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d1xonss · 2 months

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heyyy went thru all your masterlist (reader one) and fell inlove with your fics i was wondering if you can write something like grumpy!daryl x sunshine!reader ykwim? like they complete eachother (::

Sunshine

✧ Pairing : Daryl Dixon x Reader

✧ Era : Season 10

✧ Pronouns : she/her

✧ Genre : Fluff

✧ Word Count : 2.1k

AN ~ Ahhh thank you so much for reading, it truly means so much! I’m always down to write this type of stuff, I think it’s so cute:)) I appreciate the request and hope you enjoy! ps- I thought this was a super cute thing to post for Valentine's Day💋

It was quiet, peaceful inside your home as you busied yourself around the space. It was a nice hot summer day, and you felt quite accomplished with the amount of things you had gotten done in just the span of a few hours. You tended to your garden full of colorful flowers, made a trip to the pantry to pick up a few things you were running low on, cleaned and tidied up the house, the list really went on and on. But the truth was you loved doing things like this, it almost tricked you into believing that life outside the gates was normal again. Even though you knew it wasn’t, it was still nice to pretend from time to time.

Currently, you busied yourself with making some of your famous homemade brownies, something you found you hadn’t made in quite some time. With everything going on lately, it was hard to find the time to do the things you loved most, which was in fact, to bake. But now that everything had died down for the most part, you quickly hopped back onto the opportunity. Whether it was cake, cookies, or some kind of bread, you always found life to be a little bit better with something sweet.

But you weren’t just making these brownies for yourself, in fact, whenever you whipped something up it was never just for you. It was also for your husband Daryl whom you adored more than anything else in this world, the man constantly making you happier with each passing day. And he loved you just as much if not more, and he especially loved being your taste tester whenever you tried out a new recipe. The first time you had called him that, he just scoffed and shook his head as if what you said was something stupid. But you could see that small smirk he had on his face afterwards, silently telling you that he actually loved the little job you assigned, though he would never admit it out loud.

You hummed to yourself quietly as you began to mix the dry and wet ingredients together, swaying your hips a little to the soft song playing in the background. Recently you had found a record player on a run and you were over the moon excited to use it, missing music from the world before. And although you hadn’t found the best records in the world to listen to, you thought almost anything was better than the quiet. The most you had found were a few country albums which weren't in your top favorite genres for sure, but you had to admit it was growing on you the smallest bit. With the way you danced along, it was hard to deny.

Your head then suddenly snapped up when you heard the sound of the front door opening, a smile being brought to your face as you already knew who it was. He was a little loud upon entering your shared house, dropping his crossbow on the table with a loud smack, huffing and puffing as he entered the living room without a word. Your smile dropped a little, usually he would call out to you to announce that he was home, but clearly today was not one of those days. He was in a mood, and you knew you would have to cheer him up.

Although Daryl was perfect to you in every way, he was a pretty grumpy man from time to time when things didn’t work out or go the way he planned. The littlest things could completely ruin his demeanor for the rest of the day at times. He would hold onto it, rant about it constantly while it was on his mind, even though most of the time it was something that he couldn’t change. But you assumed that’s what frustrated him the most. And this was no different, hearing him sigh heavily in the other room as he plopped down on the sofa.

But the best thing about you, was that at the end of the day, you always found a way to make him feel better.

You discarded the mixing spoon that was in your hand, moving out of the kitchen and towards the living room in an attempt to see what was bothering him. But once you caught sight of him whilst lingering in the doorway of the space, you sighed quietly upon seeing how he held his face in his hands, slumped over the side of the couch. You could tell he was irritated and that something had happened today while he was out, but it was nothing that you couldn’t fix. And you figured the brownies would help too.

So you finally pushed yourself forward to enter the room, softly sitting down next to him as you raised your hand up to squeeze his shoulder lightly. “Hi sweetie.” you greeted softly.

But he didn’t respond. He didn’t even raise his head up to look you in the eye. The most he did was grunt, and even you didn’t know in that moment if it was directed towards you or not.

You eyed him for a moment before speaking again, “How was your day?” you asked gently while rubbing his shoulder up and down now.

Still nothing. Damn he was a tough one to crack today. But you knew he couldn’t resist you for very long, even if today was the worst day of his life, he always came around for you. Always.

Upon not getting a verbal response, you leaned further into him and began to trail a few quick kisses on the side of his head, to which he scoffed and scooted away from. “Come on woman, m’ not in the mood.” he grumbled as he finally looked up from the floor.

“He speaks.” you said as you raised your hands up in victory, your actions causing him to scoff with a roll of his eyes. Acting as if you were the dramatic one here. “What happened?” you asked with a tilted head.

He blew out a breath of air, “Nothin.”

“Mhm…” you trailed off sarcastically with a nod, “Nothing…”

He was silent for a long moment, nearly minutes passing by, before he blew another harsh breath out as he leaned back against the couch. “We lost all those damn supplies on that run we took today, walkers just came outta nowhere and we didn’t have time to stick around. Negan’s getting on my fuckin nerves all the damn time, spittin out the same bullshit I’ve heard a hundred fuckin times before. And my bike broke down on the way back, don’t even know if I can fix it.”

If someone was looking at this from an outside perspective, seeing the amount he just unleashed while you sat there with a small smile on your face, their jaw would probably be on the floor. How you hardly reacted at all, how he was so harsh with the way he spoke, you were sure it would look questionable to anyone who didn’t truly know the two of you, or your dynamic. But the truth was, you had heard this similar song and dance about a hundred different times before, knowing he just needed to get everything off his chest and blow off some steam. And you knew after saying it all out loud, along with a little comfort, he would see that everything would be alright in the end.

Your lip stuck out in a pout as you looked at him, “Oh, my poor baby.” you said dramatically as you pulled him back into you, placing your lips on his cheek to kiss him there multiple times as he let out a heavy and annoyed sigh.

“Stop.” he protested, yet made no attempts to pull away from your affection. In fact, you swore you almost felt him lean in further.

You giggled against his skin as you pulled away far enough to look him in the eye, “I’m sorry you had a rough day.” you spoke seriously now as you stroked the side of his face, “But it’ll be okay…everything will work itself out.”

He scoffed quietly at your words, “Ya always say that.”

“And I’m always right.” you said as you leaned in to place another kiss on his cheek, “Remember when you came back from a hunt that one time with nothing, and you were all grumpy about it? What happened the next day?”

He glanced over to you for a few moments before letting out a soft sigh, “Found three deers…” he grumbled.

“Right.” you said as you moved to give his arm a soft squeeze, “You worry way too much over this kind of stuff, just breathe. Relax. It’s all going to be fine.”

His expression softened drastically after you talked to him, kind and gentle as always, wordlessly leaning into you and wrapping his arms around your waist, hugging you tight. You laughed lightly as you hugged him back, stroking the back of his hair soothingly as you felt him exhale deeply. Taking a breath like you advised.

“M’ sorry.” he muttered suddenly after a few moments of silence.

Your brows furrowed a little in confusion, “For what, honey?”

