#all the bleachers songs too OMG I'M IN LOVE

[svltzmans]

she's just not into you - r.b.

robin buckley x fem!lesbian!reader

steve has been looking at y/n y/l/n for months, to no avail. she just seems to have no interest, even with steve's kind gestures. he doesn't understand why. robin does.

a/n:

hi!! omg this is the first time i'm ever writing something like this! i hope someone sees it and likes it lol :) pls ignore any grammar mistakes i tried my best!!

"i can't believe you managed to score a date with the hottest girl in all of hawkins after my millions of failed attempts", steve remarks, his hands running through his almost-too-long coffee-colored locks. "you've seen it! she just isn't into me at all."

"well, you're not exactly tom cruise or anything", robin responds sarcastically, still lugging her trumpet case from the pep rally.

"tom cruise probably couldn't even pull y/n y/l/n anyway."

"but i could."

"don't remind me!"

the two best friends continue down the halls of hawkins high, robin's heart still pounding remembering what she had managed to pull off minutes prior.

she has a date. a real one.

with y/n y/l/n.

she feels like she'll always remember the exact moment y/n's lips lifted into a smile as she accepted her offer.

the hawkins high pep rally was one of robin's least favorite events of the year.

she loved playing the trumpet. she actually really did.

but playing it in front of her high school full of judgemental jocks and cheerleaders wasn't quite her speed.

nonetheless, she knew she would get to see y/n y/l/n in the crowd. and that made her confidently apply a little extra makeup in steve's car, despite the background noise of steve's babbling.

robin's heartbeat kicked up the second steve pulled into the hawkins high parking lot. she scanned the crowd, but caught no sight of the girl she wanted to see.

that was, until she stepped into the stuffy gym and began to ascend the bleachers.

"robin!", a familiar voice sang.

"oh, y/n! hi!"

"i'm excited to hear you play. i'll be right near the band section!"

those words make robin's stomach start to twist.

"i'll make sure to play as best as i can then!"

y/n laughs in a way that makes robin's cheeks flush a red so deep it's almost maroon.

"oh, y/n, i wanted to ask you a question actually."

oh god, it's happening.

"what's up, robin?"

it's actually happening.

"can you meet me below the bleachers at the end of the pep rally?"

robin's heart pounds while she waits for a response. sure, y/n doesn't know her plans, at least not yet. but simply the thought of her and y/n in privacy makes her feel nervous.

"yeah! i'll meet you there!"

robin simply smiles genuinely, nods, and starts the short walk to the band section of the bleachers.

the pep rally flies by in a blur. robin almost forgets the songs she has to play countless times, her mind only focused on what she wanted to say to y/n.

finally, the student population starts to file out of the gym, and robin makes her way to the bottom of the bleachers. to her surprise, y/n is already standing there, leaning against the wall.

"hey rob!"

the nickname sends a chill down robin's spine.

"y/n! you beat me here!"

"i couldn't keep the best trumpet player in hawkins waiting."

robin's face falls flush again, her hands nervously folded in front of her.

"i guess i'm okay. lots of practice."

"no, robin, you're really good at it. i know a pep rally is supposed to be about school spirit and whatever other bullshit, but i was watching you play. and trying to listen despite how loud everything was."

robin is shaken by how genuine y/n sounds. she knew y/n was kind. she had just never experienced it this personally.

she knows she can't hesitate any longer.

"y/n, do you wanna maybe go get a coffee with me tomorrow? after school?"

she had done it. she had asked one of the most coveted girls at hawkins high on a date.

countless hawkins boys had asked y/n out. robin had even witnessed some of the rejections y/n had dished out, noting the guilty look on the girl's face.

and steve was right. he had tried, quite a few different times. y/n was always kind to him, but never in a more than platonic way. he didn't understand why. had he done something wrong?

"of course i will, robs. that sounds like a lot of fun."

robin then understood why.

[honelle56]

unfiltered thoughts on ttpd

I just finished my first listen of TTPD so below you can find my first thoughts on each song as I listened at 6 in the morning (I need sleep so bad lmao)

1. Fortnight

AAAAHHH I AM LISTENING!!!!! This has such Lana vibes omg!

Who do we wanna murder now??

I love you it's ruining my life :(

IS THIS ABOUT MATTY???????????

Is Post Malone getting the female singer treatment hahahahah

oh okay there he is!!

Florida mention!!!!!

2. The Tortured Poets Department

Woah I like this beat!!!

No-fucking-body!!!!

Dream mention????? (golden retriever)

This is so pretty

Wait is this about Travis??? I am so confused. Please tell me this isn't about Matty too

Oh the wedding mention

3. My Boy Only Breaks His Favorite Toys

Put me back on the shelf :(

Love the melodies

THE OUTRE THE OUTRO LOVE THISSSS

WHY IS THIS SO SAD FUCK ME

4. Down Bad

I can't do this IT IS SO SAD

"Fuck it if I can't have him"

hahaha

Is this another Matty track........ I can't do this

So fuck you if I can't have us :((((

5. So Long, London

Are we in a church

Jesus fuck why is this so sad

this is so beautiful

I am crying

I sent my full reaction to this song to @bluishfrog and it's basically just me looking at the lyrics while crying lmfao

6. But Daddy I Love Him

This one is about Matty again huh

I need a dictionary

I fuck with this song so bad

7. Fresh Out The Slammer

my first word was "Woah"

Back to cheating

"Years of labor, locks and ceilings In the shade of how he was feeling"

Outch

Oh god this one is hard - this sounds like end of relationship stuff

"Watched me daily disappearing For just one glimpse of his smile"

:((((

So many outros, I really fuck with this

Imaginary rings what if I go die

8. Florida!!!

she cheated too????

omg an actual feature with a female artist!!! We love!!!

I did not think this song would be about murder and drugs lmfao

Sorry I got lost in the dnf-isms, loved the song

9. Guilty as Sin?

I will have to come back to this, I am so tired I just completely zoned out xD

Love the vibes tho

It's a bop ngl

10. Who's Afraid of Little Old Me

Oh I will love this

FUCK IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL

THE CHORUS WOW WOW WOW

THIS IS SO GOOD

This is so my favourite so far

Okay so we are in an asylum lmao

"Put narcotics into all of my songs And that's why you're still singing along"

this is genius

THIS SONG IS AWESOME

11. I Can Fix Him

love the vibes

god her lower register help me

THE ENDING I AM CACKLING THIS IS SONGWRITING PERFECTION (also thanks Taylor for coming to your senses lmfao)

12. loml

this sounds sad..............

