Celebrating Valentine’s Day With Your ‘First Love’ Songs

What is love? Rachel Martin talks to poet Kwame Alexander, whose latest community poem on this Valentine’s Day is inspired by kids’ definitions of love.
What is love? Rachel Martin talks to poet Kwame Alexander, whose latest community poem on this Valentine’s Day is inspired by kids’ definitions of love.

Celebrating Valentine’s Day With Your ‘First Love’ Songs

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It’s Valentine’s Day, and we are all up in our feelings today. Love is in the air… and on our playlists. There is no end to the silly little love songs that take us back—all the way back—to our first loves, and our first heartbreaks.

So what song always reminds you of your first love? We pump up your playlist and have you remembering your sixth grade crush as we hear from a few music experts about those favorite first-love songs.

GUESTS: Jill Hopkins, host of Vocalo Radio’s The Morning AMp

Jason Marck, Reset producer and host of Radio Z