#wasted summers is such a bop…..

[twentyfivemiceinatrenchcoat]

ARIIIII HIIIIII!!!!! i was listening to my cute little love songs playlist and it got me thinking about gojo.................... might be a bit obsessed but it's whatever ANYWAYYYYY do you have any songs that remind you of him? every time i listen to always forever by cults i always think of him idc the song might be a bit basic but it's sooo cute and if i had the ability to write angst i'd definitely base something off of wasted summers by juju..........

- @softgirlgonehaywire

HI MICKEY!!!!! u came at literally the perfect moment ive been obsessively thinking of songs i associate w gojo these last few days…. its so fun to think abt, tysm for asking!!! <33

ur so real btw i too listen to my silly little love songs and think of satoru gojo…. putting this under the cut in case it gets long phfhdhd

bUT first of all u r literally so right w wasted summers. so objectively correct. i cant not think of stsg when i listen to it pshdhsh it makes me weep 😭😭 ANY summer-y song makes me think of gojo tbh… and always forever!! i listened to it just now while thinking of gojo and it made me cry. our soft boy :’3

but ok so just. overall… i think the two artists i associate gojo most w is pinkpantheress and yorushika!!!! two very different genres PDHDH BUT……

for some reason i cant stop thinking of gojo when i listen to pinkpantheress……. especially capable of love and close to you </3 theyre so gojocoded to me but i cant explain why. smth abt the melancholic but soft vibe of her songs just makes me think of him :< i listen to her songs a lot while writing for gojo!!!

AND YORUSHIKA ….. god. idk if ur into jpop at all mickey but all of their songs are so bittersweet and nostalgic and summer-y…. and i could go on and on abt how much i associate literally every single song of theirs w gojo but i think if i had to narrow it down i’d probably go with blooming in that summer, say it, and replicant! the lyrics are so pretty and angsty and they make me think of gojo and/or stsg all the time T_T

those two artists aside ….. i also associate him a lot w be nice to me by the front bottoms!! and tears over beers by modern baseball :3 and if we’re talking more standard love songs… probably taylor swift. cruel summer is so gojo its insane

[thatbuddie]

If youre still taking prompts, I’d love to see your take on hot surfer/ ice cream stand worker at the beach for Buck/Eddie (and maybe with Chris too) thank you!

this was so fun to write. thanks for sending it, friend!! hope you enjoy *mwaaah*

i want your ice cream

buddie | 1k | (read on ao3.)

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“You should ask my dad on a date.”

Eddie turns his head towards his son with his eyes wide open, “Christopher!”

Chris looks as pleased as punch when he smiles at Eddie before he begins walking towards the bench closest to them. When he’s four steps away, he turns around to say over his shoulder, “Bring me my ice cream after you say yes to Buck, Dad. And you’re welcome.”

The hot Los Angeles sun is beating down on Eddie’s shoulders and head, but he’s not naive enough to think he can pass the blush climbing up his necks, cheeks, and nose on it. 

For a second, Eddie debates just running as fast as his legs will allow him to, getting as far away as he can before he stops. But as much as Christopher is the most meddlesome kid in the history of all children, that is Eddie’s meddlesome kid, and he loves him with his whole heart, so at some point he would have to come back to pick him up again and that just seems like more trouble than it’s worth. 

Also, he has already paid for both his and Christopher’s ice creams, and he’s not big on wasting money. With a sigh, then, Eddie turns back towards the ice cream truck.

The sight of Buck holding two ice cream cones in his hands with the biggest smile Eddie has ever seen anyone wear is worth having stayed right here, right now.

“So a date, huh?” Buck asks, a blush of his own coloring his face.

He is so endearing that Eddie feels his fingers tingling with the need to tangle themselves in the mess of Buck’s curls, or bop his nose, or tug at his earlobes. He is so hot that Eddie’s mouth salivates with the desire to bite his neck, or taste his skin, or leave a mark in the place where his t-shirt tan lines are more visible on his biceps despite the fact that Eddie has never seen him wear anything but tank tops in the 3 months they have known each other. 

“I… may or may not have been complaining for weeks to Chris that with him starting school soon again this fall we wouldn’t be able to see you as often,” Eddie says, feeling daringly brave and paralyzingly terrified all at once. “He… may or may not think asking you out would ensure we can see you as often as we like even after summer is over.”

“And what do you think?” Buck looks shy as he asks the question. He’s gazing at Eddie from under his eyelashes, but Eddie can tell he’s not trying to appear flirty or seductive. A shadow of vulnerability looms behind him as he bites his bottom lip.

Eddie holds onto his bravery and pushes his fear aside. 

“I think it’s not exactly recommended by nutritionists to feed ice cream to your kid almost once a day just so you have an excuse to talk to the guy that you like,” Eddie says. “I think that you’ve become the highlight of my day since we moved to LA. I think that I want to know what you look like somewhere other than a beach. Maybe in a restaurant tomorrow night at 9pm. I think I want to know what you think.”

Buck’s smile is back to shining full force at Eddie. The shadow of his insecurities has been vanished somewhere where Eddie hopes it will die a painful death. Now, Buck just seems happy, and light. 

“I think I must have done something incredibly right in a past life to be able to bag myself the hot surfer with an adorable kid that I have been pining after for the whole summer,” Buck says with a chuckle. 

“Buck…” Eddie groans as he shakes his head. “I’m a terrible surfer.”

“Oh, I know that, Eds,” Buck says, laughing wholeheartedly this time. “That’s why I said hot surfer and not great surfer. Chris is a million times better than you.

“Well, that’s why I hired us both our own surfing instructors,” Eddie explains as he crosses his arms. “So we both could get better at our own paces.”

“Please,” Buck says with a scoff. “You did it so he wouldn’t keep showing you up like he did that first day back in May. He was a natural and you fell so many times my own body started hurting in sympathy.”

Eddie uncrosses his arms to rest them on the window opening of the ice cream truck as he tilts his head, “That was before we even came to get ice cream after our second class. You— You noticed me then?”

“It’s impossible not to notice you.” Buck shrugs, leaning forward to get closer to Eddie. “I’ve wanted to ask you out all summer long but you’re a client so…”

“Oh, I get it,” Eddie says, the corner of his mouth tilting up, his eyes focusing on Buck’s lips for a second before catching Buck’s gaze again. “You’ve been using me for my money.”

Buck exhales a chuckle through his nose, and Eddie feels the cool air of it on his face. “You’ve caught me. I can pay for our date tomorrow to make up for it.”

“Deal,” Eddie says before he closes the last few inches between them and captures Buck’s lips in a kiss. 

During this summer, Eddie has basically tried all of the ice cream flavors that have been offered in Bobby’s Frosted Delight Ice Cream Truck. Buck is still the sweetest thing he has tasted. 

“Tomorrow at 9?” As he speaks, his lips move against Buck’s. 

“Tomorrow at 9,” Buck confirms, pecking Eddie’s lips three time before pulling away. 

It’s only when he’s walking back to the car next to Chris, their surfboards under both of Eddie's arms, that Christopher says, “Dad, I’m happy you and Buck finally figured it out, but you forgot our ice creams.”

Eddie laughs. “Don’t worry, bud. I think there will be many, many more ice creams in our future.” 

[candymay]

My crazy roman empire is Lana and Armie's work and life parallel like in that it's always sunny in philadelphia conspiracy theory meme way

2010: Lana's debut studio album as Lana Del Ray, a.k.a Lizzy Grant // Armie's breakout role in The Social Network. Fun fact: one of the songs is titled "Put Me In A Movie." Armie also tied the knot that year.

