Love Listmania

Welcome to Love Week, a week-long, mini package of features dedicated to all things romantic in music and culture. We’ve curated playlists of our favorite love (and anti-love) songs, dug deep into legendary sex anthems, and created instructionals on how to write a proper love letter. Whether you’re coupled up or single, let us help you get into the mood.

Last year, we rebooted our Listmania series after a lengthy hiatus. We had so much fun creating our short, silly, and informative lists, that we decided to bring it back for Love Week. This time, our lists are all based around the theme of Love, from sex to heartbreak to infatuation to realizing you’ve made a horrible mistake. Most of the lists are music themed, but you’ll also find some great Valentine’s Day gift recommendations (including perfumes), make-out movies from the first Recession Pop-era to watch, and your next favorite horny read, too. Below is everything you wanted to know about what The FADER knows about love and sex, but were afraid to ask.

“Dreams” – Fleetwood Mac (written by Stevie Nicks with guitars by Lindsey Buckingham)
“Work” – Rihanna feat. Drake
“Beso” – Rosalia and Rauw Alejandro
“Sister Morphine” – The Rolling Stones (written by Mick Jagger and Marianne Faithful)
“The Winner Takes It All – ABBA (written by Björn Ulvaeus and Agnetha Fältskog)
“Green Light” – Sonic Youth
“Blood of Eden” – Peter Gabriel (with backing vocals by Sinead O’Connor)

“I’m all up in your ear, you don’t wanna let me go / We can start the shit right here, I put that on my soul” – Wolfacejoeyy, “stop trippin bout girls u don’t know”
“Where you at? We ain’t fuck in some months / Hit from the back while you suck on my thumb” – Cash Cobain, “send the addy”
“And you gotta grow and I gotta grow too nigga cause we finna have kids / Matter fact I might just take you back to show you how much you put me in my bag” – Baby Osama, “Free Max B”

“These niggas salute me these bitches is groupies / And shout out to Gunna I hope you don’t sue me” – Chow Lee, “Who U Think?” w/Cash Cobain
“She wanna do me and the guys, but it’s okay ’cause I’ma let you” – Vontee The Singer, “For Us”
“And I bet when she check the page, she gon’ see if I’m cute, but gon’ look if there’s motion too” – R2R Moe, “Masterpiece”
“Grippy, I call her that ’cause it’s grippy” – J. Cole, “Grippy”

When Clarence got a girlfriend
Regular Show‘s great debate

These $65 spread-open legs candles
This $110 ISAMAYA lipstick in a shiny phallic case
This $19 hot (confidence boosting) picture frame
This $16 book that tells you how to actually have a working polyamorous relationship
This $8 petite little diary for organizing your sneaky link appointments
Everything from this indie bookstore that specializes in hard-to-find, tasteful erotica
These $7 bootylicious wax melts
This $115 handmade Venus-inspired pocket mirror for strategic viewing
This $78 oyster plate that looks nipple-y but in a tasteful way
Boob sponge

6. Yellow (Banana)
5. Pink (Cherry)
4. Green (Lemon-Lime)
3. Orange (Orange)
2. Purple (Grape)
1. White (Wintergreen)

Kali Uchis and Don Toliver
Waxahatchee and Kevin Morby
Hilary Duff and Matthew Korma
Deb Never and Faye Webster
Rihanna and A$AP Rocky

The episode where the husband secretly donated his sperm to a friend and didn’t tell his wife for 10 years
The episode where the couple were each other’s affair partners, cheated on each other, broke up, found new relationships, then cheated on their new relationships again with each other
The episode where the wife says “sex is kind of a chore”
The episode where it’s clear the couple hate each other and then start arguing with Esther

“And when we get together we make magic and it’s ours / Whenever you up here, ain’t nun nobody can do about it” (“Turn On the Lights”)
“Thinkin’ how you would be thinkin’, I’m feeling you close / I’m dreamin’ how you would be dreamin’ and hoping you over” (“I Be U”)
“I’ll scoop your son up from your baby daddy / From this point on you don’t have to deal with your past” (“Use Me”)
“Give me love, that’s what I need, that’s what I need / I’ll travel through time, I walk the line and overseas” (“One Helluva Night”)
“I’ll go to war over you, dont give a fuck about showing you” (“Neva End”)
“We broke the rules, we took it further then / We made a promise to each other we gone never end” (“No Matter What”)
“It’s my love from my grandmother make me gentle when I care for you” (“Love You Better”)
“You an honor to me, I got that lumber like trees / I wear my heart on my sleeve, you got my heart in my stomach” (“Astronaut Chick”)

“Valentines Day the worst day, got too many to please” (“WORST DAY”)
“I don’t know her name, she wanna have my child” (“Last Name”)
“Found out I cheated on her, she still feed me grapes” (“St. Lucia”)
“If she catch me cheating, I won’t ever tell her sorry” (“Low Live”)
“Anytime I got you girl, you my possession / Even if I hit you once, you’re part of my collection” (“My Collection”)
“He want her, she on that sea water/ F**k around, pull out my d**k and I pee on her” (“Peacoat”)
“I’m tryna f**k the DA lady in her mouth though” (“In Her Mouth”)
“Bitch, I’ma choose the dirty over you / You know I ain’t scared to lose you” (“Thought It Was a Drought”)

