#my latest earworm

[lilyofthevalleyys]

Regulus ‘’Cause I’m a real tough kid, I can handle my shit’ Black

Mary ‘They said, “Babe, you gotta fake it ‘til you make it” and I did’ Macdonald

James ‘Lights, camera, bitch smile, even when you wanna die’ Potter

Barty ‘He said he’d love me all his life’ Crouch Jr

Evan ‘But that life was too short’ Rosier

Lily ‘Breaking down, I hit the floor’ Evans

Dorcas ‘All the pieces of me shattered as the crowd was chanting, “More”’ Meadowes

Sirius ‘I was grinning like I’m winning, I was hitting my marks’ Black

Remus ‘Cause I can do it with a broken heart’ Lupin

[emilybeemartin]

"And wet rose she from the lake

And fast and fleet went she---

One half the form of a maiden fair

With a jet-black mare's body."

-The Witch of the Westmorland, Stan Rogers

[freak-freedom]

hey crow was your dad the guy in that band? if so, I just wanted to say I really liked the song Falling Apart! i absolutely adored the guitar and bass lines (I think it's bass?)

(if I've got the wrong person feel free to ignore this)

THAT IS MY DAD!!!!!!!!

oh i'm SO fucking excited to show him this he's always happy to see new people getting into their stuff i'm glad you enjoy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[fulcrvm]

thank you for the tag @norfre !! :D

Spell out your URL with songs!

F — For Tomorrow - Blur U — Underwater Love - Smoke City L — Love Song - Simple Minds C — Canned Heat - Jamiroquai R — Reckoner - Radiohead , or Roygbiv - Boards of Canada V — Vicious - Lou Reed , or Video Kid - The Birthday Massacre M — Motherboard - Daft Punk , or Marechià - Nu Genea

No pressure tags!! @3-inch-jam @portalpanda @mickstopher-mouse @invincibleinck @nolanporfirio @bononocat @teejaystumbles @fishfingersandscarves @valeriianz and whoever else sees this and would like to!! i choose you!! :]

[lamialamia]

I remembered someone saying that "Hold Me Like A Grudge" from Fall Out Boy is a Webgott song so I look into it and... yeah

It's big freaking Webgott song

[monstress]

favorite 2023 korean album releases

episode1: love — soyoon

i loved her first solo album and i have been ecstatic by how much love this album has received because her skills as a songwriter just grew exponentially. what a suave, confident and powerful album. 'till the sun goes up' and 'canada' - the duality of a woman...i'm in love.

dipuc — cacophony

if you're not up to cacophony discography, i would highly recommend this album. from the first track, it was like she's immediately tucking you into her coat - crooning you an intimate sonic odyssey. the run from 'Lean Your Body On Me' to 'End' had me screaminggg. for the season, the track 'Christmas' is gorgeous.

notwitzki — beenzino

dammit...he's still good. beenzino's technical prowess has not slipped since his last release and while i was ready to be punched in the gut, this was a surprisingly tranquil listen. truly just an album perfect for a relaxing night drive with the boys, the girls, and the theys. 'Travel Again' and 'Change' are standouts to me.

pat pat — risso

if you don't find one track you can't groove to on this, you may be entitled to legal compensation. a citypop album i can't get enough of during the summer. the disco track 'SPF' and smooth r&b 'daydreamer' should've hit them to the mainstream stratosphere. it's soooo unfair how they don't have a romance kdrama ost under their belt already.

love pt. 2 — colde

starting out with my number one spotify wrapped artist. what else is there to stay...impeccably engineered k-r&b album with solid bops, an underrated featuring track ('heartbreak club' is the best track of the year to me - the reggae influence, the smoothest beat switch of the album, chan hyuk's 2000s flare rap line delivery), and a surprise cover of a korean indie classic.

sichimi — sumin

a chill, downbeat album to wind down after a long day with an ending that makes you wanna go back to the start. listen to this album just for 'Closet' where sumin and uhm jung hwa are just trying to out queen each other. obsessed.

zip — zion.t

it's been 5 years since his last release that i actually yelled when i saw the notification he released a music video because i wasn't expecting it all. as a long time fan, i loved the evolution you can see from 'oo' with the detour at 'zzz' culminating on this album. witty, eccentric and earworms galore, it's so solid. the lil ditty 'stranger' and the sweeping 'the things i love' (kim hae sol, you don't give me both a jazz solo and a choir in a track and expect it not being my immediate favorite) are gorgeous.

machine boy — silica gel

amazingggg rock album - i was blown away by the first track alone. you know they'd go so hard at concerts. also shoutout to 'machineboygong' for being a nine minute masterpiece which i recommend for you to listen at least once. it'd be remissed not to mention their latest album 'power andre 99' is astonishingly excellent as well.

no one can hunt me — joonie

my favorite experimental album of the year. if you're into electronic, this is a great listen. moody, dystopian, warped tracks that only spiral downwards to isolating madness. it's only four tracks and my fave constantly changes.

