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We posted yesterday about the state of our unlisted write-in fandoms (we've had nine new ones since then!). Time to check in with the rankings for the listed fandoms.
At the top of the pack we have:
87 K-Pop *
66 Good Omens
50 Sherlock Holmes *
44 Harry Potter *
37 Marvel *
32 DC *
31 Mo Dao Zu Shi / The Untamed
27 Red, White, & Royal Blue
25 Star Wars *
23 Scum Villain's Self-Saving System
Our first tie is for 11th place -
22 Avatar The Last Airbender
22 Teen Wolf
And after that, nearly every other place is a tie. And which ones are ties for which places can be shifted slightly with just one signup. Or completely upended with two. Where will your fandom land?
Remember that if your fandom isn't here (or in the rest of the list below the cut), you can write it in. Signups are OPEN through Monday!
19 Supernatural
18 9-1-1 and 9-1-1 Lone Star
18 Locked Tomb Trilogy
18 Stranger Things
17 All for the Game
16 Our Flag Means Death
16 Tolkien *
16 The Witcher
15 Boku no Hiro Akademia (My Hero Academia)
15 Original Work
15 Percy Jackson and the Olympians
14 Baldur's Gate 3
14 Hockey RPF
12 The Old Guard
12 Tian Guan Ci Fu (Heaven Official's Blessing)
11 The Magnus Archives
11 Star Trek *
10 Check Please!
10 Dungeons & Dragons
10 Haikyuu!!!
10 Hazbin Hotel
10 Jujutsu Kaisen
9 A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon
9 One PIece
8 Doctor Who *
8 Hades (video game)
8 Heartstopper
8 James Bond
8 Kingsman
8 Merlin
8 Naruto
8 Suits
7 Dragon Age *
7 Justified
7 Raven Cycle
7 Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast
7 The Sandman
7 Shadowhunters
7 SK8 the Infinity
6 Captive Prince
6 Critical Role
6 Final Fantasy *
6 Fullmetal Alchemist
6 Hannibal
6 Kinnporsche
6 The Maze Runner
6 Queen's Thief
6 Stargate
6 Steven Universe
6 Top Gun Movies
6 Yuri!!! On Ice
5 Alex Rider
5 Grishaverse
5 Interview With The Vampire
5 Malevolent (Podcast)
5 The Murderbot Diaries
5 Nirvana in Fire
5 The Owl House
5 RWBY
4 Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (The Husky & His White Cat Shizun)
4 Genshin Impact
4 Les Misérables
4 The Magicians
4 Pokemon
4 Witch Hat Atelier
3 Arcane
3 Disney's Descendants
3 Elder Scrolls
3 Hetalia
3 Hunger Games
3 Legend of Zelda
3 Spy x Family
3 Tian Ya Ke / Word of Honor
3 Trigun
3 Welcome to Night Vale
3 Wheel of Time
3 Young Royals
2 Benoit Blanc Mysteries (Knives Out, Glass Onion)
2 Disco Elysium
2 Encanto
2 Gundam Wing
2 The Last of Us
2 Leverage
2 Miraculous Ladybug
2 Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries
2 Mysterious Lotus Casebook
2 Schitt's Creek
2 Super Mario Bros.
1 Assassin's Creed
1 Attack on Titan
1 Diamond no Ace
1 Fire Emblem Three Houses
1 Homestuck
1 Stellar Firma
1 Wednesday / The Addams Family
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Harry Styles' Sonic Evolution: How He Grew From Teen Pop Idol To Ever-Evolving Superstar
Harry's House' not only gives Harry Styles his most GRAMMY recognition yet — it serves as a testament to how much he's expanded his sound over his already storied career.
GABRIEL AIKINS | GRAMMYS/JAN 25, 2023 - 12:02 PM
Watching 16 year-old Harry Styles walk onto the stage for his "The X Factor" audition in 2010, it's remarkable how little some things have changed in the following 13 years. Though his rendition of Stevie Wonder's "Isn't She Lovely" was rather unpolished — even receiving a "no" from judge Louis Walsh — his magnetic charisma and natural talent were more than evident. And at just 16, Styles clearly knew he was on the right path.
"Singing is what I want to do," Styles said in an interview before his audition. "And if the people who can make that happen for me don't think that I should be doing that, then it's a major setback in my plans."
Of course, so much else has changed in the ensuing decade. Styles was tabbed alongside other contestants Liam Payne, Louis Tomlinson, Niall Horan and Zayn Malik to form the group One Direction. As the band stormed the charts and captured the love of fans globally, Styles grew into his abilities — and now, he's achieved a rarified level of fame.
Even after being part of one of the most successful boy bands of all time, Styles has reached new heights of superstardom in his own right. In addition to selling millions of albums and selling out arenas around the world, he's starred in four feature films and became the first male cover star of Vogue magazine. The depth of Styles' charisma and drive he's shown from that first audition have made him an all-encompassing star like few before him.
While Styles was a solo star as soon as he emerged in 2017 — selling out his first-ever solo tour and debuting his self-titled first album atop the Billboard 200 — he has dominated the 2020s. His second album, 2019's Fine Line, spawned his first No. 1 hit in the U.S. in 2020 with "Watermelon Sugar," which also earned him his first GRAMMY in 2021 for Best Pop Solo Performance. But 2022 was the year he took his stardom to the next level — and it all began with an invitation to Harry's House.
The lead single of Styles' third album, "As It Was," became undeniable, debuting atop the Billboard Hot 100 and spending 15 weeks there — the most in history for a British act. And when Harry's House arrived less than two months after "As It Was," it was clear that 2022 was the year of Harry.
The album, featuring smooth electronic beats and funky bass riffs, went platinum in the UK and US, put four songs into the Billboard Top 10 at the same time, and earned Styles the most GRAMMY nominations of his career. His six nominations for the 2023 GRAMMYs include his first in the coveted Album Of The Year, Song Of The Year and Record Of The Year categories; Harry's House also earned a nod for Best Pop Vocal Album and "As It Was" is up for Best Pop Solo Performance and Best Music Video.
If you ask Tyler Johnson — who has co-written and co-produced the majority of Styles' three solo albums — the GRAMMY nominations may just be Styles' biggest validation yet. "It's really the music community recognizing him as Harry Styles — [his time in the band] is just another part of his resume, it no longer defines him. And that's really exciting."
In reality, Styles hardly ever let his past define him. Even Johnson sensed Styles' star power upon meeting the singer in 2015. "When I first met him, I knew a lot about him from the band, but it was obvious he was a star," he recalls. "Especially how he performed in the vocal booth, it was very brave. I was like, 'Wow, this person has no barriers.'"
With no barriers comes a willingness to always try something new — which is why the Harry Styles of Harry's House sounds much different than Harry Styles of One Direction. The change was heard immediately back in 2017 on his first solo single "Sign of the Times," released ahead of his self-titled debut LP later that year. It's a rock track to its core, starting with hearty piano chords and building to a crescendo of wailing electric guitar and crashing drums. This initial offering was a sign of what was to come, as Harry Styles is built on these rock sounds from beginning to end.
Even if reviews weren't outright surprised by this sound, they noted the seemingly brand new, well, direction. "Few people probably predicted the 23-year-old ex-One Direction superstar to drop the kind of album that makes your uncle or your mom perk up," read Variety's review. Pitchfork mused, "If you only know one thing about Harry Styles, it's probably that the album bucks the established trends governing bids for young male solo pop stardom." Styles becoming a rock star was something new, but looking back at the totality of his work, it's not quite as surprising as it might be at first glance.
When assessing the music of One Direction, the singles will of course stand out. Tracks like "What Makes You Beautiful," "Live While We're Young," and "Best Song Ever" are big and boisterous, with infectiously fun hooks. And while each of the group's five albums had rock influences — queue the Clash-like electric guitar opening of "Live While We're Young" — they're all pop projects at their core. And the writers and producers behind them were pop masterminds, too, including Rami Yacoub, Steve Mac, Ed Sheeran, and Ryan Tedder.
By nature of an essentially constant touring schedule and working with so many other people — especially the four other members of the group — there was simply less opportunity to write. Across the 86 songs in the band's discography, Styles has writing credits on only 21 of them, whereas he serves as lead writer on every track on each of his three solo albums.
"I think it was tough to really delve in and find out who you are as a writer when you're just kind of dipping your toe each time," Styles told Rolling Stonein 2017, recalling some of the struggles of being in a band. "We didn't get the six months to see what kind of s— you can work with."
