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selfsabotaqe · 7 months

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hi everyone! it's been a while & finally i'm making my comeback. work has finally left me some room to breathe so i'll be reappearing on your dash and hopefully getting back into the swing of replies. down below there's a full list of everything currently in my drafts. please let me know whether you'd like to continue or drop these threads. whichever scenario is completely fine and understandable (it's been a hot sec after all), just let me know. if you'd prefer to start something new, we can also do that. feel free to message me or reply to this post anytime. there's no rush at all to make up your mind, but just to start off i'll start with replies for threads people do actively express interest in. so if anything from this list is something you're still excited about, let me know and i'll prioritize. we can always waitlist the other stuff while we feel it out. anyway, let me know, come chat, let me love u down and can't wait to continue writing together. love u all! 💗🥹

with @persephonyed. carlos x lorenzo marley x camille

with @silvrmoon. nadiye x milo axel x kadri zehra x sierra

with @lilacwiine. drew x felice amara x maya

with @invcntions. alec x lucas mateo x saxon devrim x leo beau x koa emre x noah luca x jaiden (smth new?) jesse x finn peyton x vance soren x lincoln

with @horrorphase. dominic x percy milan x kendall

with @slumpcd. max x theo kendall x nolan jinny x gwen

with @gcldcnhour. eden x mathias rhys x bodie isabel x tate alina x priya zoe x knox ethan x violet marisol x miriam

with @temptedfates. emmett x aydin noor x solana

with @spectraled. maddie x rory tbd x dallas (thought abt replying if u would like replies <3)

with @vacationeyes. marco x conrad julian x callum emre x frankie xavier x tyson jude x forest

with @lovecharged. jonas x antonio aleksei x drake bridie x quilo tbd x amie jonas x antonio (part two) julian x zayn felix x robin nadiye x rasim tatum x uziah carlos x gabriel

with @fruitpoem. ambar x joel

with @inkiidreams. aera x selin davika x esra carlos x mallory merve x yaritza robin x aurelia lais x nova casper x knox lachlan x olivia

with @wutheringdevotion. lachlan x oliver rowan x ginny connor x evan meera x monique carlos x gabriel gwen x jonah margot x adrian

with @gardenwalls. meera x paloma alec x mack naiyana x nadine daniel x minako laura x andrea fabien x mei li nazli x rhys

with @felteverywhere. alina x rowan

with @sunstvne. santiago x constantin

with @gvngsigns. gabriela x lucas kai x mateo florence x liam tobias x zuri andrea x cruz ricardo x vincent

with @scbrvght. all of our formula one threads (don't think i owe u the replies but let me know if you'd like to continue them <3) lale x finley soren x everly

mAYBE im missing things. if there's anything i owe you that isn't on this list, feel free to point it out to me! and also vice versa, if you owe me something & you want to discuss continuing or dropping it, just come message me and we can chat about it!

#this literally took forever but <3 #just don't wanna drop the current things if people are still interested #because i genuinely love these pairings?#so please don't hesitate to tell me if you'd like to continue certain threads because then they'll be prioritized!

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deadbydad · 2 years

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Robin Arellano x Finney Blake as Parents

They adopt twin boys

Oliver James Arellano and Kenny Ethan Arellano

Oliver is four and Kenny is one

Kenny's first word was momma and he calls Finney that all the time (Finney loves it though)

Oliver's first word was shit and Finney blames that on Robin, Gwen, and Vance

Oliver likes space just like Finney and Kenny likes cats

Robin cried when Kenny had to get his first shots

Finney quit college when they adopted the twins and Robin started working shorter hours

Every movie night ends with Finney, Oliver, and Kenny falling asleep on Robin

Finney has videos of Kenny pulling Robins hair

Robin has pictures of the twins in his wallet and Finney has a pendant with pictures of them in it

Every birthday ends with a food fight

The only way to get Kenny to sleep is if he's laying between Robin and Finney

Both parents take turns every night to get Kenny back to sleep when he wakes up

Thank you @missunytheartist for the name Kenny, I would have never guessed that!

I hope you guys find these as adorable as I did, I was smiling so much my face was hurting!

Thank you guys for all the support, and I can't wait for you guys to see what I post in the future!

