#seezyn

[reva-lution]

I dare you to ask anyone what was one of the most heartstopping, breathtaking, and invigorating scene in Into the Spiderverse. I guarantee you they will describe you the following Scene: Miles leaping off a skyscraper, initially falling but then gaining control, swinging through the night time lights of New York City. 

A lot of things make this scene incredible the spectacular animation being one, but I argue that the music is the key. As “What’s Up Danger” by Blackway and Black Caviar plays in the background, we as the audience can’t help but feel an amplifying sense of triumph and excitement. 

The album created for Into the Spider Verse utilizes both modern day hip-hop and trap beats. Alongside the album is the movie’s incredible scores created by Daniel Pemberton. This score uses a lot clever moments to add depth to their characters. For example, when we meet the many different spider people (from different universes) each character is accompanied by a distinct sound. 

Gwen Stacey is heard with hard rock – alluding to the fact that she herself plays the drums in a rock band

Spider-Noir is heard with that classic film-noir jazz sound 

Penny Parker is heard with upbeat-electro beats that sound like they came straight out of an anime (like her!)

Spider-Pig is heard with some looney toons esque music 

And finally whenever the Prowler is on scene, we hear this distorted elephant noise (that carries into the plot twist in Across the Spider Verse; if you know, you know)

All these little moments exemplify the diversity and differences between each spider hero. But let’s come back to “What’s Up Danger”. The key here is that no other superhero has been integrated so deeply with hip hop. Although it is not uncommon for superhero movies to utilize rap in their music scores, when was the last time you heard the huge, climactic moment use hip hop? 

Spiderverse uses hip hop in such a way to show (not tell) the viewer how integral it is to Mile’s identity. They do this in the beginning of the film as well, when Miles is singing along to “Sunflower” by Swae Lee and Post Malone. Then moving on to “Familia” by Nicki Minaj, Anuel AA, and Bantu, to illustrate Miles’ half Puerto Rican heritage. 

We can do this with almost every song on the albums released, and link it back to Miles’ character, identity, or heritage. However, in this scene Pemberton layered “What’s Up Danger” with the original score. The score contains the motifs used to represent Miles’ independent journey as a character, alongside the one representing the identity of a Spider Hero. Both integration of these three musical structures, in this one scene is ultimately what gives us such a climactic moment. 

But theres one final layer to this all. We only ever hear the hip hop music (from the albums) whenever Miles’ is in his known world of Brooklyn, or his home. Examples include:

The public’s reaction to Peter Parker’s death when we hear “Scared of the Dark” by Lil Wayne, Ty Dolla $ign, and XXXTENTACION

When Miles is stressed out he hums the “Sunflower” tune

When Miles is at his lowest, and is trying to return home we get “Hide” by Juice WRLD and Seezyn

And finally at the end of the film we tie it off with “Sunflower” once more

On the other hand, whenever Miles is acting as Spiderman (a role that is alien to him for a large portion of the film), we hear mostly the original movie score. Thus, the hip hop we hear in the film represents the real world, or Miles’ old life, while the instrumental score represents his duty as Spiderman. 

So, when Miles leaps off that skyscraper, we are literally seeing both his known and unknown worlds merge. There was so much depth and thought put into just this one scene, but it was most definitely worth it. This is just one of the many incredible insights of the film, but we can all say for certain that Spiderverse and its story telling is brought to life by its music. 

[ornii]

When it gets Dark Outside

Must be fun being a Super Hero, right?

Spider Gwen X Male Reader. (Y/n) has been flaking on his Girlfriend for a while now, and unfortunately it all comes to a head.

So. Let’s do this, one last time

My name is (Y/n) Riley, turns out my birth was your normal Mom and Dad stork story, I was created in a lab by a man named the Jackal, using the DNA of a guy named Peter Parker, unfortunately my dna wasn’t purely his and was mixed up somehow, letting me not look exactly like him. And for the last two years I’ve been New Yorks Spider-Man after Peter decided to retire and live comfortably with his Girlfriend, and I gladly took on the mantle of The Scarlet Spider-Man.

