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Part Two: The Come Up
Part 1
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Cade Manning (singer songwriter): "I began to write songs when I was 11 or 12. I spent most of my middle school years writing and making music. I didn't really bother with making friends or anything. Music was the only thing that I cared about. During those years of my life I was always writing songs, recording them, and editing so I could post them onto Soundcloud and whatnot. When Musically was a thing I posted there too, so I could build my platform. Doing all of that really took up my time , so there wasn't ever really time for me to do normal preteen things like hanging out or whatever. I was focused on building towards my career."
Anne Manning (Cade's mother): "I was, not worried per say, but concerned with the lack of friends Cade had when he was younger. I mean don;t get me wrong, I loved that he was dedicated to working towards his dream, but I didn't think that not interacting with kids his age was a good thing. John and I did try to help him but were unsuccessful."
Cade Manning (singer songwriter): "I wouldn't say I had no friends. There was a guy I grew up with. Tommy Wade. I would say he was, is, my best friend. Our moms were, still are, childhood best friends. Tommy's mom had him a few weeks before my mom had me so I think they had hopes of us becoming like the 'next generation' of them. They were right. Many memories of my childhood include him. Like the time we were on the swing set at his cousin's house and I thought it would be a great idea to jump off while I was high in the air and ended up scratching up my knee pretty bad. Blood was oozing down my leg and I remember Tommy screaming and almost passing out. But yeah, he and I have been great friends since were babies. Even through those middle school days where I was grinding pretty much day and night building and expanding my music. Tommy helped me through all of it. He became my first real fan. From the very beginning he was always hyping me up and helping me. He helped me develop my style and genre and was always there for me whenever I was stuck or hating the way a song was coming out. He helped me get my music out there, posting songs that I had recorded or was in the midst of making. He showed his other friends my music and they all fell in love with it, asking him when I'd make more. I honestly feel like none of this would have happened had we not become close. So, thank you Tommy. For everything."
Tommy Wade (Cade's childhood friend): "Yeah, Cade was always into music. Always banging on anything that made noise, he was. Our childhood was fairly normal. We were always at his place or mine. It depended on whose parents were working. We had sleepovers almost every weekend. Family events, birthday parties, my grandpa's funeral, he was there. Every important milestone he witnessed. And vice versa. When we hit middle school that's when Cade really doubled down on making it into the industry. I thought it was a bit weird that someone my age already knew what they wanted to be. But at the same time I knew that Cade had made up his mind long before we reached middle school. I fully supported his dream. I wanted to see him make it. Whenever he recorded new music I was always the first one that got to hear it. I loved everything he made. I remember the long nights of posting his new songs everywhere. Soundcloud, Musically, Snapchat, Instagram, anywhere really. In school I would show my other friends his stuff and they loved it. They always asked me when he would make something new, and I always felt a rush of pride in me when they would rave about his new song or beat. Watching Cade's music spread around to people outside of school was surreal. Then it spread out to other counties and eventually our of state. As social media became more popular, more people would post themselves singing along to his music or dancing. It felt good watching Cade get more popular. And I was there from the beginning."
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Anne Manning (Cade's mother): "I remember the day very vividly. September 19, 2021. I'm the kitchen, going through the mail, when I get a call from an unknown number. I answer it because I have this feeling that I should. A man's voice comes through the speaker. He asks me, 'Is this Cade Manning?'. I'd told him it wasn't, that I was his mother, and in my head I'm wondering, 'what does this man want with my son?'. He explained to me that he was a music producer with a record label and that he wanted to talk to Cade because he had come across him on Musically or some app like that and was interested in hearing more in person. And I'm like 'Oh my gosh, this is it. This is what he's been waiting for.' I had told him that Cade wasn't home at the time, he was out with his dad, but I would give him Cade's phone number so he could speak with him about it. As soon as we hung up I immediately called John to tell him about it. He was ecstatic. I didn't tell Cade directly about it because I didn't want to spoil the surprise but I did tell him to watch out for a call from an unknown number. He was confused but he listened to me. And from then on, the rest is history."
