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Coffee Break: Emotions

Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions!
Disney and Pixar’s “Inside Out 2” returns to the mind of newly minted teenager Riley just as headquarters is undergoing a sudden demolition to make room for something entirely unexpected: new Emotions!Disney / Pixar

by Mac Wilson and Nilufer Arsala

June 26, 2024

Heads Up! There are spoilers from the movie Inside Out 2 in this post.

If you’ve been anywhere lately, then odds are you already know that the latest installment of Pixar’s Inside Out series was recently released to an eager audience. The movie shows our main character Riley getting older and navigating the changes that come when entering the teenage years. To help with the transition, reliable emotions Joy, Anger, Fear, Disgust, and Sadness are joined by the more complex Anxiety, Envy, Ennui, and Embarrassment … with little bit of Nostalgia thrown in along the way.

Inside Out 2 has quickly become the highest grossing film of the year and collected 100 million dollars in ticket sales last weekend. The film got us thinking about our own emotions and about how it would make us *feel* joy to celebrate them with music.

So for today’s 9:30 Coffee Break, what songs about emotions would you like to hear?


Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs Played
Pharrell Williams – Happy
The Rolling Stones – Angry
Lily Allen – The Fear
Low – Point of Disgust
The Avett Brothers – True Sadness
The Pointer Sisters – I'm So Excited
The Regrettes – Anxieties (Out Of Time) (bonus)