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honorable mentions: yukika's "time lapse", ashmute's 'this place no longer exists', suzanne's "new life, new mind", dpr ian's "dear insanity...", epik high's 'screen time', code kunst's 'archive 01', voyeur's 'same dream, huh yunjin's 'blessing in disguise', thmoon's 'dormant'

[sachapopmusic8rat]

Amplification of semiotic particles through a dynamic cinematic music video

Hey everyone! Today I'll try to thoroughly explain the use of amplification in music videos and as a relevant example I've decided to use one of my favorite artists during my teenage years, NF ! NF in particular always made sure there always is a cinematic aspect to his music videos. Iconic lyrics, carefully crafted intrinsic sentences and aspects to the diegesis of the message he wants to tell throughout each of his video clips and songs, yet so cinematically well used. There is a genuine need for the signifier to not lose sight of how the signified may be perceived by the audience and yet NF manages to connect the semiotics to his music videos through amplification of illustration ! I'll use one of the video clips of his latest album to demonstrate my point, I'll link the clip right here ! The name of this song is Hope.

Throughout the clip, many semiotic elements and concepts can be observed to provide concrete elements to this music clip but I'll start with the basics of what NF tried to achieve as an artist when it comes to his music videos. It is important to be aware of the fact that he strives for his music videos to be as cinematographic as possible, any of his music videos will most likely have elements of illustration and therefore something "deep" or "real" behind it for his fans even though this seems silly it is the way he brands his music and I do find it to be admirable to be as authentic as he is. Hope (the name of this song as previously mentioned) is about self-reflection and a message to NF himself, he literally talks to himself through the lyrics, back vocals and visual allowing to show the voices he is constantly hearing, reminiscing of his actions, words and past deeds. I will not further develop about the meaning of every single sequence in this music video as it is not the only purpose of this post, otherwise I would gladly spend many lines describing every references to his music in itself, all is needed to know in order to understand this post has been explained previously. Now that I've explained what I meant through his relationship with the diegesis, I'll emphasize the meaning of amplification used by illustration. The visual allows to further accentuate the intensity he wishes for the lyrics to have, the use of his face as a hook for this particular song creates more than a simple emphasis as I've explained previously, NF is directly talking to himself, he's confiding in the listener and therefore himself all he did in vain. Retrospection is illustrated by the symbolisation of him dressed in two colours in this music video, black and white representing respectively his current self and past self. Such icon demonstrates the contrast of the lyrics indeed but the parallelism used to embody the earworm rhythmic portraying the visual narractive as intrinsic to the song persuades the listener to the vision presented instead of the diegetic possibly imagined by the audience. While the visual parralels the rhythm and movements of the camera, the signifier may be confused as to what is signified. It is understandable that the complexity of coherence when it comes to musical, lyrical and visual meanings can be undermined considering the variety of contexts it can be perceived in. But I would like to argue that in the case of NF he manages to have a cohesive and catchy cinematography that allows amplification of the repeated semiotic particles to create a signified that corresponds to the signifier ! The narrative of the diegesis is shown through the use of amplification of many little semiotic elements previously explained and this illustration of the whole allows for NF to create a clear and cohesive rhythmic pattern accompanied by his voice, back vocals and lyrics following the intensity of the instruments used. This cohesive and fascinating whole brings to life this music video. Furthermore, it really has a stunning cinematography compared to some other rappers, interestingly enough, it has an earworm rhythm despite not even having a lyrical hook ! I do believe this is worth mentioning due to the fact that hooks have always been the attention seeker the music industry always thought of essential to any popular songs. Do you know of other artists using such concepts to create such an impressive cinematography ? In any case, see you next week for the next post :)

[definitelynotshouting]

got tagged by my beloved @sillyfairygarden for the "list 5 songs you have on repeat" ask game :]