John Manning (Cade's father): "When Anne called I nearly yelled out loud from shock. Cade and I were out at the grocery store when she called me. As soon as we were done I sped home."
Cade Manning (singer songwriter): "I was very confused when my dad started acting weird. He kept giving me these weird glances. and started speeding, which was unlike him. When we got home my mom was standing in the doorway, with a big smile and bright eyes. It was honestly a bit freaky. She told me that she had gotten a call, didn't tell me who from, and to be on the lookout for a call from a number I didn't know. A few hours later I got a call from a California number and I answered it because my mom had told me to and it was a producer with Pacific Coast Recording Company that was interested in hearing more of my music. He wanted to meet with me to do a studio session. I was stunned. In my head I was freaking out because this is what I had been working towards since I was 11. I said yes, of course. Then two weeks later I was off to LA."
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Billy Reign (music producer): "I first met Cade when he was 16 in October 2021. A buddy of mine had a teen son who had been obsessively listening to this artist who had been trending on Tiktok for a little while now. He gave me the name of the artist and some of his stuff, I listened to it and didn't to hear more than 10 seconds of this first song before I knew that I wanted to meet him. I worked with my team to find him so I could get in contact with him. I first got into contact with the mother before she forwarded me towards Cade. I called him and invited him out to LA to do a recording session to see if I wanted to him on the label. He came out, we got to know each other, and within a couple of days I had him walking out of the studio with a contract."
Director: "Why did you decide after only one session with Cade to sign him?"
Billy Reign (music producer): "Great question. I knew I wanted him because there wasn't any artist like him out there. His vocals were so raw and real and you could feel the passion he poured into music. He was so in tune with his emotions that they flowed into his writing which were only made greater when he sang. And he could play almost any instrument you put in front of him. And with him being so young I knew I would be able to help hone him into what he wanted to be."
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Cade Manning (singer songwriter): "After Billy and I, professionally, recorded a couple of songs together he handed me a contract and I signed it, with my parents and lawyer present because I was a minor at the time. It was agreed before I left to go back home that we would wait until I was out of school for the summer to record any albums but I still had to write new songs, make beats, and send it all over to Billy so that we had stuff ready to record when I was done."
Tommy Wade (Cade's childhood friend): "I remember Cade telling me that he was going to be gone for about a week a little less than a month after school started because he had to go to LA for something important. It wasn't until he got back when I found out what the important thing was. When he got back from LA, Cade showed me the contract he had signed with Pacific Coast. It was insane. I remember freaking out with him and crying tears of joy. I was really proud of him."
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Billy Reign (music producer): "When Cade got out of school for the summer he came back to LA to record his first album with us. Over the course of the school year he had been keeping in contact with me about songs that he had written and wanted to record. Over the nine month period he sent me samples and recordings of him playing the things he written and some of his revised songs he'd written when he was younger. As soon as he'd settled down we were in the studio recording for hours. Honestly I was shocked by how much he was giving us. On the first day alone we were in the studio for at least 10 hours, taking short breaks in between a few songs of course, but even then he didn't look tired at all. By the end of the first week we had recorded about 18 songs. We went through all of them one by one and cutting the ones he didn't like. When we were done with that we had 14 songs left. We edited those and created the album. All in all it took about a month but we had done. We helped him create his first studio album."
Cade Manning (singer songwriter): "It was crazy. Better than anything I had ever imagined. My first real studio album. I titled it TEENAGE DREAMS. A bit on the nose but I thought it fit perfectly. Me and Tommy were posting about it just to get the word and we dropped the album on July 1, 2022. People who had been following me and my music for years were really excited and stuff and when it dropped it was like a tidal wave of love and support. Within the following weeks it was getting more and more streams everywhere. It was even trending on Tiktok. I heard one of the songs from it on the radio for the first time when I was out with Tommy and another friend of mine who were visiting and it was like an out of body experience. It was great. After the album was released my account followings tripled on every platform. The love I was receiving was insane."
