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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 30/12/2023 (Christmas Garbage)

Content warning: Brief references to murder, racism and unlawful sex acts. Merry Christmas!

Yawn, it’s a Christmas episode. It’s not even Christmas anymore - the tracking week included Christmas Day. “Last Christmas” is #1, of course it is. Skip this one is my personal advice. Christmas Christmas Christmas. REVIEWING THE CHARTS.

Rundown

So, there are a few new arrivals today, but it’s also a week of mostly just festive music the week after festive music mattered so I’ll have a bit of a different approach, one I’m sure will be made up for with next week’s: Less than a fifth of this week’s chart are non-Christmas songs, I’m going to be mostly in chart nerd form rather than expressing much of my opinion, which is kind of how this series has been moving towards lately? Next episode will be the rush of new and old songs thanks to the end-of-year gains and Christmas collapse, so that will be more of a classic episode when it comes to dishing out intros and opinions on different genres and artists, the usual. For now, well, let’s just run down what we have here. Rounding out the top five are Brenda at #5, Ed and Elton at #4, Mariah at #3 and Sam bloody Ryder still hogging up #2.

Let’s continue with rounding up the Christmas songs. The songs entering the UK Top 75 for the first time this year in this week, but have already entered the top 75 previously, are “Cozy Little Christmas” by Katy Perry at #70, “Mistletoe and Wine” by Cliff Richard at #69, “Please Come Home for Christmas” by the Eagles at #68, “Santa’s Coming for Us” by Sia at #66, “Santa Baby” by Kylie Minogue at #64, “Christmas Wrapping” by the Waitresses at #62 (one of my personal favourites) and “My Only Wish (This Year)” by Britney Spears at a new peak of #59, “Come on Home for Christmas” by George Ezra at #56, “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas” by Perry Como at #54, “Santa Claus is Comin’ to Town” by Bruce Springsteen at another new peak of #47, and “Christmas Tree Farm” by Taylor Swift at #46… and speaking of new peaks, “What Christmas Means to Me” by Stevie Wonder at #76, “Jingle Bells” by Meghan Trainor at #48, “Santa Baby” by Eartha Kitt at #44, “Little Saint Nick” by the Beach Boys at #43, “A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives at #40, “The Christmas Song” by Nat King Cole at #34, “Winter Wonderland” by Laufey at #26, “Sleigh Ride” by the Ronettes at #20 and “DJ Play a Christmas Song” by Cher at #18, as well as Jorja Smith’s cover of “Stay Another Day” at #16 and “Let it Snow” (three times) by Dean Martin at #13 and finally, it took a while but “Santa Tell Me” by Ariana Grande reached the top 10 at #8.

I questioned the point in listing the notable dropouts - songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the region or a peak in the top 40 - since they’ll all be back next week but hey, if I can list a bunch of Christmas songs by dead people in succession, why not secular songs by those very much still with us? With that said, we bid adieu to that terrible cover of “I Wish it Could be Christmas Everyday” by “Creator Universe”, and then bid a probably temporary farewell to “Stop Giving Me Advice” by Lyrical Lemonade, Jack Harlow and Dave, “You’re Losing Me” (From the Vault) by Taylor Swift, “Surround Sound” by JID featuring 21 Savage and Baby Tate, “Lose Control” by Teddy Swims, “exes” by Tate McRae, “Northern Attitude” by Noah Kahan with Hozier on the duet version, “Runaway” by Ye featuring Pusha T, “Can’t Catch Me Now” and “vampire” by Olivia Rodrigo, “On My Love” by Zara Larsson and David Guetta, “Water” by Tyla, “Strangers” by Kenya Grace, “I Remember Everything” by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves, “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift and finally, “Sprinter” by Dave and Central Cee. So, yeah, big bloodbath this week but one that involves a revival for the next.

So, time to “review”, isn’t it? We have some new arrivals, most of which are Christmas songs, let’s trodge through them.

NEW ARRIVALS

#74 - “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” - Dean Martin

Produced by Lee Gillette

So, firstly: I’m going to be getting the vast majority of my info from the horse’s mouth, so to speak, the Official Charts Company’s archive: it may sometimes be inaccurate or awkward in its formatting but I know charts well enough to notice when something doesn’t seem right - for the most part - or when it contradicts with Wikipedia or other sources. You can find the vast majority of this info elsewhere, I’m not doing intense research, but hey, it’s good to have a little backstory and that’s what most of this episode will be: stories. We start with a fictional one, that of Rudolph’s.

Now he may be a tradition now but he’s more recent than you think, pitched in 1939 by a retailer in New York known as Robert L. May. He’s a newly-created Christmas character that is a bit of wholesome children’s content with a good message, insanely basic character design and therefore incredibly intuitive marketing strategy. The song came 10 years after the character, and whilst Gene Autry probably recorded the most well-known version, it’s never charted in the UK. In fact, Dean Martin’s version, which debuts this year at #74 - it’s its first week in the top 100 even - is the first version to chart, despite American success of versions by Autry, Bing Crosby and even the Chipmunks and the Temptations, both inspiring 60s vocal groups. This 1959 cover from A Winter Romance, the same album with “Let it Snow” on it, is a completely fine, very cliché Christmas-sounding tune with a weird German accent for Santa’s dialogue. Whilst it may be somewhat surprising the song’s not charted, I do understand. I sang “Rudolph” as a child in assemblies at school, sure, but I’m a much later generation than a lot of the people listening to Christmas music this time of year in this country, and it’s always felt like a specifically American export, especially that stop-motion TV special that may have re-popularised the tune. The only other “Rudolph” song to chart is Chuck Berry’s 1958 classic, “Run Rudolph Run”, which peaked at #36 in 1964 and is currently at #49. When it peaked, “I Want to Hold Your Hand” by The Beatles, another rock-and-roll classic, was #1. Mr. Berry of course would later go on to film women peeing, so maybe someone should make a festive rock and roll remix to “Ignition”.

#72 - “Carol of the Bells” - John Williams

Produced by John Williams

Spotify actually credits more than OCC does here: John Williams is listed here as he’s the only performer listed on the chart itself but on streaming services, the lead artist is actually Mykola Dmytrovych Leontovych, the Ukrainian composer for the song, originally arranged as a very non-Christmas piece “Shchedryk”, which I guess is still about Winter as when translated, one can read lyrics about how a swallow flies into a home promising wealth for the upcoming spring. It’s connected to a folk holiday in Ukraine celebrated on New Year’s Eve known as “Malanka”, somewhat similar to Christmas in its festivities but with a depth of its own traditions unique to eastern Europe, and it wasn’t even the intended holiday of Leontovych’s original composition, first performed in Kyiv in 1916. An American composer, importantly one descending from the Rusyns of modern-day Ukraine, heard the composition, which made its way to New York in the 1920s, and wrote English lyrics relating to Christmas though, interestingly, Peter J. Wilhousky is nowhere to be seen in the artist credits for this version, being relegated to a writing credit on Spotify.

There are many versions of this song but by far the most popular is the rendition by John Williams, an icon in film scoring who arranged the song alongside a children’s choir performance for the 1990 film Home Alone, which has aged pretty well - mostly because it’s practically just slapstick of a kid torturing these two idiots - and has become a Christmas classic, particularly in eastern Europe, where its release lined up pretty nicely with more lenient restrictions on western films, so it became one of the first western family films seen by many children beyond the Iron Curtain just as it fell, which does make the use of Leontovych’s composition come full circle in a way. Personally, I’ve always found this song a tad eerie and intense, but Williams’ version of “Carol of the Bells” is the only one to have charted in the UK, and it first reached the top 100 in 2018. Additionally, the main theme from Home Alone, “Somewhere in My Memory”, spent one week at #69 in 2019. The #1 that week was “Sweet but Psycho” by Ava Max, and John Williams has charted a few times with singles and many, many other times on the albums chart, for his work in film scoring. Last year, the Home Alone soundtrack made its very first appearance there at #100, and this year, probably assisting with the new peak of this song, the actor who played the boy Kevin McCallister, Macaulay Culkin, received a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame and the film itself was inducted into the Library of US Congress’ National Film Registry.

#71 - “Entrapreneur” - Central Cee

Produced by Chris Rich and Caleb Bryant

Alright, let’s cut the Christmas crap for a second as we do have a new song from Cench charting, and whilst Jeezy has made that awkward pun before, this is still a completely fine, maybe even pretty good, drill track with a very energetic performance from Cench here and despite some very odd mixing that makes the percussion feel stiff and the bass less present than it should be, I still think it hits hard amidst the soaring strings and keys at the back of the mix that is surprisingly dynamic at times, it almost feels like it’s going for a cloud rap vibe but instead of fully submerging the listener, Cench submerges any need for the instrumental by bringing a lot of charisma, some funny lines and a whole lot of triumphant flexing that given the motivation in his voice here and some genuinely likeable lyrics, actually feels pretty deserved. Sure, he sticks to the same flow, but it’s one that works and seems to serve his best interests lyrically as he can fit all of his wordy bars into it, so I’d say this is ultimately a success.

#67 - “Deck the Halls” - Nat King Cole

Produced by Lee Gillette

Another Lee Gillette production in the same week, huh, I guess the guy was the go-to for soulful Christmas tracks. I’m never going to complain about hearing Nat King Cole’s rich voice… except for this song, misspelled as “Deck the Hall” on Spotify, where it feels like everything’s a bit too fast for the guy, I almost feel bad. It’s a very spritzy and string-heavy song that just ends up too chintzy to give Nat King Cole any time. Hell, I’ll be honest - this one sucks, it’s way too busy and barely anyone could pull off this dead-on-arrival fa-la-la-la song anyway unless you’re a cartoon character but I haven’t seen the Animaniacs chart in my lifetime so this is a carol I’ve never preferred. As for this song’s chart history, this is its second week on the chart, and only this version has ever charted to my knowledge, debuting at #84 last year. That’s not to say people haven’t recorded and performed this song that aren’t named Nat King Cole because by God, they have, though not nearly as much as a song we’ll be talking about in a few paragraphs’ time. As for the original composition, it dates back to the traditional Welsh carol “Nos Galan”, which is actually about New Year’s Eve and both its tune and lyrics were written around the 1700s, but English lyrics by Scotsman Thomas Oliphant in 1862 brought us the carol we know today, so this one is a bit more historied than Rudolph, especially with popularising the now universal phrase of “’tis the season”. I don’t even like the slower, original Welsh version of this, it’s just a pestering little song to me. Never done well to my knowledge. Next.

#63 - “This Christmas” - Donny Hathaway

Produced by Ric Powell and Donny Hathaway

This is a pretty weird one because yes, this version of the song has never charted in the UK’s top 100 before. That much is true… but I have reviewed it, and in 2020 in fact, so dig up that old episode, right? Well, maybe not, because the only reason I reviewed it is because a Jess Glynne version charted that year, and it was an Amazon original version, that I ended up comparing to the original, one of my favourite ever Christmas songs, in complete despair and almost disgust. Hathaway has a buttery but unabashedly joyful voice, he came up with that iconic gleeful horn line and that clever, sleek title-drop in the verses, and like I said in 2020, lest we forget the bongos. It’s a detailed, beautiful song that was first released in 1970, with the B-side “Be There”, which is probably why OCC questionably lists this song as “This Christmas Be There”. Said B-side is the other holiday single tacked onto his self-titled album and whilst not as catchy or canonical, it is more of a melodramatic tune with just as many intricacies, it’s really an underrated gem to be honest. It took a while for “This Christmas” to latch on, only really resurging in 1991 when included on a reissued Christmas compilation record. It didn’t chart on the US Billboard Hot 100 until 2020 and has finally made it to the UK’s singles chart in its original form. The malformed Jess Glynne butchering made it to #3 in 2021, and “Last Christmas” was #1 that week too. It briefly returned in 2021 but only peaked at #52 that year and has not appeared again so I’m assuming the UK has come to their senses and made the correct decision about which one to enjoy from this year onward.

#60 - “Jingle Bells” - Frank Sinatra

Produced by Voyle Gilmore

It is a disgrace that Meghan Trainor’s version outcharts Frankie, but there is some solace in knowing Trainor’s version may be like Jess Glynne’s “This Christmas” and end up as a one-year-only success. It’s not like it matters though, “Jingle Bells” may be the most-recorded song in human history, and is definitely at least one of them, even though it was never explicitly about Christmas… though the song was originally titled “This One Horse Open Sleigh” so part of me thinks that James Lord Pierpoint, the song’s writer and Confederate soldier - yikes - had at least Father Christmas in mind when composing the jingle. Pierpoint even wrote music for the losing side in the Civil War and ended up on the opposing side of his father in the Union Army - Jesus, the less we know about the guy who wrote the song, the better, what a loser. Anyway, like 70,000 Goddamn people have dashed through the snow to get to the studio and record this track, so it’s safe to say the song has reached beyond its obscure writer at this point. It’s been broadcast from space, for God’s sake.

Sinatra, or more accurately Gilmore, extends the song with an unnecessary spelling section from a choir, but otherwise the 1948 recording is a lot of fun with a classic, swingin’ performance from Frankie as one would expect, especially when he has some fun with the cadence of the track, even if he doesn’t do it all too much. The song is such a staple that it’s been implemented into other Christmas standards for years, and not just “Jingle Bell Rock”, which I consider so separate to be its own song so I’ll wait for another cover of that next year before I get into that chart history, but also it’s a motif heard in Bing Crosby’s “It’s Beginning to Look a Lot like Christmas”, the guitar… solo(?) in Nat King Cole’s “The Christmas Song” and even Joni Mitchell’s “River”. As for the original, I mean, it’s been covered by everybody from Herb Alpert to the Beatles to the Barenaked Ladies to Barney the Dinosaur to Eric Clapton to Gladys Knight to Pearl Jam to the Wiggles to CBeebies’ Goddamn Alphablocks but the versions that charted are as follows.