Forever by Noah Kahan which has been playing on loop in my brain for the past four days straight while i worked on my latest fic, which pulls some of the lyrics for its title!! Admittedly this song isn't my favorite by him, im more of a Paul Revere girlie, but i utterly adore the chorus and it massages my brain each time i hear it :]

Spectator by Friday Pilots Club which has like. THE dirtiest bass line ive heard in a while and also includes one of my magical earworm chord transitions in the chorus. Like holy shit. My brain is melting in the BEST of ways and ive been looping it whenever i want to feel action-y without actually thinking

On a much lighter musical note ive been listening a lot to Arboretum by Sparkbird since it first came out like two weeks ago, which like, shout out to the anon who introduced me to him im so hooked now. Im utterly obsessed with the different tempos and times meshed together in this song so seamlessly, and the lyrics are like POETRY (this song has also made it to my scarian playlist LOL the lyrics are so top tier for them imo)

. dont look at me but this is my number one song to loop when i need to get shit done and want an insanely catchy tune to do it with anyway go listen to Vending Machine of Love by The Stupendium i promise you it is so so funny and so so worth it (and full of INSANE wordplay too) (also it IS suggestive so keep that in mind if u go to listen)

This list would not be complete by me without a City and Colour song so i offer up The Love Still Held Me Near, which is SO GORGEOUS and constantly makes me think of lighthouses and fog and crashing seas.... this is my go-to loop for his songs rn its so full of life and energy while still feeling melancholy in a gorgeously aching way im OBSESSED OKAY GO LISTEN YOU WANNA LISTEN TO THIS SOOOO BAD GO GO GO ‼️‼️‼️‼️💥💥💥💥💥

Okay i am tagginggggg.... @squish--squash @corvidaearts @cocoabats @emberglowfox @raichett :]

[dangermousie]

My latest earworm. I think he’s honestly my fave Chinese singer. I have yet to find a song of his I do not utterly adore.

[fionnemrys]

Tagged by: @fazedlight. Thanks! 🥰

Last Song(s): Whatever’s playing in this Panera right now. But the song that has been an incessant earworm all week is “Last Resort” by Lindsay Mac. 

Currently Watching: The Way Home (Chyler Leigh’s latest show, which is surprisingly good for a Hallmark production.) and Mr. and Mrs. Smith.

Three ships: Xena/Gabrielle, Supercorp, and Wenclair (Why only three? What about my love of Dreamling, Ineffible Husbands, Wayhaught, and Valcarol, to name just a few?)

Favorite color: It varies, but usually either green or purple.

Currently consuming: Tea

First ship: Probably Xena/Gabrielle

Relationship status: Single 😔

Last movie: The Marvels. I love this movie so much!

Currently working on: beta reading a couple of fics for Mayhem and doing another playthrough of Wylde Flowers for “research” for a fic idea.

No-Pressure tags: @jadedloverart, @badcures, @livesvicariouslythroughfiction, @jedifighterpilot2727, @scifrey, @mycatismyeditor

[anticidic]

Saw that you listen to video game music and well *twirls hair shyly* Care to share some of your favorites?

Some days, I find myself humming “Epona’s Song” from LoZ, or sometimes I sing “Fear Not This Night” from GW2 because the first time I heard it, it was like listening to angels sing (huge dramatization on my part, lol 😂).

But I have no in-between. It’s either a super mellow and peaceful song or a warrior song to listen to 💀 What do you listen to?

YOU TOO? Yay~ 😭

But yes, omg!!

I listen to a lot of covers of tracks, like I like NateWantsToBattle and CamSteady for Pokemon songs. CamSteady does pokemon raps of all kinds!! I love his Pokemon Trainer rap, Legendary Pokemon rap, Pseudo Legendary Pokemon rap, and Pokemon Professor raps in particular 💖

I also like Lollia, Adriana Figueroa, GillStudio, and Caleb Hyles for Person 3/5 covers.

For ACTUAL video game tracks I like:

Persona 3, 4, 5 tracks. Particularly Burn My Dread, Your Affection, and River in a Desert. (I also like Whims of Fate, Take Over, and Mass Destruction) Lyn is amazing singer!

(Also, fun fact, Lotus Juice is in a lot of Persona 3 songs and he did some of the songs for the BSD anime 👀 he's a good rapper)

Also since you can vibe with it, so much FFXIV music. So much. The newer tracks post-Endwalker have been some of my favorites I have on repeat a lot. Scream, One Amongst the Weary, and Athena, the Tireless One are bangers!