John Manning (Cade's father): "When Cade's album was released it was mayhem. Nearly overnight he went from this desperate kid trying to make it to a media sensation. Every radio station was playing his songs and he was riding that high for a while. For good reason. His music was good. Cade was achieving things that I had dreamed about and I was so proud of him. Still am. Anne and I watched as Cade was gaining the fame he deserved and we almost cried. Really. We spent the summer in LA watching Cade rise to stardom at such a young age. He was being recognized on the streets by fans and was signing autographs not too long after the release. It was a true wonder watching him reach his dream."
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#Cade Manning#original character#original post#original story#original characters#ocs#my ocs#musical oc#inspired by the kid laroi's documentary on prime video#he just really loves music#rockstar character#teenagers#teen stars#teen celebrity#teenage rockstar#character backstory#dreams come true#lifelong aspiration achieved#music industry#rapper but not really#black writers#oc backstory#pictures not mine. i found them on pinterest. credit goes to original owners.#childhood best friends#born in the 2000s but raised like a 90s kid#overnight sensation#i spent so long on this#i really love this#at this point i'm emotionally attached to him#i love him like i would a son
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Park Seonghwa: MATZ (2024)
#park seonghwa#seonghwa#ateez#matz#anyways#i need a fur coat#well i have a fur coat#but find so few occasions to wear it#i just think the world is lucky he is not a rapper#his voice is really nice#i will tag more when my fever goes away
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How is she so cool
#splatoon#splatoon 2#pearl splatoon#pearl houzuki#I'm a massive Pearl simp but really think about it#this small silly pink princess squid is genuinely the coolest character in Splatoon#it should come across as tryhard yet it works#I think it's the confidence#she thinks and knows that she's the shit /pos#usually cool characters end up kinda boring but thing is that Pearl isn't perfect#she's impatient immature and rude#and she's also silly and energetic#she doesn't act cool 24/7#so it makes when she does hit hard#plus the punk rapper persona definitely helps#she knows who she is and owns it#also her “cool” mannerisms are natural#it's just how she is#she's not a poser that's the real her#she's cool without trying
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okaaaayyy i caved
#concept art#parappa the rapper#parappa oc#ptr oc#parappa the rapper oc#self insert#not really canon but cool to think about#me when i put on wacky glasses#i love takoyama
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More dudes X•DD
#Love drawing Noodle X•D#More art coming soon hopefully--been really into Courage the Cowardly dog lately so 👀👀👀#AGHH GOTTA FINISH MY WIPS THO THEY JUST BEEN SITTING THERE!!!#Stuart Pot#Stu Pot#Noodle Gorillaz#Russel Hobbs#Del the Ghost Rapper#Murdoc Niccals#Gorillaz#Gorillaz Dynaswap AU#Dynaswap AU#Crabby Pal's Art
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Why Parappa the rapper official doesn't release Parappa2 goods??😭😭😭 Shold I create them by myself??
#parappa the rapper#hairdresser octopus#parappa the rapper 2#takoyama#takoyamasan#I really want parappa2 goods
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Parappa having a GOOD day
#parappa the rapper#parappa fanart#parappa rappa#pinto rappa#parappa x sunny#pappy is a fatass for sweets but really who isn't
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dumb lil doodles i did inbetween learning stuff
#parappa the rapper#um jammer lammy#doodles#havent really drawn in a long while. can ya tell which i drew first?
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Finished this in time for the anniversary!!! happy birthday to the only gorillaz album ever <3
please click for quality :3
#please interact with this post i literally spent 7 hours only 1 break on this shit#its really ugly but. you didnt hear that from me#the longer you look the more references youll find. promise#petra's doodles#fanart tag#gorillaz fanart#gorillaz phase 1#gorillaz self titled#mike the monkey#gorillaz#del the ghost rapper#murdoc niccals#2d gorillaz#stuart pot#noodle guitarist from gorillaz#noodle gorillaz#russel hobbs#damon albarn#jamie hewlett#gorillaz cortez#<the crow. idr if he has any other titles#19 2000#rock the house#tomorrow comes today#gorillaz 2001
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Riddler's daughter in the "Arkham Academy" storyline from Urban Legends #21-23... I quite like this take on her og look from the last continuity.