The first version of the original “Jingle Bells” to chart in the modern chart was… a reggae version by Judge Dread, who if you know anything about him, is not exactly a wholesome Christmas artist, and of course, it’s actually a vulgar, laddish version using the melody to talk about having sex on Christmas with some girl. I’ve talked about Judge Dread on this blog before in my special episode from 2021 about songs banned by the BBC, in which I included a lot more of his story. To be completely honest, his version is a lot of fun, especially with how carelessly he delivers it all, and it peaked at #64 for two weeks in 1978, during which “Mary’s Boy Child / Oh My Lord” by Boney M. was #1. It’s currently at #51. In 1981, a novelty version by the Hysterics that lasts for only less than a minute and a half, peaked at #44 for three weeks. Subtitled “(Laughing All the Way)”, it is simply a guy laughing obnoxiously to the tune of the song as a cartoon-sounding pop-rock version plays under him. It is profoundly stupid. “Don’t You Want Me” by the Human League was #1 during these three very cursed weeks in British history. In 2005, whoever the Hell was behind the Crazy Frog mashed up the song with “U Can’t Touch This”, which apparently warrants it a separate Wikipedia page, and it peaked at #5 whilst Nizlopi’s “JCB”, a personal nostalgic song for me, was #1. Another EDM version by Basshunter peaked at #35 in 2008, when Alexandra Burke’s cover of “Hallelujah” was #1. It’s safe to say that both 2000s Eurodance versions of “Jingle Bells” are cheap and ridiculous. Last year, Sam Ryder’s Amazon-exclusive version from an Amazon-exclusive Christmas film charted at #41 - “Last Christmas” was of course at #1 that week - and this week, we see both versions by Meghan Trainor and Frank Sinatra charting. He originally recorded it in 1948 but it only started charting two weeks ago. Oh, and of course, Batman smells and Robin laid an egg.

#58 - “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” - Mariah Carey

Produced by Walter Afanasieff and Mariah Carey

Mr. President, a second - okay, more accurately, third - Mariah Carey Christmas song has hit the canon… and I have no idea why you’d listen to this slightly-oversung, dull 1994 rendition over the Darlene Love original, which has a slightly similar story to “This Christmas” though arguably more organic. It wasn’t a single when added to Phil Spector’s Christmas compilation album - he would later murder a woman, of course - but the track, released in 1963 and featuring Cher on backing vocals, who would later cover the song as a duet with the surprisingly-still-alive (especially if she knew Spector, sheesh) Ms. Love, 60 years later - yes, that’s this year - on her own Christmas album. Sadly, that one didn’t chart but Carey’s instead. Love’s version gained popularity simply because in the late 80s, talk-show host David Letterman just liked the song and continued to invite her year upon year to perform it on his show, which is adorable.

In the UK, the original version didn’t chart until after Bublé’s - sigh - which didn’t last, peaking at #47 for two weeks in 2011 and briefly coming back in the bottom-feeder region in 2015. When it peaked, the #1 was “Cannonball” by Little Mix, and then “Wherever You Are” by the Military Wives and Gareth Malone, that year’s Christmas #1. Love’s version first charted here in 2017, though her other Christmas song, “All Alone on Christmas”, featured on the Home Alone 2 soundtrack - starring a man who I’m pretty sure James Lord Pierpoint would have voted for - peaked at #31 in 1992, during which the #1 was predictably Whitney Houston’s “I Will Always Love You”. “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” would eventually peak at #22 in 2018 and is currently charting at #31, whilst Carey’s version reaches a new peak this year after first charting in 2021, and with that, we are done with 2023’s Christmas episodes of REVIEWING THE CHARTS. Also, did you know U2 had a version of this? …Why?

Conclusion

This wasn’t really a conventional episode, was it? I can’t really fairly give Best of the Week out, or the worst for that matter, because these are songs I hold very few notable opinions on and spent most of the time just talking about their origins and their chart success. With that said, screw “Deck the Halls”, thank you for reading and I’ll see you next… year!

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─── profile .ᐟ

FULL NAME GRAYSON WYATT KELCE DATE OF BIRTH JULY 21, 2003 PLACE OF BIRTH CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO NICKNAMES GRAY, GRACY, BABY K, LITTLE KELCE, SISSY PREFERRED NAME GRAYSON ASTROLOGICAL SIGN CANCER LAST KNOWN ADDRESS CLEVELAND HEIGHTS, OHIO CURRENT ADDRESS LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA HEIGHT 5'4" EYE COLOR BROWN HAIR COLOR BROWN ❪NATURALLY❫, BLACK ❪DYED❫ OCCUPATION AMERICAN SINGER-SONGWRITTER, SOCIAL MEDIA INFLUENCER TATTOOS BROKEN HEART ON WRIST, "ALWAYS" ON FOREARM, MUSIC NOTES ON HER WRIST, "NOT AFRAID" ON ELBOW, MOON ON HER KNUCKLE, DOTS & SUN ON HER KNUCKLE, DOTS & PLANET ON HER KNUCKLE, STAR ON KNUCKLE, ANTI-BULLYING QUOTE ON HER SHOULDER, X ON HER KNUCKLE, "BITE ME" ON FINGER, "FEAR" ON HER WRIST, CROSS ON HER FINGER, HANDS HOLDING A FLOWER ON HER FOREARM, VAMPIRE FANGS ON HER FOREARM, "DEPRESSION & OBSESSION" ON HER UPPER ARM, KAOMOJI SMILEY FACE ON RIGHT INDEX FINGER PIERCINGS EAR LOBE, HELIX/CARTILAGE, AURICLE/RIM FAMILY JASON KELCE ❪ FATHER ❫, KYLIE KELCE ❪ STEPMOTHER ❫, WYATT KELCE ❪ LITTLE SISTER ❫, ELLIOTTE KELCE ❪ LITTLE SISTER ❫, BENNETT KELCE ❪ LITTLE SISTER ❫, TRAVIS KELCE ❪ UNCLE ❫, ED KELCE ❪ GRANDFATHER ❫, DONNA KELCE ❪ GRANDMOTHER ❫, MICHELLE WARREN ❪ BIRTH MOTHER ❫ CLOSEST FRIENDS JADEN HOSSLER, TAYLER HOLDER, RYLAND LYNCH, KOUVR ANNON, BRAD SIMPSON, SADIE SINK, JAMIE DRYSDALE, CAM YORK, CARTER HART RELATIONSHIPS CARTER REYNOLDS ❪ EXBOYFRIEND ❫, BRANDON ARREAGA ❪ EX BOYFRIEND ❫, TREVOR ZEGRAS ❪ 2022 ❫INSTAGRAM @/LIFEOFGRAYSON FACE CLAIM MAGGIE LINDEMANN

─── favorites .ᐟ

FAVORITE ANIMAL PUPPIES FAVORITE DRINK APPLE JUICE FAVORITE FOOD MEXICAN FOOD FAVORITE COLOR BLACK & RED FAVORITE SEASON WINTER FAVORITE HOLIDAY THANKSGIVING FAVORITE HOCKEY TEAM CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS, ANAHEIM DUCKS, NEW JERSEY DEVILS, VANCOUVER CANUCKS, TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS FAVORITE MOVIES BEETLEJUICE, BEAUTIFUL CREATURES FAVORITE ACTORS/ACTRESSES MEGAN FOX, JENNA ORTEGA, WINONA RYDER, TYLER POSEY, DYLAN O'BRIEN, ROSS LYNCH FAVORITE SINGERS/BANDS TATE MCRAE, BILLIE EILISH, JUSTIN BIEBER, SHAWN MENDES, JESSIE MURPH, BENSON BOONE, THE VAMPS, PANIC AT THE DISCO, SLEEPING WITH SIRENS FAVORITE TV SHOWS TEEN WOLF, STRANGER THINGS, THE VAMPIRE DIARIES

─── life facts .ᐟ

୨୧ grayson wyatt kelce was born july 21, 2003 at 2:45 am to michelle warren and jason kelce who were teenagers at the time of her birth. ୨୧ she was a week old when her mother signed over all of her rights to jason and left her daughter behind. ୨୧ grayson instantly had ed, jason and travis wrapped around her finger the moment she took her first breathe into the world. ୨୧ when she was six, she busted her chin open on a coffee table and ended up with twenty stitches, and she now has a long scar under her chin. ୨୧ she had a childhood best friend names kacey, but he passed away when they were sixteen after being in a motorcycle accident along with his older brother. ୨୧ she once had a goldfish that she named goldie, but travis overfed it and killed it so he had to replace goldie and he's never told her. ୨୧ she got her first tattoo when she was fifteen with her father's permission. ୨୧ in 2011, when she was eight years old, her dad was drafted to the philadelphia eagles and the two of them moved from cleveland heighs, ohio to pennsylvania, philadelphia. ୨୧ for the longest time, it was just her and jason until 2014 when he meets kylie and introduces the two of them to each other. ୨୧ grayson instantly liked kylie, and kylie absolutely adored grayson. ୨୧ april 14, 2018, grayson being fifteen, jason and kylie got married and as a wedding gift, grayson asked kylie to adopt her. ୨୧ october 2, 2019, grayson became a big sister at sixteen to a little baby girl that was named after her, wyatt elizabeth kelce. ୨୧ march 4, 2021, grayson once again became a big sister at seventeen to another little sister named elliotte ray kelce. ୨୧ february 23, 2023, grayson again became a big sister at nineteen to bennett liewellyn kelce which officially made jason a girl dad.

─── career facts .ᐟ

୨୧ she began posting videos of her singing on both vine and her other social media accounts, gaining quit the following for herself despite the following she already had for being the daughter of jason kelce. ୨୧ her career in music really kicked off when ryan tedder from onerepublic discovered a video of her singing on her instagram page, and soon after became her manager. ୨୧ she flew back and forth between philadelpia and los angele's to record music before fully moving to los angele's on her own when she was just seventeen. ୨୧ her debut single "knocking on your heart" was released in september 2015. her second single "couple of kids" was released on october 30, 2015. her third single "things" was released january 29, 2016. ୨୧ the official music video of "things" was released on her youtube channel on feburary 5, 2016. ୨୧ on september 29, 2018, grayson released her single "pretty girl", and it peaked at number four on the next big sound chart. ୨୧ she wrote "pretty girl" to show to people, and her little sister when she's older, that there's more to girls than just being pretty. that girls have so much to offer, and people should get past the physical appearance to something deeper. ୨୧ the music video for "pretty girl" premiered through people on march 9, 2019 and was her first song to ever chart on the us pop radio charts, peaking at number fifty. it also peaked at number eight on the uk singles chart. ୨୧ october 13, 2017, grayson features on the vamps single "personal", which started her friendship with the english band. ୨୧ grayson released yet another single "obsessed" on november 17, 2017, followed by, "human" on october 26, 2018, and "would I" on november 16, 2018. ୨୧ in march 2019, grayson was the supporting act for sabrina carpenter on the north american leg of the singular tour, and has also opened for the vamps, as well as madison beer on her life support tour in 2021. ୨୧ grayson released the single "friends go" on april 24, 2019 and the song was later rereleased featuring travis barker. ୨୧ through 2020, she released four more singles, "knife under my pillow", "gaslight", "sissorhands" and "loner". all four of the songs, as well as four new songs, were included on her debut ep paranoia, released on january 22, 2021. ୨୧ she took a break from social media & fame in april 2021 to move back to philadelphia for a little bit to be with her parents and little sisters.

─── grayson & trevor .ᐟ

୨୧ after taking a break from music & fame, grayson announced on instagram that she was putting a new single out after a year away which caught the attention of trevor. ୨୧ seeing that jamie was friends & commenting on her post, begging his roommate to invite her to a game so that he could meet her. ୨୧ grayson and trevor met each other april 29, 2022 at a ducks vs. stars game. ୨୧ the two of them instantly hit it off with jamie telling them that he would make a good matchmaker. ୨୧ the two of them go on a couple of dates before becoming official on may 15, 2022 with both of them making the decision to keep it out of the spotlight for a while. ୨୧ kylie is the very first person that grayson calls to tell her about trevor when they go on their first date, getting her mom to promise that she won't say anything to her dad before she can sit him down to tell him. ୨୧ she mostly wants to make sure that the relationship is really serious before she tells the rest of her family about trevor. ୨୧ july 21, 2022, during the summer in ohio with her family, on her birthday, two bouquets of flowers are sent to her grandparents' house from trevor & she tells her family about him. ୨୧ trevor meets jason and kylie july 24, 2022 when they invited him to stay with them in philadelphia to have dinner with them. ୨୧ jason is skeptical about trevor at first because he didn't really like her last two boyfriends, but he warms up to trevor before he and grayson go back to california. ୨୧ the rest of her family absolutely adores trevor, ecpecially her little sisters who always ask to talk to him whenever they call to talk to grayson. ୨୧ trevor is wyatt's favorite & she always clings to him whenever they're around each other. ୨୧ trevor loves that her little sisters like him. ୨୧ they first say "i love you" on their eight-month anniversary. ୨୧ they soft launch their relationship on january 16, 2023. ୨୧ their relationship is revealed by travis on accident during an episode of his and jason's podcast.

