Here at 107.7 The Bronc, we strive to give our listeners the biggest hits and the best variety 24/7, 365 days a year.

A big part of that is being able to keep track of what’s charting week in and week out. That’s why the Music Director’s Playlist is always up to date with the newest music that’s being played on 107.7 The Bronc.

To contact our music director about any music you’d like to send in, email us at broncsmusicdirector@rider.edu. Or call the station during our office hours every Tuesday from 4:30 PM EST to 6:30 PM EST or every Thursday from 11:00 AM EST to 1:00 PM EST by calling 609-896-5369.

Meet the Directors below & check out what they’re spinnin’!

Parker’s Playlist

 
Blur – Bella Kay
i deserve better. – Bella Kay
Good Reason – Gracie Abrams
Dance, Dance – Fall Out Boy
Bad At Love – Halsey
After Party – Don Toliver
Bite My Hip – Bauhaus
Ugly and Rotten – Mckenna Grace
fun out of it – Johnny Orlando
Crystal Strawberry – Tory Lanez
 

Parker’s Deeper Look:

Parker is all over the place with music, but they tend to stick to the trends and whatever is coming out they will always give a try. Their taste in music varies from Pop rap to alternative rock, all the way to the world of groups of all different genres. They would say they have a “niche music taste” . Let’s see if that’s true. This week I have some recent finds mixed in with some old favorite liked songs. 

First up, Blur by Bella Kay. Her new album just came out a week or so ago and this is the opening track. It lures you in perfectly, I absolutely adore Bella Kay and her style of music. It’s so good. Her vocals are so raw and unique it’s addictive. The chorus of the song is so relatable and has a vibe that you can’t turn that volume button or dial down.  

More on Bella Kay, we have i deserve better. She has this ability to make the song sound exactly how it feels to be experiencing the exact emotion of the song, which could be yearning for Blur and healing for i deserve better. This track to be exact is heartbreaking to me because it tells the story of realizing that you do deserve better than that one person you couldn’t escape because you’re so forgiving. 

Good Reason by Gracie Abrams, oh my god her new album was so beautiful to listen to and I loved this song the most so far. It is a breakup song but I really am more focused on her vocals and the beat that just puts me in a trance makes me almost think it’s a love song. I love this song so much right now so it’s definitely on repeat. As I’m writing this i’m listening hard into the song and I guess it is a love song because it’s about two people who really loved each other and broke up for NO GOOD REASON. Ugh too good Gracie, too good. 

Okay recently I had the best hangout with my friend who introduced me to a bunch of classic emo and rock groups. One being Fall Out Boy and their song Dance, Dance. This song makes me wanna be in a mosh pit lowkey, so yes Dance, Dance. It’s really catchy and I can’t believe I never listened to them before. 

Bad At Love by Halsey, ugh I’ve been on my Halsey game again especially her older stuff. The song itself is a great pop song and the story is so real when you know you’ve been in failed relationships but lowkey the song gives a vibe that you finally find that one that makes you wanna not be “bad at love.” 

Okay vibe switch, After Party by Don Toliver. I’ve been quoting this song so much with the “Okay I pull up” it’s so funny but I quoted it so much i had to listen to it now it’s been on repeat…oops!

NEXT UP, my goth contribution to this week: Bite My Hip by Bauhaus. I love gothic music and I’m shocked there has not been more on these playlists. But, I love this one because the bridge it’s soooo cool and I love dancing to it.

Ugly and Rotten by McKenna Grace, this is a random pull but like she makes hella good music lately with those metal and rock undertones. I’m a sucker for alternative rock girls, we should know this by now. But yeah I’m definitely proud of McKenna’s growth in her music like this is a banger. 

These last two songs are some of my classic go to late night drive songs: fun out of it by Johnny Orlando and BENEE, and Crystal Strawberry by Tory Lanez. Like they both are just THAT song like i’m going 80 on that highway.

Natalie’s Playlist

 

Afraid to Die – CRAWLERS

Girls Like Girls – Hayley Kiyoko

Unraveling – The Crane Wives

California – Chappell Roan

What’s Wrong With Me – Olivia Rodrigo, Robert Smith

I Will – Mitski

Falling Behind – Laufey

Silk Chiffon – MUNA, Pheobe Bridgers

Fade to Black and Blue – Alexa Dark

Don’t Delete The Kisses – Wolf Alice

Natalie’s Deeper Look

Afraid to Die is the newest song by one of my favorite bands, CRAWLERS, and I can’t wait for more people to hear it. I’ve loved CRAWLERS ever since I first heard them, probably around 2019, and it’s been great getting to hear them evolve into their new sound and play around with genres.  It’s been almost 2 years since they last released music or did a big tour, and I am so excited to see what comes next for them!
 
Watching the Girls Like Girls movie in theaters was like having all of my middle school emotions ripped out of me and laid bare, and hearing this song in the ending almost made me cry. Girls Like Girls is just such a longing, happy song about figuring out who you are and accepting yourself, and I’d be lying if I said I’ve stopped playing it,
 
I absolutely adore The Crane Wives, and while I’m a huge fan of their faster, more chaotic songs, Unraveling will always be one of my favorites. Even though it gets overshadowed by their more popular songs, Unraveling truly showcases the emotional depth that I love about The Crane Wives, and I love being able to just lay down and listen to them.
 
Obviously Chappell Roan is incredible, and I love her, and people need to listen to slower, sadder songs as well as high energy bangers! California hits me right in the gut every time that I listen to it, and is just such a beautiful song. The whole Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess album is incredible, and I love when artists are able to pull off multiple emotions in one album, and still make it feel cohesive.
 
Now where would I be talking about multiple emotions in one album if not leading y’all back to you seem pretty sad for a girl so in love. I haven’t been the biggest Olivia Rodrigo fan, but I’ve been loving her most recent stuff. The song I’ve been most excited about is What’s Wrong With Me, since she collabed with Robert Smith from one of my favorite bands, The Cure. There’s been a lot of covers of The Cure songs, and a lot of kinda bad ones at that, but when I heard Olivia sing Just Like Heaven, I fell in love. I think it’s incredible how she is paying homage to an older generation of musicians, and how she was able to integrate stylistic choices of The Cure in this song!
 
Mitski has been one of my favorite artists for a while, and for good reason. I know she usually gets branded as “sad girl music”, but personally I think that that confines her to a box and diminishes how powerful and beautiful her lyrics are, and I Will is one of my favorites of hers.
 
I’m a huge Lauver, so I just had to put some (more) Laufey into the stations rotation! Falling Behind is just such a beautiful song, and I love playing it.
 
A break from the sad and depressing, the next song is Silk/ S Chiffon by MUNA and Pheobe Bridgers! In the opposite way of Chappell and The Crane Wives, I feel like Pheobe is usually relegated to more “sad girl music”, when her more upbeat songs are also bangers. I love blasting Silk Chiffon while driving with the windows down, and the music video is even modeled after one of my favorite movies, But I’m A Cheerleader!
 
Alexa Dark is a fairly underground artist, who I only found because she opened for CRAWLERS one year, but I love her voice. She had opened up her set with Fade to Black and Blue, and I thought about it for the whole night after; she was just so enchanting.
 
I’ve had Don’t Delete The Kisses by Wolf Alice on repeat for the past week, and I think more people should definitely give it a listen! I love the vibe of the song, and it’s another great one to just blast whenever you’re alone and yearning.