#im relistening to it and i am screaming

[jackfromthefairytale]

in the shadows is The Best torchwood story I take no complaints

[littlebluejaydraws]

Cas + Faith 9/?- 5x16: Dark Side of the Moon

The alternate quotes are from the discussion of this moment in episode 23 of @thecascast, Dark Side of the Cas. The idea of doing a series following Cas' faith journey had been floating around in my head for a while, but this discussion is what lead to me actually doing this series so thanks y'all.

ID: Three images of a digital drawing of Cas from episode 5x16 of Supernatural. The drawing shows Cas' head and shoulders, viewed from above, with his face turned upwards towards the viewer. His expression is upset. The background is in shades of orange and the drawing is set within a circle, with a quote around the outside. In the the first image, the words read "Fuck you. I believed in-". In the second image, the words read "You son of a bitch. I believed in-". In the third image, the words read "You coward. I believed in-". The difference in the quotes is the only difference between the three images. End ID.

[vanweezer]

nevermind u guys all is good in the world. <- had a granola bar

[loverboybrightsideghost]

it's gonna be so over for me once i finally get to see wicked life

[one-little-nerd-stayed-home]

I've downloaded the last batch of episodes. When I run out of downloads I will officially be caught up on Naddpod main campaigns (except for when/if they drop the next ep before I finish)

[jazzically]

thoughts on various tma episodes

omfg now im thinking about this one hilarious exchange i read between nikola and jude in a fanfic and it was just all about how stupid the exterminator guy from mag 87 was

(the fic seems to have mistook megan for nikola but all the same)

mag 34: OOOH interesting. while i was trying to find the number of the episode i was looking for, i stumbled across the wiki, which says that anatomy class (34) was stranger-related?? i thought it was flesh (alas, my shallow first-impressions-are-probably-accurate mindset sabotaged me) but tbh stranger makes much more sense.

also i think it's perfect that breekon and hope are stranger-affiliated because that baaaasically makes them a neutral party as well. like nikola seems perfectly affable around most other avatars

omg i love her so much shes fantastic

mag 118: OHHHHH, i forgot i still had questions. yes ok so. i didnt know what jon was talking about at the end of season 3 about the anglerfish and "i thought it just ate the rest of the bodies" but wiki explained. thank you wiki youre a lifesaver. also GROSS. also that's fantastic i love love love the anglerfish cuz like it returns in s3 and has modest plot relevance and ties back to the very beginning but it's also not like the penultimate reveal or anything dramatic or full-circle-type cliche. (of course also bc i think the idea of a puppeteer monster is really freaking coollllll)

i dont think i appreciated s3 enough!!!! sigh

is it s2 or s3 when jon's been accused of murder and everybody avoids him? i forget

prolly s2 bc thats Spooky Tunnel Time: Gertrude's Body Is Apparently Under the Institute (and Basira!! Yay!!!!) (also Stupid Motherfucking Avatar of the Whore Jurgen Leitner. or is he s3 ??)

mag 54: OHHHHHH THE SPOOKY BODY IN THE BASEMENT WAS THE ANGLERFISH I SEEEEE (i loved that statement a lot but that random part at the end confused me up till now)

(if you cant tell im just going through a list of stranger-related statements now)

Listed on the article for the Stranger:

Hmm i rather thought 122 was the lonely or the extinction

mag 101

I FREAKING LOVE THIS ONE. RELISTENING!!!!! SO MUCH FUN!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU MICHAEL

i also adore michael's voice actor like. hiS LAUGH SOUNDS LIKE THAT NATURALLY IT'S FANTASTIC

the editing on michael's voice is GORGEOUS I LOVE HIM SO MUCH

i am the throat of delusion incarnate

i am michael

i was not always michael

i do not want to be michael

being michael stole the only purpose i have ever known

i just reALLY REALLY LOVE how in earlier episodes, the avatars seem to make no sense but then you listen back and realize that their ominous one-liners were not said just for the sake of intimidation but actually had meaning relevant to their patrons and canonical reason to be scarily and annoyingly cryptic i love it so much

gosh jon would u shut up and let my boy michael speak /j (despite being frustrated with the avatars and the mystery alongside jon at first listen, i now sympathize with the avatars' frustration with the archivist in earlier episodes. which. i mean. that's just amazing)

MAN AUGH THAT WAs sO GOOD rip michael im gonna miss you so much but also i love you helen im sorry i couldnt adjust to new things at first i adore them both

BTW MICHAELS DEATH SCREAM WAS INCREDIBLE possibly my favorite scream in the entire series

[mydoctor]

Tagged by @catalogercas

Rules: list your ten favorite albums of all time and tag ten people to list theirs!

