#did i get into this game because of a chappell roan song?

[aitadraws]

Good luck, babe!

[moonsanoverthinker]

I have decided to make a little tagging game! <3 (Because I keep seeing them and they look fun)

Current on repeat song - Good Luck, Babe! - Chappell Roan

A song that makes you feel good - I Always Knew - The Vaccines

A song that you could probably recite all the words too - Jackie and Wilson - Hozier

A song that makes you have a cry - Fourth Of July - Sufjan Stevens

A song that gets you to have a little dance - Hot To Go - Chappell Roan

Say a nice thing! (it can be something you did, something you saw, something your proud of, a nice fact, just anything because who doesn’t like to read nice things!) - I started a new crochet project and I’m happy with how it’s going

No pressure tags! @oxthemoron @isitjustmeorlifeisweird @cult-of-the-eye @peach-coloured-glasses @lurkingindoorways @doctorwhatwhenandwhere @nohomoyesbi @rapidlydecayingcorpse @vee-thebee @stuckwiththesnakeboi and anyone else!

[xixovart]

argo2nauts music headcannons because this is too much

the misinformation some of you guys have spread regarding their music taste is insane/hj

(p.s: this is my take on this, if you disagree it’s alright!! it’s just fun and games :D)

(ps2: if any artist/band i mention is problematic please lmk!!)

percy - perseus jackson is a pretty intimidating skater kid with a resting bitch face who is covered head to toe in scars and has his ears pierced. where did the ‘high school musical/disney sitcom’ percy allegations come from. he likes led zeppelin (he canonically has a t shirt in toa if i can remember!!), childish gambino, d4vd, late night drive home, deftones, arctic monkeys, and chase atlantic.

fav song -

annabeth: this is a bit harder.. i think her music taste is either extremely varied or only listens to one album on repeat until her ears bleed. for my sanity i’m going with the former. i think she’d cry over boygenius and mitski (for obvious reasons) and i think she’d like sombr and famous 70/80s guys like queen, david bowie, ac/dc, the smiths ofc. and such. also mac demarco and phoebe bridgers!!!!”!?

fav song -

grover underwood - ADRIANNE LENKER!!!!!: THERE IS NOT A DOUBT IN MY MIND ABOUT IT. all of her songs suit him in one way or another. he needs to be seen more i love him to death. underrated man fr. also late night drive home, beach house, dream ivory, the smiths, queen, cas, WAVE TO EARTH!!!!!

fav song -

i know what youre thinking. “mali, will you ever shut up about this song?” answer is no. i will not.

piper mclean - CHAPPELL ROAN CHAPPELL ROAN IS HERRSSSS??? CASUAL? GOOD LUCK BABE???? HERS!!!! honorable mention: girl in red because don’t forget your roots. also madds buckley MAYBE? idk. also probably cas 🤷‍♀️

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nico - oh my beloved. he’d definitely listen to italian music when he misses bianca/maria but idk any italian artists so… for now we’re going with english music. and also very specific turkish song: m. by anil emre daldal because will. i’m thinking mitski, roar, mac demarco, OBVIOUSLY SUFJAN STEVENS??? cults, alex g, grimes, also very specifically: cupid by jack stauber? MAYBE conan gray… idk. and also definitely nirvana and guns n roses

fav song -

i heard this song while thinking of him and my heart SHATTERED guys do not make the same mistake i did.

hazel - i?? don’t know? really uhh… probably gracie abrams or adrianne lenker? phoebe bridgers, beach house?? soft rythm/music, deep/depressing lyrics. maybe tnbh but DEFINITELY current joys and adrianne lenker

(yes i made these first songs a rainbow on purpose (not rlly..) shut up i thought it’d be funny)

also this is her favorite song because it reminds her of nico and maybe marie, specifically the first lines!! (marceline [nico], is it just you and me in the wreckage of the world?)

frank zhang - MAC DEMARCO!! BEACH HOUSE!! TV GIRL!! CONAN GRAY!! MONTAN FISH!! GANG OF YOUTHS!! also his grandmother liked to listen to songs in mandarin and he likes remembering her so he constantly listens to 茉莉花 (Mòlìhuā) and uhh if you have any other old mandarin songs lmk :D!! and honorable mention: it almost worked by tv girl

fav song -

because it was his mother’s favorite song

jason grace - this is difficult.. like very. i don’t think he’d listen to music very much and it’s getting hard to not keep repeating artists. rmcm maybe? laufey, probably.. he listens to pretty much everything his friends to. he’s very flexible when it comes to music :)

fav song -

will solace - controversial maybe but i don’t think he’d like taylor swift very much.. no problem with her but i’d just like to see more variety in will’s music taste hcs. i think he’d love mac demarco (he’s been mentioned lke 8 times by now but he really is will’s favorite artist), tv girl, beach weather, the smiths, chappell roan, current joys, vacations, lemon demon, sufjan stevens, boygenius. conan gray, specifically summer child because it was written for him (i would know conan told me), and obviously the entirety of the mamma mia soundtrack. because it’s will.

fav song -

from the same album as nico because symbolism and that entire song is for them and tyem only (and also achicleos)

leo valdez - MY BELOVED!! very specifically the spanish part in stress relief (si puedes venir conmigo, amor, yo te enseño todo lo que hay. pq me tratas asi?? como no soy nadie ITS VALGRACE GUYS!!) uhh also chappell roan.. and your best american girl by mitski. and the smiths and queen and pavement. and lemon demon, the strokes, the cure.. maybe nirvana? and the front bottoms

fav song -

ok thats it im lagging so hard bye

[darcytaylor]

I wanted to respond to the anonymous who is blaming fans engagement with DM as a reason why his friends and L & N aren't posting.

I’m a Luke fan, I’m a shipper. But Luke is in the mess because of his choices and his friends choices.

His friends choose to post about him on their public accounts. L choose to follow A publicly and his friends choose to show that NYE vide.

