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jibrillenyan · 3 years

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Eldarya Come-Back

[Disponibile in Italiano qui]

Eldarya EU servers are back up. For people out of the loop, a fire destroyed both the servers and the backups of Eldarya. It's not beemoov's fault.

BR and US servers, stored somewhere else, are perfectly ok.

The FR server accounts were lost, but the story retrieved.

All the others (IT HU PL DE ES RU) have both the accounts and the story wiped out. ANE has been re-translated/Recovered, but origins is currently only playable in english.

Only the first 2 episodes of ANE have been translated so far. Errata corrige: PL, RU, ES haven't released any ANE episodes yet. DE IT and HU have the first 2 available in english. DE and HU appear to be broken.

Level 7 and episode 6 of origins (completed) are needed to access the market.

BUG REPORT: Currently there is a bug where if you change the name of your companion for the first time after evolving it you lose 100gc. please take care.

BUG REPORT: If you already have a companion and you play episode 3 of Origins you won't be able to hatch the companion Kero gives you and you might get stuck right after "Objective: Go to Kero’s room to complete the Companion Questionnaire"

Accounts must be recreated. You have to create a new account and, if you ever bought maana or gold coins, follow the instructions below.

I REPEAT, ACCOUNTS ARE LOST ON THE EU SERVERS. YOU MUST MAKE A NEW ACCOUNT. (sorry, I get this one a lot)

FAQ of sort under the cut, original here. Italian translation will be here starting tomorrow. warning: it’s long XD

♦ WHAT DO I GET?

Everyone gets 1000 maanas, 100 gold coins and 350.000 ancient coins upon creating an account. You will also get 5 big exp potions, 10 small, 5 big energy potions, 10 small, 1 evolution potion and 3 incubators. You will also get the companion Sogiluv... it's not very good. You can retrieve some (most?) of the currency you bought by contacting the support (see below), you will be credited maana/ancient coins depending on your purchases; once you get the money back the 3 spin-offs will automatically unlock, along with the bank outfits.

The first companion to hatch will require no incubation time.

BR and US Server got 10.000 AC for their troubles too, but no maana or GC or items.

♦ I ENDED UP IN THE WRONG GUARD.

Please check this page. Re-doing the 3rd episode of Origins WON'T help.

♦ DECORATING GUARDIENNE'S ROOM, EP 5-6.

If you want to know how to get the guy you like AND have the room decorated by him, or other questions along these lines check this link

♦ WHAT'S THE BEST COMPANION TO USE?

Since you can now get any companion you like if you want to get the "best" one in terms of energy/luck ratio you should consider these:

PLESE NOTE: Hatching an adult companion (Chiromagnus, Blobbiathan) has the advantage of giving you an adult companion AND saving the evolution potion. This could be nice to have, for example, during a map event, you can use all the energy of your companion after midnight, then hatch another egg, use all the energy of the baby, evolve with the potion, use all the energy of the adult. If well played , with a baby companion, it means potentially 400-500 energy to use on the map

"Best" Companion, bought food (36 maana): Blobbiathan Energy 170 (already an adult when hatched) Luck 360 - 400

"Best" Companion, bought food (30 maana or less):

1. Chiromagnus Energy 160 (already an adult when hatched) Luck 340-390

2. Zarali Energy 90-160 Luck 350-380

3. Ocemas Energy 100-150 Luck 310-360

4. Ciralak Energy 110-160 Luck 300-350

4. Rawist Energy 110-160 Luck 300-350

"Best" Companion, farmed food (in exploration):

1. Alfeli: Energy 80-150 Fortuna 320 -370

2. Gallytrot: Energy 110-150 Fortuna 320-370

I consider the Alfeli "better" because its food, elven grapes, comes from a 20energy/30 min area, Mont sizhe, compared to the food for the gallytrot, gallyflore, from the Cave (35 energy/60 min).

♦ WHAT CAN I USE ANCIENT COINS FOR?

There is a special ancient coins shop (Until May 9th) with ALL the items ever released in the game. I do not advise using them for Origins illustrations but I suggest you grab some of the rarest items at least. It's among the boutiques.