THIS GOT SO LONG IM SORRY

There is absolutely 0 order to this. Also I did 11 because I thought of all of these and then kept going back and forth about which one to eliminate and I couldn’t do it!! They’re all here for different reasons so I’m saying fuck the rules everybody lives! I am an absolute Album Listener like I’m usually in the mood for a specific album and I’ll listen straight through(but maybe skip a couple songs here and there)

1. Montaigne- Complex (This is the first year in like 3 years that Montaigne hasn’t been my number 1 or 2 artist on wrapped but all their albums still absolutely rule but this one is my fave.)

2. The Killers- Sam’s Town (I’ve been a Killers fan since I saw Somebody Told Me on the vh1 top 20 video countdown ✌️Hot Fuss is a banger but Sam’s Town holds a special place. Remember when we had song ringtones? The song Sam’s Town from the album Sam’s Town was mine for so long in high school.)

3. Punisher- Phoebe Bridgers (the soundtrack of my 2020 I used to come home exhausted from work and sit in bed and listen to punisher straight through and read fanfic to unwind. In hindsight not a Great Time but in the moment it kept me sane)

4. Coheed and Cambria- In Keeping Secrets Of Silent Earth 3 (the amount of Coheed I listened to in college was astronomical. For a while they got linked to a shitty time so I couldn’t listen but seeing them in the line up for WWWY is bringing me back babeyyy. Honestly big respect to Claudio Sanchez for making a whole band and multiple albums around his little OCs)

5. My Chemical Romance- The Black Parade (truly do I have to explain)

6. Petey- Lean Into Life (Petey made up 28% of my top 100 songs this year alone so he’s earned his place)

7. The Wombats- Glitterbug (I was torn between this one and Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life but Headspace being on Glitterbug means it wins)

8. Metric- Live It Out (Another HS/College banger. I used to get so anxious during boss/big enemy fights in video games so I would listen to this album and sometimes specifically Monster Hospital on repeat. Sad I don’t like any of Metrics stuff post Fantasies but their early albums are great)

9. One Direction- Made In The AM (if yall haven’t been here for long you missed the 1D years and tbh I’m sad for you it was a fun time. Glad I got in as a fully cooked adult so I could avoid the extremely toxic parts and just have fun. Anyway last album best album when is the hiatus ending boys!!!!!!!!!)

10. Rilo Kiley- The Execution Of All Things(back to HS/college woohoooo! Truly is there anything better than screaming A Better Son/Daughter I DONT THINK SO)

11. Modest Mouse- We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank (Missed The Boat is one of my favorites songs of all time. This is another band that got stuck in the Associated With Bad Person zone for awhile but I just relistened a couple years ago and we’re so back baby)

tagging @pixiestickers @lookforanewangle @captainshakespear @bishakespeares @cassiefisherdrake @varricandhawke @thychesters @ursanic

11 albums 8 people I’m a great rule follower

Also if you see this and want to do it this is blanket permission to just say I tagged you ✌️

[fushiglow]

