Ben Folds – “Kristine From the 7th Grade”
This song from Ben Folds’ newest album What Matters Most is a sad ballad about how social media has allowed us to reconnect with people we were friends with when we were younger only to find that some of them have been thoroughly immersed in misinformation and hate. Folds’ narrator is very compassionate for the girl he once knew wondering what could’ve gone wrong to poison her worldview.
Songs of the Week for 2023
January
- “Happiness” by THICK
- “Abathembu” by uKhoiKhoi
- “Blood Rushes” by CIVIC
- “Doomscrollers” by Quasi
- “Fold” by Bonobo & Jacques Greene
February
- “Go Dig My Grave” by Lankum
- “Tokyo Dub Story” by Gezan & Million Wish Collective
- “MA EMILY (featuring Rapsody)” by C.S. Armstrong
- “All of the Time in the World to Kill” by The Milk Carton Kids
March
- “False Spring” by Shelli Le Fay
- “Barley” by Water From Your Eyes
- “exodus the north star” by Yaya Bey
- “Grey Eagle” by Mighty Poplar
April
- “My My Orca Card” by Who Is She?
- “Pop Song Baby” by MEDIOCRE
- “Too Many Things” by The Linda Lindas
- “Consumerism” by Acid Tongue
May
- “Freak Me Now” by Jessie Ware
- “Journeyman” by The Baseball Project
- “Roll the Credits” by Danielle Ponder Hannah Jadagu
- “What You Did” by Hannah Jadagu
- “Star” by CERES
June
- “Kristine From the 7th Grade” by Ben Folds