Listening to the songs Styles did have a hand in writing for One Direction, though, the throughline of his career becomes clearer. Even the earliest tracks he co-wrote include key elements to his later songs.
The chorus of Up All Night's "Same Mistakes" takes his penchant for lyrical repetition, creating a folksy call-and-response feeling and pairing it with powerful guitar chords; he uses a similar pattern on Harry Styles' opening track "Meet Me in the Hallway." Made In The A.M. ballad "If I Could Fly" is strikingly vulnerable lyrically and melodically minimalistic; this combination is seen on Styles' solo ballads, like Fine Line's "Falling" or Harry's House's "Matilda."
Styles' solo success also stems from his versatility. Alongside folksy ballads, he has an ear for rock songs to fill a stadium (and after completely selling out his 2021 and 2022 Love On Tour stretches, stadiums may be where he's headed next). "Where Do Broken Hearts Go?" is one of One Direction's most anthemic tracks, tailor made for karaoke or shouting alongside a crowd. It's no surprise Styles is the sole One Direction member on the writing credits for it, and you can hear that same exuberance on his solo rock anthems, from Fine Line’s ultra cool smash "Watermelon Sugar" to the funk rock-infused "Late Night Talking" on Harry's House.
In a 2017 New York Times interview, Styles explained his rock influence — and really, his musicality as a whole — stems from his own musical tastes. "I really wanted to make an album that I wanted to listen to," he said of Harry Styles. "That was the only way I knew I wouldn't look back on it and regret it. It was more, 'What do I want to sit and listen to?' rather than, 'How do I shake up compared to what's on radio right now?'"
Judging by the elevated sounds on Harry's House, Styles' musical interests have grown as he has evolved as an artist. While there are hints of his previous writing and growth on the album, Styles incorporated so many new elements, and that's what makes Harry's House so interesting and so refreshing.
Funk pervades the record, with synths and stylized loops fleshing out tracks like "Music For A Sushi Restaurant" and "Keep Driving." There's a constant sense of playfulness throughout all 13 tracks — something that was apparent to Styles' collaborators long before the world got to hear it.
"Harry just said that he's never been more proud of anything, and Tom [Hull, better known as producer Kid Harpoon] and I are just there for the ride," Johnson says. "We didn't feel too caught up in the kind of reality of who he is and having to put out an album very specific to the commerce side of it. It was a lot of having fun and just kind of burying our heads in the sand and enjoying doing it. That was very different from Fine Line."
Styles can seemingly feel his evolution himself, too. In a wide-ranging interview with Zane Lowe upon the album's release in May 2022, Styles revealed that he tried not to take direct sonic influences on this record like he had in the past. "I kinda felt like you can reference things by the emotions that they evoke," he said.
The same interview points out how much more comfortable Styles has become with being flexible and fluid, both in his own writing and his collaborators. And now that he's found his right-hand men in Johnson and Hull, he finds it easier to bring his ideas to life. This has allowed Styles to continue to expand his writing, and that resulted in an album that launched his superstardom to even greater heights — and showcased Harry Styles simply having fun.
Now 28 (almost 29!), Styles has been a beloved star for nearly half of his life. In that time, fans have watched his musical abilities mature, morph and expand; he has shown a willingness to always have an eye on what comes next — and that forward thinking paid off in a big way in 2022. However he evolves next, it seems Styles will never lose the drive and endearing charm the world first saw on the "X Factor" stage over a decade ago.
"He's a very similar person. He's a very consistent, loyal, kind person, very focused. That is all the same," Johnson insists. "He's just doing what people do when they do it more and more — he's focusing in on who he is more, he's gaining confidence, and he's becoming more and more himself — which is a very potent thing."
via Grammy.com
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Dreams, Ink and Embers Master List
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Dolores, a complex and passionate protagonist, navigates the tumultuous waters of romantic entanglements that define her life. A memoir focused on the intricacies of desire, the fine line between light and darkness, and the relentless pursuit of love.
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Chronological List
Dreams Prologue
August 8, 2018
August 16, 2018
September 5, 2018
November 17-18, 2018
August 8, 2019
June 2022
July 2022
July 31, 2022
August 11, 2022
August, 2023
July, 2024
August, 2024
September, 2024
October, 2024
October 31, 2024
November 1, 2024
November 2, 2024
November 4, 2024
November 5, 2024
November 6, 2024
November 7, 2024
November 11, 2024
November 19, 2024
December 16-17, 2024
December 18, 2024
December 20 and 25, 2024
January-July, 2025
August 2, 2025
December 9-11, 2025
April 9, 2026
July 2026 - March 2027
April 3, 2027
April 9, 2028
May 2028 - August 4, 2028
August 8, 2028 - April 3, 2029
April 4 and 10, 2029
Characters
Julius Griffin
August 8, 2018
August 16, 2018
September 5, 2018
November 17-18, 2018
August 8, 2019
June, 2022
July 2022
July, 2024
August, 2024
September, 2024
October, 2024
October 31, 2024
November 4, 2024
January-July, 2025
December 9-11, 2025
July 2026 - March 2027
August 8, 2028 - April 3, 2029
Raphael Santos
November 17-18, 2018
June 2022
July 2022
November 1, 2024
November 2, 2024
November 4, 2024
November 5, 2024
November 6, 2024
November 11, 2024
November 19, 2024
December 16-17, 2024
December 18, 2024
December 20 and 25, 2024
January-July, 2025
August 2, 2025
December 9-11, 2025
April 9, 2026
July 2026 - March 2027
April 3, 2027
April 9, 2028
May 2028 - August 4, 2028
August 8, 2028 - April 3, 2029
April 4 and 10, 2029
Harvey Bellamy
July 2022
July 31, 2022
August 11, 2022
August, 2023
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You've Always Been the Sweetest Song
First posted: May 25, 2019
Focuses on: Jason Todd and Bruce Wayne
Favorite bookmark: "Oh my god i came looking for gold and I received mythril. IT'S THE GOOD CONTENT FOLKS.
Tier: Pretty middle, but at least in the top half of all metrics
This is my “behind the scenes” series where I indulge myself horribly by annotating my fics. Link to the fic itself above. Thoughts below the cut.
As I put in the notes for this one, the idea started with watching Under the Red Hood for the first time with @starknjarvis27 and LOSING. MY. MIND. over how the movie chose to set up and portray Jason's return to Gotham. Then I went on a rabid rant to @audreycritter about how it SHOULD have gone, and here we are.
The title comes from a David Cook song that is a very Bruce song to me.
As best Bruce could reason, there were nine possibilities, ranging in plausibility from manageably unusual to outright insane, as dictated by the facts he could be sure of.
The thing about Bruce is he will always try to be logical. This is especially true in high-stress high-emotion moments. This poor man had to bury his son and was deeply destroyed for several years after. And now he suspects a new enemy might actually be his dead son, whose corpse he held and whose body he buried??? My guy is not going to reach that conclusion without AMPLE evidence AND every other alternative being crossed off as implausible, even if he has that immediate spark of recognition.
Figuring out what Bruce would accept as confirmed fact and what theories he would consider was a challenge, but a fun one. The tricky thing for me was I did need to get him to the place where he would rationally be able to consider Jason resurrected as plausible, when that's not a very plausible possibility at all. Comics, man.
The Cave was empty. Bruce’s foul mood—really, no more than poorly disguised panic, but foul nonetheless—had run off everyone else. Even Alfred. He was alone, with nothing but the computer and a backlit memorial case to keep him company. It was safe to rest his head in his hands, so he did.
My boy was going through it.
All Bruce had was the life before him, the one with visits from Dick, patrol with Tim, and solitary visits to a quiet cemetery. To hope for anything different was… foolish.
. . .
Even when the results returned and the screen flashed bright with a name and an achingly familiar face, Bruce felt like he was waiting still. Some possibilities were scratched off, some shuffled to put them higher or lower in the probability rankings. But the truth waited.
Bruce, bless him, will always prioritize the truth, even when it's a truth that hurts him. And that often means that even when he wants something badly, he won't give in to the temptation of the lie. He wants his son back more than anything, but he wants it to be his son. Jason is too important to replace with a falsehood.
He couldn’t tell Alfred. Couldn’t bear the thought of putting the old man through whatever it was this was without answers. Couldn’t tell Dick or withstand the confusion, the demands, the fresh heartbreak. Couldn’t tell Tim. Couldn’t begin to fathom what this would mean for any of them.
