The Ultimate Soundtrack to Turning 22: 22 Birthday Songs for the Ultimate Milestone

There is a distinct cultural gravity attached to turning 22. Thanks in large part to pop royalty, entering your twenty-second year is universally understood as a sweet spot of young adulthood—a time when you are old enough to know better, but still young enough to do it anyway. It’s an age of late-night drives, figuring out who you are, shedding old skins, and embracing a chaotic, beautiful freedom.