BANK ITEMS WILL ONLY APPEAR AFTER RETRIEVING THE PURCHASED CURRENCY (? Im not sure about this, some are there from the beginning and I'm still waiting on the email I sent for the currency)

♦ HOW LONG DOES THE SHOP LAST?

May 9th

♦ HOW DO I GET MY BOUGHT MAANA/GOLD COINS BACK?

Go to "your account" by clicking on your name (top right). There is a button to retrieve the credit, for many payment options there is a simple form to fill.

However, if you paid by credit card or paypal you have to send an email to the support (you can get the adress by clicking on "other"). In the mail you should include:

Credit card:

- Old/New Username (if they aren't the same) - The email address associated to the accounts - The date and the amount in €/$ of a recent transaction (max 12 months old, the most recent, the better). - Last 4 digits of the credit card you used. - I'm not sure what happens if you you used more than a credit card, I'd suggest sending one transaction per credit card and telling them about this issue.

Paypal:

- Old/New Username (if they aren't the same) - The email address associated to the accounts - If it's not the same email address, the email address/username of the paypal account. - The date and the transaction ID* of a recent transaction (max 12 months old, the most recent, the better).

* Transaction ID's can be found in the confirmation email you get when you make a payment or on the paypal website, in the payment history section.

One ID should suffice, they can retrieve them all from there.

♦ WHAT DO YOU ADVISE WE BUY?

On a general note, do not buy things that can be found at all times, like explorations items, other than that, anything you like, but I'd at least consider to buy/play the following:

*** PLEASE NOTE: I've heard rumors that during each event, you will be able to find things in explorations from the previous events of that kind, so easter should have the other easter events' outfits on the map. I'd wait a bit to spend the coins to see if we get any confirmation, the store will be open until May 9th.

HOW CAN I KNOW WHERE (SOMETHING) IS FROM?

Wiki. Or This wonderful site. Or the wikinyan (c'est moi!), I don't mind answering specific messages, I'll update this post with any question I get. If you don't know the french name you can find it out in the French shop.

1. COMPANIONS:

Other than the event companions that you like you should probably consider...

GET:

Minaloo and Draflayel. These only comes from the purro'swap. Once the store closes, if you're unlucky, you'll never see them again.

Calunko and Bunraku. They're 2 of the japan expo rewards and with the merchandise boutique closed, they're incredibly hard to obtain, you need a physical code.

Chiromagnus, while you can get this from explorations, the scroll for it is extremely rare, and 2000 AC is stealing it.

ON THE FENCE:

The Seryphon , Poulpatata (both of them) and the chestok. These can be found on AH but require Gold coins to get in exploration. Personally I won't get them, but it's personal preference.

SKIP:

All the normal explorations companions, no matter how rare. They'll start popping up at the market soon enough

2. CLOTHES:

This is clearly completely at your own discretion, Events and ranking rewards should be considered. However there are some times never released before, like the fireflies so...

GET:

Fireflies. A beta-tester reward item, they were never made available to purchase before.

Steam girl set (Total: 1594 AC). It's the japan expo 2017 reward, 9 pieces

Maana demon and its other 3 colorations is a skin never seen in the game, previously reserved for admins. It could however be added to explorations, like other items of this kind.

Frency French was once an inside joke for ChiNoMiko, has not been made available to the public before, you can buy the skin, the hairstyle (it's a special jackson), Frency French Top, etc it's just a joke, but it's still something you won't see again, if you like it.

ON THE FENCE:

Depending how much you hate alchemy, you can consider some alchemy stuff.

Some rare Skins like Nan'vi, that could be hard to find in explorations

Rainbow and Pearly hair colours, if you like them, they can be rare/offered only in rare circumstances.

Crylasm set (526 AC), top, socks, hat. It was a special Christmas outfit released one piece at a time during Christmas events of 2016, 2017, 2018

Healer support Set (400 AC), made of 7 pieces, it was a special gift given at the beginning of the 2020 pandemic)

Rainbow Spirit (1594 AC), released for the 2020 Pride month (sorta)

Guard ranking rewards, the total il 11.980 AC (thanks Desdhi ♥)

SKIP:

Anything normally on the shop, or from (normal) map explorations.