Some other one-offs I can think of: Hopeless Call (Soul Hackers 2), Devil Trigger (Devil May Cry 5), Death Stranding (Death Stranding), Forced Battle (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne), Boss Battle (Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne)

ALSO, my current earworm has been Bee My Honey from the latest Dawntrail expansion from FFXIV. You need to listen to it. It's a cutesy beat with some cutesy lyrics to match until you listen closer. 😂 "I really should have said, treat me well or you're as good as dead"

[quixoticornithologist]

✨ Put 5 songs you listen to, post it, then send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers

ehehe gab sent me this too ^.^

my latest earworm has been THIS song from dave and bambi golden apple :333 i ❤️ expunged soso much

this fucking song dude Beach life-in-death save me SAVE ME BEACH LIFE-IN-DEATH

THIS song is Soooo so good ive been listening to trance a lot lately:3

random ass yt reccomend lead to a banger always click on the low view songs ‼️‼️‼️‼️

finally, an artist i just discovered, sacristuff!!!! their music ks fucking awesome highly recommend checking them out 💯

ty for tag!!!! :333

[scalar]

tagged by @tyrannuspitch to share five songs (thank you!!) so here are some of my latest earworms:

the residents - rest aria (have been slowly making my way through their discography)

thoushaltnot - react (unfortunately, this is a callout post)

alice longyu gao - bleeding in the studio (very danceable)

ideamen - two complaints (the Pathos!)

femtanyl - PUSH UR T3MPRR (an incredibly catchy tune)

tagging "ten" of my followers to do the same: @humandisastersquad @enceladanoceans @eliasdrid @bwooom @astriiformes @multivac @gl1tt3rglu3 @annieisyourfavourite @feypact

[perpetuallyuneloquent]

the last sentence you wrote a trope you’re really into right now a fandom you’re thinking about writing for how easy is it for you to come up with titles? share a fic you’re especially proud of

hello ard!!

here is the ask game:

the last sentence i wrote (from my latest wip "Just Leave Me in Two Pieces," aka, "guh" ):

Well, Obito said he would take her to the dango shop today, so maybe she could get something out of him. If he wasn’t fuming, that was. 

HA i bet you were expecting kakashi whump but THAT was in chapter 4 and i've begun writing chapter 5 now so you can just ask me for chapter 4 leaks or wait till i post :]

a trope i'm really into right now:

uhh well tbh it's a lot of whumpy sort of stuff but i'm really into the whole "over-exhaustion" sort of thing, especially with kakashi, my favorite blorbo :') (i would list more but that would be spoilers for guh, for those who care)

a fandom i'm thinking about writing for:

is this like, a fandom i haven't written for yet, or one that i'm not actively working on? coz for the former, probably spy x family, and for the latter, i really need to get to work on my gojo hurt/comfort fic but the problem is the kakashi fic has sort of taken over my writing priorities at the moment :(

how easy it is for me to come up with titles:

i just. chose a lyric from a song that is earwormed and hope it sticks. ("Just Leave Me in Two Pieces" is from dpr ian's "LIMBO" which is fire i'll link it below)

share a fic i'm especially proud of:

this was done during our holiday swaps for the amazing @/maireyart and it was really tough for me to write, actually. but i reread it a while ago, and it was really cute and i'm glad with how it turned out. also i think it's the only fic i have that's just good vibes and no hurt/comfort o.0

forgive my random punctuation and thanks for the ask :DD

[theproloser34]

So at the end of every year, I always find it interesting to see how my music taste has changed throughout the year. Which is why I LOVE Spotify Wrapped day and seeing what my top 5 songs of the year were. And this year, I was actually kinda surprised.

Now, it’s not wrong, I absolutely played these songs a bunch, but I wouldn’t say they were my FAVORITE songs this year. They just came out very early in the year and were able to add up plays before anything else. So that got me thinking, what were my FAVORITE songs this year? Not the ones that I played the most, but what had the most impact, whether it just be an earworm or the meaning of the song. So why not write and list them out! I like analyzing my thoughts too much.

I’ll keep my choices to just one song per artist. It'll be however many songs I wanna add. Details don’t really matter, it’s my list, I add whatever I want. Expect a VERY long posts and a lot of links to songs if you want to check them out. (DO IT. I swear I have good music taste.)