Bruce so often is so alone, not even necessarily by choice, not because it's his preference, but because he would rather take a heavy burden on himself than unload onto others and damage them in the process. (He is not always correct on the consequences and sometimes badly misjudges. But still he is trying.)
It couldn’t be Jason. Jason Todd was just a boy, slight and wiry even for fifteen. He had yet to reach his growth spurt, his potential for height only evident in the gangliness of his limbs, the knobby stretch of hands and feet too big for him. Though fed regularly and lovingly by Alfred, he had never quite shaken the damage of years of malnutrition. He was just a little boy.
This is a thing I love love love love to dig into, both from Jason's perspective and from those who knew him before. He wasn't just 15 and growing; in my version of this world, he's slight. There was no indication in him that he would become a tank. And besides, even if there had been, he was just a kid when he died and he was gone for several years.
Hood’s voice was low and rough, like a crowbar dragged across cement.
My favorite descriptor. It's a mean little nod on my part but also really how I mentally characterize Jason's voice as Hood, thanks to repetitive listens to "The Devil & the Huntsman" and "Arsonist's Lullaby" while thinking about Jason. It also matches neatly with the way Jensen Ackles voices Jason in the movie, so.
Red Hood laughed. It was not Jason’s laugh. It was hard, unyielding, and utterly devoid of humor.
. . .
Stop. Stop. Don’t use his words. Don’t use that name. Not without proof.
He so badly wants Hood to be Jason, because he wants his son to be alive, but he CANNOT let himself believe until he's certain. Believing a lie would break him.
At Bruce’s movement, he had swung the gun around and pointed it squarely at Bruce’s chest. Bruce didn’t care.
My original discussion with Audrey involved some version of me ranting that Bruce would hug his son even while Jason stabbed him, and I initially intended to write an actual stabbing but it got in the way.
Bruce’s arms tightened further, one hand coming up to cup the back of the neck, and he buried his nose into the sweaty, riotous curls.
He knew that smell. Bruce breathed in movie nights and late-night homework sessions, false alarms and real scares, sick days and training sessions. He knew the smell of these curls, of this boy, as well as he knew his own name.
This was the bit that I text-screamed at either Audrey or Stark that got me to write this fic. Bruce Wayne absolutely buries his nose in his kids' hair and he absolutely 100% know exactly what they smell like.
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Meet Tomorrow X Together: A guide to the group's members, tour, awards and more
Since its debut in 2019, Tomorrow X Together, also known as TXT, has become of the most recognizable groups to rise out of South Korea's music scene. From chart-hitting releases to record-setting firsts, Tomorrow X Together continues to make its name known in the industry and across the world.
And with over 14.3 million followers on Instagram, 10.7 million followers on Twitter and 8.9 million monthly listeners on Spotify, Tomorrow X Together's success is not slowing down any time soon. The group recently embarked on the U.S. leg of its world tour with stops in New York, Los Angeles, Washington D.C. and more.
Here's everything you need to know about the K-pop group Tomorrow X Together, from its members to its milestones and "Act: Sweet Mirage" world tour.
Who is Tomorrow X Together?
Tomorrow X Together (pronounced Tomorrow by Together) is a five member boy group under Big Hit Music, a subsidiary of HYBE Corporation. Big Hit Music is also home to BTS, while stars including Seventeen, Nana and Enhypen are in the HYBE family of artists.
Comprised of members Yeonjun, Soobin, Beomgyu, Taehyun and Hueningkai, the group debuted with "Crown" in 2019. Tomorrow X Together is the second boy group to debut under Big Hit Music.
How many members are in Tomorrow X Together?
There are five members:
Yeonjun (Full name: Choi Yeon-jun) Born Sept. 13, 1999. Hometown: Seoul, South Korea.
Soobin (Full name: Choi Soo-bin) Born Dec. 5, 2000. Hometown: Ansan, South Korea.
Beomgyu (Full name: Choi Beom-gyu) Born March 13, 2001. Hometown: Daegu, South Korea.
Taehyun (Full name: Kang Tae-hyun) Born Feb. 5, 2002. Hometown: Seoul, South Korea.
Hueningkai (Full name: Kai Kamal Huening) Born Aug. 14, 2002. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii
What are Tomorrow X Together fans called?
The fandom name for Tomorrow X Together is "MOA.""MOA" stands for "moments of alwaysness," meaning that Tomorrow X Together and the fans share each and every moment always and forever, and together gather pieces to complete one dream.
Tomorrow X Together world tour 'Act: Sweet Mirage'
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On May 6, Tomorrow X Together kicked off the U.S. leg of the "Act: Sweet Mirage" world tour. The tour began earlier in South Korea on March 25 with two back-to-back shows at the KSPO Dome in Seoul. During the tour, the group will visit 16 cities across the globe with more dates to come.
On the U.S. leg, Tomorrow X Together's stops include:
Charlotte, North Carolina – Spectrum Center (May 6).
Belmont Park, New York – UBS Arena (May 9 and May 10).
Washington, D.C. – Capitol One Arena (May 16).
Duluth, Georgia – Gas South Arena (May 19 and May 20).
San Antonio, Texas – AT&T Center (May 23 and May 24).
Los Angeles – BMO Stadium (May 27 and May 28).
Tomorrow X Together milestones
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Since debut, Tomorrow X Together has released three studio albums, one reissue, six EPs and multiple singles.
At the time of its debut, Tomorrow X Together was the fastest K-pop act to top the Billboard World Albums and World Digital Song Sales charts with the single "Crown" and EP "The Dream Chapter: Star." The group has hit several Billboard charts, including the Billboard 200 with three Top 10 entries and "The Name Chapter: Temptation" reaching No.1. On the Billboard World Albums chart, Tomorrow X Together has five No. 1 hits.
Throughout its career, Tomorrow X Together has won many awards. In 2019, the group won several new artist awards, including Rookie of the Year at the Asia Artist Awards, Best New Male Artist at the Genie Music Awards and Best New Male Artist at the MAMA Awards. In 2023, the group won the World K-pop Star award at the Circle Chart Music Awards. At the 2023 Hanteo Music Awards, Tomorrow X Together received the main award, or bonsang, and the Global Artist Award for Asia.
On July 30, 2022, Tomorrow X Together became the first K-pop group to perform at Lollapalooza. The group will be returning to the festival in 2023, but this time as a headliner, alongside Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Lana Del Rey, Odesza, The 1975 and Karol G.
In 2021, the group was awarded the 2021 Men of the Year Pop Icon Award by GQ Japan. In 2022, Tomorrow X Together received the Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism commendation, a prestigious government award, in South Korea.
Tomorrow X Together was also named among the "K-Pop Star to Watch" for Billboard's K-pop issue in 2023.
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By Xander Zellner
Taylor Swift spends a record-extending 70th week at No. 1 on the Billboard Artist 100 chart (dated July 1) thanks to nine albums on the latest Billboard 200 and three songs on the Billboard Hot 100.
On the Billboard 200, Swift’s 2022 LP Midnights ranks at No. 4 with 60,000 equivalent album units, according to Luminate, after spending six weeks at No. 1.
Here’s a recap of her current Billboard 200-charting titles:
Rank, Title:
No. 4, Midnights
No. 10, Lover
No. 14, Folklore
No. 18, 1989
No. 23, Reputation
No. 25, Red (Taylor’s Version)
No. 38, Fearless (Taylor’s Version)
No. 39, Speak Now
No. 40, Evermore
Swift scores nine titles in the Billboard 200’s top 40 for a fourth time, after achieving the feat on charts dated May 20 and 27 and June 3. No other artist has earned the honor (dating to August 1963 when the survey became a combined stereo and mono album listing.)
Notably, Speak Now rises 42-39 ahead of its new re-recorded Speak Now (Taylor’s Version), due July 7.
On the Hot 100, Swift charts with current Midnights single “Karma,” featuring Ice Spice (up 9-7), former eight-week leader “Anti-Hero” (holding at No. 12), and Lover cut, and new promoted single, “Cruel Summer” (39-18). “Cruel Summer” surpasses its original No. 29 peak in 2019 and becomes Swift’s 69th career top 20 hit, the second-most in the chart’s history, after Drake’s 116.
“Cruel Summer” is the Hot 100’s top Sales Gainer, as it bounds 32-10 on Digital Song Sales (3,000 sold, up 71%), to become Swift’s record-extending 84th top 10.