Mannequin Pussy – “Nothing Like” // Kintsugi by Masque Milano
J.P. & Baby Osamaa – “Freaky Attitude” // Soft Tension by Andrea Maack
Guy – “I Like” // Roasted Coffee Cigarette Whisky Come And Get Your Suede Honey Baby by Strangers Parfumerie
Babyxsosa – “WAKE UP NEXT TO YOU” // Dauphine by Goest
Chow Lee – “bangbang!” // Promise by Frederic Malle
Sade – “By Your Side” // Jardin de L’Orangerie by Dries Van Noten
Pi’erre Bourne – “Practice” // Agent Provocateur by Agent Provocateur

Prom Night
Shutter
The Stepfather
The Haunting in Connecticut
Drag Me to Hell
Obsessed
Insidious
The Last Exorcism

Clairo
Mitski
Bladee or any Drain Gang member
Cigarettes After Sex
Phoebe Bridgers
Boygenius
MJ Lenderman but only if it’s a dude. Girls can post MJ Lenderman on their dating app bios

“And you know I love my TV / But all I really wanna see is see you need me” (“Joker Lips”)
“I’ve got a houseboat docked at the Himbo Dome, And a wristwatch that’s a Pocket knife and a megaphone, and a wristwatch that tells me I’m on my own” (“Wristwatch”)
“In truth I have abused it, the love that I’ve once known / I masked away my darkness and now I’m on my own / I got to figure it out on my own, got to figure it out on my own” (“Heartbreak Blues”)
“Some say distance grows the heart, but I know sometimes we just drift apart” (“You Don’t Know the Shape I’m In”)
“No time to apologize for the things you do / Go rent a Ferrari and sing the blues / Believe that Clapton was the second coming” (“She’s Leaving You”)

A Literate Passion by Anaïs Nin and Henry Miller
Possession by A.S. Byatt
Bram Stoker’s Dracula
Les Liaisons dangereuses by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos

“Could it be that I fell for another loser, I’m crying while I’m cummin'” (“In My Feelings”)
“The truth is I never bought into your bullshit ” (“High By The Beach”)
“Self-loathing poet, resident Laurel Canyon know-it-all” (“Norman fucking Rockwell”)
“You are unfixable I can’t break through your world” (“Shades of Cool”)
“George got arrested out on the lawn” (“Breaking Up Slowly”)

“Kill Bill” – SZA
“Party For One” – Carly Rae Jepsen
“Roses” – OutKast
“Solitude Is Bliss” – Tame Impala
“Man Down” – Rihanna
“Irreplaceable” – Beyoncé
“Motion Sickness” – Phoebe Bridgers
“No Scrubs” – TLC
“Breakin’ Up” – Rilo Kiley
“Thank U Next” – Ariana Grande
“It’s Not Right But It’s Okay” – Whitney Houston
“Good 4 U” – Olivia Rodrigo

“Brown Sugar” – D’Angelo
“Pink + White” – Frank Ocean
“Can I Kick It?” – A Tribe Called Quest
“Working It Out” – ML Buch
“French Disko” – Stereolab
“100” – Dean Blunt
“French Kiss – Lil Louis
“Too Deep” – dvsn
“Archangel” – Burial
“My First Love” – “Rene & Angela”
“Best/Blessed” – Popcaan

GloRilla and Sexyy Red
Edward Skeletrix and Brennan Jones
Kendrick Lamar and Baby Keem
Rio Da Yung OG and Peezy
Star Bandz and BabyChiefDoit
OsamaSon and Glokk40Spaz
FLEE and StoopidXool
Young Thug and Future

Centrist political consultant.
Q&A format with multiple gotcha questions.
Man who was a DJ.
Man who was so nervous on the date that he pulled a random book from the shelf (we were at a bookstore slash bar) and it just so happened to be The African Condition. Tried to appear nonchalant and blasé as he flipped through it while sitting opposite of me and going, “This is intense.”
He was 28. I was 20.

“Clara” – Scott Walker
“Every Relationship Earthrise” – Prurient
“When God Released Me” – –––__––___ feat. Lucy Liyou

“I Will Wait” – Mumford & Sons
“Little Talks” – Of Monsters and Men
“Skinny Love” – Bon Iver
“I’m Sprung” – T. Pain
“Rivers and Roads” – The Head and the Heart
“The Adventure” – Angels & Airwaves
“Everyone Falls In Love Sometimes” – Tanto Metro and Devonte
“Stellar” – Incubus
“3 Libras” – A Perfect Circle
“Delirious” – Vistoso Bosses
“Rain” – SWV
“Me & U” – Cassie
“Girls Dem Sugar” – Beenie Man feat. Mya