Me: 'aw no i shouldnt read a fic set in the music industry, it'll get me sad about abandoning my own dreams; nope nuhuh, apologies, moving on' -> fast forward a few weeks -> i see ur fic pop up every now n then on both ao3 n tmblr, tempting me to read it -> fast forward again, it's tday -> i end up caving in eventually when i see it on my dash again; checked out the first chapter while having lunch earlier. Got H o o k e d by ur narrative. And so i inhaled two more chaptrs a sec ago while commuting back home aaaaand lil old me proceeded to be WILDLY inspired by ch4 shenanigans and immediately i >Needed< to relisten to the Liszt performance, seeing it anew yet again, and then also dug up some soundtracks i made once upon a time when id been fooling around w the idea of expressing myself thru music -> fast forward again, im home now, n getting all giddy ab it, cheeks flushed n feeling alive, i tell u - im about to dust my piano n just smash at the keys for the till-now-abandoned fun of it, first time in forever. (It won't be good, but it'll be real, it'll be me.) I just. I feel the raw emotion in your fic and it made my heart pound while reading it. You >get it< jfc. (Also satosugu n others work So Well in ur story, so in character, u make it look so natural, as if jjk had always been ab music production and not a grimdark shounen). I only just finished the 4th chapter and im not caught up yet, but i couldnt have waited to tell u my thoughts so. There goes!! ((Also even months later im still deeply wounded by canon so i feel like im irrevocably dysregulated when it comes to engaging w satosugu haha, apologies if i come off strong. U just combined two passions of mine into one fic and im feeling So Fucking Grateful i wanna kiss u on the forehead and bless u for seven generations forward. Again - i havent yet finished what u've already dished out (bless ur soul for posting ur work holyhell) so ima come back when i have more unhinged thoughts as i read. Your writing is so On Point i can't contain myself (my heart is singing w joy because when i connect w the writing style i connect HARD. And lemme tell u, your style is both intense and light and professional and that's my fav combo, ima go n cry over my piano now bye. Until next time, ily sm) (also sorry about this longass ask, it was meant to be a oneliner but it got away from me bc.. Emotions, damn) -royce

Oh... Um...

Excuse me while I fucking cry over MY piano, what the actual fuck 😭 I think this is the biggest compliment I could possibly receive, you have NO FUCKING IDEA how happy it makes me to read that my fic inspired you to sit down at the piano again, holy shit???

cheeks flushed n feeling alive, i tell u - im about to dust my piano n just smash at the keys for the till-now-abandoned fun of it, first time in forever. (It won't be good, but it'll be real, it'll be me.)

I am sobbing and kicking my feet all at once at this image, I love you I love you I love you. Please tell me, how did it go?? Did you have fun? Did it feel good? God, I hope it did!!! 😭

I started writing this fic to heal some of my own hurt about leaving a career in music behind, so I'm writing this for people like you and me. You're my ideal reader and you couldn't POSSIBLY come off too strong. PLEASE come back with your unhinged thoughts, I will gladly scream with you about this — in fact, I'm desperate to do exactly that!

Royce, you're everything. Thank you so much for all your lovely words about my writing too, this soothes all of my doubts about deciding to post something so deeply self-indulgent all those months ago. This is for YOU 🫶

as if jjk had always been ab music production and not a grimdark shounen

Also, what do you mean? That's what it's about, isn't it? 👀

[hermanunworthy]

!DNDADS S2 EP40 SPOILERS!

ALRIGHTY PEOPLE. its time to enter a new arc! the fact that this episode is a longer one AND ALSO a two parter is so intimidating. what big stuff will happen i wonder

- HOW IS THE INTRO NOT HEY JUDE. WE WERE ROBBED

- IS THIS. ABOUT THE FUCKING MCDONALDS BIT. THE FUCKING OUT OF CHARACTER BIT THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO W THAT SUPER IMPORTANT EPISODE 😭😭 GOD

- I HATE THISSSSS WHYYYY

- that was the WORST intro. help.

- TAYLOR CAT FACT???

- NOOOOO TAYLOR IS A TIKTOK NPC LIVESTREAMER NOOOO

- WAIT WAIT WTF IS HAPPENING W LINC WHAT

- LINCOLN MR KICKS I CANT DO THIS HELPP

- this lincoln fact is actually very sad esp since ive been relistening to the earlier eps lately 😭 HE USED TO LOVE HIS DADS. MY SWEET LITTLE BOY.

- normals rad fact. this is just like that one drawing i did w him and linc w the garfield and odie hoodies except its garfield and nermal

- we better get tenmoku content this episode!!

- the message is coming from the school??

- god this is a disaster already what is going on

- is this crazy back and forth the reason why this episode is so long /hj

- i love dood

- A PERSON SUIT??? OH MY GOD WHAT IF THEY PUT DOOD IN THE TEENY COSTUME. PLZ PLZ PLZ

- YESSSSS LETS GOOOOO I WAS HOPING THIS WOULD HAPPEN

- OH SHIT THE COSTUME IS STILL IN GOOFS REALM HUH

- NORMAL HAVING A SPARE TEENY DEFEATS THE PURPOSE OF HIM WEARING IT ALL THE TIME TO DEFEND IT FROM CHAPARRAL

- "fuck taylor u stupid fucking idiot" WHOA DOOD???

