my playlist, click here!