With Valentine’s Day just around the corner, it is an important reminder to show love to your special someone. No matter how big or small your gesture is, whether it’s with a boombox on your shoulder outside their bedroom window or a love letter, music is often a powerful tool in translating that love. So, when you don’t know what to say, start with a song!
With lyrics such as “It’s never over / She is the tear that hangs inside my soul forever”, Buckley translates the feelings of love into song effortlessly. I devote this song to the love that is everlasting.
This song’s simplicity, (consisting only of vocals and piano accompaniment) forms a love that breathes comfort. This song can be for couples, but I also see it as the perfect platonic soulmate tune.
The storytelling style Wolf Alice uses perfectly portrays the process of falling in love and combatting that initial apprehension. It is just right for a new couple still discovering each other.
This song has only recently become a big hit. It forms a thrilling love that makes you want to dance around your bedroom.
Lyrics such as “Man oh man you’re my best friend, I scream it to the nothingness” create that warming feeling in your heart when you’ve found your soulmate, whether it is platonic or romantic. I particularly imagine this being sung on a roadtrip with best friends.
This song is perfect for that old-fashioned couple that still enjoys dinner dates and ballroom classes. A stunning easy jazz piece to slow dance to.
Three words to describe this song: sultry, sexy and soulful. Cleo Sol’s voice is ethereal and hypnotic.
Hozier is the king of translating love into lyrics, such as: “Do you know I could break beneath the weight / Of the goodness, love, I still carry for you”. He keeps the standard of love high.
Just like Billie, Ella is the OG of slow love songs. She sings about how the world seems happier when there’s a special someone you can share it with. This one is perfect for those real romantics.
My favourite lines from this song have to be: “The future is bright if we can ebb with the flow. You’re something, I’m nothing, we were everything”. Palace creatively shows how being in love with someone makes you feel like a better person.