- its been a while since we gotta a good ol "ill kill u" from taylor

- HERMIE I SCREAMED. why am i like this

- ROLLING INSIGHT ON HERMIE FINALLY.

- NORMALS FINALLY QUESTIONING WHY HERMIES STILL THERE OHHHH MY GOD WHY IS THIS HAPPENING NOW OF ALL TIMES

- PLZ GOD SOMEONE ROLL WELL ON HERMIE IM DYING HERE

- this lincoln and grant thing is PAINFUL.

- HOW LONG IS THIS JOHN BIT GONNA GO

- BOSS KICKS.

- BACK TO SCHOOL YIPPEEEE

- SCAM!!!!!!!

- okay well the sign is talking about 5 of them but do they mean the pcs and dood or the pcs and hermie?

- ohhh hermies not on the sign. excluded once again

- whoa hermie achieved normals dream. being a Normal Teen

- SUCKY. SUCKY BOND. IM SCREMAING

- THIS PODCAST IS SO STUPID!!!!!

- THE FACT THAT NOW LINCOLN DOESNT EVEN BAT AN EYE WHEN PEOPLE GET KILLED. god he HAS changed since the beginning of the season

- HERMIE STFU (i love hermie and scary as a duo actually but HERMIE STFU)

- WILL AND FREDDIES BONDING MOMENT LMAOOO

- WHY IS ANTHONY MAKING THE SOUND EFFECTS FOR IT UGHHH

- hermie steals the mascot costume once again.

- i have no idea whats happening what is their plan im so confused

- GRAAANT he makes me so sad

- THE WILSON HANDSHAKE.

- LINCOLN IS SO FUNNY THIS EPISODE

- i was really hoping theyd be at school longer tbh

- i feel like im not commenting enough on everything happening im so lost

- HOLY SHIT THEY CAN CHANGE THEIR CLASSES NOW. OH MY GOD THEYRE ACTUALLY GONNA DO IT

- i. what even happened in that episode. okay

[filamints]

Tag meme- get to know you game: answer the questions and tag the people you want to get to know better

holy shit i didnt know people were still at this, i got tagged by old man @jpivblog

- last song you listened to

so ive been relistening to my middleschool music... Vifta Med Händerna i used to borrow the 2 basshunter cds my library had frequently ;w; i had it on driving home because i rarely am in the car alone and when i am, i want to listen to LOUD music

- currently reading:

LMAO im reading halo: fall of reach to my girlfriend. we keep screaming at it, i love read aloud time with her sooooo much. turns out its bad! but its fun bad. after that she wants me to read murderbot to her

- currently watching:

buh. i feel like dungeon meshi barely counts im so behind. i think a more accurate gauge of what im up to is i just caught up with the something rotten podcast and im thrilled the current season is disco elysium, theyre been flirting with the idea for like, years i think LOL. i fell off during the metal gear season because i dont really care but i got thru it

- currently obsessed with

aoughuaough idk. my major fixations are always very static, they dont really change even from year to year. the moods for the kind of music i want to listen to and the food ive been craving is my fleeting kind so ive been relistening to the move's greatest hits a Lot and ive been in an insane mood for sandwiches and rice krispies treats. i hope that suffices. oh also im gonna get to play stardew update so im sure ill be insane about that again for a few weeks.

tagging people: @squeakitties @bullrunpicnicker @tigerdrop @kogo-dogo @bellygunnr @swamppossum

[sososososososomething]

PLASTIC DEATH BY GLASS BEACH.... yeah i still am really enjoying this album upon relistens. their first album was nice but this one blew it out of the water man. production's better. singing's better. i love how many marimbas there inexplicably are. i love how genuinely interesting songs get. i LOVE the noisy elements. i LOVE slip under the door. i feel that there's a more pronounced radiohead influence in the melodic vocals. im really really happy that there's good, scratchy screaming as well. i couldnt really make out most of the lyrics compared to the first album because i was focusing so much on the sound, & the vocals sacrifice verbal cohesion for textured emotional gravity (WHICH I QUITE LIKE), but what lyrics i DO know, i like. i have overwhelmingly positive feelings on it

