‘I’d wander through the park all angsty listening to Arctic Monkeys’: Arlo Parks’ honest playlist

The singer shamelessly blasts Lady Gaga in the car and is brought to tears by Portishead – but which song does she have to be careful listening to? The first song I fell in love with I remember listening to Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) by Eurythmics when I was really young.

There was something about the line at the beginning that I was completely intoxicated by.

The first download I bought When I was about 10 or 11, I would put my headphones on and wander through the park all angsty listening to Fake Tales of San Francisco by Arctic Monkeys, my first download on my iPod Nano.

I loved the storytelling, the characters and the gritty tableaux they described: it felt so real, even though it was far away from where I grew up.

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