#slowsweetlove.2023.december

[slowsweetlove]

A Year in pictures/music 2023

In 2022 I had the idea to make an Austin Butler advent calendar.

I loved the process of making it so much that I decided to commit to a whole year of AB pictures with a corresponding song. And while January brought a lot of heartbreak for Austin (and in my personal life) I managed to plan out the first half of the year. I took a little break from working on it because frankly, I needed a lot more new pictures of Austin to show up. I thought that may happen after the Oscars and with the release of 'Masters of the Air', 'The Bikeriders' and 'Dune 2'. Alas all these projects were pushed back. But by the end of July I had all the pictures I needed and found all the lyrics I wanted to go with the pictures.

Finding the corresponding songs wasn't an easy task and something I underestimated. I tried to have no doubles but a few are there. I hope you'll subscribe to the spotify playlists. Maybe you find some new (to you) songs that you really like. And frankly it would mean a lot to me personally to know that some of you from the Austin fandom appreciated the effort it took to create this.

All in all, I am happy to have accomplished this project.

A special shout out to @klizzie93 for reblogging (I think) almost every single one of these. It means the world to me. <3

For the constant likes a special thanks to @blurredcolour, @ab4eva, @kendralavon7, @areacodefan, manicpixiedinonuggies, @kingdomforapony, @caughtinatrapicantwalkoutbecause and many many more.

Every heart these posts got made me happy and made me feel seen. Something that my RL lacks sometimes. So thank you all for getting on this journey with me. I'm truly thankful for this community.

Under the #a year in pictures & #slowsweetlove.2023 all the posts for this year should come up.

All the playlists of 2023.

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

Fun statistics:

The most featured band are Fleetwood Mac with six mentions

Runners up is a tie between Alanis Morissette, R.E.M. and Elvis Presley with each getting five mentions

'Layla' by Eric Clapton is the song I quoted the most (3x)

there's only one picture where you can't see Austins' head

[slowsweetlove]

The Playlist

Playlists so far:

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

[slowsweetlove]

As the year closes out I wish all of you the best of luck in 2024, that tonight you can wish upon a star and that some of your dreams come true in 2024!

Love you all!

[slowsweetlove]

For all of those getting rid of their Christmas tree:

BEWARE please don't get tangled in your Christmas lights. ;)

[slowsweetlove]