You know the rest, saved the day, got the girl and have been doing pretty decent hero work if I could say so myself. One of the biggest helps in that was my girlfriend, Gwen. She doesn’t know about my powers, I’m too worried what she might say, but it’s getting too much to hide, and I’m worried it’ll blow up in my face. Well, I guess it’s too late for that now.

It was ranging to be an average New York night for most. Bustling city, beautiful lights, and your run of the mill Supervillain trying to rob a bank, shocker.

Speaking of Shocking, The Scarlet Spider-Man swings though the city until he lands on a light pole, as police quickly surround a large bank embedded into central street.

“Long day?” He asks to the Police chief, George Stacy, who frowns at the web head.

“Focus, we got Shocker in the main Lobby, zapping anyone and anything that gets even a few feet near the parking lot, we’ve cut off the block to avoid casualties and civilians.” George said, Spider-Man nods and points to the bank.

“I’ll take out shocker, it’s up to you guys to finish clearing the block in case something happens.” He swings away and lands on the wall, crawling in though a window he sneaks onto the roof, the bank is, well was before it got blown to bits, a nice regal place. Marble floors, beautiful pillars and all, Spider-Man stood up and smirked. Standing below him was shocker, ready to fight anyone coming into the door.

“Got a hot date shocker?” He says, Shocker turns without hesitation and blasts his electric bolts, Spider-Man leaps out of the way and onto a pillar.

“Oh Cmon man? You’re breaking my heart.”

“Grrr! Step off Spider before I fry you!”

“Yeah, Like im Gonna let that happen, so why don’t you do your old man a favor and just surrender?” He asks, Shocker responds by attacking again, Spider-Man leaps over him and fired his web shooters, beginning to slowly web up the shocker, avoiding a blast but getting knocked into a pillar, he sees shocker wind up for a big blast, using his slingers he hurls a table at him, letting the attack hit that and causing a substantial sound wave, knocking the glass out of the doors, Spider-Man lands from the attack and prepares to fight, before seeing an incoming call on his mask. Gwen.

“Uh, Hello?” He asks, inside his dormitory, Gwen was sitting there, waiting for him.

“(Y/n)? Where are you? I thought you were ready to study?”

“Uh Yeah! I Just had small detour?” He says, avoiding a death blast, he webs shocker by the ankle, making him trip.

“Look I promise I’ll be there, just wait a little longer.”

“.. you aren’t doing anything dangerous are you?”

“No, you know me.” He says back, trying to convince the girl, who was silent for a moment.

“…Yeah.” Gwen responds with a bit of deadpanned sadness. She hangs up and Spider-Man turns to shocker.

“Alright, can we wrap this up I have something super important to—“ he says, before another incoming call appears.

“Again? What she’s—“ his distracted headspace was the perfect opportunity for Shocker, who hits him with a heavy blast to the chest, sending him flying out of the building in slow motion in front of the police, time slows down and he quickly fires his webs against the wall, using the momentum like a slingshot, he flies back though the building door with a big drop kick, sending Shocker into the wall stumbling, he changes his cartridges and fires his classic impact webs! The hit and explode on contract with Shocker, webbing him perfectly. He grabs and spins him around before hurling the villain right out into police custody. He sighs with relief and collapses down to one leg.

“Well.. that sucked, alright.” He stands up, taking a few deep breaths, before swinging out of the bank and back to his dormitory, bring a Highschool student on a boarding school in New York wasn’t the worst thing, granted he had no roommate so keeping his identity was much easier without his parents walking in on him. Granted it still was a hassle with school, but he made it work, he stumbled into the room via the window, tumbling in as he held his side, he tore off his mask to sigh in pain.

“Okay, just gotta get to—“ he looks up, and his eyes ran straight into Gwen’s, she looks rightfully stunned as he stands up, holding his side.

“I..can explain.” He says, and Gwen starts to get, obviously frustrated.

“Is this what you’ve been doing?”

“… Yeahhhh..” (Y/n) sadly admits, and Gwen was at a loss for words.