#finbin #rinney #robin x finney #finney x robin #finney blake #robin arellano #robin the black phone #finney the black phone #tbp finney #tbp robin #the black phone

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deadcactuswalking · 10 months

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 26/08/2023 (Nothing)

We get a #1 switch-up once again this week as Dua Lipa takes the crown with “Dance the Night”, becoming her fourth #1 on the UK charts as a credited artist, dethroning the fellow Barbie soundtrack single “What Was I Made For?” by Billie Eilish. That’s pretty much all that happened, so skip this episode if you want. If you didn’t, welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!

Rundown

As always, we start this week - where nothing out of the ordinary occurred, I promise - with the notable dropouts, songs exiting the UK top 75 - which is what I cover - after spending five weeks there or peaking in the top 40, of which there were very few. We say farewell to “Barbie Girl” by Aqua, “What it Is” by Doechii, or the “Block Boy” version with Kodak Black, “DIal Drunk” by Noah Kahan, of course assited by its remix with Post Malone, and “Wish You the Best” by Lewis Capaldi.

We then welcome back “Everybody Wants to Rule the World” by Tears for Fears at #74, “Super Shy” by NewJeans at #72, “Riptide” by Vance Joy at #71, “Escapism.” by RAYE featuring 070 Shake at #65 and “Boy’s a liar” by PinkPantheress at #64, and as for our notable gains, we see boosts for “Bad Habits” by Ed Sheeran at #70, “Baby Don’t Hurt Me” by David Guetta, Anne-Marie and Coi Leray at #68, “I’m Good (Blue)” by David Guetta and Bebe Rexha at #67, “Kill Bill” by SZA at #63, “Die for You” by The Weeknd at #62, “UNAVAILABLE” by Davido featuring Musa Keys at #54, “Highs & Lows” by Prinz featuring Gabriela Bee at #47, “Feel It” by Jazzy getting a big surge at #45, “Popular” by The Weeknd, Playboi Carti and Madonna at #43, “Daylight” by David Kushner at #42, “Fast Car” by Luke Combs at #34, “Bittersweet Goodbye” by Issey Cross at #31, “The Weekend” by Stormzy and RAYE at #29, “Rush” by Troye Sivan at #28, “Dog Days are Over” by Florence + the Machine at #27, “Rich Men North of Richmond” by Oliver Anthony Music at #23 - I’m probably the only person happy about this - “Asking” by Sonny Fodera and MK featuring Clementine Douglas at #21, “Prada” by casso, RAYE and D-Block Europe at #20 and finally, “Baddadan” by Chase & Status, Bou and everyone else at #14. Sheesh, a lot of gains this week, some I’m excited about, some I’m not particularly, and given Drake probably isn’t coming next week, I can’t confirm that this stuff won’t stick around for at least a little while.

The top five of the UK Singles Chart consists of “Cruel Summer” by Taylor Swift at #5, a big surge for Doja Cat at #4 with “Paint the Town Red” - not complaining about that, though I honestly didn’t expect it to be a little come back for her - then “vampire” by Olivia Rodrigo at #3, and of course, “What Was I Made For?” at #2 and “Dance the Night” at the very top. Now, uh, for whatever is happening below, which isn’t much of interest… oh, wait. There are no new songs to review. I cover the UK Top 75, and have done since October 2020 when I expanded from the top 40, and this is kind of unprecedented. We’ve had a week or two where there are only one or two songs, and maybe there has been a similar week to this during the holiday season, so I knew it was coming eventually but this is still a first. I’ve had several plans for this over the years - do I take suggestions? Do I just review the new entries to the top 100? I can’t really do that since they might end up gaining into the top 75, and there’s only two new entries in the full region anyway. Hell, same thing could happen if I take suggestions, but I have done it before to fill in the gaps for Christmas episodes. Maybe I should review Donald Trump’s mugshot, that’s topical, right? I could bring back Off the Charts but I’m not really listening to new album releases as religiously anymore. Hmm… okay, I think I got something.

Genre Charts

So, one thing I don’t often talk about on this show is the wealth of charts based on genre that the Official Charts Company… provides, I can’t really call them a gift given the lack of a functioning website and some… questionable genre categorisation, as well as rules that aren’t consistent with the main chart, which means older songs stick around. For example, let me give you the idea for this episode: I’m going to pick the highest-charting song from four - or three, you’ll see - of the genre-specific singles charts that has not made the top 75 as of yet. Let’s start with the genre I’m probably most fond of out of the selection OCC gives us: rock. What’s the highest-charting song currently on the rock charts that has never made the main chart’s top 75, so even if I started this series in 1947, I would have never reviewed it?

