By Trey Dickenson, as told to Jake Silbert.

There’s nothing better than being put onto music in real life. For as long as I can remember, I’ve been the type to get quite annoyed by someone telling me about a song as opposed to organically stumbling across the right song at the right moment.

Organic discovery is everything. Recently, I was in the car with some friends and Frankie Knuckles' “The Whistle Song” came on shuffle, giving me the perfect opportunity to explain to everyone in the car that I heard the song in Chanel's 2018 Cruise show and I’ve been obsessed with it ever since. Context is key, because if I had randomly brought this up it'd have been just a tidbit. But because we were already vibing with it, it becomes a more compelling introduction.

The sounds of fashion shows are quickly forgotten save for rare moments like Ye and Pharrell jamming front row at a Louis Vuitton show (RIP Virgil). That's sad because it shouldn’t be the case — with no music, there’s no romance. And that's just recorded music. Live music changes everything. Especially for fashion.

Before attending Copenhagen Fashion Week, I gave myself the task of creating a playlist of my favorite songs I heard at runway shows. The week kicked off at OperaSport’s show and the banger that is "Jeanne" by Air, which got me hyped for the week to come. And then, I was happily led astray.

Throughout the week, I noticed a mildly extreme amount of live music played day in and day out, making all the shows that much more memorable. Anne Sophie Madsen had a lady bring out five different types of flutes ahead of her models, offering a semi-formal contrast to the J's that were about to walk the runway.

Later, at an actual farm under a light rain, Skall Studios brought in a guitarist to sing the most beautiful Little House on the Prairie-type music imaginable, fully immersing me into a collection of cotton dresses and harvest baskets. Models skated all around Paolina Russo’s show, held in what appeared to be a a high-school gymnasium, as a battle of the bands raged on.

Similar vibes at Nicklas Skovgaard, where vintage cars weaved between the crowd to drop off models as a rock 'n roll girl group played classics like "Around The World," making me reminisce on the music my high school crushes would have put me on.

Collina Strada closed out the week with a three-piece classical outfit that played System of a Down's "Chop Suey," a Rock Band 2 favorite. Designer Hillary Taymour then hosted a Hus Party (which I learned meant "house" in Danish) with Levi’s where a live band let me live out my dreams of every 2000’s teen movie.

I’m so happy that my soundtrack to CPHFW consisted of real people playing real instruments, rather than just DJs being like, “Hit the play button.” No hate, obviously, but the human touch really made these shows feel meaningful, in the same way that seeing music live is one million times better than listening to it on Spotify. Not only hearing it but seeing it being performed right in front of your eyes, especially when it's an orchestral remix of a nu-metal banger — that's how you make a runway show feel like more than a runway show.

The anti-AI angle is cliche but it's true: When everything starts getting way too digitized, the human touch feels that much more special.

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