#save me jere

[drugsforaddicts]

Finally he’s at my bus stop too 😌💛

#save me jere #I can’t do another 9 hours of painting anymore #käärijä #irl shenanigans

[beeoftheanxieties]

I don't care about your zodiac sign, but are you a:

Fuck the sleeves friend

Or fuck everything BUT the sleeves friend

#bojan cvjeticanin #joker out #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #esc 2023 #together they form one fully clothed person #maybe bojan should start saving the sleeves he demolishes #fabric is expensive #trust me

[jeres-red-g-string]

FLASH WARNING

last post for today but I just wanted to say that seeing häärijä on stage in his yellow bolero made me really emotional and idek why🥹 it was so so so amazing seeing his whole crew on stage + his OG dancers🥹

also that ccc era is (most likely) over now I‘m really excited for what will come next. I just hope this little green man will finally take some rest bc he‘s been working for a whole year now!!!

#he means the world to me #I know he‘s just a performer for some people but he really saved my life #and I hope we can give him something back #please protect him at all costs #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #kaarija #häärijä #umk24

[arachn11da]

Oops💕 Lovely idea by @peri-peri-sauce 🤍

Extra ver underneath the cut

#i was in a mood #käärijä #john my beloved #fanart #art #john #jere pöyhönen #my obsession will never end #long gloves save me….long gloves….save me long gloves…

[invece-sto-sdraiato]

is he FUCKING serious it's been two days since damon burying us alive and now I come back to jere on a FUCKING leash pulled by ERIKA VIKMAN!!!???

I thought I was recovering from jance. Now this. Let a girl LIVE for God's sake (*cough cough* no I meant continue the madness)

#i clearly have no more interest in maintaining my sanity #as if i didnt have things to deal with anyway #oohhh only god can save me now #käärijä #jere pöyhönen

[wednesdayday]

trying not to have a breakdown about not seeing jere anywhere for the whole month haha

#and especially January which is a disgusting month #Suvi pls save me #käärijä #jere pöyhönen

[sweetiepootato]

TW: mention of suicide

Hi 💕 so today is World's suicide prevention day (it's still September 10th in my country) so I felt like sharing part of my story:

I tried to kill myself about 9 months ago by jumping off a 6th floor, but someone found me, then a month later, Cha Cha Cha was released and it captivated me, not only the song, but Käärijä himself, I wanted to know more about him. But then I had a relapse after Valentine's day and I was determined to finally end my suffering, but again, someone stopped me, it was our tiny green man, I was curious to know what was going on inside that mind of his, so I stayed to find out

So basically I'm still here because of him 💚 and I know it sounds cliché, but he really helped me to overcome many things, and he saved me from my own demons. I'm still going to therapy and I'm currently taking pills, but Jere makes the process easier, I even told him about it on June, but he hasn't seen it yet, I just hope he knows how much he means to me now and how thankful I am

So if you ever need some help, don't hesitate to ask me, you don't have to go through this alone 💛

#käärijä #jere pöyhönen #jere from vantaa #paidaton riehuja #i just love him so much #He saved me #I can't thank him enough #World's suicide prevention day #End suicide #you're not alone #You will see a better day

[somniari0]

Announcing Emma Gaala with Käärijä and Kuuma when I'm in the post-concert depression is an obvious assault on my budget

#käärijä #jere pöyhönen #for a guy who had a webinar about saving money he's really making me do everything but saving money #someone tell me it's a boring event or something and not worth my money #send help

[things-that-make-sa-happy]

Jeremiah Fisher | tsitp 1.05

#The Summer I Turned Pretty #tsitp #tsitpedit #Jeremiah Fisher #my beautiful boy! #sa loves tsitp #sa makes gifs #I need to go to bed- i don't wanna go to work tomorrow! I need a vacation! #someone come save me please #I'll hang out by the pool with Jere instead of testing that pool's water for bacteria to make sure it's safe #I saw the amount of chemicals they were dumping in the pool- it's probably fine lol #also- please let me know if you guys ever get sick of these gifsets... #i may not stop completely- but I can definitely back off a little #I mean- I've gotta run outta stuff to gif eventually anyways- right? I probably should slow down

[descarted]

Made by Arty with Mid*journey!