2012-2013: Marked Lana's major-label debut with "Born To Die," a divisive album that jumpstarted her career but also faced enduring criticism from media and critics. // Armie experienced his first "flop" with big studio films in "Mirror Mirror" and "The Lone Ranger," but the real ones know they're actually golden lol.

2017: marked a pivotal moment for both Lana and Armie. Lana unveiled her first SMILE on her album titled LUST FOR LIFE (the antithesis of her pessimistic Born To Die), sounds like a stupid insignificant detail yet it resonated deeply with the fans, marking a departure from her "sad girl" persona. It's her summer bop album. Very Timothee's Elio. // Obvi, Armie delivered his standout summer love performance in CMBYN, solidifying his position in Hollywood. It was a momentous occasion for Lana, particularly with the release of her song "Get Free" — you literally just had to be there it changed her history forever lol. Finally, I'm crossing the threshold From the ordinary world To the reveal of my heart I never really noticed that I had to decide To play someone's game or to live my own life But now I do I want to move Out of the black Into the blue

2020-2021: Lana faced major backlash for her infamous Instagram post "Question for the Culture" and later for wearing a mesh-looking mask during COVID. // Armie's divorce and scandal lol. Interestingly, the year before, Lana released the masterpiece "Norman Fucking Rockwell!" featuring the song "The Greatest." And I'm wasted Don't leave, I just need a wake-up call I'm facin' the greatest The greatest loss of them all The culture is lit and I had a ball I guess I'm signin' off after all

2023: Lana Del Rey released a diaristic masterpiece with "Did You Know That There's a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd," transitioning from her self-indulgent, character-driven songwriting to a more personal and introspective exploration of her family and personal life. // After a period of silence, Armie's interview was published in AirMail as a full-length article. One of the songs, "Kintsugi," reflects on the recent deaths of three of her relatives, including her grandmother. Similarly, Armie had recently experienced loss; his father, his grandmother, and Florence.

Daddy, I miss them I'm in the mountains Probably running away, I've been meaning to say That there's nothing to do except know that this is How the light gets in Like cracking, the light gets in Then you're golden Just another folk song, but anyway I try so hard, but that's okay It's how the light gets in Armie opened up about his experience of sexual abuse by his youth pastor, marking the first time he publicly discussed it. Lana addressed a similar theme for the first time in her Grammy-nominated song "A&W". If I told you that I was raped Do you really think that anybody would think I didn't ask for it? I didn't ask for it I won't testify, I already fucked up my story On top of this, so many other things you can't believe

2024: Both are now living their best sober lives, with Lana having been sober for 20 years after her early struggles with alcohol and Armie has been sober for three years. They are now thriving, embracing new habits like vaping (lol), learning more about spirituality, and hanging with their family, and it seems like it's only up, up, up from here.

[dietmountaindewbae]

could you please do something white humbug alex and he’s subby and the reader is dom

ix. i think god is moving its tongue

alex turner x (dom) reader

requested by anonymus

word count: 2966

summary: nighttime was your favorite time, you were invited to a party on the beach, and you felt lonely but (humbug) Alex was quick to fix that.

warnings: degradation, oral sex, spit.

song recommendation: my own summer by deftones

Tides rolled down the endless dark sea, beneath the pale light of the moon, blowing smoke out thru your mouth, watching people all over each other, music loud, nowhere to hide but at plane sight. You looked for something exciting tonight, even though you had yet to find out what that could be, so you began searching around the beach house.

The inside was just like the outside, you were dazed, and the number of drinks you had kept you a bit dizzy but not enough to make you look like a dead girl walking, even though you felt like one. What could you do? Split a joint, drink more shots, dance, you were looking for more tonight, something that genuinely sparked something inside you, three easy getaways from your mind couldn't fulfill your necessities tonight, you fetched another drink, but that was until all heads turned to a loud blender crushing ice.

"Hey you, big star! Turn that shit off" Someone yelled at the guy with a blender full of ice, and liquor, he was dancing, his feet stomping to the music, banging his head a little, he wore a black leather jacket, some baggy denim jeans, and boots, his long hair reached to his jaw, he glanced at the guy who yelled at him.

"Fuck off! Who wants margaritas?" He listed 4 margaritas, then another one came asking for another, "No, four margaritas!" He drawled, signing 4 with his fingers.

"Not even a little for me" You joked, his eyes looked at you from bottom to top thru his dark sunglasses, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"What's your name pretty baby?"

"Gimme one, and I'll tell you at least one letter" He smirked, and nodded while he put some ice for your drink, he poured the rest of the bottle into the blender, while he squeezed some lemons with his hand, but that wasn't working for him that well, the juice was everywhere except the blender.

"Where's the- lime squeezer," He danced, bopping his head to the beat, shaking the blender, and pouring the drink into your cup first, the rest could wait a little longer, "Full name" He demanded.

"We agreed on a letter," You specified, as you were about to savor your drink, he took the cup away from you.

"Full margarita, full name" You approached him slowly, you could feel his eyes on your lips, and your bright eyes.

"You can call me anything you want" You grabbed the margarita away from him, disappearing into the crowd, the rest complained their margaritas weren't served but Alex didn't care, he was fascinated by you, and now you found just the thing that would cure you tonight, he was willing to chase the girl with eyes painted silver and black, scarlet cheeks, and pouty lips, he thought you could be another perfect pray, you were the one that was letting him in, and he didn't know what was he in for, he was just drawn to you, like an instinct almost.

He followed the trace of a ghost, he was desperate to find you, otherwise, you could've been one of those girls he longed for, that he was too busy thinking you were make-believe, he was getting tangled on his own web, following your trace in every corner of the dark house, until he got outside, finding you shimming out of your clothes with a cigarette between your lips, and his margarita on your hand, he admired you, followed your movement, and you caught him watching, locking eyes together, he could read what you hid in your smile, so he wasted no time, taking the leap to get himself out of his leather jacket and boots, throwing his jeans and shirt away only to get to you.

He followed you in, and watched how your hair sank inside the water, the blue water making your eyes look like crystals, he wanted to see like your eyes do when you look up to the sky and smile.

"Hello, big star," You said to him just to tease him a little.

"Full margarita, full name" You giggled at how persistent he was, maybe you should have racing stripes the way you kept him in pursuit, you finally spilled your name at him, the full name, "It's lovely, mine's Alex" You nodded at him like your hello, "All on your own?"

"Well, I've got you now don't I?" He smirked at the comeback, "What about you big star?"

"I'm with me mates," You knew him, if someone didn't know who he was they would probably be living under a rock, most of the people that came were people who saw their performance today, you being one of them as well, your friends had dragged you in, somehow you made it, and just a few moments in everyone got lost, "But I think I've got something more exciting here"

"Do I excite you?" Someone was up to play with him, were you the one to beat him at his own game?

"We both know that answer," He told you, "Right?"

"I never said anything, you were the one that got here, went inside the pool, and chased me around like a little puppy without even knowing my name" When you hold him accountable like that, it was hard for him to look for a comeback, "I got you where I want you"

"Does that mean you want me too?" His doe eyes were so desperate to hear your answer, he was willing to keep chasing you to hear your voice again.

"Kiss me if you wanna find out" His face taking a complete 180 when you said those words, he put his hands on your hips pressing your back against the barrier of the pool, your hands running up his hair feeling him relax under your comforting touch, his lips were about to finally close that small fraction of space when you pulled his head back, your mouth attached to his neck, your thumb running down his adam's apple, he breathed heavily.

