These songs turn 10 in 2023 (and we’ve yet to reel from the news)

Exist songs that stop time, are handed down from generation to generation, aging beautifully and becoming the soundtrack of people’s lives for years and years.

There are songs instead that, don’t ask me how, they always seem to have just come out, especially those from 2010 onwards and which have marked the childhood or adolescence of many of us.

It will be that when we talk about the “2000” the brain deceives me into thinking that it was a few years ago and instead … 23 have already passed.

Aside from my obvious math and time perception limitations, you can’t imagine the shock when I came across a post celebrating 10 years since the release of Best Song Ever of One Direction. Claiming to be a fan of 1D, at the time, was a guarantee of youth while, today, it’s becoming almost prehistory, how did everything happen so fast?!

After recovering from realizing uncomfortable truths like “you are an adult and in no time at all you will be close to retirement (but no guaranteed pension)” I decided to dig even deeper and research other songs from 2013with the same masochism with which you read old chats with your ex after a breakup or listen to sad songs when you’re already on the verge of despair.

But given the relentless speed with which it flows, I’d say don’t waste any more time: here are some songs that have turned or will turn 10 in 2023.

STORY OF MY LIFE – ONE DIRECTION

RAP GOD – EMINEM

WHEN I WAS YOUR MAN – BRUNO MARS

LOCKED OUT OF HEAVEN – BRUNO MARS

ROAR – KATY PERRY

BEAUTY AND A BEAT – JUSTIN BIEBER FT. NICKI MINAJ

22 – TAYLOR SWIFT

WRECKING BALL – MILEY CYRUS

ROYALS – GROSS

THRIFT SHOP – MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. WANZ

CAN’T HOLD US – MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS FEAT. RAY DALTON

MIRRORS – JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE

APPLAUSE – LADY GAGA

COME & GET IT – SELENA GOMEZ

TIMBER – PITBULL FT. KE$HA

POUR IT UP – RIHANNA

STAY – RIHANNA FT. MIKKY EKKO

I NEED YOUR LOVE – CALVIN HARRIS FT. ELLIE GOULDING

GET LUCKY – DAFT PUNK FT. PHARRELL WILLIAMS, NILE RODGERS

SCREAM & SHOUT – WILL.I.AM FT. BRITNEY SPEARS

THE WAY – ARIANA GRANDE FT. MAC MILLER

COUNTING STARS – ONE REPUBLIC

LET HER GO – PASSENGERS

WAKE ME UP – AVICII

ANIMALS – MARTIN GARRIX

GENTLEMAN – PSY

JUST GIVE ME A REASON – PINK FT. NATE RUESS

LA LA LA – NAUGHTY BOY FT. SAM SMITH

THE FOX (WHAT DOES THE FOX SAY?) – YLVIS

SAY SOMETHING – A GREAT BIG WORLD FT. CHRISTINA AGUILERA

ONE MORE NIGHT – MAROON 5

STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM – DRAKE

SUMMERTIME SADNESS – LANA DEL REY

TROUBLEMAKER – OLLY MURS FT. FLO LAUGH

GIRL ON FIRE – ALICIA KEYS

HO HEY – THE LUMINEERS

CARRY ON – FUN

HARLEM SHAKE – BAAUER

I LOVE IT – POP ICON

SAFE AND SOUND – CAPITAL CITIES

THE OTHER SIDE – JASON DERULO

HERE’S TO NEVER GROWING UP – AVRIL LAVIGNE