Every mention of getting married makes we want to committ

Never quite married FUCK HIM FUCK HIM FUCK HIM

I don't wanna do this anymore

"And all at once, the ink bleeds"

all the songs they wrote together I am...... not fine

"You shit-talked me under the table Talking rings and talking cradles I wish I could unrecall How we almost had it all"

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO

this bridge broke me

the loss of my life I-

13. I Can Do It With a Broken Heart

What a bleachers sounding song

okay so this is definitely what we thought it would be about

"Lights, camera, bitch, smile Even when you wanna die"

you go girl

A BOP

i am crying and dancing in my bed

"He said he'd love me for all time But that time was quite short"

FUCK HIM FUCK HIM FUCK HIM

okay time to dance again

"I'm so depressed, I act like it's my birthday every day"

she's so silly

the ad-libs I love her so much

14. The Smallest Man Who Ever Lived

not the breath - i wanted to keep dancing :(

"And I don't even want you back, I just want to know If rusting my sparkling summer was the goal"

ughhhhhh

the lower register hitting again

BRIDGE BRIDGE BRIDGE AND WHAT A BRIDGE

oh she is angry agnry

"I would've died for your sins Instead I just died inside"

WHY WHY WHY

FUCK HIM FUCK HIM FUCK HIM

15. The Alchemy

I zoned again lmao

IS THIS ABOUT TRAVIS??????

WHO CHEERED

love this for her

16. Clara Bow

"You look like Taylor Swift In this light, we're loving it You've got edge, she never did The future's bright, dazzling"

oh how I love this, she is such a genius

[jakeperalta]

Omg she actually announced 1989 TV!!! I thought it would be too soon..like I thought it wouldn't be until the end of this month maybe but it makes sense she wanted to do it at the last show! I love all the new blue outfits too. I love the cover so much..and it made me realize she never smiled on an album cover before! also it's still kinda similar to the original..but I totally agree about the original.having no blue on it. That's why it was always like beige or white to me but she always called it sky blue lol. I also realized Midnights is also blue and white too. Anyway I remember so long ago like two years talking to you about what this cover looks like. One theory was she would be taking the picture this time but she always outdoes herself and fits the exact right vibe in a new and updated way! I'm so excited! For collabs..I think maybe Selena Gomez, Bleachers and maybe Lorde or Haim again. I like Sabrina Carpenter too or maybe Gracie since she opened too. I think maybe only two collabs again like last time though cuz this time there's only 5 songs.

it's actually such a surprise when all the clowning and theories turn out to be correct! the blue costumes are all so pretty and such a fun way to hint that an announcement was happening. I love the cover, she looks so pretty and it really captures the 1989 vibe to me. I can't believe I hadn't realised she never smiles in her album covers but now I see it it's obvious and is probably partly why this cover stands out in a good way.

I think those are all very possible choices for the collabs! I agree I'm guessing there will only be one or two but it's fun to see which they'll be since this is the first proper pop album

[notebookmusical]

Omg I've had photos of your bracelets bookmarked as inspiration! I totally forgot those were yours. They're so beautiful!! I think FOB will be a lot of fun even if you don't know their music - one of my best friends is a huge fan and says they're amazing live. I've been debating grabbing tickets to see them too but I have 6 concerts lined up next year and two more I think I'm going to get tickets for haha so we'll see. But I'm also making bracelets for holly, olivia, and eras next year!

Ohhh is notion the digital bujo thing or am I thinking of something else? RWRB is so cute and anastasia and waitress are beautiful. It's cool to connect your bujo art to your current interests and then be able to go back through and remember all the media you enjoyed at different points. I would definitely love to see any bujo art you want to share! And wow, self-taught embroidery - that's awesome!!

Sorry to hear about the awful work environment - I hope you've moved on to something better and have recovered well from grad school! 💜 Your description of everything sounds very similar to the path I've been on. It's encouraging hearing about all the art you've worked on though - I feel really motivated to start pushing through this slump and make some fun things!! I want to do some themed art similar to your bujo theming. I just thrifted a little decorative box with small blank cards in them so I might try to do some mini collages on those maybe with music lyrics.

I hope you feel better soon and can go do some ceramic painting! I'm super lucky with knitting / crafting. My mom knit when she was younger so she taught me and let me have her old needles and yarn. And in general, she's very crafty and taught me a lot of different craft things growing up. I think the collaging was a combination of enjoying crafting as a kid and liking to collect things (in this case, scraps of paper and magazine clippings).

Btw how do you like the new Holly / MUNA collab?

oh my gosh that is so nice of you to say!!! i'm hoping to make more bracelets this week + next so i can send them out with presents, but we'll see if that ends up happening or not! if i do make more i'll post some photos on here for you 🤍

what concerts are you seeing next year? a lot of artists/bands that i like toured this year so aside from olivia + holly + taylor, i don't really think anyone i particularly care about will be touring :( i did really want to see noah kahan and also bleachers, but i don't particularly want to travel travel (especially since bleachers isn't coming to the west coast at all).

notion is the digital bujo thing! i really liked it, and like it for some things, but got caught up in making everything super pretty over actually being functional :( i keep forgetting it gets dark dark here in seattle at like 3pm now, but tomorrow for sure i will take some better photos of my bujo 🤍

i hope you're able to fall back into crafty things soon! grad school really is just ... soul sucking/all consuming. i'd love to see some of your crafts too, if you'd like to share!! 🤍 i'm starting to feel a little bit better — still don't reallllly have a voice (it keeps coming in & out), but i'm feeling a lot better overall! and that's so cool that you got to learn from your mom! my mom isn't crafty at all (she loves to bake though!) and i have no idea who i picked up my love for crafts from!

i really like the new holly/muna collab! i love muna — i'd love to see them live someday, and i think into your room was such a good song for them to be on! what about you? 🤍 if you could have holly collab with anyone, who would you want and why? personally, i'd love her to work with benjamin francis leftwich again — i think about this video often, and i'd love to see her collab with the 1975/matty healy since i really love what they did on sleep tight + please don't leave just yet.

[princelouisau]

hi lovie, hope you are having an incredible day!

