I grew up with AJR man. I always think I grew away from their music and then they come out with a new album and I’m laying there emotional over it. Fan for 10 years and still going
I love AJR like their music is so HHHHHHKEHDIWBDUS it makes me sad and happy.
and their music is very relatable like??
“Okay
Something's wrong
But I'm scared to look it up
If I do that
And no one has it
I'll feel so alone
Something's wrong
But don't pity me for long
If you get sad
Then I'll feel bad
That I told you at all”
from the song Humpty Dumpty ^
“What, am I normal or not?
Am I crazier than other patients?
Right, I've done everything right
So where's the karma doc, I've lost my patience”
“Time, I know we're out of time
But what if sad thoughts come and I can't stop it
Bye, I don't wanna say bye
If only I could keep you in my pocket
To give me some diagnosis of why I'm so hollow
Please give me instructions, I promise I'll follow
I tripped on my ankle and fractured my elbow
But doesn't that mean that the tour's gonna sell though?
I try to explain the good faith that's been wasted
But after an hour it sounds like complaining
Wait don't go away, can I lie here forever?
You say that I'm better, why don't I feel better?
The universe works in mysterious ways
But I'm starting to think it ain't working for me
Doctor, should I be good?
Should I be good this year? “
Both from the song Karma ^
“You said with certainty
I may be the dumbest person that you've ever seen
You think you're hurtin' me
Bet you won't believe it, but you kinda set me free
You've mentioned Adderall
Slip this guy a sedative, he's bouncin' off the wall”
From the song The Dumb Song ^ (the first couple lines are literally me 💀)
“I gotta go so much bigger
So everybody's proud of me
Welcome to the Neotheater
Won't everybody take their seats?
And I'll be next up forever
'Cause I don't know what's coming next
I know I gotta grow up sometime
But I don't think I'm ready yet
I know I gotta grow up sometime
But I'm not fucking ready yet”
I'm about to become annoying with the RWBY, AJR, AND TWEWY propaganda
I MEAN LISTEN TO THIS SONG
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I think Inertia's my favorite about the whole album, there's something in it that latches onto me
This and Hole In The Bottom of My Brain are sooo good
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I'm gonna listen to all of the songs before they come to my area and maybe even do something art-wise with them? Not sure about the latter, but the former is def a thing that will be done. Gonna listen to AJR for months now
Surprised that they don't seem to be adding a finale like they did with their last few albums. Would have been nice to get one, I liked Can't Wait To See What You Do next and OK Overture a lot and that was one of the things I was looking for. But it's nice to do something different.
I'm REALLY excited to go to the tour when they get here, I haven't been to an AJR concert since the Neotheater tour 🎉I wanted to see the OK Orchestra tour but there were both seating and weather issues so I wasn't able to go :( but we're making plans to go to this one when it gets closer to my area (they're coming to my state twice: in April they're coming to a city that's quite a bit far from me, and in June they're coming BACK to the state for a concert that would be closer to me)
Very excited, very glad that TMM is finally here, vibing to these songs actively while waiting for the concert
five songs I’ve had on repeat, tagged by @bobtheacorn yeah lets gooooo!
1) The Fine Print by The Stupendium - APPARENTLY this song is big on tiktok right now but I didn’t know because you couldn't pay me to use tiktok, but spotify gave it to me in my discover weekly during the week I spent every waking moment in Hardspace: Shipbreaker (good game! if you like methodically taking things apart (in space) and also stories about labor movement, look into it), and though it’s actually a The Outer Worlds fansong, the mood is identical. It’s got a good snap.
2) Open the Sky also by The Stupendium - So i went to the dude’s profile to see what else he had and found this Stray fansong, and Stray was a very good game and the song kind of transported me right back into the sadness and meloncholy of playing the game for the first time
3) Overwhelmed by Royal & The Serpent - I think Discover Weekly gave this to me just as we were wrapping up Omori and it fit the vibe really well, especially the Ryan Mack remix, so I latched onto it pretty hard lol. Also Happiness is an Inside Job is an album that hits in a lot of ways lol
oh no time to gush about ajr lol
4) Don’t Throw Out my Legos by AJR - for no particular reason, I just enjoy it a lot, its a lot of fun to sing along to! Apparently they chose this song for the "how we made” segment in the Neotheater tour, which is always super fun to watch.
5) Way Less Sad by AJR - this is THE AJR song for me, they have so many bangers but this one is Special. It’s the song that come on shuffle when I was driving home from the pharmacy after having picked up my anti-depressants for the very first time, after years and years of struggling with anxiety and depression. I’m not happy yet but I’m way less sad, and I’m not dead yet so I guess I’ll be alright. I fought the anxiety and bought tickets to their 2022 OKO tour, and I made myself go into the venue even though I was still anxious and thinking “we could just go home now, it’s fine, we don't have to go, I’m probably the oldest person in this audience, this is cringe” and I'm so glad i did because I desperately needed to witness this live.
bonus: while im digging around youtube, i’m using this as an excuse to make you watch one of my all time favorite youtube videos ahaha shut up. I know the 2008 version is probably more iconic but I always really liked 2012 too because I like the new song a lot
five tags: @partly-cloudyskies, @quadrell, @jofngve, @curioserprime, @synthergy and anyone else who wants to gush about their music lol
What a goddamn insane year. Hundreds of thousands of you came to experience this Neotheater with us, and we couldn’t be more grateful. We also couldn’t be more exhausted haha. We’re gonna take a little break from social media and just live in the moment. NEW MUSIC IN THE NEW YEAR.