Summer has a sound. Not just the obvious ones, the ice cream trucks and the lawn mowers and the screen door slamming, but the personal ones. The song you discovered last July that still gives you that feeling. The track that has been following you around since Memorial Day. The one that belongs, inexplicably, to this exact season of your life.
That is what we are building this month. Welcome to Summer Essentials, NiteFlirt’s four-week social series that runs all of June. Each week has its own theme and this first week is the one closest to summer itself: the playlist.
Why Music Is the Best Way to Introduce Yourself
Ask someone what they do for fun and you will get a polite answer. Ask them what they are listening to right now and you will get the truth. Music bypasses the part of us that wants to make a good impression and goes straight to preference, to feeling, to the version of ourselves we are when no one is watching.
For Flirts, that kind of genuine self-expression is one of the most powerful things you can put in front of a new audience. People are not looking for a performance. They are looking for someone who feels real. A song pick does that in a way a bio never quite can.
How to Participate in Summer Playlist Week
Share the song that best describes your vibe this summer. It does not need to be a newly released song, an impressive song, or even a particularly cool song. It needs to be the honest one. Post it on your social channels, tag NiteFlirt, and use #NiteFlirtPlaylist and #NiteFlirtSummer so we can find you.
At the end of the week we will compile the most popular submissions into a real Spotify playlist that lives on all summer, continuing to drive new eyes to your content long after the week is over.
The Playlist That Lives All Summer
This is the part worth paying attention to. Every Flirt who participates has the potential to be featured in the Ultimate NiteFlirt Summer Guide, a roundup blog we are publishing at the end of June compiling the best picks from all four weeks. It is a discovery opportunity that extends well beyond this week.
Share your summer song, use #NiteFlirtPlaylist, and help us build a playlist that sounds exactly like this summer.