Charlie Rivera—Playlists
Character playlists for Charlie Rivera. Each captures a different era, emotional state, or arc. Click play on any embed to listen.
Acoustics
When you strip it down and it’s still good, that’s how you know.
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After Hours
2am and the city’s still talking. Just quieter.
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Bad Days
Don’t ask which thing. Just put it on.
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Charlie Rivera (Overall)
If you wanted to know me in 4 hours, here.
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Classical That Actually Slaps
I said what I said.
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Coming Back Online 🔄🧠
For when the fog lifts and you remember you have a body that works sometimes.
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Drumming
Hands need to hit something. Preferably a kit.
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Feeling Powerful
Volume UP. No apologies.
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For Ezra (Hermano)
Mi hermano del alma. You know what you are.
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For Jacob
The steadiest person I know. This is what you sound like to me.
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For Mami
Todo lo que soy empezó contigo.
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Heart Rate 144 and Vibing 📈🫠💓
POTS said party, I said lay down. We compromised.
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I Love NY!
Yes it’s corny. Yes I mean it. Esta ciudad me hizo. ❤️🌎
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Jazz Voices
The ones who open their mouths and you forget you have a body. …Wait, I already forgot. Never mind.
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Just This (Nothing Else) 🫠🔇
Shhh.
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Latin Jazz
Where both halves of me meet.
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Latin Pride
87 reasons your abuela had better taste than you.
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Lead Bones Club 🔋💤🚫
Membership: involuntary. Meetings: horizontal.
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Llorar Un Poquito
Sometimes you just gotta. No shame, no explanation. Llorar y ya.
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Lolo
129 tracks and it’s still not enough. Te amo, mi vida. Every song is yours.
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Loud and Proud 🌈
Gay and Puerto Rican and LOUD about both. Deal with it.
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No Shame
For when you need to remember you’re allowed to take up space.
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Para Mi Gente
Te amo, PR! 🇵🇷
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Porch Swing
Nowhere to be. Nothing to fix. Just this.
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Practice Room
Lock the door. Warm up the reed. Disappear for three hours.
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Queens
Jackson Heights forever. You can hear it from the 7 train.
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Salsa
If you’re not moving by track 3, check your pulse. Actually, don’t check mine.
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Sax Legends
The lineage. Trane, Bird, Cannonball, Sonny. I’m just trying to be worthy.
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Show Tunes
Yes I’m a gay man with a show tunes playlist. I contain multitudes. Also, Sondheim.
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Singing in the Shower 🫣🤫
DO NOT tell the band.
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Stomach vs. Me (Ongoing) 🤮⚔️😵💫
Current score: Stomach 4,872, Me 3. But those 3 were LEGENDARY.
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Top 10 Overrated Songs
I love you all but someone had to say it.
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Volume Mute (Yes, All of It) 🔇🔥💀🤫
When even the quiet stuff is too loud. Just frequencies and breathing.
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