5 fics????? my mouth is wide open waiting for them

i'm kind of the same with music, especially recently! i've especially been going back to the modern rock playlists that i would listen to in high school in like 2015-16 (think the bleachers, kings of leon, arctic monkeys, etc) which is interesting. something about that time period has me gagged i think

one thing i do is that when i'm having sad girl hours i listen to daddy yankee and bad bunny, which is !! interesting when u feel like crying but it does scratch my neurodivergent brain as u incredibly put it

i haven't gotten into kpop, i've only really heard songs by bts and pink venom oops, but i think i will do my best to start listening and to get into it a normal amount only!! i can't take another obsession right now. maybe i'll listen to ateez for u and go from there :)

i also just realized i don't really know what you do! job wise, or throughout the day, or anything.

omg my 2015-16 playlist was very much tumblrcore like 1975, taylor swift, haim, bastille, 5sos, halsey, troye sivan (and 1d obviously) and then just random songs i heard on tv shows and fell in love with? like there was a song from a super dramatic scene in pretty little liars that i immediately bought on itunes lmao

kpop is really fun because most bands will have albums with entirely different sounds that still somehow sound like Them! i love bts too, have been trying to get into more girl groups lately and they all have such catchy music! hehe if you listen to ateez let me know, i feel like they have something for everyone

i really don’t do anything with my life currently shskudkd i don’t work rn because i am a mess of a human but i’m looking for work and i spend a lot of time looking after my sister! hate to admit but my days are mostly taken up by tiktok and disassociating lmao 🤧 what about you? as much as you can tell me without giving yourself away (i’m assuming i at least know you a little bit because i feel like i know everyone on twitter but if i don’t then it’s very nice to meet you)

sending love! ♥️

[the-girl-who-cried-wolf]

ok @johermione now that's i've read it 5 times, cried over it and smiled all day brighter than the sun, i can compile together just some of my fav parts and thoughts about your literati fic...

He should probably stop putting those behind his ears, but the gesture is doing too much for his ego for him to give it up. It's silly, but he feels like an actual writer when he does that, empty coffee mugs, books everywhere, the company of words, city lights and air.

I absolutely loved the utterly human action of putting a pencil behind your ear, it's the most uselessly wonderful thing to do! and the imagery of that end line is amazing <3

He may be quiet on the outside, but he's bursting with words on the inside.

idk how to explain but this line just hit different. everything about it is just so deep and meaningful, and all captured in such a simple and beautiful sentence...also a huge relate for me (and the images and feelings created by the word "bursting" is just incredible to me)

New York feels stale on his skin which is to be expected considering how New York's been under his skin for a long time.

as soon as i read this line i just thought "what should be over burrowed under my skin" so yeah

"You, me. We don't talk with words."

this kind of love and friendship is just perfect, i love the chemistry you showed between them (see following point as well)

"Aaand I'm rambling and you're smiling... Great..."

"Oh, and Rory?" "Yeah?" "Keep the rambling going."

THIS WAS SO CUTE AND JUST AHHHH i love the perfect balance between them (and also omg the bit where she's like "jess you're wearing two different shoes" <333333333)

She is both a writer and a person today too.

idk why but this distinction between writer and person was such an interesting part, it made me smile and pause to think about it more...(too many intricate thoughts to write rn)

They sat there, painting-like and wordless, until the first salutation of dawn.

first of all the utterly gorgeous poetry of this line...it felt like breathing in the fresh air just after it's rained (meaning it was so beautiful and made me feel so alive) and it's just perfect neil

I close my eyes and I’m wide awake, I open them and I’m dreaming.

i'm crazy for this idea - the way everything feels up side down and the wrong way round, the indistinction (i dont think that's a word but yk what i mean) between fantasy and reality.....it's just so cinematically perfect somehow (and ofc so rev like) (WAIT there's a word for that!!! oneirataxia i think...such a beautiful word <3)

The world still looks bright enough. Sometimes, I think about home, about Lane, about Luke, about mum and the world looks brighter. Shiny and familiar. Warm.

i love this sm!!!! the clear love she has for them, and the feelings that come with that...the sunny, bright, shinning and familiar warmth of being loved <3

(and jo. the playlist. THE PLAYLIST. i'm crying AGAIN istg the tears are streaming down my face but i'm smiling and crying and i'm just a mess rn i love you so so so so so much for this)

[valiantlyjollynightmare]

you can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people! no skipping!

@fragileizy dude i've had this in my drafts since you tagged me but i forgot to finish it ksdjflksdjfsdf at this point i feel like too much time has passed so i'm just starting all over again since i've added like 100 songs to my playlist since then hehe

For it to be more fun, i'll use all my favorited songs and i'll put all the Youtube links here too. Lyrics are usually really really important to me so I'm curious what songs will come on shuffle hehe.

To make it even more fun, I'll also add what sub-month/season-related-playlist the songs are in.

Crossfire - Stephen - "For every mother / Every child / Every brother / That's caught in the crossfire" - October song. I've meaning to write a fitting AU for this one for so long omg

纯享丨GAI周延/吉克隽逸合唱《问风》 两人互换眼神故事感拉满 - look. i have no idea what part of that is the song's title and what part is the singer. And i can't find lyrics in english. but the songs sounds nice kjdsfhksjhds. June song 😌

Arde Pădurea (The forest is burning) - Via Dacă ft, Frate Gheorghe - "Cerbii nu mai alearga (Stags aren't running anymore) / Lupoaica isi cauta puii (The wolf is looking for her cubs) / Totu-i fum si totu-i taga (All is smoke and all is waste land) / Noi ramanem ai nimanui (We're left on our own). October song

Make a Move - Icon For Hire - "And if I had the answers I'd have written them out / So I could tell you what to do and what this thing is about/ But all I've ever learned comes second-hand /And I dare not preach what I don't understand." February song.

Indigo Home - Roo Panes - "Are you lost in paradise / My love or have you found a home?" Witch AU my beloved. June song.

Home - Gabrielle Aplin - "I'm a phoenix in the water / A fish that's learned to fly". Another October song.

Waves (Acoustic) - Dean Lewis - "The freedom of falling / A feeling I thought was set in stone / It slips through my fingers". December song.

Everybody Lost Somebody - Bleachers - "I gotta get myself back home soon / Looking like everybody / Knowing everybody lost somebody". August song

Heretic - Ren - "The elephant in the room is that my room is in the elephant". March Song.

