April 26, 2021
Often, music reflects complex feelings in unique circumstances. Music can enhance your mood and vice versa. Everyone has undoubtedly listened to an emotional song while feeling sad or picked a corny EDM track while working out. Sometimes, this symbiotic relationship goes a level deeper. A person may find themselves listening to a song at a special moment in time, and years later, the very same song will continue to remind them of that moment and the mood they were in.
There are five songs that bring me back to when I studied abroad in Torino, Italy during the spring of 2020. These songs have nothing to do with Italy, studying abroad or even traveling; these songs were simply introduced to me by several friends in my program. Now, whenever they play, bittersweet memories flood back to me. I’ll never forget the people I met, the excitement I felt and the places I traveled during my brief two and a half month stint in Italy here are the top five songs that reflect