"Please don't make this any harder" He begs.

"I know what to do to make things harder" He was desperate for a little more, this had never happened to him, never came across a girl like you, and he liked that so much it made him sick, he always had the lead, never had he struggled to get with someone at a party, all of them were wrapped around his little finger, but no one had the control just like you, he willingly let go of his nature just to give into you, "What do you feel like Alex? what are you thinking?"

"I feel like more... I want more of you, all of you," He felt exposed, sensitive, weak, all of this for a girl with a face like an angel but a fire in her eyes.

"You sound so cute when you talk like that to me" He rolled his eyes, this time you loosely place your hand on his neck to wrap him up in a kiss he yearned for so deeply, he was needy, gripping your hair, kissing your mouth roughly until your lips were plump, feeling your tongue slip inside his mouth, he wrapped your legs around his torso, his hard dick pressed against you, a moan escapes your mouth into his when he pressed it harder against you, he made the water warm, his breathing unsteady.

"I swear I could fuck you here, and let everyone watch you get fucked up" That thought made you moan, your legs crossed tightly against his making the spot tighter, you could feel his hard cock against your cunt, and it made you feel so needy and wet.

"If you wanna fuck me, fuck me right and get us out of here" He completely forgot where he was when he kissed you like that, some people were even looking your way, but the question was how was he going to get out of the pool without everyone noticing his dick was the size of a thermos flask.

"Fuck... " He whispered under his breath, "But let's get out fast" When you pulled away it felt like a piece of him was taken away from him, your warmth and your scent getting him intoxicated, you turned and pulled yourself up, he took a good look at your body, compared to him, you were smaller, considered even weak, he could be the one who easily bends you over to fuck you, but he was weak enough to fall into your perfect tramp.

He tried to cover his boner when he went outside, grabbing a towel and loosely wrapping it around his hips, his v-line exposed, he covered you in another towel, and it didn't take long until you found a room downstairs, he was quick to take his boxers out, but when he tried to take your bra off you pushed him into the bed, "I don't think you understand how things are Alex... you're not the one in control... I am" You pinned his arms above his head, and if he wanted he could easily hover you over but something inside him stopped him, "And if anyone here is going to get fucked up, and bend over is you"

You spit on his swollen dick, spreading it up and down, "Fuck-"

"If you want to shove your dick inside me you'll beg for it" Your hand began to stroke him faster, squeezing your hand a little bit tighter, his eyebrows pushed together, his lips parted, and his mouth dry, then you slowed down, "Are you gonna be a good boy or a bad boy?"

"I swear I'll be good... please love, I wanna fuck your pussy, I know it's so tight, and warm... do whatever you want to me"

"You're so cute, you have no idea how happy you made me" Nothing has ever happened to him before, beg? you bet the girls were the ones who begged for it, gagged for it, but you had him right beneath you, trapped between your legs, begging to at least feel a little bit more of you, and it fitted him so perfectly.

You took your bra off, and his fingers ran up and down your waist, "You're so beautiful" He kissed you deeply, and you put your hands over him, curing that hunger inside him, allowing him to touch your body, one went up to knead your breast, while the other one gripped your ass tight, you moved your panties to the side, shoving his dick inside you, his thickness making your hiss until he was all the way in, your walls adjusting to his size, while he adjusted to your warmth, you made it harder for him not to cum at that moment.

"You feel delicious" You whispered, your breathing grows harsher, and your hips grind in circles, going up and down, it was so gentle, but feeling him fill you up so deep, it brought shivers up your spine, he held your waist in place, watching your every move, admiring each curve of your body, he let you take full control of him, "You could watch me ride you for hours" He was captivated, he couldn't stop himself from looking how his dick sinks inside you and glistens with your wetness, "You dirty little fuck" Your hips began to take the pace a little higher, arching your back and lifting your hips up and down, the moment you had called him like that something inside him had risen, you could see it in his eyes.

"Don't call me that" He exhaled, you look deep into his eyes, this was new to him, he wasn't used to being the one called like that, it made him feel so weak, and even a little fragile, he felt mixed emotions.

"A what?" You spat back, threatening him with your eyes, "Dirty little fuck?" You smiled, "Don't act like you don't love it" You kissed him deeply while grinding your hips against him, your walls clenched around him, and it only made you wetter that look in his eyes, his veiny hands, and strong arms, "Now shut up," You ordered, your hips grind rougher, now feeling the heat increase between your body and his.

The sweat on your chest glistened with the lights, your damp and wild hair, your eyes shooting stars, he was mesmerized by the amount of beauty, and hotness you carried, how your body rocks forward and back like tides, your mouth opens to moan his name.

"Tell me that you're all mine"

"I'm all yours" He whispered back in a trance, like you had him under a spell, "God, you're so fuckin' hot, babe... you ride me cock so good"

"If you like this... how about this" You switched the position, instead of facing him forwards you went backwards, so he could get a good look from behind as well, you knew he would love it, and his little whimpers were everything that you needed to hear to let you know how much he did.

"Fuck... don't stop" He tried to compose himself as much as he could, grinding your hips harder against him, following your pace with his hips, the shivers crawled up his body like little spiders, and his eyes rolled back, he pulled out just in time giving himself a few strokes but you took his hand away.

"Give it to me, I know you want it" He didn't want to though, he wasn't satisfied with the fact that you didn't get to finish and he did, but he couldn't help himself when you looked at him like that, your hand moving in just the right pace to make him finish, he groaned and made fists with the blanket, his heart at the limit, feeling it beat on his ears, but once he came down he saw you standing up from the bed fixing your hair, grabbing your bra from the floor.

"Where-"

"I had fun," You said, putting your bra back on taking your towel with you, and heading towards the door.

"But..." He breathed out, "You didn't get to finish... " He felt so stupid for not letting you finish first, that was the only thing he wanted, he just wanted to make you feel so high, but now he fucked it up, he felt guilty, and he needed to fix it.

"We don't always get to" His heart dropped when you grabbed the door knob. You seriously weren't going to leave, right? But you were, and that's when he stood up and shut the door again, he was more than confident, more than sure to take you there.

"Don't leave me," He begged you, "I'll finish you up, I swear" He sounded so confident, and desperate, you did consider it, after all, you had come here expecting to finish as well, "Please"

"How bad do you want to fix it?" You asked.

"So bad, please babe... let me make up for it, I'll show you how sorry I am" You liked the sound of it, the confidence he said it with, he kissed you with passion, walking backwards to the bed, slowly laying you down on it, he kneeled in front of you slowly opening your legs kissing your knees.

He slides down your panties carefully, taking a good look at your legs wide open for him, "You're drooling" You teased him, "Get on it" Your wishes were his command, and his tongue licked your wetness tasting every bit of it, devouring it, his lips sucked on your sensitive spot, your hand descending to his hair and twirling some strands between your fingers, his tongue licked everything that came out of your pussy, flicking your clit over and over, your legs began to shake, the pit of your stomach felt like it was on fire. The tip of his tongue circled your clit so lightly you quivered, he hummed with satisfaction when he felt you get closer, he never had tasted something so good in his life, and he loved to go down on you, he loved how your body arches, and rises with every lick. He slurped and gulped every drop of your arousal.

"How does it feel?-" You pushed his head in to keep eating you out, his warm mouth covering all your pussy, he was so eager to make you finish, he was giving all of him into you.