A choose to post the polaroid pictures of LA. She choose to tell us she was in NY (and she was at the premiere - whether that was what L wanted - there is discourse about that, but, she came and arrived with his family).

A choose to post and delete stories of his location (multiple times).

A consistently post stories and videos when BTS / Nic posts content / using Lukola song (birds of a feather / Chappel roan songs).

Both A and R have posted stories / videos of them in L’s clothes (hat and tank).

A and L’s friends knew fans followed them. And you can “choose” to not have a Public Instagram.

I wish they had all been smarter about the baiting and the games with the fans. And, although I don't follow any of them I understand from online discourse that during promo R and S didn't post L whereas A did.

But ultimately, if that's how they (the gang) want to be online - he is codoning it and complicit in it.

I fail to understand why, but, that's his business. I think his career has been derailed by the online behaviour of himself and behaviour of his “girlfriend”. But ultimately, the onus is on him. We are all responsible for our own behaviour and fans are how actors pay their bills. Many actors, including Sophie Turner has credited her social following to her booking jobs.

A brand that A worked with even used Bridgerton, Nicola Coughlan and Luke Newton hashtags for the video - so you can tell me there is no personal benefit to the “gang”.

If you don't like a narrative that is online about you - change it. And I think this is what L and his friends are doing. I wish he made better choices, but, he didn't. But I’m sat for his rehab tour.

Also, lots of stars have successful careers without social media. Luke T is booked and busy without it.

Personally, i don't understand how there are so many troll accounts targeting L, but that's a whole other story.

I think you have stated a lot of things that I have questioned Luke on.

I'm going to post this without a lot of dialogue so that I can get this out.

"If you don't like a narrative that is online about you - change it. And I think this is what L and his friends are doing. I wish he made better choices, but, he didn't. But I’m sat for his rehab tour."

YES! I agree with this!

[autisticempathydaemon]

hi, i was hoping to do one of the redacted matchup thingies, they’re so fun :) I’M SO SORRY THIS IS A PAGE LONG AAAAGH

i’m just gonna lead with the miscellaneous stuff (WOW i spelled that without spell check. didn’t know i could do that.) i’m a young adult bi dude. apparently i’m quiet but snarky and people say my humor is very dry (i have a monotone voice and am Very Committed To The Bit.). i used to have really bad anger issues to the point that davey pre-character arc is more relatable than he should be (even though my parents are alive. they’re just shit). i try to dress kinda grungy? but also whatever’s cozy/comfortable and in neutral/dark colors (except red! i like red, my hair is dyed neon red) i used to have cptsd so bad i basically didn’t leave the house for two years. i think it was like agoraphobia or something? there were delusions in there too. i’m much better now though.

usually the kind of stuff i listen to is loud angry rock music (fave song is hysteria by muse) or slightly older pop music (florence and the machine, MARINA) but the last few days i’ve been on a newer pop kick and i’ve been playing “Good Luck, Babe!” by chappell roan on repeat and it makes me want to scream on a windswept seaside cliff during a storm. specifically the bit from 2:15 to ~3:10 in the song. i know it’s a banger when it makes me want to scream on a cliff or punch something.

INTP? is that an enneagram? (“you’re telling me a shrimp fried this rice?”-sounding sentence, sorry)

not really video essays but i love listening to someone summarize books i never plan to read (i like the ones by cari can read or lexi aka newlynova.)

i didn’t have an imaginary friend? i’m incredibly autistic + adhd so i was daydreaming constantly to a near maladaptive extent but i never had One Consistent Thing that i thought was real.

i have to mash my face into the pillow for a bit to decompress and then i can sleep how i normally do, sleeping on my side in a way that’s probably very bad for my shoulders. (i am an adult dude and i hold a stuffed bunny who i haven’t given a name every night to go to sleep. maybe ill name the bunny after whatever character you give me)

my name is stolen from the love interest of a YA steampunk novel (a young victorian gentleman who wears eyeliner), because his character description just fits me so well, as well as the name itself just looking cool written down

my fave audio is probably the smash bros tournament :D. it literally convinced me to buy the game lol

it’s a good thing i’m anonymous cause i just do not get the gavin or caelum hype. i’m too possessive to date an incubus/ someone who will fuck other people. and i hate children so caelum is just past my threshold for kid-esque behavior that i’m willing to deal with. i’m also really not a fan of the yanderes/evil ones. other people can go ahead and like them, they just stress me out more which is the opposite of what i want.

knives out :D. the detective movie

i would friend the HELL out of asher. i just wanna play games with the man that’s all i ask

i don’t really get food at gas stations but whenever i go to a cafe i am probably getting something strawberry related (lemonade, a smoothie, etc) and a breakfast sandwich

the playlist “songs to get obliterated by a black hole to” is my pride and joy. i fucking love space and sci fi (that’s the thing i’d ramble about too)

my guilty pleasure media is the official gender-swapped twilight (puts my head in my hands) I KNOW.

I sent an anon for matchup earlier (I mentioned a stuffed bunny) and said I didn’t know what an enneagram was and I just looked it up and did a quiz and apparently I’m type 6? Idk how accurate that is but there you go (also I’m sorry if I was trauma dumping/oversharing I was restless from being inside all day whoopsie)

I’m a sucker for a good black cat/golden retriever sort of pairing, you know? Tack that onto you being a Type Six, and I’ve just got to pair you with Huxley!

Type Sixes are characterized by a desire for stability and security, for dependability, and who’s more reliable than Huxley? This also works with your self-described possessive nature in that Huxley would be the best partner to never trigger that nature, to never make you doubt or toe your boundaries. I also love him for you because we know Huxley canonically is a calming, relieving presence in the face of anger and conflict, which makes him even more perfect for you! (Also I think your grunge fashion sense would contrast so cutely with his casual, gym-bro style.)