[jwscrobbles]

Top 50 Songs Scrobbled for the Week Ending 6/30/2024

TW       LW                   ARTIST/SONG

1          1                      Doja Cat – DEMONS (2 weeks @ #1)

2          2                      Usher/Peelz - RUIN

3          5                      Empire of the Sun - CHANGES

4          7                      Ariana Grande – WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR LOVE)

5          8                      Sir – NOTHING EVEN MATTERS

6          3                      SZA - SATURN(2 weeks @ #1)

7          4                      Troye Sivan – ONE OF YOUR GIRLS

8          6                      The Black Keys – BEAUTIFUL (STAY HIGH) (1 week @ #1)

9          10                    Q - CHANGES

10        14                    Sia - INCREDIBLE

11        17                    St. Vincent – BROKEN MAN

12        9                      Jon B/Tank – WAITING ON YOU (1 week @ #1)

13        16                    Sia/Kylie Minogue – DANCE ALONE

14        19                    Sampha – SUSPENDED

15        18                    Labrinth – NEVER FELT SO GOOD

16        12                    Andra Day – PROBABLY

17        13                    Keiynan Lonsdale – SIT DOWN

18        11                    Terrace Martin/Gallant – COMMON GROUND (4 weeks @ #1)

19        21                    Childish Gambino – Psilocybae

20        15                    Disclosure – SIMPLY WON’T DO

21        25                    Lucky Daye – HERICANE

22        26                    Kendrick Lamar - EUPHORIA

23        27                    Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - EVERYBODY

24        22                    Caroline Polachek – SO HOT YOU’RE HURTING MY FEELING

25        29                    Kacey Musgraves – TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

26        32                    Lenny Kravitz – HUMAN

27        23                    Chicano Batman – FLY

28        24                    Beyonce – TEXAS HOLD EM

29        35                    Tinashe - NASTY

30        30                    October London – MULHOLLAND DRIVE

31        20                    Lenny Kravitz – TK421

32        34                    Victoria Money/Lucky Daye – SMOKE

33        40                    Gwen Buss – 2 MANY THINGS (STYLE DAVIS REMIX)

34        28                    Sophie Ellis-Bexter – MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR

35        43                    PartyNextDoor – FOR CERTAIN

36        48                    Kaytranada/Childish Gambino - WITCHY

37        31                    Usher/H.E.R. -RISK IT ALL

38        45                    Kylie Minogue – VEGAS HIGH

39        42                    Beyonce/Miley Cyrus – II MOST WANTED

40        33                    Brent Fayaiz – WY@

41        47                    Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY

42        46                    Yung Bleu/John Legend – BE OK

43        36                    Flyana Boss – UFHO

44        39                    Kaytramine – LETSTALKABOUTIT

45        37                    Jennifer Lopez/Latto – CAN’T GET ENOUGH

46        ---                     Terrace Martin/Gallant – 311!

47        38                    Ariana Grande – YES, AND? (2 weeks @ #1)

48        41                    Kylie Minogue – HOLD ON TO NOW

49        ---                     Beyonce - BODYGUARD

50        ---                     Janelle Monae - FLOAT

[mrobson]

it’s my top singles of 2023!

100. Fall Out Boy - Hold Me Like A Grudge

099. YUNGBLUD - Hated

098. Beverley Knight - Systematic Overload

097. Alec Benjamin - Different Kind of Beautiful

096. PNAU. Bebe Rexha & Ozuna - Stars

095. Becky Hill & Chase & Status - Disconnect

094. Ava Max - Choose Your Fighter

093. Maisie Peters - Body Better

092. Måneskin - HONEY (ARE U COMING?)

091. Sigrid - The Hype

090. Sam Fischer - Hard To Love

089. Fred Again… & Obongjayar - adore u

088. Carly Rae Jepsen - Shy Boy

087. Kenya Grace - Strangers

086. Loreen - Is It Love

085. Zara Larsson - End Of Time

084. Zach Bryan & Kacey Musgraves - I Rememeber Everything

083. Tove Lo - Borderline

082. Alessandra - Pretty Devil

081. Paramore - Running Out Of Time

080. Rita Ora - You Only Love Me

079. Nothing But Thieves - Keeping You Around

078. Sam Smith - Man I Am

077. Alessandra - Queen of Kings

076. Maisie Peters - Run

075. Troye Sivan - One Of Your Girls

074. Jason Mraz - You Might Like It

073. Stormzy & RAYE -The Weekend

072. MUNA - One That Got Away

071. Anne-Marie & Shania Twain - UNHEALTHY

070. Jason Mraz - I Feel Like Dancing

069. Mimi Webb - Freezing

068. Jessie Ware - Freak Me Now

067. Jonas Brothers - Waffle House

066. Conan Grey - Never Ending Song

065. Sigala & MNEK - Radio

064. Taylor Swift - All Of The Girls You Loved Before

063. Paramore - C’est Comme Ca

062. Kelly Clarkson - mine

061. Tove Lo - I like u

060. Dylan ft. Bastille - Liar Liar

059. Zara Larsson - Can’t Tame Het

058. Jonas Brothers - Wings

057. Chase & Status & Hedex ft ArrDee - Liqour & Cigarettes

056. Romy - Loveher

055. Tate McRae - greedy

054. Conan Grey - Killing Me

053. Niall Horan - Meltdown

052. Billie Eilish - What Was I Made For?

051. Dagny - Same Again (For Love)

050. Jason Mraz - Feel Good Too

049. Tori Kelly - missin u

048. Becky Hill & Lewis Thompson - Side Effects

047. Kylie Minogue - Padam Padam

046. Leigh-Anne - Don’t Say Love

045.Jessie Ware - Pearls

044. Calvin Harris & Ellie Goulding - Miracle

043. Troye Sivan - Got Me Startec

042. Måneskin - BABY SAID

041. Kelly Clarkson - roses

040. Maisie Peters - Lost The Breakup

039. Dopamine & Sigala - Feel It Deep Inside

038. Nathan Dawe & Bebe Rexha - Heart Still Beating

037. Zara Larsson & David Guetta - On My Love

036. Ed Sheeran - F64

035. Ellie Goulding - Like a Saviour

034. Loreen - Tattoo

033. Calvin Harris & Sam Smith - Desire

032. Fall Out Boy - Heartbreak Feels So Good

031. Rita Ora - Don’t Think Twice

030. Purple Disco Machine. Duke Dumont & Nothing But Thieves - Something On My Mind

029. Alec Benjamin - I Sent My Therapist To Therapy

028. Måneskin ft. Tom Morello - GOSSIP

027. Dagny - Heartbreak In The Making

026. Fall Out Boy - Love From The Other Side

025. Doechii - What It Is

024. Bimini - Rodeo

023.Jodie Harsh - Hectic

022. Charli XCX - Speed Drive

021. Alok. the Chainsmokers & Mae Stephens - Jungle

020. Nothing But Thieves - Welcome To The DCC

019. Romy - The Sea

018. Charli XCX & Sam Smith - In The City

017. Joel Corry, Icona Pop & Rain Radio - Desire

016. Regard & Ella Henderson - No Sleep

015. Carly Rae Jepsen - Psychedelic Switch

014. Romy - She’s On My Mind

013. Christine & The Queens - To be honest

012. Cian Ducrot - Heaven

011. cassö, RAYE & D Block Europe - Prada

010. Olivia Rodrigo - vampire

009. Everything Everything - Cold Reactor

008. Bebe Rexha - Call On Me

007. The Blessed Madonna ft. Jacob Lusk - Mercy

006. Taylor Swift - Cruel Summer

005. Swedish House Mafia - Ray Of Solar

004. Troye Sivan - Rush

003. Nothing But Thieves - Overcome

002. Jessie Ware - Begin Again

001. Romy - Enjoy Your Life

[blakeboldt-blog]

Best Albums of 2018

Highest honors:

"May Your Kindness Remain," Courtney Marie Andrews.

"Negro Swan," Blood Orange.

"boygenius," boygenius.

"Good Thing," Leon Bridges.

"Port Saint Joe," Brothers Osborne.

"By the Way, I Forgive You," Brandi Carlile.

"Hell-On," Neko Case.

"Chris," Christine and the Queens.

"Freedom," Amen Dunes.

"Double Negative," Low.

"Be the Cowboy," Mitski.

"Dirty Computer," Janelle Monae.

"Sparrow," Ashley Monroe & "Interstate Gospel," Pistol Annies.

"Golden Hour," Kacey Musgraves.

"Ventriloquism," Meshell Ndegeocello.

"SASSAFRASS!" Tami Nielson.

"Hope Downs," Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever.

"Soil," serpentwithfeet.

"Clean," Soccer Mommy.

"What a Time to Be Alive," Superchunk.

High honors:

"Invasion of Privacy," Cardi B.

"Head Over Heels," Chromeo.

"Last Building Burning," Cloud Nothings.

"Look Now," Elvis Costello & the Imposters.

"Passwords," Dawes.

"God's Favorite Customer," Father John Misty.

"Sweetener," Ariana Grande.

"See You Around," I'm with Her.

"Dying Star," Ruston Kelly.

"Vide Noir," Lord Huron.

"Dirty Pictures (Part 2)," Low Cut Connie.

"Girl Going Nowhere," Ashley McBryde.

"Room 25," Noname.

"Wide Awake!" Parquet Courts.

"Honey," Robyn.

"Young Romance," Roosevelt.

"The Window," Cecile McLorin Salvant.

"Devotion," Tirzah.

"Isolation," Kali Uchis.

Honors:

"A Brief Inquiry into Online Relationships," The 1975.

"Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino," Arctic Monkeys.

"Tell Me How You Really Feel," Courtney Barnett.

"Hollywood Africans," Jon Batiste.

"7," Beach House.

"The Mountain," Dierks Bentley.

"Find a Light," Blackberry Smoke.

"Sex & Cigarettes," Toni Braxton.

"Black Velvet," Charles Bradley.

"All Nerve," The Breeders.

"Camila," Camila Cabello.

"The Thread That Keeps Us," Calexico.

"Caution," Mariah Carey.

"Twin Fantasy," Car Seat Headrest.

"Everything Is Love," The Carters.

"She Remembers Everything," Rosanne Cash.

"Wanderer," Cat Power.

"Desperate Man," Eric Church.

"Providence Canyon," Brent Cobb.

"Historian," Lucy Dacus.

"Cactus," Elise Davis.

"Scorpion," Drake.

"Encore," Anderson East.

"The Crossing," Alejandro Escovedo.

"Ruins," First Aid Kit.

"High As Hope," Florence & the Machine.

"Nearer My God," Foxing.

"The Now Now," Gorillaz.

"Anthem of the Peaceful Army," Greta Van Fleet.

"Mr. Jukebox," Joshua Hedley.

"My American Dream," Will Hoge.

"Hive Mind," The Internet.

"Primal Heart," Kimbra.

"Go to School," The Lemon Twigs.

"I'm All Ears," Let's Eat Grandma.

"Wouldn't It Be Great," Loretta Lynn.

"Among the Ghosts," Lucero.

"One Stone," Trixie Mattel.

"The Tree," Lori McKenna.

"All the Things That I Did and All the Things That I Didn’t Do,” The Milk Carton Kids.

"Other Arrangements," Parker Millsap.

"Golden," Kylie Minogue.

"Kin," Mogwai.

"Tearing at the Seams," Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats.

"Last Man Standing," Willie Nelson.

"Volunteer," Old Crow Medicine Show.

"Liberty," Lindi Ortega.

"Oxnard," Anderson .Paak.

"C'est La Vie," Phosphorescent.

"The Tree of Forgiveness," John Prine.

"All Aboard," Punch Brothers."Daytona," Pusha T.

"Loner," Caroline Rose."Care for Me," Saba.

"Sunset," Amanda Shires.

"Years," Sarah Shook & the Disarmers.

"Route One," Sigur Ros.

"E.G.O.," Lucie Silvas.

"Bloom," Troy Sivan.

"Lush," Snail Mail.

"FM!" Vince Staples.

"Karma for Cheap," Aaron Lee Tasjan.

"13 Rivers," Richard Thompson.

"Record," Tracey Thorn.

"Life Is Good on the Open Road," Trampled by Turtles.

"Western Movies," Traveller.

"WARM," Jeff Tweedy."Offerings," Typhoon.

"In a Poem Unlimited," U.S. Girls.

"Restoration: Reimagining the Songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin," Various.

"Bottle It In," Kurt Vile.

"Healing Tide," The War and Treaty.

"Heaven and Earth," Kamasi Washington.

"My Dear Melancholy," The Weeknd.

"Greetings from the Wild Frontier," Wild Feathers.

"Yolk in the Fur," Wild Pink.

"One Drop of Truth," The Wood Brothers.

"The Louder I Call, the Faster It Runs," Wye Oak.

"There's a Riot Going On," Yo La Tengo.

"Suspiria," Thom Yorke.

