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Summer Crush Edition

From our favorite music and movies to nostalgic memories from summers past, Statement and Arts writers are excited to finally share it all. The Statement and Arts teamed up for a Special Edition x B-Side collab to bring you everything we've been crushing on this summer!

The Michigan Daily

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10 songs,

44 min 1 sec

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Title

Album

Added By

Runtime

1

Photo of dirt road at sunset in summer

Visual Statement: Driving towards Madison County

Statement

Darrin Zhou

2:01

2

An album cover wrapped in plastic, which depicts a valentine’s-themed spread: with a heart-shaped box of chocolates, a teddy bear, and a bouquet filled with pencils, pens, and markers instead of flowers. The arrangement is drawn in a simple and cartoonish style, with a pink background.

A love affair with English

Statement

Awmeo Azad

5:28

3

An album, wrapped in plastic. The album’s cover is an illustration of a crumpled and worn letter reading “Nothing ever lasts forever”, sitting on a nightstand in a room with moody lighting.

The growing pains of an unexpected summer

Statement

Graciela Batlle Cestero

1:25

4

An album wrapped in plastic, whose cover features a simple, cartoonish illustration of a film camera with a slightly blurry field and blue sky in the background.

Visual Statement: Through a new lens

Statement

Ananya Gera

3:43

5

Four girls with arms linked, in the crowd of a Taylor Swift concert from her “Eras” tour. The illustration is bright with a pink hue, and displayed as an album cover, which is wrapped in plastic.

You're (not) on your own kid: Why I'm obsessed with Taylor Swift and the Eras Tour

Statement

Olivia Kane

2:48

6

illustration of a CD case wrapped in plastic. The album art is of Seth, Mischa, Summer, and Ryan of The OC on the screen of an old school TV.

An ode to Summer (Roberts) and the magic of 'The O.C.'

Arts

Kathryn Hemmila

5:06

7

Illustration if a CD case wrapped in plastic. The album art is a collage of Taylor Swift’s album covers.

Summer can never be too cruel with Taylor Swift by my side

Arts

Hannah Carapellotti

4:28

8

illustration of a CD case covered in plastic. The album art features a man laying on a beach towel. Half of the background is snowy with a heart drawn in the snow, while the other half is sandy with Christmas trees growing

My summer, your winter: A hemispherical tale

Arts

Cecilia Ledezma

4:41

9

illustration of a CD case wrapped in plastic. The album artwork is a boy sitting under a tree done in the art style of Phineas and Ferb.

The endless summer nostalgia of 'Phineas and Ferb'

Arts

Max Newman

2:37

10

illustration of a CD case covered in plastic. The album art features the dog from Ratitude in a lady in the tramp pose.

‘(If You’re Wondering If I Want You To) I Want You To’ (but I’ll also just ask)

Arts

Saarthak Johri

3:56