Huxley would be so fun to be with! He’s no Asher, but he’d be a great gaming buddy, happy to show you all the Smash tips and tricks for when he introduces you to his family. Speaking of family, Huxley’s moms would just adore you for making their son happy. I can see him taking you to the east coast to meet them and taking you on the hiking and camping trails of his youth. It’d be a lovely time of you showing him the stars and constellations at night and maybe even him finding a cliff for you to sing Chappell Roan off of.

Song:

And I hold you every night/ And that's a feeling I wanna get used to/ But there's no man as terrified/ As the man who stands to lose you/ Oh, I hope I don't lose you

It was so fun to look for a pop-rock song that would make you want to scream or punch something, and I hope this fits the bill. The first chorus extremely hits on top of being a beautiful love song, and I think it wouldn’t be out of place on a road trip with Huxley in the driver’s seat or by a gorgeous cliffside.

Runner-ups:

Aaron and Sam are your runner-ups for a lot of similar reasons. They both also have drier senses of humor, so I think you could vibe and hold to a bit with either of them. I headcanon both of them wearing red often (Sam, a red-checked flannel and Aaron, a red polo a la his thumbnails), so you could match. I also headcanon both of them actively wanting to be child-free, so you’d be compatible in that aspect. Aaron outranks Sam just slightly because I think he’d offer more stability and security given his occupation and Unempowered status.

Read this post and send me an ask if you’d like a match-up of your own! 💌

[runwiththerain]

"IF MY LIFE IS GOING TO MEAN ANYTHING, I HAVE TO LIVE IT MYSELF."

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★ HOBBIES ━━ singing ⋆ playing guitar, piano and viola ⋆ listening to music ⋆ reading ⋆ blogging ⋆ playing video games ⋆ baking ⋆ swimming ⋆ learming ⋆ studying ⋆ watching youtube ⋆ bedrotting

★ MUSIC ━━ taylor swift ⋆ gracie abrams ⋆ conan gray ⋆ olivia rodrigo ⋆ lizzy mcalpine ⋆ hozier ⋆ noah kahan ⋆ girl in red ⋆ chappell roan ⋆ alec benjamin ⋆ cavetown ⋆ boywithuke ⋆ waterparks ⋆ one direction ⋆ why don't we ⋆ five seconds of summer ⋆ mothica ⋆ the backseat lovers ⋆ fin ⋆ arctic monkeys ⋆ the neighbourhood ⋆ the oh hellos ⋆ the crane wives ⋆ mothica ⋆ sara kays ⋆ anson seabra ⋆ more

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★ SONGS ━━ wonderland by taylor ⋆ pretty isn't pretty by olivia ⋆ best by gracie ⋆ forever fifteen by mothica ⋆ jigsaw by conan ⋆ erase me by lizzy ⋆ jackie and wilson by hozier ⋆ everywhere, everything by noah kahan ⋆ stupid for you by waterparks ⋆ morph by top ⋆ soldier, poet, king by the oh hellos ⋆ maggot belly by awfultune ⋆ more

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★ BOOKS ━━ riordanverse ⋆ osemanverse ⋆ agggtm series ⋆ the hunger games series ⋆ tbosas ⋆ six of crows ⋆ iwwv ⋆ the house in the cerulean sea ⋆ the starless sea ⋆ i kissed shara wheeler ⋆ hiaylm ⋆ tbdate ⋆ the protected ⋆ inheritance ⋆ tsoa ⋆ tshoeh ⋆ more

★ SHOWS/MOVIES ━━ stranger things ⋆ brooklyn 99 ⋆ the good place ⋆ ever after high ⋆ enola holmes series ⋆ frozen ⋆ brave ⋆ more

★ MISCELLANEOUS ━━ asks and dms are always open, though be warned i can be awkward and my tone can be blunt among other things (autism related). my discord is open for frqs (runwiththerain there too). yeah please msg me though i will say i prefer asks because i'm less awkward when chatting through them. i may be slow at responding to asks but there is basically a 100% guarantee i will it just takes me time. i am selective about who i follow. DNI ENDOS AND ENDO SUPPORTERS, ISRAEL SUPPORTERS, HOMOPHOBES, TRANSPHOBES, RACISTS, ABELISTS, MISOGYNISTS, SEXISTS OR ANYONE WHOS DISCRIMINATIVE IN ANY WAY.

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[spiders-hth-is-an-outlier]

This is a post absolutely nobody asked for because 0 of you follow me for Takes on music, but one of the pop music podcasts I listen to has been all in on Pop Girl Spring, and they played a little game the other week where they did a draft for the top 10 songs from all the albums they’ve been covering – so that’s the new releases by Taylor Swift, Beyonce, Maggie Rogers, Gracie Abrams, Dua Lipa, Billie Eilish, Charli XCX, Ariana Grande, and Kacey Musgraves, plus the currently charting album-less singles by Sabrina Carpenter and Chappell Roan.  And while I don’t have the fun structure of a competitive draft to play with, it did make me sit down and hash out my own Top 10, and I have literally nowhere to put the fruits of all that effort except Tumblr, so here’s way, way more words than anyone asked for about POP GIRL SPRING.

Listed in not-exactly no particular order, but also not in This Specific Order, like, this is not a countdown, I’m not ranking them with great specificity or anything.  The 10 songs I need on my imaginary Pop League Team.

Good Luck, Babe! (Chappell Roan): Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess is a great album and I think Roan has a great career ahead of her (knock on wood), but this is the first song she’s released that feels like a Timeless Hit to me, like the kind of thing that’s going to show up in Buzzfeed quizzes in the 2040s about picking the best songs from this decade.  On god, this could be one of the best pop choruses ever written – starting with that fucking high note is such a flex! – and it’s such a poster child for how great, earwormy pop music can tell a fairly specific story and make it feel deeply universal.  Legendary.  No notes.