[jaces-mangoes]

rollerskating disco playlist

late night feelings - mark ronson; blinding lights - the weeknd; save a kiss - jessie ware; blow - beyonce; say so - doja cat; gimme! gimme! gimme! (a man after midnight) - abba; easy (with kacey musgraves feat. mark ronson) - troye sivan; hung up - madonna; i feel love - donna summer; real groove (studio 2054 remix) - kylie minogue; more than a woman - bee gees; september - earth, wind & fire; lay all your love on me - abba; hallucinate - dua lipa; prettygirlz - willow; night fever - bee gees; call me - blondie; be mine! - robyn; what's your pleasure - jessie ware; little of your love - haim; don't start now - dua lipa; save your tears (with ariana grande) - the weeknd; lucid - rina sawayama; can't get you out of my head - kylie minogue; malibu - kim petras; leave the door open - silk sonic; love again - dua lipa; euphoria - loreen; groovejet (if this ain't love) - sophie ellis-bextor; voulez-vous - abba; mirrorball - taylor swift

feel free to add suggestions

link to my spotify

[tabloidtoc]

Us, May 3

You can buy a brand new copy of this issue without the mailing label for your very own at my eBay store: https://www.ebay.com/str/bradentonbooks

Cover: Pregnant Meghan Markle: My Baby, My Way

Page 2: Red Carpet -- rufflemania -- Hollywood style stars are tier-ing it up in this flattering design with feminine flair -- Tracee Ellis Ross, Kaitlyn Dever, Margot Robbie, Logan Browning, Nicola Coughlan

Page 3: Lizzo, Maude Apatow, Lucy Boynton, Jessica Alba, Lily Collins

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Anya Taylor-Joy vs. Isla Fisher vs. Regina King in Stuart Weitzman Nudist sandal

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Shonda Rhimes on the intense backlash she received over Rege-Jean Page's exit from Bridgerton, Kelly Ripa on her most embarrassing interview, Luke Bryan on his mother LeClaire's Instagram fame, Blake Shelton on The Voice's new coach Ariana Grande, Reese Witherspoon joking about wearing bottoms that aren't sweatpants

Page 8: Contents

Page 10: A Final Farewell to Prince Philip, his four children Prince Charles and Princess Anne and Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were among the loved ones who participated in the emotional ceremony, feuding brothers Prince Harry and Prince William (and his wife Duchess Kate) put their differences aside after the intimate service, due to Covid-19 protocols the grieving Queen Elizabeth stayed socially distant from the other 29 people who attended the funeral for her husband of 73 years

Page 11: ACM Awards 2021 -- Maren Morris teamed up with her husband Ryan Hurd and won Female Artist of the Year, Thomas Rhett won Male Artist of the Year, Carrie Underwood took the stage

Page 12: Hot Pics -- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore an orange coat during a visit to NYC, John Stamos plays a coach on the TV show Big Shot, Zach Braff goofed around on the set of Cheaper by the Dozen in L.A.

Page 13: Eva Longoria on her trampoline while aboard a yacht in Miami, Howie Mandel arrived to the set of America's Got Talent dressed as a bug in Pasadena

Page 14: Jon Hamm and his rescue dog Splash strolled around the neighborhood in L.A., Heidi Klum in all white in Pasadena, Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry take a stroll in L.A.

Page 15: Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes held hands after dinner at Il Segreto in L.A., Patrick Dempsey shot a scene for his show Devils in Rome

Page 16: Rachel Brosnahan in a blue dress and carrying a clear umbrella on the set of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in NYC, Lin-Manuel Miranda at the opening of a vaccination center for Broadway workers in Times Square, Trisha Yearwood feeds one of her rescue pups

Page 18: Gen Z Has Spoken -- these celebs are making the young kids proud -- Baggy Jeans -- Hailey Bieber, Tracee Ellis Ross, Bella Hadid

Page 19: Middle Parts -- Busy Philipps, Lizzo, Jennifer Lopez, Kourtney Kardashian, baguette bags -- Dua Lipa, Elsa Hosk, Irina Shayk, Kendall Jenner

Page 20: Seeing Double -- stars bear a striking resemblance to their famous counterparts -- Elizabeth Banks and Chelsea Handler, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Nina Dobrev, Betty Gilpin and Jodie Comer

Page 21: Rob Lowe and Ian Somerhalder, Jaime Pressly and Margot Robbie, Isla Fisher and Amy Adams, Rupert Grint and Ed Sheeran, Kyle Richards and Kacey Musgraves

Page 22: Clueless Crew -- stars are totally buggin' over Cher Horowitz's style in yellow plaid -- Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, Katie Holmes was rollin' with her homie beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. in NYC, Vanessa Hudgens, Dianna Agron

Page 23: Gabrielle Union

Page 24: Stars They're Not Like Us -- Jay Leno took one of his vintage automobiles out for a spin in L.A., Chrissy Teigen and John Legend took a selfie with a fan while grocery shopping in Beverly Hills, Kylie Jenner has custom vending machines

Page 25: Carrie Underwood in her massive walk-in closet, Denzel Washington signs autographs for fans in NYC, Megan Thee Stallion on a private plane, Drake and his bodyguard in Beverly Hills

Page 26: Stars They're Just Like Us -- Sarah Jessica Parker catches a yellow cab after working at her shoe store in NYC, Brad Paisley picked up five pizzas to go in Montecito

Page 27: Kelly Osbourne handed out goods at a drive-thru food distribution event at the Islamic Center of Southern California, HGTV's Egypt Sherrod transformed her closet into a meditation space in Atlanta, in between filming Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T take a selfie

Page 28: Hollywood Dads -- Scott Porter on parenting his two kids McCoy and Clover

Page 29: Jonathan Tucker on life with twins Hayes and India, parenthood is a lot tougher than Jovi Dufren imagined, Maksim Chmerkovskiy can't wait to show son Shai his work

Page 30: Love Lives -- Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are showing no signs of slowing down -- the pair enjoyed a night out in L.A. hotspot Delilah where they were holding hands and laughing and they're not hiding the fact that they're dating but they just don't want people in their business -- they're a good match and are each other's best friend

Page 31: Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber may look like the picture-perfect couple, but Justin admits that their first year of marriage wasn't what he expected, saying it was really tough and there was just a lack of trust and he blamed the strain on his own personal struggles and said before he didn't have someone to love or someone to pour into but now, more than two years after exchanging vows with Hailey, he has that

* Kacey Musgraves' romance with Dr. Gerald Onuoha is giving her butterflies -- the pair are so happy they found each other and while Kacey, who split from her husband Ruston Kelly last summer, is trying not to get too ahead of herself, her connection to the Nashville-based doc is off the charts and it's got the potential to go a very long way

* Today's Savannah Guthrie is thankful to have husband Michael Feldman in her life, especially given the demands of her early morning work schedule

Page 32: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are getting serious -- all the details on their whirlwind romance

Page 33: Adapting to parenthood has been a breeze for Emma Stone and she's soaking in all the precious moments of being a mom for the first time -- she and husband Dave McCary welcomed their baby daughter in March and Emma is super protective and a very hands-on mom and Dave is also hands-on and helps with their daughter -- thanks to the little one, Emma's marriage with the comedian has also gotten stronger and having a baby has brought them closer in a way they never expected -- Emma is looking forward to getting back to work; she's taken this time off to embrace motherhood and her number one priority is to raise a healthy baby so that's what she's focused on right now

* Britney Spears is setting the record straight -- despite her ongoing conservatorship battle with her dad, Jamie Spears, she is doing totally fine, assuring fans that she's extremely happy and she has a beautiful home, beautiful children and she's taking a break right now because she's enjoying herself -- although the legal drama with her father is heating up, Britney is staying strong and she has this wonderful ability to see the positive even when the odds are against her

* Keeping Up With Us -- production for the Downton Abbey sequel is underway, Mossimo Giannulli is a free man, Chrissy Teigen returned to Twitter 23 days after announcing that she was leaving the platform, Vanessa Bryant remembered her late husband Kobe Bryant on what would have been their 20th wedding anniversary, Helen McCrory lost her battle with cancer at age 52 according to her husband Damian Lewis

Page 34: A Day in My Life -- Whitney Port

Page 35: Colton Underwood is ready to live his truth -- during an interview on Good Morning America, the former Bachelor came out as gay, saying he's run from himself for a long time and he came to terms with his sexuality earlier this year and he's the happiest and healthiest he's ever been -- now that he feels like he can finally breathe, Colton is excited for his next chapter, which fans will get to see on an upcoming reality show with Olympian Gus Kenworthy -- a huge weight has been lifted off of Colton's shoulders and he is looking forward to being his authentic self

Page 36: Moms Tell All -- Happy Mother's Day! From milestones and manners to rules and nanny-bans, celebs and insiders talk about raising kids in Hollywood

Page 37: Bindi Irwin says life at home with her daughter Grace Warrior has been positively blissful and her family with dad Chandler Powell is so full of love, adding that the newborn has already met some of the wildlife at the Australia Zoo where Bindi and Chandler live and work and of course she's seen some crocs and really lit up when she saw them -- while the Aussie conservationist is sad Grace won't get to meet her late dad Steve Irwin, Bindi's brother Robert Irwin and mom Terri Irwin have been by her side constantly and Robert is obsessed with Grace and has been helping out so much and her mom has been the biggest guiding light and she's already taught Bindi so much about being a mother, both in how she raised her and by showing her things day by day and Terri is quite the baby whisperer and she's so great a calming Grace down when she's crying -- first-time father Chandler is also a natural with Grace and he's been the most supportive and involved dad and together, he and Bindi make such a great team -- for now, Bindi, who stars with Chandler in Crikey! It's a Baby!, is hoping Grace will follow in her animal-activist footsteps, saying having three generations of strong women working as conservationists is a dream come true

* Jennifer Garner said teaching your kids is a lifelong job, and certainly values are something you have to show them -- Jennifer, who shares kids Violet, Seraphina and Samuel with ex Ben Affleck, is staying true to her word and has led by example when it comes to things like kindness and patience and she won't let anyone in the house to judge or speak ill of people, and she enforces the same wholesome, traditional values that she was raised with and the kids have been taught to be loving, hardworking and fair -- Jennifer has always taken a kids-come-first approach to parenting, and it shows as they bake together, enjoy movie nights, read books and have very active lives and it's a very healthy, happy household filled with laughter and love

Page 38: Gwen Stefani has her hands full with her sons Kingston, Zuma and Apollo with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, but she wouldn't want it any other way -- Gwen's a tomboy, so having three boys wasn't daunting for her at all, plus she has fiance Blake Shelton by her side to pitch in with parenting duties and Gwen and the boys have a blast at Blake's ranch in Oklahoma where they enjoy riding their ATVs, and they play baseball and football -- it's not all fun and games, though because Gwen is big on boundaries and manners and she doesn't want to raise Hollywood brats and it's important to her that her sons be gentlemen

* Meghan Markle's pregnancy with Archie was no walk in the park, as she revealed during her bombshell TV interview with husband Prince Harry, the couple had concerns over whether or not the royal family would provide security for their son and claimed there were conversations about his skin color -- but this time around, as Meghan and Harry gear up for baby No. 2 at home in L.A., she's doing everything her way, without the royals and Meghan and Harry feel blessed that they're able to raise their daughter in the U.S. and can live by their own rules and make the decisions they feel are best for their children; having independence is the most important thing for Meghan and she's got free rein to be exactly the kind of mom she wants to be -- her parenting style is really like most mothers out there, and she's been craving pasta and doing yoga two times a day as her due date nears and she keeps a lot of art supplies out to foster creativity and healthy snacks around and she's a devoted mom and wants the best for her kids

Page 39: Kate Hudson has a lot on her plate, so the mom of three, who shares son Ryder with former husband Chris Robinson and son Bingham with ex Matt Bellamy and daughter Rani with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa, knows when to put her foot down as things can get a little overwhelming at times for Kate, but when she says no, it absolutely means no, and the kids respect her very much because of that

* Gigi Hadid, who shares daughter Khai with boyfriend Zayn Malik, wants to spend every waking moment with her precious little girl -- Gigi could easily afford to employ a team of nannies but chooses not to and she prefers to do everything herself and besides, she can't bear to be away from Khai for more than a few hours

* Candace Cameron Bure's three grown kids are flying the coop, but she's still super involved in their lives, despite slowly becoming an empty nester -- the mom of Natasha, Lev, and Maksim with former hockey player Valeri Bure says it's been a very transitional time and she's been trying to help them make decisions they feel good about and it's challenging, but they're figuring it out

Page 40: Oh, Baby! Meghan Markle's due date is just around the corner, and here are all the details

* Bump Brigade -- Halsey, Gal Gadot, Shawn Johnson East

Page 42: 10 Years of the Cambridges -- a look back at Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton's solid marriage for their anniversary

Page 44: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez: What Really Happened -- cheating and lies? The truth behind J.Lo's split from fiance A-Rod

Page 45: Friendliest Exes -- these former couples managed to stay close after going their separate ways -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz

Page 48: Gifts for Mother's Day

Page 54: Entertainment -- Ben Barnes on Shadow and Bone

Page 58: Fashion Police -- the most daring Oscars looks -- Bjork, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron

Page 59: Rachel Weisz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga

Page 60: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me -- Julia Michaels

[margotverger]

made a cool funky playlist because sometimes you wanna think about hannibal WITHOUT getting balls deep in your own feelings listening to sad dudes. now you can think of cannibalism AND have a cheeky wee bop at the same time. basically every song on here either has the essence of a scene, ship (mostly if not all hannigram tbh just for ease), character, or some sort of message of the show. feel free to ask me why i think these songs fit lol.