[deprivedmusicaljunkie]

ok im literally the nicest person ever so i'll only give u two albums to rank : red and fearless (with their vaults),, aka the longest albums she has,, have fun😘💕

ellie i am literally at my wit’s end.

it’s FEARLESS

forever & always - the petty way she says and i don’t feel welcome anymore… this whole song is just chefs kiss and i have a soft spot for it okay (the piano version HITSSS DIFFERENTTT)

tell me why - it’s kinda crazy that i’m putting this song above all the popular ones but i love it so much. the violin in the intro is just so funny to me idk why, it makes me want to burst out laughing. and taylor is just so angsty here?? this one here. my fav (you could write a book on how to ruin someone’s perfect DAAAaaaAAaaAAaaAyy)

the way i loved you - SCREAMING AND FIGHTING AND KISSING IN THE RAIN she is so distressed i adore it. i also associate this song with my old crush but whatever because i want to feel like this again

you belong with me - SOOO ICONIC i scream-sang this with my best friend and it’s so nostalgic. it’s super pick me but every girl had a pick me phase at one point so it’s okay.

love story - a classic. i should get proposed to this song methinks.

jump then fall - idk why but this song hits different guys 🥲

fifteen - I LOVE THIS SONG. i’m so jealous of abigail if my friend wrote a song about my heartbreak i would be over the moon.

fearless - “this song is about the perfect first date i’ve never had.” same girl. i actually cringe whenever i listen to this song because it reminds me of this guy i used to like so. sorry tay.

the best day - once again, taylor swift reminds me that i have daddy issues. i remember on my first listen of this album i couldn’t get through this song and had to skip it… widiwidiekckekncndcjc teared up on this relisten! so!

mr. perfectly fine - ok tbh i have some nostalgia from this song bc last year they were playing this song in a barbershop in taiwan and i was so surprised ??

the other side of the door - back to december’s bratty little sister. jk i actually love the bridge but how many little black dresses does girly have!!

come in with the rain - oooh i love the “talk to… talk to…” lyrics they’re so yummy satisfying (ellie i’m tiredddddd)

that’s when - this song is sweet. every song is sweet but this is different. twosongsleft

superstar - cresswell vibes! is this song about joe jonas

you all over me - ok ngl. the graffiti metaphor was pretty cringe

untouchable - guys. how is this album worse than debut

you’re not sorry - go off i guess!

white horse - taylor, i’m sorry but. this is getting repetitive. why are you always so fucking heartbroken

we were happy - FEARLESS IS MY LEAST FAVORITE ALBUM THIS IS SO BLAND IM BAWLING

don’t you - this song sounds like every song which sounds like every other song on this album the moment this song ends is the moment i forget everything about it

bye bye baby - was joe jonas really that good of a boyfriend. did she have to release this song. did i listen to it in its entirety. who’s to say. i am so ready for red

today was a fairytale - in my honest opinion. this vault song did not need to be released

change - it’s fine. a standard older sister song. she def wrote this after reading a ya novel. not sure how i feel about her christian era but whatever. hallelujah!

breathe - taylor. girly. let’s have a talk for a second: please have one song on this album that doesn’t sound like every other song on this album. okay?

hey stephen - very basic. nothing really stood out to me yk? (should’ve been replaced by mr perfectly fine tbh)

burning RED

begin again - I HAVE SUCH A SOFT SPOT FOR THIS SONG. LIVE FOR YOURSELF. WRITE NEW STORIES. LOOK AT THE FUTURE. YOUR HURT DOES NOT DEFINE YOU!!!!

all too well (10 minute version) - THE SHORT FILM BROKE MEEE

all too well - OUCHH watch her grammys performance it is so emotional

the last time - YESSSS MORALLY COMPLICATED GRAY AREAS MY BESTIEEEE

red - LOSING HIM WAS BLUE LIKE ID NEVER KNOWN MISSING HIM WAS DARK GRAY ALL ALONE FORGETTING HIM WAS LIKE TRYING TO KNOW SOMEBODY YOUVE NEVER METT

holy ground - i love healing. i love getting over it. i love moving on.

treacherous - FORBIDDEN LOVE!!!!

