#downhill into a lullaby || playlist

[feelings-fortilly]

Hey, how long 'til the music drowns you out? Don't put words up in my mouth I didn't steal your boyfriend

[writingwithsnails]

SOUNDTRACK CHALLENGE by snail.

Don’t want to work on your project? Looking for a reason to browse Spotify/Youtube? Need to cut down your 500-song playlist? Here’s a challenge for your afternoon!

The basic idea is to create a playlist of ten to twenty songs and give them titles as if they were your project’s original movie/TV soundtrack. Think about the future and how, in the perfect world, you get to choose all the music for the adaption of your project. Track names, track order, album cover, etc. The guidelines below aren’t hard rules but this is a challenge so it’s…meant to be a challenge.

BASICS

No more than twenty songs (don't include songs that simply capture the 'essence' of your project).

Primarily instrumental music.

Arrange the songs as they would be played in the show/movie.

Include titles for each song (ex: "Manda's Drive" - Downhill Lullaby by Sky Ferreira)

An alternative way to do this challenge would be to post one song a day with a title, description of the scene, and why you chose it.

HARD MODE

No music from existing original soundtracks. This gives you the opportunity to explore composers and artists you might not otherwise have found!

Include a main theme/opening credits song.

Create a graphic to go along with it. Maybe an album cover, tracklist, or poster.

Tag five people to create their own soundtracks!

[seareigns]

OOH just saw I was tagged, thank you @selene-themoon!! 💃

shuffle your ON REPEAT playlist and list the first 10 songs:

lmaooo most of these are definitely from the playlist I made for my tav 🫡 spotify has told on me

The Curse - Agnes Obel

Big God - Florence

Downhill Lullaby - Sky Ferreira

I Follow Rivers - Marika Hackman

Raised by Wolves, Opening Title - Mariam Wallentin, Ben Frost

Under Giant Trees - Agnes Obel

KINDRED I - Kelsey Lu

Rise Up O Flame - Kiki Rockwell

Dream Walk (Baldur’s Gate 3 OST) - Borislav Slavov

Let Me Follow - Son Lux

list your top 15 tv shows because it reflects your personality:

for some reason I always struggle to come up with favorite liiiists

Fargo

The Americans

Halt and Catch Fire

Severance

30 Rock

Better Call Saul

Breaking Bad

The Knick

Justified

Hannibal

Mindhunter

Chernobyl

Superstore

Bob's Burgers

Mad Men

I am very behind on my to-watch list so most of these are now OLD (like me)

*~optionally tagging @bebeocho, @themanicnami ~*

[hauntedheroines]

James & Sarah ♫

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Anon, you are my favorite type of person. I've a playlist for Flawed, but I'm taking only my four most fitting examples:

Mr. Brightside - The Killers

Jealousy Turning saints into the sea Swimming through sick lullabies Choking on your alibis But it's just the price I pay Destiny is calling me Open up my eager eyes 'Cause I'm Mr. Brightside

"Coming out of my cage and I've been doing just fine" - I do have a sense that James was good at pretending he was normal around his friends and wished for that kind of normality. He was out there hanging out, working, even finding a girlfriend before Sarah was, so you'd think that he was emancipating too. I think he was trying to and believe he could add things like friends and a girlfriend to his life so that his entire world wouldn't revolve around Sarah and their house and his mind wouldn't be so fucked up.

But the interesting thing is that, even while James was putting himself out there, he did not allow Sarah the same privilege and, as soon as she forces her own emancipation, his mental state starts to gradually decline. It becomes too real: yeah, one day you and your sister will split up.

Now to other lines of the song: literally, everything started going downhill after James kissed Sarah.

It was just a kiss, Sarah. It's no big deal.

The once soothing childhood lullaby now a sick reminder of their codependency. James hearing Sarah's lies while she was seeing Sam.

The fact that James, more than Sarah, had to bear the consequences of growing up in an abusive environment - that the siblings tried to escape the cycle, but replicated their parent's toxic behavior to an extent. That James' ending was nothing more than what was destined to happen since the day his parents unknowingly designated him as his sister's protector. Sarah was outgrowing the past and becoming her own person - James could not.

How James endured with the thought that one day it would be just his sister and him, that his idea of happiness as a young adult was the same as when he was a boy. He was still that eager boy, waiting for the moment when the pain would go away, always hoping.

Time After Time - Cyndi Lauper

Sometimes you picture me I'm walking too far ahead You're calling to me I can't hear what you've said Then you said: Go slow, I fall behind

"Promise to never leave me."

I'm always taken aback by the fact that although James romantic interest was unrequited, their love was mutual. Accordingly, their imminent separation causes hurt and confusion for Sarah as much as it does for James. Both believed, all their lives, that it would be them against the world until Sam stepped in.

"That's your whole problem - you and James don't know where he ends and you begin."

I think this song skips between James and Sarah's POV about the present, past and the unknown future. I imagine Sarah looking through the window of Sam's bedroom, worried about her brother, as James is laying awake in his bed streets away, imagining his sister as she slips away to somewhere he can't follow, both flaskbacking through memories.

Yes, time after time. But times have changed.

Hoax - Taylor Swift

My only one My smoking gun My eclipsed Sun This has broken me down My twisted knife My sleepless night My winless fight This has frozen my ground

My enclipsed sun -- please don't take my sunshine away. They have hold on to a plan to escape the hell they lived in. Sarah changed that and, just with a sleight of hand, nothing made sense anymore.

"I don't know who I am without you. I don't want to. I need you more than Sam does, but you don't need me. God, it hurts." "Tell me you're not with him. Tell me and I'll believe it."

My winless fight, my barren land - fighting to keep Sarah by his side was pointless, even if she did chose to stay by the end. Neither should act out on anything other than fraternal love. Keeping her was farming a barren land: the fruits he wished for would not grow. Which is the reason why she is "the only shade of blue" Jaime's wishes for. He would rather have half-a-Sarah than no Sarah at all.

I'm Your Puppet- Gregory and the Hawk

I'm your puppet I'll learn to love it And I'll undress If you need it But please don't need it If you need it I'll scream out

The last stanza is James. The first two stanzas are Sarah. I cant' find the words to describe this song right now. It hurts so bad.

"Why can't I be enough? I wanna be enough so fucking bad."

I had to make a full hands on analysis because I can never talk enough about this book. It breaks my heart everytime.

Send me a ♫ with the name of a ship and I’ll tell you a song that fits them perfectly

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YEAR IN REVIEW

The 100 Best Songs of 2022

Bad Bunny, Beyoncé, Steve Lacy, Pharrell, and Quavo and Takeoff were just some of the artists whose songs this year we won't forget 

BY ROLLING STONE

DECEMBER 5, 2022

WHAT MADE A great song in 2022? Was it an irresistible beat and a sense of humor? An introspective, bittersweet dream? An absolute dance floor banger? Was it lo-fi, high-res, loud, soft, twangy, poppy, sleek, distorted, hugely anthemic, or perfectly tiny? The answer was yes — all that and more. Or maybe it was a song that imperiously declared any and all doubters to be a bunch of munches. You’ll have to listen to all 100 songs here to be sure.

Find this playlist on Spotify. 

