#first coldplay

[neilabramjostcns]

so many people I know are going to concerts. it's fine. im totally fine with not going to concerts who cares anyway right.

[kidovna]

the scientists (the lovers)

[camrlart]

thinking abt them with this song again

[hydrus101]

Important question for the malev homies: what is your go-to “this is so Malevolent” song? It can be for any character or situation, just which do you connect so viscerally to it that whenever you hear it ur vision whites out and you go a little brainrotty, I’m conducting research

[toffeebrews]

Chat, does anyone have some recommendations? I want to listen to something new but idrk what to listen to 🎤

[alittleemo]

actually cannot contain myself over the jammed cd in mins car playing the scientist by coldplay on loop in slow horses LMFAO

[daisyswift3]

The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping 🌋

I discovered sth very interesting recently that connects the Midnights vinyls clock, the new Hunger Games book/movie Sunrise on the Reaping, and this revolution that the anon messages have been hinting at. It’s a well known fact that Taylor is a big Hunger Games fan. She has 2 songs she wrote for the soundtrack of the first movie—Eyes Open and Safe & Sound. She released the re-recordings of these songs along w/ If This Was a Movie and All of the Girls You Loved Before to celebrate the first night of the eras tour on March 17, 2023.

(x)(x)

I think it’s extremely interesting that we got an anon message w/ a mirrorball emoji that told us to pay attention to the 2nd surprise song on 6-23-23 If This Was a Movie and then almost 2 yrs later at the iHeartRadio Awards on 3-17-25 Taylor releases a clip from “The Very First Night” of the eras tour where she is singing mirrorball as a surprise song just a few hrs after releasing If This Was a Movie to celebrate the beginning of the eras tour. Gaylors have pointed out how incredibly loud and queer coded the song The Very First Night is bc of its use of subverted rhyme which emphasizes how the last word of the pre-chorus should be “HER” not “you” -> “🌋 a cross in poetry, born from the same story. intertwined, interlaced, interconnected. that’s just how it works. that’s how you get the girl. imgonnagetHERback.” (x) -> “It takes a lifetime to master the art of biting your tongue until it bleeds, all while feeding the world a blinding smile” (x) (the subverted rhyme in The Very First Night is an example of Taylor biting her tongue so that she doesn’t out herself by revealing these songs are about a HER) // “You feed them your practiced drama and they all promise to stay” (x) // “A pathological people pleaser who only wanted you to see her” (x) // “When did the world decide to hide the real tears with fake smiles” 10-17-18 ♠️ message (x) // “I'm a mirrorball, I can change everything about me to fit in” // “Conformity wins fights” (conforming to heteronormativity/gender roles) (x)

I think the reason for releasing those 4 songs in particular at the beginning of the eras tour was to signify that the eras tour was a countdown to the start of the real-life Hunger Games revolution Taylor and the other tortured poets are trying to start (see this post). This performance art/play/cross in poetry/TTPD group project/revolution/rabbit hole IS the movie (If This Was a Movie) and we’re watching it right now. In the 2021 Jimmy Fallon interview, Taylor said she was going to try to hint at sth 3 yrs in advance and 3 yrs after Oct 2022, when Midnights was released, is Oct 2025 so it makes sense that the Midnights vinyls clock would be a general outline of the tortured poets’ plans for 2025. I had originally thought that Taylor was referring to sth happening in Nov 2024 since that would be 3 yrs after that interview and I believe this is one possible interpretation since the presidential election was in Nov and us kaylors have been theorizing about the Miss Americana/TLGAD/The Albatross (“fake news”)/Vigilante Shit (“white collar crimes”) connections 🇺🇸. It also makes sense for it to be about 2025 since the Midnights vinyls clock is the one easter egg we haven’t really seen come to fruition yet. “It’s a clock, it can help you tell time” (x) -> the Midnights vinyls make a clock where each quarter represents 3 months and each hr represents each month of the yr.

Hrs 1-3, Jan-March: Moonstone vinyl 🩵—Bejeweled, 1989, connection to the feminine, light, hope, rebirth, new beginnings ☀️🦋

*Side note: Hrs 1-3 or Jan-March is also represented by the Lavender vinyl 💜 and lavender (haze) is related to lavender marriage/bearding/PR. Lavender has a rich history in the queer community.

Hrs 4-6, April-June: Blood Moon vinyl ❤️—Glitch (🎃,🌋, 🫚, and 🎁 anon messages w/ intentional glitches/mistakes, error 321), chaos (🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿, 🌋, and 🫚 anon messages mention chaos), disruption, change, RED herrings (x)(x)

Hrs 7-9, July-Sept: Mahogany vinyl 💛—HUNGER GAMES -> Effie’s famous quote “That is mahogany!”

Hrs 10-12, Oct-Dec: Jade Green vinyl 💚—Snow On The Beach -> “I searched aurora borealis green” and 10th 🎃 message that said “Glittering flecks of what could be light filter through the crack beneath it” // “One night, a few moons ago, I saw flecks of what could've been lights,” Halloween in Oct (🎃 messages told us Halloween would be important), nobility, virtue

The 12th hr or MIDNIGHT would then be the last day of the yr, New Year's Eve ("the biggest midnight of the year"), which really fits w/ all the rebirth/new beginnings/butterfly/transformation symbolism we've been seeing: 11-23-22 & 12-30-22 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 messages, 12-30-23 🌋 message

