#adriennekenyon

I made a Spotify playlist of songs that remind me of certain scenes from Melissa Brayden’s Waiting in the Wings:

What If? - Idina Menzel, from the musical If/Then

Scene: Jenna watches Adrienne for the first time

“The character, Evan, sang quietly, asking herself how and when her life had taken a turn.” (p. 22)

Clean Slate is a fictional musical (although I wish it really existed), but this is my idea of how Adrienne’s opening number might sound like, minus the other characters singing because it was described in the book as a solo.

Sugar - Robin Schulz feat Francesco Yates

Scene: Jenna’s first meeting with Adrienne, who’s in a towel. 

Adrienne looked so hot that Jenna’s sapphic desires just leaped off the page. 

Hungry Eyes - Eric Carmen

Scene: At the bar, Georgette pulls Jenna to the dance floor when this song comes on. 

Crazy For You - Madonna

Scene: When this song plays, Georgette asks Jenna to dance, but Ben cuts in, so Jenna and Adrienne are left to dance with each other. 

I hear this song until the scene when Adrienne goes in to kiss Jenna. 

Rather Be -  Clean Bandit feat Jess Glynne

Scene: Jenna and Adrienne’s day at the pier.

Marvin Gaye - Charlie Puth feat Meghan Trainor 

Scene: Adrienne and Jenna get it on for the first time. 

Explosions - Ellie Goulding

Scene: The breakup (Adrienne’s perspective)

Like I’m Gonna Lose You - Meghan Trainor feat John Legend

Scene: The breakup (Jenna’s perspective)

The breakup was so abrupt, a large part of it due to Adrienne shutting off Jenna immediately. I dunno, but this song gives me a glimpse of what was probably going through Jenna’s head after Adrienne left. 

Ho Hey - The Lumineers 

Scene: Basically any scene that involved Jenna getting jealous of Kim

Latch - Sam Smith

Scene: Jenna and Adrienne finally confess their true feelings for each other.  

I Love You Always Forever - Betty Who

Scene: Epilogue

BONUS: Life of the Party by Idina Menzel, from the musical The Wild Party

Scene: Jenna’s audition song for Clean Slate  

It wasn’t explicitly mentioned in the book, but the title of Jenna’s audition song is Life of the Party, so I just had a hunch that it must be this song...