Espresso (Sabrina Carpenter): SONG OF THE SUMMER.  Is it a better pop song than Good Luck, Babe?  No.  Is it the Song of the Summer anyway?  Yes, because those aren’t supposed to be Timeless, they’re supposed to make you forever remember *this specific summer* in your life.  It’s a great song with an unbeatable hook, and I dig the fact that it makes just slightly less sense than it probably should – caffeine is the metaphor for…how you’re going to stay up nights thinking about Sabrina Carpenter?  Okay.  Whatever you say.  It’s not a song about anything, which sometimes is bad but in this case is amazing, and there’s something marvelously audacious about committing to lines like “walked in and dream-came-true’d it for ya.”  Bonkers.  Delightful.  Carpenter has put out like 4 albums which does not seem possible for someone I up until now only vaguely remembered as “was on that nostalgia-bait Boy Meets World sequel series,” but man, she came to play with this one.

BILLIE GETS TWO

BIRDS OF A FEATHER: Hit Me Hard and Soft is a fantastic album, managing to edge further into straight-up pop territory without compromising the distinctive voice that’s made Eilish the Snobby Music Critic’s Pop Princess.  I have no idea how long she’s going to be able to (or want to) keep splitting the difference between these two identities, but she’s doing it right now, probably doing it better than anyone since Little-Earthquakes-era Tori Amos.  I chose this song because I think it does the best job of fusing those elements: it’s a right-down-the-middle love song in the classic pop vein of “i know my baby is a life-ruining trainwreck but honestly i do not care,” and it’s got good mid-tempo ballad structure with that little bit of haunted-ness that is Eilish’s signature sound, and I just think it’s probably the most solid song on the album.

CHIHIRO: This one is my *favorite* song on the album, which is why it’s here.  I don’t know what it’s about.  It’s not particularly “radio-friendly” (is that a thing anymore? What do we say instead of that? Digestible?)  It’s slinky and vaguely threatening and it just feels like a song that nobody else could do. It’s the one that’s been most consistently stuck in my head since I first listened to the album.  I feel like it’s flying under the radar a little, but I’m super here for it.

The Kill (Maggie Rogers): I feel like people sleep on Maggie Rogers because her marketing aesthetic seems kind of like, navel-gazing folky singer-songwriter, which is not all that Of the Moment right now.  But the thing is, that’s really not accurate at all!  Her music is just straight down-the-middle, strongly crafted pop, WHY is she not more famous?  She’s so good!  Don’t Forget Me is just so, so solid as a pop album, crammed full of songs that are massive hits in some alternate universe. “It Was Coming All Along” is my personal favorite, but for this list I’m sticking with The Kill, just because it seems to be the closest thing to a breakout hit off the album and I want to hype it up.  It’s a bouncy, incredibly sing-along-able song about a mutually destructive relationship, what is not to love.  Pop music was invented for this.

BEYONCE ALSO GETS TWO

BODYGUARD:  Look, I’m going to level with you, I wanted to like Cowboy Carter a lot more than I did. For me, the album has exactly the same flaw as Renaissance did, which is that it fundamentally feels like Beyonce has done a *ton* of research for her music history degree, stuffed every bit of it into the album, and by god you are going to listen to her senior thesis on the Black roots of popular music.  Both albums are like – so smart and so sincere and they just feel – a little bogged down to me.  I don’t know.  This may be entirely because I am just not on Beyonce’s level here, but there’s something about Cowboy Carter that makes it hard for me to really love as an album, rather than as a project.  That said, there were several tracks I really liked, and this one’s probably my favorite, maybe because it sounds the most authentically like a Beyonce track to me.  Whatever you think of Jay-Z or of the Carters’ marriage, it’s undeniable that a huge part of her as an artist and a human is tied up in this idea of being one half of their partnership, and when she does these “it’s me and my baby versus all the rest of you bitches” songs, she always strikes what to my ear is her most authentic, heartfelt notes.  BODYGUARD has a cool, California-road-trip kind of vibe that puts me in mind a little of “03 Bonnie & Clyde,” but appropriately, more grown-up now.

YA YA: After complaining that a lot of her recent music feels a little too overstuffed with References, I have to say that this is one of the worst offenders – but it fuckin works.  This feels deeply retro but not at all in a corny way, a great update of a certain kind of mid-century honky-tonk music that makes it feel vital and current.  I don’t think Beyonce has truly hit the same high in terms of weaving her politics and her music together since Lemonade, but to me this song stands up well alongside that album (which for the record, I think was a generational achievement, a truly transcendent work of art).  Also, as appropriate for a song whose theme is “shake your ass in defiance of a world that does not care about you,” the ass-shaking game is on point!  I honestly wish this song had received all the success that went to TEXAS HOLD ‘EM, which is a song I truthfully feel is hokey and try-hard.  This one covers the same ground but infinitely better.

Von Dutch (Charli XCX): I am a naysayer to Brat Summer, I’m sorry to say; I think Charli is a fairly decent pop musician and Brat is a fairly decent pop album, but I do Not get the hype.  It’s got some worthwhile tracks, and I do appreciate that she’s allowed some space to excavate less-common themes in pop music – songs about wondering if now is when she should be having kids, about wrestling with the way that other women bring out her personal insecurities – rather than just the genre staples of Love and Partying and Being Awesome.  That said.  I think the best song on the album is just a regular-degular banger about partying and being awesome.  If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

YES, TAYLOR ALSO GETS TWO (man, it’s a 31-track double album! Get off my back!)

Down Bad: One of the things I don’t think Swift gets credit for, due to being overshadowed by the Harrowing Constant Drama of her personal life, is that she legitimately has a dry, off-kilter sense of humor that brings much-needed levity to the Harrowing Constant Drama of her body of work.  TTPD is, among other things, a *funny,* self-aware album about how knowing full well that your emotions are absolutely unhinged vis-a-vis actual reality doesn’t actually do jack shit to keep you from drowning in those emotions.  A lot of the hate for this album has really come from people who Do Not get the joke, who are cherry-picking verses and single lines from deeply self-aware songs without providing the context of that self-awareness.  I love this song.  I love the chorus: crying at the gym is a detail that’s perfectly, wryly relatable in its absurdity, and “everything comes out teenage petulance / fuck it, if I can’t have him I might just die” in that swingy, chipper groove is exactly why no one does it like she does, packing all that ambiguity and frustration and self-loathing of your own irrationality into a great hook.  I love the fuckin alien abduction framing device to talk about a relationship whose impact inside your own head and heart is wildly out of proportion to its impact on the materiality of your daily life – a relationship that *might as well have* happened on an entirely different planet than the one everyone else lives on.  It’s great.  This is a great song.