tracklist / listen here

1. Baby One More Time Britney Spears / 2. bad guy billie eilish / 3. Bad Romance Lady Gaga / 4. Because the Night Cascada / 5. Be My Lover La Bouche / 6. Boss Bitch Doja Cat / 7. break up with your girlfriend ‘cause i’m bored Ariana Grande / 8. Bubblegum Bitch MARINA / 9. Cannibal Kesha / 10. Can’t Get You Out of my Head Kylie Minogue / 11. Cherry Rina Sawayama / 12. Cold Hearted Paula Abdul / 13. Come into the Water Mitski / 14. Crazy In Love Beyoncé (ft. Jay Z) / 15. Dark Paradise Lana Del Rey / 16. Delicate Taylor Swift / 17. Die Young Kesha / 18. Disturbia Rihanna / 19. Don’t Blame Me Taylor Swift / 20. Don’t Cha The Pussycat Dolls / 21. Don’t Hurt Yourself Beyoncé / 22. End Game Taylor Swift (ignore Ed Sheeran) / 23. Everytime We Touch Cascada / 24. Feelings Hayley Kiyoko / 25. Getaway Car Taylor Swift / 26. Geyser Mitski / 27. I Did Something Bad Taylor Swift / 28. Judas Lady Gaga / 29. Julien Carly Rae Jepsen / 30. JUST LIKE WE NEVER SAID GOODBYE SOPHIE / 31. Love At First Sight Kylie Minogue / 32. Love On Top Beyoncé / 33. Make Me Feel Janelle Monáe / 34. Mamma Mia ABBA / 35. Maneater Nelly Furtado / 36. Masseduction St. Vincent / 37. Nobody Mitski / 38. Oh, What a World Kacey Musgraves / 39. Opposites Attract Paula Abdul / 40. Run Away With Me Carly Rae Jepsen / 41. Savior St. Vincent / 42. Sexxx Dreams Lady Gaga / 43. Screwed Janelle Monáe (ft. Zoë Kravitz) / 44. Shut Up and Drive Rihanna / 45. S&M Rihanna / 46. Sugarboy St. Vincent / 47. Supercut Lorde / 48. Tainted Love Soft Cell / 49. Toxic Britney Spears / 50. True Disaster Tove Lo / 51. Voulez-Vouz ABBA / 52. We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together Taylor Swift / 53. What Hurts the Most Cascada / 54. What Is Love Haddaway / 55. Who Do You Think You Are Cascada / 56. Why Didn’t You Stop Me? Mitski

[randomestfandoms-ocs]

TUA OC Dynamics List

As I mentioned in this post, I’ve found that since most of my TUA ocs don’t even have romantic ships, I never really share what the main dynamics are for any of them so I decided to compile a list!  This isn’t going to include every TUA oc haha, just the ones I’m most vibing with rn

1. Alice Hargreeves — Vanya (best friends until Alice left, but she never forgave Vanya for the things she wrote in her book), Allison (also a best friend!), and sometimes Diego (close sibling relationship but they argue a lot; the only ones who really kept in touch at all after the academy fell apart)

2. Andrea Hargreeves — Ben (they were best friends until he died)

3. Andromeda Hargreeves — Ben (ironically Ben was her best friend until he died and she got promoted), Five (former best friend), Diego (not even very close they just like to talk shit about everything together in s1), Klaus (drinking buddy)

4. Arya Bassi — Diego (romantic); Klaus (fashion friend & drinking buddy); Allison (sister-like relationship)

5. April King — Diego (boyfriend/partner in crime)

6. Athena Patch — Eudora Patch (big sister); Diego (brother-figure)

7. Audrey Hargreeves — Diego (platonic soulmate but also complicated vibes because they were used to torture each other)

8. Beatrice Lovecraft-Hargreeves — Ben (boyfriend), Klaus (second favourite brother who brought her back to life and now she can see his ghosts, husband technically), Five (not close as kids but now he’s the only one who doesn’t treat her differently for having died)

9. Braeden Hargreeves — Allison (favourite sibling, now sometimes co-worker and also best friend)

10. Cam Hargreeves — Five (partner at the commission, partner in crime), Diego & Luther (favourite brothers and best friends)

11. Cassie Hargreeves — Luther (twin brother)

12. Catarina Moreno-Hargreeves — Diego (husband)

13. Dahlia Mort — Five (older brother figure, partner), Diego (boyfriend and best friend and roommate), Lila (sister/rival/sometimes enemy)

14. Emery Raves — Five (literally the only other person alive for decades, partners & close friends/confidants)

15. Helena Hargreeves — Klaus (abusive ex who never meant to hurt her), Diego (favourite brother/confidant), Luther (protective big brother), Five (former best friend)

16. Joey Hargreeves — Five (best friend and sort-of boyfriend, literally the only other person alive for decades)

17. June McLaughlin — Klaus (best friend/boyfriend)

18. Kamaria Hargreeves — Luther (romantic, was rumoured into forgetting that she existed when they were four and doesn’t see her again til they’re 25)

19. Keira Cassidy — Klaus (best friend, maybe boyfriend?)

20. Kylie Hargreeves — Luther (favourite brother, only one she didn’t lose touch with)

21. Ophelia Dane — Ben (ex-boyfriend)

22. Poppy — Luther (romantic), Grace (sort of mother)

23. Quinn Hargreeves — Five (twin brother/soulmate), Luther (protective big brother/almost dad), Diego (protective big brother), Klaus & Ben & Allison & Vanya (beloved siblings) — literally this story is just about how Quinn saves the world through sheer force of loving her family too much to accept them dying

24. Rebekah Hargreeves — Luther (dad), Ben (favourite uncle)

25. Sofia Martinez — Diego (best friend/roommate and eventual boyfriend)

26. Sunny Talbot — Klaus (best friend & boyfriend)

27. Taylor Bell — Diego (maybe boyfriend)

28. Tiffany Katz — Dave Katz (twin brother), Klaus (best friend), Diego (boyfriend)

29. Virginia West — Five (best friend/sort of mentor, brother figure)

30. Mira Hargreeves — Five (dad), Dolores (mom)

31. Sierra Nearing — everyone’s emotional support waitress, really close with all of the siblings (a bit less with Allison and Five bc they weren’t around as adults), ship tbd

32. Max Carmichael — Diego (eventual boyfriend, long time lowkey supervillain rival with flirting), AJ Carmichael [REDACTED]

33. Mireille Labonair — Luther (eventual ship, best/only friend)

34. Cleo Sullivan — Luther (eventual ship), Eudora (best friend), Diego (close friend, vigilante partner)

35. Odessa Hargreeves — Five Hargreeves (sort-of-younger brother, best friend, platonic soulmate, the only other person in the world for years)

And, because it’s easier to just list them like this, the unlucky kids!

Unlucky Kids: Autumn & Brianna; Autumn & Cherie; Autumn & Jaden; Brianna & Gail; Cherie & Destiny; Cherie & Jaden; Cherie & Emma; Destiny & Gail; Emma & Kacey; Fae & Leslie; Hadley & Leslie; Hadley & Isabel; Isabel & Jaden

Unlucky Kids w/ the Miracles: everyone with their trainers; Leslie & Five; Cherie & Allison; Destiny & Vanya

[playlistsbylil]

I buried a hatchet, it's coming up lavender (Spotify)

Phoebe Bridgers - Smoke Signals

CLOVES - Don’t You Wait

Lucius - Eventually

Angel Olsen - Unfucktheworld

Jake Bugg - Someone Told Me

Courtney Marie Andrews - Lift the Lonely from My Heart

Fenne Lily - More Than You Know

Lucy Dacus - Addictions

Robyn - Dancing On My Own

Death Cab for Cutie - Summer Years

First Aid Kit - A Long Time Ago

Marlon Williams - Can I Call You

Bendik Brænne - Sunshower

The Magnetic Fields - I Don't Want to Get Over You

Jim James - Too Good To Be True

Mumford & Sons - Winter Winds

Rilo Kiley - Go Ahead

Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy

Jarvis Cocker - Don't Let Him Waste Your Time

Fleetwood Mac - Go Your Own Way

Morrissey - I Don't Mind If You Forget Me

Garfunkel and Oates - Silver Lining

Hurray For The Riff Raff - Hungry Ghost

M. Ward - Chinese Translation

Glen Hansard - Time Will Be The Healer

MARINA - Happy

Kimbra - Past Love

Kevin Morby - Come to Me Now

Ezra Furman - Love You So Bad

Kylie Minogue - A Lifetime to Repair

Mitski - Old Friend

First Aid Kit - Distant Star

Brandi Carlile - Every Time I Hear That Song

Jenny Lewis - You Are What You Love

Florence + The Machine - Shake It Out

Damien Rice - Trusty and True

Travis - Love Will Come Through

M. Ward - Clean Slate

DeVotchKa - Straight Shot

The Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl

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LORDHAVEMERCY💓ONTHISANGELKING👑

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SURELY I AM TRULY GRATEFUL💫FOR ALL OF MY MESMERIZING HEAVENLY💫GIFTS🎁

👉KNOWN AS HEAD, ELITE AND SPECIAL👈REAL HEAVENLY💫ANGEL😇QUEENS👑

WHO DO SO SPARK MY SOULS FIRE🔥

TO DO SO EVERYTHING I POSSIBLY CAN TO ENSURE THAT BEFORE OUR PRECIOUS AND POWERFUL LITTLE BABYANGELS😇COME FOURTH ALL LIVING💫IN YOUR CREATED WORLD🌍UNDERSTAND THE SERIOUSNESS OF THE CURRENT TIMES AND YOUR WRATH UPON ALL LIVING AT THE TIME OF YOUR PROMISED BIGSIGN💫

FOR AFTER IT COMES THE MAKING OF OUR SUPERBABYANGELS👑

WHO SHALL HELP SAVE THE WORLD🌍FROM CERTAIN DOOM AND DISASTER

YET, ALL SHALL BE WELL FOR SURELY WE HAVE STRONG FAITH💫IN THEE, OH GOD💫

FOR YOU HAVE GIVEN UNTO THE WORLD🌍 THE BEAUTIFUL AND STRONG SPIRITED💫 ONE'S MY ANGELQUEENMAMI'S FROM ALL WALKS OF LIFE💫NO NEED TO BUMP INTO THEM FOR WE ARE SECURELY [TIED] BY THY HOLY💫MIGHTY HAND FOR ALL ETERNITY!!!

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DOES NOT CARE FOR YOU REAL DEMONS👹NOR DO I THY LIVING 👁GOD💫WHOM YOU REAL DEMONS👹HAVE WENT AGAINST!!! TRUST, 10,000 SHALL SURELY [DIE] FOR YOU REAL DEMONS👹CAN NOT STOP FOR IT IS WHO YOU BE!!! JUST LIKE WE ARE WHO WE ARE ANGELIC😇POWERFUL SPIRITS💫WHO SHALL RID THE ENTIRE EARTH🌎OF YOU!!! ~GODCREATOROFALLMANKIND!!!

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BRITTANYA👑 [BRITTANYA187] ▶12PM PST

GISELLELYNETTE👑 ▶11AM PST

OGIRL_ACE👑

DANIELLEYAYALAA👑

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞👉WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 9TH 0400HRS👈💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

👑HEAD ANGEL QUEEN DOLLY CASTRO👑

👑HEAD ANGEL QUEEN TAMMY TORRES👑

👑HEAD ANGEL QUEEN AYLEN ALVAREZ👑

[MESMERIZING ELITEANGELQUEENWIVES]

AYISHA DIAZ👑

CASSIIE MELINDA👑

DANNIE RIEL👑

SAMMYY02K👑

TANIA TORRES👑

JULIA BOORSTIN👑

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞👉👉THURSDAY OCTOBER 10TH 20[19]👈👈 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

JHENE AIKO👑

KAVITHA NAIR👑

NARMIN👑 [MISSNARMIN] ADDED

PENELOPE👑 [ASIAN_ PENELOPE]

THERESA CAPUTO👑

BROOKE👑 [BROOKE_LYN] ADDED

HANNAH👑 [DJHANNAHB] ADDED

DIANA👑 [DIANAATWATERS] ADDED

TAYA👑 [THEDOCTORBAE]

BAILEY👑 [MSBAILEYE👑]

KINDLY MYERS👑 ADDED

CAROLINEZALOG👑 ADDED

ANGELIE👑 [ANGELIE_DOLLY] ADDED

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞👉👉👉FRIDAY OCTOBER 11TH 20[19]👈👈👈💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

KRISTINA PINK👑

IGGY AZALEA👑

DEMI LOVATO👑

ANGELICA MARIE👑 [BADDANGELOFIG2]

CORALIE👑 [CORALIE_TAHITI]

💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞👉👉SUNDAY OCTOBER 13TH 20[19]👈👈 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

👑HEAD ANGEL QUEEN OPRAH WINFREY👑

[MESMERIZING ELITEANGELQUEENWIVES]

CALLIE THORNE👑✔

SUE HERERA👑✔

KATE ROGERS👑✔

👉KACEY MONTOYA👑 [ADDED]

👉COURTNEY FRIEL [ADDED]

LU PARKER👑✔

ERIN ANDREWS👑✔

DANA CAMPBELL👑✔

👉⬆ [MY APOLOGIES UP SINCE 330AM⬆] 👈👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣

NICKI MINAJ👑 ADDED

RIHANNA👑 ADDED

JOY REID👑 ADDED

HARRIS FAULKNER👑 ADDED

LESLIE SYKES👑 ADDED

FREDRICKA WHITFIELD👑 ADDED

PAT HARVEY👑 ADDED

👉👉[7] MORE SHOWN AT 2PM TODAY👈👈

ABIGAIL RATCHFORD👑 ADDED

TIFFANY TOTH👑 ADDED

MOLLY QERIM👑 ADDED

LILLI👑 [LILLILUXE] ADDED

JENNA SHEA👑 ADDED

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👉👉 SUNDAY OCTOBER 13TH 20[19] 👈👈

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜

👉MYA MARIE👑 [MYAHSKYE]

👉KENDRA👑 [KISSEDBYKEN]

👉KRISTEN👑 [KRISTENLIVE]

👉LEEPRETTY👑 MONDAY MORNING✔👈

👉AIMEE👑[AIMEEXCHANTAL] DONE✔👈

👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣

CYNTHIA👑 [CYNTHIAAMARTELL] ADDED

CECI👑 [CECI_MONIQUE] ADDED

LUPE👑 [MSLUPERAMOS] ADDED

KRISTAL👑 [KRISTALSOLISBEAUTY] 2015

CECI👑 [XOMISSCECI] ADDED

RICKELL👑[RICKELLSELENA] ADDED

👉MARISOL GONZALEZ👑 [ADDED]