"It feels good... so fuckin' good" You moaned when his fingers entered your hole, looking for the spot to make you see stars, your stomach pinches like pins and needles, as you enter that state, the one where your legs couldn't move, forcing Alex's face down, sinking his fingers into you fucking you faster, while his tongue pressed down on your clit, "Eyes on me" He smiled at you when he felt he hit the spot you needed, your back arched, your eyes were shooting stars, "Holy fu- Alex!" He kept circling your clit with his tongue slowly dragging his fingers in and out of you, making you come down slowly from your high but still hitting that spot.

"That's it" He chuckled, "Do you forgive me?"

"Fuckin'- yeah I do" You answered him back both of you chuckling, he properly laid you down on the bed, him next to you laying on his elbow, resting his cheek on his knuckles, he was fascinated by every aspect of you, the roundness of your eyes, your pink lips, the redness of your cheeks, without him noticing he leaned in forward, and kissed you so tenderly, that when he broke the kiss off he sighed.

"Can I get your number or summat like that?"

"Maybe make me a margarita first and we can talk about it"

A/N

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[dustedmagazine]

Various Artists — Creiriau Y Delyn Rawn / Relics of the Horsehair Harp (Amgen)

Imagining new music is nothing new. Individually or collectively, spontaneously or through painstaking craft, research, and development, legions of music-makers have tried to come up with something sufficiently novel out of sounds and (sometimes) words that it hooks listeners’ attention. You can be sure that someone’s at it right now. But you probably won’t lose the farm if you bet it on the notion that the sequential imagining that went into the conception and execution of Creiriau Y Delyn Rawn is an unprecedented process that has yielded a remarkable outcome.

The Welsh language title translates into English as Relics Of The Horsehair Harp. It was produced by harpist Rhodri Davies as a companion to Telyn Rawn, a solo album that he released on his Amgen label. Telyn Rawn is named after the instrument that it introduced, a horsehair harp that Davies commissioned to be made by a couple harp makers and a leatherworker. Harps have a particular cultural resonance in Wales, since despite the instrument’s popularity, the art of making them nearly died out before making a comeback as part of a larger resurgence of Welsh culture. The original telyn rawn was made from wood and equine byproducts. After the sturdier Italian triple harp made it to the British Isles in the 1600s, it replaced the telyn rawn so thoroughly that for a couple centuries the triple harp was actually known as the Welsh harp (it was replaced by the pedal harp in the 20th century) while its predecessor was practically forgotten. When Davies, whose wide-ranging music encompasses free improvisation, modern composition, Konono-inspired junkyard noise, and rock and roll, got curious about those early harps, no one knew how to make one. The instrument on Telyn Rawn was designed using descriptions in early Welsh poetry and a couple pages addressing harp-tuning practices in a 17th century manuscript by Robert ap Huw.

When Davies finally set about playing the thing, he did not revive antique repertoire; he improvised short pieces equally informed both by his research and his own practice of playing freely, alone and with musicians like John Butcher, Andrew Leslie Hooker and the trio IST. Intricately plucked or vigorously bowed, some of the album’s eighteen tracks hinted at folkloric models, while others undid dense knots of sound that burst with harmonics and radiated overtones. Telyn Rawn came out during that first COVID summer, which was bad for many things, but was not so bad for spending some of that time that one wasn’t gigging cooking up new ideas. After its release, Davies reached out to friends and associates with this request: “I asked each contributor to imagine that the musical material improvised in 2020 was an ancient musical form that had fully existed in the medieval period, and that each of their responses were to have happened centuries after the imagined formation of the Telyn Rawn pieces.”

Such a brief can be taken in many directions, depending on the respondent’s experiences, equipment, and willingness to dig a new network out of someone else’s wormhole. Sixteen participants gave a response to one or two specific tracks from Telyn Rawn. Laura Cannell’s  opening piece, “The Tattered Skies Above,”  wastes little effort on interpreting Davies’ “Penriwh.” Instead, she constructs a fanfare from overdubbed recorders whose jolting sonorities and processional air establishes a through line linking a span of fantasized centuries. Next up, Orphy Robinson makes like a free-bopping jazz man. On “Nude, Lewd, Rude, Mood Food” he transfers bits of Davies’ intricate “Gorchan Sali” to a salaciously bulbous-sounding marimba, accelerates the tempo and lets it rip. Jem Finer plays “Y Geseg Fedi” pretty faithfully, simply transposing bowed harp to hurdy-gurdy; guitarist C. Joynes is similarly respectful to “”Dygan tro’r Ebill.” Credited as playing computer and mouse, “C. Spencer Yeh” visits a cut-and-splice surgical strike upon Davies’ recording of “Afon “Dewi Fawr;” Pat Thomas might do something similar on the turbulent electronic eruption, “Maddad.”

Not only does Davies have a strong musical personality that transcends the particular harp he plays and the century his head’s in; he has picked his emissaries wisely. Despite the disparity of instrumentation and approach exhibited by the sixteen contributing musicians, Creiriau Y Delyn Rawn feels pretty cohesive as it carves out an imaginary timeline of musical evolution.

Bill Meyer

[givemea-dam-break]

alright you inspired me to start listening to 5SOS again

my favourite album is Youngblood I think, but I need you to give me some more recommendations

Your opinion as the resident 5SOS superfan is very important

i am THE biggest superfan

this is so long so i’m going to put a continue reading thing to save everyone’s dash

now see this is hard because they have so many songs that i need to discern your type to be able to recommend

youngblood is amazing and my favourite songs on it personally are babylon, ghost of you, and if these walls could talk but the album as a whole is incredible (just like their others)

if you like youngblood, i think you’ll also like calm. musically and lyrically it is an incredible album, and red desert (specifically their live performance in ‘the feeling of falling upwards’) is FUCKING incredible, but i think not in the same way, kill my time, old me, no shame, and lonely heart would be songs you’ll like

5 seconds of summer (their debut album) is a certified bop and literally no song is unlikeable but i think you would definitely like everything i didn’t say, 18, and voodoo doll (seeing that live has changed me)

sounds good feels good is my favourite album (hearing them play vapour and waste the night live was LIFE CHANGING) but i think you’d like money, san francisco, the space between a rock and a hard place, the only reason, and outer space/carry on (you’re not allowed to not like that song, and no interruptions during the interlude!!!)

5sos5 their newest album WILL change your life. if you’re looking for youngblood vibes, go for TEARS!, bloodhound, and flatline. my personal favourites are you don’t go to parties, carousel, and bleach!!

then there’s their oldest ep ‘somewhere new’ which i think you would like gotta get out and unpredictable!!

they also have lots of b-side and extra songs (my favourites are if you don’t know, heartache on the big screen, and disconnected) which i think you’d like wrapped around your finger, try hard, 2011 (a more recent one), and rejects

obviously take this with a pinch of salt, i’m going by you saying you like youngblood while also mixing in the personality i know from us being friends 😭 i could go so so much more into depth if you wanted but this is already so long

[unknownarmageddon]

wanna know my favorite songs

ofc you do, have some recommendations

the WHOLE ALBUM of coyote stories by the crane wives

all things end - hozier AUGGHH

the mind electric and the bidding BUT covered by chonny jash

wasted summers - juju!!!! AAAHSHAHDHS

aaand i bet on losing dogs - mitski yeah

and of course more but fuck you runs away instead /lhj

I will!! Have to check some of these out I’m not familiar with most of them

I’ve heard the bidding and the mind electric and they go HARD and I’ve heard of chonny jash but I haven’t heard the covers so I’ll have. To look into that

I think I’ve heard all things end but it was like once so I gotta revisit that. Bet on losing dogs is a banger so real

ANYWAY here have some of my favorites in return (definitely not so I can have an excuse to be annoying about music /hj /lh)

