Music lovers choose favorite album of ’22

Cole Popov Reporter

AACC students in January chose the rap album “The Forever Story” by JID as their favorite musical release of 2022.

In an informal Campus Current survey of 50 students on the Arnold campus, more chose rap albums as their favorites than any other genre. Pop and country albums came in second and third.

In the pop category, Taylor Swift’s album “Midnights” was the most popular. Country singer Zach Bryan’s album “American Heartbreak” topped the list for country music.

“There’s a lot of good music in 2022, but I have to say “The Forever Story” by JID was probably my most played album that year,” first-year forensic science student Gian Ayala said.

Second-year computer science student Chitanta Mushambo also picked “The Forever Story” because of “the anticipation waiting for it. It was a long time coming, and then the production that went into it and the storytelling.”

“I think this is, like, [JID’s] most consistent and most well put-together album,” Ayala said.

“Midnights” fans were just as enthusiastic about Swift’s album.

“I mean, the album is about all the midnights that Taylor’s had in her life that just … kept her up,” first-year nursing student Lila Cessor-Culver said.

First-year education student Olivia Costello said she

“I think [dressing up] definitely makes me work a little bit better,” Radike, a gender and sexuality studies student, said. “I would say because usually when I’m just wearing, like, sweatpants and a T-shirt to class, I’m generally, like, a lot more tired.”

“I like to wear a big jacket so that I can have, like, a lot of room to put all my stuff in, a turtleneck and [some] boots,” Lilly Quintanilla-Rojas, a second-year engineering student, said. However, those who dress up said they do not mind it when others dress casually.

“If you want to wear PJs to class, you do what you want to do,” Shan Pearce, a fourth-year environmental science student, said. “I’m not here to, like, judge anyone.” likes not only the album but the artist.

Students choose albums like “Midnights” by pop artist Taylor Swift and “American Heartbreak” by country singer Zach Bryan as the top releases of 2022.

“Taylor Swift is my favorite artist … because she really switched up what she normally does,” Costello said.

“And she gave us an inside look at her and of all the eras she’s ever done.”

Associate Editor Tomi Brunton contributed to this article.