Rock & Metal - “Break Stuff” by Limp Bizkit

Currently at #27, peaked at #17

Yes, I’m serious. The rock & metal chart is - kind of unexpectedly - full of old songs, and also, I’m serious that “Break Stuff” never made its way onto the UK Singles Chart, which surprised me. The newest song on there is the new entry of “Perhaps” by Guns n’ Roses, their first new song in a while that debuted at #36. Anyway, whilst I’m surprised by this never making the top 75, I’m kind of happy because it means I can talk about it here and for all the crap that Florida nu metal outfit Limp Bizkit have gotten over the years, a lot of it deserved, “Break Stuff” was an early shining moment for them. From their 1999 album Significant Other - which peaked at #10 over here - “Break Stuff” strips a lot of the overly ambitious, whiny, not-as-funny-as-he-thinks-he-is melodrama and self-indulgence that taints Fred Durst’s worst work away, as the song is raw and instinctual. Wes Borland’s gruelling riff is about as simple as it can get, yet it’s looming with menace, and the drums from John Otto find that great pocket between crushing and slightly distant, especially in the verses, wherein the staggered fills have always stood out to me. Of course, we do have to get to Fred Durst, who has always tried too hard to sound hard, and many will point to this song as an example. Personally, I think if you can’t give up your issues with Durst and sing along, or yell along, to the ever-relatable need to just let out that boiled-up anger. I always think that this song will lose its lustre when I’m not angry, or when I’m a bit older, but it just never happens. It will continue to go hard as all Hell, and a lot of that is due to that kind of hypnotic bridge, where Durst reassures you that he does indeed pack a chainsaw, before it crashes down into one of the hardest breakdowns in popular music possibly ever. Say what you will about the Limp Bizkit catalogue, and trust me, I’ll agree with most of it; this is a 10/10 song. It peaked at #23 on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 in the US, similarly not quite making it to the top 100, and charted highest in Portugal at #9. I guess the Portuguese were just really pissed off… or they liked seeing Jonathan Davis of Korn and Eminem mouth the lyrics in that now-iconic video, I don’t know. Now for the chart that the readers of this series probably care for the most, and the one that makes up much of the current chart…

Dance - uh…

OCC hates me this week, I swear to God. There is currently no song on the Dance Singles Chart top 40 that hasn’t been in the UK Top 75. Surely, the R&B and hip-hop charts will deliver.

Hip Hop and R&B - “Pink + White” by Frank Ocean

Currently at #23, peaked at #18

Okay, we’re getting pretty good luck with the songs we ARE getting. From his critically-acclaimed Blonde, which hit #1 in the UK back in 2016 and is now appreciated as a modern classic, we have “Pink + White”. I’ve never been as big a fan of Frank as many music nerds, and that includes this album… but man, I can’t deny this one. Frank reminisces on a sunset drive with his old friend, detailing a close friend of his - possibly someone who he was intimate with - who has most likely passed away. This seems to be somewhat contentious - I think the “glory from above” line makes it pretty clear - but either way, the relationship ends, yet he still latches onto the lessons he was taught, doing things “the same way [they] showed [him]”. Sonically, I mean, it’s Pharrell in his slick soul bag, with laid-back drums and an honestly kind of tense piano line that keeps the song from feeling too lethargic, alongside that acoustic guitar breakdown that is both very Pharrell and gorgeous. By the end of the song, Frank’s singing in a bed of gorgeous Beyoncé vocal riffs, produced with enough reverb to make them genuinely sound like they’re coming down from Heaven. The angelic choir by-product of their harmonies and backing vocal takes is one of the highlights off of the album and once again, with these genre charts, I have to say it’s a 10/10 song. “Pink + White” charted highest in the US, where it reached #84 on the Hot 100.

