I'm really excited to show you Halloweird, my Halloween playlist that I think will come in handy when you're getting in the spirit for this year's Halloweekend.

I'm really looking forward to Halloween this year, and I've definitely come to appreciate it more — I feel like it's one of the few days of the year where we can be completely unafraid of (and embrace) our weirdness. And that's part of the reason why electronic music has been so appealing to me lately — given that artists like Hucci use such unexpected loops and samples (e.g. Baauer's "Good 2 U" samples Mariah Carey and Busta Rhymes' song), the music often defies how a song should really sound.

The playlist is a dark, outré blend of 59 bass-heavy rap, hip-hop, electronic & trap songs spanning from newer releases, to lesser-known favorites of mine, to older trap classics. You'll find my favorite song off of Drake & Future's What a Time to Be Alive, Kanye West's new track with Vic Mensa, my all-time favorites (too many) from RL Grime and the A$AP rappers, and more. I originally intended to make a mix out of these songs, but the timing hasn't worked out, so I'll try to carve out some time during winter break to work on it.

I've actually been listening to a lot of these, truly "out-there" songs (not even just for the purpose of Halloween) lately. Happy Halloween! The playlist is four hours long, so I think you'll be all set for the weekend. 😈

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You can also listen to Halloweird on 8tracks here.

To me, these songs all have incredible style -- something hard to pinpoint in a musical sense, but the combination of dark minor chords, trap elements, future synths and a heavy bass in this playlist makes for a really cool sound.

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As you know from February's This Month in Music, I've been very much into TroyBoi's music. The hashtag that he uses in categorizing his music is often #MyStyle, which inspired the title of this week's #FGF. "Nuffin" by SoundSnobz, which is half Troyboi, is what the duo calls "pretentious audio." Along with Peliqan's edit of Katy Perry's "Dark Horse," these two songs make a for an awesome deviant sound.

I also included Flume's mixtape version of "HyperParadise" featuring M.O.P. because of that rap verse that adds real attitude to the song. If you're into rap, there's also a remix Hudson Mohawke's hit "Chimes" that features Pusha T, Travis Scott and French Montana.

TL;DR These songs may make you feel particularly badass.

Happy Friday!