“For dumpin this shit on ya all the time…” he clarified as he squeezed you tighter, “Ya don’t deserve that…hearin me bitch-”

“Hey.” you cut him off as you pulled away, taking his face in your hands, “That’s what I’m here for, to listen. I’m honored to be the one you go to when you need to rant about something, and I’m even more honored that I’m the one who gets to make you feel better. That’s certainly not something to be sorry for, okay?”

His lip turned up in a small smile as he took your hands from his face, kissing your palm lightly as he looked at you with soft eyes, “I don’t deserve ya.”

You shushed him instantly with a shake of your head, “Yes you do.” you assured, before your mind trailed off a little in realization which caused a small smile to form on your face, “But…I do think I have something else that’ll make you feel better. Maybe even better than I can.”

He scoffed with a growing smile, “Well, I highly doubt that…but go on…” he said as his interest clearly piqued.

“Well…I just so happen to have some brownie batter in the kitchen with your name on it.” you said as you raised your eyebrows.

His eyes widened the smallest bit in clear excitement before glancing out the doorway, clearly itching to rush into the kitchen now, “Ya haven’t even baked em yet..?”

You shook your head with a smile, “Nope…I’ll even let you lick the spoon.” you said, knowing that was his favorite part.

His smile only grew then as there seemed to be a sparkle in his eye, like a kid in a giant candy store. The two of you then ventured back toward the kitchen where the music was still playing softly, getting the batter ready to be put into the pan to bake. But of course, he took the spoon from you almost instantly when you were done using it, licking the entire thing completely clean as if he couldn’t get enough. Though he felt he had to tease you just a little bit, taking a small dollop from the utensil on his finger before bringing it to the tip of your nose with a “boop.”

You knew then and there that his mind was far from the events earlier that day, now enjoying his time he had with you as he looked at you as if you were a bright ball of sunshine after a rainy day. The sunshine that he desperately needed in his life.

But then the time came. The oven had beeped and you had pulled the brownies out of the oven to cool before cutting them, topping it off with some powdered sugar before your taste tester gave his honest feedback. He took a corner piece, which were his favorite, and took a large bite of the chocolate goodness while you looked at him in anticipation.

“Well..?”

He said nothing, his eyes rolled back and a groan left his lips as he savored the sweetness on his tongue, and that was the only answer you needed. You smiled brightly as you clapped to yourself, his signs of approval proving that you were only getting better with the hobby you loved to do.

“Dunno how ya do it,” he commented before shoving the rest of the brownie in his mouth, “They just get better and better.” he said with his mouth full.

You smiled proudly as you began to grab a piece for yourself, “Well it’s a good thing I have my taste tester to give me all the feedback I need.”

Normally he would roll his eyes at the continuous nickname you bestowed upon him, but not today. He only smiled with a nod, bringing you in to leave a dramatic kiss on your cheek, pulling away with a loud “muah.”

“I’ll always be here ta taste whatever ya want sunshine.” he promised.

And you believed him completely.

~ Thanks for reading!

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wonderbutch · 4 months

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genres and bands i listen to and how i got into them: an entirely too long useless list i made instead of sleeping

celtic punk

shoutout to the genre ever? i grew up listening to celtic punk literally since i was born. my dad sucks but his music taste does not. this genre is 32% responsible for my leftist punk attitude, which is ironic if you know anything about my father.

- the dropkick murphys: first band i can ever remember hearing. as a toddler i called them “the bastards”. still a favourite forever and everrr. their newish album “this machine still kills fascists” fucks HARD. the band will forever be a formative reminder of my working class upbringing in a miners family

- the rumjacks: late nights and early mornings in my dads car introduced me to this band. i really will tell me ma when i get home and i wont feel guilty about it

- paddy and the rats: one of the only celtic punk bands i actually discovered on my own. in 2018 i went on a sailing ship for a week and that got me rlly into celtic punk again LMAO. this band is so fucking good

emo/pop punk

i was 13 and tbh it was a phase but i still love listening to fob and mcr and sws

- my chemical romance: unironically i think i got into them through band memes

- fall out boy: literally just thru scrolling through youtube when i was 12

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- sleeping with sirens: this band shaped me as a person. kellin quinn the original gender envy. ohhh i miss this band sm

- all time low: a kid in my class in year 7 introduced me to all time low and ill remember him forever for it. hope youre well, jaiden.

- la dispute: got to see them live last year after @starcam413 got me into them! theyre kinda more screamo like sws but not in the same way as sws but definitely emo too

- set it off: this band is still SO GOOD. so fucking good oh my god. truly the fucking era

- the score: i was a greek mythology nerd as a kid (its my major now!) of course i listened to the score. i miss being 13 and listening to the score on youtube on my laptop at 3am so bad

folk punk

celtic punk and folk punk are very related, and i grew up listening to bands like the pogues and the violent femmes. is it really any wonder how i ended up Like This

- the violent femmes: as a child my dad would play country death song in the car. yes i am mentally ill and have daddy issues can you blame me????? (the song is literally about killing your daughter and then offing yourself)

- toby foster: really one of my proper introductions to the genre and what ultimately led me to discover bands like ajj and pat the bunny. found him on youtube through his song tennessee. i was 13 i think?

- pat the bunny: after toby foster i was completely hooked on the genre and of course ended up listening to the king himself, pat the bunny. your heart is a muscle the size of your fist is such a comfort song to me even now. it sucks he no longer makes music but im very happy he got sober!

- schmekel: im trans and punk of course i listen to schmekel. fantastic trans and jewish band that helped me a lot with my transness as a young teen

- mal blum: im counting his music as folk punkish, sue me. no idea how i got into them either. their song new years eve is the song i listen to on repeat every single new years eve, and i have yet to change this tradition. Help Me.

- the front bottoms: I DONT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS. THEIR EARLIER ALBUMS ARE FOLK PUNK AS HELL. genuinely my favourite band ever. i can’t remember how i got into them but is how i ended up friends with @starcam413 (hi jon!)

- she/her/hers: sooo formative to me when i was 15/16 struggling with being trans.

- harley poe: ohh i love this guy so fucking much. why do i relate so much to a middle aged divorced man????

- days n daze: one of the most popular folk punk bands so i mean. Duh. sooo good i love them.

punk

- the sex pistols: listen. listen to me LISTEN TO ME. LISTEN. i dont even fucking like this band. in fact i despise it. but because my dad is an idiot, he loves this band and played it a lot when i was a kid.

- the queers: i think i heard them on a spotify playlist last year? big fan.

- the muslims: i believe this was recommended to me on reddit?? amazing black and brown queer band, i love it a lot

- tribe 8: im a lesbian with a complicated gender identity of course i listen to tribe 8. trans queer punk band that i listened to a lot when i was like 15 i think

- against me!: listened to them a lot when i was 15

new wave/post punk

got into this genre in 2022 and Hella into it late last year. blame paper girls brainrot.

- devo: got into them in 2022 thanks to an online friend hi ira 🌀 theyve never made a single bad song

- the cure: once again my dad showed me a lot of the cure when i was a kid and getting into music

- blondie: ….have you seen the batman and harley quinn movie….please dont make me say more. the first cassette in my collection is from this band!