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👑HEADANGELQUEEN MELISSA LEE👑

YUNA ITO👑 ADDED EARLY ⬆TUES⬆✔

👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣👣

LI BINGBING👑 ADDED

GONG LI👑 ADDED

SHARON TAY👑 ADDED

MJ LEE👑 ADDED

SUSAN LI👑 ADDED

LIBERTE CHAN👑 ADDED

KIMBERLY CHENG👑 ADDED

EMILY CHANG👑 ADDED

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞💞👉👉 TUESDAY OCTOBER 15TH 20[19] 👈👈💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙

HADLEY GAMBLE👑

KAREN TSO👑

LOUISA BOJESEN👑 [TONIGHT AT 9PM✔]

KHLOE KARDASHIAN👑

KOURTNEY KARDASHIAN👑

KENDALL JENNER👑

KYLIE JENNER👑 [TODAY AT 1PM✔]

💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜👉WEDNESDAY OCTOBER 16TH 20[19]👈

[MESMERIZING💗ELITEANGELQUEENS]

SCARLET FU👑 DONE AT 215PM

BETTY LIU👑 DONE AT 145PM

SUSAN HIRASUNA👑 DONE AT 1PM

SUZIE KUH👑 1030AM

AMBER LEE👑 10AM

KIMI EVANS👑 930AM

HASLINDA AMIN👑 9AM

SHERY AHN👑

JENNIFER KIM👑

GINGER CHAN👑

SOUMADA KHAN👑

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💜ADDED MEANS] THEIR NAMES WERE SO 👉ADDED TO BE [PICTURED] WEARING THATANGELICLOOK💫 BUT ALL HAVE BEEN REVEALED!!! SOME AS MANY AS 4YRS AGO!!! THEY ARE NOT NEW PICKED ANGELQUEENS💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛💛

🙏WHEN THE HOLY💫SPIRIT💫OF 👁GOD💫 HIMSELF💫MOVES ME TRUST I DO WHAT HE SAYS!!! UNFORTUNATELY, ON MONDAY THE 14TH I WILL POST THE LAST [4] [ANGELQUEEN💓[THATANGELICLOOK💫] [PICTURES OF PROOF] WHICH CAME WITH TRUE HEAVENLY💫COLORED💫VISIONS THAT WHERE GIVEN UNTO ME BY GOD💫

EACH OF MY 535+ BEAUTIFUL QUEENS💜 DO TRULY SO HAVE HEAVENLY💫COLORED VISIONS💫I HAVE SEEN IN MY ANGEL KING MIND! BUT IT IS TOO TIME CONSUMING TO POST THEM ALL WHICH MYANGELWIVES DO KNOW AND I DEEPLY APPRECIATE💛THEIR [PATIENCE AND UNDERSTANDING] BUT DO TRUST THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE AND WHAT THEY💞MEAN TOO ME!!!THANK YOU 👁GOD💫FOR THIS WONDERFUL JOURNEY

FOR WITH YOUR HOLY💫WISDOM YOU HAVE [SO TRULY CHOSEN CENTURIES AGO] AND 👉RECENTLY THE VERY BEST OUT OF MANY [BILLIONS OF WOMEN YOU DID SO CREATE!]

FOR IT IS MAINLY ONLY YOU WHO CHOOSE FOR NO ONE ON EARTH🌎IS WORTHY!!!

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PLEASE EXCUSE THE MISSPELLED WORDS ON MANY OF THE [THATANGELICLOOK] POSTS AS YOU KNOW I USUALLY GET 4HRS SLEEP BUT LATELY ITS ONLY BEEN 3 AND RECEIVING HEAVENLY VISIONS IS VERY DRAINING PHYSICALLY AND SPIRITUALLY GOD💫DON'T PLAY ABOUT DETAILS!!!!!

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[deadcactuswalking]

REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 14/10/2023 (Drake's 'For All the Dogs', Nines' 'Crop Circle 3', Lovejoy)

Content warning: mentions of sex, violence, anxiety and SO. MUCH. DRAKE.

Kenya Grace’s first chart hit is also her first chart-topper as “Strangers” hits #1! It’s a pretty big week, with or without Drake, and this is REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

As always, we start the episode off with our notable dropouts, which as I always explain are always the songs exiting the UK Top 75 - which is always what I cover - after spending five weeks in the region or peaking in the top 40. “Always” by Bon Jovi is not included, but we do see the loss of some 2023 hits like “TRIPLE THREAT” by Headie One, K-Trap and Clavish, “Slime You Out” by Drake featuring SZA (thanks to the three-song rule - though it’s a toss-up whether this one will actually come back), “Tension” by Kylie Minogue, “Feel It” by Jazzy, “TELEKINESIS” by Travis Scott featuring SZA and Future, “Speed Drive” by Charli XCX and “Little Things” by Jorja Smith, as well as some old songs that won’t go away temporarily going away, those being “Dog Days are Over” by Florence + the Machine and “Someone You Loved” by Lewis Capaldi.

What’s always infinitely more interesting are the gains, of which there aren’t all too many this week. We do see the biweekly return of a Fleetwood Mac song with “Dreams” at #73, and then for our notable gains, we see boosts for “Escapism.” by RAYE featuring 070 Shake getting what must be a third or fourth wind at #54, “Back on 74” by Jungle at #30, “I Remember Everything” by Zach Bryan featuring Kacey Musgraves at #29, “Stick Season” by Noah Kahan at #28 and “ecstacy” by SUICIDAL-IDOL at #26. I’m not really complaining either, most of these are great songs. Finally, in the top 10, Sonny Fodera and Clementine Douglas grab their first ever top 10 hit with “Asking” at #10, also granting MK’s his second as a credited artist - it did surprise me how he’d only grabbed one before.

This week’s top five on the UK Singles Chart consists of two Drake songs at the tail: “IDGAF” featuring Yeat at #5 - yes, seriously, Yeat is in the top five - and “First Person Shooter” featuring J. Cole at #4. Otherwise, we have “greedy” by Tate McRae at #3, “Prada” by casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe at #2 and of course, “Strangers” at #1. Now to run through the new songs, of course finishing with Drake but starting far from it.

NEW ARRIVALS

#75 - “Lil Boo Thang” - Paul Russell

Produced by Sean Cook

I am getting older. Not too quickly, and I’m still young but I am aging gradually like everyone does. I also feel like I’m getting a tad more sociable, a bit more willing to put myself out there. This song samples “Best of My Love” by the Emotions, a classic disco track that is used extensively and liberally in this new song. It peaked at #4 in 1977, and I’m not THAT old, not that being old enough to remember the hits of 1977 would make my criticism less valid or anything. Hell, this song does have some new things about it - it’s not two minutes thanks to TikTok attention spans, and he makes references to the NBA 2K games - though even those are 24 years old now. Yet despite that… I think I want to hug this guy at a wedding we’re mutual invitees of, ask him about how his life has been since I last saw him a couple years ago, and make 15-year-old in-jokes we’ve had since we went to school. Everyone has an inner middle-aged person in them, I think this song takes it out of me. It’s been bubbling up for a while and it is pure joy. The guy can barely sing but it doesn’t matter because of the fast, rap-like melodies and the delightful jazzy soundbed, as well as that undeniable groove that may be very plastic, but still gets me excited. If I heard this at an outdoor party full of those 35 and over (and sadly, their kids), I’d have to go to the back and to the front. The bridge with him interpolating the Emotions sample and the computer-esque vocoder just to tick of all the boxes is adorable too. This song is cute, it’s a jam, you young whipper-snappers just wouldn’t get it.

#60 - “TLC” - Digga D

Produced by P YouGotThat

Now we have a streak of four songs somewhere in the middle of the chart which I honestly don’t think I’ll have a lot to say about, not because they’re bad but because these are chart regular appearances just doing business as usual, and isn’t the album entries from Nines and Drake we have coming up, or a newcomer like Paul Russell, or a general oddity like a heavy rock song charting, which we will see later. It’s just business as usual, and this is especially true for Digga D. He is still on his whole late 90s-early 2000s US rap throwback style, this time directly sampling “Bumpy’s Lament” by Soul Mann & the Brothers, probably better known as the loop Dr. Dre used in “Xplosive” featuring Hittman, Six-Two, Nate Dogg and Kurupt, which appears on the iconic 2002. Whilst never released as a single, it’s a pretty iconic beat, and is still certified silver in the UK. Is it a good song? Well, not really in my opinion, at least outside of Nate Dogg, who improves every track he’s on tenfold, so maybe Digga D’s more subtle use of the sample under extra layers of horns and a particularly gross-sounding drill beat can do something more interesting with it? Yeah, not really, the hi-hats sound like fruits sticking to each other in the fridge, and Digga D is usually at least a bit more energetic than this. God, he’s actually one of the more lively UK drillers, but he says in the chorus how tired he is of fame, and it shows. This is a pretty depressing song if you consider that… well, it would be if he did anything interesting outside of that chorus which adds less potency to his flexing, sex bars and mockery of dead teenagers than I think he wants it to. This is just sad in a pathetic kind of way. At least the sample’s cool.

#59 - “Hey DJ” - Joel Corry

Produced by Joel Corry, Neave Applebaum and Punctual

Hey, Joel, I think you missed a feature credit somewhere. You may have dropped it on your way to Spotify, I believe you mean to credit Roc Star on the vocals? No? Okay, well, she’s about as faceless as she is nameless in her performance anyway, in a pretty typical Euro-trance throwback that at least has the cheesy synth builds and a pulsing Cascada-esque feel to it all, even if the washes of white noise and ambiance get a bit much since they’re not very aptly blended into the song, it just feels like the synth pads are full of flat air. In fact, flat would be a pretty apt way of describing this entire song. It’s a shame because I have a fondness for this kind of sound, yet this feels a bit too tight to work in that context, and way too unabashedly cheesy to work in any other.

#41 - “Me & U” - Tems

Produced by Guilty Beatz

Those of you who read my 2006 episode will know I am a big fan of the Cassie song of the same name, which of course isn’t sampled here, it’s just a coincidence. This is a much more chill Afrobeats single from Tems, and one thing that stands out to me at first is the opening line to the first verse: “For me to come out, it must mean I am at the door”. The continued sense of agency surrounding her relationship in the first verse and intro seems to erode in the second verse, as she makes herself a blank canvas for her lover. The sliding guitars and fluttering percussion, feeling almost manic in rhythm, really accentuates that something is deteriorating… but not necessarily in a bad way. Tems’ agency and self-consciousness dissolves not as a result of manipulation but simple comfort over hours and hours of being together with them, inferred by the constant chanting backing vocals intertwined into the beat and the really perhaps-too-repetitious lyrics. He still needs to prove himself though - she needs faith and he needs to show her some substance before she can fully be part of his “matter”. It’s a hypnotisingly cute mutual love song and of course, whilst I’d prefer a more climactic bridge or a chorus that consists of more than four words repeated ad nauseam, I completely get why the song is that way, and it kind of works for me. Not fully, but it’s close - this is good.

#39 - “You & Me” - JENNIE

Produced by Teddy Park

Oh, how I wish these two songs weren’t separated by “Calm Down” on the chart. Regardless, JENNIE may not seem like a chart regular but she is from the group BLACKPINK, of which we’ve heard solo efforts from before, with LISA, ROSÉ and JISOO all charting solo songs, and I actually liked all of them, some more than others, so I was excited to hear JENNIE’s addition to the BLACKPINK solo canon. Well, again, it’s not close to another song of this title I much prefer - this time by Disclosure - but it’s still okay. Perhaps stuck in 2019 given the vocaloid sample that provides much of the backing melody alongside the charmingly dated synths, snap percussion and JENNIE doing a bit of a Selena Gomez impression, but that’s not my least favourite era of pop, and the shimmering slide into the pre-chorus is a smooth, inspired transition that… oh, my God, they did it again. This is just like when I heard ROSÉ’s “On the Ground” - it starts off as an above-serviceable pop song before dropping into chaotic, almost industrial synths that have no reason to be there but elevate the song to really interesting territory, especially given the screech of those synths, factorial percussion and glass smashing that transforms this chorus from sounding completely sincere to either being a falsehood - kind of implied by the lyrics about not wanting to fall in love - or just grimy and sexy, and given the rap bridge about not blocking his “shots” and promising that she’ll be his last love that just looks better on her, yeah, I’m guessing it’s the second, and the bass-heavy devolution into a swinging screech not dissimilar to a bad squeak really sells it. This is a pretty damn great song, definitely not what I was expecting and whilst it won’t last, I think at least I’ll keep listening to this one.

#37 - “Toxic” - Nines featuring Bad Boy Chiller Crew

Produced by ProdByDizzy, I Don’t Rap I Dress and Babycashy1

Those have got to be some of the worst producer names I’ve seen in recent times. Anyway, UK rapper Nines released his second album of the year with Crop Circle 3 - it reached #2 on the albums chart and we have two consecutive songs from it year. This one… well, it has the Bad Boy Chiller Crew on it for some reason. This does mean that they bring their style of blissful bassline production, with that wispy pitch-shifted vocal and twinkling keys shifting over the 2-step production. It’s a jumpy, bouncing beat with some cute sound effects and popping intricacies I can appreciate. The BBCC guys are just as they always are, but they fit the beat and ride it well, with their typical laddish delivery. Nines, however, still has a single flow and takes himself too seriously, so he is completely out of place despite carrying the hook! Every time the song gains momentum leading into the chorus, you get this sloppy rendition from Nines instead of any of the BBCC fun translating from the verses. That’s not to mention his droning, off-beat verse either. “I went jail and got bigger, like when Mario jumps on the flower”. Really? You make words sound good for a living, how is that what you come up with?