3.ILLUSTRATIONS:

GET:

Possibly the event ones you like the best, there should be 42 event illustrations for a total of 105.000 ac

SKIP:

If you have the time to farm, the episodes' ones. They're way cheaper with replay, with a few exceptions (see below).

ON THE FENCE:

There are a few episodes where it's cheaper to buy the other illustrations than replay, I'll make a list below.

♦HOW MUCH IS...

EGGS

As "one time" I mean it's either now or never, so exclusive items or event items, unless they come back with their event.

No Explorations is events + rare +the stuff that you would pay gc to get the bait for

All the eggs: 222.400,

One-time + rare ones: Chiromagnus, Minaloo Draflayel: 164.500

one-time: 158.000

No explorations (+GC/rare ones): 180.700

BACKGROUNDS:

All: why do you hate yourself? don't. it should be around 5660

Events only: 2460

EPISODES:

Event Illustrations are 2500 each, Episodes' 2000

It's generally cheaper to play the episode to unlock illustrations. Coins won't disappear, so if you can slowly make your way up you will end up saving A LOT of Ancient Coins. During episodes, each dialogue is 2 AC

(cost is rounded up) (!) = Replaying is not worth it, money wise (*) = more expensive than 1 illustration, but still worth it in the grand scheme of things

(how much it costs playing Origins VS how much it costs at the shop)

Episode 1 - Free - 1 Illustration, play once (FREE vs 2000) Episode 2 - Free - 3 Illustrations, play twice (FREE vs 6000) Episode 3 - Free - 1 Illustrations, play once (FREE vs 2000) Episode 4 - Free - 2 Illustrations, play once (FREE vs 4000) Episode 5 - Around 1200 maana - 3 illustrations, play 3 times (3600 vs 6000) Episode 6 - Around 1500 maana - 2 illustrations, play once (1500 vs 4000) Episode 7 - 1200maana ca - 4 Illustrations, play 4 times (4800 vs 8000) Episode 8 - 1700maaana ca - 4 Illustrations, play 3 times (5100 vs 8000) Episode 9 - 2000 maana ca - 1 Illustration, play once (2000 vs 2000) Episode 10 - 1500 maana ca - 3 Illustrations, play 3 times (4500 vs 6000) Episode 11 - 1900 maana ca - 2 illustrations, play once (1900 vs 4000) Episode 12 - 1500 maana ca - 3 illustrations, play 3 times (4500 vs 6000) Episode 13 - 1500 maana ca - 3 illustrations, play 3 times (4500 vs 6000) Episode 14 - 1500 maana ca - 2 illustrations, play once (1500 vs 4000) (!) Episode 15 - 2500 maana ca - 3 illustrations, play 3 times (7500 vs 6000, it's better to buy the other 2!) (!) Episode 16 - 2150 maana ca - 1 illustration, play once (2150 vs 2000 it's still worth to play the episode) (*) Episode 17 - 2450 maana ca - 3 illustrations, play ONCE (2450 vs 6000) Episode 18 - 1900 maana ca - 6 illustrations, play 3 times (5700 vs 12000) Episode 19 - 1700 maana ca - 4 illustrations, play 4 times (6800 vs 8000) Episode 20 - 1800 maana ca - 5 illustrations, play 4 times (7200 vs 10000) Episode 21 - 1800 maana ca - 3 illustrations, play once (1800 vs 6000) Episode 22 - 1700 maana ca - 4 illustrations, play 3 times (6800 vs 8000) (!) Episode 23 - 2100 maana ca - 4 illustrations, play 4 times (8400 vs 8000, it's better to buy the other 3!) Episode 24 - 2000 maana ca - 2 Illustrations, play once (2000 vs 4000) (!) Episode 25 - 2500 maana ca - 3 illustrations, play once (2500 vs 6000) (!) Episode 26 - 2200 maana ca - 4 Illustrations, play three times (6600 vs 8000, it's better to play once for 2 illustrations then buy the other 2!) Episode 27 - 1800 maana ca - 4 Illustrations, play 3 times (5400 vs 8000) Episode 28 - 1700 maana ca - 5 illustrations, play 3 times (5100 vs 10000) (!) Episode 29 - 3250 maana ca - 4 illustrations, play 4 times (13000 vs 8000 it's a huge ac loss to replay) (!) Episode 30 - 2400 maana ca - 4 illustrations, play 4 times. (9600 vs 8000 it's better to play once and buy the other 3)

