#Sammy Soso

[curryvillain]

.@StoneBwoy Is "Up & Runnin6" With New Album

The Ghanian giant Stonebwoy is here to make the world go ’round again with new music. He’s ready to make the 4th quarter of 2024 a very interesting time, and have all 2025 anticipating his next moves. His fans have been awaiting this, so he finally unleashed the new album, “Up & Runnin6“. Featuring 13 tracks, Stonebwoy has something for everybody in his “Up & Runnin6” album.  The followup to the…

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sammy lawrence stimboard with black and gold colors for anon!

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[something-in-your-walls]

Okay here’s an ask for ya!

How exactly does HRI affect the main plot? You know the characters and such :3

oohhh this is hard to explain without spoilers but basically, think the sweatnami episode of tetocu where little krupp has that ONE EVENT that determines his life. for that episode, its the talent show. for HRI, its his eventual separation from moxie that impacts him.

[tothe8andbeyond]

[prentissluvr]

DAISY OH MY GODDDDDD STFUUUUHLKSADJFLAKSD

pillowtalk ☼ s. winchester

summary: a morning spent in sam's arms

pairings: sam winchester x reader, sam winchester x fem! reader

word count: 2.2K

warnings: no use of y/n, not beta'd, fluff, sam's morning voice (yes its a warning), suggestive themes, spicy, implied smut but no actual smut, but for this fic: MINORS DNI

a/n: this was birthed out of god knows where but was inspired by that photo above and I love sammy so much (also this came out a little more smutty than I intended LOL)

bestie mari @prentissluvr i hope you enjoy this as much as i did writing this last night 🤭

please reblog and lmk your thoughts and opinions!! i wanna hear what you guys thought about the fic!

𝘴𝘢𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘭𝘪𝘴𝘵

The soft rays of sunlight filtered through the room as the sun rose for the incoming day. The light hit your eyes, and you inhaled deeply as you prepared to open your eyes. You could feel the light breeze flowing into the room from the open window of the balcony. You were about to roll over to Sam's side of the bed, thinking it would be empty, but then felt the warmth of his bare chest.

You slowly opened your eyes, blinking a few times before tilting your head up and finding Sam's eyes already on you. You stared into his eyes, seeing the flecks of brown and gold within the green of his gaze. Then your eyes moved from his to the mole near his left eye, the slope of his nose, and to his mouth, a tender smile dancing on his lips as you felt him cup your cheek, his thumb brushing softly against it.

"Morning." Sam's voice was soft and low, sounding a little hoarse from just waking up.

Oh god, his voice. You thought to yourself as you felt some heat begin to brew in your core. The deep rasp of Sam's voice filled the mostly silent room.

"How long have you been up?" Your own voice had a faint rasp to it.

"Not long."

You mirrored his smile. "Has anyone told you staring is rude Winchester?"

Sam chuckled lowly, making your chest fill with warmth. "Yes, but I can't help but look at my pretty girl in the morning."

You felt yourself flush at the compliment. Even if you and Sam have been together for a while now, you would never get used to hearing Sam saying the sweetest things to you.

Your smile grew wider. "Who knew Sam Winchester was such a sucker for me," You teased before leaning forward to give him a soft kiss on his lips.

You felt Sam's smile widen and pulled back slightly. "I always will be," He murmured against your lips before melting into the kiss.

It soon turned passionate as kisses with Sam always did. You adjusted yourself so you were laying on top of Sam, chest to chest, almost hovering over him as your legs fell beside his hips and so that your neck wasn't being strained from the awkward angle you were in.

Sam's hand moved from your cheek to the back of your neck, and you felt his tongue swiping at the seam of your lips, but you broke away from him before he could.

You opened your eyes to find Sam's slightly swollen lips in a pout, and the hand that was on your neck was trying to pull you back to his lips. You chuckled at the puppy dog look he was giving you.

"Morning breath," You explained as to why you broke away from the kiss.

Sam frowned. "Don't care." He continued to give his puppy dog look combined with his (adorable) pout.

Despite almost giving in (the look that he gave you nearly worked every time), you rolled your eyes as you pulled away from him and sat up, straddling him. He let his hand fall from your neck as you sat up, his hands finding your naked thighs. You glanced at the digital clock on the nearest nightstand, '6:39 AM'.

You looked back at Sam. "You going to run today?"

He shook his head, his hair moving as it fanned out against the white cotton of the pillow sheets.

You gasped dramatically, your hand shooting to your chest. "Sam Winchester choosing not to go out on his morning run? Alert the press! Samuel Will-"

You were cut off by a sharp yelp escaping your mouth as your world tilted suddenly. You were on your back, with Sam's hands settling beside your head, making the pillow sink and hovering over you with a smirk plastered on his face.

"Were you just about to say my full government name?" Sam questioned, his tone barely concealing the mirth within it.

