Here’s a simple Valentine’s Day checklist:
Locked in your date(s) (works for both Valentine’s Day and Galentine’s Day!)? Check! ✔
Picked out an outfit? Check! ✔
Updated your playlist? Uh-oh… ✖
If a soundtrack to your Valentine’s Day plans is all that’s missing, I have you covered! Check out my 31-track Last Minute Valentine’s Day Playlist on Spotify.
Below, press play on five new love songs featured on the playlist that are worth swooning over!
* Love Story (Taylor’s Version) by Taylor Swift *
While Taylor Swift’s fans enjoyed two new albums, folklore and evermore, and a Disney+ special in 2020, they were simultaneously analyzing every release, social media post and interview for hints of when her biggest undertaking to date would drop. As of this month, we finally have the first single tied to Taylor Swift’s pledge to re-record all of her old music, “Love Story” (Taylor’s Version), and it’s just as magical as the 2008 original. In fact, in this new context, the song plays as a love letter to her fans—and a testament to the artist she has grown into today. There’s much more to come soon: Taylor’s re-recording of her sophomore album Fearless is set to drop April 9.
* Carried Away by Surf Mesa feat. Madison Beer *
Have you ever found yourself getting ‘carried away’ falling head over heels for someone? You’re not alone. Tropical dance producer Surf Mesa’s latest TikTok-ready smash, featuring Madison Beer, perfectly captures that heart-fluttering feeling of new love and finding someone who just gets you.
* 34+35 Remix by Ariana Grande feat. Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion *
Bringing together three of music’s “it” girls, this jam of a track is 100% NSFW and cuts no corners in making it’s message clear. V-Day dates, listen up (and do the math)!
* Chasing After You by Ryan Hurd with Maren Morris *
Country’s newest power couple, Ryan Hurd and Maren Morris, have released their first official duet—a vulnerable ballad chronicling a relationship that is full of push and pull but entirely worth the chase. It’s the unofficial official “situationship” song.
* Feelings and How to Destroy Them by iamnotshane *
Take it from iamnotshane: “No one can hurt you if you reject them first.” Consider this your anti-Valentine’s Day anthem. We all need one sometimes!
Shout out the love songs (and anti-love songs) that have captured your heart in the comments below — or tweet me @angelamcleanx!
Don’t forget I post the hottest new song and album releases on my Instagram Story every Friday night at 12AM EST! See you there next week for more music I’m sure you’ll love. 
Happy Valentine’s Day xx