ATEEZ re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 3, a new high, thanks to the act’s new set The World EP.2 : Outlaw. The project debuts at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 (105,000 units), becoming the group’s highest charting album, and No. 1 on Top Album Sales.
Gunna re-enters the Artist 100 at No. 5, as his new LP — A Gift & A Curse — arrives at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 (85,000 units), becoming his fifth top 10. Eleven songs from the album land on the latest Hot 100, led by “Fukumean” and “Back to the Moon” at Nos. 16 and 29, respectively.
Plus, Queens of the Stone Age re-enter the Artist 100 at No. 7, returning to the chart for the first time since 2017, thanks to the group’s new LP In Times New Roman… The album debuts at No. 9 on the Billboard 200 (40,000 units), becoming the band’s fourth top 10.
The Artist 100 measures artist activity across key metrics of music consumption, blending album and track sales, radio airplay and streaming to provide a weekly multi-dimensional ranking of artist popularity.
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The other song on the jukebox in the Resurrectionists pub
So, I've been listening to the songs playing in the background in the second season of Good Omens a totally normal amount of times, as one does.
The song Gabriel interrupts when he miracles Buddy Holly's Everyday to always play on the jukebox in Edinburgh, is Letter From America by Scottish duo The Proclaimers.
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Letter From America is about the heartbreak of emigration, and the pain of separation from your loved ones runs through the whole song.
We should have held you, we should have told you
But you know our sense of timing we always wait too long
When you go will you send back a letter from America?
This bit in particular stuck with me. I think it's the way it echoes Crowley's sentiment that "it's always too late", on top of the heartbreak and loss of the final fifteen.
David Tennant and The Proclaimers
I'm not sure it's relevant, but. David Tennant is a huge Proclaimers fan. And I mean huge!
He wrote the sleevenote for their 25-year anniversary collection. He interviewed them for a BBC documentary about their career. And he's said, repeatedly, that The Proclaimers' music is the soundtrack of his life.
This is from an interview with David Tennant, about his cover version of The Proclaimers’ Sunshine on Leith for BBC Children in Need in 2019.
My point is... My point is. Do I have a point? I must have, why would I post otherwise?
Is it merely coincidence that a song that seems to be picked as part of Crowley's S2 soundtrack is by the band David Tennant calls "the soundtrack of my life"? That's m'point.
Bonus: David Tennant singing Sunshine on Leith. It's quite lovely.
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hey !! i was thinking about whether this year’s esc winner is already set in stone and the likelihood that käärijä could still manage to bag the win with a majority televote score …
i was feeling kind of nervous about it all but then i thought back to 2021 - (i haven’t watched it in a while so correct me if i’m wrong,) but did måneskin get that many high scores from the jury? I don’t think they got many 12 points there at least? (maybe just enough to get a rather average jury score i can’t remember)… they had some 12’s tho i think.
… obviously måneskin absolutely dominated the televote so i was wondering if there could be a similar situation in 2023 as to 2021, as 2021 had some hugely competitive acts and it was a nail biter up to the last minute ✨ (i’m tryna remain positive to manifest this win ahahah 💆🏻♀️)
This is one of those asks that lighted me up with need to answer with a thousand-word essay 😄 My take on why these cases are different and why Sweden is the winner Eurovision 2023 under the cut 👇
How to win with televote
Your arguments about Måneskin winning are correct. Italy got a set of 12 points from the Slovenian (neighbour), Croatian and Georgian juries but their average jury score was only 5,42. Both Italy 2021 and Ukraine 2022 won thanks to televote despite being only fourth in the juryvote. Here’s my explanation.
In 2021 the differences between jury favorites weren’t that big. Switzerland had 267 points, France behind them 248 points, Malta 208 points and Italy 206 points. Juries tend to go for artistic ballads but televote rarely shares that sentiment, so Switzerland’s “flop” was predictable. Malta is the biggest jury favorite in Eurovision history so their lower placing in televote wasn’t a surprise either. France did well in both components, deservedly so, and over all placed second behind Italy by only 25 points.
In 2022 Ukraine landslided the televote by getting exactly 200 points more than Moldova who came in second. They got an astounding average of 11,26 points from every country’s televote, and I don’t think we’re going to see a result like that for a while if ever. I believe that Ukraine would have won last year anyway, but understandably the war had a huge effect on televoters.
Sweden vs. Finland
Juries love Sweden. Or rather, Sweden has learnt to send entries that fit to the jury taste. These are the Swedish results from the last ten years:
2012: jury 1st, tele 1st
2013: jury 3rd, tele 18th
2014: jury 2nd, tele 3rd
2015: jury 1st, tele 3rd
2016: jury 9th, tele 6th
2017: jury 3rd, tele 8th
2018: jury 2nd, tele 23rd
2019: jury 2nd, tele 6th
2021: jury 17th, tele 11th
2022: jury 2nd, tele 4th
Eight times of ten, jury has loved Sweden more than televoters.
Of those eight, they have placed Sweden in their top-3 seven times.
Of those seven, they have won three times.
However, the juries' attitude towards Finland is very different. Since the juries came back in 2010, Finland has failed to make it to the final thanks to juries three times (2010, 2015, 2017) when the televote would have been enough for qualification. In comparison, here are our results from the last ten years.
2012: jury 12th, tele 12th in semi (NQ)
2013: jury 18th, tele 20th
2014 jury 7th, tele 17th
2015 jury 16th (last), tele 10th in semi (NQ)
2016 jury 12th, tele 15th in semi (NQ)
2017 jury 12th, tele 10th in semi (NQ)
2018 jury 24th, tele 21st (in semi jury 15th and tele 7th, thanks to televote 10th combined and qualified)
2019 jury 16th, tele 17th (last) in semi
2021 jury 11th, tele 4th (in semi jury 6th and tele 1st)
2022 jury 22nd, tele 16th
Why Sweden is the frontrunner
Just going into the contest, Sweden is almost guaranteed jury support. By looking at the results from previous years it is safe to say Loreen is going to be the jury winner. There is a slight possibility that we get a surprise jury winner like Austria in 2018 and North Macedonia in 2019. However, that would require there to be a clear jurybait song with great vocals, most likely a powerful ballad with innovative staging, and as far as I see, there are really no contenders for that this year. Who could surprise us? Switzerland, Spain, Estonia? Maybe Ukraine because their entry this year is so much slicker and more modern?
I'd also like to point out that in 2021 the jury winner placed sixth in the televote and in 2022 fifth. That is not going to happen in 2023. Loreen is a former Eurovision winner, fan favourite, charismatic, great singer and performer, the staging shows something never before seen on Eurovision stage (assuming they’ll bring the led screens with them to Liverpool) and Tattoo is already a huge hit so it’s not going to be too artistic or boring for the casual viewers. Sweden isn't even a country anyone would vote against for political reasons. I can’t see Loreen placing outside televote top-3. She can easily get over 300 points from the juries (average of 8,34).
Can we trust the odds?
There are years when neither the betting odds or fans have no clear idea which country is going to win, but those are in the minority. We’ve had some out-of-nowhere winners like Austria 2014 and Portugal 2017, who only begun to shine during the rehearsal week, but the way I see it that 2023 is going to be like 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2018, 2019 and 2022 when the odds got the winner right weeks or months before the contest. As far as I can remember, the odds have always managed to predict a Nordic winner 😄
People have been pointing out to me that the odds might be wrong and Finland still has the chance to win despite being second in the odds. I do worry that the betting odds are failing us this year, but for a different reason. My concern is that thanks to the Käärijä hype that has been going on in Finland since January has made lot of Finns bet for their own country. In 2015 the night before the first semi final Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät was sixth in the odds to win the whole contest, only to end up in last place of their semi.
It is not often that Finland believes in their own chances in Eurovision, but when we do it sometimes makes us blind for what is realistic. Not everyone making Eurovision bets is familiar with how the juries usually vote and how that might effect the overall result. Not to mention that despite Finland being second in the odds behind Sweden, their winning chance is now 40% and ours only 15%.
Personal prediction
Please keep in mind that I’m not an expert of betting odds nor Eurovision, just a fan with a love for statistics 🙃
As for Finland, just qualifying let alone a placement in top-10 is of course an amazing result for us – hell, we’ve never even qualified more than twice in a row! My wish is that we could somehow crack into top-5 for the first time ever (2006 not taken into account). There is a possibility that we could win the televote (depending on running order) but juries are going leave Käärijä outside top-10, which means our placing is around 6th/7th in the overall results. Juries rarely care about silly upbeat songs especially if they are sung in native language and based on that I see Finland going the same route as Moldova 2022 (2nd in tele, 20th in juries, 7th combined) or Norway 2019 (1st in tele, 18th in jury, 6th combined).