You nodded, your face taking on a serious expression. "Yes. The world needs to know that you're willingly skipping your daily morning run."

Sam scoffed and rolled his eyes at you, but you could see the corner of his mouth twitch. "Well, someone planned this vacation, and I think I can skip a day or two of running."

When you proposed the idea of a vacation, he was very resistant to the idea, not wanting to leave Dean alone to hunt. The three of you were hunting constantly, barely staying at the bunker for a day or two before getting back in the Impala and going to a different state to kill another monster.

As much as you loved Dean, you wanted to spend some time with Sam alone, just the two of you. Sharing a motel room with his brother didn't afford any privacy as well. Besides, by the time you guys finished with a hunt and got back to the bunker, you and Sam were exhausted and had collapsed in bed.

You just wanted a break from hunting and wanted to spend time with your boyfriend without the company of his brother, so you came up with the idea of a vacation. It took a lot of convincing on your part, but Sam's stubbornness almost won out every time you brought up the word vacation.

It took you, Dean, Jody, and even Garth to convince him that a vacation wouldn't hurt. But he'd only go if Dean promised that he wouldn't hunt without a partner, which he easily agreed to (you could have kissed Dean for agreeing to Sam's terms).

You raised an unconvinced eyebrow at him.

Sam's mouth fell open slightly. "You don't believe me?"

"You went running yesterday, the day before, and the day we got here."

Sam opened his mouth to respond before closing it. You grinned at the lack of response from the man above you.

"I'm glad that I can prove you wrong and render you speechless with a single sentence." You cooed, pinching one of Sam's cheeks like a grandmother would greeting her grandchild.

Sam gently slapped your hand away with a slight scowl on his face, making you laugh. Sam was still hovering over you, and his expression soon changed from a scowl to a smirk. You saw his eyes glint with mischief, making you stop laughing.

You knew what that smirk meant. "Samuel, no." You said warningly.

Sam continued to smirk as he went from hovering over you to straddling your hips. Before you knew it, you erupted into giggles, Sam attacking your sides with his hands, poking and tickling you.

You thrashed around in the bed, kicking your feet, trying to get away from Sam, but it was fruitless.

Sam's melodic laughter joined yours as it filled the room. You were yelling at him to stop, but he continued to tickle you. It was almost impossible to get Sam's large frame off of you; he was just a wall of muscle, and he had the advantage.

"S-Sam! Pl-please st-opp!" You could barely get the words out. Tears lined your vision as you tried to squirm away from Sam's relentless hands.

"What are the magic words?" Sam asked. You could hear the amusement coating his words. The son of a bitch you called your boyfriend was enjoying this a little too much.

"I-I do-n't k-know! P-please?!" You all but shrieked.

Sam's hands finally pulled away from your body, and you felt like you could finally breathe. You took in gulps of air as you tried to catch your breath. Your sides hurt from the sudden tickle attack.

"The magic word was actually angel blade. But I wanted to be nice." You scowled up at the smug look on your boyfriend's face.

"I wish I had packed one so I could use it on you."

Sam let out a laugh at your words that shook his entire body. His bare chest was shaking with laughter. You couldn't help but grin at one of your favorite sounds that came from him.

At this point, the sun rose further up in the sky and filled the room with its golden light, highlighting Sam's features and giving him an ethereal glow.

He's so beautiful. Your smile turned softer as you watched him laugh. As you admired him, you noticed that he looked younger when he laughed, his head thrown back and the corner of his eyes crinkled with joy.

When he had calmed down, the broad smile on his face never faltered, and the tenseness that he always seemed to hold fell off his shoulders as he looked at you with his hazel eyes. Sam looked visibly lighter when he was relaxed, and he didn't have to look over his shoulder to see if there was any danger.

You tried to shift up the bed so your back was resting on the headboard. Sam lifted himself to allow you to move, and once you were settled, he shuffled forward to straddle you again.

It would look comical to anyone who saw the two of you in this position. Sam was practically twice your size as he straddled your smaller frame. But this was normal for the two of you. Your hands moved from the bed to rest on Sam's hips, your thumbs swiping against his hipbones that weren't covered by the boxers that he was wearing.

"So, no run today?" You asked again.

Sam nodded. "No run today. But..." He trailed off, leaning closer to you and resting his forehead on yours.

"But?" You asked him, your eyes half-lidded as your lips brushed against his.

"I know another way to get my cardio in." You felt Sam's lips stretch into a smirk.

You hummed in response. "Oh really? How so?"

Sam kissed you hard in response, not wasting a second before his tongue swiped at the seam of your lips and dived into your mouth. A low whine escaped you as Sam's tongue swiped against yours. Your hands wandered from his hips and up his bare chest, feeling his muscles clench as your hands roamed his torso.

Sam grunted against your lips as your hands made their way to his pecs and teased his nipples with your thumbs.

