Welcome to My Yummy Playlist

Justin Bieber not included

Allow me to teach you how to pun your playlists.

Have you ever had moments when you are tired of playing the same album, the same band, or the same artists, over and over? I have. So in one of my most unproductive days filled with listlessness and self-deprecation, I grew ecstatic when I noticed something similar in the tracks that I play.

I was alternately playing Baby Keem’s DIE FOR MY BITCH and Blur’s 13 when identified the common denominator. Off of Baby Keem’s album, I noticed his tracks ‘TOP RAMEN” and “ORANGE SODA,” while from Blur, I recognized “Coffee and TV” and “Caramel.” My idleness turned to hunger while I craved for these items. But I let the hunger pass because before this moment, I remarked on Harry Styles’ fondness of fruits. “Kiwi,” “Watermelon Sugar,” and “Cherry” and some of his songs whose titles make my mouth water.

Because I had plenty of time and I was desperate to be productive, I opened Spotify, went through my saved albums, handpicked the tracks that have food and beverages in the title, and saved them in one playlist. Man, there were a lot!

It took me a good two hours to complete this tedious task but it was so worth it. And the benefits were surprising. Because the songs are from the albums that I personally like, the songs naturally progress from one to the next. They go really well. Plus, this is an excellent way to listen to the songs I have once ignored. What a method to discover new old songs!

I’m telling you, I was able to make a complete menu from “Continental Breakfast” (by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile), “Free Lunch” (by Isaiah Rashad), up to “‘Digsy’s Dinner” (by Oasis). My hot drinks include Nirvana’s “Pennyroyal Tea” and King’s of Leon’s “Milk.” Alcoholic beverages are comprised of Jeff Buckley’s “Lilac Wine,” Maroon 5’s “Whiskey,” and Pretenders’ “Tequila.” I have a selection of main courses, a widespread of cakes and pies, and an assortment of fresh fruits. As much as I liked Justin Bieber’s “Yummy,” it is neither food nor beverage so I just borrowed the name for the playlist title.

I am proud to present it to you:

At the end of creating this playlist, I was literally hungry.

But I was not finished. Because going through the albums manually, I noticed other categories to play with. A few days later, I have one with animals in the title and another that has the words Mondays and Sundays. One more category includes the cosmos and here I have Red Hot Chili Pepper’s “On Mercury” and The Velvet Underground’s “Venus In Furs.”

If you are ready to embrace your inner geek and please no one but yourself, I suggest you try creating a similar playlist. Off the top of my head: Colors. Prince has a lot with the most obvious “Purple Rain” and “Little Red Corvette.” But the most important thing in the process is going through your albums manually to include only the songs from the albums that are dear to you.

I know, I’m strange. But I am having a blast from my punned playlists. Alright then, go nuts.