So: you want to get into a “top 10” school. What do you do?

Our amazing senior editors — Helen, Lauren O., and Lauren T. — are graduating this year! To celebrate their hard work and contributions to A&E, we wanted to share some of their all-time favorites as well as some advice for new writers.

Tyler’s discography takes us through the various stages of his life as he develops into the mainstream artist he is today — all while enthralling listeners with high production-quality. So what albums and tracks made Tyler, the Creator evolve into the artist that fans know today? Let’s take a dive in!

Picture this: you’re a struggling artist who has been working for years, and finally, you land your dream gig—only to be dunked into a manhole right after. Such is the plight of Soul’s main character, Joe Gardner. That description also aptly fits the 34-year-long struggle to land a Black lead in a Pixar film; it takes far too long to finally happen, and when it does, unfair circumstances send it right down the toilet (manhole).

The first two movies were a buildup to the pair finally having a solid relationship, but once they finally established one, it seemed as if the writers had no idea how to keep that charm. TATB: AaF spent way too much time solely on Lara Jean and Peter's relationship, reducing the characters themselves to just one-half of a couple.

Missing campy horror-comedy in January? Wayward Guide for the Untrained Eye is the cheesy thriller you’re in search of. Gravity Falls meets Welcome to Nightvale in this new web series about twin journalists—Artemis and Paul Schue-Horyn—investigating the strange and unusual of a small mining town for their podcast. In this hilarious yet thrilling story, the duo becomes wrapped up in a string of mysteries about the unexplained corruption and hidden evils of Connor Creek.

It’s a beautiful year in Grammy land if you’re Beyoncé, Dua Lipa, Phoebe Bridgers, or any of the other artists who deservedly racked up nominations for the 2021 awards; however, many other artists are left wondering why their hard work went ignored. It may be the Recording Academy’s most embarrassing year yet—forever marked as The Scammys.

Guitar God. Musical Innovator. Magnificent Songwriter. Known to many as the greatest guitarist of all time, Eddie Van Halen completely transformed the genre of rock and influenced several bands that we love listening to today. Tragically, he passed away on October 6th after losing a battle to throat cancer, but the legacy he has left should be celebrated by every music fan.

From high-fashion supermodel to international sensation, Rina Sawayama has not had the standard route to becoming a pop star. In her music, she expresses her struggles having emigrated from her native land: microaggressions, parental problems, intergenerational trauma, and exploring sexuality.

LOONA has always received massive amounts of support from fans, from the aforementioned “stan loona” meme to fans buying multiple copies of their albums to help them chart on Billboard. Fans were (and likely will always be) LOONA’s #1 marketing technique. But why is that?

What makes a children’s movie iconic? Is it the humorous appeal or gorgeous animation? Well, sort of. While all of these are important, the true stars of children’s movies are the ones that hide in plain sight: the songs.

Though there's no need to follow the extremes of Dadaists in their art, by emulating the concept of being unapologetically different in our lives, perhaps we can make the world a more interesting place.