Most everything from me first and the gimme gimmes I just recently got into their stuff and they’re GREAT particularly fond of their cover of leaving on a jet plane, rocket man, wild world, over the rainbow, favorite things (I am forcefully dragged away)

American pie. I’m sure you’ve heard it but GOD is it good I’m not normal about it

Really cool wig and ultimate showdown of ultimate destiny by lemon demon they’re WILD and absolute bops

uhhh know your enemy and 2000 light years away by Green Day. Good shit. And holiday

Labyrinth and variations on a cloud by miracle music uhh yeah

Anything fall out boy like basically literally all of their songs I like. Bob Dylan, she’s my Winona, twin skeletons (hotel in nyc), hands up (dear future self), their beat it cover, their we didn’t start the fire cover, headfirst slide into cooperstown are all good. And (I am forcefully dragged away again)

[toongrrl-blog]

Benvi Playlist

Hey! Yes, you! What are you doing? Listen to some tunes for a change :D

"Count Me In" Gary Lewis and the Playboys

When you count the ones that want you, count me, too And if I'm not first on your list, count me blue Just be sure you count on me and when the counting's through Count me madly in love with you

2. "I'm Just A Lonely Boy" Paul Anka

I'm just a lonely boy, lonely and blue I'm all alone with nothin' to do I've got everything you could think of But all I want is someone to love

3. "The Loved One" INXS (Early 80s)

And now she's gone She's walking away Red dress on, her long black hair Well, I love her so, yeah And now she come running Anytime I say now Anytime I say

4. "Will You Still Love Me Tommorrow?" The Shirelles or Amy Winehouse

Tonight you're mine completely You give your love so sweetly Tonight the light of love is in your eyes But will you love me tomorrow?

5. "This is Dedicated To the One I Love" The Shirelles or The Mamas and the Papas or The 5 Royales or Bernadette Peters or Linda Ronstadt

This is dedicated to the one I love While I'm far away from you my baby I know it's hard for you my baby Because it's hard for me my baby And the darkest hour is just before dawn

6. "I Think I Love You" David Cassidy

Hey, I think I love you So what am I so afraid of? I'm afraid that I'm not sure of A love there is no cure for

7. "Crying" Roy Orbison (his duet with k.d. lang is also good)

I thought that I was over you But it's true, so true I love you even more Than I did before But, darling, what can I do?

8. "Only the Lonely" Roy Orbison

And maybe tomorrow A new romance No more sorrow But that's the chance You gotta take If your lonely heart breaks Only the lonely (Dum-dum-dum-dumdy-doo-wah)

9. "I Wonder What She's Doing Tonight?" Boyce & Hart

We were so close, but we should've been closer And it's making me feel so sad But I tell myself I didn't lose her 'Cause you can't lose a friend you never had (Come on, now) Because a friend won't say it's over And got out just for spite And now I wonder what she's doing tonight

10. "I Need To Be In Love" Karen Carpenter

I know I need to be in love I know I've wasted too much time I know I ask perfection of A quite imperfect world And fool enough to think that's what I'll find

11. "She's Got You" Patsy Cline

I've got your memory or has it got me? I really don't know but I know it won't let me be

12. "Walk Right Back" The Everly Brothers

I want you to tell me why you walked out on me I'm so lonesome every day I want you to know that since you walked out on me Nothin' seems to be the same old way Think about the love that burns within my heart for you The good times we had before you went away, oh me

14. "Sealed with a Kiss" Bobby Hyland or The Vogues or Bobby Vinton

Yes! It's gonna be a cold Lonely summer But I'll fill the emptiness I'll send you all my dreams Every day in a letter Sealed with a kiss

15. "Consolation Prize" Lesley Gore

Then I heard Tommy Lost his sweetheart But when he call I realized That I loved Billy Only Billy What a blessing in disguise

16. "Take Me Home Tonight" Eddie Money ft. Ronnie Spector

Take me home tonight I don't want to let you go 'til you see the light Take me home tonight Listen, honey , just like Ronnie sang Be my little baby Be my little baby, uh-huh

17. "This Guy's/Girl's In Love With You" Burt Bacharach (RIP) wrote some bops and this song has been covered by the likes of Herb Alpert and Dionne Warwick

I need your love I want your love Say you're in love In love with this guy If not, I'll just die

18. "Somethings Burnin'" Kenny Rogers

And now the sun is burning brightly We lie in love so close together I get the feeling deep inside me My love for you will burn forever

19. "Turn Around, Look At Me" The Vogues

There is someone walking behind you Turn around, look at me There is someone watching your footsteps Turn around, look at me

There is someone who really needs you Here's my heart in my hand

20. "Somebody to Love" Jefferson Airplane

Don't you want somebody to love? Don't you need somebody to love? Wouldn't you love somebody to love? You better find somebody to love Love, love

21. "Brown Eyed Girl" Van Morrison

Hey, where did we go? Days when the rains came Down in the hollow Playin' a new game Laughing and a running, hey, hey Skipping and a jumping In the misty morning fog with Our hearts a thumpin' and you My brown-eyed girl You, my brown-eyed girl

22. "Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I'm Your's" Stevie Wonder

Ooh wee, baby, you set my soul on fire That's why I know you're my heart's only desire Ooh baby, here I am Signed, sealed, delivered, I'm yours! Hey

23. "I Feel the Earth Move" Carole King

Ooh, baby, when I see your face Mellow as the month of May Oh, darling, (I can't stand it) When you look at me that way

24. "Shut Up and Kiss Me" Mary Chapin Carpenter

You've got the kind of mind I love to read Talk is cheap and baby, time's expensive So why waste another minute more And life's too short to be so apprehensive Love's as much the symptom, darling, as the cure

25. "Why Do Fools Fall In Love?" Frankie Lyman and the Teenagers

Love is a losing game Love can be a shame I Know of a fool, you see For that fool is me! Tell me why, tell me why?

26. "When Will I Be Loved?" Everly Brothers or Linda Ronstadt

I've been made blue I've been lied to When will I be loved?

27. "All Cried Out" Dusty Springfield

Last night I knew we were through (we're through) It hurt 'cause I still loved you (loved you) Went home and couldn't fall asleep (asleep) 'Cause sleep just won't come into eyes that weep (that weep) And that's why....

I'm all cried out, I'm all cried out All my little tears are all dried out, oh yeah Now that you say we're through I'm all cried out over you, oh yeah

28. "The Letter" The Box Tops

Gimme a ticket for an aeroplane Ain't got time to take a fast train Lonely days are gone, I'm a-goin' home My baby, just a wrote me a letter

29. "See You In September" The Happenings or The Four Seasons or Julie Budd

See you in September See you when the summer's through Here we are (bye, baby, goodbye) Saying goodbye at the station (bye, baby, goodbye) Summer vacation (bye, baby bye, baby) Is taking you away (bye, baby, goodbye)

30. "You'll Never Know" Vera Lynn or Lois Griffin

You'll never know just how much I miss you You'll never know just how much I care And if I tried, I still couldn't hide my love for you

31. "Baby I Love You" The Ronettes or The Ramones

How good it feels to hold you It isn't easy to explain And though I'm really trying I think I may start crying My heart can't wait another day When you kiss me I've just got to say

[existentialmagazine]

Review: Alice Pisano’s newest catchy pop release ‘Part-Time Girlfriend’ embodies fierce vocals, addictive instrumentals and a liberating message of knowing your worth

Italian born, London based rising star Alice Pisano has been taking the London pop scene by storm since her 2018 beginnings, naturally writing releases that both entwine high-spirited releases with messages that carry an emotional value too. Following the release of Pisano’s ‘Shattered but Still Cool’ EP earlier this year, Alice is now sharing her newest single ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ that’s the perfect summer bop to be playing loud and dancing along to at every opportunity you find.

