Melissa Kacar

hot summer nights, mid july is a curated playlist centered around some of the songs that really capture the heat of the summer for me.  The title and the theme is inspired from a lyric by Lana Del Rey 's classic "Young And Beautiful" - which is such a gorgeous song in every regard. Since that song was originally released as a part of  The Great Gatsby  film soundtrack, I was inspired by a lot of the aesthetics and themes of both the original book and the 2013 film. Many of these tracks sound very grand to me, with hints of melancholy and introspection in the lyrics. I was also very inspired by another Lana classic "Summertime Sadness", which fittingly goes well with this theme and one that I took a lot of inspiration from while curating this playlist.  hot summer nights, mid july also really embodies a lot of the same themes of Melodrama by Lorde too - from the holy sick divine nights, to all of the glamour and the trauma and the fucking melodrama. I also rece

I'll take you out of the city, right into the shadow 🍅 I recently had the best time seeing one of my favorite bands, Bleachers , live in Jack Antonoff 's home state of New Jersey ! This year marked the sixth Shadow of the City event, which is always held at The Stone Pony's Summer Stage in Asbury Park, NJ. I grew up going to Asbury Park with my family and have seen a couple of shows inside the legendary venue, but I have never seen a show outside at their bigger Summer Stage. I have also never been to a festival like this before, so it was very exciting that this was my first!  Shadow of the City is a festival founded by Jack Antonoff and is usually held just about every other year or so. His band, Bleachers , is always the headliner but there were also several other amazing artists that played throughout the day too. When the event was announced, it was just Bleachers on the lineup, with the rest of the artists being announced much later. Some of the artists that were ev