The Albatross: So I wanted for the second TTPD track to pick something from the other side of Swift, the one that *is* deeply, irretrievably, uncomfortably emotionally sincere.  There were definitely some strong contenders, but I kept coming back to this song, which I actually have heard very little chatter about, but has snuck up on me as an album favorite.  I try not to get too lost in the labyrinth of Swift’s endless Easter eggs and self-mythologizing, but this is a song that I do think benefits from understanding its place in her personal biography; specifically I think it gains a lot from seeing it as a companion piece to “The Archer,” a softly agonized song from the beginning of a relationship about the duality of predator and prey, about wanting to go all-in but dreading the part of you that you know is capable of sabotaging this.  The Albatross is – a softly agonized song from the ending of that same relationship about the duality of destruction and salvation, about wanting so much to protect someone you used to love from the havoc *that same love* has ultimately inflicted on their life.  There’s a whole novel lying in the space between these two songs, and both of them feel raw and intimate in the way they expose the pain and vulnerability and shame that shadow the act of allowing yourself to love someone.  TTPD was, in my opinion, rushed out too quickly, an experiment in presenting Swift’s emotions in a more unprocessed, uncrafted way to make a statement about art as a survival mechanism during emotional times, but an experiment that doesn’t entirely work; it truly could have benefited from another six to twelve months of cooking and a strong editorial pass.  To me, this song is a glimpse of what TTPD could have been if instead of being rushed to press in the middle of her ginormous tour for the sake of her own catharsis, it had been given the space and attention that Folklore/Evermore were given.  The Albatross is truly (like The Archer before it) an optimal wedding of Swift as a chronicler of her own interiority and Swift as a generationally gifted musical craftsman.

(I had a couple of also-rans, so shout out to Dua Lipa’s “Happy For You,” a song I really loved off an album I thought was kinda phoned-in overall, and Gracie Abrams’s “Tough Love,” through which I learned that there could potentially be something interesting about Gracie Abrams, someday.)

[spiteslucanis]

was tagged by the ever lovely @zhalar to share 9 albums i've been listening to, thank you for the opportunity <3 i've included my self-indulgent commentary on each, and i tried to mostly pick ones that i've specifically been listening to recently! (ps. thank you for songs you shared in the previous tag game we had, several ended up on my playlists)

lazily tagging anyone who sees this and wants to do it! just say i tagged you. i love hearing ppl talk about music

my album commentary under the read more cut bcs i ended up elaborating a lot

i. chappel roan, "the rise and fall of a midwest princess" — ALBUM of the YEAR. to me. i know it came out last year but still. no skips, love her and this album so so dearly. i need it on vinyl stat. inject that shit into my veins etc. current faves: guilty pleasure and super graphic ultra modern girl, but i did also recently listen to california for like a week non-stop

ii. ethel cain, "preacher's daughter" — again i'm LATE to this one, but as far as concept albums go, this is. the peak. like just. screaming crying throwing up, even. i made a powerpoint presentation abt this just so i could share its story with a friend. INSANITY. faves: american teenager, ptolemaea, sun bleached flies (i forgive it all as it comes back to me............. kill me)

iii. taylor swift, "tortured poets department" — i went to the eras tour earlier this month. speechless! wow. i still haven't recovered OR finished listening to all of anthology but i sure have been blasting who's afraid of little old me and but daddy i love him

iv. metteson, "look to a star" — actual album of the year for me. saw him live this spring and he was so so sweet (was manning his own merch booth afterwards and complimented my make up <3 also signed my vinyl) ANYWAY insane voice? like simply unbelievably beautiful. and this is just the debut album??? future records might simply eviscerate me i'm afraid. faves are second heart (!!!), naturally (but nothing comes natural to me / nothing comes naturally...... augh) and heavier than a heart

v. pet shop boys, "nonetheless" — breaking news my favourite old gay men are still releasing bops and bangers and heartbreaking melodies. this released close-ish to my birthday so i've claimed it as a birthday present. what more can i say, they're my favourite band of all time <3 faves rn: new london boy (skinheads will mock you, call you a fag / last laugh is yours, there's a brick in your bag!!) and bullet for narcissus

vi. orville peck, "stampede: vol. 1" — i adore this cowboy beyond measure. as i think i said in a different post, i don't usually care for features and duets, but this does indeed fucking slap. insane vocals as per usual. love the concept. can't wait for vol 2, and also, mr. peck PLEASE come to europe. faves: miénteme and cowboys are frequently secretly fond of each other <3

vii. sea power, "disco elysium" — this is FINALLY on spotify!!! the game of all time, and the soundtrack is equally heartbreaking and hardcore (to the mega). i was going Through It at some point this spring and replayed DE and then just listened to burn baby burn outside whilst smoking. european depression core. faves rn: burn baby burn, saint-brune 1147 (small pinewood church) and precinct 41 major crime unit

viii. jan valta + adam sporka, "kingdom come: deliverance (OST)" — finally bought this recently when it was on sale and my god i'm so glad i did. an immensely entertaining game that you can tell was made with much love. henry of skalitz my SON. been listening to the soundtrack on/off, currently absolutely obsessed with the song poverty and famine (and särmä if you're reading i think you might vibe with this one?)

ix. alkemie, "pentiment (original soundtrack)" — rounding up with another video game soundtrack because i'll simply never get over pentiment. stole my heart in a major way. this soundtrack is STUNNING. can't do it justice with words. my faves rn: sic arsit historia kiersis and rüdeger's rehearsal

[book-of-baba-fett]

New tag game. Pick 5 songs you think would be used for fancam videos if your OC was canon and tag 5 people

@purgetrooperfox tagged me in this like months ago but I kept remembering it and thinking “oh I want to do that” but I didn’t realize it was months ago until I just looked for it 😂

1. Boss Bitch - Doja Cat

* This one is the ideal action fan cam. it’s one of my favorite songs to hype myself up on my gym playlist, and I feel like this would be used for action scenes with Talia, especially the bounty hunter chase scene from chapter 5 where she’s fighting in her going out dress.

