Frank came out when I was 11. It completely rocked my world. It was the first time I ever heard a swear word in a song. She was just brutal — these honest and at times filthy lyrics. It really spoke to my heart and my soul. “You Sent Me Flying” was a huge, huge teacher for me in how to sing. There’s few songs that I would say were the first songs I really learned the thing, and this would be it. The way she sings is ingrained in my voice forever.

I must have been 10 when I heard this album [2007’s The Reminder] and I completely fell in love with it. Over the years it’s become my Sunday album. Any time that I’m having a day at home — no matter what mood I’m in — I put this album on really loud and sit and read a book and put the fire on. It’s just a really, really special record.

I’ve been playing this song a lot recently, and everyone I play to, they’re like, “Oh my God, I forgot about this song!” I remember hearing this when I was a kid and being immediately captured by Robyn’s voice and then slowly falling in love with everything she did. Robyn, to me, is this incredible voice that speaks to the heart of queer people. I went to a show of her’s about two years ago, just before Covid, and it was the best show I’ve ever seen in my entire life. I cried my eyes out. It was just next level.

I must have been very young when I heard this because it feels like it’s always been in my life as a song. I think it was probably about six years ago when someone introduced me to Randy Newman, and I just didn’t realize how iconic his music and songwriting was. I also remember this being in How to Lose A Guy In Ten Days, and it made me cry as well.

This song changed my life when I was 18 years old. I moved to London and this song came out. It must have come out [on a] Thursday or Friday, because I was working in a bar and I remember I saw the music video for it. I was so inspired and hyped up after watching it. It was that time where I got to see Rihanna in a way that I felt like she was like me.

So many unbelievably massive and incredible songs are on Songs In the Key of Life, but this is my favorite Stevie song, and one of my favorite songs ever. Lyrically, it’s incredible.

ABBA are absolutely fucking incredible. They’re icons. I just love the how unashamedly pop they have been throughout their entire career. I love the spirit of their music, the honesty in their music.

“I could drink a case of you and still stay on my feet” is the best lyric ever written. Every time I hear it, it just blows my mind. The first time I ever heard this song was in Practical Magic, which is my favorite film. That film has been passed down through all the women in my family. The soundtrack has been with me forever. This song is in the scene where Nicole Kidman is driving to her sister [Sandra Bullock]. It makes me smile every time it.

Obviously, this song is originally by Simon and Garfunkel, and my first time hearing it would have been their version as a child. But about four years ago, I heard the Aretha Franklin version and I literally had a spiritual experience. She just sang it as if no one had ever done it before.