1) First off, I gotta start with DO BETTER by Ab-Soul off of his latest album HERBERT. Ab-Soul has been in my top 5 rappers probably for the past decade and my second favorite of TDE other than Kendrick. HERBERT was his most personal album to date, and nothing shows that better than DO BETTER. A lot of his album is inspired by the events that happened in his life during the pandemic including one of his best friends dying and his own failed suicide attempt and his subsequent trip to rehab. You can easily hear all the pain and survivor's guilt he has, but also the determination to turn around and come out stronger. The instrumentation is both extremely haunting and calming. I always come out of this feeling inspired to deal with my own issues. The line "I gotta do better, I gotta do better, I guided you better. There's nothing they can do that I can't do better. Better yet, there's nothing I can do that I can't do better. Yeah, I'm better," never stops giving me chills.

2) I've been slowly getting into EDM these past couple years. And one big part of my learning of the genre is Skrillex, who came back and surprise dropped TWO albums in TWO days. And both were really good albums that showed multiple different styles of EDM. Whether you prefer more dark and grungy beats like the songs in Quest For Fire, or if you rather have more bright, poppy sounds in Don't Get Too Close, there will be something for you in these two albums. The song that most stood out to me though was a good mix of the two with the opener for Quest For Fire, Leave Me Like This. The standout part of this song is the earworm of a vocal hook, which gives a wonderful strong melodic element to the song. Combined with the synths creates a strong hypnotic pre-drop section for the song. Of course the drop contains the more grungy parts of the song, especially the growly bass the introduces the drop of the song. But my favorite part of this section tis the repeated, pitched up "left, right, left" chant helps keep the rhythmic center in the song as the drums get more complex in the drop. Even if you don't enjoy EDM music, I'd listen to Skrillex's new releases because you get such a different arrangement of sounds and really see his versatility.

3) Anyone who knows me knows that I have been horribly addicted to hyperpop these past three years and it is definitely unhealthy to my ear drums. And 100 gecs has absolutely been in my top 3 hyperpop artists since they came out. So when they announced they were releasing an album this year, it was instantly one of my most anticipated albums of this year. And they absolutely delivered with 10000 Gecs. They continue to create inventive music with the same brashness, humor, and insanity that drew me to them in the first place. And I'd say this album is just slightly less abrasive to new fans than their past album. Nothing anywhere near as crazy as Money Machine, but all of the tracks contain the unique brand of energy and mix of hip-hop, rock, and pop, with and added element of ska on some songs like I Got My Tooth Removed and Frog On The Floor. But my favorite has to go to the opener of this album, Dumbest Girl Alive. Right away with the first 15 seconds, you can tell they're back on their bullshit with the opening guitar riff and gunshot impacts. And as soon as the drums come in, you get their wonderful blown out sound where I can't help but turn up my speakers to the max. But the obvious standout of this track is Laura Les's performance of this track. A super catchy melody, an earworm of a recurring phrase, "I'm the dumbest girl alive," and multiple quotable lines create a great verse. Plus the bouncy bass continuing with it creates such a wonderful short track that makes me just want to keep repeating it over and over again.

4) The more music I listen to, the more I am drawn to the weird, more eclectic styles of music. Especially with hip-hop, with so much getting made, only the really unique stuff sticks out to me now. Luckily that's the exact type of music Danny Brown and JPEGMAFIA make and together they made one of the best hip-hop albums of this year with Scaring The Hoes. And this music will, in fact, scare the hoes.

JPEGMAFIA and Danny Brown are already well known in the Abstract Hip-hop genre, each being strongly characterized by their unique self-production and unique delivery respectively. Both of them have their own unique strength and coming together, they create a landscape of sounds and tracks that you will not hear on any other hip-hop album this year. As has become pretty evident, I'm a sucker for intros. And this album is no different because the intro, Lean Beef Patty, is easily my favorite from this album and was also in my top 5 songs played this year. Even though this song is just 2 minutes, it contains my favorite things about both artists. A sped up sample almost drowned out by the rest of the production, a signature of JPEGMAFIA production. Brash, bold lyrics from JPEGMAFIA such as "Fuck y'all niggas, I feel like Papa John," and "Fuck Elon Musk, eight dollars too much," which honestly just became the slogan for the year. Finally Danny Brown's energy and delivery give an exciting final verse to this song. And wonderful way to start one of the best albums of the year.

5) A group that came out of nowhere for me was grouptherapy. grouptherapy. is a music group consisting of Jadagrace, TJOnline, and SWIM. Their new album "i was mature for my age, but i was still a child" popped up randomly in my Spotify and I was surprised by the quality of there sounds, their charisma, and their chemistry. Each artist clearly has their own style that fits well with the other two and they all trade off so well in each of their tracks, which is essential to a good group dynamic.