#35 - “I Do” - Nines featuring Tunde and Mugzz

Produced by Show N Prove, Jacob Manson and RJ Cherry

The amount of features on this album should be telling of what purpose Nines serves in UK rap. This is also much more typical Nines fare, with the whispery ad-libs, quick trap skitter, bad vocal mixing and dull deliveries from everyone involved, especially Mugzz who has nowhere near enough character to handle a basic chorus like that. To be fair to the producers, the wiry G-funk synths are pretty unique, and to be fair to Tunde, his flow is a bit better and more energetic than the others, but I’m picking at straws. There are no surprises to be heard here.

#27 - “Normal People Things” - Lovejoy

Produced by Psylla

Indie rock band Lovejoy are back with their newest single, and it’s probably their most concise, heavy claustrophobic jam yet. The song starts with the words “panic attack” and continues to sound just like you’d expect a British panic attack to sound like, with that tedious riff rinsing its anticipation over frustrated drumming, as Mr. Wilbur Soot delivers one of his least kept-together performances so far, with anxious lyrics, odd sampling and a lower-register moan that digs him well below the ground. The chorus propells the song further into anxiety, as despite the initially cathartic riff, Soot ends up gravelly whining the “hold your breath” mantra before a rapid screeching acceleration that brings us to the… kind of cringeworthy bridge. There’s one thing I don’t like about this song and it is the distracting nature of the lyrics, which is to be expected with Lovejoy but still doesn’t work nearly as well as it did in their EP from earlier this year, not because of a lack of subtlety but because there’s less to the song’s progression here. It’s difficult to swallow when it’s further contained in a two-minute single, but it’s still not far enough to make this song not click. It’s still good, still give it a chance, but I feel they have better stuff coming soon.

#6 - “Virginia Beach” - Drake

Produced by 40 and Harley Arsenault

Drake’s latest #1 album For All the Dogs is a bloated feature chock full of corny, misogynistic lyrics, depressively murky production and song ideas so frail they have to be confined to obsessive beat switches. It’s also my favourite Drake album. Outside of being comically pathetic and largely an embrace of that gross side of Drake he’s always at least tried to put up a guise for in the past, it’s also a damn good pop-rap album with unexpected turns, infectious hooks, smooth feature performances and hard beats as well as some genuinely touching lyrical moments, at least when he wants to bring them in. I won’t talk about the album at length here because this isn’t an album review show and we don’t know what else may be coming to chart in the coming weeks from it. So I’ll keep it pretty brief for these tracks, especially since they’re all good but not particular favourites off of the record. This is the opening track, generating much of its buzz from the fizzy Frank Ocean sample off of the filtered guitars and strings that coalesce into one melodious murk quickly snapped into place by a weirdly-mixed trap skitter and Drake’s loose, desperate complaining about this girl probably half his age who he, for whatever reason, is not with anymore. He’s off the lean and refusing to treat her better, despite the fact that she already has a boyfriend at the point she’s seeing Drake. He’s a complete douchebag in full nasal whining mode until the second verse which actually does a pretty cool switch-up  by filtering the Frank sample further and introducing a looming synth as Drake continues to rap some of his corniest relationship bars yet. It’s “on sight like WWW, on site like dot com”? Sure, Aubrey.

#5 - “IDGAF” - Drake featuring Yeat

Produced by BNYX and Sebastian Shah

This is barely a Drake song. Most accurately, this is a Yeat song with a lengthy intro using warping progressive electronics wired behind a sample of trinkling pianos, beautiful sax and mystifying vocals provided by jazz band Azimuth, that has little purpose other than to be subverted as soon as Yeat comes in talking about having sex over a completely alien rage beat. Yeat’s vocals are modified beyond coherency at some points, he’s showered in ad-libs, and most importantly, he’s not Drake, who delivers a completely serviceable, one-take verse that quickly gets overshadowed by Yeat… kind of going off, in a uniquely Young Thug way, where you’re not impressed by any lyrics or flows but you are impressed by just the continued violent refusal to stop rapping. Nothing is said of any interest - of course not - but it goes hard enough, it has that extraterrestrial tone to it, and the completely incoherency of Yeat is actually quite a fascinating refresher from the track that precedes it, that being…

#4 - “First Person Shooter” - Drake featuring J. Cole

Produced by Coleman, Vinylz, Tay Keith, Boi-1da, FNZ and OZ

The two heavy-weights team up for the first time in over 10 years and of course, Cole runs away with the fantastic feature verse you always expect, rarely actually get but is never a surprise to hear. I’m far from a J. Cole fan but the man can rap, and rap he will, especially when he has something to prove, rapping about how he, Drake and Kendrick are the undisputed GOATs of their respective generation. Cole doesn’t even wait for the beat to come in, delivering some deadpan wordplay over the soul sample from Joe Washington as soon as the song starts. Drake then gives a respectful warm-up, essentially acting as Cole’s hypeman, though with an odd focus on child-related wordplay, and then over the explosive trap beat, Cole just chugs on in what feels both endless and effortless, making good use of silent moments to switch between flows, delivering punchlines honestly not that far away from Drake’s and with the increased energy the beat deserves. Of course, we then got what is now a typical Drake beat switch into an even harder Memphis rattle, as if Drake knew he got bodied and added an extra verse from himself so he’s not completely embarrassed. He holds his own pretty well though, with one of his more technically proficient and aggressive verses on the whole album, as well as stepping up his punchlines and flexes a bit thanks to Cole’s presence. It’s a rapid fire rappity-rap track so I have no expectations of it actually staying, but it is still a killer track.

Conclusion

With all that said, JENNIE gets Best of the Week for “You & Me”. Yeah, it’s not what I expected but it’s a fantastic track that really digs at what I like about K-pop whilst also just being a brilliantly constructed love song. And despite me loving that Drake album, not even “First Person Shooter” can get the Honourable Mention. Nope, that’s going to Paul Russell for “Lil Boo Thang”. Seriously. As for the worst, I mean this was a pretty good week - not even the Nines songs were that bad - so Digga D gets it handedly for “TLC” but Joel Corry grabs the Dishonourable Mention for “Hey DJ” mostly on just being lazy. Next time, we’ll see if any of this actually sticks the landing for a second. I have doubts about nearly all of it doing so but for now, thank you for reading, rest in peace to Rudolph Isley, and I’ll see you next week!

[jwscrobbles]

Top 50 Songs Scrobbled for the Week Ending 6/23/2024

TW       LW                   ARTIST/SONG

1          2                      Doja Cat – DEMONS (1 week @ #1)

2          5                      Usher/Peelz - RUIN

3          1                      SZA - SATURN(2 weeks @ #1)

4          6                      Troye Sivan – ONE OF YOUR GIRLS

5          8                      Empire of the Sun - CHANGES

6          3                      The Black Keys – BEAUTIFUL (STAY HIGH) (1 week @ #1)

7          12                    Ariana Grande – WE CAN’T BE FRIENDS (WAIT FOR LOVE)

8          11                    Sir – NOTHING EVEN MATTERS

9          4                      Jon B/Tank – WAITING ON YOU (1 week @ #1)

10        15                    Q - CHANGES

11        7                      Terrace Martin/Gallant – COMMON GROUND (4 weeks @ #1)

12        9                      Andra Day – PROBABLY

13        10                    Keiynan Lonsdale – SIT DOWN

14        18                    Sia - INCREDIBLE

15        13                    Disclosure – SIMPLY WON’T DO

16        16                    Sia/Kylie Minogue – DANCE ALONE

17        19                    St. Vincent – BROKEN MAN

18        22                    Labrinth – NEVER FELT SO GOOD

19        24                    Sampha – SUSPENDED

20        14                    Lenny Kravitz – TK421

21        25                    Childish Gambino – Psilocybae

22        21                    Caroline Polachek – SO HOT YOU’RE HURTING MY FEELING

23        20                    Chicano Batman – FLY

24        17                    Beyonce – TEXAS HOLD EM

25        29                    Lucky Daye – HERICANE

26        31                    Kendrick Lamar - EUPHORIA

27        33                    Nicki Minaj/Lil Uzi Vert - EVERYBODY)

28        23                    Sophie Ellis-Bexter – MURDER ON THE DANCE FLOOR

29        34                    Kacey Musgraves – TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE

30        36                    October London – MULHOLLAND DRIVE

31        28                    Usher/H.E.R. -RISK IT ALL

32        40                    Lenny Kravitz – HUMAN

33        27                    Brent Fayaiz – WY@

34        41                    Victoria Money/Lucky Daye – SMOKE

35        42                    Tinashe - NASTY

36        30                    Flyana Boss – UFHO

37        32                    Jennifer Lopez/Latto – CAN’T GET ENOUGH

38        26                    Ariana Grande – YES, AND? (2 weeks @ #1)

39        38                    Kaytramine – LETSTALKABOUTIT

40        46                    Gwen Buss – 2 MANY THINGS (STYLE DAVIS REMIX)

41        35                    Kylie Minogue – HOLD ON TO NOW

42        48                    Beyonce/Miley Cyrus – II MOST WANTED

43        49                    PartyNextDoor – FOR CERTAIN

44        37                    Victoria Monet - ALRIGHT

45        47                    Kylie Minogue – VEGAS HIGH

46        50                    Yung Bleu/John Legend – BE OK

47        ---                     Tommy Richman – MILLION DOLLAR BABY

48        ---                     Kaytranada/Childish Gambino - WITCHY

49        39                    Jessie Ware – HELLO LOVE (1 week @ #1)

50        45                    Jhene Aiko – SUN/SON

[cureforbedbugs]

2018 in Mehsic

I've been pretty lazy with my music listening this year -- new work responsibilities plus general musical malaise, I guess, but I've caught up well enough to recognize that I've heard or heard of most of the things getting mentions on Top 10's, and there's nothing that I feel like I'm missing out on. That said, this is easily the weakest Top 10 (in process, still doing a bunch of ketchup) I've ever done, for a few weird reasons:

My tastes are in flux again and haven't really landed anywhere. The music I'm feeling most doggedly critical-anthropological about, the kind of trap music my students listen to, I don't actually like that much. I have a bunch of thoughts about how melodic rapping has evolved in the last few years into a kind of modal exercise, moving away from pop melody and toward modal improvisation. But I'm not ready to write it.

There are two or three albums scattered on my Top Ten that I don't have the emotional energy to throw myself into even though I recognize their likely goodness from afar -- Low's Double Negative and Jenny Wilson' Exorcism in particular. That means that the one that I return to the most, Daphne & Celeste's Max Tundra collab, is a little — thin, I guess.

I like a lot of music that really annoys me right now, that I can't really get into the guts of -- 6ix9ine, say.

It seems like it was kind of a meh year overall? I don’t know, but I don’t think there’s a single hyped album I’m aware of that I even understand the appeal of abstractly?

Here’s the list so far: 1. Daphne & Celeste: Save the World 2. Kylie Minogue: Golden 3. Superorganism: s/t 4. Nellie McKay: Sister Orchid 5. Low: Double Negative 6. Bhad Bhabie: 15 7. Kate Nash: Yesterday Was Forever 8. Jenny WIlson: EXORCISM 9. Mitski: Be the Cowboy 10. Wednesday Campanella: Galapagos 11. Charlie Puth: Voicenotes 12. Noname: Room 25 13. Kacey Musgraves: Golden Hour 14. Meshell Ndegeocello: Ventriloquism 15. Yo La Tengo: There’s a Riot Going On 16. Fischerspooner: Sir 17. 6ix9ine: Day69: Graduation 18. Lil Wayne: The Carter V 19. Loma: s/t 20. Tove Styrke: Sway

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Get to know me tag!!!

So I was tagged to do this by @harrymemes AKA the loml!! This is gonna be way too long because I never shut tf up so sorry in advance lmao

NICKNAMES: Sooo for those of you who may not know my name is Kylei!! (It’s spelt a bit weird lmao but it’s pronounced the same as Kylie) And my main nickname is Kye! And sometimes my friends call me Kyle sksks

ZODIAC: AHHH so if you know me at all you’d know that I’m obsessed with astrology!! Like I’m that bitch who ties everything back to it and I know all my friends are like 👀 hErE wE gO aGaIn anytime I bring it up skskskks bUT long story short I’m an Aries sun, Leo moon, and Cancer rising.

HEIGHT: I’m around 5’6 so I guess you’d say I’m average height??

FAVORITE BANDS/ARTISTS: Ooo I personally have a pretty diverse music taste and I’m honestly down to listen to almost anything! Some of my faves though are Harry (obviously lmaoshdgdg HS2 WHERE ARE YOUUUU), The 1975, Kacey Musgraves, Big Thief, Cavetown, Fleetwood Mac, Ariana Grande, Hozier, Korey Dane, Billie Eillish, Van Morrison, Maggie Rogers, Marc Scibilia, The Eagles, Elton John, James Bay, AHHH WHO AM I KIDDING I HONESTLY I HAVE SO MANY MORE SKSKSKSK I LOVE MUSIC SO MUCH SO IM GONNA END THE LIST THERE

SONG STUCK IN MY HEAD: LAST CHRISTMAS I GAVE YOU MY HEART, BUT THE VERY NEXT DAY, YOU GAVE IT AWAYYYYY

LAST MOVIE I WATCHED: Venom!! It was so fucking good omg like I’m so obsessed with the marvel universe so anything to do with it really butters my egg roll lmaoshdgsg bUT like Tom Hardy?¿? A LEGEND. Also, RIP to Stan Lee. That really broke my heart y’all like I owe so many fond memories in my childhood to him 🤧

LAST THING I GOOGLED: It was the cafe astrology website LMAO

OTHER BLOGS: Bold of you to assume I’m organized enough to run more than one blog! I can barely remember the password to this one sometimes asfsgafsg

DO I GET ASKS: Sometimes!