He broke the kiss. "You're playing with fire." Sam grumbled as he trailed his kisses down your jaw. You chuckled in response and took the chance to flip your positions. You moved your hands up his shoulders, lifted your hips up, and turned quickly.

Sam let a quiet 'oof' escape his lips from the abrupt move, the springs of the bed creaking a little, but before he could say anything, you straddled him and smashed your lips against his. You felt his hands land on your waist before they slid down to your ass and squeezed it. It made you grind against the bulge that was growing in his boxers.

Your hands moved from his shoulders to the nape of his neck and tugged at the short hairs at the back of it, making him growl against your lips and nip at your bottom lip. His kisses trailed across your jaw and down your neck, his scruff scratching at your skin slightly.

Quiet moans left your mouth as Sam sucked and nipped at your neck, and his hands moved to the hem of your shirt, pulling it up. He pulled away slightly to pull your (his) shirt off of you, leaving you in only your underwear. Sam's gaze felt like it was burning you as he stared at your bare torso, focusing on your heaving chest. His gaze traveled up to your spit-slicked swollen lips before meeting your eyes.

Sam's calloused hands moved to settle on your sides, his thumbs just resting on the underside of your breasts. His eyes were filled with love and desire. Sam leaned forward and brushed his lips against yours.

"I love you." He whispered.

You smiled at his words. "I know."

Sam pulled back slightly and groaned at your words. "You seriously didn't just quote Han Solo at me."

You laughed at Sam's reaction. "I did." You grinned cheekily at him.

Sam shook his head at you. "You're ridiculous."

"Yet you love me anyways."

"Yeah, I do."

You leaned closer to him. "Happy Anniversary."

Sam's eyes went so wide you'd think they fell out. You could see the panic run through him.

"It's fine, Sam." You chuckled at his bug-eyed look.

"I forgot our anniversary." Guilt filled his features.

You brushed a lock of hair out of Sam's face, your hand resting on his cheek. "Sam, honey. It's fine. I had a feeling you'd forget, so that's why I wanted to plan this trip."

"But-" You shushed him.

"We had a lot of stuff on our plate with hunting, and honestly, all I wanted for you to do is relax."

Sam still didn't look convinced; his lips pulled into a thin line.

"Sammy, it's fine. You don't have to worry about a gift or anything. Your gift to me can be you finally not worrying about research or killing monsters, okay?" You reassured him with a gentle smile.

You knew that he'd beat himself over not remembering or getting you a gift. Sam pressed his lips together before nodding.

"Fine. I'll make it up to you in a different way then."

Your head tilted to one side as your small smile turned into a curious one. "How?"

Sam flipped the two of you over. Your bare back hit the mattress again with Sam hovering over you, wearing a devilish smirk.

"By keeping you in this bed and making sure you're not able to walk when I'm done with you."

[astralisstar]

i hate henry so much

[samofmine]

sammy. sam being super sulky and pouty because tonight is prom night!!! but they're leaving, dad already told them they'll be out of town by sunset, but sam was just so excited to go :(

he always heard about proms and how fun they are and how everyone is supposed to attend to one at least once and no he didn't have a date but his classmate (sam's friend??) invited him to go together with a bunch of other guys without dates and sam was just so excited because omg!! they want him to go with them!!! and he tells dean and asks if there's anyway they can leave after prom and dean tries to talk to dad but "we can't waste time with shit like that" is his answer and no amount of tears and puppy looks will get him what he wants this time but at least!! dean gets angry at dad and gives him the silent treatment!! (he learned from the best) and sam is happy to have dean on his side. always always.

so ten hours after they leave town dad finally stops at a motel and locks them in a room while he goes to a bar drink himself to sleep and sam's eyes are swollen with tears but he's soso tired he just wants to take a bath and sleep.

after he spends too long in the shower he gets out of the bathroom already on his pjs and there's a weird unfamiliar slow music on and there's christmas lights hanging on the walls. dean is dressed in an oversized suit sam can tell is not his.

he walks to sammy and sam can tell he's blushing even with the dim lights and he's holding a flower and he smiles sweetly "welcome to prom, sammy" and sam wants to cry again, he takes the flower and hugs dean tight and dean takes his hands and they start slow dancing :( "not a word about this to anyone, you hear me?" dean mumbles shyly and sam nods, nuzzling his face against dean's neck, feeling his hand on his waist, and dean keeps talking to him every now and then saying things "the things i do for you" "i hope this is good enough for you princess" and "i can't believe i'm wearing this stupid suit" but sam is on cloud 9 and doesn't give a shit because dean is holding him and swaying him across the room and he looks beautiful under the christmas lights and he smells like everything sam considers home. "thanks, de" he whispers against his skin.

they settle down on the bed when dean whines about being too tired to continue dancing but sammy doesn't let go of him, clinging to him until they're both lying down, and he listens to dean tell stories about his dates and how he never slow danced before and how sam is his only exception and sam falls asleep like this, with a strange warmth spreading on his chest, hand clutched around dean's loose tie <3

[coca-colas-truck-driver]

Stanford Era!! they arent related in this one, and im mentioning that because obviously some people arent here for that. but dean and jess are siblings instead, sams her boyfriend, he’s staying with them for the summer, its cute.

