So you know in YA fiction when the protagonist and his friends and the object of his affection all go on a drive late at night and he discovers something beautiful and deep about himself or the universe? Well these are songs that belong in those scenes. Songs for discovering yourself, for falling in love with the world, for entering a new era. These are songs for driving under twinkling pinprick stars or blurred neon lights.

*alternatively: songs for pretending you're the protagonist in the mediocre film adaptation of a popular young adult novel

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