REASON I CHOSE MY NICKNAME: It’s just an abbreviation of my name!!

FOLLOWING: 2666...I KNOW THATS A SHIT TON OF PEOPLE LMAO BUT AT LEAST MY DASH IS NEVER DEAD....also 666? Satan? Is that you?

AVERAGE AMOUNT OF SLEEP: Sleep?? We don’t know her.

WOT AM I WEARING: My TPWK shirt, leggings, and fuzzy socks bc ITS COLD AS HELL RIGHT NOW

DREAM TRIP: Ahh I want to travel the world sooo bad but specifically Bora Bora has always been at the top of my list just because of how beautiful it is!!

FAVORITE FOOD: PASTA OF ANY KIND

PLAY ANY INSTRUMENTS: Other than learning how to play the recorder in the 3rd grade?? nOPE. My step dad just got a new drum set though so I’m gonna get his old one and hopefully learn how to drum!! Sarah IM COMING FOR YOUR GIG SIS! (kIDDING sarah I love you please marry me thanks)

EYE COLOR: Green!

LANGUAGES: English, and I’m in the process of learning Spanish!

HAIR COLOR: Light brown

MOST ICONIC SONG: This one

RANDOM FACT: I have a pet tortoise named Tyrone!! Also, I have an extra nipple (IT SOUNDS GROSS WHEN I SAY IT LIKE THAT LMAOSHSGSG BUT ITS FINE BC HAROLDS WEIRD ASS HAS TWO EXTRA ONES) and people never believe me when I tell them sksksks

DESCRIBE YOURSELF AS AESTHETIC THINGS: Warm hugs, smile lines, the little doodles on the edge of notes, loud laughter, scraped knees, the feeling of turning your alarms off on the weekend, driving with the windows down, sunflowers.

SORRY IM SO EXTRA YALL LMAO LIKE IK THIS IS A MILLION YEARS LONG AND IF YOU READ IT ALL THE WAY THROUGH YOURE A REAL ONE™️ anyways!! I’m gonna tag @pinkliquorstyles @peppermintsmileharry @alwaysthinkaboutyou @smelltabaccovanille @hexagonaldolans andddd anyone else who wants to do this!! Love y’all 💖💖

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A Year in Review: The 100 Best Songs of 2018

Music has never been made more accessible to everyone at any point in human history. With a click of your mouse or the scroll of your finger, you can access millions of albums and songs. Music criticism, which up until a few years ago, served as a way to break new acts and let consumers know if an album was worth plunking down $9.99. Now, for that same price, fans can subscribe to the streaming service of their choice and listen to whatever they want, whenever they want for how long they want. Like in the Peak TV era, music has never been more fragmented and there's less a consensus among what qualifies as The Best.

Even so, some artists undeniably ruled 2018, like Drake, of course, who is one of the most-streamed artists ever. And then there's Ariana Grande, who returned with her album "Sweetener" and dominated with her new single "Thank U, Next," off her forthcoming album. Lady Gaga, too, pivoted from avant-garde pop star to classic Hollywood actress, thanks to her turn as Ally in Bradley Cooper's remake of "A Star is Born."

100. ALMA – Fake Gucci 

099. Mallrat – Groceries

098. Kero Kero Bonito – Only Acting

097. L’lmpératrice – Matahari

096. Lilyer – Never Getting Closer

095. Camila Cabello – Never be the Same

094. Zedd – The Middle feat. Maren Morris

093. Emily Burns – Cheat

092. U.S. Girls - Rosebud

091. Chromatics – Blue Girl

090. Hatchie – Sleep

089. Oneohtrix Point Never – Black Snow

088. The Carters - APESHIT

087. Christina Aguilera – Deserve

086. St. Vincent – Fast Slow Disco / Slow Slow Disco

085. Kate Stewart – He’s Good

084. Jessie Ware – Overtime

083. Dido – Hurricanes

082. cupcake – Crayons

081. Amy Shark – Sink In

080. Chvrches – Get Out

079. Peter Yorn & Scarlett Johansson – Bad Dreams

078. Dolly Style – L-O-V-E

077. Natalie Prass – Sisters

076. Snail Mail – Pristine 

075. Maggie Rogers – Falling Water

074. Beach House – Lemon Glow

073. Kylie Minogue – Dancing

072. Wild Nothing – Letting Go

071. Now, Now – AZ

070. Shawn Mendes – Lost in Japan

069. Ciara – Level Up

068. Tracey Thorn – Queen

067. Jade Bird – Lottery

066. Florence + the Machine – Hunger

065. Sasha Sloan – Normal

064. Cat Power – Woman Feat. Lana Del Rey

063. Be the Bear – I Don’t Want to  

062. Chromatics – Black Walls  

061. Charli XCX – No Angel

060. Sunmi – Heronie

059. Pale Waves – Eighteen

058. Rita Ora – Let You Love Me

057. Carly Rae Jepsen – Party for One

056. Christina Aguilera – Masochist

055. TWICE – Dance the Night Away

054. Azealia Banks – Anna Wintour  

053. Kanye West & Lil Pump – I Love It

052. Dirty Projectors – Break-Thru

051. Kim Petras – Heart to Break

050. Lady Gaga – Why Did You Do That? 

049. Janelle Moane – Make Me Feel

048. MGMT – When You Die

047. BLACKPINK – Forever Young

046. Beach House – Dark Spring

045. Sophie – Is it Cold in the Water?

044. Ariana Grande – No Tears Left to Cry

043. Let’s Eat Grandma – Fall Into Me

042. Yaeji – One More

041. Nicki Minaj – Barbie Tingz

040. Meghan Trainor – All the Ways

039. Teyana Taylor – WTP

038. Cat Power – Stay

037. The Radio Dept. – Your True Name

036. Lady Gaga – Joanne (Where Do You Think You’re Goin’) [Piano Version]

035. Mariah Carey – The Distance feat. Ty Dolla $ign

034. Drake – Nice for What

033. The 1975 – TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME

032. Troye Sivan – My My My!

031. Lana Del Rey - Mariners Apartment Complex

030. Lizzo – Boys

029. Yumi Zouma – Powder Blue / Cascine Park

028. Ella Mai – Boo’d Up

027. Hayley Kiyoko – Curious

026. Kacey Musgraves – High Horse

025. Calvin Harris – One Kiss feat. Dua Lipa

024. Charli XCX – Focus

023. The 1975 – Give Yourself a Try

022. Mariah Carey – A No No

021. Troye Sivan – Bloom

020. Christine and the Queens – Doesn’t Matter

019. MGMT – Me and Michael 

018. Ariana Grande – The Light is Coming feat. Nicki Minaj

017. Christine and the Queens – Girlfriend feat. Dam-Funk

016. Let’s Eat Grandma – Donnie Darko

015. Drake – Summer Games

014. Yumi Zouma – In Camera

013. Robyn – Missing You

012. Mariah Carey – GTFO

011. Silk City & Dua Lipa - Electricity ft. Diplo & Mark Ronson

010. Troye Sivan – The Good Side

Out pop singer Troye Sivan broke out in a huge way this year. His album "Bloom" earned a lot of buzz, thanks to his excellent singles "My My My!" and "Bloom." But it's his tender ballad "The Good Side," released as a promo track, that ends up being the 23-year old's best song. The longest track on the album, "The Good Side" is a hypnotic and heartbreaking breakup song that's romantically specific ("I'm sure we'll meet in the spring / And catch up on everything"). It's not a spiteful song; it's positively melancholic and is elevated by incredibly smart production choices: Sivan's vocals are layered, an acoustic guitar drives the song until it erupts several times and rebuilds itself, culminating in a track that's both raw and spiritual.

009. Lana Del Rey – Venice Bitch

Lana Del Rey has transformed herself from the cringe-worthy descriptor "gangsta Nancy Sinatra" to a considerate and thoughtful pop star, who still likes to dabble in hip-hop but has doubled down on releasing stirring political ballads in the vein of Joan Baez. Teaming up with producer Jack Antonoff (Taylor Swift, Lorde, P!nk), she released two new singles this year off her forthcoming album "Norman Fucking Rockwell," one of which, "Venice Bitch," is a career highlight. There's no concern for radio airplay here; the track clocks in at nearly 10 minutes and is an impressively epic track. Full of the best LDR moments ("Fresh out of fucks forever... Ice cream, ice queen / I dream in jeans and leather), "Venice Bitch" is an atmospheric delight that swells with a stellar guitar solo, allowing LDR to transport you to another era.

008. Ariana Grande – Thank U, Next

To say Ariana Grande owned 2018 would be an understatement. She released her wonderful highly anticipated album "Sweetener" and had a whirlwind engagement with "Saturday Night Live" star Pete Davidson (that of course, went south). It's that relationship that sparked "Thank U, Next," a single off Grande's forthcoming album. Sounding like her Mariah Carey/R&B inspired debut "Yours Truly," "Thank U, Next" is a soulful and empowering breakup song, borrowing ripped from the headline lyrics a la Taylor Swift. Not only does Davidson get called out, but so do Grande's past boyfriends: Rapper Big Sean, backup dancer Ricky Alvarez, and the late rapper Mac Miller. "Thank U, Next" is as touching as it is funny, insightful and a delight — easily of the young singer's best tracks to date.

007. Robyn – Honey

Fans first heard Robyn's song "Honey" last year. A version of the track appeared in an episode of the final season of Lean Dunham's HBO series "Girls." The comedy is somewhat responsible for propelling the Swedish songstress's "Dancing On My Own" (arguably one of the best songs of the 21st century) into the zeitgeist back in Season 1. Like "DOMO," "Honey" is a dance floor banger; a hypotonic song that only Robyn is capable of creating. But unlike "DOMO," "Honey" is uplifting and sexy.

006. Let’s Eat Grandma - It’s Not Just Me

The epic "It's Not Just Me" is a soaring and epic highlight off the latest album "I'm All Ears" from the super young U.K. electro duo Let's Eat Grandma (Rosa Walton and Jenny Hollingworth). Produced by Sophie and The Horrors' Faris Badwan (quite the combo!) "It's Not Just Me" is a stunning electronic anthem about coming to terms with having a crush. Walton and Hollingworth's dueling vocals dance over an array of vibrant synths, handclaps, and drums: "It's not just me, I know you're feeling the same way," they sing. The song is the perfect summation of everyone's talents, crafting Let's Eat Grandma's most vibrant and best song to date.

005. The 1975 - Love it if We Made it

The U.K. band The 1975 have never held back with their sound or their lyrics: "We're fucking in a car, shooting heroin / Saying controversial things just for the hell of it," the band's lead singer Matty Healy sings in the opening of "Love it if We Made it." The song is a sociopolitical anthem that takes on Internet culture, racism, and even the loss of rapper Lil Peep. It's all too much but handles those topics with care and uplifting positivity. The song glides over 80s sophisti pop beats that echo The Blue Nile and a dash of disco. It's unlike anything you'll hear in 2018.

004. Sophie - Immaterial 

"Immaterial" is the kind of song people know producer and musician Sophie for — a super saccharine and highly addicting bop that sounds like it was sent to us from another planet. It's like she took Madonna's iconic "Material Girl" and baked it inside an Easy Bake Oven. The song features vocals from musician Mozart's Sister and though it's a high energy club track, it's a powerful song, possibly detailing Sophie's journey as coming out as trans: "Without my legs or my hair / Without my genes or my blood / With no name and with no type of story / Where do I live? Tell me, where do I exist?" the epic breakdown goes.

003. Kacey Musgraves - Space Cowboy

Kacey Musgrave's "Space Cowboy" is mind-blowing in its simplicity. On this tender breakup song, the country star is singing some of her most clever lyrics: "You can have your space... cowboy / I ain't gonna fence you in / Go on, ride away in your Silverado / Guess I'll see you 'round again," goes the chorus. It's wild that no one in the history of music has created this song before Musgraves but that's a testament to her ability as an impeccable songwriter. "Space Cowboy" is unassuming but packs a powerful punch. Musgraves knows the exact words to emphasize, where to take pauses and let "Space Cowboy" breath and overwhelm you.

002. Nicki Minaj - Chun-Li

Nicki Minaj had a messy 2018. She feuded with Cardi B, Kylie Jenner, and Travis Scott's baby, and went on rants during her Apple Music radio show that ended up going viral in the worst ways. Her album "Queen" did not go to no. 1 on Billboard and her single "Chun-Li" peaked at no. 10. It may not have been a smash hit, but the song, named after the first female character in the video game series "Street Fighter," is a career highlight for the rapper. A minimal beat allows Nicki to do what she does best, spit freestyle and her rapping her is incredibly playful and fun: "Oh, I get it, huh, they paintin' me out to be the bad guy / Well it's the last time you gonna see a bad guy do the rap game like me," she grunts during an interlude.

001. Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - Shallow 

Months before "A Star is Born" hit theaters, the Internet was quick to latch on to "Shallow." The power ballad was featured in the film's trailer — most notably its epic climax where Lady Gaga unleashes a tremendous bellow during the electrifying chorus: "I'm off the deep end, watch as I dive in / I'll never meet the ground / Crash through the surface where they can't hurt us / We're far from the shallow now." The iconic AHAHAHAAAAH moment quickly became the single defining moment of the movie and nearly dominated conversation around it. Cooper holds his own on "Shallow" but it's Gaga's time to shine; she's intense and throbs with a blissful energy that is so infectious, allowing her voice to sound as perfect as it's ever been. "Shallow," co-written with Andrew Wyatt, Anthony Rossomando and Mark Ronson, is a show-stopping pop classic.