2. I am not a woman, I’m a God - Halsey

* I could go on for hours about how criminally underrated If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power is as an album, tbh so many of these songs were background writing/brainstorming music because they’re so well written and the sound is so good, if you haven’t listened I totally recommend. This song in particular is amazing, and I feel like it would be great for those kinda female rage edits, or angsty ones showing off Talia’s power in juxtaposition with how she’s feeling left out of the Order.

3. Unknown Soldier - Breaking Benjamin

* Taking a break from Talia to show Storm a little love, and this is a bit of a cop out because i’ve talked about this song in general for the clones before but I think it works very well for Storm’s character because what was all his fighting for? He was originally in the wolf pack, and only missed abregado because he was promoted to a captain and just moved to the 412th to miss the event that killed most of the men he had just served with, and he has some guilt over that. Then with the 412th, he wasn’t on the ground when Maul attacked and massacred the men, leaving Talia injured, so that’s another realm of guilt he has.

He’s the soldier that always pushes on, even when the galaxy moves on around him. I don’t know if i’ll ever get to write much of his and Rhys’s story, but he has a chance for life outside the army but it’s complicated and he’s the type of noble man that couldn’t leave his brothers behind even if his own happiness is lost. and he does make it to the end of the war, but for those that read IA you know that his ending is not happy, no matter that outcome of the unknown.

4. illicit affairs - taylor swift

* I know, a shocker. BUT I actually was debating for awhile if I would include a taylor song here and which one, and this did really feel like the right one because I could include why i titled the fic this, because rex and talia’s relationship doesn’t totally mirror the relationship in the song, because that definitely seems like a more unhealthy and unhappy affair. but the passion of the bridge is what spoke to me (which is why I linked a video of taylor singing the bridge on tour), and I think there is an argument to I healthy aspects of Rex and Talia’s relationship on both sides, but I think that’s due to their environment and also they’re both young people who’ve never loved before. but the bridge really speaks to the passion they feel, and would be used so much for edits particularly around the breakup chapters and flashing back to happier times.

5. Good Luck, Babe!- chappell roan

* ok I had the throw this in here because @queen--kenobi and I have tossed this around as being used as an edit for Talia and her OC Kau’ra. i have to preface this as saying both Talia and Kau’ra do love their hetero partners, BUT if they were canon you KNOW how fandom would treat them and their creators even talk about it lmaoo so you KNOW good luck babe edits of them would be all over the feed.

no pressure tags; @enigmaticexplorer @rexxdjarin @ulchabhangorm @galacticgraffiti @certified-anakinfucker @eternal-transcience @queen--kenobi

[mommahughes19-23]

OKAY SO I HAVE A SOME IDEAS FOR TEAMS WHICH JUST MAKES ME HAPPY

What I think each team listens to before a game:

i have a feeling all of the ducks are FORCED to listen to hype taylor swift sings before every game because I bet Trevor BEGS to have the aux

Oilers probably listen to drake...enough said

I know a lot of the devils really like country so I'm thinking a mix of Morgan Wallen, Zach Bryan and maybe some luke combs and chris Stapleton

Im thinking for the Canucks....petey would be the only one trusted with the aux. I say that and not quinn because I personally don't feel like much of the team would like country music so quinn and probably Brock are both taken off that list of possibilities....but also I feel like demko would have an amazing playlist

The Rangers would be some butch manly "grr I'm a man" type of songs and then also like...lizzo or Beyonce thrown into the mix (there's a vision here....I'm not sure if it'll make sense to everyone tho)

The bruins give off like....boygenius. DONT COME FOR ME....I just have a feeling they like lesbian pop...like boy genius, girl in red and Chappell roan (swayman would get DOWN to hot to go)

I feel like Crosby would take over pre-game playlists because people wouldn't want to play a song that the goat doesn't like....enough said. As for what they listen to....I'm feeling like 90's-00's hits because it's the penguins and also Crosby. I just have that feeling

I feel like for the sharks they would listen to very cute soft music before a game...like we're getting into teams I don't know very well and I'm just rambling at this point but I have a feeling it's very goofy cute music...maybe we have another taylor team 🤷🏻‍♀️

vgk would listen to ymca in repeat....

I feel like the stars would listen to viral TikTok songs...I don't know where that came from....

I have ran put of brain power, might cone back with more later

why did this make me giggle but it’s also so accurate i can’t. NOT THE YMCA. 😭😭😭😭

[the-huldra-king]

The norms we have around celebrities lends to us putting so much stock and ethos into celebrities, collectively imparting disproportionate power onto singular humans. They might actually enjoy this power sometimes, especially at first, but in the long run, it's miserable and unsustainable, because we also hold them to a disproportionate standard impossible for any single human to maintain. Chappell Roan clearly doesn't want to play this game and would rather dismantle it, she seems to just people to enjoy her art, and while she did come off as "both-sides are just as bad" and it's valid to critique the things celebrities say. The critique of expressed ideas isn't what my gripe is, this is: it's so easy for brigading to get so insanely disproportionate to how much power we think a popular public figure has, and so many people quickly get social power wayyy faster than they know what to do with it, and it just consumes them until they're cast aside. They are abused by the industry, and they end up doing bad things as they spiral, until they outlive their usefulness.

