Pride

Everyone enjoys music. It doesn't matter who you are or where you come from. Music seems to bring out the colors of everybody no matter who listens. With Pride month on the rise, artists and supporters around the globe will share their favorite tunes, embrace the peace, and the love everyone knows how to offer the best that they can. Enough said; let's let Can share her favorite tunes to jam to for pride (see below):

Johnny Run Away and Jimmy by Tones and I

The Dance Monkey singer Toni Watson brings her brilliance with lyrical stories that weave hopefulness in a six-song package album The Kids Are Coming. Notice on her cover of the album that there are two pride flags as well as no gun violence and world peace support. All six songs seem to tie together with various key words (rain, running, rock, etc.) that expresses in a third person point of view of the artist (Can assumes) growing up. Who knew being shoved in a closet sounded so catchy with Johnny Run Away? And the artist seemed aware of all this when she was seven? We all hoped for the best with Johnny and Jimmy if they did run away together, but it's uncertain after Jimmy disappears two years later. The final song is about acceptance in Never Seen the Rain, because rainbows usually appear with water and sunshine after a good storm.

Bad Liar by Selena Gomez

Can admits that the music video surprised her. The rundown: a father is cheating on the mother with the gym teacher who the daughter has a crush on. What? Listening to this song, it could be about ANYONE- which makes it easy to place in the pride playlist.

Call Me Maybe by Carly Rae Jepsen

Speaking of a surprise twist! This popular song was sung throughout middle school and high school to the point of annoyance in Can's POV. The video reference makes it a part of pride- anyone can sing it and the hottie implied a different interest.

Girls/Girls/Boys by Panic! At the Disco

The title and chorus of the song says it all: "Girls love girls and boys" implying to "just give in" and "love is not a choice." Meaning: self-exploration can be quite satisfying- bisexuality, threesomes, etc. Love comes in all shapes and forms that many of us could not help or change in what we love.

I Kissed A Girl by Katy Perry

Part of exploring is knowing what also feels good. Katy Perry liked it. My stepmother didn't. She would change the radio station or turn off the stereo entirely when a chord of this song came on. It was controversial somehow. Something I didn't really understand until carefully listening to the lyrics. But then again, it was just a song... just don't sing it out loud- people would get the wrong idea about you...maybe.

I Love Me by Meghan Trainer and LunchMoney Lewis

This is song is more of a self-empowerment but can easily relate to anyone that God on this green Earth created.

Neon by Casey Lee Williams

If anyone has seen the animated show RWBY, everyone will see the FNKI (funky) Neon Katt with kickass roller skates and (yess) neon rainbows everywhere. This cool cat rarely misses a beat and expresses with this song an upbeat confidence that can make anyone jelly.

Finally//beautiful stranger and Alanis' Interlude by Halsey

Anagram Ashley is openly bisexual, which speaks volumes in her songs. Finally//beautiful stranger tells a story of meeting a beautiful stranger, while the Interlude is more explicit and riskier. Graveyard music video also swears to follow her lover through death if she must, which is romantic in a dire straits way.

Cool for the Summer by Demi Lovato

Demi doesn't explicitly say aloud like bold Katy Perry about homosexual relations. Here's a few clues that should be translated: "Got a taste for a cherry, I just need to take a bite", keep this a secret and "don't tell your mother." They're both the same body type, so females. Yeah.

Lovato now has proudly identified themselves as gender fluid/non-binary category with pronouns they/them/theirs as of May 19.

Calm Down by Taylor Swift

Finally in Can's pride playlist is the notorious Lover maker Taylor. The lyrics address calling out most homophobes and fully supports the LGBTQ+ teams out there. "We all know now, we all got crowns" is the perfect example of how anyone can respect each other and fit in even without causing a ruckus.