Updating Your Winter Playlist

Graham Peterson

Wintertime is a very specific mood in Minnesota. Make this season a little better by enjoying one or all of these winter-themed and holiday songs!

What’s better than OG Kanye? This track off 808’s and Heartbreak is a moody homage to the coldest months of the year (which, if you’re in Minnesota, is most of them). If you like Kanye, and don’t mind getting in your feels, this track is a must for your winter playlist.

Chill vibes? Check. Ukelele? Check. Cold weather? Not exactly. Even though this song is about Winter in Florida, it still creates the perfect atmosphere for a December study session in Minnesota. And who knows, if you listen to it enough you might be able to manifest yourself being in Florida.

“January” is the kind of song you’d have playing during an early Winter morning, snow falling lightly and undisturbed over the city, fireplace cracking quietly while you hold your mug of hot chocolate with both hands like the main character in a movie. Or, more realistically, what you play on the bus to your 8 a.m. as you try to imagine yourself in that scenario instead. Either way, good song.

Looking for something more folky? Fleet Foxes have you covered. This harmonious piece has an almost Christmas carol feel to it and will leave you with a melody that’ll surely be stuck in your head ‘til the new year.

I’m sure you’ve always wondered what it would sound like if the Grinch could rap like Tyler. Well, this is it. Need I say more?