Grand total so far: 93 Illustrations, 71 playthroughs, 58 suggested. Extimated maana/Ancient coins: 129.000 replay eveything vs 186.000 buying everything. Optimal: 122.750

IF you play everything once then buy the rest you should spend around 146000

* Optimal means buying the illustrations where needed before May 9th, then play all the episodes at your leisure. The episodes where you'd have to buy illustrations are: 15, 23, 26, 29, 30.

Please remember that if you buy the illustrations then you decide to play the game you will ended up paying not only 186.000 ac for the illustrations, but also roughly 60.000 to play all the episodes. The only case where my racommendation is to buy the illustrations is if you really don't care about origins or you only want a few illustrations

#eldarya faq of sort #eldarya

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idolizerp · 5 years

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LOADING INFORMATION ON INDIGO’S MAIN VOCAL NO SIWOO...

IDOL DETAILS

STAGENAME: N/A CURRENT AGE: 24 DEBUT AGE: 19 TRAINEE SINCE AGE: 16 COMPANY: MSG ETC: this member was known for the influx of attention they gained after REGroup.

IDOL IMAGE

siwoo originally debuted with a younger brother type image - goofy but sweet, wholesome but a charming nuisance to the older members of the group. he was comfortable with the role and played it well, but it was too conventional and he tended to be overlooked as a member. after his popularity grew from regroup, however, siwoo has shifted into an older brother type of concept - dependable, admirable, ruffling hair and teasing everyone. he was teased both by fellow contestants on the survival show and by his group members about his “angelic” image, developed after he garnered praise for his patience and willingness to help.

of course, he’s hardly angelic behind the scenes. siwoo is proud and refuses to acknowledge his own mistakes. he doesn’t always recognize limits like when a joke has come too far or when he’s pushing someone too hard, which not only creates tension but also damages his now-carefully-curated image. he’s easily affected by the trend - if things are going well, he rides that high, but he’s easily defeated once the tide turns. it’s true that he’s generous and helpful and a true team player - he believes that a group can only be successful if every member trusts and relies on one another. however, he’s very attached to the idea of indigo as a unit. this developed primarily during their slump, when siwoo began to fear disbandment, but his clinginess worsened once the group began rebuilding and reaching new heights. the boys, himself included, now take on more individual schedules, and he’s afraid of one of them achieving enough success in a field that they’ll leave the rest behind, dooming the others to flopping like before. part of him knows that teamwork also means supporting one another in all your endeavours, not just in those related to actual group work, and siwoo does support his members - he just doesn’t want them to succeed individual at the cost of indigo.

IDOL HISTORY

the no family filled their home with music.

the notes of chopin twinkled out of the radio while their father cooked, carly simon’s voice underscored family game night, uhm junghwa blasted out of the car as soon as the key turned in the ignition. every birthday dinner ended with a trip to the local noraebang. family gatherings were incomplete without someone sitting down at the piano while others shouted out requests and sang along at the top of their lungs. it was rare for there to be a quiet moment at home.

it shouldn’t have been surprising, then, when their middle son came home from school one day and declared that he was going to put his heart and soul into pursuing a career in music. you’d think that he was being set up for this future, that it was inevitable, all things considered, for him to want to make a life out of this.

the no family loved music. it was a hobby, an escape. it was also an unstable, dangerous, exploitative career path. the industry was corrupt, cruel, extremely difficult to break into, extremely difficult to stay in. it wasn’t the right place for someone soft, sweet, and warmhearted like their son. careers should be pursued in fields that will never be deemed luxurious or unnecessary - like the family plumbing business. the world will always need plumbers. will they need musicians?

siwoo thought they did. plumbing was a respectable profession - he was never ashamed of what his family did for a living - but fixing rusty pipes and renovating washrooms never seemed as exciting to him as the rush of standing onstage, delivering music that gave people strength and allowed him to express himself beyond what words alone could explain.