#EXTERIOR. #IMAGE. #ARTY! Thank you SO much for making these for me <3 #The TV and picture frame‚ the noise‚ the colors. Everything about this is so ON SPOT. #The abstract ones could've been taking straight from a 80's picture book. I follow some 80's blogs and I could easily submit them. #I genuinely can't stop looking at them. Even the formatting is perfect. #I love the overly friendly smile in picture 6. The tilt and blond hair in 1. #Boy band vibes.......... #(I think it's incredibly funny the AI elected to give him hair that looks like it was dyed. The AI knows...) #Saving them I noticed that you named the files according to the prompts that you used and - #I'm so flattered that of all keywords you could've choosen you picked 'infomerical' and '80's ad' - #you're incredibly attentive & sensible when it comes to picking out character themes and traits! #Much like you do when you curate playlists - #(which you absolutely need to do more of should you find the time‚ as they're always so fun to listen to) #- and I'm super touched that you thought of me & my characters! #On a side note: I think it's hysterical that the AI would turn 'Jere Bur*ns' into 'JERE who is BURNING'... #Sam is on fire.. #FINALLY I have a cool background for my blog! I'll immediately go and edit the pictures in. #Hehehehe...

[smimon]

Tempted to buy a new sketchbook and dedicate it whole to Käärijä...

#on one hand i don't feel comfortable drawing shirtless people #on the other hand i love him so much i will surely find a way around this #and of course cha cha cha is not his only song #there is also paidaton riehuja... oh wait #(praying that jere from vantaa will save me from another summer of brain decay and apathy 🙏😔)

[blatantlyhidden]

save me stripper jere save me

#took some liberty with his outfit :^) #i'm so late with this but anywaysss #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #artists on tumblr #my art #fanart

[submariini]

When Finland’s Käärijä took the stage at this year’s Eurovision, a star was instantly, explosively born. With an outrageous energy, infectious presence and that oh-so-catchy hook, the Vantaa-based rapper may not have won the contest but he certainly snatched the hearts of those in his home country and beyond. We ask Käärijä the million dollar question: what next?

[full article under the cut]

Last May, a peculiar frenzy engulfed Finland. Virtually all green foods – cucumbers, especially – were sold out from stores. Buildings across the land were bathed in vivid green lights. Social media brimmed with green-themed parties, while data obtained by Swedish fintech company Klarna showed a 570 per cent increase in the online sales of neon green shirts.

This phenomenon was all thanks to Käärijä, the rapper who represented Finland in the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest. His now-infamous, blazing green puff sleeve bolero – dreamt up by Finnish broadcasting company Yle’s costume design team and which he dons when performing the smash hit track ‘Cha Cha Cha’ – had taken on a life of its own, the lush hue uniting the entire nation amid the competition. “It was incredible to see it happen and so cool being part of it,” Käärijä says. “It wasn’t planned at all – it was the people who created the commotion. I’ll definitely never forget it.”

When we speak over Zoom, Käärijä, whose real name is Jere Pöyhönen, is lounging in his minimal apartment in Vantaa, a city just outside Helsinki. He appears on my screen shirtless, a chunky gold chain dangling on his neck. On his head sits a pastel turquoise cap adorned with little cat ears. As he gestures with his hands, I spot flashes of poison green nail varnish. Pöyhönen’s chosen attire, or lack thereof, is extremely fitting – he typically performs bare-chested (“It gets so hot during my gigs”) and his Instagram handle is @paidatonriehuja, or ‘shirtless rascal’.

Hot off a performance in western Finland, the 29-year-old is enjoying his first days off in a while. It’s been a sweltering summer of non-stop touring, with fans flocking to festivals and concerts nationwide to see his explosive live show. Things are not winding down either, with Käärijä heading off on his first-ever European tour this month. Some of these shows sold out in mere minutes, an indication of his immense international following. “It’s so exciting; I’m definitely jumping into a new territory with that tour,” Pöyhönen says. “But I don’t have any expectations – I’m just going to let everything happen organically rather than stressing about it.”