“I thought you were working at a homeless shelter or something, you’re Spider-Man? Why didn’t you tell me?”

“I wanted to! I just never really knew how you’d react.” He responds, her anger grows.

“So you lied? All this time?”

“Yeah, for a good reason Gwen! If I had told you and they found out who I was, I don’t know what would happen if something happened to you because of me.. I’d never forgive myself.” He admits, and her anger slowly began to subside.

“What do you mean?” She asks, and he sits down on his bed.

“If someone found out that I’m Spider-Man, they’d go for the people I love the most… and that’s, you.” He says in a halfway confession.

“..Love?” She asks and he nods, Gwen approached and sat next to him, her hand gently laying on his.

“I totally understand why you’d feel that way, I see you fight for you life protecting everyone, my dad included, even though he hates your guts. I was mad But, i Understand why..” she admits, and she smiles so, earnestly and the way she always smiles just, warms his heart.

“Thanks Babe, you don’t know how much it means to me to get this off my chest.” He says, Gwen slowly leans in, and (Y/n) does as well, taking the opportunity to try to kiss her, suddenly a hole in the ceiling begins to form seemingly out of some scientific tech, and a white figure landed. She Checks a device on her wrist.

“Rats, might not be the right universe to—“ she halts as she slowly turns to her side, and sees (Y/n) and Gwen staring at her, which was more of a surprise since Gwen was staring at another version of herself

Spider-Gwen. Normal gwen turns to (Y/n).

“So.. Something else you didn’t tell me about?”

[water-writings]

leave a ship + your choice!

For this I chose Casali and Din because yet another favorite ship and I kinda miss them lol I forgot a lot of the songs on their playlist and I’m going to have to listen to this today at work.

opening credits: Hide - Juice WRLD, Seezyn

meeting for the first time: Gales of Song - Belle

hey, i kinda like you: The Flower Garden - Joe Hisaishi

i’m going to kiss you now: Flowers Blooming in the Church from Final Fantasy 7 - The Versions

falling in love: Fire - Barns Country

your place or mine: I Wanna be Your Slave - Måneskin

naked in bed: The Good in Me - Jon Bellion

first fight: Mando is Back - Ludwig Göransson

maybe we should take a break: Still/Neva Flows - Anastasia the Musical

i want you back: Fairy Fountain - Super Guitar Bros

will you marry me: Adagio From Piano Concerto No. 2 - Sergei Rachmaninoff

first child: Antenna - Bonobo

we’re getting older: Sugaan Essen from Jedi Fallen Order - The HU

if you die i’ll go with you: Yuve Yuve Yu - The HU

end credits: Loop Theory - Tor

[dragonballnewstar]

Hello everyone, and happy Monday! Welcome back to Amp Up Your Week!!

Good morning! I hope you all had a great weekend! It's raining right now, and it made me wake up a bit later than I was hoping - but gotta jump right into it!

In science news today, after 60 years since it was last recorded, we have rediscovered an egg-laying mammal! Attenborough's long-beaked echidna was captured for the first time in photos and video footage using remote trail cameras set up in the Cyclops Mountains of Indonesia's Papua Province. I'm sure there's going to be some more close-minded individuals who will recoil at the thought of egg-laying mammals, but the web of life is so amazingly diverse.

Oh - now for the music! I've been listening more to slower melodic rap lately. Songs that really hone in on wordplay and the beat of the song. I know some people have different opinions on rap but I really enjoy the melody some of these artists can come up with.

That's it for me for now! I hope you all have a great week, please remember to hydrate and take some time to enjoy the weather where you are. Bye bye!