Stanford Sam again, so cute, my smile DROPPED at the end, 10/10 loved it. dean drives up to go see him while he works at a medieval fair type thing.

basically a coming of age movie 😭 but soso good (its by an orphan account tho so thats kinda rude) and the summary because nothing i say is gonna do it justice sadly

“Sam chuckled and let his chin rest against the top of her head. “It’s weird,” he said. “The kind of shit you can admit to strangers. We barely know each other, but I could never say this stuff to Dean.”

She lifted her head and looked him in the eyes. “It’s because we’re strangers, Sam. When we leave, it’ll be like none of this ever happened.”

“Yeah,” he said. “I dunno if that’s a comfort or a tragedy.”

She rolled her eyes at him and looked back out over the town. “Both, probably,” she said.”

“They didn’t need words. Dean understood him just fine by the expressions that melted across Sam’s face.” you’d already made the list but my goodness i felt like 40 yo lady on booktok for a minute 😔 /pos. They’re mostly at summer camp, and Sammy makes a friendddd (the end made me wanna like walk around my room in a circle tho with one eye twitching like a detective stuck on a cold case he cant quite figure out even after he’s been laid off the force over his fixation bc why would you do that to me.)

lana del rey title so you instantly already won a little bit, and then it was pretty accurately characterized for how dean and sam would act during a first kiss so you just won sadly. its roughly 900 words, but the 4th of july

part of a series, but its so good and you need to at least read this one. they’re squatting while john’s on a hunt, and thats what mostly caught my eye because i love abandoned places (especially houses) and was actively on the way to one when i found this one.

Sam needs to make the decision of if he’s gonna stay at home or not, featuring picnic activities in a lavender field.

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KAWAIIIII

I was taking a selfie for @its-brit-bruh and she caught me doing so and called me cute and it made me blushy smile

[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 16/11/2024 (Myles Smith, Zach Bryan)

To my surprise and also dismay, Gracie Abrams spends a second week at #1 with “That’s So True” and it’s a slow week, enough for Christmas songs to already be climbing up the charts, so I welcome you back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

content warning: references to abuse allegations, suicide, death in the family, sex, trauma

Rundown

As always, we start the episode with this week’s notable dropouts, songs exiting the UK Top 75 – which is what I cover – after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40. This week, we bid farewell to “Embrace It” by Ndotz, “Don’t Dream it’s Over” by Crowded House, “Dreams” by Fleetwood Mac, “Belong Together” by Mark Ambor, “Scared to Start” by Michael Macagi, and in a bizarre twist of fate, two arbitrary UK chart rules that I don’t need to explain at this point combine to do a switcheroo wherein Charli xcx’s “Apple” and “360” – remixed with The Japanese House, and Yung Lean and Robyn, respectively, not that it matters much in this case – have been replaced on the chart by other BRAT songs, namely “365”, remixed by Shygirl, at #63, and “Guess”, remixed with Billie Eilish, who is actually credited by the Official Charts Company, at #61.

As for our other gains and returns, well, let’s start festively. From now on, I am going to abide by the rules I leave for Christmastime wherein I will not discuss all of the Christmas gains. This can be over 40 songs on the chart gaining eventually! Since… insert year here, I’ve only been writing down the three highest-charting Christmas songs and any returns that particular week which, whilst not solving the entire problem with the tedium of naming the same Christmas canon each year, is still decently accurate to describing what’s actually important. Usually, I will also eschew this rule for new Christmas songs, but this doesn’t matter – yet – this year, and honestly none of this may matter this week because, by a hair considering what’s at #76, we only have two gains: “Last Christmas” by Wham! at #43 and “All I Want for Christmas is You” by Mariah Carey at #38.

Now for our… secular gains and returns. Other than Charli, we have a return for RAYE’s “Oscar Winning Tears.” at a new peak of #52, and ironically, the other return is a #72, that being Gunna’s “on one tonight”, that reached a peak earlier this year of, well, #52. Then we see some boosts for “Iris” by the Goo Goo Dolls at #59, “Indestructible” by Andy C and Becky Hill at #56, “The Days” by Chrystal at #39, “Austin (Boots Stop Workin’)” by Dasha at #37, everyone’s favourite Christmas song “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan at #32, “Close to You” by Gracie Abrams at #31, “NIGHTS LIKE THIS” by The Kid LAROI at #30, “Stargazing” by Myles Smith at #24 (more on him later), “labour” by Paris Paloma getting a political spike up to #22, “Beautiful Things” by Benson Boone at #18, “Timeless” by The Weeknd and Playboi Carti at #15, “BIRDS OF A FEATHER” by Billie Eilish at #13, and Teddy Swims grabbing his third top 10 with “Bad Dreams” at #8… though something green and covered in baubles tells me that all of this is temporary.

