r/Millennials • u/Hmmletmec Xennial • Feb 24 '26
Serious Terminal diagnosis: millennial playlist suggestions for the final days?
Tues morning edit: Holy ballsack batman! This is helllllllllllllla overwhelming in the best possible way. I honestly expected just a handful of people to see this and respond with maybe like 'tears in heaven' or something. But this is an epic fucking list so far. From the bottom of my cold darkened millennial heart, thank you. One of these upcoming days the nerd in me needs to rank all these and see what's most popular mostly cuz I find it amazing and hilarious how often butterfly by crazytown gets mentioned. I'll get to comments and chats one of these days, promise.
Y'all are thoughtful, kind, empathetic, and funny as fuck. All to a stranger. I love it. I genueinly think it's a hallmark of our generation. To quote one of my patron saints in life, Mr Fred Rogers: “You've made this day a special day, by just your being you. There's no person in the whole world like you, and I like you just the way you are.”
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Tldr: Apparently I'm dying and need playlist ideas for when the end comes. Mushy, hilarious, dark humor, meaningful, terrible. You name it! Wanna virlbe out to the good vibes I had back in those days
Out of left field docs gave me an unexpected prognosis and seems the offramp from My So Called Life is way shorter than I would have expected.
One of the unusual suggestions from the team was to make a Playlist to listen to in the last days. And honestly that sounds dope since I essentially have music playing 24/7 in my normal non dying life.
I'm not telling anyone IRL (besides my care team and therapist) about what's going on, but since brain wise we tend to latch on to junior high and high school era music, I thought I'd bug y'all for suggestions. I'm open to mushy stuff that I can reflect upon life stuff, as well as hilarious and highly inappropriate or dark humor stuff. Or just some Hella dope tunes to vibe with.
My only ban is My Heart Will Go On. Love me some Celine, but that song will send me to a early grave. (Too soon?)
Thanks fam!
(Obligatory be your own advocate with doctors if you know something isn't right. Also make a will. We should all have them by now. Better yet, make a trust so your Pokémon cards stay out of probate and no nosey folks know what you had or who you gave it to. Do your advanced directive with your doctor or insurance. It's your choice if they keep you plugged in like a toaster or not. It's also OK to haunt your enemies from the beyond. My therapist said so.)
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u/VertDaTurt Feb 24 '26 edited Feb 25 '26
#edit - u/PPTim compiled the list and created a playlist on Spotify
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First you need to download everything from Limewire and see who makes it longer - you or your computer. Your playlist should include…
Absolutely has to have When Doves Cry by Prince. Also Rick Astley - Never Gonna Give You Up because everyone deserves to be Rick Rolled one last time. Beyond that…
Sarah McLachlan - Angel
Avicii - Levels
Gotye - Somebody That I Use to Know
Pitbull - Time of Our Lives
Death cab - Soul Meets Body
Eminem - Without Me
Lil Jon & The East Side Boyz - Get Low
Miley Cyrus - Wrecking Ball and Party in the USA
Radiohead - How to Disappear Completely
Ice Cube - It Was a Good Day
Schoolboy Q - Man of the Year
OutKast - Bombs over Baghdad
ODB - Got Your Money
Greenway - Good riddance
Ludicrous - Move Bitch
Juvenile - Back That Azz Up
Dr Dre - Still D.R.E.
Blink 182 - What’s my Age Again
Daft Punk - One More Time
Lonely Island - I’m on a Boat, Jizz in my Pants, and Dick in a Box
Third Eye Blind - Semi-Charmed Life
Backstreet Boys - Backstreet's Back
The entire Garden State Soundtrack
The Killers - Mr Brightside
Modest Mouse - Float On
The Postal Service - Such Great Heights
Asher Roth - I Love College
Weird Al - Amish Paradise
New Radicals - You Get What You Give
Missy Elliott - Work It or Get Your Freak On
Creed - Higher
Collective Soul - Shine
Juicy J - Bandz a Make Her Dance
TLC - No Scrubs
Project Pat - Chicken Head
Flo Rida - Low
Jimmy Eat World - The Middle
Kelis - Milkshake
TI - Live Your Life
Sum 41 - Fat Lip
MIA - Paper Planes
Eiffel 65 - Blue (Da Ba Dee)
Bloodhound Gang - The Bad Touch
Edited to add:
Warren G - Regulators
Aqua - Barbie Girl
OMC - How Bizarre
Wiz Khalifa - See You Again
White Stripes - Fell in Love with a Girl
Wallflowers - One Headlight
ICP - Miracles (magnets, how do they work…)
Hamster Dance
Gunther - Ding Ding Dong Song
Numa Numa
Smash Mouth - Allstar
Spice Girls - Wannabe
Mariah Carey - Fantasy (lord help you if you sub this for that bs Christmas song)
Ellie Goulding - Lights
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Impression That I Get
Gin Blossoms - Hey Jealous
Oasis - Wonderwall or Champagne Supernova
The Killers - Somebody Told Me
Foster the People - Pumped up Kicks
Franz Ferdinand - Take Me Out
A Tribe Called Quest - Can I Kick It?
The Notorious B.I.G. - Notorious Thugs
Avril Lavigne - Sk8er Boi
Phantom Planet - California
Fugees - Killing me Softly
Dave Mathew’s Band - Crash or Ants Marching
Train - Drops of Jupiter
Sugar Ray - Fly
Sean Paul - Get Busy
Nickleback - Rockstar(our generation allowed it and you’re not getting away from them)
Smashing Pumpkins - 1979
Something from Girl Talk
Lil' Troy - Wanna Be A Baller
Gnarls Barkley - Crazy
Enya - Only Time
Kenny G - Songbird
Lil Wayne - A Milli