Although he created one of this year’s buzziest songs, the guy on my screen is humble and, save for his look, almost un assuming. I remark on the stark contrast to his fiery and flamboyant stage presence. “Through Käärijä, I get to channel all the craziness, quirkiness and hyperactivity I’ve had since I was a child,” Pöyhönen says, describing himself offstage as “just this ordinary dude”. Without delving into further details, he tells me that the name Käärijä (translating roughly to moneymaker) stems from a history with gambling. Despite the darkness of its origin, he notes that the moniker is to be taken with a grain of salt.

While it might seem like Käärijä exploded into the public consciousness from obscurity, Pöyhönen has a long journey in music behind him. Born in Helsinki but having spent most of his youth in Vantaa, he started dabbling in the medium at just three years old. Coming from a musical family (“My dad and big brother both play the guitar”), jamming sessions were commonplace in the Pöyhönen household, his instrument of choice being the drums. “I was playing with pots and spoons before I got a set of those plastic kids’ drums,” he says. “When we moved to a bigger house, we built a band room downstairs where me and my brother spent a lot of time practising.”

At that time, rap music hadn’t yet entered Pöyhönen’s life; he was strictly a self-described “metal guy”. His older brother had instilled in him a love for the genre, particularly metal icons Rammstein. Upon starting high school, his musical taste broadened and he began listening to Eminem and popular Finnish rap groups Fintelligens and JVG. “Me and my friends were filming our own music videos to old rap songs, learning the words by heart,” Pöyhönen says. “It [making rap music] pretty much started as this humour thing I did with my mates.”

Encouraged by his loved ones, Pöyhönen began writing his own songs, still playing it for laughs. Turned out he had a knack for it. “Since I was little, I’ve been an avid storyteller – my imagination ran a little wilder than the rest of the kids’ at my school,” he says. “So when I started making music, I didn’t even need inspiration; I was able to whip up the lyrics from my head.”

But then, at 15, an unexpected turning point came by way of a severe sudden illness. Rushed to the hospital with ulcerative colitis, a chronic inflammatory bowel disease, Pöyhönen underwent emergency surgery to remove his colon. Had he not been treated immediately, the complications could have been fatal. “I was writing songs in the hospital – music became a source of strength for me,” he says. “I decided that if I make it through this, I’m going to give my all to music and be serious about it.”

After over a decade of hard work and countless hours in the studio, Käärijä released his first album, Fantastista (Fantastic), in 2020, but it would take three years for him to become a household name in Finland. After snapping up the top prize in Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (the Finnish contest for new music) with his party anthem ‘Cha Cha Cha’, a song dedicated to a hedonistic night out fusing rap, electronic music and metal, he secured the coveted spot as his country’s entrant for the 2023 Eurovision, held in Liverpool. One of Pöyhönen’s craziest dreams had come true.

For Pöyhönen, Eurovision was “an amazing but immensely tough experience”. The event’s intense schedule and the little time carved out for practising surprised the artist. There was no room for errors or retakes once it was time for rehearsals. “They didn’t give much mercy,” he says. On the bright side, the long days filled with “lots of press conferences and waiting around” gave Pöyhönen a chance to get to know the other artists. “The group we had there was wonderful – there wasn’t a competitive atmosphere at all,” he says. One of the contestants he became especially close with was Sweden’s Loreen, with whom he exchanged numbers and promised to “meet up and talk about everything else but music”.

By the time the grand finale came, Käärijä’s explosive performance and infectious song had made him one of the favourites to win. Ultimately he came second, while Loreen nabbed first place. How did Pöyhönen handle the letdown? “It was a huge disappointment, but in the end, the feeling didn’t last long,” he says. “When I thought about how far I’d gotten, the incredible journey it was and all the new friends I made, I realised that these things are far more meaningful than winning.” Plus, he still achieved something major: ‘Cha Cha Cha’ made history as the first ever Finnish song to reach Spotify’s global most-listened charts. The track’s reach proved to Pöyhönen that language doesn’t matter; it’s all about creating a singular, infectious sound: “The mouth is just as much of an instrument as the piano or the guitar is,” he says.