his older sister, who went the practical route by studying accounting in order to become the family business’s bookkeeper, had been giving him piano lessons since he was a kid. for siwoo it had always been his three hours a week of respite. he confided in her about his wish to pursue music, confessing that it was the only thing he could imagine himself doing, even if their family didn’t understand it. she told him that she understood, and that she had a friend who was a trainee at an entertainment group - maybe they could get together and he could find out more about what the industry is really like. they met at a coffee shop on the trainee’s day off, siwoo filling a three hour conversation with probing questions about trainee life. the industry was hard, the trainee acknowledged, and the vast majority of trainees never reached debut. but if you loved music that much, wouldn’t you regret not even trying?

siwoo signed up for auditions at every company he could find, scheduling them months in advance to give him time to prepare. he could play piano, and he had a naturally clear singing voice that earned him compliments from untrained listeners, but he worried about whether that would be enough for entertainment companies that looked for visuals, charisma, and charm on top of talent. he signed up for dance lessons at his local community centre, nothing fancy or impressive but enough to give him a sense of rhythm and make him more comfortable with moving his body. he spent time every night practicing his singing and his piano, his concerned parents listening as the music bled through the walls. finally he auditioned, and auditioned, and auditioned. he failed many, but passed a couple, and ultimately chose to begin training at msg entertainment.

training was, predictably, hard. he had to work hard into the night, keep a diet, and continue going to school. he was far from home, and his parents were still unhappy with his decision - they sent him a meager allowance, and he called them regularly, but their tone was always cold, always distant, and probably would be until he relented and came home. but siwoo, proud as ever, refused. as exhausting as it was, training was the first thing he’d ever really been good at. he thrived under pressure, loved proving others wrong, relished every opportunity he had to improve his singing. he worked best when he had a goal in his sights, and he had lots as a trainee: the biggest one being debuting, of course, but smaller ones to help him get there too, like getting the top score on the next trainee evaluation or successfully singing a piece in a higher key. he was motivated and he pushed himself until he was placed in the lineup to debut and finally, in spite of it all, proved himself.

or so he had thought. indigo hit the ground running, earning praise and attention from all sides with their debut release. it was too early for his parents to be fully convinced of their son’s success, but his sister told him that they had put up his posters in the office and had bought their debut ep and were trying to convince every customer, neighbour, family member, and friend to do the same. siwoo thought that if indigo had a few more successful releases, his parents would finally admit to him that he made a good decision in pursuing this path, and their relationship could finally mend. but their first comeback got significantly less hype, and the third even less. indigo was shaping up to be more or less a failure for msg, not quite becoming entirely irrelevant but certainly not living up to their initial burst of popularity. siwoo’s pride disintegrated. what his parents had feared had come true: their son couldn’t make it in music.

he was young at debut and didn’t have an image that stood out much - he was a younger brother character, cute and sweet, straddling the line between irritating and endearing. msg didn’t have much for him to do when indigo slumped, so he went on the few shows he was invited to and otherwise didn’t do much of anything. he struggled when there were no discernible goals ahead of him - they had missed the window to win rookie of the year awards, they were not nearly popular enough to hope to get their music show win on any of their few comebacks. siwoo isolated himself, spending as little time in the dorm or the company building as possible, doing little more than the bare minimum when indigo prepared for an event or a performance here and there. the motivation that made him such a great worker as a trainee evaporated in the face of indigo’s decline

regroup changed everything. the way the company told the members that they were going on a show for failed idols made it sound like a last resort, but siwoo saw it as a new chance. it was essentially like training again - competing with a large group for limited spots, undergoing evaluations and exhausting schedules, and, most importantly, meeting goals. he regained the motivation he had lost, and viewers took note of how hardworking he was. he got to sing ballads than indigo’s dance tracks let him and got some attention for the extent of his talent that had previously gone under the public’s radar. he had a positive, easygoing attitude, and made friends easily with the other contestants. his popularity skyrocketed after an episode where he was grouped with a team of dancers on a vocals challenge and stayed up late every night leading up to their performance to help each member with their singing, leading that team to winning the challenge. he became known for having a heart of gold, being sweet, outgoing, patient, and helpful. he climbed the ranks of the show from borderline irrelevant to twelfth place, missing the final lineup by fewer spots than anyone had originally anticipated.