I obviously think things like media training have an important role, but I also think it's batshit that in order for your persona performance art to be enjoyed by a lot of people, you have to play this whole celebrity industry game that also includes provoking your opinion on controversial topics for monetized engagement when you're Just A Guy with imperfect opinions that are now (because you've been nonconsentually demigodified before you even realize) are supposed to be perfect takes, because BY GOD you have millions of people who are counting on you to influence their moral worldview for good, all because you sang a song and looked pretty and so many people enjoyed it. Media training and being articulate is important for the public sphere, and I have no idea what its role should look like when there's this cursed celebrity culture in the way, so instead: everyone wanting to do some kind of personality performance art is demanded to have perfectly presented takes on everything or else their character must be condemned by more swathes of people than humans evolved to ever psychologically handle.

The pedestal shouldn't even be there in the first place, and people seemingly wanting to be put there doesn't mean they should be. It's literally the forbidden power trope, guys.

[mxltifxnd0m]

returning some questions hehehe i’m gonna ask different ones but when i answer your ask id love to hear your answers for the ones you sent too !!!!

one of the ones i did plan to ask was the dream job one!! vv curious so 🩷

also 🎵favorite artists ?

🍓 favorite food ?

🖇️ favorite type of ask to answer ?

📚 how do you come up with the fics that you write ?

🎤 have you been to a concert ?

YAYYY HAPPY ASK GAME ! <33 miss you sm i love you so so much my dearest !!

-mari @prentissluvr

ahh hi my love, ill answer these ones first and the other ones under the cut hehe <3

🩷: ooh dream job would be either a english professor or screenwriter/director :)

🎵: my fav artists rn would be laufey, conan gray, chappell roan, sam fender, and the fratellis

🍓: arghh thats hard to narrow down bc i like a lot of food, but if i had to narrow the cuisine down, it def be asian food

🖇️: yours 😏😏 LOL but i like answer any and all because i find that my inbox isn't really active so anytime i see a notif for my inbox, i get excited loll

📚: a lot of different ways! typically i get inspired by a song or a lyric of a song and try to replicate it's vibe, scenarios that i constantly daydream about so i write them down to get them out of my head, or i get inspired by other people, such as yourself hehe, and edits i watch on tiktok LOLL

🎤: sighs heavily, no i have not 😭😭 trust me i want to go to one SO BADLY but my only companion that i have (my sister) hates concerts so ive never been to one but theres tons i would love to go to

ask game !

[more answers under the cut :)]

❤️: you were right to remember that i am in fact 5'4, but i wish i was taller ngl but hey at least im average height for women :))

💜 : my heart belongs to mari! (or creative, funny, chill, introverted, and sarcastic :D)

🎂 : my birthday is in the middle of november (the 17th to be exact) so yes i am in fact a scorpio :P

💌: lol i started this blog to read fanfiction on tumblr (wattpad wasn't cutting it anymore) and then one of the first mutuals i had made encouraged me to start writing fanfiction and now here we are :)

ARGHH I LOVE YOU SM MARI THANK YOU FOR SENDING THIS IN!! <33

[entriprises]

#20. happiest song hot to go by chappell roan because at every concert i've photographed this year this song has played and i get to capture everyone of all ages burst into song and dance and there's truly no happier sight!

#23. track that makes you think of a specific colour the chicken in black by johnny cash makes me think of yellow

#25. favourite lyrics of your #100 song my #100 is tommy's party by peach pit and my favorite lyric is : "i woke up to a pair of shoes i've not seen next to mine. did you whisper as you crept in through the door how you'd never done much like this before?" but honestly the song kind of repeats a bit. i just love the shoes imagery -- something about it is so strong

spotify wrapped ask game! ‧₊˚ sent by @morteuse

[the-blossica-fan]

Do you have any music that you associate with any pairings, dynamics, or even just characters from Reverse 1999?

In my case, my sister and I thought that "Lost on You" by LP and "Love Again" by Carly Rae Jepsen fits for Isokania. Its self explanatory.

"As It Was" by Harry Styles kinda of fits the feeling of 37 and 6 being the only ones left and regarding the Apeiron incident. "Ancient Dreams In A Modern Land" by MARINA I saw from an edit and fits the land of Apeiron. Bonus: The singer is half-Greek.

"Requiem" from the Dear Evan Hansen musical felt like it may fit Isolde's feelings towards her brother and his death. Since I feel like their relationship may feel strained at times since he got away with being a playboy and fooling around while she had to exemplify the family legacy. "The State of Dreaming" by MARINA definitely fits Isolde VERY well, just listen and you'll know.

"Better Days" by Mae Muller, NEIKED, Polo G we joked is basically Kakania ft. Semmelweis. Since the singer describes a feeling of hopelessness but still moving forward in life. The more specific lyrics in the song may fit a bit with Kakania's thoughts regarding the specific bad events.

"Good Luck Babe!" by Chappel Roan for our dear Blonney.

There could be more that I could think of but that's all I can think of for now.

I can't believe Good Luck, Babe and Blonney never crossed my mind, she's literally that song 😭

And yes! I do. I have those weird moments where I just put music, dissociate and think about characters so I have a couple of them.

I'll give a listen to the playlist you just sent me during my dissociating sessions.

"365" by Katy Perry is for Blossica, more specifically Jessica's feelings towards Blonney. The whole song truly fits them.

I was also thinking of "Nobody" by Mitski for Blonney, mostly because I believe she changed a lot for people to like her yet no one did, so she felt lonely all the time.

"Cure" in Alien stage and "Bernadette" are, for me, very Isolkania. Also "Eyes don't lie" by Isabel LaRosa but that's on a more romantic undertone than depressing.

I think, ignoring the memes and all that stuff, "Careless Whispers" is very 37phi. Listen. "There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find" sums up everything pretty well, also because it's about betrayal which is basically what's going on, with romantic undertones that's what I believe their whole relationship was about.

