Sneaking out every. Single. Night. Hanging out with Effy can be sort of dangerous, but I guess that’s what you should expect from such a daredevil party girl. Her taciturn ways and destructive personality make it hard to get through to her, but Effy will always be a crazy queen of the night.
So smear on the glitter eyeliner, get your brother to distract your parents, and slip out tonight to dance until the break of dawn with Effy Stonem. Just don’t get into TOO much trouble!
Hello, you. June’s theme will be LONGING. Unlike more-acute forms of desire like desperation or need, longing is a sweet ache—more pining for something than dying for it. It’s nostalgia, homesickness, boredom, a persistent feeling of lack, dreaming of escape/the future. It’s summer: summer homes & cottages, stuffy summer bedrooms, sun-bleached memories of summers past. The shadow of September that hangs over June. It’s secret hangouts, crushes, unrequited love. Send what you’ve got here, and thanks. ♥
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I love Skins. I also love this playlist.
Log in to replyGloomy moody girl who looks like a pubescent boy.
Log in to replyAre you the gender police?
Log in to replyIn my opinion, the point of this website is for girls to stick together, and not put each other down. I guess we do not share the same opinion. Be kind, please.
Log in to replyhaha I totally took that comment as a compliment to Effy at first!
Log in to replyWasn’t expecting to see Skins related stuff here! Effy isn’t really my fav character (I have to be cliche and say it’s Cassie), but I can say this playlist is totally incredible and Stonem-ish!!!
As I can’t get into much trouble since I’m at home right know, I’m just going to pretend I’m a psycho teenager partying in a odd forest with friends and mushrooms while I listen to this.
Log in to replyYES! This is too perfect. Rookie just keeps validating all of my interests and makes me feel so damn good. Much <3! Go Hazel!
Log in to replyYou don’t need us to validate your interests! But in any case, yay at mutual interests <3
Log in to replyThis is a perfect tribute to Effy! Well done, Hazel.
Log in to replythis was the best idea in the whole wide world. i would love to spend a day with effy. or cassie. or chris. or cook. or anyone from skins really.
Log in to replyNice to see a bit of Skins on Rookie!
Log in to replyMy American penpal once told me that she envisioned all of our lives in England to be like an episode of Skins; which for the most part is completely false.
I said It’s more like an episode of US Skins; a down rate, PG-13 version filled with a load of unoriginal, undeveloped characters.
Yeah I really didn’t like the US version, which is surprising as they are usually better.
Thats actually quite surprising I’m also from England and pretty much me and my friends lives are alot like skins…
Log in to replyIt has calmed down abit now we’re not all at the same colleges/sixthforms.
Ahh now im reminiscing excuse me whilst I go shed a tear :’)
effy is my role model. i feel like a sacred gem has been exposed right now.
Log in to replyI love that you listed Lykke Li!
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Log in to replyThis is so perfect.
Log in to replyYes. This.
Skins gen 1 and 2 were pretty much the best thing ever.
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Log in to replyGah. Skins is the best thing ever. And so is Effy. Except for that bit where she gets brain washed… that is kind of weird. But what ever. Gen 1 and 2 skins were awesome.
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Log in to replyThis is absolutely brilliant.
Log in to replyMy sister’s best friend cousins is the actress who plays her, she came to my house once, I almost pasted out. Love Skins and Effy, and this playlist is so so good!
Log in to replyOh, Rookie. I officially love you and your officially epic playlists. Please just continue your awesomeness, okay?
Log in to replyyes! uk skins! The kind of thing I wish I could watch it for the first time all over again.
Log in to replyWhen I saw this I did a double take and squealed. Rookie. Just. Way to go.
Log in to replyI like Effy, but I’m so a Cassie or Maxxie fan. I’d love to hang with them… leave some killer tap moves or watch the clouds FOREVER. haha
Log in to replyMaxxie is my favorite Skins character! And after that is Chris and Cassie, then Naomi from Season 2.
Log in to replyOnly if it’s season 1 Effy.
Log in to replyThis mix is great, is there any way to download it?
Log in to replyNo, for legal reasons, 8tracks doesn’t let you download these mixes. I’m not saying there isn’t probably someone, somewhere on the internet, who has figured out a hack for this problem. I am just saying that I have not found that person. (I also haven’t looked.)
Log in to replyyay for crystal castles, cut copy and css all on the same playlist
Log in to replyloved annie too… I’d never listened to her :)
I love Skins! Effy isn’t my favorite character, which is Cassie, but still, this is fabulous.
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Log in to replythis is wonderful, not only is the music fantastic (lykke li, m83, cut/copy and crystal castles, wooooo) but it’s related to skins- possibly the best thing ever. you are truly lovely, hazel!