Sweden wins. Loreen either wins both the juries and televote or placing in second/third in one or both of them. We might have a different jury winner (Spain? Switzerland?) or televote winner (Finland? Norway? Czechia?) but it doesn’t matter because they both flop in the other component (still placing in top-10 though).
You can quote me May 14th 2023 🙂
#I'd love the winner to be anyone but Sweden more than anything#Czechia has never won#Spain hasn't won since 1069#*1969 ooops 😂😂#Georgia and Armenia have never won#France hasn't won since 1977#they came close in 1991 and lost to SWEDEN by a TIE-BREAKER ONLY :)#please feel free to comment who could be the dark horse this year in either tele or jury vote because I'd LOVE to see one!#eurovision#asks
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In Reporter Moon We Trust 🔥💪
Jimin of BTS has made history of K-pop idols by setting an unprecedented new record of winning as many as nine awards in global votes.
The global online fan voting site "Dabeme Pop" announced the results of the "2024 Dabeme Music Awards 2024," which was held from January 25 to February 18, 2024, on its official account.
According to the "Dabeme Pop" announcement, Jimin won all the nominated categories by an overwhelming margin and won nine gold medals. It is quite unusual for a single artist to monopolize every award-winning category in a single vote. It shows the presence of Jimin, who has been in the spotlight as a global pop icon since he started his solo career last year.
Jimin received 919,211 votes in the 'Artist Of The Year' category, becoming the first K-pop male soloist to take first place. He also received 269,116 votes in the 'Male Artist Of The Year' category and 353,612 votes in 'K-Pop Idol Of The Year', both which are top honors.
Next, in the 'K-Pop Album of the Year' category, Jimin's first solo album 'FACE', released last year, ranked first with 241,364 votes. 'Face' is a Korean album in which Jimin directly participated in writing, composing, and producing the album, and it gained explosive popularity immediately after its release, setting a record of 1.7 billion streams on Spotify within 319 days of its release.
'Like Crazy', the title song of the 'Face' album, won the 'Song Of The Year' category with 442,769 votes. It also ranked first in the 'Video Of The Year: TikTok' category with 93% of the votes, and also ranked first in the 'K-Pop Video Of The Year: YouTube' category with 47,354 views. He rose to the top and became the first Korean solo singer to take first place on Billboard's main single chart, 'Hot 100', showing a move worthy of the title.
Jimin also took first place in the 'Collaboration Of The Year' category with 'Vibe', a collaboration song with Taeyang, receiving 212,813 votes. Last year, Jimin also won in this category for her first OST 'With You', sung with Ha Sung-woon, enjoying the joy of winning for the second consecutive year.
In 'Fandom Of The Year', 'PJM-Jimin' ranked first with 432,658 votes. In 2019, the American magazine 'Seventeen' said, ''While BTS has captured the hearts of fans all over the world, there is one member that many fans consider to be their true 'favorite''' and ''Jimin has received numerous fans since his debut. It is said that he is literally captivating '', which shows the popularity of Jimin, who still has many fans even after several years.
Meanwhile, Jimin has completely established himself as the best K-pop idol by winning the 'K-pop Idol of the Year' category in the 'Dabeme' vote for three consecutive years starting in 2022. With his popularity still undiminished even during his military service period, expectations are growing for Jimin's performance after being discharged from the military.
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𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀 𝐈𝐌𝐀𝐍𝐈 — 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐄
— 𝒔𝒖𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒓𝒚: where you finally get to know amara imani and her story of success
— taglist: @aechii @cl16version @Ippi_d (the usernames in black are the ones where nothing was found)
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read the article to find out more about her…
𝐖𝐇𝐎 𝐈𝐒 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀?
We all love the hits “mine”, “freakum dress”, “jealous” — they’ve all made it into our top songs this year, released by none other than rising singer Amara Imani. But who is the singer actually and why do we adore her so much?
Amara Imani Éwandé is a Cameroonian singer, songwriter and dancer. Nicknames as “Princess of Pop& RnB”, she has been gaining fame quickly, rising with rapidity to the top of the music industry.
Imani started her career on a feature on the single “Brown Skin Girl” for Beyoncé’s Lion King Album when she was 20 years old. The latter had often praised the girl, saying “Imani reminded her of her young self”. Before that, the Cameroonian singer used to upload various covers of songs like “halo”, “saving all my love” and “just the way you are”. For a short time, the singer had joined a band but their hiatus after a year saw the chance for her own chance in the music industry.
𝐋𝐈𝐅𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐂𝐀𝐑𝐄𝐄𝐑:
Amara Imani Éwandé was born on October 7, 1999 in Douala. Cameroon to a Nigerian mom and Cameroonian dad. At the age of seven, she moved to London, UK as her dad got a job as Ingenieur there. Imani competed from a young age on in art competition, primarily in dancing, winning a lot of trophies.
So how exactly did our queen switch to pop? And what makes her so special for us, so important that we go whenever she drops a single?
Imani launched her singing career at the age of 15 after sustaining a fatal injury to her knee that stopped the development of her dancing career. The singer had often said that dancing had been her career and she had only started singing as a side hobby. Imani gained her fame and platform in 2016, when she began posting videos of herself singing covers of popular songs on YouTube after her music group disbanded. In 2018 she gained the attention of Beyoncé, who had mentioned her account in an interview, praising the young girl. Her singing career took off from then on.
The singer was approached by several record labels but refused any offers, preferring to keep her career low for the beginning. She resurfaced in the music industry a year later in 2019, when she partnered with Beyoncé and Wizkid on the song “Brown Skin Girl” for Beyoncé’s Lion King Album. After that, she signed under the record label Universal Music Group.
After the success of Brown Skin Girl, Imani gained presence in the music industry world wide. She then began working on her first single followed by her first album. The popular song “Motivation” was her first release, topping the charts for a few weeks. Imani had said after the announcement of her first single “my music will be a mix of pop and R&B because this is what I grew up with. I’m trying to create new things with the two genres.”
“Slow Motion” counts as her second release with singer AMARIA BB as feature. Even though the song went
But let’s just sway away from the facts and focus on her influence. With the appearance of Amara Imani, many doors of new genre mixes were opened. Who would have thought that pop and R&B went together. We have danced to Taylor Swift with her beautiful pop songs and sung our hearts out to Beyoncé’s iconic R&B ballads but we have never seen both in one. It was only a question of time that the young singer was given the name of “our next Bey”. With the release of her first album, Imani was able to break some of the records the Beyoncés had broken. the album “This is her” managed to stay in the top 10 of the charts for more than 25 weeks, a new record for rookie artists in the music business.
And songs like “diva” or freakum dress” proved Imani’s point what she was trying to achieve in the music world.
And let’s not forget her success off-stage. Especially in her romantic life, Imani was responsible for some big headlines after getting cozy with millionaire heir Evan Henderson. The latter had already expressed his interest in her music and often praised the girl, we quote “I love her music, she just gets it and manages to reinvent music. Definitely my favourite artist.”
The pair officially met at the launch of the new beauty collection of Sephora in 2021, one of the first events after the long quarantine. Till today, the couple is going strong but went through many on-off phases between summer and winter 2022. Close sources say, wedding bells are ringing and he is planning on popping the question. Our next Jay-Z and Beyoncé? We can confirm at least that we have found our next rising Queen B.