[pagetreader]

Moira x Benjamin: A Playlist for @honorhearted 1. Bom Bidi Bom — Nick Jonas feat. Nicki Minaj

2. Skin & Bones —  David J. Roch

3. Ooh —  Jon Bellion feat. Christianne Jenson

4. A Sky Full of Stars —  Coldplay

5. I Never —  Rilo Kiley

6. Hide — Juice WRLD feat. Seezyn

7. Kiss Me Like The World Is Ending —  Avril Lavigne

8. Sad Song — We The Kings feat. Elena Coats

9. Tee Shirt —  Birdy

10. Let Me In — GROUPLOVE

[fivee-5]

23-1-2023🤍

[gotham--fc]

@grapefruit-personified tagged me to put my top songs of 2022 on shuffle and share the first 10 songs. Thank

1. Darling - Halsey

2. Smells Like Me - Charlie Puth

3. Matilda - Harry Styles

4. Deja Vu - Olivia Rodrigo

5. Invincible - Aminé

6. Hide - Juice WRLD feat. Seezyn

7. As It Was - Harry Styles

8. Yeah Boy and Doll Face - Pierce the Veil

9. Stay Away From My Friends - Pierce the Veil

10. Traitor - Olivia Rodrigo

I don’t really feel like tagging anyone so the chain ends here sorry

[iceriverbeats]

😶‍🌫️

[nightwingshero]

Leave a ship + Suzume and Zoro and Wren and Leon

Two for two, let's goooooo! These were a lot of fun and are so on the nose at times. Wren and Leon almost killed me.

Suzume x Zoro

opening credits: Too Shy To Scream - AFI meeting for the first time: Rebel Idol - Billy Idol hey, i kinda like you: MakeDamnSure - Taking Back Sunday i’m going to kiss you now: Giver - K. Flay falling in love: Lost Boy - Ruth B. your place or mine: In Too Deep - Sum 41 naked in bed: Better Love - Hozier first fight: You know What They Do To Guys Like Us in Prison - My Chemical Romance maybe we should take a break: Extraoridinary Girl/Letterbomb - Green Day i want you back: Baby I'm Yours - Arctic Monkeys will you marry me: beetlejuice chill - Life After Youth first child: Immortals - Fall Out Boy we’re getting older: Hide - Juice WRLD, Seezyn if you die i’ll go with you: Desolution Row - My Chemical Romance end credits: Feel Good Inc. - Gorillaz

Wren x Leon

opening credits: Heaven Beside You - Alice in Chains meeting for the first time: Dead Bodies Everywhere - Korn hey, i kinda like you: Addicted - Saving Abel i’m going to kiss you now: Howlin' For You - The Black Keys falling in love: The Other Side of Paradise - Glass Animals your place or mine: Moment's Silence (Common Tongue) - Hozier naked in bed: Can You Feel My Heart? - Bring Me The Horizon first fight: Disenchanted - My Chemical Romance maybe we should take a break: Enough, Enough Now - Bad Omens i want you back: LIttle Dark Age - MGMT will you marry me: Moonlight - Chase Atlantic first child: Dangerous Animals - Arctic Monkeys we’re getting older: Zombie - The Cranberries if you die i’ll go with you: Shout At The Devil - Motley Crue end credits: Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

[water-writings]

You asked for this Mel. Challenge accepted.

Yuriko x Chicken Shit

Casali x Space Daddy

Maiko x Mitsuya

Tracey x Bucky

You’re a menace, Jo. You’re pulling up old ships too omg!!

Here you go.

