When everything’s going south, one of the few things you’ll always have to lift you up is music. That was especially true this year, when many of our social lives came to a halt, but there was no shortage of new songs to listen to from the safety of our homes. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

COVID-19 and other 2020 events inspired a lot of good music \u2014 both the hopeful and the relatably downtrodden \u2014 and plenty more came out this year that suited the times, even if it wasn’t born from them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are a few songs out this year that helped us get through the garbage fire that is (but, thankfully, will soon no longer be) 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Edoheart – “Original Sufferhead”<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Nigeria, the home country of singer\/songwriter\/producer Edoheart<\/a>, the term “original sufferhead” refers to someone who’s divinely ordained to suffer \u2014 and I’d venture to say a lot of people felt like the original sufferhead this year. The song has an optimistic note, though, because even as Edoheart declares herself the original sufferhead, she also proclaims, “I will fight it out.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n