- new order: one of my favourite bands right now. like most things for the last three years of my life, i got into this band because of a comic book. the tv adaption of paper girls features two new order songs and it got me absolutely hooked on this band.

rock/all that shit??

- danzig: once again you can blame paper girls for this

- bon jovi: also paper girls. i am obsessed with jon bon jovi’s hair in the 90s. gender envy as fuck

- queen: when i was 14 i found my grandpas mp3 player from the 2000s, he was a big fan of queen. i ended up putting all my music on the mp3 player and ive used it every single day since.

- billy joel: i was raised by my grandmother of course i listened to billy joel. played a lot on our old radio with my nans ipod when i was a kid. apparently my nan isnt even a big fan of him so i guess he was only formative to me lol????

indie

probably one of my most listened to genres just because. i have no reason. ive come to realise that most of my indie music taste is stolen from aura.

- girl in red: shoutout to discovering im a lesbian in 2017/2018 and to my best friend @vampoholica for introducing me to girl in red

- bastille: i love bastille sm icarus is such a good song and as a greek mythology kid i was so obsessed. bad blood youll always be famous to me

- mitski: oguhfhgh i dont know how i got into mitski but good lord. literally life changing.

- the smiths: fuck morrissey. i think this too was aura’s fault and i forgive them bc i love the smiths

- chloe moriondo: ahh the youtube ukulele era how i miss you

- alex g: i can’t remember how i got into alex g but i got into his music in 2022 and now im obsessed and unwell about him

- adrienne lenker: again this is aura’s fault and i am so fine with that. music sooo devastating it makes u wanna throw up and sleep forever

- elliott smith: i started listening to him because of simon vs the homo sapiens agenda

okay thats it thank u for reading this stupid post lol

#music #music genres #bands #emo #folk punk #new wave #post punk #celtic punk #punk

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oswlld · 25 days

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oswlld's monthly wrap up: march

note: i am trying something a bit different this year, so bear with me as i figure out how i want to format this. i wanted to spend more time sharing what i consume, beyond what i rb, and put my thoughts in one place. these posts are okay to rb

When We Cease to Understand the World, Benjamín Labatut [started 02/24, finished 03/14] What an outstanding example of blurring the lines between fiction and reality. I am content in never knowing what’s real and imaginary in the lives of these people. May we never forget that for every new idea challenged, there is a real person with real emotions and motivations behind it. 4.25⭐️ in storygraph. — No Stopping Us Now: A History of Older Women in America, Gail Collins [started 03/03, finished 03/30] This book makes some strong points, but comes off weak in its execution. By having it be told decade by decade, it becomes hard to follow along when so many names and events are being tossed around. Without a firm thread tying all the themes together, the achievements ended up feeling lackluster when it should leave you feeling a sense of pride and hopefulness. 3.25⭐️ in storygraph (I rounded up, but it feels more like a 3.15)

23.5 Degrees, GMMTV [started: 03/08, ongoing] What a breath of fresh air!! With my busy schedule, I managed to catch the first two eps and I’ve loved every minute of it. It doesn’t take itself too seriously, while still keeping a tight grip on its sense of identity. The series soaks up every aspect of its space theme like a sponge. Content specifically made for me, tysm! As much as I have tried refraining from consuming more high school settings, I couldn’t help but be enamored by what I have seen so far. I have paused this series for now, but hopefully I’ll be caught up before the end of April. I should be able to watch it live on Fridays in May. Until then, I will miss them dearly! — Always a Witch, Netflix [started 03/28, in progress] At this time, I have only seen episodes 1-5. So far, it’s a very straight-forward series. I am restraining myself from calling it predictable, because there are one or two things that really turns some tropes/themes on its head. But all-in-all, I am still waiting for this show to grab me. For a show that checks all the boxes that really makes a core jessi show, a series with time travel, magical realism, and found family, it has yet to completely sweep me away. Time really got away from me this month, but I will finish this series sometime in the next two weeks. We shall see if the latter half gets better.

Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour (Taylor’s Version) [watched 03/15 thru 03/18] I have seen this live and did see the original film in theaters last year, so this experience was more of a rewatch. This time around, my parents wanted to watch some of it with me so we made a whole evening of it on 3/15 so that was really neat. I will be traveling a lot in April and will be taking an audio copy of this to keep me entertained. — Oscar Nomination Season [started 02/17, ended 03/24] All of my initial reactions of what I managed to cover this Oscar season is in this post. Some of the strongest categories I have had the pleasure of covering this year were the Best Documentary (feature), Best Production Design, Best Live Action Short, Best Documentary (short), and Best Animated Film. I have several more films to tackle later this year, but my overall impression this Oscar season was just alright. One or two films have hit an extremely high note for me, but no worst of the worst.

BEYONCÉ, Beyoncé [relistening] During the pandemic, I really got into waching YT reaction channels reacting to full albums. One of my favorites is HTHaze and he is only beginning his listening journey through Beyoncé’s discography (yes, for the first time!) His reaction to Beyoncé’s self-titled made me want to relisten to it in full for the first time in years. I tend to only revisit a few songs through the years, but I do love going back to albums after time has past to recontextualize everything all over again. I’ve had my longtime faves from my 20’s but in my mid-30’s, the songs that hit harder now are: Pretty Hurts, Haunted, and Jealous. — Bewitched, Laufey [first time listening] The same YT channel got me to listen to this album. I am guilty in having my first listen be through his video first before diving into her album properly. With that said, the brain rot went FULL ROT. I love LOVE her compositions. Having learned from her Tiny Desk that getting a grand piano influenced the way she wrote her songs makes the whole conception so much grander. Her voice is soooo, it’s SOOOOO !!!!!!! I read a comment somewhere that her dream is to rejuvenate jazz the same way Taylor Swift did with country for a younger generation and that really spoke to me. I truly believe she is heading in the right direction in achieving that. My favorite run of songs goes from: Haunted, Must Be Love, While You Were Sleeping, Lovesick, California and Me, Nocturne (Interlude), and Promise. Those seven songs in that succession is so GOOD, ahH! — Once the Musical [relistening] Every spring, I fall into a Once spiral and it just gets deeper and deeper. This time though, I only tackled the core faves on YT rather than committing to the full audio (w/ Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie). Although Arthur Darvill’s Leave will forever solidify his Guy as my Guy, Declan Bennett is The Guy of Guys for me. My mandatory relistening experience always goes: Arthur’s Leave, Arthur’s Say It To Me Now, Declan’s Say It To Me Now, Declan’s When Your Mind’s Made Up, Zrinka's If You Want Me, Once’s Spotify Jam Session. And it would all be on a loop lol. — Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé [first time listening] This is still fresh in my mind, having only listened to it in its entirety once through. My first impression is that it’s one of her most cohesive albums to date. Having had the first taste of what she would eventually achieve all the way back with Lemonade and The Gift, Cowboy Carter feels like a natural progression in her discography. I don’t have a top songs list to provide at this time, as I would need more time with the album. Fav songs come with time. Although, I did listen to 16 CARRIAGES when it was released several weeks ago and I knew then it would be a spectacular album. What a phenomenal single to lead a phenomenal homecoming.