"¿Por qué te vas?" By Jeanette and "Tu tanta falta de querer" by Mon Laferte feels very 37phi as well. One is literally asking 'why are you leaving' and the other wonders when the other person stopped loving her.

Though that one might also apply to Forget-me-not and Druvis III

"Valley of the dolls" by MARINA really reminded me of Isolde, mostly due to lyrics. "I bet on losing dogs" too. A lot of Mitski here.

"Boyfriend" by Dove Cameron reminds me so much of Tennant, I just see her singing it to a lady.

"Nave del Olvido" by Mon Laferte is also what I think of when I'm reminded of the doomed Yuri in this game. Same with "Saturno" by Pablo Alborán.

"Esa hembra es mala" by Gloria Trevi is actually a funny joke I made, I see people talking about Arcana every time I hear that song. "That woman is evil, that woman doesn't love, that woman lies to you" 😭

"Enamorado Tuyo" by Cuarteto de Nos and "I won't say I'm in love" is what I associate with Matilda. You might expect me to say Washing Machine Heart but nah, I'm talking about Matilda's utter rejection for her feelings about having a crush on anyone, not only Sonetto, and her bittersweetness about her relationships.

"Wrecked" by Imagine Dragons is to me, Marcus and Greta. If you have listened to it, you'll get what I mean... Not a smart idea to listen to it right after 1.7

"Line without a Hook" by Ricky Montgomery reminds me a lot of Vernetto, not sure why though.

"My love mine all mine" by Mitski and "I love you so" by The Walters reminds me of Verneider.

I have watched very little of 2.3 but so far I place "Ex de verdad" by Ha-Ash for Caroline and Willow. Listen to it and you'll get what I mean.

[whispersxwhimpers]

this is to respond to the last message you sent,

i was more joking !! i'm not ready for that kinda commitment TT

i have a full blooded yorkie, a pit/rottie mix, and a chihuahua/minpin mix ^^

AWWW SHES ADORABLE?? i love her! and i've said this before, but christ your eyes are gorgeous <3

aww no because that's fair, there's some really good pokémon in gen 1-4. lucario is also pretty high on my list of favorites too!!

gotcha ^^

I LOVE RAIDEN OH MY GOSH i almost lost my shit because i didn't pull her in her most recent banner rerun thing 😭 i got so upset it was actually ridiculous omfg, who are some of your favorite genshin characters besides her?

jellybean olympic games i love that 😭😭 i'll have to play it sometime for sure, it sounds really fun!!

stop omg i LOVEEE chloe so much, i'll have to rewatch someone play that game again because i don't remember shit 💀

i could never get into star wars omg?? but i have a backlog of shows and stuff i need to start watching/finish as well, we're both terrible procrastinators apparently TT

LMAOO NO I SWEAR !!

hmm... right now, for western artists, i'd say ashnikko, eminem, palaye royale, baybe, and maneskin !! i'm into other languages of music as well (russian, korean, thai, a little bit of filipino) so if you listen to any of those and want my favorites, lemme know !! who are some of yours, pretty girl?

to respond to the message you sent regarding my mental health,

i'm honestly kind of liking miss right now if that's alright w you? 👀 i'll definitely keep that in mind!

i appreciate you SO so much 🩶🩶 i did relax today, i watched a part of a new season of my show that came out today, ate, laid around the dogs y'know the usual relaxation stuff so i'm pretty okay right now ^^ again, i appreciate you and your sweet words <3

– 🩶

Hahaha I know, I'm just messing with you 😘

Awww!!! Hehe I bet they're all adorable puppers 🥰

Hehehe thank you 😊 I'll be sure to tell her! Also thank you 🥺💕

Lol you've actually inspired me to start a list of my favs, maybe I'll post it sometime when I'm done 😂

🥺 I really hope you get her next time!! 💓 other favorite characters of mine are Yae Miko, Kokomi, Ayaka, Hu Tao, Klee, Xiao (hehe obviously), Venti, Xiangling, and Bennett haha

It's so fun!! I think it's free to play 😊

Lol I cry EVERYTIME I play it 😂

😂😂😂 I also like unwinding with more familiar shows, so there's that too 😂 like right now, I'm watching Batman The Animated Series 🥰

🤣😂😊 Had to check, you know?

Oooo I love Ashnikko! Also I love Palaye Royales song "Mr Doctor Man" 🥰 used to be a favorite of mine! Also really like Maneskin 😊 "Wanna be your slave" is my favorite song by them! Oooo! I'm always open to expand my taste! Feel free to send any recommendations!

Some of my favorite artists are Boygenius, Lucy Dacus, Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, Lauren Sanderson, Chappell Roan, Billie Eilish, Renee Rapp, Megan The Stallion, The Pretty Reckless, Tyler the Creator, Paramore, PVRIS, Avril Lavigne, Otep, and many many more haha

Hehe I don't mind you calling me Miss, I actually adore that 🤭 (much rather that over Ma'am, that's for sure 😂💕)

Oooo! What show??(: also I'm very pleased to hear you snuggled with your pups and had a restful day 🥰 Good girl sweetheart 😘

Of course Darling! I'm always happy to help 💕

[willameena]

Tag game: current top 5 fav songs 🎶

Thanks, @sky-kenobye ! 💖 In no particular order, because picking just 5 is already hard enough and ranking them would be impossible!

1. Pictures of you by The Cure

2. Linger by The Cranberries

3. Fast Car by Tracy Chapman (I love that this song is having a resurgence!)

4. Dreams by Fleetwood Mac

5. Red Wine Supernova by Chappel Roan

and a bonus because I heard it in a coffee shop last weekend and I CANNOT get it out of my head, #6 Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear (this song is in an episode of how I met your mother that I love, and I heard it in the most adorable, romantic coffee shop and it like... did something to me)

This was fun! No pressure tagging: @grapenehifics @lesbianakins @heretolurkandnothingmore @somethingsteff @kenobster and anyone else! 💖