indigo blew up afterwards, and siwoo blew up with it. msg decided to all but scrap the group’s original dance-heavy sound and focused instead on showing off the boys’ vocal talents, and as main vocal, siwoo had some of the most attention-grabbing adlibs and lines in their songs. but even more than for his voice, he had become popular for his personality, and msg capitalized on this by throwing him into variety. siwoo was friendly, bright, and not easily embarrassed - he dove right into whatever humiliating situation the show called for without hesitation. he got good press after an indigo appearance on i can see your voice and got invited back to be on the panel several times since, and he was praised for his charming anecdotes on his frequent appearances in happy together episodes. he’s succeeded, as both a musician and a public figure, and most importantly, he’s proved himself to his family. they still aren’t happy about what he’s doing, but they can hardly argue with him now. everything is going more or less perfectly, but siwoo is starting to worry: if indigo continues on this upward trend and achieves even more heights, siwoo is, frankly, going to run out of goals. he’s thrilled with their success, and there are still some milestones both the group and he himself have not yet reached, but he’s afraid of running dry and plummeting into a debilitating slump again.

#id.bio #id.msg #id.indigo #id.yoon jeonghan

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gaymusicchart · 5 years

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GAY MUSIC CHART – 2019 week 02

Sorry for the late this week, due to technical problems of production.

Please notice that we received dozens of suggestions, and it's impossible to present all of them in the same week edition because the video would be too long. We have three months three months late to catch up, so it will take some times. This week, we made the choice to present a lot of Brazilian music videos, to remember to everyone that LGBTQ people must resist to the possible violations of LGBT rights by the new president Jair Bolsonaro.

Welcome to the Gay Music Chart, the LGBTQA related music videos TOP 50 actuality and most request.

Vote for your favourite LGBTQA related music videos by leaving a comment for this post on :

YOUTUBE (in the comment section of the video of the week) : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCz7yfp-xq-b08tD6mAWwclA

BLOGGER : http://gaymusicchart.blogspot.fr

FACEBOOK : https://www.facebook.com/GayMusicChart/

TWITTER : https://twitter.com/GayMusicChart with #GayMusicChart

TUMBLR : http://gaymusicchart.tumblr.com

Here are some partners who also makes LGBT charts or presents some LGBT artists :

https://tadslgbtmusiccharts.blogspot.com/

http://picdeer.com/gaymusicgram

Don’t hesitate to visits their sites !

Here is the recap for this week :

01 (NEW) : Calum Scott - "No Matter What"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 01 (x1)

UK - 2018 - from the album "Only Human" (Special Edition)

This really personnal song tells the story of Calum Scott telling his parents he was gay and their reactions of loving him "no matter what". It's a deep and emotional power ballad.

02 (-) : Calvin Harris, Sam Smith - "Promises" (LW: - / WO: 6 / PEAK: 02)

UK - 2018

03 (NEW) : Jax Jones, Years & Years - "Play"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 03

UK - 2018 - from the EP "Snacks"

A music video as a Play-doh toy.

04 (NEW) : Mark Ronson feat. Miley Cyrus - "Nothing Breaks Like a Heart"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 04

USA - 2018

An excellent collab.

05 (NEW) : Charli XCX & Troye Sivan - "1999"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 05

UK / Australia - 2018

The music video is a real revival of what made the year 1999.

06 (-) : Years & Years - "All For You"

LW: - / WO: 12 / PEAK: 01 (x1))

UK - 2018 / from the album "Palo Santo"

07 (-) : Panic! At The Disco - "High Hopes"

LW: - / WO: 4 / PEAK: 06

USA - 2018 / from the album "Pray For The Wicked"

08 (-) : Peter Wilson & Sean Smith - "Verona"

LW: - / WO: 7 / PEAK: 01 (x2)

UK - 2018 / from the album "The Passion and The Flame"

This awesome cover of the 2017's Estonian Eurovision track from Koit Toome and Laura is produced by Matt Pop.