Now, the UK Singles Chart top five starts with a good gain for a great song, that being “The Door” by Teddy Swims reaching a new peak of #5, right below “HOT TO GO!” by Chappell Roan up to #4 and the top three not changing at all: we have “APT.” by ROSÉ and Bruno Mars at #3, “Sailor Song” by Gigi Perez at #2 and the aforementioned song by Abrams at the very top. Now to look through our small but definitely intriguing set of newly-charting songs.

New Entries

#74 – “PUSH 2 START” – Tyla

Produced by Sammy Soso

We start our week with Tyla, a South African singer flushed into bonafide superstar status after her breakout hit “Water”, pushing this new track from the deluxe edition of her debut album. Largely sticking to the Afropiano style, this starts with some of her lightest cooing against a backdrop of sliding guitars and rattling percussion that never fully kicks into being too busy, instead implementing a sick, warm bass into the chorus that balances the intimacy of sex with her unsubtle and strict manner of matchmaking, wherein you have to “earn” and “deserve” her attention, with the gang vocals in the chorus and crowd backing her layers of harmonies in the post-chorus perfectly displaying that public-private split. The way the choir balances the melody in the second verse almost reminds me of how Tyler, the Creator would write and layer a vocal melody, and it really struck me as something that could have been developed upon more into a rising, cinematic bridge instead of lamely slumping back into the pre-chorus. Either way, the song has a lot of promising elements but feels like it misses the mark in feeling complete and entirely selling the competitive and sexually dominant angle, especially since whilst not weak, Tyla’s vocals are absolutely overshadowed by the sheer propensity of her backing choir. It’s still a good song, just could have easily become great with a real bridge propelling it, or even a third verse from a male (or female!) artist trying to get with Tyla – that could be a great idea for a remix. Get a guy like Rema or Fireboy to play the flailing, half-convincing tough lover boy angle and see if he can shoot his shot with her to engage further with the song’s framing, it could really be something. As it is, it’s definitely not a blemish on that debut album, which I did very much enjoy, so I still can’t complain, just wish for more.

#73 – “This World’s a Giant” – Zach Bryan

Produced by Zach Bryan

Covering Zach Bryan’s new songs may come with unique challenges. Recently, allegations from his ex-girlfriend Brianna came out alleging him of emotional abuse that Bryan has not exactly been quick to deny, instead being largely silent outside of a new duo of songs that we’ll cover this week, that have some significance but considering the sheer amount that he produces and releases, it can be difficult to really connect the two as anything but coincidental timing… at least practically. Thematically, it’s almost blatant, though perhaps unintentionally. Bryan sings about a fear of “the world”, referring both to the public and the sheer size of humanity, and the process of living through that world and how many responsibilities one has, especially for family. In particular, Bryan is focused on redemption: he longs to take advantage of nice weather and his partner’s good mood to save value in his own life, and looks to repenting to God – notably, instead of those he’s wronged – to start anew. The production and instrumentation is similarly domestic, with barebones acoustic and very distant horns as well as a shoddy vocal recording fitting of the lo-fi piano. There are actually a somewhat misleading amount of layers to this song: the horns are prominent and consistent throughout the verses, which strikes me as really interesting considering how muffled they are, with the mixing restricting any part of the song from really standing out, apart from perhaps the female backing vocals joining in for select lines, now a tradition of Bryan’s music.

What will stand out to most, of course, are the lyrics, which have a contradictory view of Bryan’s obligations: he’s beholden to no-one, but he emphasises how those who he is actually beholden to such as “the kids” (referring to the hypothetical children Bryan references having in the first verse) are the driving force towards him actually doing anything and finding his life purposeful, as he would otherwise spend it all asleep. That chorus pits the two ideas against each other: preparing for the future and fighting “the world” no matter how overbearing, for the purpose of others versus taking a selfish approach that rids him of purpose but is the easy way out and more enjoyable in the moment – “breathing in this world is the thief of joy”. Bryan’s suicidal apathy toward overwhelming obligations is worryingly resonant to me, and I love how the first verse shows him finding solace in the echo of his guitar, which almost replaces the need for his words that he can’t yet find the right way to phrase. After the third verse showing the time passing and furthering of the conceit of finding “reasons to go and reasons to stay”, there is a sudden ramping of intensity that can’t hit perfectly well due to the demo-ish quality of the song but I don’t think it intends to, considering how you can barely hear that final chorus. You can hear the heartbeat but not the words and logic behind it, just the feeling and emotional intensity, hampered until the end by domestic life. It’s another brilliant song, but it may not have the legs of…