Log in to replyYay! I love this mix. It’s definitely Effy-esque. Even though I’m not a clubbing-all-night type of gal, I am enjoying listening to this mix in my PJ’s on a Saturday night and dancing around, nonetheless.
Log in to replyAnd my fave Skins character is definitely Cassie. ♥
YES!!!! Love this playlist! I spent the last two weeks of December watching the first four seasons of Skins and while I must say I loved the first cast best (Cassie! Sid!), I do love me some Effy, so I was super excited to listen to this!
Log in to replyI will never understand what Cassie saw in Sid. Didn’t she seem too good for him? I know I am about to cause an “internet flame war.”
Log in to replyI think he was the only boy who (well, at least for a little while) actually loved her. Nobody, not even Cassie’s parents, loved her. BUT THEN SID SCREWED UP BIG TIME.
Log in to replyi really love the Empire of the Sun’s Walking on a Dream and Cut and Copy’s Nobody Lost, Nobody Found!
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Log in to replyI was pretty sure you guys could’nt get any more awesome, and then you started talking asbout Effy Stonem.
Log in to replySO SO SO MUCH LOVE
ugh i NEED to watch skins sometime!
Log in to replylove annie, love crystal castles, love cut copy, love british tv shows! this inspired me to watch skins, which i’d only ever seen once before, and now i’m hooked right before midterms :(
xcrellent playlyst! keep em coming, rooksters
Log in to replyThe camping trip was an amazing episode. I swear I almost passed out during the mushroom trip/fireworks thing. I loved Cook! In spite of how lame the writing got by the end of Generation 2 Season 2, he was so good. Cassie and Cook for me, and Effy when I need to break hearts!
Also, it’s cool that you put in CC’s Black Panther! I always think of Tony when I hear Alice Practice, obviously. Siblings!
Log in to replyI love Skins so much. I love the way they make characters who initially seem unlikable so incredibly real and complicated and lovable. Panda is actually one of my big style icons. All those colors and patterns and comfy shoes topped by a big goofy smile.
Log in to replyI remember that episode… I miss that cast :(
Log in to replyit makes me happy that i know almost all these songs. its almost like being cool
Log in to replyI’m glad Cold Cave are on this playlist, I love them! Confetti is a great song by them.
Log in to replyi really hate effy’s personality but her style and vibe and LOOk is undeniably amazing. i remember watching this season in parallel to all of my friends and all of us trying to emulate effy’s clothes, makeup, attitude. haha, good times!
Log in to replyAhhhh I love this. I have a slight wonderance (I don’t think that’s a word but dammit I’ll make it one), do you (anyone) have any suggestions for good music by queer women? I don’t know of anyone but Tegan and Sara. ):
Log in to reply*Effy from the UK series- I almost wept when I saw the US trailer.
Log in to replyI NEED TO WATCH ME SOME SKINS!!!!!
Log in to replyLove it! Was wondering when I’d see a good Skins reference :)
Log in to replyI loved Effy as a character because it helped me to see my condition (bipolar disorder/manic depression) played out on screen and also, her portrayal of the condition helped a lot of people to understand what I was going through better. Like, sometimes when I tell people I’m bipolar they’re all, oh! Like Effy from Skins?
Log in to replyWell done Rookie, an amazing playlist!
I love Effie. I think every girl secretly wanted to be like her. Cool playlist, too! I was really happy to see two great songs by CSS and Lykke Li on there. <3
Log in to replyAs I was reading the comments I saw no M83 love. what the heck. teen angst should be another song included in this soundtrack. and possibly a monthly theme.
Log in to replyI hate Effy Stonem (like, it’s passionate) but love this playlist. So… good job?/!! :D
Log in to replyEffy is like one of those characters that make me wanna be a party girl, she is totally gorgeous, as this playlist.
Log in to replySKINS for LYYFFEEE i wish i was effy
Log in to replyI love this playlist so much! Why won’t it let me replay it?! :(
Log in to replythis is perfection!
Log in to replyI am finally watching skins uk after years of temptation. I know I am sounding so cheesy saying this but, skins is making a huge good impact on my way of seeing life. I totally loved the playlist! great work!
Log in to replyOh goodness I love this playlist beyond words <3 Well done Hazel and well done Rookie!! If only I could escape my mundane life in rural NJ for a night and have some real fun with Effie and the rest of them…. Sigh….
Log in to replythis playlist is too perfect! i love effy!
Log in to replyI love Effy so much ! she’s so intriguing as a character. Also,I LOVE her clothes <3
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