Looking back at 2017: the top 10 songs

This year I've strangely become much more of a radiophile than ever before. I split a lot of time between pop and rock radio and I'm pretty show it shows with perhaps my least expansive list of ten songs ever. But with lots of solid pop music on the radio, it certainly wasn't hard to make this list.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

• "Heavydirtysoul" - Twenty One Pilots
  
  
  
• "Everybody Knows" - Sigrid
  
  

THE TOP TEN

1. "Homemade Dynamite" - Lorde
   
   
   
2. "Honey" - Kehlani
   
   
   
3. "Love Galore" - SZA featuring Travis Scott
   
   
   
4. "Heavy" - Linkin Park featuring Kiiara
   
   
   
5. "Feel It Still" - Portugal. The Man
   
   
   
6. "RX (Medicate)" - Theory of a Deadman
   
   
   
7. "Kiwi" - Harry Styles
   
   
   
8. "Wild Thoughts" - DJ Khaled featuring Rihanna and Bryson Tiller
   
   
   
9. "Believer" - Imagine Dragons
   
   
   
10. "...Ready For It" - Taylor Swift
    
    

I just made the list!

One thing I always do as I set out to write a new project, especially a novel length one, is a playlist of music to serve as inspiration for my writing. I usually frame this around the feeling of the novel, but with this new project, I'm specifically tailoring two playlists around each of the lead characters.

Soul singer Kehlani is not just a feature on the playlist, but
another source picture in my succubus image folder. 

I've kept no secret about my succubus co-lead of the new novel, so it will be her playlist I share with you here first. It's all conveniently framed up on Spotify for your enjoyment if you have your own succubus-based novel to write (which I'm sure you all do.) Alternately, give it a listen and maybe you'll find a few clues about the character of Aisha as she slowly takes shape in my head.