Where’d You Go Bernadette, written by Maria Semple and narrated by Kathleen Wilhoite [started 03/22, finished 03/29] I… I didn’t like this. And that’s alright. Even if I didn’t like the premise or the characters, I did enjoy the format of the narrative and the narrator (especially her singing!!). But in the end, this was just not meant for me.

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As it is still March when I am writing this, I wanted to endcap Women’s Month with a special shoutout to two women in my life that have been working with me to improve my overall well-being: Wendy (personal trainer) and Sofia (life coach). I am in a better headspace because of the work and trust they have in me to build a life I want. I cannot wait to see what I am capable of this time next year.

#oswlld 2024 wrap up #mine: edits #oscars 2024 #23.5 degrees #always a witch #laufey #beyoncé #cowboy carter #once the musical #where'd you go bernadette #will be returning each month when i post these #see you again soon :(

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sungbeam · 6 months

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moots as taylor swift eras??

hopping on this rn omg o7 sorry if any of u aren't into tswift and won't understand any references TT skfbeknf

i also only did a few mutuals just cuz the eras are a little specific and i matched them especially to the albums as well

bro i,,, all these are so special and personal to me skfnkdnfk i could literally do an entire essay abt every song on every album i—

@justalildumpling — midnights; at first, i was thinking a cocktail of reputation and lover, but midnights as an album already feels like that. it's the mix of party girl and soulmate, for me. the one where u want to be strong for the people around u and the people looking at u, but at the end of the night, u just want to run to someplace warm and safe and /home/. it's the sweet nothings and the "give me back my girlhood, it was mine first."

@winterchimez — speak now; i think it's the dress on the cover of the album that's doing it for me to be so honest 🤧 it's the romantic clichés from speak now and enchanted and mine, to the bitter heartbreak of dear john and castles crumbling. this album is so classically romantic, and so very ally.

@ethereal-engene — fearless; a timeless classic!! i think besides the taylor swift album, this is the most,,, country? of all the eras skfnkend don't come for me LMAO but ash is so iconic and fearless (wink wonk) like i know things might seem scary, but she has always seemed to me full of heart and youthful energy to take things on.

@mosviqu — reputation; i feel like this might be an interesting choice considering ,, idt bar's music taste aligns w reputation? but i think the messages that comes from this album and the era fit moreso. reputation is so full of strength and fire, but if you don't look close enough, you'll miss all of the hurt and the maturity and the growth. i think bar described me as emotionally complex once, but i also think so abt her as well, in the best way possible.

@zzoguri — evermore; evermore is so subtly heartbreaking and it was taylor's second quarantine album? don't come for me skfnsknf but it really felt like one of the eras where taylor let her imagination run free and she truly proved how brilliant of a storyteller she is. and i felt that really matched moni bc they too are an incredible storyteller, a master wordsmith, a wielder of heart-wrenching emotions.

@hqrana — 1989; i've had this album on LOOP lately and it makes me feel so emotional and yet powerful all at once? 1989 is so full of hope and resilience, and we know just how much this one means to taylor, and noa feels like the perfect representation of it :')) i feel like she's always going thru some shit (women in stem things 💔) but there's always a sort of optimism to our interactions which i appreciate

#sungbeam strikes again #moot ❧#lovely anon <3 #again sawry i only did like 5 people 💔

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dontlikeadam · 9 days

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My Personal First Take On The Songs

If you want to know what runs thru my head on the first day of an album release, here you go. Don't hold it against me please.

A little hard on Matty at times, but the man is very flawed. Still love him, but seems he needs to continue to work on himself.

I only included things that I noticed that are not included in the few main people article.

This is also just some of me working things out in my head. Take it with a grain of salt. I work thru about 100 different interpretations of her songs before I settle on an interpretation.

Track 1: Fortnight

Nothing overly specific or notable. Potential connection to Matty showing up in NYC with Gabbriette in her backyard right after their break up.

Could also just be referencing the fact that he now lives mostly in the US it appears. Between LA and NYC most likely.

"I love you, but its ruining my life" could have also been something Matty said to her

Track 2: The Tortured Poets Dept

Honestly "Like a Tattooed Golden Retriever" is one of my favorite goofy lyrics on this album.

Context for non swifties: Her putting actual peoples names in a song is insanely rare. I can only recall a handful of times and its been years and years ago. Mentioning Lucy and Jack specifically is insane.

Track 3: My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

"But you should have seen him when he first got me" All I can think of is Matty at most of the shows from his birthday 2023 till when they went public in Nashville. He was beaming almost every single night on stage. It was so fun to see.

Track 4: Down Bad

"Did you really beam me up. In a cloud of spring dust" Just to do experiments on me?" I am getting a mix of Matty's lab and kind of the Cava interview. Taylor maybe wondering if he she was just an experiment to him.

"I'll build you a fort on some planet. Where they can all understand it. How dare you think it's romantic, leaving me safe and stranded". Reference to Matty's fort. Taylor saying she could figure out a way where they could have their love and his fort and she could make people understand. Him instead leaving her stranded to "save her".

Track 5: So Long, London

Truly a song for London referencing mostly Joe. After multiple English boyfriends that never worked, she is done with the city.

Track 6: But Daddy I Love Him

"They slammed the door on my whole world. The one thing I wanted" She was finally happy and professed that before playing Question?. She was the happiest she had ever been and everything made sense and she made it known. But instead of being happy for her, they slammed the door in her face and ruined it.

"I'm having his baby, No I'm not, but you should see your faces" A very funny line, thats a little unusual for her. Trying to make a funnier album then BFIAFL?

"We came back when the heat died down. Went to my parents and they came around".

Referring to when they tried to date in 2014/2015? And then coming back around in 2023?

Or referencing when we assume they broke up in early July- then the rumors they were still trying to work something out after that.

Track 7: Fresh Out the Slammer

Confirmation that Matty and T were something prior to her and Joe being completely finished.

"Splintered back in winter, silent dinners, bitter". Winter of 2022?

"Camera Flashes, Welcome Bashes. Get the matches, toss the ashes off the ledge" - She was ready to go public and knew it would get negative attention. She was fine with burning it all down. Also a reference to the Lover House being burnt down during the Era's tour.

"Starting Line" reference

Track 8: Florida

Florida was the first Eras tour she did after her breakup with Joe was announced.

"And my friends all smell like weed or little babies" Such a good lyric. Typical late 20s, early 30s.

Track 9: Guilty as Sin

Backing track is almost identical to About You

"Downtown Lights" reference. Sent to her while she was still with Joe and "bored and caged". Around Jan/February 2023?

"I keep these longings locked, in lowercase inside a lock" - clue of some sort?

Track 10: Who's Afraid of Little Ole Me

To the press and the fans?

Track 11: I Can Fix Him

"They shake their heads saying god help her when I tell them he's my man" - funny line

Texas - Roadkill?