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Bad Bunny feat. Bomba Estereo, ‘Ojitos Lindos’

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Calling Bad Bunny unpredictable is starting to feel like a cliché, but his collaboration with the Colombian electro-fusion band Bomba Estéreo was a genuine surprise — and a standout on Un Verano Sin Ti that netted him a Record of the Year nomination at the 23rd annual Latin Grammys. Produced by Tainy, the track marries the best of Bad Bunny’s laidback baritone with Li Saumet’s spunky delivery for one of summer’s most wistful tracks. Saumet told Rolling Stone that her verses came to her instantly, a process she described as “very magical.” “That’s how things come together when they come from a real place,” she added. — J.L.

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Sky Ferreira, ‘Don’t Forget’

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Pop disruptor Sky Ferreira’s first single since 2019’s chaotic “Downhill Lullaby” is a colossal synth-pop anthem with a vengeful streak — “I won’t forget, I don’t forgive,” she wails on the chorus. Ferreira’s petulant alto is made for sentiments like the rancor and anger that animate “Don’t Forget”; when swirled into the echoing synth strings and overdriven guitars, it sounds even more menacing. Ferreira’s second full-length, Masochism, has been on the verge of coming out for about seven years, but if “Don’t Forget” is any indication, its eventual arrival will be a gift to the patient. — M.J.

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48

Rema, ‘Calm Down’

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Rema likes to call his spin on the Afrobeats sound “Afro-rave.” Is it much different than regular Afrobeats? Not a ton. Is it sublimely lovely all the same? Yes it is. Rema is the kind of singer who savors simple pop pleasures; the gently rolling “Calm Down” is literally about trying say hello to a girl who’s mellow and dressed in yellow, with a track that’s appropriately warm, bright, and captivating. The big-eyed wonder in Rema’s voice makes it sound like he’s the first guy ever to behold the majesty of girls or colors. — J.D.

47

Gunna, ‘Banking on Me’

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So much of the polarizing discussion about the state of R&B hinges on the way that artists have fused the music with hip-hop — a style popularized by many others, and now embodied like no one else by Gunna. Over tender Metro Boomin production, he croons to his fantasy girl, telling her exactly why she’s his type. “Know you fuckin’ a man that’s made, hey/Keep it low-key, she ain’t after fame,” he sings on his straightforward love note. Instead of leaning on a Nineties R&B sample, he channels that energy in his own manner, stretching out over an unconventionally lengthy three-plus minutes. Released on Valentine’s Day, it’s a song that displays Gunna doing what he does best over the kind of production that allows him to do so. — A.G.

46

King Von and 21 Savage, ‘Don’t Play That’

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King Von’s “Don’t Play That” starts by letting the beat run for eight bars. The Kid Hazel-produced track employs the kind of electro-pop loop an indie act might license for a car commercial. But then Von subverts the mood with his characteristic menace, matter-of-factly rhyming, “I did a drill with a face mask/I wash my hand with the Ajax.” The late Chicago rhymer delves into a gritty, braggadocious verse, and 21 Savage follows up with the same. Von was known for rhyming over sinister, high-octane production, but “Don’t Play That” shows what he could do over a more palatable soundscape. His effortless delivery radiates the vibe of a burgeoning master of his craft. It’s tragic that “Don’t Play That” instead became the lead single for a posthumous album from an artist slain before his time. — A.G.

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45

Marshmello and Tokischa, ‘Estilazo’

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Tokischa has a rare gift for provocation that’s yielded some of the most exhilaratingly unfiltered music on the planet, along with some of the worst tweets this side of the guy who made The College Dropout. On her single with the boldly behatted DJ/producer Marshmello, she pulls off one of her most stunning coups: taking a mainstream EDM beat as big and empty as they come and making it thoroughly, distinctly her own. Boasting about sex, drugs, and other pastimes over a high-gloss house vamp, she vividly renews the commitment to hedonism that underlies all great dance music. If she can make Marshmello cool, what can’t she do? — S.V.L.

44

Kaitlin Butts, ‘What Else Can She Do’

We’re all familiar with the sad country song about a woman stuck in a one-horse town, slinging hash in some roadside dump as she dreams of a big, wide world she’ll probably never touch. Oklahoma singer-songwriter Kaitlin Butts gives us something different; in her devastatingly sung version, the woman makes it out of Nowhereville but washes out because, “Her small-town pretty didn’t play in the city too well.” Too proud to go back home, she throws on her apron and heads out for another 12-hour shift pouring coffee for strangers. The result is a perfect shot of Red Dirt naturalism — Theodore Dreiser’s Sister Carrie by way of Kacey Musgraves’ Same Trailer, Different Park — and proof that Butts is herself deserving of much bigger things. — J.D.

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43

Pheelz and BNXN, ‘Finesse’

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This was the year of stacked vocals in Afropop, in which tracks like Wizkid’s “Bad to Me” and Burna Boy’s “It’s Plenty” featured what sounded like a mass of mighty but whimsical singers. Pheelz and Bnxn’s “Finesse” came earlier, though, and used the trick to delightful effect on its carefree hook, in which the Nigerian artists throw caution and money to the wind. In March, it was one of the most Shazamed songs in the world, and deservedly so. — M.C.

42

Lizzo, ‘About Damn Time’

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“I write songs about feeling confident!” Lizzo proclaimed in a Saturday Night Live sketch last April, about the time this bumping disco strut debuted. The bit was a joke, but that line wasn’t, and “About Damn Time” is the best proof possible. Lizzo has never sounded so effortlessly celebratory, and the easy groove, which samples the World’s Famous Supreme Team’s early-Eighties bubblegum jam “Hey D.J.,” fits her like a pair of faux-snakeskin boots. No wonder — co-producer Ricky Reed’s endlessly uncoiling bass line delivers a good time all by itself. — M.M.

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41

GloRilla feat. Cardi B, ‘Tomorrow 2’

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GloRilla’s come up has been one of the joys of 2022, recently culminating in her breakout hit “F.N.F (Let’s Go)” earning a Grammy nomination for Best Rap Performance. It’s a particularly appropriate category for GloRilla, as part of the magic of her tracks is her raw delivery. The visceral umph that punctuates her bars on “Tomorrow 2” could make you twist your face into a grimace. Then, the gleeful venom of Cardi B’s uber-quotable verse could make you laugh in disbelief. “Long ass weave, it be ticklin’ my ass crack/Wonder what I’ll do tomorrow that these hoes will be mad at,” is one of many Cardi couplets that make her so loveable.–M.C.

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40

FKA Twigs feat. Shygirl, ‘Papi Bones’

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FKA Twigs is as celebrated for her dancing as she is for her avant-garde, experimental R&B, but it wasn’t until this year’s Caprisongs that she focused on making sweaty, beat-driven songs meant for everybody to dance to. “Papi Bones” taps into the star’s Jamaican heritage and features an excellent cameo from British DJ and artist Shygirl. The result is a sexy and fun anthem for all the “champagne bubble girls” and a perfect step forward for Twigs. “I grew up listening to Afrobeats on pirate radio stations, or when I was a teenager, at Notting Hill Carnival,” she said earlier this year. “So I really wanted to show that side of myself, and connect with who I was when I was around 16 or 17 and started seeking out music and clubs and people that represented my heritage.” — B.S.