i almost do - THIS HURTS SO MUCH THIS IS JUST THE 1 IN A DIFFERENT FONT

the moment i knew - this song is genuinely so heartbreaking knowing the details of taylor’s twenty first birthday… fuck you j*ke

the lucky one - yk what her vocals are kinda funky on this one but whatever

sad beautiful tragic - at first i was going to rank it lower but then i heard the bridge and 🤭

the very first time - this is such a cute song i cant wait to listen to it when i fall in love

nothing new - THE LUCKY ONE VIBES !!

state of grace - ok idk if it’s just me but this kinda sounds like a modern day christian worship song? in all seriousness i am obsessed with this song. very movie soundtrack esque.

better man - ooh good soup. i love how she kinda has flashbacks in this song like in all too well.

starlight - really adorable!! i love the dreamy vintage aesthetic and the guitar. could totally see a grandma at some retirement home recounting her glory days.

come back… be here - she’s written better yearning songs. this is whatever

run - what is ed doing here!!!

everything has changed - i’m not a big fan of eddie but he wasn’t bad in this. plus the joker and the queen is such an iconic music video.

i knew you were trouble - so dramatic and for what!!! she slayed

forever winter - this is literally winlet from scarlets pov ???

girl at home - she really is a girl’s girl 🫶

we are never getting back together - it sounds too similar to 22 for me.

22 - not one of her best hits but it still slaps

babe - mid.

message in a bottle - nothing about this stood out to me. not my favorite.

stay stay stay - ew. barf. i hate it.

i bet you think about me - the worst taylor swift song yet. why is there a cacophony of harmonica in the chorus.

[thefringespod]

Happy #AudioDramaSunday dear wanderers! This week at work had way fewer meetings which meant more podcast time

Starting off the week, I had a relisten to the entirety of the Technomancy Project because I have a problem <3 I love the Technomancy Project so much and will likely relisten again soon

Also Jason *does* say gods instead of god throughout all of season 1 and I never noticed because *I* say gods instead of god because that's just who I am as a person

I missed a clue

Because of my linguistic choices

And I have no regrets

@re-dracula is continuing its incredible journey and I feel so bad for Lucy. It doesn't matter that I know what happens to her. Hearing Beth Eyre voice Lucy is cutting directly into my soul

Episodes 5 and 6 of @doyoucopypod have made me feel EMOTIONS. Episode 5 in particular made me cry. At my desk. At work. Cody Heath has made me cry with this show TWICE. And I wouldn't have it any other way

Patreon access for @malevolentcast was released this week and yeah. YEAH. I will be screaming about it more once public release has happened but its one hell of an episode (as they all are)

And of course we had the @EthicsTownPod season finale. Louis Hendry has created a crazy fucked up world (affectionate) and I'm obsessed with it. Liz Dokukina and Rhys Lawton absolutely punched me in the chest with the finale (and with the whole season) PLEASE listen to Ethics Town

Last on my listen list was episode 1 of The Silt Verses and hooooooboy I'm already so in love with it. Its been on my list for ages and both Tay and Tot told me to listen to it got moved up and yeah

YEAH

This is my foreseeable future

I believe in Méabh de Brún supremacy <3

Just a reminder that the incredible @chainofbeing is crowdfunding for season 2! They're 18% of the way to their goal with 22 days left

I adored season 1 of COB and know Cai is going to do incredible and wild things with season 2

And the cast is to die for

Here on the Fringes cast members are sending over their audio and im working on editing some bonus content

Season 2 is well underway and I can't wait for yall to hear it!

That's all for this week! Next week will be more Silt Verses and probably another COB relisten because im hyped for season 2 (please please PLEASE back the crowdfunder if you can they deserve the WORLD and if we can't give them that we can at least get them funded)

[chi-haku]

time to rank the new ateez album!! as always, this ranking is EXCLUSIVELY based on my very first listen (with the exception of the title). no relistening until after i finish ranking. this one was a doozy aka the hardest album to ever rank.

lets get started below the cut!!

1. dune - oh my god the build. at first i was like hmmm but the build to the chorus i literally am ascending this plane. sorry to my job i wont make it in today i have to listen to this song on repeat. the bridge at 2:15 i just melted into the ground i am but a simple man. AND THE BRIDGE JUST KEEPS GOING. quite possibly my favorite ayghshhshdjfk

2. wake up - this song is classic ateez sound ‼️AND I LOVE THAT‼️ i was like surely this wont make my ranking any harder—YOU CAN HEAR MY VOICE!! kinda like cyberpunk pt 2 which was the best song off the movement. i cant wait to play a crazy shooter to this. jongho once again eating up the whole industry with his power.