"His hands so calloused from his pistol, softly traces hearts on my face" Reference to his callouses from playing the guitar and his pistol being his songs?

Track 12: loml

Chicago secret song and her crying during "did I dodge a bullet or just lose the love of my life"

"Mr. Steal Your Girl" besides the pop culture reference, Matty's MO lately has been winning over taken women.

"You shit talked me under the table" ???? Who would this have been to?

*** addendum: he talked more shit then her. Like he could drink her under the table.... he shit talked her under the table*** THANK YOU

"I wish I could un-recall how we almost had it all" - A reference back to Me and You Together Song and About You

Track 13: I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

Chicago shows and beyond.

" I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday". Another funny line.

"I keep finding his things in drawers. Crucial evidence, I didn't imagine the whole thing" The Damn Beatles Shirt

"As the crowd was chanting More!" - as the crowd cheers for an overdose?

"Im so obsesses with him, but he avoids me like the plague" - The damn Beatles shirt.....

I do wonder if this is some sort of a slight to Matty for the fact that he does tend to be more emotional on stage, but especially after their breakup.....

Track 14: The Smallest Man

The sigh........

"They just ghosted you, now you know what it feels like" Oh Matty.....

When not in public with her he was stoned. Once he had her, he wasn't interested.

"Were you sent by someone who wanted me dead? Did you sleep with a gun underneath our bed? Were you writing a book? Were you a sleeper cell spy? In fifty years will all this be declassified?" Taylors confusion about if it was real or just a "bit". Flashback to Radio 1 and Matty confidently mentioning the possibility of it being a "bit". In his lab coat. Referencing back to her wondering if it was all an experiment.

"You'll slide into inboxes and slip through the bars" Matty's MO of finding random girls to date.

"You crashed my party and your rental car" Reference to him crashing his rental car in LA after returning from Malaysia. No idea why I find it so funny that she knew about this.

Is she referring to him crashing an actual party? Or just crashing her party of them getting a happy ever after?

"You said normal girls were boring, but you were gone by morning" Referencing that girls like Meredith, Ana and Charlotte were boring?

"You kicked out the stage lights, but you're still performing" - reference to the fact that no one can tell when he is performing or when he is being real. He's not on stage, but he's performing.

Track 15: The Alchemy

"The hospital was a drag" - The perceived psych hospital she was in after Matty?

"I haven't been around in so long, but I am making a comeback to where I below" Referencing dating an American again?

"He said its Heroin, but this time with an "e"" A wordplay used in multiple songs by emo/punk bands. ie: Boys Like Girls. Silverstein.

Track 16: Clara Bow:

Song mostly about Travis but layered with Matty/ 75 items

"Breath of fresh air thru the smoke rings" Travis verse Matty

"Stevie Nicks/ 75" "Half moonshine, a full eclipse" Reference back to Question? and "Half moon eyes/ big surprise"

"Beauty and the Beast"

"You look like Taylor Swift" "You've got edge she never did. The futures bright. Dazzling" Back to "The old Taylor can't come to the phone right now, because she's dead" and lead into Rep. Reference back to Bejeweled and "The Band"

The Black Dog:

The Black Dog - Bar in London

"When someone plays the Starting Line and you jump old. But she's too young to know this song, that was intertwined in the magic fabric of our dreaming." "Old habits die screaming" Matty returned to dating girls decently younger than him, who wouldn't know his references. Reminded of him mentioning how hard it finds it to relate to Gen Z anymore.

More references to him "acting" in real life.

"And remember, how my rain-soaked body was shaking" Most likely Referencing after the Nashville rain show or the Gillette rain show.

"Were you making fun of me with some esoteric joke?" Back to radio 1 and Matty saying is it real or is it all a bit?

"Now I want to sell my house and set fire to all my clothes" Burning down the lover house? New part or Era's tour? New outfits?

The other obvious connections of Matty having Mayhem.... A Black dog....

imgonnagetyouback: --- all lowercase

I am going to get you back, and I am going to get you back for hurting me double meaning

Into is almost identical to Looking for Somebody to Love

Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus:

"Hands in the hair of somebody in darkness, Named Chloe or Sam or Sophia or Marcus and I just watched it happen". The fact Matty was out with all sorts of other people and she just watched

"And you saw my bones out with somebody new, who seemed like they would've bullied you in school and you just watched it happen" - The fact she was with Travis and he didn't do anything or say anything.

"I changed into goddesses, villains and fools. Changed plans and lovers and outfits and rules all to outrun my desertion of you. And you just watched it" - Taylor re-arranged her life for him. Broke all her own "rules" for him and he let her (all to ghost her in the end)

"If you want to tear my world apart, just say you've always wondered". When Matty and her re-connected he must have said he always wondered what they could be if they tried again, or something along those lines. Then he tore her world apart.

"And if you have some kids with an internet starlet, will that make your memory fade from this scarlet maroon" A throwback to Maroon being about Matty. A song she play over and over as her "secret song" for Era's.

"Will I always wonder" Because he ghosted and she never got closure.

Peter:

Throwback to Cardigan and the line "Peter losing Wendy"

"Lost to the Lost Boys chapter of your life. Forgive me, Peter, please know that I tried". He never did grow up. She was tired of waiting.

#taylor swift #matty healy

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kaywavy · 5 months

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really long homestuck ost ramble (like this is kinda just incoherent thoughts about it) under the cut

in the main volume series at least, its kinda funny how vol 1-4 became the outlier sequencing wise because like the main thing that gives me the motivation to get thru these big 40+ track, 1.5+ hour albums is the fact that they typically sandwiched the "just good" or mediocre tracks between some really good masterpiece shit (vol 8 / vol 5) and the fact that at the end lays the really good / bombastic [S] tracks like descend and homestuck in the case of v5 or cascade and midnight crew acapella in the case of v8

and especially with cascade and descend or any of the other longer songs, it feels weird to listen to them on their own outside of the context of the album because it feels like you haven't earned it or that you're not in the right mindset for it.

but with 1-4, all of those first albums were

a. pretty damn short, like 10 one to three minute songs and

b. almost all killer no filler in the sense that nearly every song from those albums are featured in some of the really iconic early [S] pages so it feels like you're reliving everything pre-act 5 in musical form

so it doesn't feel like that much of a slog

v6 and v7 are also pretty short but i'm not really a fan of v6 at all and v7 doesn't catch my attention all that much like v8, v5, and v1-4 do.

but with the first 8 volumes they all have that centerstage piece that really makes them feel integral to the HS experience with tracks like

Showtime, Beatdown, Aggrieve, Gardener, SBurban Jungle, Doctor, Black, etc from v1-4

Descend, Skaian Skirmish, Savior of the Waking World, Homestuck Anthem, How Do I Live, Crystalanthemums, etc from v5

Elevatorstuck, Umbral Ultimatum, MeGaLoVania, & Heir Transparent from v6

Black Rose/Green Sun, Price of Oblivion, Even In Death from v7

and Do You Remember Me, Cascade, Ocean Stars Falling, Midnight Crew Acapella, Unite Synchronization, etc from v8

like all of those are super iconic [S] pages or just really good songs in my opinion and the Homestuck experience doesn't feel complete without listening to those albums but with v10 and little bit of v9, i don't feel that much of a connection to them yet

maybe its because im still stuck on those earlier albums, maybe its because it features a lot of music from artists outside of the OG Music Team and im not used to those styles or maybe its because a lot of them kinda feel kinda disconnected from the comic since this era started pulling a lot from the spinoff albums like coloUrs and mayhem, alternia[Bound], and the solo albums from music team members

v9 kinda does have the cascade effect from v5 / v8 with moonsetter taking that spot but it doesn't have that really good phenomenal beginning to hook you in so you don't really want to start the album even though the other tracks on the road to moonsetter are also good like elephant gun, everything is something.., stress, and austin atlantis

another thing taking from that is that moonsetter is so incredibly short and laidback compared to cascade and descend so it doesn't give you that undeserved feeling if you take it out the context of the album. the main thing stopping me from doing that is becuase moonsetter makes me cry almost without fail.

