People from all around the world share personal stories about the songs that changed their lives 🤯
✨New entries every Friday✨
Discover featured musicians below, sorted by first name
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Andrew Bird
“Danse Caribe” changed my life | Deirdre Hynes | Read→
Ani DiFranco
“Evolve” changed my life | Yonina Hoffman | Read→
Aniceto Molina
🏆 A top-read essay
“Cumbia Sampuesana” changed my life | Ezra Sun Wallace | Read→
Arcade Fire
“Wake Up” changed my life | Adam Forrester | Read→
Arthur Russell
“Soon-to-Be Innocent Fun/Let's See” changed my life | Olivia Locher | Read→
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The Band
“It Makes No Difference” changed my life | Eric Reichbaum | Read→
The Beatles
“Happiness Is a Warm Gun” changed my life | Jason Matu | Read→
Bill Callahan
“Faith/Void” changed my life | Chase Burnett | Read→
Bob Marley and the Wailers
“Is This Love” changed my life | Christian Banda | Read→
Bob Seger
“Night Moves” changed my life | Laura Frizzell | Read→
Bright Blue
🌸 A Grace favorite
🏆 A top-read essay
“Weeping” changed my life | Khanyi Mlaba | Read→
Bruce Springsteen
🏆 A top-read essay
“Mary's Place” changed my life | Brendan Higgins | Read→
Built to Spill
“Car” changed my life | Michael Hoolihan | Read→
“Time Trap” changed my life | Tom D’Agustino | Read→
C
Cécile McLorin Salvant
🏆 A top-read essay
“Thunderclouds” changed my life | Elaine Bleakney | Read→
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David Bowie
“Rock and Roll Suicide” changed my life | Clémentine Koenig | Read→
Dead Man's Bones
🌸 A Grace favorite
🏆 A top-read essay
“My Body’s a Zombie for You” changed my life | Lee Havlicek | Read→
E
Ella Fitzgerald
“Someone To Watch Over Me” changed my life | JazzZ | Read→
Elvis Costello
“Alison” changed my life | Luke McCanna | Read→
Elvis Presley
“We Can Make the Morning” changed my life | Lauren Bishop | Read→
Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou
☕ Interview
“Mother's Love” changed my life | John Gardner | Read→
Esther Phillips
“And I Love Him” changed my life | Joon Song | Read→
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Fred again..
🏆 A top-read essay
“Kyle (i found you)” changed my life | Thato Noinyane | Read→
Frightened Rabbit
“The Modern Leper” changed my life | Nina Faure | Read→
G
Gal Costa
“Baby” changed my life | Oren Peleg | Read→
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Ingrid Michaelson
🌸 A Grace favorite
“Can’t Help Falling in Love” changed my life | Zoe Regan | Read→
J
Jackson Browne
🏆 A top-read essay
“Something Fine” changed my life | Brandon Madsen | Read →
John Frusciante
“My Smile Is a Rifle” changed my life | Paul Smirl | Read →
Julián De La Chica
“Poemas de Bar, Op. 12: No. 8 El Amor” changed my life | Cole Burnett | Read→
Julius Aglinskas
“blue dusk I” changed my life | Brandon Locher | Read→
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Kendrick Lamar
🏆 A top-read essay
“Institutionalized” changed my life | JJ Tauil | Read→
Kid Cudi
“Immortal” changed my life | Delia Hernandez | Read→
Koven
“Gold” changed my life | Morgan Wessner | Read→
Krill
“Theme from Krill” changed my life | Michael Sansevere | Read→
L
Los Lobos
“Saint Behind the Glass” changed my life | John Tsung | Read→
Lush
“De-Luxe” changed my life | Dani Laundry | Read→
M
Matthew Sweet
“Divine Intervention” changed my life | Evan Trusewicz | Read→
My Brightest Diamond
“That Point When” changed my life | Derek Piotr | Read→
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O
Of Montreal
🌸 A Grace favorite
“Heimdalsgate Like A Promethean Curse” changed my life | Willem Helf | Read→
Operation Ivy
“Knowledge” changed my life | Greg Lindquist | Read→
P
Paramore
🏆 A top-read essay
“Ain’t It Fun” changed my life | Marcus Drew | Read→
🏆 A top-read essay
“Misery Business” changed my life | Diana Filar | Read→
Paul Simon
🌸 A Grace favorite
🏆 A top-read essay
“You Can Call Me Al” changed my life | MJ Sieber | Read→
Pinegrove
“Aphasia” changed my life | Stone Deal | Read→
Portugal. The Man
“Sleep Forever” changed my life | Shane Evans | Read→
The Postal Service
🌸 A Grace favorite
“The District Sleeps Alone Tonight” changed my life | Meagan Shorey-Wilson | Read→
Pure Prairie League
🏆 A top-read essay
“Amie” changed my life | Dan Svizeny | Read→
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R
Raveena
“Time Flies” changed my life | Kathryn Curtis | Read→
Roy Orbison
🏆 A top-read essay
“You Got It” changed my life | Erin Barnhart | Read→
S
Scott McKenzie
🌸 A Grace favorite
“San Francisco” changed my life | Gabi Cinkova | Read→
Sixpence None the Richer
“Kiss Me” changed my life | Shannon Egan | Read→
The So So Glos
“Isn’t It A Shame” changed my life | Ben Godward | Read→
The Strokes
“12:51” changed my life | Sam Banellis | Read→
Sublime
🌸 A Grace favorite
“What I Got” changed my life | Meghan Mae | Read→
Sum 41
🌸 A Grace favorite
“The Hell Song” changed my life | Nick D'Agostino | Read→
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Taylor Swift
🌸 A Grace favorite
“Love Story” changed my life | Brinna Feist | Read→
Tom Odell
“Sparrow” changed my life | Ezekiel Decker | Read→
U
Unknown
🌸 A Grace favorite
“Mother Sent Me to the Store” changed my life | Duane Lauginiger | Read→
U2
“With or Without You” changed my life | Josh Ramos | Read→
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Vampire Weekend
🏆 A top-read essay
“Hannah Hunt” changed my life | Jonathan Rooke | Read→
Van Morrison
🌸 A Grace favorite
“Caravan” changed my life | Joe Kubler | Read→
The Velvet Underground
“Venus in Furs” changed my life | Matthew Schratz | Read→
Vinnie Caruana
“Somehow the World Keeps Turning” changed my life | Matthew Welch | Read→
W
Warren Zevon
🌸 A Grace favorite
🏆 A top-read essay
“Keep Me in Your Heart” changed my life | David Gianadda | Read→
Wham!
🌸 A Grace favorite
“Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go” changed my life | Matthew Miller | Read→
Willie Nelson
“Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground” changed my life | DW Gibson | Read→
Winger
“Miles Away” changed my life | KC Schmitz | Read→
WITCH
“Mashed Potatoe” changed my life | Mwandwe Chileshe | Read→
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Yana Mann
“Poemas de Bar, Op. 12: No. 8 El Amor” changed my life | Cole Burnett | Read→
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“Love Song” changed my life | Devon Balfour | Read→