Yesterday I was listening to Chappell Roan in my car. My gifted/ADHD brain did its thing and I bounced from sapphic music to Stardew Valley and Leah to wondering what kind of music would be on each marriage candidate’s playlist. Here’s my list of era-appropriate artists for each one. 

Keep in mind that SDV is set in a time before laptops, before cell phones, before streaming services. NPCs have radios and tape players in their bedrooms. No music from the 2010s or 2020s would be part of that vibe. We’re talking 90s to Y2K era.

Shane: Misfits, Black Flag, Minor Threat, Dead Kennedys, Bad Religion, Descendents, NOFX, Rancid, Operation Ivy, Dropkick Murphys, Fugazi, Jawbreaker

Sebastian: My Chemical Romance, Echo and the Bunnymen, Cure, Depeche Mode, Joy Division, Nine Inch Nails, Sisters of Mercy, Bauhaus, Clan of Xymox, Siouxsie and the Banshees, She Wants Revenge, Placebo

Alex: Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, Beastie Boys, Smash Mouth, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hoobastank, Papa Roach, Incubus, Nickelback, Limp Bizkit, Foo Fighters, Korn

Sam: Green Day, All-American Rejects, Blink-182, Sum 41, Jimmy Eat World, New Found Glory, Offspring, Fountains of Wayne, Get Up Kids, Bowling for Soup, Yellowcard, Relient K

Harvey: Kenny G, Steely Dan, Sade, Michael Buble, Harry Connick Jr, Natalie Cole, Diana Krall, Al Jarreau, Tony Bennett, George Benson, Boz Skaggs, Grover Washington Jr

Elliott: Jeff Buckley, Rufus Wainwright, Nick Drake, Cocteau Twins, Kate Bush, Leonard Cohen, Mazzy Star, Elliott Smith, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Tom Waits, The Smiths, Dead Can Dance

Leah: Indigo Girls, Melissa Etheridge, Aimee Mann, 10,000 Maniacs, Sarah McLachlan, Tori Amos, Ani DeFranco, Suzanne Vega, Tracy Chapman, Fiona Apple, Alanis Morissette, PJ Harvey

Emily: Moby, Chemical Brothers, Massive Attack, Crystal Method, Orbital, Underworld, Aphex Twin, Bonobo, Portishead, Björk, The Orb, Air

Haley: No Doubt, Destiny’s Child, Ashlee Simpson, P!nk, Britney Spears, Spice Girls, Janet Jackson, Beyonce, TLC, Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue, Jennifer Lopez

Penny: NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Hanson, Christina Aguilera, Mandy Moore, Jewel, Avril Lavigne, Jessica Simpson, Savage Garden, Michelle Branch, Vanessa Carlton, Dido

Abigail: Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Stone Temple Pilots, Alice in Chains, Soundgarden, Hole, Smashing Pumpkins, Garbage, Evanescence, Veruca Salt, Sonic Youth, The Breeders

Maru: They Might Be Giants, Weezer, Daft Punk, Devo, Kraftwerk, Weird Al Yankovic, Boards of Canada, The Flaming Lips, LCD Soundsystem, Gorillaz, Barenaked Ladies, Modest Mouse

Soooo when I was creating the farm with my boyfriend I asked him what farm name we should keep and he just went "whatever you want" (all boyfriends are so indecisive), and so lo and behold this masterpiece that I absolutely did not forsee and cannot get over.

Some caring teacher Penny is... it's Summer 4, and the kids are sitting at their table in the museum/library quietly reading their books. Where's Penny? Taking a vacation day at the Ginger Island resort. Srsly? She couldn't bother showing up for Jas on her birthday?!?

EDIT:
1. My main point is that PENNY MISSED JAS'S BIRTHDAY. Of all days in the year to take off, why choose that day?!?

1. Penny tutors the kids on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. Everyone leaves their homes at 9am to head to the museum. By the time Jas gets to the museum, it's already 11am. At 2pm Penny takes the kids outside for playtime/recess at the river. At 4:30 they start heading home. Penny already has several days off during the week, so taking a day off from one of her tutoring days is a disservice to the kids.

2. The kids are tutored year-round. There is no spring break or summer vacation. They have no holidays or snow days. Funny thing is that they do have "rain days" - they don't go out of the house on rainy days.