Afrobeats - “Lonely at the Top” by Asake

Currently at #6, peaked at #5

The Afrobeats singles chart seems to use a different charting and/or tracking week, but it doesn’t really matter. This is the first song - and artist - I’m covering in this episode that I don’t think I’ve come across before, on this show or otherwise. Asake is a Nigerian singer from Lagos, with this Blaise Beats-produced song coming from his second and latest album, Work of Art, which peaked at #20 on the albums chart over here earlier this year… and God damn it, this one’s excellent too. Sure, it’s a bit short, but that muffled rhythm is uniquely intimate and beeping for Afrobeats, and that flute just washes you away with the bittersweet vibes of the song, as a choir backs Asake up on his lyrics about the rise to the top and its ups and downs. Whilst a lot of sheer joy and surprise effortlessly emits from Asake and his choir, especially in his higher Auto-Tuned register, the song is grounded by those quieter strings pulling down on the carefree liveliness in the rest of the chorus. He gets closer to rapping in the second verse, as there are a lot of cute details from each backing vocal riff, a recurring percussion glitch and an awesome little horn blast that acts as a real pop-champagne moment. This may not be a 10/10 song - at least not yet - and it really is competing with classics in this episode, but it’s damn near close, and I was partly convinced it was when I heard that outro where the strings combat with the livelier tropical guitar for full attention for the first time, that was brilliant.

Conclusion

Maybe OCC should do this more often, I got to talk about three songs I love from a diverse array of genres and eras, revisiting passions of old and getting introduced to a new artist I need to check out more from. How’s that for a week where nothing happened, huh? Screw the UK Top 75, I’m just gonna review the Afrobeats songs from now on. See you next week!

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echoes-of-realities · 5 years

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Pls release your Brittana playlist :)

Okay this took a couple days because I was in nyc and then the day after I got home I had to move rooms at my res lol but here some of it is. I only included Select songs because my playlists are So Long. I have a s2 playlist and a regular playlist (which is mostly Soft or Upbeat songs with Little angst) so I divided those below the cut. I put a Small explanation with each one because music is So Important to my writing process so each of these songs have a Reason for being on the playlist lol

S2 Playlist:

She — dodie (Santana’s pov 100%, like c’mon, “am I allowed to look at her like that? // could it be wrong when she’s just so nice to look at?” is literally Santana all through s1/s2)

2/14 — The Band Camino (this one is Brittany’s pov s1/s2 and I listen to this for Angsty Brittany Feelings, like it’s All Brittany pov but especially “but these feelings they keep running the red”)

Drunk — Ed Sheeran (I dunno why but it always struck me as Santana’s pov during s2 because she has Bad Coping mechanisms)

Please Don’t Say You Love Me — Gabrielle Aplin (does this even need an explanation for being on a s2 playlist lol?)

Stubborn Love — The Lumineers (Brittany’s pov especially in the first verse with the “but I still love her, I don’t really care” part)

Young — The Band Camino (Santana’s pov tbh, like just the entire song is a study of s2 Santana imo also in unrelated news, this is the only song that consistently makes me Cry, I dunno why but the “have I changed? am I someone else? // this isn’t what it was, back when I was young” part Gets me)

Olive You — Dave Days ft. Kimmi Smiles (one of the few Cute songs on this playlist whoops lol)

Fallingwater — Maggie Rogers (”I never loved you fully in the way I could” is So Santana s2)

From Afar — Vance Joy (okay this is The Most Brittany song pre-canon/s1/s2 and that’s the hill I’ll die on, like “and I, I always knew // that I would love you from afar” Hurts, but not nearly as much as the lyrics “well I’ve been living on the crumbs of your love // and I’m starving now” because that line is Pure Pain omg)

Good To You — Marianas Trench (so my Canadian boys have So Many Angsty songs for Brittana but this fits the closest to s2 Brittana imo)

The Ground — Alice Lee (okay so this is kind of an obscure/hard to find song, but all of it is literally So Painful so there’s that; could also be s4 Angst but I don’t touch s4 lmao so it’s in my s2 playlist)

Stay — Hurts (like the opening lyrics “my whole life waiting for the right time // to tell you how I feel” Hurts in relation to Brittana, but so does “and I wonder if you know // how it feels to let you go?” hurts especially post 2x15)

The Black and White — The Band Camino (look I Know this is the 3rd one of theirs on this playlist but their entire EP is actually on my s2 playlist because it fits s2 Brittana That Well; this song specifically for Santana pov post 2x15 with the line “cause I got tired of hurting you // but now I’m hurting too” because it Hurts)

General Brittana Playlist:

Shrike — Hozier (I Know I’ve said this before on this blog but like…. this is a Brittana Song, it’s about songbirds and the first lyric is “I couldn’t utter my love when it counted // ah, but I’m singing like a bird about it now” like??? what more do you need in a Brittana song??)