𝒏𝒂𝒎𝒆 — amara imani (amara: grace, kindness)
𝒇𝒂𝒄𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎 — normani kordei
𝒏𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 — cameroon / nigeria
𝒆𝒕𝒉𝒏𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒕𝒚 — black
𝒇𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 — andré éwande (father, cameroon), taraji imani (mother, nigeria), cynthia éwandé (adoptive)
— amara has a bachelor in engineering & business (she was studying while she gained fame and developed her career)
𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒆𝒆𝒓 — singer, songwriter, dancer
𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒈𝒖𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔 — Amara speaks five languages (French, English, Spanish, fèfè, igbo)
𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒚 — libra (sun), capricorn (moon), cancer (rising)
𝒊𝒏𝒔𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 — amara plays the piano and guitar but prefers the piano (used to play the violin but stopped in 6th grade)
𝒉𝒐𝒃𝒃𝒊𝒆𝒔 — art, fashion, reading, songwriting, rollerskating, cooking, dancing, hiking, swimming
𝒎𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄 𝒕𝒂𝒔𝒕𝒆 — everything, amara can listen to r&b on some days and to old classics like marvin gaye on other days
𝒑𝒆𝒕𝒔 — amara used to have a hen and a dog when she was younger since that was normal in cameroon but when she moved, she left them back
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒇𝒐𝒐𝒅 — beignet-haricots (a cameroonian dish which consists of beans mixed in a tomato-kind of sauce with beignets which are soft, sweet fried buns)
-- for dessert amara prefers cupcakes and has a profound love of churros
-- favorite ice cream flavour: cookies (a mix of biscuit and cookie dough
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌 — smoothies — Amara could die for them, she is definitely the kind of person to spend 5€ on a smoothie just because she tried it once
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒖𝒓 — she has several, it depends, Amara loves purple but she knows she looks best in gold
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒎𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒆 — how to lose a guy in 10 days
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒃𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒅 — Mercedes (she does not know why but somehow the German car brand has made into her heart)
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒊𝒏𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕 — Football! Amara is a huge football fan, she also loves formula 1 because it was the only thing her father could manage back then as sport entertainment (they had enough money but time was never in their favour and they missed important matches)
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒐𝒏 — Amara is a huge Lewis Hamilton supporter. She grew up supporting him with her dad and has made it very clear that she looks up to the British race but they have never met before
— Amaras favorite team is Liverpool but that is only because her dad supported it and she has never thought of supporting someone else than the team her dad supported.
𝒇𝒂𝒗𝒐𝒖𝒓𝒊𝒕𝒆 𝒔𝒐𝒏𝒈 — varies from time to time but for the moment it’s ALL MINE by Brent Faiyaz
𝒔𝒆𝒙𝒖𝒂𝒍 𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 — straight
𝒑𝒓𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒔 — she / her
𝒑𝒐𝒔𝒊𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 — outgoing, optimistic, friendly
𝒏𝒆𝒖𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒍 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 — organized,
𝒏𝒆𝒈𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒄𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒂𝒄𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝒕𝒓𝒂𝒊𝒕𝒔 — too naive sometimes, loud, stubborn
𝒔𝒐𝒄𝒊𝒂𝒍 — Amara is a very outgoing person and a huge extrovert. She can do sometimes come across as too nice but she is just a huge sunshine who grew up with a huge amount of love and kindness and wants to share it
3 𝒎𝒐𝒔𝒕 𝒊𝒎𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒂𝒏𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒏𝒈𝒔 — family, friends, music
𝒉𝒐𝒎𝒆 — definitely cameroon, Amara grew up there and even though it is a third world country, Amara wouldn’t trade it for anywhere
𝒊𝒅𝒐𝒍 — Michelle Obama, her mother, Beyoncé
𝒍𝒖𝒄𝒌𝒚 𝒏𝒖𝒎𝒃𝒆𝒓 — 7 (because it’s her birthday number and the number of Harry Potter books)
𝒅𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒎𝒔 — find a balance between being successful and having her own peace of mind
𝐓𝐎𝐏 𝐓𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐆𝐒 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐒𝐂𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐌 𝐀𝐌𝐀𝐑𝐀:
sorry — beyoncé
7 rings — ariana grande
r.e.m. — ariana grande
b.s. — jhené aiko ft. h.e.r.
me, myself and i — beyoncé
girls need love — summer walker
this is me trying — taylor swift
vip — aya nakamura
all mine — brent faiyaz
stop this flame — celeste
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If you notice a lull in posting coming up soon apologies in advance. My queue on this blog is almost out and my moremoyo queue has another week and a half or so I think. But my brain finally kicked into Eurovision mode earlier this week when I ranked the songs for Croatia's national selection and heard Baby Lasagna's song Rim Tim Tagi Dim for the first time (I AM BEGGING PLEASE LET THAT WIN TOMORROW) as well as if you've heard I've been redoing my downloads folder so it's been like 2 weeks since I've played... and since I can't be normal and start playing before downloading every piece of CC I might ever possibly need 🙃 idk how long it's gonna take me to finish my new downloads folder. And if I don't even want to download CC because I feel like doing pointless spreadsheet shit like trying to predict the likelihood of each of the 37 countries this year being in my top 10 (I know Finland will be, they're the only country that has been every year since 2019 and No Rules is entirely up my alley, and any of the entries left will have a hard time passing Lithuania as my current 🥇) it'll take me even longer until I play sims and have more gameplay screenies to share.
Nobody cares, people have lives and I can do whatever I want and yadayada. But I'm weird and I start stressing about my queue as soon as it drops under like... 200 posts 😆 (I know wtf) so imagine how it having just 25 left makes me feel.
That being said, I'm almost done with that fullbody kalux dress anon asked for so that'll be shared later today woo! I could've finished it yesterday but I'm sick and by end of day I was dying so I gave up after the meshes. I've just gotta do the other colors now.
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Serendipity, pt.3: performances
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Serendipity was part of the set list for the Love Yourself tour which started on August 25, 2018.
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It also had a stage at the KBS Music Festival on December 28, 2018.
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The last Serendipity performance was in Seoul on Oct 26, 2019.
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The stages for Serendipity ranged from Jimin being in a giant bubble that would open up with the touch of his finger and just Jimin on stage with his dancers.
The bubble became iconic and is known as "The Serendipity bubble."
In some performances, he also had bubbles that he would cheekily pop during the performances.
As you can appreciate in this video, fans sang along the performance and many have said that witnessing Jimin perform the song in real life was even better than they imagined.
Brian Puspos and Serendipity
Jimin's interpretation of Serendipity was possible because of Brian Puspos' choreography. He had previously worked with BTS choreographing Butterfly.
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In this episode of Steezy, Brian Puspos talked about choreographing Serendipity and reacted to a performance of it. (20:20)
He also answered some questions on reddit and stated that choreographing for Jimin was a career highlight as Jimin had advanced skills and was able to do as instructed:
Jimin's dancing is fluid, elegant, emotive, free like a butterfly.
His ability to do contemporary dance and convey feelings by using his entire body is something unique to Jimin.
From the top of his head to the tip of his fingers and toes, you can see how he feels the music. It's like he dances on a cloud. His stages are always on the theatrical side and this makes way for songs that require deep melancholic feelings.
I truly do feel that Jimin was picked for Serendipity because his dancing and voice are able to convey feelings in a particular way.
His voice is passionate, sultry, with edges that captivate you. Velvet to the brain, honey to the ears. Eargasmic.
During a vlive in 2017 where Namjoon was explaining the Love Yourself: Her album, Namjoon called Jimin's voice angelic.
According to Jimin and Namjoon, Jimin tried to sing the song differently, not as high as he was used to singing it. But while listening to Namjoon's guide, he decided to raise it 2 keys higher.
It is because of this, that the song conveys this light feeling. Similar to what being in love feels like.
Namjoon expressed how happy he was with Jimin's rendition of the song since Namjoon had also been very specific with how he wanted the song to sound like.
Jimin took his skills and poured his heart into this song and made it his.
Serendipity, pt.4: jikook next
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so I found about this cool website that @annieversary3 created that displays a recommended album submitted by anyone each day, and i got a little excited about submitting some cool stuff from bandcamp that i like. i also thought i'd share them here, because, well, why not? what else is having a blog for anyways?? lol so, here are the albums that i (sorry) spammed annieversary3's website with that you all now also have to see.
From the top, left to right:
Puberty 2 Mitski (2016) ❀ Fav track: A Burning Hill
Carrie & Lowell Sufjan Stevens (2015) ❀ Fav Track: Should Have Known Better
Top 25 Austin Bands of 2012 [comp] Sonic Vault ❀ Fav Track: 7 Mile Creek Blues
You Had Me At Goodbye Samantha Crain (2017) ❀ Fav Track: Antiseptic Greeting
On Oni Pond Man Man (2013) ❀ Fav Track: Deep Cover
Narrow Stairs Death Cab For Cutie (2008) ❀ Fav Track: Talking Bird
stray ikea graveyard (2014) ❀ Fav Track: Parker
The Birds & The Beats M.anifest (2009) ❀ Fav Track: Ghana, 52
Easy Way The Cactus Blossoms (2019) ❀ Fav Track: Got a Lotta Love
sidenote, to find more cool tunes 🎵, in addition to annieversary3's awesome website, y'all should also check out:
❀ birp.fm (download and listen to a monthly 100+ track playlist of new, old, and emerging indie music)
❀ radio.garden (Find and listen to online streams of FM/AM radio stations from everywhere in the world on a cool 3d globe)
❀ radio paradise (ad free internet radio 24 hrs per day.)
