The 2020 playlist that got us through the year includes Fiona Apple, Megan Thee Stallion, Bad Bunny, The Strokes, Gorillaz, Chloe x Halle, Rico Nasty, and more.
Now that the year’s finally over, we can look back. While our ‘End of Lists’ will be rolling out in January, we can admit that 2020 was something. Notably, just when we thought it couldn’t be more outrageous— well, multilevel hidden trick floors. Despite these atypical times, the one constant in our lives is that music truly is a haven.
We listened to music more than ever before; our music playlists were a saving grace. Precisely why Nicole and I came together, to assemble our favorite songs that got us through these extraordinary times and were bright lights in a dark year.
The Strokes “The Adults are Talking”
Big Thief “Love in Mine”
Dehd “Loner”
Hamilton Leithauser “Til Your Ship Comes In”
The Stone Roses “All Across the Sands”
Billy Changer “Here We Are Waiting”
Ebo Taylor “My Love and Music”
Papooz “Ulysses and the Sea”
BOYO “Hit or Miss”
Polo & Pan “Nanã”
Leonard Cohen “One of Us Cannot Be Wrong”
Buck Owen “If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin'”
Sufjan Stevens “Run Away With Me”
Protomartyr “Processed by the Boys”
The Chicks “Gaslighter”
Christine and the Queens “People, I’ve Been Sad”
Taylor Swift “Champagne Problems”
Fiona Apple “Fetch the Bolt Cutters”
Best Coast “Everything Has Changed“
Lianne La Havas “Bittersweet”
Kiana Ledé “Chocolate” (feat. Ari Lennox)
Lady Gaga “Chromatica II”
Bad Bunny “Yo Perreo Sola”
Doja Cat “Boss Bitch”
Megan Thee Stallion “Diamonds” (with Normani)
Tame Impala “Borderline”
Purity Ring “silkspun”
Miley Cyrus “Heart of Glass” (Live from the iHeart Music Festival)
Charli XCX “claws”
The Weeknd “Blinding Lights”
Dua Lipa “Levitating” (feat. DaBaby)
Lady Gaga “Alice”
Rina Sawayama “Love Me 4 Me”
Chloe x Halle “Busy Boy”
Glass Animals “Your Love (Déjà Vu)
Kid Cudi “Tequila Shots”
Gorillaz “The Pink Phantom” (feat. Elton John and 6LACK)
Flo Milli “Beef FloMix”
Cardi B “WAP” (feat. Megan Thee Stallion)
Rico Nasty “Loser” (feat. Trippie Redd)
Anthony Willis “Toxic” (from “Promising Young Woman” Soundtrack)
Kid Cudi “Beautiful Trip”
Lady Gaga “Chromatica III”
2020 x Play Into It is now live on both Spotify and Apple Music.