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39

Smino feat. J. Cole, ‘90 Proof’

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Smino and J. Cole share a penchant for unearthing the intertwined roots of hip-hop and the blues with tender melodies and concerns — and that’s why they made such an excellent duo when they reconnected for “90 Proof.” Romantic love is Smino’s central meditation on the track, backed by warm guitar and crisp drums; the kind of love that stretches and molds you into something different, maybe better. Through most of his quick but hefty verse, Cole’s cautious gloating deviates from Smino’s thematic path, but the Dreamville head takes melodic cues from the St. Louis rapper’s template. It’s some of both of their best work this year. — M.C 

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38

Seventeen, ‘Hot’

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Seventeen’s popularity grew exponentiallythis year following the release of their fourth studio album, Face the Sun. The 13-member South Korean group known for self-producing, both in songwriting and choreographing, filled the album with hits like “Cheers” and “Darling,” but “Hot,” the lead single, towers above them all. You can’t help but to “drop it like hot, hot, hot” when you hear the Wild West-inspired guitar strum that kicks off the track. — K.K. 

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37

Wizkid, ‘Bad to Me’

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Wizkid’s tour-de-force couple of years celebrating the success of Made in Lagos and its hit single “Essence” could have made for a tough act to follow, but the Nigerian superstar took on his follow-up in stride. “Bad to Me” was the lead single off his latest album More Love, Less Ego, and it further solidifies him as the type of genre-unifying pop superstar music very much needs. The slick tune is an infectious, fun victory lap for the star — don’t be surprised if it’s heating up everyone all winter long. — B.S. 

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36

Alex G, ‘Runner’

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One of the year’s most memorable indie songs, and an instant standout from Alex Giannascoli’s God Save the Animals, “Runner” contains lines both pure of heart (“I like people who I can open up to/Who don’t judge for what I say, but judge me for what I do”) and utterly dark (“What’s a couple grand rolled up in your pocket?/I won’t tell nobody, baby you don’t tell nobody”). Giannascoli plays every instrument on the song — including synthesizer and drums — to create a blissful, free-wheeling rocker with comforting echoes of Tom Petty. Need proof? Listen to the chorus of “Louisiana Rain” right after “Runner,” and you’ll see what we mean. — A.M.

35

Blackpink, “Pink Venom”

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When Rosé yells, “I’m so rock & roll!,” believe the woman. Blackpink kick down the door in their summer hit “Pink Venom,” an unbelievably fun raising-hell anthem full of Eighties hair-metal glam. Even the song title sounds like the name of a tribute band playing Poison and Def Leppard covers at the sleaziest bar in town. The Blackpink queens warn you not to mess with them, because you can’t handle their “Pink Venom,” boasting in Korean and English. It peaks as Rosé sneers, “Look what you made us do,” proving that bad blood is a universal language. — R.S.

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34

Ozzy Osbourne, ‘No Escape From Now’

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More than half a century has passed since Black Sabbath invented heavy metal as we know it, but on “No Escape From Now,” a track off Ozzy Osbourne‘s Patient Number 9 album, he and his Sabbath bandmate, guitarist Tony Iommi, have rooted themselves in the present. “Gone are the yesterdays,” Osbourne keens over Iommi’s brooding riffs, “Tomorrow’s getting cold … There’s no escape from now.” As on the best Sabbath epics (and this song stretches nearly seven minutes), the pair find a syrupy groove that evokes several grim moods, from the dark to the really dark, with help from Red Hot Chili Peppers drummer Chad Smith and producer-bassist Andrew Watt. It’s only a partial Sabbath reunion, but it lives up to the legacy of the Iron Men. — K.G.

33

Karol G and Becky G, ‘Mamiii’

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A meeting of two goddesses: the Colombian pop/reggaeton queen Karol G and the L.A. pop singer Becky G. They’re not exactly in a forgiving mood. In “Mamiii,” they drag their no-good exes for one of the year’s fiercest and funniest break-up songs, choosing violence in every possible way over a lilting guitar. The stars destroy any two-legged rat of a man who ever did them wrong, and if he wants to get back in touch, he should call “1-800-jódete.” (In other words, “fuck off.”) It’s a tribute to sisterhood as well as rage, proving that both of these Gs know how to twist the knife. — R.S.

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32

Jelly Roll, “Son of a Sinner”

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A longtime fixture of Nashville’s rap underground, Jelly Roll made a turn toward country with his latest project and revealed himself to be a great singer with a raspy tenor. Born Jason DeFord, Jelly Roll sings believably and candidly about his struggles with addiction in “Son of a Sinner,” trying to feel OK about being “somewhere in the middle” and “just a little right and wrong” instead of always squeaky-clean. It was a story of personal struggle without a tidy ending, but it turned out to be one that a lot of people understood very well. — J.F.

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31

Oxlade, ‘Ku Lo Sa — A Colors Show’

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When Asake — the Nigerian street-pop star whose debut album seemed to have generated the biggest buzz of the year — told his friend and peer Oxlade that he had a hit on his hands in “Ku Lo Sa,” the singer was skeptical. Asake was one of the first people to hear the song that would soon go global, and knew its tender pleas, pointed hook, and delicate rhythm were irresistible. “He was like ‘Yo, the song is going to go crazy,’” Oxlade told Rolling Stone. “‘I was like, ‘Ehh, every song, everybody says it’s going to go crazy.’” Over 150 million streams later, it looks like Asake was right. — M.C.

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30

Earl Sweatshirt, ‘2010’

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“I’ma need a bigger bag for the cohort,” begins Earl Sweatshirt on “2010.” The former Odd Future rapper has evolved into one of the genre’s great abstract artists, depicting his all-too-public life in poetic yet incisive terms. Over a tickling keyboard beat from Black Noi$e that sounds like a light sprinkling rain, Earl remembers a youth spent with his mother “rockin’ Liz Claiborne” and recaps a journey of “triumph over plight and immense loss.” The wordplay may not be easy to decode. But the imagery he conjures, thanks to lines like “rainy day came, couldn’t rinse the stains off,” will resonate with anyone. — M.R.

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Omar Apollo, ‘Evergreen’

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Love triangles are brutal; being the side that’s cast out when the two others form a line is pure agony. That’s the cruelty that Omar Apollo excavates on “Evergreen,” as teardrop guitar licks spill against the soft edges of his falsetto. Apollo packs it all in there — anger, anguish, self-loathing, doubt — but still builds to a bridge bursting with defiant confidence: “You know you really made me hate myself/Had to stop before I break myself/Shoulda broke it off to date myself.” Apollo has always excelled at these kinds of songs, and it’s thrilling that such a superb display of his skills has finally scored him a well-deserved place on the charts and the broader pop ecosystem. — J. Blistein

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28

Muna, ‘Home By Now’

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Muna have a  reputation for not giving a fuck. But “Home By Now,” the highlight of their self-titled album, is a surprising pop lament placed amid brash confessionals. The narrator of this song is unsteady on their feet, but they’re not so much desperate for a doomed relationship, as they are reaching for the feeling of shelter, a place to rest. The song acts as a much-needed momentary retrospective in an otherwise future-forward album, and it adds to the queer themes richly embedded in Muna’s work. “Home By Now” is reminiscent.  It’s longing. It’s the feeling of driving in a tunnel with the windows down— recalled long after the car is parked. — C.T.J.