❀ @despite-everything's radio station & spotify (just good stuff 😊)
❀ 90.9 FM WDCB (Jazz, Blues, and Classic Radio Shows)
❀ streamfinder (find internet radio stations)
❀ 8tracks.com (yes, it still exists)
❀ boilthefrog (generate a playist on spotify to get you from one random artist to another)
❀ lofi-fi hip hop beats to study to infinite stream on YT (all instrumental)
❀ NPR Tiny Desk Concerts
❀ Streema (find more internet radio stations)
❀ egoisticalgoat.de (clone of turntbl, pop in anyone's tumblr url to get a playlist of all of the songs they've shared on tumblr)
❀ musicmap (type in one artist to see artists that are related/similar to that artist)
❀ classical wfmt (for all your classical music needs)
#music#playlists#radio#long post for ts#trying to mostly rec stuff that's not spotify related (though it did sneak in 2x)#not because i specifically hate spotify (i do actually pay for it lol)#but because i think radio is awesome and wonderful and that spotify isn't the end all be all best music listening place#not 2b my mom on main but actually everyone should check out public radio. like not weird corporate radio actual public radio#listener supported public radio & internet radio is where it's at - i say sounding more like my mom everyday lmaooooo
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The Voice sure does know how to go out with a bang! As the reality competition show draws to the close of its 24th season, the Emmy-winning program has announced its star-studded lineup for its finale episode, which is set to air on NBC's Dec. 19 at 9 p.m. ET/PT.
2024 Grammy nominees Jelly Roll and Tyla are set to take The Voice stage to commemorate the season 24 finale, alongside performances from Earth, Wind & Fire, AJR, Keith Urban and season 25 coaches Dan + Shay. The intergenerational genre-spanning lineup will play a collection of songs that combine major moments in their respective careers, the dominant songs and styles of 2023 and their latest releases.
Jelly Roll, a four-time 2023 Billboard Music Awards finalist, will perform his Grammy-nominated Lainey Wilson-assisted "Save Me," the second single from his chart-topping album Whitsitt Chapel. Amapiano/Afropop star Tyla will perform "Water," her breakout single, which recently hit the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 ahead of the release of her forthcoming debut studio album.
Music legends Earth, Wind & Fire will perform a career-spanning medley that previews the band's upcoming Heart & Soul 2024 Tour, which they are co-headlining with Chicago. Another genre-fusing band, AJR, will perform a medley of its hit single "Bang!" and "Yes I'm a Mess," which hit No. 28 on Rock Airplay this year.
Keith Urban, a four-time Grammy winner who previously served as a judge on American Idol and a coach on the Australian version of The Voice, will perform "Blue Ain't Your Color," his 2016 hit single which ranked at No. 9 on Billboard's Decade-End U.S. Hot Country Songs (2010-2019). Another superstar country act, Dan + Shay, will grace the stage with a performance of "Bigger Houses," the title track from their most recent LP.
In addition to these eye-popping guests, The Voice has even more performances in store for the season 24 finale. Season 22 winner Bryce Leatherwood will return to perform "The Finger," a single from his forthcoming project. Furthermore, this season's top 12 artists will band together for a special joint performance. In that spirit, this year's coaching panel - Niall Horan, John Legend, Reba McEntire and Gwen Stefani - will join forces for a bubbly rendition of "Let It Snow."
This season marks the first in which none of the show's original coaches - Blake Shelton, Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and CeeLo Green - from the series' inaugural season appear on the coaching panel. Shelton departed after last season, which saw One Direction alum Niall Horan emerge victorious.
Jelly Roll, Tyla & Dan + Shay Lead Star-Studded ‘The Voice' Season 24 Finale Lineup (msn.com)
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TOMORROW X TOGETHER has made a name for themselves in the US
A look at TXT’s success on the Billboard 200
2023.03.28
TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s 2019 debut album, The Dream Chapter: STAR, entered the Billboard 200 chart at number 140. The following year, minisode 1: Blue Hour hit 25, and 2021’s The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE went up to number five, representing a steep jump. After their 2022 release minisode 2: Thursday's Child rose one slot higher to number four, they released their fifth mini album, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION, on January 27, and it was then that the group finally topped the chart. The albums charted thanks to first-week sales totaling 39,000 copies (The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE), 65,500 copies (minisode 2: Thursday's Child) and 152,000 copies (The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION). TOMORROW X TOGETHER has risen each year as though progressively climbing a set of stairs, improving upon previous sales each time.
The reason for their steady growth can be worked out by looking at each album’s performance on the Billboard 200 following the second week of their releases. The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION was number three in its second week and then 10 and 12 in its third its fourth weeks, respectively. TOMORROW X TOGETHER has become one of only two K-pop boy bands to have stayed within the Billboard 200 top 10 for three consecutive weeks. The other group, of course, is BTS. Just like people keep on buying BTS albums even after the week they’re released ever since the group became popular in the United States, the same is true about TOMORROW X TOGETHER. Although it covers performance outside the US too, TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s performance on Spotify’s Daily Top Song Global chart gives an even clearer picture of how the group is growing. A look at the chart shows the lead single of The Chaos Chapter: FREEZE, “0X1=LOVESONG (I Know I Love You)” (feat. Seori), charted at number 89, and the album’s B-side, “Anti-Romantic,” charted at 127. When minisode 2: Thursday's Child was released the following year, every track made it to the chart, including the lead single, “Good Boy Gone Bad,” at number 81. “Sugar Rush Ride,” the lead single for their most recent album, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION, entered 43 places higher, debuting at number 38, while three other tracks off the album were in the top 100 and the remaining song was number 112. Going off the steady album sales figures, we can see that more and more people are listening to TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s songs, and some of them become big enough fans to buy the group’s follow-up albums.
Min YeSl, head of the BIGHIT MUSIC marketing team, placed particular meaning on the fact that the song “Tinnitus (Wanna be a rock)” off The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION is “going viral on TikTok all by itself.” The song is neither the lead single off the album nor is it all in English, but it entered the Spotify Viral Chart for the week of February 20 this year at number 47. Even though there was no marketing push behind the song, user-generated content related to “Tinnitus” became popular and interest in the song continued well after its release. “It’s mostly dance videos,” Min explained, “and there’s lots of reaction videos like, ‘I didn’t know this was K-pop,’ and, ‘I lied about it being a K-pop song and played it for my friends/family.’” Two years ago, “Anti-Romantic” was also popular on TikTok and played a major role in promoting TOMORROW X TOGETHER to the world. While the lead singles go to elaborate lengths to capture TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s identity through the outfits, music videos and performances, songs like “Anti-Romantic” and “Tinnitus” are tracks that make the group’s music more approachable, creating a larger entry point into the world of TOMORROW X TOGETHER for listeners around the globe. Min pointed out that one of the reasons “Tinnitus” has been so popular is the “Afrobeats genre.” Kim Yoo Young, a representative at the HYBE 360 Overseas Distribution Business Team, explained that “Afrobeats is becoming very popular in the market, to the point that Billboardrecently created a separate chart for the genre.” TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s music is based on the subgenres of pop that are popular at a given moment, and is steadily appealing to more and more people. Min also stressed that the group’s music has “continually found commonality within the North American music market, such as through collaborations with salem ilese, iaan dior and Coi Leray.”
“The people in charge of album distribution in the US also said TOMORROW X TOGETHER is ‘all over TikTok’ and they’re ‘basically TikTok kings,’” Kim’s explained, showing how TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s songs were able to reach overseas listeners, including those in the US. Music written around global trends spreads on TikTok and other platforms that have a strong influence on the music industry through various video challenges. Although this is one of the main avenues for music to become popular lately, TOMORROW X TOGETHER is different because they are particularly active on TikTok themselves. TOMORROW X TOGETHER has more than 20 million followers on the app and member YEONJUN is famous from his strong presence on the platform alone. TOMORROW X TOGETHER is there on TikTok interacting with the app’s representative Generation Z user base, and the group releases the kind of songs Gen Z are into right now and want to do challenges based off of. This may be why TOMORROW X TOGETHER, who was called the “next big thing” by the media when they first debuted, has become “a voice for today’s” generation and the “it band.”