#riddler's daughter#enigma#quinn nash#riddler#edward nygma#the pants are better baggy instead of skintight#also i was quite fond of the pigtails/ponytail but obviously the short hair is fun#she was a teen in the arkham academy storyline#but she's obviously an adult in the christmas special where she's a phd student who goes out with kate kane. for a number of reasons#so i assume she grew out of this look eventually when she stopped wanting edward's approval. but it's still cute#why the hell did they name her quinn in the christmas special though#nash being a reference to nashton obviously makes sense#but did we really need another quinn. was that confusion necessary. are there no other names#also i read arkham academy and it was cute. the catboy is a soundcloud rapper and killer croc eats him
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So on my FB page, I posted the thing about Greg and someone’s post above mine was about Pearl and Rose 😂😂😂
#steven universe#connie maheswaran#steven universe fanart#steven universe future#my writing#steven universe au#su fanart#writers#author#art#greg universe#pearl#rose quartz#pink diamond#they really called greg a soundcloud rapper#funny
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Do you ever think about how Fakir, after him and Ahiru finally broke everything that kept the town of Goldkröne in the ghostly hands of its writer, after they finally have some air of peace over the town finally being able to live in its intended early 2000s environment, that Fakir still feels at times like it's not real and that for a while he fears that if he closes his eyes it'll be back in Drosselmeyer's control. Like it just doesn't feel real to him during that first year of calm, until he feels the dull pain on his recovering hand injury and Ahiru who follows him without a pendant anywhere to be found.
He doesn't feel it's real, the calm finality of this town, but he makes sure to feel the scar on his hand. And he makes sure to hold the little duck and realize that she is who she has always been. Him and the town are finally living peacefully.
#dia talks#princess tutu#He probably starts planning on writing Ahiru into the world mayyybe like 3-4 months into his recovery#he doesn't know what a cell phone is yet but he sure as hell can look at a bookstore and ask for a notebook and pens#i bet that first year in Goldenkröne must be hell because trading deals bring all sorts of new things into the town#Just Fakir going “what the fuck is a scooter?? Wait what's a CAR---”#he ends up having to read a bunch of newspaper articles about “Goldenkröne booming in German tourism!”#Actually does he even know his country's name... Did they all even know they lived in Germany and not JUST a city????#Drosselmeyer would've really pulled one on them for only talking about the city and its outskirts and NOT the country it resided in#But let's assume they did know. Fakir would have to figure out so much has changed in 2002 Germany compared to whatever time they were in#My god just thinking about the thought of Fakir learning what a television is... or a radio for that matter has me howling internally#local amateur writer is put into a coma after hearing for the very first time german rapper Sido#alternatively: local amateur writer's brain explodes after hearing german Happycore artist Blümchen and dance pop group No Angels#ptutu spoiler#i know its a +20 old show but just in case people wanna watch it i love it enough to tag the post show headcanon#ptutu analysis#ptutu headcanon#ptutu post canon#Also sorry i keep jumbling between Goldkröne and Goldenkröne in the writing its 4 AM and the german part of my brain is a mess lmao#(its supposed to be Goldkröne but for some reason I keep making it into the attribute word Golden so dont mind the mistake)#(if you do i will sob please be gentle towards my polyglot self)
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so I was just scrolling through my old sketchbook..
When I found this masterpiece
I wanna redraw it
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Squealing kicking my feet thinking about Wei Wuxian miss spirit Halloween fishnet tights passenger princess knife in his purse off brand bruised up headless Barbie who clawed his busted ass back from hell
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Episode 1 of the PaRappa the Rapper anime makes more sense if you assume that Paula acted the way she did because she had a crush on Katy.
#paula really followed katy to the garage sale just to pick a fight but then went out of her way to defend her immediately afterward#there is no heterosexual explanation for this#happy pride btw#not incorrect quotes#parappa the rapper#parappa the rapper anime#paula#katy#mod uee
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