Emphatic right from its beginnings, ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ immediately from pressing play embodies all of the addictive spice you could hope for, upbeat and steaming along at full force. A storming, quick-paced beat brings the momentum instantly into the first verse, accompanied by intermittent claps, pops of synth and a vibrant electric guitar riff, a simple but catchy concoction of sounds. Singing atop it with a more downbeat, casual delivery, Alice rather charismatically tells her striking narrative front and centre of it all, capturing lines with an airy, feel-good approach easy to sing along and get in the groove of. Picking up with added bright, drawn-out beats for the pre-chorus, ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ only continues to grow and keep you completely mesmerised before the chorus finally explodes into a fiery outburst you’ll be utterly hooked on. Crashing into thundering electronic beats, synth fizzles and of course Alice’s staple vocal performance that comes completely unleashed as she cathartically soars through dominant vocal highs and a cascading range, ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ hits every single peak of an exceptionally gripping edgy pop release you could want. While clean and catchy, Alice has also nailed a slight rock-based undertone reminiscent of Avril Lavigne’s witty character and spirited sound, an all around top-notch single that leaves us wondering how long it’ll be before Alice Pisano is a name we’re hearing everywhere.

In an era of “situationships” and half-baked relationships tailed off into nothingness, Alice has penned an all-too relatable lyrical message of letting go of all those people who just aren’t ready to commit after stringing you along for as long as possible. Turning their backs on you when things got too serious, ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ is a liberating anthem for burning all those bridges and knowing your worth, all the while angstily releasing the frustrations of being led on and visualising a future together just to be continually left heartbroken time and time again. As lines like ‘I let my guard down because it felt so natural, I really thought that we were compatible’ share how Alice allowed herself to open up, there’s a definite aching buried inside of ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ that yearns for a connection without the let down, but Alice’s confidence has a natural way of burying it into high energy, sing-along lines. Detailing the way she began to allow their lives to combine, Alice sings ‘you picked me up at the airport… we talk about our families’, small and simple details that began to make their connection feel all the more real and as though it were headed into serious territory. But it’s not long before the chorus hook slams back into reality, declaring ‘Oh, what a waste of my time, I’m not gonna be a part-time girlfriend’ after yet another request to ‘keep it casual’, as Alice knows she’s worth more than just being someone’s piece on the side destined to be discarded when they’re done with her. While it’s constantly delivered with a wit and self-assured conviction, if you really listen to the narrative of ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ it truly carries a deep message of preaching self-love, not allowing anyone to hold you back and finding the love you really deserve, with a sprinkling of pain and heartbreak muddled in too.

Speaking on the track Alice says: “I wrote Part-Time Girlfriend after dating a guy who didn’t want to commit… It’s a kiss-off to someone who made you believe they wanted to be in a relationship with you, but backed out when things got too serious. It was so liberating writing it!”

Check out ‘Part Time Girlfriend’ here to enjoy Alice’s blazing sound and lyricism you’ll be screaming along with and feeling all at the same time.

Written by: Tatiana Whybrow

Photo Credits: Unknown

// This coverage was created via Musosoup, #SustainableCurator.

[agentsquirrelsgotrobots]

"Orion fucking Pax, don't you dare walk away from me!"

Heatwave watched as a beast former he had never seen before grabbed Optimus by his smokestack and pushed him onto his knees.

"None of that shit. You stay down when I am talking to you. I have had it. You hear me, had it with you, and your little war games. You end them now, or I will be speaking to Uncle, and he will end this himself. And you won't like how he does that."

"Sure, sure, I will try to end the war, just stop doing this in front of the mortals."

"Oh? Embarrassed now? Yeah, I thought so. But, you have been lying to everyone who has ever fought for you."

Optimus finally realized he had an audience. "No, no, Heatwave, Heatwave, he is lying! Don't listen to him!"

"Hey, Asshat Prime, I'm not done. Not only was the big bad slag maker a product of a stupid lovers quarrel, but he's been keeping the war going and lying to you about it. Yeah? Does that sound right? You like fighting your former fuck toy so much that you are willing to lead even more of our father's people to their deaths just for your own sick pleasure, all while stringing along that medic the whole time. Really, Ratchet deserves so much better than you."

"Fine, fine he does, I will break up with him, are you happy?"

"No. You realized that you killed 99.99% of my creations, right? My children, the ones I spend countless millennia rearing and shaping and innovating new adaptations so they can thrive in their environments? Well, I am sick of that. I am done, and my father gave me permission to perform drastic measures. All new cybertronians born will now be beastformers. After all, it's only fair. Also, after you end your little war, all your power will be drained. You will live out the rest of your mortal lifespan and then spend as long as Father deems fit, taking care of my less successful children. Hope you like tube feeding and changing waste tanks because you will be looking forward to a lot of those. Of course, I have to say, Elita says hi, and she won't be joining you often. We are buddies and have had 3 million years to bond over your idiocy."

"What? Why would Elita want anything to do with you?"

"Cause I have babies, and Elita adores kids. Would absolutely melt if she had the chance to live on earth. She whined endlessly for her to be able to hold my more fragile ones. Finally, I had to give in just so she would leave my organic experiments alone. Also, on that end of the coin, notice anything new with Cody? The cute little bugger was one of my little ones. Uncle let me breathe a little life into a few of the lifeforms that lived on his surface. Nothing too drastic, just some resistance against energon poisoning, some all-around hardiness, and an EM field. Maybe even some charmspeak thrown in there for flavor."

"Charmspeak?" Heatwave asked, slightly confused. Cody popped his head out from his cab, where he was taking a break from the summer heat to take a nap in the AC.

"The ability to keep you dumbasses from flying off the handle whenever you don't get your way." Onyx said. "The name's Onyx, by the way. But I guess you already knew that. Anyway, Elita insisted on being here to watch, so…"

He snapped his fingers, and a femme racer made out of a teal haze dotted with stars leaned against the garage door. A golden predacon pup was magnetized to her chest, and her hips were slung with belts of bullets and knives. A massive machine gun was bolted to one shoulder.

"By the way, I still hate you for leaving me on Cybertron." She said. "But then, I wouldn't have been able to cuddle the babies all day. Yes, yes, you are the best thing ever." She bopped the pup's nose and focused on Optimus. "Orion, you really are stupid. Have fun explaining to your dad every mistake you have ever made!"

Onyx waved his hands, and a portal opened. He dragged Optimus inside by his smokestack, Elita following him.

The portal closed, and Heatwave took another look at the very sleepy Cody. "Welp. That explains why he hasn't died yet."

"What?" Cody said. "I swear I heard my mom talk."

Heatwave chooses to ignore that statement, bringing Cody inside to get some fluids in him and maybe an intoxacating drink for himself.

So was nobody gonna tell me about the theory that Cody is Onyx Prime Reincarnated

MY MIND IS BLOWN

Like it's absolutely insane but IT ALSO EXPLAINS A TON AND I CAN'T REALLY ARGUE-

Like I love Cody, he's an ADORABLE bean, and probably one of the best human characters in the franchise. he's just a sweet lil bean who genuinely wanted to befriend Cybertronians and managed to single handedly be the ENTIRE reason the team got their act together at all, the ONLY reason Heatwave gave humans a chance, and not only did Heatwave give him a chance, HE BASICALLY FUCKING ADOPTED THE KID.

