Playlist: Fuck Blue Monday

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As the internet is adamant to inform us, today is Blue Monday – allegedly the most depressing day of the year (just like any Monday, surely?). But if you are feeling blue today, here’s a big-ass playlist to perk yourself up and punch the air to through til midnight when normal service will apparently resume.

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