Artist of the Week: Mackenzie Nicole Playlist

I’m in love with both Flume and Tove Lo, so I was amped about this track from the start; the song has a certain lust, and Tove Lo has this blunt anticipation in her delivery that Flume accentuates perfectly.

This is one of the most physically moving hooks I’ve ever experienced, and that’s art to me, when you can literally feel a song inhabit you.

The single most gangster song in the history of hip hop, period.

Enrique Iglesias: I’m bilingual and I love Latin music, you can get away with saying SO much more than you can in English, and the rhythms are perfect for dancing. Plus, Enrique Iglesias isn’t exactly difficult to look at, so I’ve watched this music video several times.

Zara’s music is some of the only super upbeat pop I really love, because she can do tracks like this without making them too bubblegum or fluffy. She’s psycho talented and I want to be best friends with her.

It can be difficult to try and reimagine other artists’ work into your own, and Pity Party is a prime example of pulling this technique off.

Epic song, intense vocals, and the beat goes SO HARD.

The absolute most B.A. song of her career. This song makes me want to carve a man’s heart out with a stiletto and touch my lipstick up with the blood.

I love the hook’s reference to Gershwin’s “Summertime” from Porgy and Bess.

I cry every time I hear this song, I really believe it’s one of the most beautiful records I’ve ever heard.