Casali and Din Electric Boogaloo

opening credits: Supermassive Black Hole - Muse

meeting for the first time: Sugaan Essena from Jedi Fallen Order - The HU

hey, i kinda like you: Just a Cloud Away - Pharrell Williams

i’m going to kiss you now: Hey Mando! - Ludwig Göransson

falling in love: All is Found - Kacey Musgraves

your place or mine: Waiting for the Lights - Alan Menken

naked in bed: Trouble - Cage the Elephant

first fight: Sunflower - Post Malone, Swae Lee

maybe we should take a break: Don’t Bring Me Down - Electric Light Orchestea

i want you back: Kamado Tanjiro no Uta (Frkm “Demon Slayer”) - Akano

will you marry me: Can’t Help Falling in Live - Hailey Reinhart

first child: Jude’s Song - Connor Price

we’re getting older: Brown Eyes - Fleetwood Mac

if you die i’ll go with you: Game of Survival - Ruelle

end credits: Lights Are On Instrumental - Edith Whiskers

Yuriko and hawks

opening credits: Hide - Juice WRLD, Seezyn

meeting for the first time: Brand New - Ben Rector

hey, i kinda like you: Noreen - Skye Townsend

i’m going to kiss you now: Shallow - Times Profitt, Fleurie

falling in love: Something I Need - OneRepublic

your place or mine: Lost My Pieces (Toradora! Original Soundtrack - PianoDeuss

naked in bed: Come Fly with Me - Michael Bublé

first fight: Until I Met You - tyDi, Cameron Forbes

maybe we should take a break: Holding Out For a Hero - Annapantsu

i want you back: Healing Hands - Conrad Sewell

will you marry me: Defying Gravity - Rachel Tucker

first child: Might*U - Yuki Hayashi

we’re getting older: Orpheus - Sara Bareilles

if you die i’ll go with you: Unsteady Erich Lee Gravity - X Ambassadors, Erich Lee

end credits: Check Yes, Juliet - We The Kings

Maiko and Mitsuya

opening credits: Fire on Fire - Sam Smith

meeting for the first time: Like Other Girls Milan 2 - Judy Kuhn, Beth Blankenship, Mandy Gonzalez

hey, i kinda like you: What Was I Made For - Billie Eilish

i’m going to kiss you now: Something That I Need - OneRepublic

falling in love: You Are All I Want - Duck Fizz

your place or mine: Für Elise - Ludwig van Beethoven

naked in bed: All Your Lies - Morgan Clae

first fight: Fight Song - Rachel Platten

maybe we should take a break: What About Us - P!nk

i want you back: Dangerous - Royal Deluxe

will you marry me: IDK You Yet - Alexander 23

first child: Shiawase - Hinata Tachibana (CV: Azumi Waki)

we’re getting older: Beautiful Things - Benson Boone

if you die i’ll go with you: Let You Down - NF

end credits: La Fille Mal Garder: Pas de (arr. March): Act III: Moderato: Women’s Variation - March, Peter Ludwig Hertel

Tracey and Bucky

opening credits: Love Me Like You Do - Ellie Goulding

meeting for the first time: Moonlight Serenade - Glenn Miller

hey, i kinda like you: So Close - Jon McLaughlin

i’m going to kiss you now: I’ll Never Smile Again - Frank Sinatra, Tommy Dorsey Orchestra

falling in love: Girl on Fire - Arshad

your place or mine: Multiplied - NeedToBreathe

naked in bed: Heartbeat - Carrie Underwood

first fight: This is War - 30 Seconds to Mars

maybe we should take a break: The Winter Soldier - Henry Jackman

i want you back: Wonderful Tonight - Michael Bublé, Ivan Lins

will you marry me: Anna Sun - Walk the Moon

first child: I’ll Be Good - Jaymes Young

we’re getting older: In The Mood - Glenn Miller

if you die i’ll go with you: If You Could See Me Now - The Script

end credits: Sucker for Pain - Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa, Imagine Dragons

[moonangel24]

we're just two lost souls, but we're fine with it

Juice WRLD ft. Seezyn - Hide

[nyxedbones]

what a collection. for anyone curious, addict with a pen by twenty one pilots was after these,,

Challenging you all!

Put your music library on shuffle, then list the first five songs that come up in a poll to let people vote for which one they like the most!

Then tag Tumblr friends to keep the game going!

[edgarwayne]

🎵 nathan

All Around Me - Flyleaf I can feel you all around me Thickening the air I'm breathing Holding on to what I'm feeling Savoring this heart that's healing

Hide - Juice WRLD ft. Seezyn Really think I found my home Shorty make me feel at home She made me leave the thrills at home And I'm fine with it She really made me lose control I'ma let my love unfold We're just two lost souls But we're fine with it

Out of My League - Fitz and The Tantrums From time to time I pinch myself Because I think my girl mistakes me for somebody else And every time she takes my hand All the wonders that remain Become a simple fact

Some of Us - Starsailor Heard you today. That isn't my name. You were fast asleep. Forget what he did. Can I be the kid, For your soul to keep?