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Yes!!! I did request the 3 taylor songs 😆 i was so excited cuz your taylor series literally is me rn. I been spending every day listening to Lovers album and daydreaming about Gojo you dont even know i'm so smitten for the paint brush man it's insane.

Also I remember reading somewhere on one of your fic that you went to the Eras Tour??? 👀👀👀👀 how was it??? Tell me all about it so i can live vicariously thru you since i couldnt get tickets 🤣🤣 did you have fun?? Did you dress up? I saw a lot of ppl dressed up

Much love ❤️

omg yes!!!!! im literally writing a taylor as gojo as we speak (for you belong with me HEHE) bc the concert just CHANGED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY.

I dressed up as betty from folklore!!! so I did little braids in the front of my hair because of the lyrics from seven and I actually own one of the folklore cardigans so I paired that with a white dress!!! :))

my surprise songs were I can see you and maroon, which I literally fell to the floor screaming because I LOVE BOTH OF THOSE SONGS and I think I cried almost the entire night

also very notable I was sobbing during august, quite literally screaming "to live for the hope of it all, cancel plans just in case you call" AND THE COUPLE IN FRONT OF ME STARTED MAKING OUT??? TO AUGUST???? LIKE LITERALLY ARE WE LISTENING TO THE SAME SONG WHY ARE WE MAKING OUT TO AUGUST PLEASE JUST LET US AUGUST GIRLS SCREAM IN PEACE PLEASE

all in all, it was very special to scream these songs that mean so much to me when i discovered taylor during one of the worst periods of my life. in weird ways, getting to scream songs i literally sobbed too at night with 70,000 people in a stadium makes me emotional in the best ways. anyways, you're very cute for asking and I just rambled for no reason :DDD I love you!!!!

#asks!

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mirrorballtales · 10 months

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Speak Now (Taylor’s Version) Reflections

Dear Reader,

My thoughts are all over the place. Taylor penned it best, this is a compilation of growing up, heartbreak, apologies, painful realizations, and speaking up. She took the words from my mouth when she said she had a lump in her throat, this is exactly what I feel right now, and how I always feel whenever I try to explain to anyone what this album means to me. I grew up with it, it was my security blanket and helped me in my loneliest nights. I think about who I was at 17 and who I am today, at 30 years old and I do not think I would recognize myself. To have this album and get to hear it in her mature voice had me sobbing the entire time. I had moments of respite but I spent about two hours crying thru the beauty of this re-record. I am so proud to now have Taylor’s version. I am not saying this just to say it, tonight’s release is her best one to date. In terms of production, her vocals, and how she captured the essence of each song 13 years later. Her six new songs are everything I expected them to be, magic ✨. It truly is ours now! So now if you care what I think about each song, and my favorite lyric, as I listen to each one for a second time - keep reading.

Mine - So I never imagined I’d cry to this song. I heard the first chord and was a given, then I hear her vocals! I am a Speak Now connoisseur, but even if you are not, you can already hear the difference in production from the OG version. Her mature voice. With these songs!

“You made a rebel out of a careless man’s careful daughter.”

“And I remember that fight, 2:30 am. . . I ran out crying and you followed me out onto the street.”

Sparks Fly - When I think of love, falling into it, or even before that, I always think about this song. I always think about the guy I dedicated this song to in 2011. And I smile. Because this song said it all.

“Kiss me on the sidewalk. Take away the pain. Cause I see sparks fly whenever you smile.”

“I’m on my guard for the rest of the world but with you I know it’s no good.”

Back to December - Her voice! Oh my god!

Ever broken up with anyone? Ever realized minutes, days, months, or even years later that you wish you could go back and take it back? The words you said. The hurt you gave. Wish you hadn’t left? Wish you could apologize? Then, I have the song for you.

I remember listening to this in December of 2010. I remember what I would wear. I remember the bite of the air. It still feels the same.

The instruments! They sound incredible. The violin!

“You gave me all your love and all I gave you was goodbye.”

“Maybe this is wishful thinking, maybe mindless dreaming.”

“So if the chain is on your door, I understand.”

Speak Now - She still sounds so beautiful! This is such a campy song and I love it so much.

“I am not the kind of girl who should be rudely barging in on a white veil occasion.”

“Horrified looks from everyone in the room but I’m only looking at you.”

Dear John - THE GUITAR. HOLY SHIT. OH IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT BUT THE SAME. THE PRODUCTION. HER VOICE!!! Oh my god. Oh my god. Her vocals are incredible. Oh my god.

“I lived in your chess game but you changed the rules every day.”

“Don’t you think I was too young to be messed with. The girl in the dress cried the whole way home.”

Mean - THE BANJO! I dedicate this to any and all assholes who have anything to say about people just to be mean and to those who love to talk about women and what they can and cannot do. I dedicate this to any jerk who likes to degrade women. I think men should Speak Never✨ when it involves women.

“Someday I’ll be big enough so you can’t hit me and all you’re ever gonna be is mean. And a liar. And pathetic. And alone in life. And mean.”

The Story of Us - Oh that electric guitar (is that a bass?) is so prominent in this version. I love it! Entering my punk era. Excuse me while I find fishnet fingerless gloves and wear all black! Oh it’s still a masterpiece but better!

“So many walls up I can’t break through.”

“Is it killing you like it’s killing me?”

“Next chapter!”

Never Grow Up - One second in and I’m crying. Nope. I can’t even sing it. I’m crying. No I’m sobbing. Nope. Nope. Nope. Sofia this one is for you my angel, it always has been and always will be. I promise no one will ever break your heart. Please try to never grow up. . .

Oh it’s hitting me, grown up Taylor singing Never Grow Up. Here I sit in my living room, grown up, calling my own shots.

“Your little hands wrapped around my finger.”

“Nothing’s left you scarred.”

“So here I am in my new apartment. In a big city. They just dropped me off. I tuck myself in and turn my nightlight on.”

“Wish I’d never grown up. I could still be little.”

Enchanted - Oh here we go. Here comes my song. Here comes the song that changed everything. Oh her voice. The production is so much more ethereal if that is even possible!