Their new album has multiple standouts that show all of the groups' talents such as American Psycho and FUNKFEST. But my personal favorite off of this album is "club song :(" where Jadagrace takes the front stage in a mainly acoustic guitar song. Her voice is allowed to take a front seat and it creates a striking and kinda haunting melody. TJOnline joins in the latter half of the song to add some well added harmony to the song. This was the song that I kept coming back to from this project. Check this group out, cause they should have much more buzz than they have now.

6) Every once in a while, you'll be at a concert and you'll see an opening act that completely surprises you. And then afterwards, you slowly see them gaining more and more clout as they slowly grow to superstardom. That happened to me with Jordan Ward. I had the opportunity to see him perform and a JID x Smino concert as the opener and he absolutely impressed with his energy and singing.

I forgot about him until he released the deluxe version of him latest album FORWARD. I remembered his name and decided to listen finally and he has everything to be one of the next RnB stars. Since then, his album is one a bunch of top albums of the year lists and has even had a NPR tiny desk concert.

My favorite of his so far is MUSTARD. The guitar arpeggiating the chords, the slightly pitched up vocals, and live played drums on this track just work in the best way. 6lack also joins and adds a great second verse. Listen to him, he's gonna be up next soon and you'll want to see his rise.

7) Finally, there's the artist of the year for me, Underscores. I've known of them for a while, but only REALLY got into their music this year. I devoured their last two albums and have been playing them on repeat all year until she announced her new album Wallsocket. It was easily my most anticipated album this year and luckily it exceeded all expectations.

Underscores is a very hard artist to describe because she was one of the hyperpop classic artists but has evolved her sound beyond that. There is still some of that overblown hip-hop, dance pop sound around her music, but there is also more of what I'd say is folk rock in there now with this album. Either way, she still manages to produces some of the most unique soundscapes that I've heard this year.

All three of her singles that she released were in completely different areas. The rock focused "Cops and Robbers", the creepy, slow, and uncomfortable "You don't even know who I am", or the dance EDM focused "Locals (Girls like us)" had be so confused about what the sound of the album would be like. All it did was build up the hype and so I HAD to watch the livestream of the album on release day. And that is easily on of my favorite memories of the year, freaking out with the chat as we uncovered how good of an album this is.

While every song on this project is wonderful, the song the immediately attached itself to my brain was "Uncanny long arms". The song structure here is just hypnotizing to me. The quiet opening of the song going into the first chorus and the first "I can touch my toes" belt is forever into my mind. And the vocal stuttering and breakdown afterwards let me know this song was special immediately but it only gets better.

Jane Remover has a standout second verse on this song and her voice sounds angelic and just floats over the guitar. She had an amazing year in her own career and this song is a standout moment. Her turn on the chorus is even better with added instrumentation and the pure emotion you hear in her voice.

But easily the favorite part of this track to me is the outro, which to long underscores fans will be no surprise. The song being stripped down before jumping right into a bombastic, more rock version of "Kinko's field trip" brought me right back to 2021 and I damn near screamed hearing this on the live stream. Easily my favorite music moment and favorite song of this year. Listen to underscores everyone, you won't regret it.

HONORABLE MENTIONS

I don't have anywhere near as much to say about these songs, but I still want to bring them up because they're fun and were big parts of this year for me.

Stasis - leastfavorite!: Discovered her this year and she is another hyperpop artist that I think deserves more recognition. She released her first EP late last year so listen to it!

nothing2say - Jay Kim: Another artist I discovered this year but released an EP last year. Not really hyperpop, more midwest emo vibes with a little bit of brakence vibes with him. But another album that I'm excited to see grow after listening to them this year.

Damage Gets Done - Hozier: I shouldn't have to say this on this website, but Hozier is a pretty good artist. I listened to the new album he dropped this year and this duet was a standout to me and just couldn't get out of my head.

Maybe Man - AJR: As we now know, I'm a sucker for openers, and damn, is AJR good at them. They always make them fit the themes and sounds of the albums so well. "Maybe Man" is no exception. Probably would've made it onto the favorites list is it came out sooner.

Alright that's it. This post is long enough. Please listen to them! I swear they're good! And I promised not to always talk about music this long! (It's still gonna happen sometimes though. I'm sorry, I can't stop myself.) Also please share your favorite songs! I love seeing people's music tastes and what really connects with them!