Pelicans We - Cosmo Sheldrake - "King and Queen of the Pelicans we / No other Birds so grand we see" - AGAIN, WITCH AU MY BELOVED. April song. I can't really understand this song but I feeel like it's about more than pelicans kjdfhkdfd

SO. here we go. Thank you so so much for tagging me, noooow, if y'all want to do it, I'm tagging @miabrown007, @magpie-allosaurus, @razvyzblr, @completelyseriouscontent, @nine-storms, @middle-class-trash, @emi-fanarts, @flycoffe, @thesima, @perfectly-uncapable

[ashtxrie]

thank you 2 @star-sim and @lilacnini for the tag(s)!! ily <3

just a little bit : enhypen — my #1 favorite enha song if i was absolutely forced to choose one. everything about this song is perfect and me personally i think it’s so underrated!! if someone told me they loved this song i would trust them with my life. i also accidentally looped this song all night while i slept on not one but two occasions, so it’s safe to say that it’ll dominate my spotify top lifetime tracks list forever.

nouvelle vague : wave to earth — the vibes are hitting with this one. played this song while grinding under journalism story draft deadlines; 10/10 would recommend.

what makes you beautiful (enha cover) : enhypen — repeated it for a solid 3 hours the day it came out just to relive my 2012 childhood. jungwon said “don’t need makeup to cover up” and suddenly my skin was cleared my crops were watered and i won 5 nobel prizes. lives were changed.

our summer : tomorrow x together — my fav txt song tied with wishlist and ghosting… this song is such a sunshine dopamine boost and i am so ready for summer to begin w this one (after making it out alive from ap exam season)

love fire : cravity — i heard this song while in a kpop store to buy my enha lightstick and the music video was playing on the overhead tv screen... it was near the end of the song so i didn't get to shazam it in time so i went home and went through every song with the lyrics "i like it like that" to find it. definitely worth it.

unplugged boy : tws — their music is so good trust me on this. this song and plot twist was integral on the days i had to climb up the stairs to get to my history class.

go big or go home : enhypen — oh my god so for the spring rally our school's hiphop dance group danced to gbogh in front of the entire school population... my friend in hiphop told me abt it ahead of time so i snagged first row bleacher seats just to yell every lyric during the 30-second interval they danced to the chorus. one person in my physics class told me after the rally that he "didn't know i had it in me to transform from being a nerd like that" (what does he mean by that...)

easy : le sserafim — queens dropped another banger ofc i had to listen to it over and over again... the choreo for this too omg i'm obsessed

sweet venom (english ver.) : enhypen — "i'll never be the same" yeah that's me ever since november 17 because i have to listen to this song at least 1x daily in order to have sufficient oxygen circulation in my body. i will never get over sunoo's "and if it kills me, i still want you; it's torture / your touch is chemical" like i remember my jaw dropping the first time i heard it and i had to rewind just to hear it again because YO...

lovesong : beabadoobee — i love all her music sm but "i missed the train again, i called your name / as if you'd drive it back" made me figuratively fall to my knees in the middle of mcdonalds bawling in melancholy

tagging : @enwonz @bywons @stariikis @boyfiejay + anyone else who wants to join!

! "10 on repeat shuffles" tag game !

rules: shuffle your on repeat playlist and post the first 10 tracks, then tag 10 people

tagged by: no one but started by @galaxycunt when i saw the post on my dashboard. thank u hellsite algorithm~

will include a little excerpt of explanation on why it could be in my on-repeat playlist + not include an artist repeat

obstacles - syd matters (last song from the sub homesick alien playlist + notable time wave vibe songs cause it is also in the life is strange game)

tinnitus - txt (part of my audiophiles' eargasm playlist where i wanna hear a godly-produced song with my best headphones)

duvet - boa (i think it has been in my on repeat since 2021 when i watched serial experiments lain and has never left. a notable song for terra incognita)

this is why - paramore (just heard the whole album last month and every time i listen to this song, i'm in a state of catharsis cause I CAN RELATE)

tom sawyer - rush (having been particularly obsessed with the iron claw movie, this song is stuck in my head and i swear i love prog rock even more + i'll be learning the bass line of this song hopefully)

euphor - novo amor, lowswimmer (heard this for the novo amor concert i went to last week (even though they didn't perform it). part of the beomgyu time wave's spinoff playlist)

solsbury hill - peter gabriel (another addition to my audiophiles' eargasm playlist cause it sounds so odd that it's so interesting)

weird fishes/arpeggi - radiohead (the song that embodies me as a person + have been putting it on repeat during my bday because it's the day that i just embraced my self of being a pisces which includes hearing this playing in the car and a solo date to the aquarium)

follow you follow me - genesis (the song that reminds me of soobin idk why. it's also in my sub homesick alien playlist)

do hot girls like chords? - knower (heard this from micthesnare and it's my introduction to indietronica and jazz-funk (cause i've already know acid jazz from jamiroquai)

tagging: (based on the last 10 moots that show up on my dash) @boba-beom @stardragongalaxy @lovejoshua @txt-yaomi @euphor1a @junniieesbby @itz-yerin @pyeonghongrie @dido-of-the-endless @robin-obsessed and anyone who wants to join! (new songs to listen to yes pls)

[watchyourbluesturngolden]

songs that make me think of vampy and why

this is for drea and leyla ONLY thank u

daylight- taylor swift "i don't wanna look at anything else now that I saw you, i don't wanna think of anything else now that i thought of you" bc vampy loves her so much he only wants her 😔 midnight love- girl in red "I know I'm the last one you try to call but I always give in to give you it all" "your silver is my gold" bc miss chiropractor treated him terribly but he loved her with everything and would have gone back to her no matter what watch you sleep- girl in red this one is obvious: bc vampy watches bloodbag sleep :) also "the scar on your spine, you fell off a roof when you were nine" is all appreciating the tiny details about someone and that is definitely something vampy would do :( paper rings: taylor swift "i hate accidents except when we went from friends to this" line without a hook- ricky montgomery "oh baby i am a wreck when i'm without you" bc vampy loves bloodbag so much he just wants to be with her always 😔 dead girl in the pool- girl in red this one is kinda weird but i feel like bloodbag is gonna die at some point and then vampy will just be like "theres a dead girl in the pool (or wherever her corpse is laying slfjskldfjkldsj) i don't know what to do" and then he's gonna make this face

