Iam obsessed with the songs I remember the best. The songs whose lyrics immediately come to mind upon the ring of the first chord. The songs I first heard many years ago, and continue to listen to through my 22nd year. I’ve listened to these songs hundreds, thousands and tens of thousands of times.

My old reliables bolster my every playlist, and I never skip them; I often skip other songs just to reach them.

I know this experience is not unique to me; everyone loves their childhood songs. We are addicted to nostalgia. We obsess over the familiar comforts. A song can evoke autobiographical, personal memories and vivid sensory experiences of the moment you heard it. It can bring back the comfort of childhood or the indescribable feeling of hearing a track that feels as though it was made

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