According to the Korea Customs Service, the US is the third-largest importer of K-pop music. As of 2019, statistics showed that 40.8% of K-pop listeners in the US had been consuming K-pop for more than five years. “There are few artists in the US who can sell more than 100,000 physical albums,” Kim said, “so it’s an opportunity for people in the US pop music industry to start getting interested in K-pop.” Park Yun Joo, head of the HYBE AIC3 team in charge of TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s global promotions and PR, explained that, in the US market at the moment, “K-pop is no longer just a niche because the larger public beyond the fandom is coming to listen to K-pop little by little.” BTS formed their fandom, ARMY, in the early days of the group’s entry into the US market, helping make K-pop more widely known in the country, and later became the most successful artist in the music industry—not only in the realm of K-pop, but in the whole world. As a result, Kim said, “Now there are K-pop corners everywhere in offline music stores, including Target, Walmart, Barnes & Noble and indie stores across the US. There are more and more stores that only have K-pop in places with a large population that consume K-pop, such as New York and LA especially.” In this new era, TOMORROW X TOGETHER is growing its fanbase by continuously and gradually approaching not only longtime K-pop fans but also those who found out about K-pop through BTS. This might explain why TOMORROW X TOGETHER is increasingly appearing in major media in the US, starting with their appearance on MTV’s Fresh Out Live, live performances on The Kelly Clarkson Show and The Late Late Show with James Corden, and making it out to the red carpet at the AMAs (American Music Awards). The group is making K-pop’s ever-growing realm their own, with music, messages and a social media presence that all resonate with Gen Z around the world.
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After attracting more and more attention to themselves in the US with their albums, songs, TikTok and appearances on talk shows and at awards ceremonies, TOMORROW X TOGETHER brought everything to fruition at Chicago’s famous music festival Lollapalooza last July. Their performance at the fest, which attracted attention even before the show when they became the first K-pop group to be in a main time slot, was proof positive of TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s popularity in the US. During the show, the audience broke into song, singing “Anti-Romantic” together, and even though the festival isn’t set up for typical K-pop fan participation, a considerable number of the audience were holding up their light sticks. “Industry officials on the scene said things like, ‘It was really attention-grabbing—I think the group will be even bigger next year,’” Park recalled. The resounding response to TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s performances like the one at Lollapalooza have stirred up even more buzz and only solidified their popularity further. Speaking to social media posts, Min said that “TXT ranked third in the amount of buzz after j-hope and BTS while Lollapalooza was going on.” In other words, the performance not only helped “in terms of awareness for local media and industry people,” but also served as a chance to “unite and solidify the fandom.” She also pointed out that “sales of old albums increased after the tour and Lollapalooza.” Clearly, TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s amazing performances alongside a live band have made people who were already somewhat interested in TOMORROW X TOGETHER into proper fans. Since their debut, the group has made steady inroads with the American public, proving with their onstage skills what makes them the “it band.” And the popularity the group has created for themselves throughout the entire process led to them appearing on Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve on ABC. Park pegged their appearance on the show as another important moment for TOMORROW X TOGETHER, saying, “The New Year and Thanksgiving season is a major season not just for music fans but for everyone. Just like going to a party or watching a parade, Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve is a show that everyone who lives in the US watches to celebrate the New Year,” she said, explaining how “TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s appearance on the show proves their popularity.”
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minisode 2: Thursday's Child was number 192 on the Billboard World Albums Artists year-end chart in 2022, making it the only K-pop album to chart after BTS’s Proof. According to the US Year-End Music Report for 2022 released by Luminate (formerly Nielsen Music), minisode 2 sold 227,000 physical albums, placing it third in the US in terms of album sales. Although the album also came in at number four on the Billboard 200 with 65,500 copies sold in its first week, the report shows that it continued to perform well in the long run. minisode 2 was released in May last year but continued to chart on the Billboard 200 until after Lollapalooza for a total of 14 weeks. In addition, The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION has topped the 200 since its first week on the chart and continues to be popular. “The album did very well in its second week,” Min said, “and I think this is an indicator proving how popular the album is.” Steady performance well into their albums’ release periods and their continued sales growth proves the steady climb TOMORROW X TOGETHER is making, and The Name Chapter: TEMPTATION’s number one on the Billboard 200 is evidence of the group’s popularity. It’s been the case throughout TOMORROW X TOGETHER’s history: The group started out young and embarrassed by the horns growing on their heads. At some point, they reckoned with the devil’s temptation, luring in their fans all the while. Now, the fourth-generation boy group has shown the world they really are the “next big thing,” and that’s how they’ve made a name for themselves—right at the top of the Billboard chart.
#txt#tomorrow x together#230328#weverse magazine#soobin#yeonjun#beomgyu#taehyun#hueningkai#billboard#Billboard 200
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Podfic Stats 2023 by MistbornHero. Included some covers I liked that had no reason to be put on the Stats page.
Descriptions & Links under the Read More.
Total Works: 152
Total Words: 207,838
122 solo works
9 multivoices (edited or produced by me)
13 multivoice roles (works where I participated in a voice only role)
2 not!fics
5 repods (which are also solo works)
1 filk
Total Time: 33 hours with 38 minutes. (Or, one day and 9 hours with 38 minutes)
Authors Podficced: 148
Fandoms Podficced: 56
Longest Chaptered Work: Like Fire in our Bones | +4 hours | Incomplete
Longest One-Shot Work: "Twin Flame" written by @insi | 1 hour 30 minutes
Shortest One-Shot Work: "Trapped" written by @melimegreenleaf | 56 seconds
All Time Totals & Comparison between each year
Total “Solo” Works: 420
2018 - 6 podfics
2019 - 21 podfics
2020 - 73 podfics
2021 - 60 podfics
2022 - 111 podfics
2023 - 152 podfics
Total “Solo” Works Time: 131 hours and 56 minutes
2018 - 1 hour and 34 minutes
2019 - 12 hours and 25 minutes
2020 - 21 hours and 12 minutes
2021 - 22 hours
2022 - 1 day and 16 hours
2023 - 1 day and 9 hours
Top 3 Ships:
CC-2224 | Cody/Obi-Wan Kenobi
Dazai Osamu/Nakahara Chuuya
Lucy Carlyle/Anthony Lockwood
Top 5 Fandoms:
33 | 9:17 hours | Star Wars
6 | 2:30 hours | Bungou Stray Dogs
11 | 2:00 hours | DCU / Batman
4 | 1:40 hours | One Piece
7 | 1:20 hours | Lockwood & Co (this could have been Zelda by 3 mins, but Zelda is only here from ITPE and L&Co is here by my own obsession)
Rating Divisions:
82 General
47 Teen & Up
7 Mature
3 Explicit
1 Not Rated
Category:
57 Gen
44 M/M
25 F/M
20 Multi
12 F/F
7 Other
Significant Works:
First: "in which Qui-Gon Jinn learns why he should not make Obi-Wan upset" written by MiriRainbowitz | @dammmithardison | 11 minutes
Last: "The Air That I Need" written by FunkyinFishnet | @dinomighty | 21 minutes
300th: "Explosion" written by yeaka | @yeaka | 9 minutes (I also got to 350)
Most Music: "Domestic Trappings" written by zombified_queer | @zombified-queer | 26 minutes (I know it sounds like 2ish songs, but I under-laid like 3 extra ones under it)
Most SFX: "Divide & Conquer" written by impersonal_villain | @impersonal-villain | 31 minutes (this might have been Death Wish if that fic had been longer lmao)
Most Kudos: "I've never made it with moderation" written by Trixree | @trixree | 3 hours and 11 minutes
Most Words In Top Ship: "Kill Me With Desire" written by jynx | @bluemaskedkarma | 1 hour and 12 minutes (I'm manipulating my stats to make this fic show up, yes)
Drabbles made: "its", "Trade Secrets", "After the Rescinding", "Cicatrix", "Not for Us", "Protection", "Reason to Live", "tea, milk & honey", "Infinite", "Looking Good", "Ruffled Feathers", "keep out", "string", "tri-confession showdown", "video game night", "Pull Me Closer", "Friends", "Skip", "The Unspoken Hour", "mi hijo", "Three", "Go Jump in a Lake", "Dia de muertos", "Trapped", "A Familiar Scent", "dream", "Fallout", "Olives", "Sound", "Spells", "not a third-wheel", "New Resolve", "A List of Ordinary Miracles", "Is That a Weird Cucco?", "Just a princess", "be the lightning in me"
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