On Replay
I KNOW I am not the only parent or person to go through this. I myself fall victim to this all the time. Finding a song and then putting it on replay. I think sometimes I think it should irritate me, but honestly, I am loving finding out the kind of songs Kyler likes to listen to.
Personally, I love music; I love singing and always wanted to be a singer when I grew up. My dream job in Kindergarten was to be a millionaire singing nun with a boyfriend. I can remember singing with my Poppy around their house. He used to make up songs on our drives around town. I still remember roller skating kitty cat. I remember getting my first CD: John Cena’s You Can’t See Me album.
I didn’t do my first public karaoke until I was tipsy in Georgia in 2019. I went back to that bar every night and sang.
I sang at church in choirs.
I sing to my sons. I pick lullabies for them (Once Upon a December from the movie Anastasia and Once upon a Dream from Sleeping Beauty for Blaze) and then sing songs at random until they calm down. Kyler had a few: I’ll Make Love to You (Boyz II Men), The Way (Kehlani), The Lion Sleeps Tonight (The Token).
Once Kyler started being able to communicate interest in music, I started learning a whole new set of songs.
Of course it always started with the Blue and Orange man (haha he is our Voldemort, I won’t even type his name on the chance that Kyler reads this and then remembers he likes the songs from the show). I could have done without the typical nursery songs, but gotta start somewhere.
Then we moved on to Disney songs and songs from Sing 2. This I could get behind.
Then we got our own playlist in Daddy’s phone. I find it so cute that my son like Vic Mensa.
And we got a lot of songs on Mommy’s phone. Most of my music is basically sing a long stuff anyway so it was something we both do together.
And Mee-Maw started using songs to send messages about what the day held as far as adventures. He loves “Car Wash” by Rose Royce.
Then he started paying attention to movie soundtracks and we started jamming out to those. Youtube became a big hit because we could put songs in a queue and he could jam on. As I write this, I can hear the first big repeat Youtube song for him(here is the link to listen for yourself and have it on repeat in your head too, haha):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RI6UT82cB_E&list=RDRI6UT82cB_E&start_radio=1
If I had started earlier, I could probably have recorded every song Kyler ever showed interest in, but for now here are the “few” I remember:
-Where the Hood At ~DMX
-Don’t Think I’m Not ~Kandi
-Case of My Ex ~Mya
-I’ll Make Love to You-Boyz II Men
-Honey~Kehlani
-Butter~BTS
-Somebody to Love~Queen (he also started making sounds around this time so he would coo to this one)
-Sky Full of Stars~Sing 2…really the whole Sing and Sing 2 soundtracks
-ANYTHING from Gabby’s Dollhouse
-The Wish Soundtrack
-The Encanto Soundtrack
-We could be Free~Vic Mensa
-Snoop Dogg kids songs
-A Matter of Perspective from Dr. Waffle on TikTok
-Drippo the Hippo from Dr. Waffle on TikTok
-The Axolotl Song from Dr. Waffle on TikTok
-The World’s Smallest Violin~AJR
-Defying Gravity~the covered version by Third Reprise feat. Amanda Barise
-Pale Pale Moon~the Sinners Soundtrack by Jayme Lawson
-What it Sounds Like~KPop Demon Hunters
-How it’s Done~KPop Demon Hunters
-Wrecking Ball~Miley Cyrus
-The Gummy Bear Song
-This is the Song that Doesn’t End~Lamb Cops
-Who Let the Dogs Out~Bahamen
-When I’m Human~Princess and the Frog soundtrack
-Dig a Little Deeper~Princess and the Frog soundtrack
-Honestly, the Princess and the Frog Soundtrack
-Trolls Band Together Soundtrack
-Good Tonight~Bad Guys Soundtrack
-MUTT~Leon Thomas
-Row~Sail North
-September~Earth, Wind, and Fire
-The Techno Toddler guy from Australia
I know I am missing a ton, but this is a little peek into his mind.
I am going to add all the ones I remember to a playlist specifically on my phone for him so he can listen back and see how his ear for tunes has changed and grown and maybe some songs will bring a smile to his face because it is attached to a memory, like so many songs are for me.
Keep singing, dancing, and living care free.