[blueberrynihilism]

My review of Juice Wrld's Rich and Blind.

Juice Wrld was and still is a really important artist to me, in that, he, like I do, had so much potential. However, he suffered from severe depression from a young age, which as much as it didn't impair his skills, meant that I only got to experiencing his craft for a few years. When he died in 2019, a year which was beyond disastrous to me, I had just begun to fall in love with his work. I'll never forget the day I watched Spider-man Into The Spider-Verse on the day he passed. "Hide" featuring Seezyn came on in the movie, and it just broke me. "Rich and Blind' is a song in which Jarad speaks about the internal conflict of having plenty in material possessions and the like, but simultaneously feeling a void from within, and not knowing why it's the case, when there are seemingly plenty of reasons to be happy. The first half of the song contains some really nihilistic lyrics,: "I know they lace pills, I bought them on purpose", a truly melancholic and borderline suicidal admittance of not holding one's life in decent regard anymore, as a coping mechanism from the discomfort. A lot of people have said, and rightfully so if I may add, that Juice Wrld's music, particularly those recorded near his death became a little monotonous in that they all revolved around substance abuse, depression and the difficulty of living with this reality. But honestly, I feel like that was probably the best depiction of living with this cloud of your head - after a few weeks, months or even years you begin to stop feeling shitty about feeling shitty. "I know I have a purpose, but I dont't see the purpose" is another scathing reflection on this lack of direction, and the sheer vulnerability that arises from knowing that even though you know you're here for something, you just can't find that drive, and the line along with a few others is delivered with such a casual cadence, again, emphasising this nihilistic view of life, or just not caring anymore.

However, this song has probably one of the best examples that of Jarad's ability to contrast pessimism with optimism in the space of a few verses, while also somehow seeing a light at the end of the tunnel, even when you're sure the light is merely a flashlight. One of my favourite lyrics from the song "This is dedicated to you if you felt the lowest of the low, I know how it feels, you don't wanna struggle anymore", and "Keep my eyes in the sky, 'cause that's where I'm moving", where his way of trying to motivating his fanbase who may have had similar experiences he's had, by letting them know that it gets better, even if it doesn't seem that way. It's hard for me to get out of bed, let alone find the energy to write this review, but I felt I had to at least get this done, because depression is like a malignant tumor; it just gives you the impression that nothing matters, even when that isn't the case, which can unfortunately deprive the world the light you have within. Even I find myself dealing with the existential crisis of knowing what I can bring to the world. People always tell me that they see great things in me, but I have to be honest, sometimes I struggle to see that myself. However, the reason I share this is because even if just one person reads this, someone who maybe has similar issues they're facing, maybe they can be reassured to keep moving forward, even when they don't feel like it. Regardless, always find a way to bring positivity in the world. Yes, life is really gross, you may have a voice or six that want you to cross the road without looking both ways, and we'll all have our hurdles, some that may as well be chronic, if not terminal. But what you can control is the output you put into the world. Jarad probably won't get to hear or see this, but regardless of his struggles he managed to inspire a generation that feels hopeless and scared of the future, and his legacy will live forever, or at least for as long as I'm alive.

I guess that's the point of this first review, in that, it's more about the power and importance music has in my life. Some days I'll feel bad, and like I hate myself, but regardless of that, I can at least try to make the lives of those around me a little less shitty, even if it's just as a cheerleader. This December will mark 4 years since he passed, and even though it still hurts a bit, his work helped me in ways I cannot contain in a few paragraphs, and I feel that deserves to be cherished not mourned. Out of 10, I'd give it a 7.5 - it's not the most groundbreaking song ever, but there are a few instances where that can take the backseat, seeing that the gravity of the subject matter is more important. It's a tough listen, but honestly, I feel like it's the best way to actually come to terms with the internal conflict someone in such circumstances wrestles with each day. I plan on using this platform as a means of spurring you on wherever in the world you are, because yes, it gets better, but you have to at least try, and I guess that just be my way of giving myself a reason to get out of bed each morning.

-alphadoradus