27

Asake feat. Burna Boy, ‘Sungba (Remix)’

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It’s a little wild to think that Asake’s current reign as Nigerian pop’s streaming record-breaker only began this year. Within one month of the release of “Sungba,” from his debut EP, a remix and video with Burna Boy made the already-formidable track a powerhouse — Burna even performed it solo at his history-making Madison Square Garden show, sending the audience into an uproar. An electric meeting of the South African house sound amapiano and Nigerian flows, the “Sungba” remix demonstrated the strength of Asake’s sound, and he hasn’t let up since. — M.C.

26

Midland, ‘The Last Resort’

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Move over the Eagles’ “The Last Resort,” there’s a new “The Last Resort” in town. This great Midland song is more proof that Nashville has become America’s leading soft-rock exporter (c’mon, L.A., this is supposed to be your thing). It’s top-shelf Buffett-core, a smooth, heartbroken ballad from the saddest bar on the beach, with steel guitars coming down like a tequila sunset. Midland sing about going down the coast, chasing a case of the blues as big as the ocean, and it goes down so well because, deep down, the dude in this song isn’t some self-pitying bum — dude knows, it’s his own damn fault. — J.D.

25

Sam Smith and Kim Petras, ‘Unholy’

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If Sam Smith planned to come back with a bang after their 2020 LP Love Goes, “Unholy” proved to be the perfect song with which to do so with. Accompanied by the sass of trans pop star Kim Petras, Smith “threw out the rule book” and stepped away from his signature ballad sound to create a catchy, dirty song about a “daddy getting hot at the body shop” behind mummy’s back. The sexy banger quickly skyrocketed on the charts, making Petras and Smith the first trans and nonbinary artists to reach Number One on the Billboard Hot 100.–T.M.

24

NewJeans, ‘Hype Boy’

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With its addictive choreography and catchy chorus — “‘Cause I know what you like, boy/You’re my chemical, hype boy” — this was a standout from NewJeans’ hit-filled first EP. “Hype Boy” lets each member’s voice really shine through, and Hanni notably contributed to the cute lyrics that encapsulate young love (“got me chasing a daydream”). NewJeans’ peers and seniors in the K-pop industry, like Stray Kids, StayC, Twice, and even JYP are still covering the “Hype Boy” dance at events and concerts. RM of BTS was also recently captured singing and dancing along to a recent performance. It’s the kind of phenomenon that makes it clear NewJeans have hit on something special. — K.K.

23

Carly Rae Jepsen & Rufus Wainwright, ‘The Loneliest Time’

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Carly Rae Jepsen always knows how to find the emotional core of any glossy pop confection, and her wonderful team-up with Rufus Wainwright ranks right up there with her finest moments.  “The Loneliest Time” is a classic disco duet about two old lovers breaking free from a breakup of Shakespearean proportions to get right back where they started from, with Rufus and Carly sharing a chemistry on the level of Stevie Nicks and Kenny Loggins in “Whenever I Call You ‘Friend’,” which is to say, as sweet as it gets. — J.D.

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Villano Antillano, ‘BZRP Music Sessions #51’

It seems like it would be massively intimidating to stack up to the talent that Bizarrap, the rising Argentine producer, regularly features on his ultra-popular BZRP Music Sessions — but the Puerto Rican rapper Villano Antillano barely batted an eye when she took the mic for a knockout video that blew away the Internet (155 million YouTube views and counting). Antillano, who has broken barriers as a trans woman in pop, storms onto the song with a barrage of flexes and double-entendres, wiping the floor with her haters. All hell really breaks loose once Bizarrap accelerates the beat: Antillano whips out a black handheld fan, waving it triumphantly with each explosive bar. — J.L.

21

Zach Bryan, ‘Something in the Orange’

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The breakthrough single from Oklahoma-raised singer-songwriter Zach Bryan is a bare-bones showcase for his weathered wail and painfully precise descriptions of how heartbreak can ravage the mind. Accompanied by a ghostly slide guitar and his own strumming, Bryan pours out his heart to a straying lover, with the encroaching dusk — the “orange” that bleeds into all of Bryan’s imagery — serving as a harbinger for a long, lonely night of solitude. Bryan’s lament smolders with regret and anger, threatening to burst into flame at any moment. — M.J.     

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Noah Cyrus, ‘I Burned L.A. Down’

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The Cyrus family legacy runs from “Achy Breaky Heart” to Plastic Hearts, but youngest sister Noah Cyrus goes her own way on “I Burned L.A. Down,” a highlight from her debut album, The Hardest Part. It’s a stark acoustic country-pop burner about feeling trapped in a one-sided relationship with a California guy — and maybe also with California. Cyrus mourns, “You can’t make a god of somebody/Who’s not even a half-decent man.” It’s a West Coast cousin to Taylor Swift’s “Maroon,” feeling lost in a city where you used to feel at home, after your heart gets broken there. — R.S.

19

Megan Thee Stallion, ‘Plan B’

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When Megan premiered “Plan B” during her Coachella set this April, heads exploded. The scorn in her precise raps for an ain’t-shit ex was incinerating, each diss hotter than the next. “Popping Plan B’s ’cause I ain’t planned to be stuck with ya,” is mild compared to everything that comes after. And with the threat to reproductive rights becoming especially dire two months after the song’s premiere, “Plan B” is an incredible assertion of those rights’ importance. — M.C.

18

Ashley McBryde, Caylee Hammack, Brandy Clark, and Pillbox Patti, ‘Bonfire at Tina’s’

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Country rebel Ashley McBryde turns this old-school drinking song into a future-school celebration of sisterhood. “Bonfire at Tina’s” is the highlight of Lindeville, her concept albumabout a small town full of wild characters, inspired by the great Nashville songwriter Dennis Linde. She sings about a group of rowdy girlfriends who don’t always see eye-to-eye — but they watch each other’s backs, pour each other drinks, light each other’s joints. She shares the microphone with Brandy Clark, Caylee Hammack, and Pillbox Patti. As she warns, “Small-town women ain’t built to get along/But you burn one of us, boy, you burn us all.” — R.S.

17

Doechii & SZA, ‘Persuasive’

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Doechii scores her most undeniable track yet with “Persuasive,” teaming up with SZA for the killer remix duet. The song evokes a druggy up-all-night vibe where falling head over heels in love can feel like being blunted out of your mind. She keeps singing the sleepy hook, “She’s so persuasive/That marijuana/She’s so flirtatious,” over a moody Seventies R&B groove. SZA adds her signature swagger, demanding, “Get off my balls, I said it nice.” They keep coming back to the key question, “How does it feel to be you?” The answer: damn good whenever “Persuasive” is playing. — R.S.

16

Burna Boy, ‘Last Last’

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This heartache anthem was a huge hit for the Nigerian superstar, topping Billboard’s Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart and racking up more than 100 million streams on Spotify alone. You can hear why: The beat samples a different love-gone-bad anthem, Toni Braxton’s 2000 hit “He Wasn’t Man Enough,” creating a seductively moody bed for Burna Boy to vocalize with canny self-assurance. Burna’s delivery is both elegant and a little broken as he laments lost love and turns “I need igbo and shayo” — weed and booze, basically — into a sung hook that lit up stereos from Lagos to L.A. — C.H.

