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Here Are the Songs Bethany Cosentino Is Playing for Her 6-Month-Old Daughter: The Byrds, ‘Elmo’s Song’ & Absolutely No Kidz Bop

Bethany Cosentino shares the kids' music she plays for her daughter, including 'Sesame Street,' Raffi (but no Kidz Bop).

Around-the-house playlists naturally evolved for the Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter — who broke through as one-half of the indie rock duo Best Coast in the early 2010s, notching four LPs on the Billboard 200 albums chart, including the top 40-charting sets Crazy for You(No. Since becoming parents, Cosentino and her husband are coming up with more silly songs of their own, leaning into Sesame Street and Raffi — but also playing Luna, who turned six months old earlier in June, some of their decades-old favorites. Below, Cosentino takes Billboard through a tour of the music that’s been dominating her household since her daughter was born, in her own words, and explains how motherhood had already affected her creative instincts.(Ed.

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