“Your eyes whispered, ‘Have we met?’”

“Passing notes in secrecy.”

“I’m wonderstruck, blushing all the way home.”

“I was enchanted to meet you.”

“I wondered till I was wide awake.”

Better Than Revenge - PAUSE. Ok let me take a breath. Done. Oh such a cool song. So I suspected she would change a lyric. Which made this song - excuse my language, actually no don’t excuse my language - this specific lyric made it a cunty song, and I mean that in the most complimentary manner. The line in OG version “She’s better known for the things she does on the mattress. Woah.” It was a fuck-you to feminism and we were ALL fine with it. Because you are allowed to be angry and allowed to say hey you wronged me, fuck off, fuck you. It’s changed now to “He was a moth to the flame, she was holding the matches.” Like Taylor said, we say what we want when it feels right and if this rewrite was her choice I respect it. But the former was such an iconic line and will remain in my heart forever.

“No amount of vintage dresses give you dignity.”

“There is nothing I do better than revenge.”

Innocent - When I was 18, I’d listen to this on repeat. There was a kindness in this song I never afforded for myself. I still have it on repeat to this day. And I still relate to it. It is the one song I can’t talk about aloud. It is so raw. It is probably my second-favorite song in her entire discography, but on a bad day, it’s my absolute favorite. I got my new September. . .

Her voice, my god this sounds so beautiful, still. Better.

“Who you are is not where you’ve been. You’re still an innocent.”

“Did some things you can’t speak of, but at night you live it all again.”

“Life is a tough crowd, 32 and still growing up now.”

“Time turns flames to embers, you’ll have new Septembers.”

Haunted - THE FUCKING PRODUCTION. I need this song injected into my body. Do I hear background vocals? OH MY GOD!!! Her voice is also the background vocals!

“You and I walk a fragile line.”

“I thought I had you figured out.”

Last Kiss - OH OH OH OH I hear the difference. I can’t pinpoint the instrument but I love it. I have always said this is one of her saddest songs. I remember I’d be on the floor, in a fetal position, in tears listening to this, trying to make sense of my broken heart. God the production is beautiful!

“That July 9th. The beat of your heart.”

“I don’t know how to be something you’d miss.”

Long Live - Sobbing uncontrollably again. Crying. I can’t even sing it right now. She wrote this for us! She truly wrote it for all of us. I always felt this song should replace Pomp and Circumstance.

“How the kingdom lights shined just for me and you.”

“May these memories break our fall.”

“Promise me this, that you’ll stand by me forever, but if God forbid fate should step in, and force us into a goodbye, if you have children someday, when they point to the pictures, please tell them my name. Tell them how the crowds went wild. Tell them how I hope they shine!”

“Long live the walls we crashed thru I had the time fighting dragons with you!”

Ours - The sweetest song I ever heard. I hear it and am transported to falling in love for the very first time. What it felt like having to defend it, how people judge things that are not theirs to speculate.

“The stakes are high. The water’s rough. But this love is ours.”

“If you were here we’d laugh about their vacant stares but right now my time is theirs.”

“Seems like there’s always someone who disapproves.”

“Your hands are tough but they’re where mine belong in.”

Superman - I cannot believe she wrote this about J*hn Mayer. It’s such a good song though.

“Just fine.”

✨Time for the SIX NEW VAULT TRACKS!!!

Electric Touch - HOLY SHIT. It’s good. It’s really good. Of course it’s good. Be still my hopeless-romantic-young love-heart. I have to write a movie about this. Think 2000s teen movie. Guy gets the girl. I forgot about FALL OUT BOY! OH MY GOD! Patrick sounds incredible.

“This could either break my heart or bring it back to life.”

When Emma Falls In Love - Oh so Taylor decided to write a song about me? I feel seen.

“The boy will never be the same.”

“Like if Cleopatra grew up in a small town.”

I Can See You - This is such a sexy song. Oh so the hormones were rampant with this song. She was in heat. And I LOVE every damn second of this. Add it to False God, add it to Dress. I better stop. I have too many thoughts and none are suitable for public viewing. This song will now be on repeat for the foreseeable future. Adding this to my delusional stripper playlist. Oh I love this song. I’ve heard it like fifteen times now. The music video is her best one yet! Taylor Lautner backflipping on The Eras tour and starring in the music video???Yeah he’s the best ex-bf turned amazing friend ever! I mean hello she wrote Back to December about him. Back to this. This song is exactly what it feels like to want someone so much you can’t think and for it to be on the precipice of something so addicting. You’d do anything for it.

“What would you do if I went to touch you?”

“I can see you up against the wall with me.”

“Then we kissed and you know I won’t ever tell, yeah. And I could see you being my addiction. You can see me as a secret mission.”

Castles Crumbling - Yeah so I’m crying again. This is beyond sad. Taylor really thought we turned our backs on her. I’m going to jump off a bridge. Goodbye. Oh her voice breaking, no, this is killing me. Hayley!!! As in Paramore Hayley. Masterpiece!

“You don’t want to know me now.”

“They tore me apart.”

“I watched all my bridges burn to the ground.”

“Never wanted you to hate me.”

Foolish One - Country Taylor. I love you! This is so cute! Oh so she also wrote this for the hopeless romantics. The guitar!

“Wishful thoughts.”

“But then the voices say, "You are not the exception. You will never learn your lesson."

“Stop checking your mailbox for confessions of love they ain’t never gonna come.”

Timeless - My absolute favorite song right now. Oh so let me sob again. Oh it’s beautiful. This is a song for the girls who got their degrees in History aka ME! I’m sorry if you hate this song, you’re not an intellectual. Nor hot. I don’t make the rules. Sorry.

In all seriousness, this is such a pretty song. Just shows our feelings are timeless.

“In those photos I saw us instead.”

“I believe we were supposed to find this.”

“The story started when you said hello.”

“Sometimes you just know.”

“Antique shop, something in my mind said stop.”

Final thoughts for now, this is her best re-record to date and quite honestly it blows every album out of the water. To get to hear this with fresh eyes, in a much healthier space, all grown up (sort of), at another pivotal moment of my life, I feel lucky. It was worth the long wait. I leave feeling like I made the right choice, making this album and it’s message my entire belief system. The production somehow enhanced each song and gave it a maturity we all did not know it needed. As someone who knows this album and has studied it for 13 years, her mature vocals are what really makes this entire re-record so special. And most importantly they belong to her again. I did not care about vocals back then, to me it was always the writing but you can see the improvement and the level of mastery she’s reached. Innocent and Back to December are my favorites and I Can See You and Timeless from Vault tracks but truly they’re all loved by me. I will now go listen to Speak Now Taylor’s Version again.

#taylor swift #taylornation #speak now taylor’s version #sntv #taylor’s version #dear john #the eras tour #swiftie twitter #speak now tv #electric touch #haunted #vault tracks #back to december #i can see you #last kiss #never grow up #enchanted #sparks fly

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butchviking · 11 months

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heyyyyyy babygorl if someone (me) wanted to get into mcr but knows like two songs, where would you recommend they (I) start? what’s your favorite era? what song do you think is most representative of their overall style?

with no other context, i am always going to recommend listening to the black parade album all the way thru because i am a parade girlie at heart <3 but to b honest every album of theirs is very different so it depends what u like! i couldn't give one song that could encapsulate their style, because the style of bullets vs revenge vs parade vs danger days is so different. what other kind of music do u enjoy?