This all leads into the last thing I wanted to point out in this analysis…the 1st Sunrise on the Reaping teaser was released on 4-1-25 April Fool’s Day. I believe this is what the 1-13-24 🌋 message was foreshadowing -> “lava is a cruel kind of fools gold” (x) -> the teaser literally shows a volcano w/ GOLD lava and when it zooms out the volcano turns into a golden sun ☀️ (x). There’s butterflies in the teaser representing rebirth and new beginnings (Moonstone vinyl 🩵☀️🦋) -> “It’s golden like daylight” -> the color yellow often symbolizes happiness -> "What I need is the dandelion in the spring. The bright yellow that means rebirth instead of destruction" (7th 🎃 message) -> Lorde’s Yellow Flicker Beat in Mockingjay Part 1💡💛☀️ (9-27-19 & 4-1-20 ♠️ messages, 9-20-22 & 5-21-23 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 messages) -> “I have a feeling we all share a similar taste in music…I am the line of poetry you read years ago, but cannot remember distinctly enough to cite” (x) + “Friends have friends of friends. I, for one, love my friends and their friends. I wonder if you know any of them?” (x) = the rabbit hole/cross in poetry/TTPD/Hunger Games soundtrack.

"Transformation is imminent...Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye. And also...hello!" 👋 (x)(x)

[xxadiaa]

a rush of blood to the head

[risingsunresistance]

i am going to be a changed man next year

[mismess]

Worst choice Sing 2 made was having Johnny sing Sky full of Stars by Coldplay for the goddamn war planet part of the play. Absolutely hate it. Utterly did not fit the theme at all and could have been a way cooler scene if not for the Coldplay. You deserved better Johnny

[coldplayaoi]

i still can't believe green eyes is a real coldplay song written by their singer for their guitarist

[bom-bombon]

Love it when suddenly I see our faves crossover on tumblr (Taylor swift and Barcelona)

HDBSJUDHSKSIJSKDIHSGFJUDHSHID I can't believe it dude

[spinninglightning]

whenever i read fics i always end up thinkin of a song for the fic or like, th chapter and then i canr stop associating the fic w/ those songs

[aalishav]

I just love Coldplay, their songs heal you

[in-the-pocket]

[ sling ] sender slings an arm around receiver's shoulder

Evening. St. Vitus bar (rip, it lives on in my heart), at the far end of Greenpoint. The bill's a horror story in and of itself: MIDNIGHT, JESUS PIECE, ESCUELA GRIND, 200 STAB WOUNDS. The place is a total dive, dimly lit and packed to the gills. Stickers adorn stray surfaces, largely from acts who have played here before.

There, milling in the crowd, up front and to the right ("Trust me, it's the safest spot to be.") against a barricade-free stage, Lance tries and fails to be cool about it. It being taking a drink and gently slinging an arm about her shoulders, tattooed knuckles relaxing once he's done so.

"You nervous?"

The question takes her by surprise. Not only because she was starting to drown in the noise, but because it's an oddly tender question for him.

Lance had texted her approximately eight minutes before he was in the lobby of her apartment. She cursed and immediately called him. She asked him what to wear. He'd said "anything." She hated him for that. He always made sure she was comfortable and true to herself. It irritated her to no end. She huffed and puffed and elbowed him several times while they were gently rocked on the E train into Brooklyn.

She went with a black short-sleeved button down and high waisted black jeans to at least not attract attention with color. The orange and red curls were enough. Her shoes were a pair of her dance sneakers. Unassuming. Normal. Not a dead giveaway. When they'd walked in, she took a mental note of the slipperiness of the floors under her smooth soles. This would make a great dance floor...

But this was not a swing dancing venue with big band horns blaring and pairs of dancers crowding the floor. Folks here stand shoulder to shoulder chatting and murmuring about all sorts of things she doesn't understand. Growls, screams, squeals. What is this, a zoo?

The young woman tilts her head up and to the side, the little curious dog thing she does. She laughs quietly in the hopes that the chatter snuffs it out. It wavers a bit. She wavers a bit.

"Don't think so," she quips. Her brown eyes are even darker than usual in this dim lighting and they quickly scan the characters standing around them. They dart from face to face with the same quickness they had when she was on stage. It was a necessary skill to gauge the crowd.

"I like the energy in here. Very different from stuff I usually go to. I can feel the electricity building between everybody." She's thoughtful, aware, in tune. She feels that same electricity in the hairs on her uncharacteristically toned forearms.

It's only after her comment that she notices how comfortably his arm hangs over her shoulder. Even if the volts increase in her skin, he's grounded with his rubber soles. Pippa can tell he's not putting his full weight on her. Again with the making sure she's comfortable. Ugh.

And tonight will be another night she doesn't call attention to the physical connection. Like other days and nights where they hold onto one another and connect lazily, she'll let it linger, breathe it in, then exhale and let it pass naturally when it ends.

She's not uncomfortable. Not in this place, not next to him, not under his arm. Saying that wasn't necessary though.

Pippa wiggles her foot again. It slides easily. She scoots a bit closer to him, pressing half of her back against his chest now. If someone falls into her a bit too hard, she's got no traction. Might as well get herself stable and situated before the chaos starts. Hopefully he says nothing- lets it linger and pass.

She says nothing for a few moments, silently observing his warmth against her. This place was already getting warm, but his heat was less oppressive. More reassuring.

Suddenly, she jerks forward and her eyes widen.

"Shit! Almost forgot," she shoves a manicured hand into her front pocket and digs out two little rubber cases. They both read Vic Firth on the front. She opens one of them and pulls out two earplugs attached together with a string and shoves one immediately into her right ear canal. He may be someone she can count on to keep her off the floor and safe from being punched, but he can't stop tinnitus ringing.

She holds out the other case up to him with a cheeky grin. "Figured you don't wanna use one of my gross pairs. So I gotcha some new ones for yourself."

And there it is. The tacit acknowledgment of proximity of heart, body and musical interest.