Having made history, I ask Pöyhönen if he felt any pressure after the Eurovision bubble had burst. “Of course there are the thoughts of ‘what now?’ and ‘is this going to be it, will anyone be interested anymore next year?’ – I’m aware that the hype won’t last forever,” he says. “But I’m onto creating the next thing, trying not to feel any pressure for future releases. I haven’t done that before, so why would I do that now?”

Pöyhönen hints at a new album dropping sometime next year, but in the meantime, he’s enjoying the attention – including his Vogue Scandinavia debut. Shot at the extraordinary home of the late interior architect Antti Nurmesniemi and his wife, textile artist Vuokko Nurmesniemi, we find the space where Pöyhönen and Käärijä meet, the quiet confidence mingling with that more-is-more persona.

And while Käärijä might develop as a character (“I want to show that he’s more than just a bolero chap”), he’s adamant that he will stay true to his music and keep singing in Finnish, despite the sudden international attention. “In the end, I’m doing this for myself,” he says. “Also, why change something that works?”

Photographer: Karoliina Bärlund Stylist: Sanna Silander Talent: Käärijä Hair Stylist and Makeup Artist: Neea Kuurne Photographer Assistant: Milja Laakso Stylist Assistant: Nelli Korhonen

#käärijä #jere pöyhönen #eurovision #the article in full

[kaarijatits]

crop top jere save me

inspired by @tuituipupu post of course <3

Edit: close up here

#i'm procrastinating again 😭 #käärijä #my art #my art.kay🌙

[sweetiepootato]

Saving this for later

Just look at those earrings, I might get them later ✨

#eurovision song contest #eurovision #esc 2023 #esc finland #käärijä #jere pöyhönen #cha cha cha #Käärijä merch #saving for later #Yes I'm a Käärijä simp #Can't blame me they look good #My economic situation might need to improve first but ok

[caffeinemachine]

Life Jacket - Chapter 1

Conrad Fisher x Eldest Conklin Sibling Reader

I just wrote this so quickly cause it was sitting in my head and it had to get out. Go read this post for an idea of what this series will be! I'm very excited about it!

Here's Part One!!!

Word Count; 1.2K

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Cousins. Lots of mixed emotions came with going to Cousins. I loved it I really did, but I wasn’t blessed with the privilege of experiencing the blissful, worry-free love like my sister. Things still followed me to Cousins, responsibilities. And I always was stuck wishing they didn’t.

My siblings got to go swimming whenever they wanted, I had to swim once a day to “keep up with it” in my parents' words, mainly my Dad. I know they don't mean it. That in their hearts they do it out of love. Cause I do love swimming, I really do, but sometimes I wish reality could go on pause so I could live freely for a little while. With no concerns, or right way or wrong way, just me doing as I please. Without my Dad here the past two summers it helped. He’s harder on me than Mom. I grew up to realize it was just cause he didn’t really know how to be a parent. Does anyone really?  But his way of showing me love as a parent was by promising my success and ensuring my future. Well, I got recruited to Harvard's swim program with a scholarship so I guess his way of love kind of worked.

Despite everything, Cousins meant I got to see them. Susannah, Jeremiah, and him. Conrad. He was what stirred my emotions about Cousins the most. I’d had a crush on him for as long as I could remember. But I couldn’t tell him. I couldn’t jeopardize our families like that.  I didn’t have time for boys. I had tried to date here and there, but everyone got bored, or mad that I “didn’t have enough time for them”. I couldn’t even get upset because they were right. I didn’t have time for them like normal high school girls did. I couldn’t hang out after school, I had swim practice and very few high school boys wanted to hang out just to do homework together once I got home if you know what I mean. I couldn't afford to be distracted, so I let them all go. I couldn’t do that to Conrad, put him in that situation. I also think I couldn’t do it to myself. The other boys didn’t matter, but him? Losing him would crush me so hard that I don’t think I would recover.

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I drove to Cousins with Steven in my car.  I had saved up all summer and bought my trusty Volkswagen Passat last Fall. That was another pro about Cousins, the money. I've worked as a lifeguard at the club since I was 15, and I also did swim lessons there as well as private lessons. Those people will pay real well to have an all-star swimmer teach their three-year-old how to float I’ll tell ya.

