- Popular songs the day/year you were born.
- The most popular song on your birthday for each year of your life.
- Songs that were important to you in your past.
- Songs that you associate with certain events in your past.
- Create a playlist where each song is associated with the previous one in some way - artist, subject, title, etc.
- Make a silver screen playlist of songs from your favourite films/TV shows.
- Make an around the world in 80 songs playlist.
- Make a colour wheel playlist from songs that mention or talk about colour.
- A playlist of songs from bands you've seen live.
- Tell a story through songs.
- Places you've visited or dream of visiting.
- Pair songs with specific dishes or cuisines.
- Music for a low-impact workout.
- The #1 songs from every birthday.
- Music mentioned in books.
- Songs from different cultures that celebrate the same holiday.
- Rearrange the titles of the songs on your favourites playlist into a poem.
You could:
- Listen to a new (to you) song/musician each day (or week).
- Create playlists on a music service if you belong to one - or on your own if you don't - to track your discoveries. Note lyrics you like, memories the songs kindled, ideas that get sparked, art inspired, shows you went to, etc.
- Share your playlists.
You could make a book nook and song playlist:
Spend a day with your favourite quotations, phrases, and song lyrics.
- Create a list of the books where you got some of your favourite quotations from and share it with others. Book club the books, if that's your thing.
- Create a playlist of the songs with your favourite lyrics and share it.
- Make a playlist of songs from books you've read or shows you've watched.