Every time I hear Latch by Disclosure and Sam Smith, I am instantly transported back to 2014. Twenty years old with the help of some borrowed IDs, my friends and I were at our favorite club in Hollywood. (Which has since been closed, Emerson— we miss you!) Heavily supplied with promoter vodka cranberries, we were in the middle of the dance floor engulfed in light, and glitter, and happiness. Literally the definition of young and care-free, living our best lives. After a string of the usual club pop/hip-hop/edm mix you’d hear at any club at any given night in LA, that beat came on. We all stopped, looked at each-other, did a little head-tilt and smiled. Not just a regular smile, but one of those big full body, opened-mouth kind of smiles. The crowd around us had a similar reaction, and then Sam’s voice comes in as the dancing picked back up, and then we all realized how amazing this voice was that we were hearing for the first time. The open-mouthed smiles were back, accompanied by a few squeals, and attempting to sing along with these new lyrics. I tried to Shazam the song while we danced, but of course we were in a concrete box, so there was no service. But have no fear, all-knowing new-music-savant Felipe was there! Felipe then informed us all that Disclosure and Sam Smith were about to blow up, and that Latch had been out for a while now but was just hitting the US. Sure enough Latch went to radio, and you couldn’t go to a bar or club in LA without hearing it. It’s one of my top 10 moments of my life, and every time it comes on, that wave of happiness and freedom washes over me all over again and I’m right back there at Emerson having the best time with my best friends. Yes, I know that’s the biggest cliché sounding story ever, but its one of my favorites.