Music can be a conduit and amplifier for any mood: there are many a meme about listening to sad songs when you’re sad to make you sadder. While their purpose is to provoke a chuckle from a passerby scroller, they hint at a powerful and universal effect music seems to have.  Songs enhance, highlight, and even create moods and feelings.

Revisiting the idea of leaning on music when you’re feeling down, these three songs are my essentials for any rainy day. “Really Feel” by Deante Hitchcock is my go to song to amplify a melancholy vibe. Although the message is about love the raw emotion in the song makes one want to gaze out of a window in a moving car going through the rain. “My N*gga Just Made Bail” spins a tale of resilience and positivity in the face of hard times, featuring one of my favorite Cole features with undertones of body positivity, social commentary, and a lighthearted, upbeat production. Closing out the spectrum, “Sunday Candy” is sheer happiness and positivity: Chance combines two of the purest concepts in the world (Sunday + Candy) to the effect of infectious cheer and bliss.