Week 7 Radio - Music Archive

Hello XPUB1!☺
For the Week 7: Radio Show, we would love to hear your songs!♫♪
More specifically, songs from your early teenage years (13 to 16y.o.)! There are specific themes for the songs we are looking to collect, explained in the sections below.⇊

Please, upload your songs as .mp3, add your name, the name of the song and artist and if you want, a short description as to how & why your song relates the theme/prompt. We already uploaded a song as a template to copy/paste with your songs.

Thank you!♡
- Chrissy, Imina, Kiara, Tessa & Charlie

SHAME

Prompt: A song you were ashamed of liking when you were 13-16.

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Charlie: "Ningyo Hime" - Rie Tanaka (CHOBITS Anime Ending)

Age: 13-15
Context: Chobits was the first Manga I ever saw/read at 10 y.o., which sparked my love for Manga and Anime, which ultimately sparked my love for drawing and arts.. I still LOVE the song but I was super ashamed to unironically listen to anime music back in my early teenage years.

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Zuhui: "Prologue" - David Newman (Soundtrack from Disney movie 'Anastasia')

Age: 14-16
Context: I remember feeling a sense of shame for liking music from animated series or movie when I was a teenager. As a kid I wanted to be seen as grown up as much as possible and do grown up stuffs, so enjoying something from animated contents made me feel immature. Apart from how misleading the historical facts are in this Disney movie, I still love the atmosphere and the song it created around the pre and post Russian revolution, with magic in between.

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Alexandria: "Joker And The Thief" - Wolfmother

Age: 13-15
Context: I found it very hard to make friends starting highschool, and one of the things I was hoping was that there'd be people who liked the same music I did. Unfortunately very few people did and I kind of got bullied out of the things I liked and into things I didn't really care for. Thankfully now I can very much embrace the music I loved back then, and most of it I still do!

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Kiara: "What makes you beautiful" - One Direction

Age: 12-14
Context: Everyone was listening to One Direction back then, and even if I was trying hard not to fit it the mould...I couldn't help but like the song...

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Martina: "Memento Mori" - Crywank

Age: 15-16
Context: I was a very angsty and existential teen, so I related a lot to this song but now I feel shame/ cringe when reading the lyrics.

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Imina: "Follow Me Down" - The Pretty Reckless

Age: 16
Context: I was 16 & sitting in the car with my dad after I had just gotten the new single of The Pretty Reckless. Driving back home from the city I was like "Dad, let's listen to this!! It's gonna be amazing" not knowing about the beginning of this song (which understandably is embarassing at 16 in the car with your dad listening in silence). However the song is great and we both agreed on that after listening.

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Claudio: "Obsesion" - Aventura

Age: 13-16
Context: I remember listening to a lot of latin american music when I went to visit my father and his family, we also listened to it when we travelled by car because he used to make mixes on CDs. All in all most of the songs were normalized to me but I remember feeling shame when playing them when my friends were around.

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Chrissy: "Mittelfinger hoch" - Casper, Favorite & Kollegah

Age: 15-16
Context: I was a super huger Casper Fan at the time, but this song was very different from any other he'd released & I was kind of ashamed liking this one, because idk it was so „gangster“?! & also because I really hated the other featured rappers in the song.

GUILT

Prompt: A guilty pleasure song from your teenage years (you still listen to).

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Imina: "You'll Always Find Your Way Back Home" - Hannah Montana

Age: 12-14
Context: If Hannah Montana can find her way back home, so can I :')

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Zuhui: "Pump it" - Black Eyed Peas

Age: 14-16
Context: I used to be a big fan of the Black Eyed Peas as a teenager because back then they were the coolest thing ever. I still listen to some of their songs, but I think I feel guilty about it because my friends think they're cringe. It's mostly because their music is now played regularly at tasteless pubs and clubs during 2000s-themed nights(but I would still love to dance my ass off to this).

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Alexandria: "Unravel" - Toru Kitajima

Age: 14-15
Context: Was absolutely obsessed with Tokyo Ghoul and the anime's opening and I still sing it at karaoke nights, but I'd be hesitant to admit that to anyone outside of that bubble.

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Kiara: "Tatoue Moi" - Mozart L'Opéra Rock

Age: 13-16
Context: It's a musical, the lead singer is Italian and has this sexy accent when singing in French... I know the lyrics by heart <3.

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Martina: "Only Love" - Ben Howard

Age: 13
Context: I remember someone introducing me to Ben Howard in secondary school, this is probably his most overplayed song- I still love it though!!!