bad habits- ed sheeran bc he was just slutting around before he met bloodbag demons- imagine dragons dont make fun of me for this I KNOW but fr it's vampy renegade- taylor swift "you wouldn't be the first renegade to need somebody" he needs bloodbag 😔 starting line- luke hemmings i can't really explain this one but it's like how you always talk about how his happiness is overshadowed by the fact that he's a monster or whatever million dollar bills - lorde "theres nothing i want but money and time" and vampy has literally all the money and time :) solar power- lorde this is harrys hot girl anthem idk happiness- taylor swift "there'll be happiness after you, but there was happiness because of you" this is him reminiscing on miss chiropractor i wanna get better-bleachers "i didn't know i was lonely til i saw your face" "I didn't know i was broken til i wanted to change" come on 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 good 4 u - olivia rodrigo this is his fuck u song for miss chiropractor my tears ricochet- taylor swift "if i'm dead to you why are you at the wake" it's ironic innit 😌 what a feeling- one direction "what a feeling to be right here beside you now, holding you in my arms" please 😔 "everybody needs someone around" 😔😔😔 "but i can't hold you too close now" bc he has severe attachment and commitment issues :) all you had to do was stay- taylor swift "had me in the palm of your hand, then, why'd you have to go and lock me out when i let you in" omg miss chiropractor really hurt him 😔 king of my heart- taylor swift "and all at once you are the one i have been waiting for" bloodbag @ vampy 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 cruel summer- taylor swift "I love you ain't that the worst thing you ever heard" bc he knows getting close to bloodbag will ultimately only lead to pain for everyone involved "i don't wanna keep secrets just to keep you" bc he can't tell bloodbag everything about him even tho he probably wants to :( thank u next- arianna grande this is weird BUT if miss chiropractor hadn't fucked him up so much he never would have met bloodbag tear in my heart- 21 pilots again don't make fun of me for this I HAVE AN EXPLANATION "you fell asleep in my car i drove the whole time but that's okay i'll just avoid the holes so you sleep fine" if bloodbag fell asleep in his car he would definitely do this :( shape of you-ed sheeran "now my bedsheets smell like you" his room probably smells like honey and lavender all the time now and he's probably foaming at the mouth constantly cowboy in LA "let's skip the club, lets skip the crowd, i wanna take you on a date" bc they both hate clubs!!!!! "I'll hold your hand I'll hold the door bc that's how i was raised" he's a gentleman 😔😔😔😔 & burn- billie eilish "i'll sit and watch your car burn with the fire that you started in me, but you never came back to ask it out" idk for some reason this has vampy and miss chiropractor vibes take me to church- hozier religious trauma babes 🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼🕺🏼 speechless- dan+shay "i'm speechless, staring at you standing there in that dress" love 😔 yours- russel dickerson "i came to life when i first kissed you, the best me has his arms around you, you make me better than i was before, thank god i'm yours" SCREAMING AND CRYING AND SHAKING tolerate it- taylor swift "i know my love should be celebrated, but you tolerate it" MISS ******** DIDN"T APPRECIATE OR CELEBRATE HIS LOVE MIA- anarbor "thinking about my life and everything i did wrong along the way"😔 lay low- josh turner for when bloodbag and vampy go to a cabin in the woods for a week and just love each other 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 who can save me now- anarbor "you stabbed me in the back" this one is pretty literal LSKFJLKSJFLKDSJ "you could have at least been kind enough to let me turn around" ouch 😔 dopamine- anarbor "i'm hooked on your dopamine" vampy and bloodbag ugh lie to me- 5sos this give me vampy and ******** vibes "i wish we never met, cause you're too hard to forget" "while i'm cleaning up your mess i know he's taking

off your dress" bc she probably cheated on him while they were together 😔 and he would have stayed with her if she told him she loved him, even if he knew it was a lie 😔 cotton candy- yungblud it's just a happy song with good vibes like bloodbag and vampy currently have :) small talk- niall horan i don't even have to say anything here pillowtalk- zayn "so we'll piss off the neighbors" chappy 9 vibes dancing with our hands tied- taylor swift "i loved you in spite of deep fears that the world would divide us" vampy rn 😔 once in a lifetime- one direction vampy will live a million lifetimes but he will only ever have one bloodbag 😔 holy ground- taylor swift "tonight i'm gonna dance for all that we've been through but I don't wanna dance if i'm not dancing with you" they've come so far omg 😔 since we're alone- niall horan "you can show me your heart, if you put it all in my hands no i swear no i won't break it apart" crying if i could fly- one direction "for your eyes only i'll show you my heart" rollercoaster- bleachers again i can't explain it but it makes me think of him 😔 so long- niall horan "so if we knew all along why did it take so long" good question bestie current location- LANY "i need your current location to be my current location" they're idiots in love and want to be together all the time 😔 why dont we go there- one direction "hey i don't want you to be the one that got away i wanna get addicted to you you're rushing through my mind i wanna feel the high i wanna be addicted" well hes already addicted to her blood so might as well like you lots- LANY bc they both have issues and can't say love lmao too much to ask- niall horan vampy though wanting love was too much to ask of miss chiropractor 😔 walking in the wind- one direction this one just has his vibes man 😔 heartbeat- carrie underwood "dancing to the rhythm of your heartbeat" bc vampy is obsessed with listening to bloodbag's heart (fan behavior if you ask me) idfc- blackbear this is vampy and ******** bc "tell me that you love me even if it's fake" city of angels- 24kgoldn "i sold my soul to the devil for designer" yes this made me laugh the woods- olivver the kid "waking up in the middle of the woods" "don't you wanna get out of here, out of the woods" flashback to when he was dead in the woods oop "you brought me down to the river, and you pushed me in, hoping that the white rapids would challenge my ability to swim" bc... she's a murderer omg this verse is talking about leaves and i'm freaking out it fits 100% this is crazy "You pick up two handfuls You tell me they're all dried up & dead You know that's nothing like us We'll live forever instead" just a little bit of your heart- ariana grande vampy bc he loves so deeply and completely that he will give all of himself to someone even if they won't do the same my strange addiction- billie eilish bc he is addicted to her blood :) cross your mind- niall horan this is vampy and ******** "love the way you hurt me and it doesn't even cross your mind" "leaving me in pieces (literally lmao) but i swear it's worth it every time" everywhere- niall horan that scene where vampy smelled some perfume or soap or something and it made him think of bloodbag 😔 everything makes him think of her now 😔 "swear it's hard to think it's hard to breathe when you're in the air" put a little love on me- niall horan "you're the only one i need" 😔 bend the rules- niall horan VAMPY AND ******** ALL THE WAY "i'm not saying that you're lying but you're leaving out the truth" heartbreak weather- niall horan "all of my life i've been sleepwalk living, running around the same bars i've been in, it can be so lonely in this city, but it feels different when you're with me" bloodbag and vampy 😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔😔 mr loverman- ricky montgomery "i miss my lover man" vampy is probably dramatic like this all the time now that they're official 😔 bad blood- taylor swift again, just for the irony 😌 vapor- 5sos "i want to breathe you in like a vapor i want to be the one you remember i want to feel

