Ultimate Summer Playlist

If you’re anything like me, you appreciate a good tune and finding new music that uplifts your mood! While I love using Spotify to discover new music, I find that some of the best songs I come across are ones friends have played. So I’m here to share some of my go-to songs I listen to while travelling/in the summer! They’ve been categorized to help you find the best song for the right scene and a lot of these songs were discovered during my travels. Behold the ultimate summer playlist. Enjoy!

Hiking

Artists:

• Drake – 8 out of 10, God’s plan, Nonstop & Passionfruit
• ODESZA – It’s only, Sun models, Falls, Corners of the earth, How did I get here & I play you listen

Songs:

• Seve – Tez Cadey 
• Anemone – slenderbodies
• Nevermind – Dennis Lloyd
• Perfect places – Lorde
• Rumor mill – Rudimental
• Touch the sky – Kanye West
• Can’t Stop – Red Hot Chili Peppers
• Breakn’ a sweat – Skrillex – Zedd remix
• King Kunta – Kendrick Lamar

Solo Travel/Adventuring

Artists:

• Anderson .Paak – Jet Black & Am I wrong
• Rex Orange County – 10/10, Television, Happiness, Loving is easy & Corduroy dreams

Songs:

• Brazil – Declan McKenna 
• Hollywood – RAC
• New scene – Felix Cartal
• Eagle eyes – Felix Jaehn
• It ain’t me – Kygo & Selena Gomez
• Gold – Thomas Jack Remix
• 8TEEN – Khalid

Road Trips/Acoustic Tunes

Artists:

• RHCP (Red Hot Chili Peppers) – She looks to me, The longest wave, Scar tissue, Sick love, Can’t stop & Dosed
• Jack Botts – Gypsy, Sea Spray, Beauty Below, The Coffee Song & Home to You
• Ziggy Alberts – Together, Runaway, Love me now, Heaven, Worn out, Laps around the sun & Gone
• Ben Howard – Only love & Keep your head up

Songs:

• California – I said yes 
• Loving is easy & Corduroy dreams – Rex Orange County
• Like gold – Vance Joy
• For you – James TW
• Hallucinogenics – Matt Maeson
• Stolen dance – Milky Chance
• Unwritten – Natasha Bedingfield

Beach Tunes/Tropical House 

Artists:

• Ehrling – No worries, Tease, This is my passion & All I need
• Homemade Haircuts – Fairy Tale & Flamingo Isle are 👌🏽

Songs:

• Baiana – Bakermat 
• Island in the sun – Weezer 
• Sunbleached Girl – Shag Rock
• Hunnybee – Unknown Mortal Orchestra
• Free – Rudimental
• Rum Rage – Sticky Fingers
• Shine – Felix Jaehn
• Riptide – Vance Joy

Dance/pick me up

Artists:

• Tame Impala – Is it true, Borderline, The less I know the better & Lost in yesterday

Songs:

• Sexual, Sand & Lead – NEIKED
• Never gonna be – KVR
• Walls (summer mix) – Tez Cadey
• Been meaning to tell you – Starley – Odd Mob remix
• Dancing in the moonlight – Toploader 2001 remix
• Bounce – Calvin Harris
• Cola – CamelPhat & Elderbrook

Chill Tunes

Artists:

• Maribou State – Midas & Nervous Tics
• Slenderbodies – Anemone & Belong
• ODESZA – It’s only, Sun models, Falls, Corners of the earth, How did I get here & I play you listen

Songs:

• Cigarette Daydreams – Cage The Elephant 
• Pluto Projector – Rex Orange County 
• Two Bodies – Flight Facilities
• Here if you want (pale blue) – MOSSS
• From time – Drake
• Numb – Hayden James
• Ocean Eyes – Billie Eilish – AC3 remix is the BEST but can’t be found on Spotify 😭 You can find it on YouTube here!

While this list could be endless, I’m going to leave things here! I hope you enjoy the ultimate summer playlist I’ve put together and add some songs to your own playlists for the rest of summer and future travels.

See you next week!

Cheers,

Amy