15

Rina Sawayama, ‘This Hell’

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There are so many amazing lines in this bonkers country-pop bash, from “Got my invitation, to eternal damnation” to “Fuck what they did to Britney, to Lady Di, and Whitney.” But the award goes to the opener, where Sawayama utters “Let’s go girls,” effortlessly invoking Shania Twain. Artists from other genres dabbling in country music is nothing new, but Sawayama does it better than nearly anyone here, proving she’s just trying to have a good time — while also inspiring change. “I get messages from people who connect the idea of country music with their conservative parents,” she told Twain in their recent Musicians on Musicians interview for RS. “They’ve been like, ‘You’ve taken trauma out of the genre. Thank you.’” — A.M.

14

Ice Spice, ‘Munch (Feelin U)’

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Bronx rapper Ice Spice landed one of the year’s breakout hits with “Munch (Feelin’ U),” a track that found her blending the rhythmic aggression of drill with a cool vocal style. On musical terms, she sounds unflappable, dismissing suitors and gawkers alike. Ice Spice’s image was as omnipresent as her music this summer, as fans debated her come-up. Only time will tell if “Munch” is just a TikTok-fueled one-off or the start of something bigger, but for now we’ll keep it on repeat. — M.R.

13

Pusha T, ‘Dreamin’ of the Past’

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The simple, Donny Hathaway-sample-driven backdrop of “Dreamin’ of the Past” was the perfect canvas for Pusha T’s winding raps, which touch on everything from bankrolling Christmas with drug money to his annoyance with women who can’t pronounce the name of a luxury fashion house. Kanye West, who produced the song, offers a quick, smart, but slightly troubling verse; his reflections on finance, faith, and family feel foreboding given all we know and have seen of him now. But this is clearly Pusha’s show.— M.C.

12

Yahritza Y Su Esencia, ‘Soy El Unico’

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When Yahritza Martinez first played “Soy El Unico” for her brother Armando, he was surehis 13-year-old sister was playing a cover. It’s for good reason: The stunning acoustic ballad, steeped in the traditional ballads and corridos of her parents’ native Michoacán region of Mexico and guided by Martinez’s stunning old-soul vocals, sounds like it’s existed forever. The reality is that the devastating torch song, which Martinez wrote by observing teenagers around her going through heartbreak, is a bonafide hit: After going viral on TikTok earlier this year, it topped the Latin music charts and racked up nearly 100 million streams on Spotify alone. But even if it hadn’t become nearly as popular, it’d still be the most astonishing debut single of the year. — J. Bernstein 

11

Kendrick Lamar, ‘N95’

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Kendrick Lamar’s “N95” opens with a flurry of commands: “Take off them fabricated streams and them microwave memes.” His intro hearkens back to De La Soul’s 1989 track “Take It Off,” yet Lamar is not only distinguishing himself from his peers, but also confronting a world tentatively lowering its N95 masks amidst the ongoing Covid pandemic. “Bitch, you ugly as fuck!” he exclaims before adding “you outta pocket” in a different tone of voice. With moody, bass-y production, this is Lamar confronting societal clichés with restless intellectual fervor, and claims that he doesn’t care about the consequences. — M.R.

10

Drake feat. 21 Savage, ‘Jimmy Cooks’

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Nestled at the end of Drake’s club-music adventure��Honestly, Nevermind, “Jimmy Cooks” finds the 6 God on familiar ground, snapping and talking trash with 21 Savage. “Love the way they hang babe, fuck the silicon,” he opines lasciviously. “I be with my gun like Rozay be with lemon pepper,” adds 21. The track is split into three parts, including a Memphis rap-sampling intro as well as a beat apiece for the two rappers, and they bounce around the track with effortless bars, completely in the pocket. — M.R.

9

Harry Styles, ‘As It Was’

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The lead single from Harry Styles’ third album balances its agitated inner monologue, where the shape-shifting pop star picks at the details of a relationship in crisis, with spun-sugar synths that give cover to his torment. From its playful opening — Styles’ goddaughter Ruby giggling “Go on, Harry, we want to say goodnight to you!” — to its singsong bridge, during which Styles’ thoughts are ping-ponging around his head at “high-speed internet” velocities, “As It Was” paints an unusually vivid picture. Everything might seem fine on first glance, but it all becomes more troubling (“What kind of pills are you on?”) with each repeated glimpse. — M.J.   

8

Beyonce, ‘Break My Soul’

MASON POOLE*

What timing! Beyoncé’s spiritual successor to Johnny Paycheck’s immortal “Take This Job and Shove It” came into a post-Nomadland world of increasingly transient work. By year’s end, it could have been written for the engineers flocking from Twitter. The record hit like a shock wave — was Beyoncé really doing house music? She was, indeed — and her interpolation of Robin S.’s classic “Show Me Love” and sample of Big Freedia’s New Orleans bounce classic “Explode” (“Release ya job!”) has already helped pivot the wider pop world to house as a lodestone. — M.M.

7

Pharrell feat. 21 Savage and Tyler, The Creator, ‘Cash In Cash Out’

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Pharrell came back strong with “Cash In Cash Out,” with a little help from the all-star duo of 21 Savage and Tyler, the Creator. Pharrell neither sings nor raps on the track — he just keeps that hypnotic, minimalist 808 loop pumping, and with a beat this cold, that’s all he needs to do. 21 Savage flexes his rudest humor, boasting, “She swallow all my kids, she a bad babysitter/Kim Jong-Un, in my pants is a missile.” Tyler, on a roll after Call Me If You Get Lost, reports that he refused a multi-million-dollar show — “I declined because the stage didn’t match my ethos” — and slips in the boast, “Going both sides, you could say I’m B-I.” — R.S.

6

Quavo and Takeoff, ‘Hotel Lobby’

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When Quavo and his nephew Takeoff seemingly broke with Migos member and cousin Offset and dropped “Hotel Lobby,” it seemed like an escapade before the band eventually got back together. Now, after Takeoff’s senseless murder in November, the duo’s side project has taken on tragic significance. As always, the Atlanta rappers float together like Golden State’s splash brothers. Takeoff brags how his “diamonds be dancing like Bobby [Brown],” while Quavo warns he’s “claiming that stick/Nigga made one wrong move, just popped him.” It hurts to think that the fun wasn’t meant to last. — M.R.

5

Rosalia, ‘Despecha’

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In conversation, Rosalía dazzles with an encyclopedic knowledge of genres, exploring sounds that aren’t her own with a sheer, genuine love of music. That same sincerity comes through in songs like this one, which she premiered during this year’s epic Motomami tour. “Despechá” uses a mambo piano line as starting point, then delves into merengue territory chiseled by touches of avant-pop. Her respect for the bounce of the Dominican Republic’s most trusted dance format is poignant, but it is the soaring energy in her vocals that moves this summertime single closer to the sacred ground she’s aiming for. “Despechá” suggests that Rosalía’s future experiments in global hitmaking may be just as inspired as the milestone that was Motomami. — E.L.