Way She Sings — Ade Mai (Brittany pov!!! because of the “but no place I’ve been feels home // like the way she sings” line)

Eavesdrop — Civil Wars (a Soft song for when Brittana are dealing with Pain together like specifically abuela related pain imo)

All About Us — He Is We ft. Owl City (does “cause lovers dance when they’re feeling in love” really need an explanation?)

Tenerife Sea — (Santana pov obviously lmao, also doesn’t really need an explanation does it?)

Religion — Colton Avery (I listened to this song a lot while writing the end of the Christmas fic tbh and I still wanna write a fic with the “my idea of heaven is your hand to hold” line as a title tbh)

My Heart’s Always Yours — Arkells (from another of my Canadian boys!! this is one of lol my s6 Brittana songs for them living together because of the first line and, also, Brittany’s pov imo!!)

Call If You Need Me — Vance Joy (this song is on my playlist solely for the “I loved you in the darkness and I loved you in fluorescent light” line, which is the title of my prompts collection lol, and also because it’s a Cute song too. honestly most of Vance Joy’s songs are in my playlist because it helps me capture a Soft vibe while writing)

Honey — Andrea Gibson (because Brittany’s canon pet name for Santana is honey, this spoken word poem is just So Soft, and for the line “and you love like the war is finally over,” see also I Do by the same poet for more Soft)

The Wreck of Our Hearts — Sleeping Wolf (this is on the playlist for similar reasons to Eavesdrop and for the line “there’s a me without you // but that’s not where I belong” because it’s such a similar sentiment to “Without Britt I just exist” tbh)

#ask #anon #brittana #this is literally only like barely 10% of my general playlist whoops lol #but like 50% of my s2 playlist tbh #s2 is the only Brittana angst I don't mind #this is Long lmao sorry but still not nearly as long as my playlists whoops #music

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danielledownunder-blog1 · 7 years

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Arrival & Splendour in the Grass

I arrived to Gold Coast, Australia around 2 PM on Friday, July 21st. After a few transportation issues, I finally made it to my AirBnb in Ocean Shores. I quickly got ready and headed to Splendour in the Grass, a huge three-day music festival at North Byron Parklands, located between Byron Bay and Gold Coast.

The first night of the festival, I saw BANKS, Young Franco, Vance Joy, HAIM, and The Xx. I was lucky enough to make it the whole way up to the front row for HAIM and The Xx, the evening’s two headliners. There, I chatted with a girl from Melbourne about live music in Australia. She said that since the lockout laws went into effect, she has seen more and more artists coming to Melbourne as opposed to Sydney. She said that many people say Sydney is “dead” now due to the laws, and that nightlife there has taken a serious hit. I also spoke to a friendly couple from Auckland, who said that the music scene is much better in Australia than it is in New Zealand, regardless of the lockout laws.

During The Xx’s set that night, Oliver (bass and vocals) spoke about his appreciation for live music, recalling seeing The White Stripes at one of his first concerts (”gigs”) and how it made him appreciate music even more. He told the crowd that he feels that live music is necessary, not only as an art but in order to provide a space for people to express themselves without fear of being judged. This is an excellent example of the importance of live music, which I hope to further delve into during my Magellan Project. Triple J posted a video of Oliver’s message here: https://www.instagram.com/p/BW2NV68BqA3/?taken-by=triple_j

Throughout the festival, I got to see other artists like LANY, Oh Wonder, HWLS, and ScHoolboy Q. I also spoke with several people and asked what they know about Sydney’s lockout laws and how they feel about them, and ultimately gained some valuable insight about the prominence of live music in Australia.

Unfortunately, I woke up today to find that my transfer from Ocean Shores to the airport hostel had been cancelled. Luckily, I was able to make it to the hostel and had some free time to walk along Bilinga Beach. It was beautiful! Tomorrow I depart Gold Coast at 7 AM to fly to Melbourne where I will spend the next 8 days. I can’t wait to check out Melbourne and attend a few concerts to learn about how Melbourne regulates live music events!

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