“So you excited to work this summer?” I asked Steven. He got a job at the pool snack stand at the club and I had helped Jeremiah get a position as a lifeguard.

“Yeah, I guess, I’m excited to make big bucks like you have been all these summers.” He smiled at me making me instantly light up. Steven just had a natural energy to him that brightened people's moods. 

We jammed out to music for the rest of the drive and before I knew it we were pulling in the driveway. I noticed my mom's car wasn’t here yet. Knowing her and Belly, they probably stopped for snacks. Man, this house. I dreamed about this house. It was absolutely beautiful. I honked, our signal to them we had arrived. 

Jeremiah was the first one to run out to see us, but Susannah was not far behind. Conrad was nowhere to be seen, odd. I didn't have time to think about it though as Jere scooped me up in a big hug and spun me around. I noticed then how much he had grown since last summer. He probably started working out and he definitely grew a couple of inches. As we said hello he had a huge smile on his face, he usually did Jere was always a golden retriever in human form. 

Then Susannah came up to me. when Susannah hugged me it was like life went on pause, the way I always wanted it to. In her arms I was safe, in her arms I was still just her baby, the first born girl. 

“ Wow Y/N look at you, my precious girl, you've bloomed," Susannah said to me as she held the sides of my face. I never doubted a word Susannah said, the way she said things made me believe them. Susannah never said it and neither did I, but we were each other's favorites. She always spoiled me, she always was my number one fan. Susannah had a level of enthusiasm to her that most people didn't have. It probably wasn't fair for me to call her my favorite. She got to love me like a mother and spoil me like the fun aunt, and she never had to give me any of the negatives. So yes it probably wasn't fair for her to be my favorite, which is why I only ever told her private.

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We all walked back inside, Susannah and Jere helping Steven and me carry in our bags. Still no Conrad. I dropped my bags on the floor as I scanned my eyes around my room. Nothing out of place, everything was as I left it. I really do love this room. It was bigger than my one back home, it even had a small walk-in closet.  Conrad and I had the biggest rooms, we were the oldest so we got the first pick of rooms. 

I'm mindlessly unpacked for a while before hearing the same signal I had done myself just a bit earlier, Mom and Belly were here. I didn't rush down after all, I had seen them just a few hours ago. I thought it was okay to let them have their own proper reunion with the Fishers. So I finished putting the rest of my clothes in my drawers before I went downstairs. However, when I open my bedroom door, I open it to find Conrad with his hand in mid-air as if he were about to knock. 

“Whoa- oh, hi,” I said somewhat skeptically, he had just appeared out of nowhere, where had he been when I would got here? He cleared his throat, shuffling his feet somewhat awkwardly as he put his arm down from its spot in the air and clasped his hands behind his back.

“Hey, um I was uh coming to say hello!  I was down at the beach surfing all morning, I didn't even realize you were here until your mom pulled up and you weren't with her.” He seemed nervous for some reason, I wasn't sure why.

“Don't worry about it, was the surf any good?” 

He smiled at me then, “ Yeah it was so good, I lost track of time.” I smile back at him, I had missed him. 

“Glad to know you missed my entrance for something worthwhile.” He laughed, me along with him before his face went back to being relaxed. He stared at me in silence for a few moments before suddenly, before I could even realize what was happening, Conrad had his arms around me. Conrad was hugging me. It was nice, but odd. Conrad wasn't the most affectionate person and this was very out of the blue.

“I'm happy you're here Y/N.” He whispered, slightly muffled by my hair. We backed away as I said,

“Me too.”  The silence stretched a moment too long for my level of comfort. He was too intoxicating, his gaze on me was all consuming, I had to get out of there. “I'm going to go say hi to my mom and my sister.” I rushed out, going past him down the stairs before he even replied.

This summer was already off to an interesting start.

#conrad fisher angst #conrad fisher x reader #conrad fisher #conrad fisher imagine #conrad fisher fluff #tsitp conrad #tsitp #the summer i turned pretty #tsitp jeremiah #jeremiah fisher #jeremiah fisher imagine #tsitp s2 #jeremiah fisher fanfic #jeremiah fisher x reader #steven conklin