4

Taylor Swift, ‘Karma’

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“I’m still here.” With three words, Taylor Swift not only cemented Midnights as a middle finger to the people who prayed for her downfall — she sealed this song’s fate as its album-defining hit. Yes, “Anti-Hero” is the single, and “Maroon” is the one your moody friend keeps quoting. But “Karma” marries Swift’s mastermind lyrics (check out how “Karma is my boyfriend” shifts from smirking metaphor to lovebird literality as the song goes on) with the sleekest, most flexible production tendencies from longtime collaborator Jack Antonoff. When the track list was first released, some fans fixated on the hope that “Karma”  would relate to a long-rumored lost album. But any disappointments about getting an easter egg wrong were swept away by a tenacious revenge song so quintessentially Swift that the tour choreography is practically decided after one listen. — C.T.J.

3

Steve Lacy, ‘Bad Habit’

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Steve Lacy says “Bad Habit” clarified his vision for his stellar album Gemini Rights, which, sure, is about a breakup, but also about the parts of you that pulse and pull and contradict and  coexist all at once. It’s fitting, then, that its thesis track cruises like a daylit ride through a psyche in healing, at once peaceful and turbulent. Lacy’s lyrics make peace with the parting and long for reunion; he knows he has power, but gives some away. There’s musical genius in making melancholy groovy enough to soundtrack the summer and soar to the top of the charts. This thing happened for a reason. — M.C. 

2

Beyonce, ‘Cuff It’

MASON POOLE*

Ranking one Renaissance cut above them all is no small task, but the impact of “Cuff It” is undeniable. It has thrived as a single, replete with jovial dance moves that spread like a contagion — and It’s strikingly placed on an album where sequencing is integral to the experience. At track four, the immediacy and ease of its funk is in sharp and exhilarating contrast to the shadowy electronic music that comes before it. As soon as “Cuff It” starts, we’re jetted to an ethereal disco in outer space, welcomed at the doors by the genre’s greatest practitioner, Nile Rodgers, who co-wrote the track and plays guitar on it. Aided by the Chic icon’s magic touch, Beyoncé reached the pinnacle of the modern throwback. — M.C.

1

Bad Bunny, ‘Titi Me Preguntó’

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The good news:  Bad Bunny brought frantic dembow beats, a classy sample by bachata master Anthony Santos, and a coda with a dash of Latin psychedelia to the global mainstream. Even better? He did it all with panache and a healthy sense of humor. Using the archetype of the concerned Latin American aunt asking about her nephew’s potential girlfriends as a starting point, the Puerto Rican icon launches into a hilarious tirade of salacious puns to a bouncy party vibe that — in typical Bad Bunny fashion — unexpectedly morphs into moody self-reflection. More than any other track off Un Verano Sin Ti, “Tití Me Preguntó” showcases Benito’s unbridled creativity, his eccentric pop genius. — E.L.

CONTRIBUTORS: Jonathan Bernstein, Jon Blistein, Mankaprr Conteh, Jon Dolan, Brenna Ehrlich, Jon Freeman, Dewayne Gage, Andre Gee, Kory Grow, Christian Hoard, Maura Johnston, CT Jones, Michelle Hyun Kim, Kristine Kwak, Ernesto Lechner, Julyssa Lopez, Leah Lu, Angie Martoccio, Michaelangelo Matos, Patricia Meschino, Tomás Mier, Mosi Reeves, Rob Sheffield, Brittany Spanos, Lisa Tozzi, Simon Vozick-Levinson

IN THIS ARTICLE:

Bad Bunny,

best songs of 2022,

Beyonce,

Harry Styles,

ice spice,

Taylor Swift,

Year in Review

MUSIC

MUSIC LISTS

[daandyli0n]

*sigh* alright. i’ve made a dsmp sona (that’s probably closer to an oc but i don’t really care)

i’ve named her omen.

some facts about them:

-she/her, they/them pronouns baby!!

-15 at first appearance, 16 currently.

-some sort of weird chimera between a sheep and hellhound. by all technical accounts she shouldn’t exist, but here she is!!

-sheep parts: eyes, horns, hooves, hair (kinda)

-hellhound parts: the sclera of the eyes, ears (which is harder to tell, but still there), teeth, and tail.

-fun fact of the day! omen’s design (the fact that they’re a hellhound-sheep mix) and some parts of their character are sort of based on some very, very mild religious trauma i’ve got (it’s nothing serious, don’t worry! it’s just. There, y’know?). what i mean by that is how i still practice and am a part of the religion (sheep, which should give y’all a hint as to which one it is), but that i don’t agree with certain...normalized bits of the religion (the lgbtq+phobia in general; i don’t know how strongly i can emphasize that i’m very accepting of and am even a part of the community myself) and about how i’d date someone who’s trans and/or nonbinary, which are both things that would probably get me called a sinner irl (hellhound). omen also tries to disguise themself as a regular sheep hybrid; tucking in their tail, saying that they’ve just got weird ears and eyes, and trying to hide the fire magic. so take all of that how you will (sorry for the rant. i guess this is me projecting on a character).

-star freckles!! star. freckles!!

-look, due to how much of an introvert i am irl, i’m just saying that i’d probably get kidnapped for the revival experiments. however, that doesn’t mean that i don’t think i’d be able to get out >:3c (my guess on how exactly that happened was that they didn’t actually perma kill omen, but they believed they did. when everything went downhill for those two post-disc war finale, omen finally left. not without a lot of physical and mental scarring, obviously...and anger. let’s not forget the anger...)

-omen isn’t in the same universe as the other 8; she’s in her own timeline.

-they joined the server during the schlatt administration, took One look at the drama on the server, and Noped The F**k Outta There. they moved near the area that would eventually become logstedshire.

-because of this, they witnessed a few parts of tommy’s exile, but not all of it. they Do know that things were pretty bad, but not the extent of how bad things were.

-they were taken for the experiments around the time tommy left exile, and escaped back into the regular world around the time tommy died in prison. they decided to move closer to other people after what dream told them while reviving them once (which was the fact that he and punz went after people living on their own and were isolated from people)

-due to revival, her fire magic is is now soul fire.

-she and tommy just have a mutual understanding with each other that they both Went Through Something, even if tommy doesn’t exactly understand what happened to omen (and she has no intentions of talking about it).

-quackity approached them before the Red Banquet asking if they wanted to help go against the Eggpire. omen asked who was a part of that, and the Second quackity mentioned punz’s name, omen basically went “Sign Me Up!” look, quackity just gave them an excuse to fight punz (one of the people who put them through that pain), why Wouldn’t omen jump at the opportunity?

-they’re a potion seller and do also do tarot readings. they do this to get diamonds and other things as payment.

-she was Not Happy when dream broke out.

-her voice claim is lapis lazuli from steven universe.

here’s a picrew of them:

(picrew i used)

i guess a playlist for her?? here’s some songs:

��aura” by ghost

“hell’s coming with me” by poor man’s poison

“therefore i am” by billie eilish 

“arsonist’s lullaby” by hozier (the v i b e s)

“loser” by neoni

“darkside” by neoni 

later, i’ll post quotes and maybe memes about them. if you’ve got any other questions, y’all can ask them in the comments/reblogs in the post and i’ll answer them later when i can.

