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Hey Siri, play my panic mode midterm playlist
Allison Wissink (left) and Isabella Urgel (right) deal with midterm stress by making it a duet. (Bailey Young/AQ) Last night, my roommate played the same song three times before I realized it was on repeat. The song was “Pushing It Down and Praying,” Lizzy McAlpine’s third most popular song on Spotify. I asked her why. She shrugged. “It’s good.” Okay, perfect. But it got me thinking about the strange things we do when we’re stressed. We repeat songs. We walk around with hea
Bailey Young
Oct 132 min read
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