#66 – “High Road” – Zach Bryan

Produced by Zach Bryan

Once again with constantly doubled-up female vocals, this time mirroring Zach Bryan’s in the mix, this is a much more accessible lead single, with a cleaner mix of cute, catchy acoustics that really remind me of an early 2000s pop rock track, and what appears to be a simple breakup narrative – at least in the first verse – that also reflects the recent news, in that the song documents how small details of his life are haunting reminders of that former relationship, exemplified through his more rural lifestyle and shut-in tendencies compared to the urban references that represent the ex-girlfriend: New York City and its urban decay that he still has a lot of misplaced nostalgia for, Adderall, how he left her jeans in his pick-up truck. There’s a southern gothic piece of imagery in that uncharacteristically infectious chorus, with the ghosts of her residing in the “windows and walls”, which may be about Bryan’s head as much as it is his house, and a looming electric guitar alarming through the post-chorus.

For the second verse, he appears to switch to another woman lost from his life: his late mother. I could even see how one could interpret the entire track as being about his mother, especially considering the tribute he left in regards to this song mentioning how he would discuss porch-swinging with his sister and his friends in New York with his mother. However, personally, I’d like to think that the first verse is left more open and to give a more bitter interpretation of the “ghosts”, who are more inevitable with the death of a loved one but still not accepted in that second chorus: Bryan will often change his choruses to fit a narrative shift but he doesn’t here, showing a uniquely harsh side to losing your parent where they could be some anger there that his mother is not there, but is still watching, still reminding him of his presence through tangible objects he can’t bring himself to revisit. Also, I think the first verse’s mention of Adderall – I don’t like to think he’s talking about his mother’s white-lace bras and leaving her jeans in his truck, particularly – and how it parallels her mother’s addiction to the more obfuscated “bad things” (Bryan using childlike euphemisms to mask reality again here, connecting to the last song’s focus on raising kids). He could be commenting on what kind of woman he connects with and how parts of his mother are seen in those who cared the most about, especially with her not being physically there anymore, so he finds her in other people, but since she’s passed and those relationships are in part based on that connection, they seem destined to fall apart.

I love how the two vocal takes fall out of rhythm with each other in the second verse when discussing how his mother passed from complications relating to her regrettable period in Tulsa; it reminds me almost of Midwest emo tracks with dual vocalists and it accentuates that violent detachment of the drugs having “took [her] brain”, whilst also slipping into the immaturity of not being capable of or refusing to understand the flaws of your parents because of how inevitable it may be that these flaws pass down into your life and complicate it long after they die. Both of these songs are trapped in domestic life and express a certain horror about what’s inside in “High Road” and what’s outside in “This World’s a Giant”. It raises question to me about where Zach Bryan’s “home” is, if he has one, as both spheres of life seem to restrict him outright if not just remind him of suffering that is already thoroughly defining of both himself and his work. This song in particular I think could be a hit if pushed, not that I’m necessarily rooting for him personally to succeed currently, but it will be interesting to see how it sours and impacts previous hits of him – the lovestruck, despite-all-odds serenade of “28” has, through these songs and their paranoid portrayal of the aftermath of marriage, been blurred and given an additional, haunting layer – being “home somehow” no longer fees like a reassurance of loved guidance and safety. I think as I revisit songs I love from Bryan as I often do, different lyrics will stand out from before, both due to these songs and the ongoing silence amidst emotional abuse allegations, and if we take anything away from such a vulnerable singer-songwriter having elements of his life and wrongdoing ironed out in public, it’s that the art changes from it, the art can reveal much more about it, and the art can never be truly separated from it, especially for a guy like Zach Bryan.

