School has started and my teen refuses to use an alarm, leaving me to do the wakeup myself. As thr door is locked, I cannot gently awaken them. So, I decided music was great and chose the following 3 songs (played in this order and the reaction):
- Viva La Vida - Coldplay
- [quiet groans from inside, no movement]
- Baby Shark
- [whimpers and the sound of pillows shuffling]
- Welcome to the Jungle - Guns & Roses
- [door flew open, I was forced to flee]
So three songs seems to be the sweet spot. I’d like to keep it fresh and change daily so they can’t adapt. Please give me your 3-song playlist so I can continue to psychologically torture wake my child for school every day.


Stress by Justice, at extremely high volume.
Shouldn’t even need anything else. The stress the song gives should be enough to cause someone to vacate the premises.
And then you can hit them with Angst by Nero. And if you want you can hit them with the OG Night on Bald Mountain by Mussorgsky. And as an Easter egg, we can hit them with Haunted Chase from the DKCountry 2 soundtrack.