It’s Valentine’s Day. You’re getting ready for your date at the classiest establishment: Olive Garden. As you’re throwing on your favorite pair of slacks or dress, you realize you’re just minutes away from endless salad and breadsticks.
Oh no! You forgot to make a playlist!
Don’t worry. From getting ready, to setting the mood after you stuff your face with bottomless pasta, all the way to an unexpected breakup, The State News has you covered.
Here is our Valentine’s Day playlist:
When we said we made you a playlist for your full night, we meant it. The first seven songs of the playlist are perfect for getting ready for the big date. Here's what we included:
Dream Boy - Beach Bunny
Sunday Best - Surfaces
Watermelon Sugar - Harry Styles
100 Degrees - Rich Brian
Brandy (You're a Fine Girl) - Looking Glass
Pray 4 Love - Travis Scott (feat. The Weeknd)
My Girl - The Temptations
Now, when you're buckling up in the car and getting ready to make your trip to the finest Italian restaurant where everybody is treated like family. You have to have some great sing along songs to belt out together on the trip over, so the next eight songs are for you and your date to throw a rave on the trip over. Together, we came up with these:
Old School Love - Lupe Fiasco (feat. Ed Sheeran)
Riptide - Vance Joy
I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) - Whitney Houston
Introducing Me (From "Camp Rock 2: The Final Jam") - Nick Jonas
Take Me - Aly & AJ
LOVE. FEAT. ZACARI. - Kendrick Lamar
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I Like Me Better - Lauv
Lose It - SWMRS
You've pulled into the Olive Garden, after filling your heads with vibes the entire car ride, it's time to slow it down a little bit. You don't need songs you have to sing along to now, but you still need something playing in the background while you talk the night away. Here are the songs you should have humming quietly during your endless-pasta bowl adventure:
The Night We Met - Lord Huron
All To Myself - Dan + Shay
Say You Won't Let Go - James Arthur
Lucky - Jason Mraz
All of Me - John Legend
Thinking out Loud - Ed Sheeran
Can I Have This Dance (From "High School Musical 3: Senior Year") - The Cast of High School Musical, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron
You're full. We know, we would be too. But the music can't stop. For the ride home you'll need to set the mood, express your love in the form of music, but still keep the vibes from the car ride there going. Here, try these:
Ivy - Frank Ocean
Drew Barrymore - Bryce Vine
Bring It On Home to Me - Sam Cooke
It's You - Ali Gatie
Finally // beautiful stranger - Halsey
Pretty Little Fears (feat. J. Cole) - 6LACK
The Long Way - Brett Eldredge
I Wanna Love You - Just Friends
Now you're home. You've enjoyed some sensual magic in the form of Frank Ocean and Sam Cooke on the ride back, so now what? Well ... you tell us:
Dress - Taylor Swift
Acquainted - The Weeknd
Often - The Weeknd
Bad (feat. Tiara Thomas) - Wale
Love Me Harder - Ariana Grande, The Weeknd
In The Night - The Weeknd
Love Me Like You Do (From "Fifty Shades of Grey") - Ellie Goulding
Love On The Brain - Rihanna
This next section isn't for everyone, hopefully you lovebirds don't make it past the "Back Home" part of the playlist. But if something goes wrong, maybe right (we don't judge), you may be broken up with on Valentine's Day. Well, you're allowed to get sad, we will even help. Here's "The Breakup:"
SUGAR - BROCKHAMPTON
1 SIDED LOVE - blackbear
Someone You Loved Lewis Capaldi
Cherry - Harry Styles
The End of the World - Sharon Van Etten
You should be sad - Halsey
Marvins Room - Drake
Ring Off - Beyonce
Chanel - Frank Ocean
All I Want - Olivia Rodrigo
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