[multiruner-boyo]

random dndads song recs ‘cause I have songs but not enough to make full blown playlists

feel free to add more :]

edit: playlists I have created are linked at the bottom

Lincoln Li Wilson:

1) The Soccer Journals by Everybody’s Worried About Owen

2) Take Yours, I’ll Take Mine by Matthew Mole

3) You’ve Got a Friend in Me (cover) by Cavetown

4) Freaks by Jordan Clarke

5) Sticks & Stones by Jónsi

Taylor Swift:

1) A TV Show Called Earth by Philip Labes

2) Enter: A Beginner’s Guide To Faking Your Death by Jhariah

3) Keep the Car Running by Arcade Fire

Scary Marlowe:

1) Life’s a Bit by NOAHFINNCE

2) I’m Not Ok by Weathers

Paeden:

1) Run Wild by Laney Jones

Grant Wilson (S1):

1) Sleepwalking by Everybody’s Worried About Owen

2) The London Air Raids by Vian Izak

3) SAD (Clap Your Hands) by Young Rising Sons

4) It’s Alright by Mother Mother

Grant Wilson (S2):

1) Rider’s Lullaby by Jessie Mueller

Nickolaus Close/Foster (S1):

1) I’m Just a Kid by Simple Plan

Nickolaus Close/Foster (S2):

1) Hell’s Comin’ with Me by Poor Man’s Poison

2) Cool as Me by fredo disco, i.am.orange & egodeathboy

3) Blame It On The Kids by AViVA

Lark Oak (S2):

1) 2012 (2020 Remastered Version) by Will Wood and the Tapeworm

2) Sleep Awake by Mother Mother

Daryl Wilson:

1) Zero by Imagine Dragons

2) Honest Man by Ben Platt

3) Saint Bernard by Lincoln

4) Sacred Beast by Tally Hall

5) Plastic Jesus by Tia Blake

Ron Stampler:

1) Downhill by Lincoln

2) How Bout Now by grandson & pham

3) If I Could Tell Her by Ben Platt & Laura Dreyfuss

4) Leave a Light on (Acoustic) by Tom Walker

5) The Run and Go by Twenty One Pilots

Playlists:

[neondemxn]

JUDY. // A Cyberpunk 2077 Playlist

1. Gatekeeper by Jessie Reyez 2. Venger by Perturbator feat. Greta Link 3. Everything In Its Right Place by Radiohead 4. Falling Apart by Skeler 5. Downhill Lullaby by Sky Ferreira 6. Gone by SIERRA 7. Are You Ten Years Ago by PVRIS 8. Badly by Infraction 9. Starlight by Jai Wolf, Mr Gabriel 10. Crimson and Clover by Joan Jett & The Blackhearts 11. Bullet by Ann Mar 12. Fineshrine by Purity Ring 13. Take Care by Beach House 14. Free Room by Rayvn Lenae feat. Appleby 15. Cherry by Chromatics 16. Dreams by Timecop1983 feat. Dana Jean Phoenix 17. Lazy Eye by Silversun Pickups 18. Girl Who Cried Wolf by Ashe 19. You Lost Me There by George Clanton 20. The Red Strings Club by fingerspit

Listen to the tracks individually by clicking the song titles or find the full playlist on Spotify here.

[uneeorchidee]

tagged by @roseverie and @fawnlimbs, thank you angels 🖤

We’re snooping on your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first ten songs and then choose 10 victims.

1. Troublemaker by Beach house

2. Unmade by Thom Yorke

3. High and dry by Radiohead

4. Won’t by Tanerélle

5. Feel like by Woodz

6. Scenery by Ashmute

7. The beach by The neighbourhood

8. Sleep away by Lexie Liu

9. Borderline by Tame impala

10. Moonage daydream by David Bowie

11. Someday by Julia Jacklin

12. Downhill lullaby by Sky Ferreira

13. Petals by Chromatics

tagging: @konvalia @rosehaunt @miumiugirl @cinnamongirlie @aiglantine @fl0ra @voirlvmer @lesvague @orchideennacht @lennuieternel @ideale @docheri @dahliaborne @morbidlilies @unefleurofferte @grapevinefire @soracities @haultier

[litterae-ignotae]

What are the other songs on your Dean and John playlist if you don't mind sharing?

i posted the playlist here

i. hunter's lullaby - leonard cohen: your father's gone a-hunting / for the beast he'll never find / and he leaves a baby sleeping / and his blessings all behind

ii. video games - lana del rey: it's you, it's you, it's all for you / everything i do

iii. i'm your puppet - dionne warwick: i'm just a puppet and you hold my string / i'm your puppet / your walking, talking, kissing, loving puppet

iv. ultraviolence - lana del rey: jim john raised me up / he hurt me but it felt like true love / jim taught me that / loving him was never enough

v. voices carry - 'til tuesday: oh he tells me tears are something to hide / and something to fear / and i try so hard to keep it inside / so no one can hear / hush hush, keep it down now, voices carry

vi. mary is mary - wye oak: mary is mary and i'm not / but what good does she have that i haven't got?

vii. downhill lullaby - sky ferreira: i walked with the fire, all the lifeblood and desire / slowsly stifled by somber fumes / i adore the / bludgeoned affection, come and teach me a lesson

viii. cellophane - fka twigs: why won't i do it for you? / why won't you do it for me? / when all i do is for you?

ix. oh daddy - fleetwood mac: oh daddy / if I could make you see / if there's been a fool around / it's got to be me

x. winter on the weekend - julia stone: daddy, why don't you protect me? / someone's gonna hurt me / there's nothing i can do

xi. the butcher - leonard cohen: do not leave me now / i'm broken down / from a recent fall / blood upon my body / and ice upon my soul

xii. sad dream - sky ferreira: only ever in dreams i wrap my arms around you / and standing in the water with me / i can tell you what i wanna tel you / and i hope it's not just a bad dream

xiii. father - the front bottoms: i have this dream that i am hitting my dad with a baseball bat / and he is screaming and crying for help / and maybe halfway through / it has more to do with me killing him / then it ever did protecting myself

xiv. oh father - madonna: you can't hurt me now / i got away from you / i never thought i would

xv. vater - soap&skin: i'd rather be a maggot in my father's coffin / than be here on my own / i never wanted so much to be a maggot / to be a maggot

[hansensgirl]

(Salvatore)

11: What do you like best about this fic?

12: What do you like least about this fic?

13: What music did you listen to, if any, to get in the mood for writing this story? Or if you didn’t listen to anything, what do you think readers should listen to to accompany us while reading?

14: Is there anything you wanted readers to learn from reading this fic?

15: What did you learn from writing this fic?

11. the way i built the plot up!

12. uhm probably the chapter where she gets drunk :(

13. i made a playlist!! i was listening to that, and downhill lullaby by sky ferreira!

14. not really!

15. series aren’t really my thing :(

[feelings-fortilly]

In a second you'll be wrapped around my finger 'Cause I can, 'cause I can do it better There's no other, so when's it gonna sink in She's so stupid, what the hell were you thinking?

[feeluzah]

I was tagged by the amazing @whitedeadflower, thank you so much 💝💗💖 what an amazing playlist you did right there!! 

Rules: We’re snooping on your playlist. Put your entire music library on shuffle and list the first twenty songs. Then tag some victims. Spread some song recs!

okay a little of background here: i have most of my music on spotify and for this chance i decided to put my music library on shuffle because i have a lot there (half of them are randoms songs i’ve discovered by spotify suggestions and the other half are songs that i really love because of the artist), so yeah this ended up being super random!