But EVERYONE I have ever seen is C O N F U S E D as to why. WHY is this Kid gifted with Godly empathy and communication skills that stump and get grown adults and LITERAL ALIENS to change their entire frame of mind, going from ready to fucking throw hands to talking civilly in a matter of seconds!!!! KIDS DON'T DO THAT. CODY IS ONLY EIGHT. YEARS. OLD. AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SHOW, 14 BY SEASON 4, AND PROBABLY 16-17 BY RBA.

.... So here's why I love this theory.

IT. EXPLAINS. THINGS.

(after days of obsessive Onyx Prime research)

-Oynx Prime's main abilities were his communication skills/Empathy, something that would probably carry over in Reincarnation. In fact, I've seen TONS of people theorize that Onyx was Reincarnated as Cody for the purpose of guiding the rescue bots, who would ultimately go on to change the course of Human/Cybertronian relations as a whole!

In fact, Cody has connected with Cybertronians SO WELL, Whirl casually dropped in an episode of RBA that sometimes, THE RECRUITS F O R G E T THAT CODY ISN'T CYBERTRONIAN.

THEY FREAKING FORGET THAT HE'S A HUMAN

.... What if Cody happens to fit in so well with Cybertronians.... Because he has a Spark?????

-Onyx Prime has massive wings. Cody is CONSTANTLY associated with Flight across the show. He wears a Bomber Jacket, uses a hoverboard, briefly used those rocket shoe things, and constantly rides along with Blades and Dani.

-Onyx Prime's Alt-Mode is a Griffin. Not only does the show constantly address the mythology of Griffins (and TFP says Predacons were actually responsible for Earth's mythological creatures in the first place), but the show LITERALLY TAKES PLACE ON AN ISLAND CALLED "Griffin Rock"

Lastly, I'm not sure if this counts,

But one thing about Cody has bugged me literally the entire show. Legit, as long as I've loved rescue bots, this has bugged me.

Cody's blonde hair.

i know this sounds stupid, but... THE KID'S HAIR MAKES NO SENSE.

Charlie has been show to have had brown hair when he was younger. Dani and Kade are both bright redheads, Graham is kinda a reddish brown.

if Charlie had brown hair, then than implies that the mom was a redhead, right???

So where's the Blonde come from????

I'm not claiming to be an expert in either Genetics, Reincarnation, or Onyx Prime.

But.......

This is the only answer I have, so, I'M ROLLING WITH IT

Cody Burns, human with a Spark!

[lovvelorrn]

red vault tracks have me on a CHOKEHOLD

[kindahoping4forever]

It’s been nearly 4 years and I still think about the line “the scratch in your voice leaves me no choice” almost daily

[olivianott]

🖤Bestie, thank you for the tag, you know I don’t do my own playlists tho @sylviaonyx

I usually listen to my “liked songs” playlist which is obviously my long time favorite and I would call it “everything except metal and country” 😌

On shuffle:

Venom - Little Simz

I’m okay - Night Lovell

Vossi Bop - Stormzy

Waste of time - Brennan Savage

Unemployed - Tierra Whack

Bad girls - M.I.A.

Certified freak - Carla Prata

Lost - Major Lazer ft MØ

Change - BANKS

Suck it and see - Arctic Monkeys

Honorable mention for how obsessed I am this summer:

Танцуйте - ATL

No pressure obv but I’m tagging you 🖤:

🎧 @princessrottenpeach @sunkissesforzeus @dexoq @vivi-la-vita @istarbel @arielle-reads @sp7-mr @mllemacabre @thetacowrites

Making my own game because I'm bored and want to know what everyone likes to listen to.

Pick a playlist that you like the best

Tell me what you called it, and then shuffle (or pick your favorites)

List the first ten songs it gives you (along with the artist)

Then tag 10 people

I'll go first

DISAPPOINTING MY PARENTS

1. Cupid's Chokehold: Gym Class Heroes

2. Austin: Dasha

3. Summer Love: Justin Timberlake

4. Texas Hold 'Em: Beyonce

5. A Little Good News: Anne Murray

6. Wildflowers and Wild Horses: Lainey Wilson

7. 1985: Bowling for Soup

8. Fergalicious: Fergie

9. Hollaback Girl: Gwen Stafani

10. Basket Case: Green Day

And 2 more because I can

Your Love Is My Drug: Ke$ha

Gives You Hell: All-American Rejects

NP tags: @bubble-pop-eclectic @yourcoolauntie @lokisgoodgirl @kpopnstarwars @alwaysmicado @lokischambermaid @goodwithcheese @galentir @dindjarindiaries @punkshort

[mielgf]

full offence why does the mamma mia soundtrack have to go THAT hard ://

[lovejoshua]

when calum sings "the scratch in your voice leaves me no choice, and I won't give up, and I can't give up"

[kim-lexie]

summer 2022.

well fam...has it been a minute or what? i realized i was getting more anxious to upload, because it seemed all too daunting. i have accepted that this will inevitably be a subpar rewind just because oh so much happened. and after this year i hope to get back to more frequent posts. any waayyy...

music.

‘world’ by seventeen. AKA SONG OF THE SUMMER. AKA OWNER OF MY HEART. AKA THE BESTEST TRACK EVER. it literally is full of sunshine and rainbows. it cures any ailment. i freaking love this, fills me for breakfast, lunch and dinner. it is the absolute best track. and it fills my heart. 10 out of 10 recommend.

seventeen. literally their whole discography. i had the immense pleasure to see them live during their north american tour. all i can say is that it was such a unique experience. listening to their music since debut, watching their survival show, and seeing them grow. it was wild to just see them, because when i first got into k-pop i never thought i would be able to experience a live show without going to korea. then to see the first group that got me into k-pop, host an arena tour…i was so emotional seeing them in real life. like we are talking ugly crying level. 

‘slam the door’ by ciipher. a complete an utter bop. thank you to ‘yoshified’ on youtube, because dang this person really recommends the best tracks. and i would never have had a complete summer playlist without this. 

‘scared’ by p1harmony. let me start by saying this was noisy but it an absurdly good way. like oh my goodness they just came for me like that.

nayeon. our queen. ‘pop’ and ‘no problem’ on repeat. we stan. (p.s. ready for jihyo’s solo) 

monsta x. ‘whispers in the dark’ and ‘if with u’ also on repeat. all the time. 

onlyoneof. the single tracks that they’ve released. i am in love with ‘be free’ by KB, and ‘begin’ by yu jung. and the music videos and the intertwining storylines, like yes please and thank you. 

newjeans. ‘you got me looking for AATTTTEEENNTTTIOOOOON’ catch me screaming their lyrics at the top of my lungs. the way they dropped their singles, like woah hold up. ‘hype boy’ definitely a favorite track. and ‘cookie’ is never played it makes me immensely uncomfy. i hope they stick to chill appropriate concepts, because come on hybe…

blackpink. the queens have returned and this album…controversial opinion….the title tracks were not it, but the B-sides. fammmmm these slayed it. catch me crying in the bathroom, i love them. 

‘after like’ by ive. how can they always release bops, and the b-side ‘satisfaction’ like come on stunning. 

’24/7’ by DKB. this track. i love that it comes in with the chorus. i freaking love it. 

‘my type’ by brb. this is a new group i discovered and love them. technically not k-pop, it’s in english, they are from singapore but i couldn’t not include because the vibes are there. and it sounds heavily influenced by k-r&b and i am here for it.