your love like the weather all over me" they're so in love like this 😔 catch fire- 5sos "all my life i've been waiting for moments to come" he's been waiting for bloodbag his entire life 😔 beside you-5sos "i wish i was beside you" they want to be together all the time 😔 black and white- niall horan "that first night i was standing at your door fumbling for your keys then i kissed you" ARE YOU KIDDING ME not in the same way- 5sos this is vampy and ******** just bc they were so toxic lkfjskldfjsdlkjf lonely heart-5sos "and i haven't slept in days" lmao ghost of you-5sos "my feet dont dance like they did with you" thinking about when vampy danced for bloodbag and what if they break up 👁️👁️ why wont you love me- 5sos vampy at ******** 😔 he just wanted to be loved 😔😔😔😔😔 fool's gold- one direction "i let you use me from the day that we first met" "i know your love's not real, but that's not the way it feels" STOP IM SAD last first kiss- one direction "let me be your last first kiss" i want them to be together forever 😔 truly madly deeply- one direction "foolishly completely falling and somehow you kicked all my walls in" bloodbag really snuck into his heart huh 😔 fireproof -one direction "nobody saves me baby the way you do" ugh 😔 long story short-taylor swift "clung to the nearest lips long story short it was the wrong guy" (or in vampy's case the wrong vampire) gold rush-taylor swift "and the coastal town we run around has never seen a love as pure as it" bloodbag and vampy are all i want 😔 no judgement- niall horan bc vampy would never judge bloodbag 😔 daddy issues- the neighborhood again im not even gonna say anything here new angel- niall horan "the touch of someone else to save me from myself" this is vampy 😔 god is a woman- ariana grande vampy after he brought bloodbag home the first time something like this- the chainsmokers "just something i can turn to, somebody i can kiss" ALL VAMPY WANTS IS LOVE sweater weather- the neighborhood idk this song makes me think of him all of me- john legend "all of me loves all of you all your curves and all your edges all your perfect imperfections" KSFLKSDJFKLDJSFLJSDKLFJDSKL i like me better- lauv "i like me better when i'm with you" she makes him a better person 😔 sex- eden "oh no, i think i'm catching feelings" vampy when bloodbag went on a date with someone else half a heart- one direction bc bloodbag completes him 😔 theyre so disgusting 😔 only angel- harry styles "turns out she's a devil in between the sheets" woman- harry styles vampy when she was on a date with someone else bc hes a jealous moron temporary fix- one direction this has chappy 1-2 vibes a.m.-one direction when they first started falling in love and he wanted to be with her more often 😔 something great- one direction "i want you here with me like how i pictured it so i don't have to keep imagining" through the dark- one direction just all of this song 😔 happily- one direction "you know i wanna be the one who holds you when you sleep i just want it to be you and i forever" 😔 electric love- borns "i can't let you go now that i got it" canyon moon- harry styles they're just happy like this rn 😔 sunflower vol. 6- harry styles "kiss in the kitchen like it's a dancefloor" "mouth full of toothpaste" when they brushed their teeth together 😔 adore you- harry styles obviously

[astorytotellyourfriends]

i know it's not a pairing you've written much of but Boggie? 13, 18, 21, and 24?

you're right! i haven't explored boggie all that much but I DO have a fic in the works for them that i'm very excited about. (no promises on when it's coming tho i am woefully overwhelmed with all of my ideas on a daily basis ugh)

13. Who reaches for the other’s hand first?

oh definitely Reggie. the first time it happens they're watching a scary movie or something and Reggie does it purely out of instinct, a need for comfort. and maybe Bobby stares at their hands for a while and then Reggie realizes he did it and mumbles an apology and tries to pull his hand away, but Bobby won't let go. he says it's okay. after that, Reggie's constantly grabbing his hand and lacing their fingers together, and Bobby doesn't even mind.

18. Who leaves little notes in the other’s one lunch? (Bonus: what does it usually say?)

omg this is the cutest thing ever like ok i'm imagining them in high school and leaving notes in each other's lockers and you KNOW Reggie would spend his time in class writing these long involved notes in his notebooks and slipping them into Bobby's locker between classes and ofc Bobby saves every single one. but when he slips a note back into Reggie's locker, it's folded up like a dozen times and when Reggie finally gets it open fully, all it says is "i love you too" with a little heart.

21. Who is more likely to start dancing with the other?

lmfao ok idk why but every single one of these is Reggie and i'm not sorry!! he just likes to move! he can't sit still! like, idk if Bobby would ever deign to actually attend a high school dance but if he DID then he'd definitely be one of the guys like sitting on the bleachers and watching everyone else dance and pretending like they're too cool to dance and everything but Reggie's right there in the thick of the dance floor and Bobby definitely can't take his eyes off of him. and while this would likely never have happened in the 90s, maybe Bobby finally works up the nerve to join him when it's a slow song. (ok i'm changing my answer halfway through because while Reggie loves to dance he knows Bobby Does Not Dance so he doesn't push him) Bobby makes his way through the crowd of other couples and pulls Reggie close, even though Reggie's totally like omg Bobby what are you doing are you sure about this and Bobby's just like "shut up and dance with me" (sorry for the cheesy song reference but it just happened okay)

24. Who whispers inappropriate things in the other’s ear during inappropriate times?

BOBBY. 1000%. HE LOVES TO MAKE REGGIE BLUSH. (honestly, who doesn't???)

