The Seductive Psychology of Curating Music With Mixology

You’re feeling the vibe with someone new, and you don’t want the night to end, so you invite your date back to your place. When you arrive, you flip through your record collection, pull out Al Green’s Greatest Hits album and put it on the record player. As “Tired of Being Alone” fills the room, you mix a classic cocktail called the Hanky Panky, pour it into two glasses, garnish each one with a twist of orange, and join your date on the couch. You don’t have to ditch your Spotify playlist of sex songs for good, but there’s something to be said for the old-school style of seduction.