3. bouncy - this song has been stuck in my head since i saw the mv this morning. RAPPER SEONGHWA!!! begging the dj to play this next time i go out no shame. also sans sit back and relax everybody that is my BIAS and that killed me three times i love it. this song is actually such a fun fun title i love it ateez titles are never disappointing

4. django - this album is so hard to rank there is not a single skip here; WOAH WOAH WOAH love that part it fucks!! oh my god the jongho and the ‘you better run’ i am kicking and screaming this is so good. this is only slightly above the world because of that and the outro they are basically the same rank

4. this world - oh my god the cunt; i immediately gasped when this song started. mingi and joongs rap in it eats so fucking hard. oh my god the SPOOKY SYNTH????? love this. want it x1000

4. outlaw - another classic ateez sound. OH MY GOD THE ANTI DROP. i thought this would be easy to rank it is not. django, the world, and this song are all equally as good imo (i just only listen to each song only once to rank them and thats why my rankings change an insane amt a week later) FUCK THE END OF THIS SONG JUST FUCKED UP ALL OF MY RANKINGS FUCK!!! ok theyre all sharing a rank. is this an accurate way to rank things. no. but i am a simple man.

album highlights: every rap verse eats. jongho eating up every vocal part. EVERYONE in the bouncy mv. im sure the lore in it is also insane im just behind. ateez made an album with no skips. this. this may quite possibly be my favorite boy group album this year so far. that is actually insane.

[straykats]

kat talks: 5-star

tldr; it did not take long at all for this comeback to grow on me i love it so much. i find that with most new songs my first listen is always very apathetic and/or ??? LOL and there exists only a small handful of songs that i immediately was like oH MY GOD (this is across all artists i listen to) but yeah i always forget that when listening to new music and i think this comeback is the first time i fully acknowledged that my first listen is rarely (and doesnt need to be) instant likesies. theres a lot of small bits throughout the album that remind me of other songs (not a bad thing, just smth i noticed i kept noticing?). topline, dlc, the sound and time out were/are my favs hehe (update: relistening to the album again and collision and fnf are creeping up to my favs too help)

hall of fame

okay im pretty sure i've heard this in my brief listen before but i also dont remember it at all

i cant describe it but that alien-sounding melody actually has me seeing like a weird alien brainwashing thing

WHOS FUCKING-- WAS THAT JEONGIN??? AT 1:24???? that was so pretty i want that framed

during hyunjins bit i got weird b me flashbacks??? i dont think it sounds similar but my mind immediately went 'b me !!'

jesus felix

the moon landing audio is such a cool inclusion,,, 5 star,,, hall of fame,,, a star/celestial body themed comeback,,,,

s-class

okay wbk i was so confused the first time round but its grown sm on me

i LOVE the power of the opening

the cartoon boing/spring sound and (its not but) the tom and jerry running sound hehe

this song definitely sounds.. grand? and wide? and a good title track

"[im] up above the world so high" nice nice twinkle twinkle reference hehe

i absolutely love jeongin's bit in the bridge and i love the choreo of it too

item

i love the game sounds they use in this hehe

seungmin's prechorus reminds me of smth but i cant place what it is

felixs ... tone? like? the voice he uses???

hyunjin/changbin bit in the bridge >>>>> i cant explain it but it sounds so good

super bowl

the instrumental at the beginning took me by surprise.. i also am sitting ehre trying to identity the?? The Sound. digital/synth. like the almost cowbell almost snare one. ive replayed it so many times.

i thought this when i first heard it (while doing the dishes lol) but is this song all in english?

whats that sound between 'have a bite' and 'make it mine'

screams TFDGVJABVAD the whisper im sorry i cant do it HAHAHAHAHA

topline

to be mad honest i was SO excited for this based on just the teaser

'we skedaddle intoxicated razzle dazzle' best line fr

okay ik i didnt say much for this one but its one of my favs

underground rebellious kinda vibes i love it (i described that wrong but i have a very specific img in my head)

dlc

im trying to play this on the pino and its driving my nuts but in a good way

the 'amudo moreuge' line throughout the entire song is so [deep breaths] like i cant explain it but it BUT AHHHHHH (fun fact for any pokemon people LOL the song oracion has the same kinda thing in it. idk what to call it.)