[deadontheinsidebut]

Hello hun!! I'm not sure if you've done these yet but if you haveng could you do prompt 5,7, and 18 for Tsukishima? Please and thank you

a/n: hello bb!! I love Tsukishima so much omg, it’s literally S I M P nation over here. I’d love to take your request. Tysm for requesting luv🥺🥺✨💖💖i hope you liked it

Haikyuu Prompt List

5. How they would propose

The entire team pitches in to help

They literally only found out because Yamaguchi spilled the beans at one of the Karasuno reunion dinners 🥵🥵✨

Okay Suga is SO hyped up at the chance to help plan a proposal for the COLD Tsukki of all people

Yachi and Kiyoko are volunteering to distract you while the boys set up 👑👑

So imagine their surprise when Tsukishima reveals that he actually planned to just give you the ring when you two were cooking dinner

Simp 1 and Simp 2 (Tanaka and Nishinoya) are SCREECHING in horror at his audacity to plan such a boring and undeserving proposal

Even Hinata and Kageyama are snickering at Tsukishima’s lack of romance 🧡💙

So now Tsukki is riled up and wants to prove to his team that he could wow you with his romance skills

Tanaka takes this opportunity to flex his marriage to Kiyoko and says

“Young pupil, let the master here show you how it’s done”

Okay so now the team is brainstorming things that Tsukishima’s partner would like

They settle on him baking you a strawberry shortcake (which happens to be his favourite and since you’ve been hanging around him sm, it’s become your favourite too)

Daichi is pulling out some secret cake decorating skills and writes “will you marry me” on it

Tsukishima sees this as an opportunity to do a 2 in 1 and convinces the simp duo as well as well as the freak duo to dress up in blow up dinosaur costumes for the sake of “love”

He’s going to rent out the Sendai Gynasium since he works there and is going to give you a show that consists of

Hinata and Kageyama dancing in their dinosaur costumes 🦕

Tanaka and Nishinoya jumping around with tambourines and maracas in their dinorsaur costumes 🦖

Daichi and Suga will pull down a banner with your name on it from the bleachers

The girls will bring you into the gym for the surprise

Yamaguchi and Asahi will bring out the cake and sparkers 🎂✨ with Ennoshita, Kinoshita, and Narita cheering in the background

And lastly, Tsukishima will approach with his ring and bashfully as for your hand in marriage uwu💍✨💍✨💍✨💍✨

7. Random HC: Dancing in the rain

You’re a sucker for the romance of the rain so when you and your boyfriend Tsukishima are locked out from your house in the pouring rain, you’re pulling his arm back out into the front yard 🌧

He’s a grumbling mess because he HATES his stuff getting wet and is worried that you will both catch colds (but that’s fine because a couple that gets sick together, stays together LOL)

Both your heads are drenched in the cold water and your shirts are sticking to your skin so you press your body against his to keep warm

He doesn’t know how to react but he’s quick to wrap his long arm around your shoulders

You hold onto his torso and you start to sway to the rhythm of the splattering rain

There’s no music so Tsukki starts to hum a song he’s been listening to because we all know he loves those goddamn headphones

All that remains in the air is his soft humming and the loud rain

He rests his chin on the top of your head and now his body is guiding yours

The rainy spell that was cast on your salty boyfriend creates a romantic side you’ve never seen before

He twirls you around and pulls you towards him once more

“We’re going to catch a cold tomorrow and it’s going to be all your fault”

“Don’t be mean, Tsukki. Just enjoy the moment”

18. Biggest fears in a relationship

He has this inferiority complex so he’s super insecure

He constantly believes you can do better and hides it behind a layer of ice cold insults

He gets passive aggressive when he’s jealous because if he admits his fears to you, it’ll become real to him

He loves you of course, but he’s so used to being let down that he chooses to believe that you’d never choose him in the long run

The good thing is, if you truly sit down and have a heart-to-heart with him, you’ll be able to break down those walls

When you do manage to get past the facade, your relationship will become much stronger and stable

But it’s normal to have a little bit of fear

He regards you as the best of the best and gets scared when he sees you getting along with a cheerful Hinata or talented Kageyama

Overall, he’s an insecure little bean that just needs to be reminded that he’s good enough as well

[loverdlx]

Hey king its the bitch pack anon i am unfortunately one of those fools who gets allergies in the spring HOWEVER I do like when I no longer have to wear 584390948 layers to go outside and my face hurts less walking to class (but masks really help keep your nose warm I'm starting to see which is very nice). What was your favorite and least favorite part of your spotify wrapped? and from the set of questions im doing, do you celebrate winter holidays? Which ones!!

HEWWO FRIEND!!! omg rip about your allergies, but yesss we love warmer weather :) and omg same about the masks making your face warm like!!! I noticed that too recently and was like...why didn’t we wear these sooner?????? HAHAHHAA

ooh yes Spotify wrapped!! ok tbh my fav was being top 0.01% for Taylor bc I like to flex stuff so 😎 XNSNSJAJ ok but in all seriousness I rly did love my top 5 songs! getaway car, like a river runs (by bleachers!), the archer, cruel summer, lover...like wow my taste!!!

I think my least fav part is that folklore didn’t make my top 100 at all 😧 I think most of my top 100 was stuff I was listening to in the like first half of the year/beginning of quarantine so I guess I used Spotify more then than I’ve used it since folklore came out?? idk but I was shook at that!

and omg yes winter holidays!! I celebrate Christmas 🎅🏼🎄 I love it a lot bc I love the decorations and music and everything! and also bc Christmastime always means my bday is coming up hehe to all the December babies reading this we must unite 😼

I’d love to hear about your Spotify wrapped (if you have one...or your Apple Music replay thing) and if you celebrate winter holidays too anon!!

