Stressed Out: Mayor Bill De Blasio

Life in New York City is quite unique and represents various emotions. It emits a different feeling for every individual. When you think of New York City, you think of eccentricity, lights, and fame. However, there’s a more pessimistic side of New York City that people can relate to. For example, living in this city can be stressful and sometimes irritating. Therefore, making a compilation of a NYC lifestyle soundtrack for Mayor Bill De Blasio would be quite simple. The first song would have to be Erlkönig, by Franz Schubert. The reason I selected this song is because when I listen to it, the sound reminds me of my commute to Baruch College. The reason why it reminds me of my commute to Baruch, is basically because the sound expresses the idea of “running away.”

Stressed Out is a song that delineates the discrepancy between childhood and adulthood. This song expresses the idea of stress surrounding moments of your adulthood, in relation to your childhood, when you’re carefree and had an innovative imagination. The reality of being an adult is situated around making money. The good old days are the unforgettable experiences of their childhood, where they made they had the most memorable moments of their life, and when stress wasn’t a substantial problem. This idea surrounds the stressfulness of growing up in New York City, cause realistically, we’re all stressed in one way or another. The harsh truth is the many New Yorkers are facing some kind of stress, whether its financial problems or just trying to end the stress at work/school, this is a part of our NYC lifestyle. “Out of student loans and tree-house homes we all would take the latter” is an example of a problem that most adults face in college. Where we are constantly stressed out about the considerable amount of student loans and debt that we are constrained to pay off. This line really stuck out to me, because it described my life living in NYC, depicting the reality of hardship paying off my student