Pisces Season Mixtape 2021

Of course Pisces have the SWEEPING EPIC EMOTIONAL songs. We’re moving from the cool detachment of Capricorn and Aquarius into unabashed earnestness. There’s not a lot of subtlety about the emotions of a Pisces.

The final sign of the Zodiac, they’ve absorbed the lessons of all the other signs and arrived at a place of collective unconscious. Pisces go deep, to the point that mere humans might not fully “get” them. They’re not just on another planet, they’ve transversed to another realm entirely.

I mean, Jesus, as someone whose chart is almost entirely ruled by Air + Earth signs, I simply cannot handle all these FEELINGS. (Speaking of Jesus, he was probably actually a Pisces?)

You thought Aquarians were a weird bunch? Take a gander at some of the musicians born under the sign of the fish: Rihanna. Kurt Cobain. George Harrison. Lou Reed. Hozier and Chris Martin are practically Pisces poster boys. But also: Justin Bieber. The guy from Nickelback. Adam Levine. Truly as cursed as they are creative.

For once, every single song on this playlist features a Pisces. Which means there is no bonus David Bowie or LCD Soundsystem this time. There were simply too many Pisces musicians to include. And not all of them even made the cut (sorry to Lil Dicky and “Stay” by Lisa Loeb, maybe next year).

Particularly Piscean highlights include:

• Everything Kurt Cobain ever did

• “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by George Harrison and the way John and Paul allegedly teased him, initially refused to record it, and I think also wouldn’t sing on it? Someone who knows more about the Beatles correct me here if I’m making stuff up.

• Christ Martin writing a song called “Every Teardrop is a Waterfall.” Also consciously uncoupling from Gwyneth Paltrow, noted Libra.