Netizens divided seeing Spotify's 'COVID-19 Quarantine party playlist'; read song titles

With ongoing Coronavirus pandemic disrupting life at various levels, people are trying to change ir lifestyles in se difficult times. But re is also a section of people who are trying to distract and escape with help of music. Amid this, curators of such things from different parts of world have put toger various playlists that depict and are probably helping m cope.

most popular such playlist is "COVID-19 Quarantine Party" playlist which has over 85 songs & over 70,000 followers with titles like "You Sound Like You're Sick" by Ramones, 'Underneath Mask', 'Cover your mouth', 'Toxic' by Britney Spears and more.  curator has openly written that people can send song requests on his Instagram handle.

According to a report, a girl from Milan, Italy, Carlotta Freni, who works in music field and has been a resident of Italy since past 13 years, also created her playlist called 'Songs for Pandemics'. Ar playlist called 'Coronavirus Hand Washing Playlist' created by user jenntrev has 51 songs that serve a greater purpose. Every song has a chorus/pre-chorus of around 20 seconds that will help you meet handwashing guidelines.

se playlists have over 30,000 followers and are being shared on social media worldwide. While some people find it insensitive, ors feel that y help m keep up with difficult times.

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