#57 – “last night’s mascara” – Griff

Produced by Griff and Sam Tsang

A leftover from Griff’s debut, this song from the English singer-songwriter, who has been charting less than I had hoped or expected when she broke out, focuses on its titular conceit and what it represents: the memories of the night before, how they stay with her until she goes home and purposefully wipes it off, which is framed like an emotional undertaking that reflects her erasing fond memories with significant others. The rumbling warp into a deep bass synth that the song begins with is really striking considering the peaceful Enya song she references, one that repeats the refrain of “sail away”, once again implementing the physical deterioration of makeup into the song’s emotional throughline. “Orinoco Flow” spent three weeks at #1 in 1988, by the way, blocking Kylie Minogue and ironically enough, Milli Vanilli, because time is cyclical. I enjoy the poetic lyrics delivered with a wispy harmony over expected but not very typical 80s synthpop-influenced production that does a lot more with the sound than most of the pastiches you hear, not only through the glitched, bassy beginning but the restless, mechanical percussion that seems to serve more as a clicking nuisance than it does a way to keep in rhythm and time, especially when its industrial contraction is flattened in the mix by its gated, dramatic counterpart in the pre-chorus drum fill, and rendered as an intrusion into the airy blend of synth and vocal in that wonderfully full chorus, somehow completing itself by pumping the mix full of sounds that on their own, would be nothing. Waking up in the morning and rubbing off the mascara seems to not be ridding Griff of any baggage but instead just placing more onto herself, as she pleads with God for those memories of a former partner to be taken from her amidst the process of rubbing it off being a constant reminder of them, an implanting of that now-empty feeling onto her face, entrapping her in association with that person and those memories. The song ends with “Look at me now”, and whether that’s a plea to God to allow for some form of safety or redemption, or an empty threat given to the ex-partner, I’m unsure of, but it’s definitely striking and though I would prefer for the song to have more lyrical detail and less repetition, it feels justified through not just Griff’s incredible vocal intensity here but the spiralling, sometimes jagged nature of the song’s progression (and even simple facts like its genre), that indicate not a one-off experience but something cyclical or at least all too familiar to Griff. I’ve not been over the Moon about her before but this is genuinely an astounding single, I really hope to see more of this narrative integrity and emotional intensity from her in the future, as well as her co-production with Sam Tsang twisting a very familiar and derivative set of sounds into further exploration like this. If you haven’t heard it, please check it out.

#12 – “Nice to Meet You” – Myles Smith

Produced by Myles Smith and Peter Fenn

Okay, let’s do some roleplay. Imagine you’re Myles Smith. You have gained success through honest albeit largely derivative and sometimes frustrating folk-pop music, and have just released your second EP of the year, containing some of those hits including your biggest yet, “Stargazing”. You’re set to debut in the top 15 above worldwide stars in their respective genres like Zach Bryan and Tyla, as well as a fellow British singer-songwriter who broke out a few years back, with your new song. It’s a cute song about putting the worries and responsibilities of life past you and spending a great time with someone you’ve found love at first sight with. How do you already sound this bored? Smith’s vocal take here is odd: it feels like he’s simultaneously trying too hard and straining himself, and not trying at all. The melodies of the song are built for a passionate vocalist, especially with the drifting “oh-oh” present in the verses and pre-choruses essentially granting someone who will have riffs, runs and ad-libs aplenty to take advantage of the empty space and add their own flair. Smith, however, starts the song straining himself to sound like he vaguely cares, over an already generic and programmed stomp-clap instrumental, spends most of the pre-chorus accepting that he doesn’t care, and praying for his life on the chorus that the multi-tracking saves his soul considering just how tired and sick of it he sounds, with the vocal layering and reverb just making him sound even more bored, it sticks out so much more when it’s being elevated without additional effort put in. The song’s not even dead on arrival – I like these lyrics on paper as a cute, escapist hook-up jam, and with some more organic violins or fiddle, this instrumental could be salvaged, which we see the potential for in the post-chorus that I suppose is allegedly a “bridge” but thanks to its brevity and cloudy mix, we never get to fulfil the joy Myles Smith is so opposed to actually expressing in his performance. I understand fame is exhausting, especially for those who have found it all very new and suddenly, but I still beg the question: why would you phone in this song? What reason do you have other than a disdain for your own writing? Much like “Wait for You”, I find with Myles Smith that there are promising songs struck a tonal disservice, and this ends up in that state through sheer laziness so I can’t even grant it the benefit of the doubt. It’s not unlistenable, but to me, I find it frustrating.

Conclusion

It’s a bit of a tough choice given how little this week has given us quantity-wise but how much we have here to chew on lyrically and thematically, to grant a Best of the Week. But Worst of the Week obviously goes to “Nice to Meet You” by Myles Smith, and I think Griff just knocks on the Honourable Mention for “last night’s mascara”, which on any other week could have easily taken that best title but instead, Zach Bryan and his two debuts, “High Road” and “This World’s a Giant”, which act best in a pair so are grouped together here, will take Best of the Week. I know that it’s pretty much inevitable, even with the knowledge of recent allegations, that Zach Bryan will end up getting praised on any week in which he debuts a song, but these may be up there with some of his best. As for what’s on the horizon, we should expect Tate McRae and her boyfriend to both debut songs, impacts from several groups’ new albums (namely Linkin Park and FLO), Sam Fender’s lead single, good news from Shaboozey, a debut solo record from Jin of BTS and Swimmy’s “’bout dat check” with Thomas Rhett so it could be a big week, especially considering Christmas is on the rise and Elton John, d4vd, FKA twigs, Girls Aloud, they could all make kind of surprise entry. I suppose we’ll have to see but for now, thank you for reading, rest in peace to the GOAT Quincy Jones, and I’ll see you next week!