oh i LOVE love the piano during the second verse AHHHHHHHHH not gonna be able to replicate it but thats okay

the song/chorus has a.. an urban tropical feel? like it's ALMOST something you would hear with a tropical background but smth about the key, maybe, plavces it instead in an urban setting at night (bc lyrics) and seems kinda bittersweet

THATS WHAT THE AMUDO MOREUGE LINE DOES it adds such a sad kinda tired/resigned feel to the song which is like. on one hand the lyrics are so 'lets dance like crazy without a care in the world' but on the other hand the song feels so lonely and kind of. 'don't worry about me, i'll manage my sadness alone'??? like, 'let's have fun together but i'm really sad even though i'm smiling' kinda thing ARGHHHHH

get lit

seungmin's line rmeinds me of smth ARGHH its another skz song i know that for sure but i cant remember which one (ngl a lot of the songs in this album have parts that remind me of another kpop song,,, one of the above reminded me of nct but icr which song)

oh wait i think its my pace @ seungmins line

the instrumental would be so cool for mashups etc

wait one of the lines is 'today im so cocky' which is interesting bc theres a previous line (sueprbowl?) thats about not being cocky or smth HMMM i would revisit but tbh i cbb rn rip

collision

tRUMPETTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT... i think

trumpets reminded me of maknae on top and this song also suits jeongin's voice sm i love it here

oh??? the ringing at the end???

fnf

this REMINDS ME OF SMTH TOO an dits not kpop

but i do really like it

'ashes up in the sky' ,,,, thinkingthinkingthinking

this feels like the opposite of time out and idk how to explain it

lix singing !!!!!! i love it sm

WAIT THSI ONE ACTUALLY REMINDS ME OF B ME wait no or is it levanter

the flaura and fauna line also reminds me of venom

both of the above points refer to the melody ,, seungmin's venom prechorus "cant escape-" and then it jumps The Other Song which i cant figure out what it is AHH

was that an eagle did i just hear an eagle

the minho/chan ending is so <3 <3 <3

youtiful

the muted piano i [crying] also almost gives me knnw vibes

'must be an oracle' ????? trying to understand this. like. it must be predicting smth,, but what,,, 'look at the stars fall / they leave the sky, goodbye' which part of this is the oracle i-- ad oracle as in like a person or a message but either way

if anyone covers this song please use a xylophone or marimba hehe would be so <3

oh i can see this second verse being animated so beautifully

why did changbin singing at the end make me so incredibly soft

the sound

okay this song has been out for ages but i think the only thing i said about it was smth about the bass and also how it sounds like a 'final stand' kinda song

okay ngl i liked the jpn lyrics better for the chorus oopsies im sorry

the piano sounds so RAW like the ringing of it the way the key falls and the mallet hits the string like you can HEAR it like thats exactly how it sounds when you play that high on a piano and also like. imo i notice the sound more on older pianos and just bc of that personal association (???) this song gets a bit sadder

adding to the 'final stand' feel is the police sirens in the chorus

time out

i just love this song sm man like idk what to say at this point

OH IT REMINDS ME OF A DEEMO SONG AHHAHA WAIT LEMME FIND IT // this song omg i've never thought about it before but listening to time out just then, i literally went 'you ready?' and then i was like WAIT THATS A DIFFERENT SONG

this song would be such a fun end-of-concert/encore song woah

yeah no i really dont have much to say i just love this song sm

[princess-of-purple-prose]

Hi! Hope you are having a nice day! I've been relistening to wtnv after stopping a long time ago, all thanks to you and the wave of wtnv ive gotten the past few days lmao. and i think its even better then I remember? Especially episode 19 as a whole. Im still screaming and I already had listened to the episode before lmao

Same to you oh my gosh!! I am doing well, thank you! Here's a flower! 🌼

I'm SO touched to hear that, WOW 🥺🥺🥺 It makes me so so happy to know that people are enjoying my fave show (I'm listening to "condos" right now!!) <333 And yeah, 19 never stops going hard as hell, I should really relisten to it :)))