[lowkeyorloki]

hiii it’s phoebe anon and i feel obligated to tell u and BC anon that the guy at the bulletin board meme is Charlie Day from It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia LMAO that photograph is so versatile....so good...truly a meme that transcends time. anyway It’s always Sunny is hilarious but also the joke of it is that every single character is the worst human being on the planet so simultaneously you’re just going “oh my god nooo” the whole time 😭

anyway i’m literally vibrating with excitement for next week it’s truly keeping me going!!! BC anon your theories amaze me and also i have my own random guess as to what the one ~big reveal~ you said was coming in this update might be: it’s kinda a long shot but i was thinking about when reader brought up that Loki never answered when she asked where he saw them in 10 years: maybe loki was planning to propose to her in the near future and that’s why he didn’t wanna say it? 💍🤔 that would break my heart but i know that one song about getting married by Bleachers is in the asis playlist (great playlist btw) so i feel like maybe?!? anyways i just wanted to throw it out there so i have bragging rights if i happen to be right 😎

6 MORE DAYS UNTIL LOKI ASIS DAY AN INTERNATIONAL HOLIDAY ❤️❤️❤️ much love :)

Hi Phoebe anon ❤️ Omg thank you for telling me. I haven't seen It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia mostly because I simply do not have it in me to watch anything that's not a cartoon. However it comes up in my recommended on hulu all the time so I might just have to check it out ;)

AND YES I'm excited too omg today I woke up and I was all "today marks the day... less than a week till the Loki chapter" AUGH I'm so excited. I'm going to be shaking all of Thursday and obsessively checking my email/tumblr/texts for anyone who might be commenting. Also I LOVE the idea of calling update days international holidays lollllll

Omg I'm so happy you have a guess that connects to the Let's Get Married song (by the way, have you heard the Bleachers' live version of Don't Take the Money featuring Lorde? Lorde and Phoebe Bridgers have similar vibes so you might like it!) because tbh I'm a bit surprised more people aren't paying attention to it. At the same time, I'm sure they just didn't look at the playlist, which is 100% fair. BUT YES throw all the theories out there because 1) I want to hear them and and 2) those bragging rights are important lmao!!! 10/10 guess it'll be revealed if you're right in like. 4-6 chapters?? Idk I didn't end up figuring out how many chapters asis will have over spring break like I thought 😭

Always a pleasure Phoebe anon!! Hope you have a good weekend ❤️❤️❤️

[clarabowmp3]

I read the answer of your last ask and omg honestly I loved reading it I also relate to some of the songs from rep and honestly know how it feels

SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO LETS GET INTO TODAY'S ASKS *drops rep tour confetti in your inbox*

Spotify wrapped came yesterday (if u use Spotify) if I may ask what was your top song and also artist

Anddd one more question what was your favourite song from red tv vault except Atwtmv (ofc I'll do that)

You're an amazing person and I hope you're having a great day <33

☃️anon

awwwww I'm soso glad you tolerated liked reading the answer to my ask you absolutely adorable bean

and HONESTLY I am still not over the genius that was taylor swift making like tiny newspapers for the rep confetti like the effortt and the creativity mann

My top song was actually renegade, surprisingly, which I played 69 times (AHAHHAHAH) I think I was just very blown away by the concept and idea of such a song I had it on repeat for like a month or something

Anddd my top artist was taylor! I didn't expect that really because I didn't want to saturate myself with her songs otw I'd get bored of it but no!! I was in the top 0.5% which I was like ????how???? My other top artists were billie eilish, bleachers, aly and aj (I forgot the last one and I'm too lazy to get my phone lol maybe I'll post the screenshots later). My other top songs were the other side of the door, lover first dance remix, that's when and happier than ever and my audio aura thing was wistful and focused

FAVOURITE SONG FROM RED TV VAULT ARGHI love practically all of them but only one of them made me like cry on the first listen, like I still don't know why, and it wasn't (gasp) atw 10mv. It was actually Run. I don't know why, I think it was the gentle guitar and like how you can hear the yearning in the lyrics and their voices to run away together wherever they want to and it's such a soft and precious song. I honestly feel like its def underrated and is just so perfect in every way and I guess part of why I love it so much is also because of how sad it makes me, like it created this actual ache in my heart

and lastly, bestie, YOU'RE the amazing person here adsfdsjaf I can't wait to meet you on christmas and we're only on the 2nd day of december AHAHAH ily <3

[harrystylescherry]

I’ve been in a funk too shit sucks I can feel myself slipping deeper and deeper gotta get out of my fuckin room too 😱 I know it can be hard so hope you stay busy and good for you for realizing and making a plan to get yourself out of it...I’m trying as well....anyways what are your thoughts on the new bleachers ? I’ve only listened like once all the way through besides when the singles had come out. I need to listen a few more times that’s how I am with albums sometimes but idk I’m liking it Jack is always good honestly

it sucks soooo bad!! I've done pretty well today. I did clean my room and go grocery shopping, but it was too hot to be outside without a pool but at least im trying lol i hope you're able to get out of it!!

i did listen to it once all the way through. I think I like most of them, but there were a few where I was like "yeah, this isn't for me" but I'm very much a mood listener and sometimes even songs I love will irk me when they come on shuffle because it's just not what I want to listen to at that moment so i think i need to give it another full go

he is a genius omg

[jakeperalta]

Hi. I just listened to the new Bleachers song and really liked it! Funnily enough..Twenty One Pilots also released a song called Saturday this morning..so you woke up to Bleachers..I woke up to Twenty One Pilots..and they both had songs with Saturday lyrics in them! Plus it reminded me that I should definitely fully listen to Bleachers albums before the new one comes out and I remember you saying something similar about Twenty One Pilots before haha. Well their new album comes out Friday and me and my sister are so excited about it! You can also check out Saturday if you want..it was just a funny coincidence so I thought I would share but the songs are so different. This song Saturday was much more poppier which isnt bad but not what I was expecting at all. I actually only heard it once so far cuz I wanted to wait for the album. But anyway i often joke maybe they are in their Lover era..the new era colors are pink and blue..and Tyler Joseph just dyed his hair pink like Taylor did. But i mean this album will be happy and upbeat..which Is what they wanted to make in quarantine..so maybe this is like their You Need to Calm Down song cuz I'm not sure how I felt about it actually at first. It's kinda sad though cuz You Need to Calm Down came out on my bday and I didnt love it right away lol. But now I appreciate it so maybe Saturday will grow on me too..cuz like Taylor, I love them and will love anything they make. It just reminds me of Lover too cuz some people in the fandom dont like the singles for Scaled and Icy either..but I'm still so excited! I promise I will listen to Bleachers soon though.

clearly yesterday was the day of saturday related songs lol i just listened to saturday and the other singles from the album and enjoyed them! i’ll definitely give the whole album a listen when it’s out. i feel like often when an album is more upbeat they end up having less popular singles among fans because the singles tend to be the most poppy, even though like lover also contains some very soft emotional songs they just wouldn’t work as well as singles. it’s always so disappointing being excited for a song then not particularly liking it (especially if there’s the added excitement of it being on your birthday omg) but i find that often especially with more upbeat songs i might not really connect with them and appreciate them at first and then they grow on me!