[curryvillain]

.@Skillibeng Joins @1GunnaGunna On @Tyllaaaaaaa's "Jump"

South African Recording Artist Tyla is on a roll. She has been making waves with her 2023 single “Water“, and since then, the anticipation for an album has been high. She finally gets things popping with the release of her self-titled debut album, and we can expect the music to do even more damage on and offline in the coming months. For one of the album’s tracks “Jump“, she called up a friend…

[seasononesam]

Thinking about sammy being forced into a war on behalf of a mother he never knew and feeling soooooooooooo soso super normal

if I think about sam and dean's childhood and john's quest for revenge and "we were raised like warriors" and "even if we do find the thing that killed her, mom's gone. and she isn't coming back" for too long I

[prentissluvr]

https://www.tumblr.com/prentissluvr/752757433804505088/ml-do-u-have-any-sam-fic-recs-in-desperate?source=share

yes im the same anon hahaha how did u know!! (it's not creepy chill hehe) and yes im 18+ ,, i turn 19 this july :)

i don't mind either (nsfw/sfw fics) and im so glad that u have high standards for fics because i do too ! lol

okay yay perfect!! you use the small text and spell the kissy sound like "mwauh"! the way you use punctuation is also pretty distinct heh. so yeah that's how i knew! lol i might not know just from the small text, but the mwuah is distinct and cute to me! i usually see it like muah or mwah, but you mix the two and i noticed that right away lolol

so tbh i don't have much because i haven't done a huge dive into spn fics on here! i kinda just jumped the gun and began writing for it first and have spent most of my time doing that rather than reading! but i have one author with several works that are all incredibly phenomenal and a few more fics!

i highly recommend anything that @uncouth-the-fifth has written for sammy !!! i've had reblogs of several of her fics sitting in my drafts so i can write a raging review under them LOL haven't gotten to it yet because of how much i've been writing but you guys can look forward to me going absolutely fucking insane in the tags fr lmao. i'm also working on reading playing house right now! i'm not even halfway through the first part and i'm already feeling soso insane about it !!!! her writing is genuinely beyond amazing, it's crazy crazy crazy yall will be hearing all about how obsessed i am in my reblogs. the first one i read was click and uhhhh i could go on and on and once again i'll save it the for the rb. short version, it's one of the best fics i've ever read in my entire life!!! in terms of writing, fluffy parts, and the smut. mindblowing guys. absolutely mindblowing, like i said, i could go on!!! anyways anything she writes is bound to be absolutely incredible.

under the hood by @deandose is short but sweet!! super super cute <33

hold your breath by @deanswhiskey is great, it looks like she's got a few other sam works, too!! i have don't let me go in an open tag actually, i'm excited to read it!!

research by @bunnysbrainrot (nsfw) has me going feral, i have a thing for thigh-riding and this one is INSANE KSHDFUD, they have some more smut fics as well that i haven't read yet!

i hope you folks don't mind the tag!! just want you to know your fics are loved!! i promise you've all got reblogs on the way from me, just haven't gotten around to it yet <33

so yeah, ik that's not much and there's a chance you've read these before, but i just haven't gone too too deep in reading a lot of spn fanfic on here. i'm sure there's more on ao3 as well, i just haven't done much reading on there either. but! i do hope there's at least one or two here you haven't read yet that you can enjoy!!

[corpsecoded]

And yet. We all know. (The peeing post)

STOPPPP i was literally in the middle of writing a separate posthshshdjdjd

anyways. dean gets soso sad when sam closes the bathroom door. standing at the door like comeon sammy don’t be a girl is it small haha. this is of course right after he picks him up from stanford eventually sam gives in and leaves it open and dean is so smug about it

[chaosdeprived]

Hey hey! I was just reading your Sammy x Joey fic and I was wondering if you had any thoughts to how a first kiss would go between them? especially with Sammy being a vampire and everything

heyhey ! firstly, thanks sm for reading my joeysammy (joey x sammy) fic ! this ask had me thinking more about a sequel for that one shot but no promises ! (i'm trying my best out here okay 😅)

secondly, the possibilities just seem endless ! (soso many options-)

the first thought that sprung to mind would be joey and sammy finally settling in without having to look over their shoulders for lazaar and growing used to each other's company and sammy's new vampirism (her learning to control her urges and abilities), which leads to sammy becoming a nerd for all things vampire and her random info dump sessions while they're chilling together,, sammy faltering at the growing fondness in joey's eyes, her faint smile,, i feel like a slow gradual build up to a kiss would be sweet, especially when they're both trying to adjust to everything that's happened (def some trauma to unpack there)

sammy would try her hardest not to be too excited in case she accidentally hurt joey and joey would ponder over the subtle differences b/t a human and vampire,,

(you could also go down a more passionate route with sammy's vampiric urges or sexual needs sparking between two attractive women leading to a kiss - and potentially more)

so yeah a little bit of fluff and tension make the world go round !

[dokries]

moots ♡

hehe i love you all! also, if someone wants to be a moot, reach out! i would love to include you on this list :D

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