#ask #anonymous

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androcola · 2 years

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SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME 😭😭😭WHAT TGE FUCK IS THAT DURAN DURAN SONG THST THEY PLAY AT THE FUCKING WALMART. IVE BEEN THRU EVERY ONE OF THEIR ALBUMS ON SPOTIFY AND CANT FUCKING FIND IT. IM LOOKING FOR A DURAN DURAN SONG THAT SOUNDS VERY PHIL COLLINS LIKE. IY SOUNDS EXACTLY LIKE SOMETHING PHIL COLLINS WOULD SING, LIKE GENESIS ERA ESQUE BUT I CANT FUCKING FIND IT HELP JE HELP ME PLEEAAASE 😭😭😭IM FUCKING BEGGING YOU I CANT FIND THE FUCKING SONG PLEASE HELP ME😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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manysmallhands · 1 year

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#30: The Go! Team - Doing It Right

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Released - Sep 3rd 2007

Highest UK Chart Position - #55

First Heard - Radio, 2007

During 2006 and 7, I was managing to listen to some music every day and so I became a bit more engaged with what was going on. I have a big pile of albums that date from this period, but Doing It Right is the only song from these that was good enough to make the cut (my other picks from this time were things that i came to later on). While I’ve often stayed in musical comfort zones, this was perhaps the era where I cleaved most to whatever indie stuff was on the radio, and a lot of it feels, not so much bad, but certainly quite homogenous now. Doing It Right is an odd exception, a song that points towards where my music taste would eventually take me but in the most unusual of ways: a kind of unholy mash-up of indiepop and hip-hop.

I once had an argument on the internet which I was widely perceived to have lost, where I argued that The Go! Team were basically a hip hop act. And while I can admit that this is, at best, an extremely narrow conclusion to have made based on a very small amount of evidence, I still think that, circa the Proof Of Youth LP, it’s actually got a lot going for it. Perhaps the best way to put it is that, if the less boring thing that the “Why Don’t You?” kids did one day was to go and record a hip hop tune, then it would have sounded something like this.

Its vibe is one of absolute maximalism - it’s oversaturated with sound to the point where it consistently overloads the speakers - but for something so incredibly in yr face, it also has a kind of clumsy beauty about it. This contrast plays out in the clash between Ninja’s punchy positivity and Kaori’s more amateurish charms, or the luminous clatter which dominates the record vs the gentle, melodic touches that makes it so damn catchy. This is the hip-hop/indiepop thing that feels irreconcilable in my brain, but sounds so utterly natural on this single that I can’t imagine why no one else does it (maybe they do? Idk). I guess in a way it harks back to that kind of day-glo chart rap from the late 80s, stuff like Rebel MC or Wee Papa Girl Rappers, but it’s a comparison that bears so little close scrutiny that I feel dumb even thinking about it. Doing It Right is perhaps the only record that coasted right thru my indiepop period and has settled nicely into my semi-hiphop era now, and I still don’t know how or why it works. Goddamn it!

#Uncool50 #50favouritesingles #The Go! Team #Indie #Hip Hop #Youtube

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taeyeonsb · 2 years

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txt and twice 🥺

oohohh u have a crush on me >3<

txt <3

✦ my first bias: taehyun and soobin

✦ my current bias(es): ....ill let u figure that out babe

✦ my album and/or era ranking (or favorite of each): [screams] this is hard. the dream chapter: magic and minisode1 blour are definitely tied for first. tdc magic is just so important .. long hair taehyun..long hair hueningkai.....RUN AWAY ???????? angel or devil ........ magic island..cwjltma.. its literally full of the best songs ever made. blour was my first txt era so it will always be special<3 in addition to that . its a perfect album , like i can sit down and loop my blour cd for ten hours. i have done that. multiple times. like once a week. ghosting ..[falls to the floor] wishlist is pretty good<3

then ...... its basically neck and neck with all the others and i dont have the emotional capacity to pick <3 i would like to instead take this space to list some of my favorite txt songs in no particular order: wishlist , nap of a star , frost , eyes, wishlist , trust fund baby , cat&dog , ghosting , dear sputnik , eternally , anti romantic , no rules , cant you see me , wishlist , puma , loser lover , 0x1 lovesong , 0x1 lovesong jp ver. thamk u for ur time

✦ how i got into them: i found them in the [redacted] tag. and then kept seeing their early tiktoks on my pinterest page, namely soobin running into the metal pole and taehyun in the mirror. i think i watched both of them at least 30 times, hence the first bias situation. also i saw a gen z idol comp and yeonjun dropped the pasta and i think i screm laughed for like 30 mins straight at that

✦ which member would be my best friend: hueningkai and i know this for several reasons: first and foremost bc im obsessed with him and he'd adore that , second that i would sew him any plush he wanted , third that i make a million jokes a minute and he loves laughing

✦ something i associate with them (or with a bias/any member): cowboy hats and crocs. alexa play be the cowboy by mitski , i associate hueningkai with plushies and hoodies and laughter and marshmallows and headphones and pretty green grass and the >3< kissy face , and i associate soobin with da da da da da da da da da da 🐬. taehyun with tdc magic and all magic and sour patch kids and (ofc) cheese tteokbokki and cats and math :(

twiceeeeee

✦ my first bias: jihyo !!!!!! my first cb with them was dance the night away so i think everyone can understand me..that 1 stage where she wore a red dress..gn

✦ my current bias(es): chaeyoung + sana .. theyre just so beloved (read: unhinged) literallly wig group fighting

✦ my album and/or era ranking (or favorite of each): they have SO MANY ERAS BCVNCV so ill list some of my favorites <3 yes or yes, heart shaker, what is love, i can't stop me, like ooh-ahh , bdz . FAVE TITLE IS HEART SHAKER <3

shoutout to more& more for orange sana..gotta be one of my favorite genders🤞 fav albums overall are fancy you , yes or yes, and summer nights the bside game is absolutely insane !!!!!!!!!!! girls like us , after moon , shot thru the heart .................. they are so so so very important. also one in a million is [falls to the floor] every so often i will just watch their live performance in japan and cry

✦ how i got into them: during what is love era !! one of my bestfriends at the time would do twice dances across the room in compsci from me and we'd watch their mvs together hehe

✦ which member would be my best friend: probably nayeon .. i think we'd have a time making hilarious jokes and bothering everyone...also i want to hold her hands

✦ something i associate with them (or with a bias/any member): candy !!!!! their lightstick..candy..candy pop..nayeon candy floss.........i associate tzuyu with yoda ZXNCZ shes so cute and i associate sana with microwaves because shes insane .. or shall i call her .. insana😇

#u get an essay CZCNZX #mwah thamk u for asking sweetie bear #asks

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