The Problem With Ancient World Playlists
This article is part of our music special.
Whenever I listen back to the playlist from my first term of university, I’m instantly transported back to the time I was making new friends, learning new things, and living away from home for the first time, all while blissfully unaware of the Coronavirus-shaped hole that was about to be torn into my university experience in just a few months’ time. The accumulation of songs I listened to during those first few weeks reminds me of a place in my memory, a place which has been idealized in my imagination. Sound is…
