Catherine Green, first-year nursing major and health and society minor
Top song: “Drew Barrymore” by SZA
Top artist: SZA or Noah Kahan
Most influential song of 2024: “Sticky” by Tyler, The Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne. “I thought it incorporates lots of different genres together, and I think it exposed a lot of people to a sound they’ve never heard before," she said.
Marilyn Samuels, sophomore psychology major and neuroscience minor
Top song: “No Wind Resistance” by Kinneret
Top artist: Maggie Rogers or Gracie Abrams
Most influential song of 2024: No specific song for her, but she said “probably a Taylor Swift song because of The Eras Tour.”
Mila Spain, first-year biology major
Top song: “Champagne Coast” by Blood Orange
Top artist: Kid Cudi
Most influential song of 2024: “Bed Chem” by Sabrina Carpenter because “she’s a new artist, and I feel like everyone’s on their, I don’t know, on their bad B energy vibes this year and I feel like that kind of represents that," she said.
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Haedyn Mills, sophomore media and journalism and communication studies major and history minor
Top song: “I’m Not Pretty” by Megan Moroney
Top artist: Sabrina Carpenter
Most influential song of 2024: “Espresso” by Sabrina Carpenter because she said “‘Espresso’ is ingrained in everybody’s brains right now.”
Emma Mize, sophomore exercise and sport science and biology major
Top song: “F2F” by SZA
Top artist: Caamp
Most influential song of 2024: “Messy” by Lola Young. “It’s kind of becoming a big song and it's not really like what else is out there," she said.
Megan Mullaney, first-year environmental sciences major
Top song: “Vienna” by Billy Joel
Top artist: Noah Kahan
Most influential song of 2024: “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan because “I think you really couldn’t get away from it at any point this year,” she said.
Ben Kane, first-year business administration major
Top song: “The Time (Dirty Bit)” by Black Eyed Peas
Top artist: Whiskey Myers
Most influential song of 2024: “Not Like Us” by Kendrick Lamar because he said “Kendrick had that dog in him.”
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