1. Song For a Seagull - Teleman 2. Satellite - Two Door Cinema Club 3. Dance Of The Clairvoyants - Pearl Jam 4. Brew (regurgigated) - Declan McKenna 5. Human - Kimbra 6. Selfless - The Strokes 7. Can You Feel It - The Jacksons 8. Sort Of - Ingrid Michaelson 9. Alone On The Rope - Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 10. Not Going - Oh Land 11. Happy Again - Longpigs 12. Dear Jealousy - MIKA 13. Watermensen - 3Js 14. Everything Now - Arcade Fire 15. Karma Police - Radiohead 16. So Damn Into You - Vlad Holiday 17. Downhill Lullaby - Sky Ferreira 18. Mesmerize (The Time And Space Machine Remix) - Temples 19. Dilettante - St. Vincent 20. 100 k's 'round Carmel - Nicholas Allbrook.

And a bonus one: Day After Day - Badfinger (because it played and i find it so cute and calming lakjsdf)

okay, enough of me talking. i’m gonna tag: @vrscnist - @90s-britpop - @murdoc-stinkfish-niccals - @scary-ivy - @pcachybvtch - @bilbao-song - @woollenpharaohs - @parkliferobyn - @carlpalmer - @hearmehowlinbabe - @astridxindierp - @balapcrdida - @scorpiussmalfoyy - @sleeping-gas

again, do it only if you want / can! <33

[myfallbucketlist]

Fall Playlist 2019 1. Sleeping On The Blacktop - Colter Wall 2. For You - Passenger 3. Wild Roses - Of Monsters And Men 4. Moments’s Silence - Hozier 5. Slow Love - TENDER 6. Let Him Come - BarlowLN 7. Come Back To Earth - Mac Miller 8. It Will Follow The Rain - The Tallest Man On Earth 9. Katie Cruel - Agnes Obel 10. Burning Pile - Mother Mother 11. Georgia - Tiggs Da Author 12. Something Good - Alt-J 13. Deep End - Ruelle 14. This Time I Was Right - Harriet 15. Inside Your Mind - The 1975 16. Doom Days - Bastille 17. Tiny Dancer - Florence + The Machine 18. Cutting My Fingers Off - Turnover 19. I Couldn’t Be More In Love - The 1975 20. Someday Soon - Wilder Woods 21. Bottle Rocket - The Weeks 22. Shangri-La - M. Ward 23. Fellow In The North - Cold Weather Company 24. Blood On The Mattress - Korey Dane ft. Zella Day 25. I am Drunk, And She Is Insane - Del Water Gap 26. Sunlight - Hozier 27. Sweetest Life - KWAYE 28. Crooked Muse - Gregory Alan Isakov 29. I Believe In Us - LEON 30. Eleanor Rigby - The Beatles 31. Dead Record Player - Dr. Dog 32. No One Knows Me - Sampha 33. Gloria - The Midnight 34. Forever Halloween - The Maine 35. Bad Decisions - Bastille 36. Downhill Lullaby - Sky Ferreira 37. Black Coffee - Nightly 38.  Roses - Gashi 39. I Always Wanna Die (Sometimes) - The 1975 40. My Tears Are Becoming A Sea - M83

*Enjoy*

[what-else-is-there]

..:: #47. Sky Ferreira - Downhill Lullaby ::..

Sky Ferreira recently had a scuffle with her label that resulted in a longer than expected wait for her second album. However, in 2019 she was able to drop us a slice of it in "Downhill Lullaby" and the wait was worth it. Instead of sounding like scruffy '80s pop rock like most songs on her debut, it's a left turn into some darker territory. It starts out with a forlorn orchestral stanza that slides into a murky and bubbling bass riff. Eventually Sky shows up to sing and this time she's ready to put the full range of her voice into motion. She takes her time sluggishly weaving her lower register around the bass riff to express some deep trauma she's experienced before the string section shows back up to ominously lurch back and forth.

Best Moment: Both times Sky's ghostly backup vocals join her in the second and third chorus at 3:12 and 4:22.

The Playlist [WEIT?'s 100 Songs Of 2019]

[yesmoremaciej]

The Top 60 Songs of 2019

#1 might have technically come out in 2018, c’est la vie

60. Antony & Cleopatra - “Why Don’t You Just Call Me” 59. FKA twigs - “Cellophane” 58. GoldLink ft. Maleek Berry & Bibi Bourelly - “Zulu Screams” 57. Polo G ft. Lil Tjay - “Pop Out” 56. MUNA - “Number One Fan” 55. Luke Combs - “Beer Never Broke My Heart” 54. Dua Lipa - “Don’t Start Now” 53. Kitten - “Memphis” 52. De Grandi - “Paris Nord-Est” 51. Jenny Hval - “Ashes to Ashes” 50. Taylor Swift - “Cruel Summer” 49. Dawn Richard - “dreams and converse” 48. Aya Nakamura - “Pookie” 47. TRESOR & Msaki - “Sondela” 46. Sky Ferreira - “Downhill Lullaby” 45. Carly Rae Jepsen - “The Sound” 44. Bomba Estereo & Systema Solar - “Carnavalera” 43. SUNMI - “Noir” 42. Jessie Ware - “Adore You” 41. Rinne Yoshida - “MU” 40. Paloma Mami - “Fingias” 39. Rico Nasty - “Time Flies” 38. Tree & Vic Spencer - “Nothing is Something” 37. KH - “Only Human” 36. Ashley McBryde - “One Night Standards” 35. Jayda G - “Stanley’s Get Down (No Parking on the DF)” 34. Solange - “Almeda” 33. Wiley, Stefflon Don, & Sean Paul ft. Idris Elba - “Boasty” 32. Roisin Murphy - “Incapable” 31. Sean Paul & J Balvin - “Contra La Pared” 30. Aimee-Leigh & Baby Billy - “Misbehavin’ (1989)” 29. The Mountain Goats - “Waylon Jennings Live!” 28. DJ Lag & Okzharp - “Nyusa” 27. Max Kream - “Meet Again” 26. Normani - “Motivation” 25. Poppy - “Concrete” 24. Jamila Woods - “ZORA” 23. Von Spar ft. Laetitia Sadier - “Extend the Song” 22. Genius of Time - “Peace Bird” 21. Jahvillani & Konshens - “Every Gyal Vybe” 20. Rosalía - “Aute Cuture” 19. Trina & Nicki Minaj - “BAPS” 18. The Highwomen - “If She Ever Leaves Me” 17. Sech & Darell - “Otro Trago” 16. 100 gecs - “Money Machine” 15. Ariana Grande - “fake smile” 14. Beyoncé - “Before I Let Go” 13. Georgia - “About Work the Dancefloor (The Black Madonna Remix)” 12. Megan Thee Stallion ft. DaBaby - “Cash Shit” 11. Busy Signal - “Balloon” 10. Hatchie - “Stay With Me” 09. Kindness ft. Robyn - “Cry Everything” 08. DaBaby - “INTRO” 07. HAIM - “Summer Girl” 06. Zed Kenzo - “Type” 05. Octo Octa - “I Need You” 04. Lil Nas X - “Old Town Road” 03. Denzel Curry - “RICKY” 02. Charli XCX ft. Christine and the Queens - “Gone” 01. Koffee - “Toast”

Spotify playlist here