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Claudio: "Il mio inferno" - Skruigners

Age: 16
Context: From my favorite Italian punk band, some of their songs last 20 seconds and are just explosions of words and instruments, some last 1 minute and state a malcontent and repeat it a couple of times before the song ends abruptly. This one is a bit of both.

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Chrissy: "3 Minuten" - Prinz Pi

Age: 15-16
Context: The song is about party youth & the struggles of being a teenager in Germany at that time & we used to listen to it at parties & it still reminds me of that time in a good & nostalgic way. Even though Prinz Pi is kinda cringe for an adult person.

SORROW

Prompt: A song that made you sob or which you listened to when you were terribly sad.

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Alexandria: "Sometimes" - The Drones

Age: 16
Context: This song always managed to hit the melancholy just right, violent sobbing included!

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Fred: "Candles" - Daughter

Age: 16
Context: When I was depressed and endlessly bored at boarding school, I used to sit in my room for hours and listen to Indie Shuffle. This is one of the songs that brings me back to that time. Sorry to everyone I sent this to.

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Kiara: "Landfill" - Daughter

Age: 15-16
Context: I discovered this song because a friend of mine covered it at a high-school concert. She was sending a message to her ex who cheated on her at the time by singing this. It hit hard and it's now my go-to when I'm sad.

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Martina: "Water Me" - FKA Twigs

Age: 16
Context: I had a massive FKA Twigs phase during this time, I remember listening to this song constantly when I took the bus back in Malta, dramatically looking outside the window as I listened.

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Imina: "17" - Youth Lagoon

Age: 15-16
Context: This song immediately takes me back to tumblr-days when all I did was sit at home feeling misunderstood by the world but found my people on there. It also evokes the naive feeling of believing everything can happen for you when you're 16/17.

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Claudio: "Triste" - Mina

Age: 13-16
Context: The song name says it all, it translates to "Sad". The singer constantly repeats "Sad, like... Sad, like...". I used to listen to this when I was sad to the point that I was tired, it felt like listening to a lullaby.

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Chrissy: "Eigentlich wollte er nie ein Liebeslied schreiben" - SDP

Age: 13-14
Context: The song is about break-ups & other stuff I didn’t really experienced so much between 13 & 14 & still felt somehow understood? But remember so clearly how I was sitting at my window, smoking & thinking „oh boy, love & live is so hard“ haha

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Eleni: "I Will Follow You Into the Dark" - Death Cab for Cutie

Age: 14-16
Context: The realization that one day I WILL die started to haunt me in middle school. I would lose sleep for days and cry when I was alone, it was a mess! This song would ignite that feeling and still does.

LOVE

Prompt: A song from an artist/artists/band you still listen to today.

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Sevgi: "Haberin Yok Oluyorum" - Duman

Age: 15
Context: Duman's concerts were the first concerts where I went with my friends, drank beers and had loads of fun. I loved this song because the crowd would become one and sway one way and then the other together and it felt incredible to finally be a person but also belong to the crowd.

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Alexandria: "Easy Easy" - King Krule

Age: 14-16
Context: I loved King Krule for a lot of reasons, his accent, his vibe, his sound, it was definitely my first musician crush.

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Kiara: "Breezeblocks" - Alt-J

Age: 15
Context: Gym class: we have to make choreographies and choose a song to match with. One of my friends suggests Alt-J, i don't know them. She makes us listen to it, we agree. It's been one of my favourite bands ever since, saw them twice live, they're amazing.

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Martina: "Never Let Me Down Again" - Depeche Mode

Age: 15
Context: My dad is obsessed with Depeche Mode- since I can remember till the present day, he plays all their albums in the car. He also plays them at home while he's working, their songs started to feel like background noise in the house. But this specific song, along with many others by the band, is great.

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Imina: "Disease" - Lady Gaga

Age: 12-27
Context: I love Gaga. I have loved Gaga since I was 12 and my dad gifted me "The Fame" (and my first fav song was "I like it rough", lol). I think nothing and nobody has influenced my teenage years/coming of age as much as she has. I never thought I'd still sell my soul to see her live but here I am. Her new single came out on Friday and it's amazing.

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Chrissy: "ReEducation (Through Labor)" - Rise Against

Age: 13-30
Context: I actually mainly listened to Rock, Metal(core), Alternative & stuff like that between the ages of 13 & 16 & this band is still a big part of my monthly listening. Back then I had no idea what the lyrics were about, but since knowing them I love the band even more <3