‘excuses’ by twlv. another chill bop. like this dude has an incredible voice, and he could sing my grocery list and i would love it. 

‘sexy nukim’ feat. RM by balming tiger. FAM. when this song dropped i was like WOOOAHHHHH. these artists’ style and groove, i can’t get over it. thank you namjoon for collaborating with them and putting them on my radar, because they pass the vibe check. 

‘us’ by moon jong up. randomly stumbled upon this gem, and i am so sad that there is not more content from this stunning human. 

‘mascara’ by XG. it’s a bop, i scream it. ‘baby girl don’t you ever be wasting your good energy’ like amen honey!

‘talk that talk’ by twice. it’s twice you know its gonna be a bop. the dance addicting. 

dramas & movies *spoilers ahead*

my mister. i would give this drama a 9 out of 10. we follow dong-hun who is really going through it, like bad. like his wife is having an affair with his boss, and his family is a mess. his brothers live with his mother, and they are kind of subpar not doing the most. he meets ji-an a young girl in a difficult situation, she is being harassed by loan sharks. things get shady when she comes to find out about the affair, and uses it to blackmail the vice president and she has to get dong-hun to leave the company. she obviously doesn’t go through with it, but fates get tangled, and i would be lying if i said i was upset that our main actors didn’t get up together. but i understand why, they learned a lot from each other. it was tragic, raw, and everything you want in a melodramatic drama. 

tomorrow. fam i started this drama for rowoon, but i finished it for soohyuk because dang….we follow jun-woong who is struggling to get a job after school but ends up in a coma and meets grim reapers. they come up with a plan to get him back to the world of the living by helping the crisis management team. this team’s goal is to save suicidal people. i loved the dynamics between the team, and i loved the ending of this drama. i would give this drama a 9 out of 10. i loved the style of it, each episode being a new situation and issue to solve. this was a difficult drama to watch at times, it obviously covers the trigger topics of suicide, domestic violence, and depression. the concept was unique and i loved how they offered reasonable ways to overcome and get necessary help. i loved the relationship that was unpacked between koo ryeon and joong-gil because it went so far back, and his choice to completely forget it because the situation pained him so much. but she remembered it all. i recall my heart breaking into a million pieces as their story unfolded towards the end. like there were not enough tissues to rescue all the tears.

like literally look at the way he looks at her. let me weep.

sh**ting stars. this drama was a 10 out of 10 cute fun summer drama. we are in the entertainment world with our girl han-byeol (lee sung kyung) as our leader of the PR team, and she actively manages gong tae-sung (king young-dae). he is the top actor, and their relationship is everything. she starts the drama unable to tolerate him, because she has known him since college. we come to find that he has always had feelings for her, and little misunderstandings had driven them apart. but my goodness you know that by the end of the drama they were together, and sooooo stinking cute. i loved their interactions. i also freaking loved how everyone ended up happy! like our second male lead was no second male lead, he got his own happy ending. and i loved the coworkers that ended up together in this drama too. like yes we stan character development all around! it was great!

sound of magic. i don’t know what i expected, but dang it was a musical and outright wild at times. i gave it a 9 out of 10. yoon a-yi is a high school student working hard to support her sister. she doesn’t have a supportive father because loan sharks drove him out of the home. na il-deung (hwang inyeop) competes with her to be top of the class. he likes her (obviously). our girl stumbles upon an amusement park and meets a magician there. he encourages her to believe in magic, and a quite odd relationship ensues. definitely not going to lie it was on my radar because my hwang inyeop is in it, and literally anything and everything he touches is gold to me. but it was incredible, and i loved all that they did in this drama, though it was short lived, i hope they will continue this story. 

yumi’s cells 2. i was hyped fam. really hyped about it. like yes ba-bi (jinyoung), he is our man. we stan, we love. men fail. he failed us, and i’m not going to lie did that bump my rating down to a 7…yes. yess it did. once again we follow our girl yumi, in her life through work, pursuing her dream of writing. achieving her goals. and seeing ba-bi be absolute trash. so yeah. i hate ba-bi and if anyone asks i never liked him. i am ready for season 3 to come through and give us a happy ending. i am deserving of this after surviving this long, only to be betrayed by ba-bi. 

dear m. FINALLY i got to see this gem after waiting forever (only) to see it. so sad about the delayed release because it would surely have taken over everything if it was a live drama. i loved the concept of always trying to figure out who ‘M’ was, and it looking like it was anyone and everyone. we follow joo-a who has been besties with min-ho (jaehyun) for forever, and they are at university together. we follow their university struggles as they get through the semester, and we meet their roomates, who are all great. and i loved that we got to see all their personalities develop and grow. there was also immense growth from joo-a, which we love to see. i loved all the characters we got to meet. and seeing jaehyun freaking slay, i stan. i would rate this an 8.5 out of 10.

weathering with you. this was an anime that i watched and it was stunning. i loved the concept. a high schooler runs away from home to tokyo. he befriends a girl who has the power to control the weather. it wrecked me emotionally and i loved it. i would give it a 7

studio ghibli: my neighbor totoro, ponyo, howl’s moving castle, spirited away. not me rewatching these studio ghibli titles. they are always a 10 out of 10 recommend. 

why her. once again hwang inyeop. my man coming through with the dramas that will make me cry. in this drama, we follow oh soo-jae a freaking boss lawyer. like the youngest partner at the best law firm in korea. she is driven out and gets demoted to be a professor at a law school. gong chan is a student there and it turns out they had met in the past. he was wrongly accused of murder and she was his public defendant, she was the only one who believed in him. but it turns out that she didn’t give the case her all as the defendant. but he knows her true intentions, and how she was blackmailed by the political moves happening. they all work together along with other students in their law clinic to uncover the truth. it was really frustrating/infuriating at times, because the head of the law firm is absolute utter garbage and the things he did were AWFUL. but overall i loved this drama. a 9 out of 10 recommend. 

the uncanny counter. i loved this one. we follow so mun who gets possessed by a spirit that rescues people on the verge of death, to hunt down evil spirits. these fellow counters operate out of a noodle shop. and we meet our crew of unlikely heroes here. i loved how they were a found family, and they all come together in various situations. there were so many hilarious laugh out loud moments imbedded in this quite sad theme. se-jeong is the best and i picked this one for her. i would rate it an 8.5 out of 10.

extraordinary attorney woo. if there was ever a green light drama this would be the one. a 10 out of 10 recommend. it was so precious, and i loved all the characters that we met. we follow woo young-woo an incredible bright individual who happens to be on the autism spectrum. she starts working at a law firm, and this brings about the best and worst in others. each episode was a new case, and we got to see her unique perspective on conquering each case. we also saw her relationships with others in the hanbada office. freaking fell in love with lee jun-ho, and her bestie from university yoon-kyung. they were always looking out. and we loved the character development that happened with their coworker joo jong-hyuk. this one shall get it’s own recap. because i have so many feelings and favorite moments. 

alchemy of souls. when i say i didn’t know what to do with my life when this gem of a drama ended, i literally did not know what to do. it was a top tier drama for me. like the characters, the set design, the world building. it has it all. it shall too have its own recap, because dang, too much happened and i am not emotionally ready for december. i would 10 out of 10 recommend. we follow jang-uk from a noble family, rejected by the skilled teachers. he stumbles upon mu-deok, who happens to be naksu an elite warrior/assassian trapped in mu-deok’s physically weak body. she decides to be his master and teach him fighting skills. a lot of crazy nonsense goes down, and so many plot twists happen. and i freaking loved it. i loved the character development especially from out naksu and wanting to put others around her first. like yes queen.