It’s that time again! Well, technically, I feel like it’s actually a little past that time; don’t I traditionally start sharing annual playlist tracks before the end of April? Maybe I’m misremembering. Anyway, as I’ve done for the last few years and shared here, I make an annual playlist on Spotify and add songs to it that are either new to me or that I’ve become newly obsessed with. (Here’s the last time I did that from the 2025 playlist, which contains links to the earlier post that year.) I do it in batches of 50 songs at a time, although as of writing, I’m up to 65 songs on the list itself and will undoubtedly be further by the time you read this.
If you have Spotify yourself, you can find the playlist right here; I recommend all of the songs, obviously, but just know that “Baby It’s You” and “Empathy” were on repeat during Emerald City Comic Con 2026, and “Lion” was the soundtrack that kept me sane during the Chicago/PAX East work weekend from home. That said, the Aldous Harding track and the (incredible) Kate Ireland track are probably the ones that have gotten the most play so far this year.