09 (NEW) : Theo X - "You Don't Wanna Dance"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 09

Denmark - 2018

In this cute music video, a young teen dares to give an invitation to dance to another boy. Love is love.

10 (NEW) : Urgence Homophobie - "De l'Amour"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 10

France - 2018

As homophobic attacks have increased by 15% in 2018 in France, 70 French celebrities made this song to fight homophobia.

11 (NEW) : Openside - "Character Flaws"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 11

New Zealand - 2018

This is their sixth single, but we're still waiting for an album!

12 (NEW) : Blair St. Clair - "Irresistible"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 12

USA - 2018 - from the EP "Call My Life"

This is the third single of her first EP. Her EP was #1 on Billboard

Dance/Electronic Albums Sales Chart.

13 (-) : Sam Bluer - "Body High" (LW: - / WO: 8 / PEAK: 03)

Australia - 2018

This is his debut music video. A revelation.

14 (NEW) : Sam Smith - "Fire On Fire"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 14

UK - 2018 - from the OST "Watership Down"

"Watership Down" is a BBC mini-series adaptation of the book, which tells the story about a warren of rabbits fighting to survive numerous perils as they search for a new home.

15 (-) : Tiago Braga - Ilusão

LW: - / WO: 19 / PEAK: 06

Portugal - 2018

A story of infidelity.

16 (NEW) : Smashby - "Under The Sheets"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 16

UK - 2018 - from the EP "Wild One"

This is the second single of the EP "Wild One".

17 (NEW) : Jeff Carl - "Buried in New York"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 17

USA - 2018

The music video shows the singer living his first months of celibacy in New York but realizing that he hasn’t totally forgotten his previous love relationship.

18 (NEW) : Kevin Chomat - "La vague"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 18

France - 2018 - from the album "Mon renouveau"

This is the second single taken from his second album.

19 (NEW) : Jake Shears - "Everything I'll Ever Need"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 19

USA - 2018 - from the album "Jake Shears"

This is the third single of his first solo album.

20 : Allen King feat. Amor Romeira - "My Boy"

LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 03

Spain - 2018

21 (NEW) : Halsey - "Without Me"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 21

USA - 2018

Her latest music video has 60 millions views on YouTube.

22 (NEW) : Troye Sivan and Jónsi - "Revelation" (Lyric video)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 22

Australia / Iceland - 2018 - from the OST "Boy Erased"

The song was nominated on the 2019 Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song. The movie "Boy Erased" follows the son of Baptist parents who is forced to take part in a gay conversion therapy program.

23 (NEW) : Michael Medrano - "Love Somebody Else"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 23

USA - 2018

The song was previously presented in our chart, but the music video was only released during our break.

24 (-) : Greyson Chance - "Good As Gold"

LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 24

USA - 2018

The song was already in our chart in September, but the music video was released during our break.

25 (NEW) : morgxn feat. WALK THE MOON - "Home"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 25

USA - 2018

The track is a revamp of morgxn's hit from 2017.

26 (NEW) : Aaron Yan 炎亞綸 - "Mad Wave of Love"【狂愛潮浪】

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 26

Taiwan - 2018

This music video is a part of the project "The Rainbow MV Film Project", created by director Zero Chou 周美玲, which wants to fight homophobia and legalizes marriage equality in Taiwan. The lyrics are beautiful. All the traduction in this video : https://youtu.be/tvzCfnyx9f8. A few weeks later its release, Aaron Yan has been outed by a jealous ex-boyfriend who accused him of cheating. It seems that it had bad consequences, because the new releases on YouTube of the famous singer and actor makes 90% less views than before the scandal.

27 (NEW) : Courtney Act - "Fight For Love"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 27

Australia - 2018

The drag queen is selected with this pride song to "Eurovision - Australia decides", the Australian national selections next 9th February 2019, for the Eurovision Song Contest 2019.

28 (NEW) : Cub Sport - "Sometimes"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 28

Australia - 2018 - from the album "Sometimes"

This is the first single of their upcoming third album, which will be released the 18th January 2019.

29 (NEW) : SOFI TUKKER & Pabllo Vittar - "Energia" (Parte 2)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 29

USA / Brazil - 2018

This featuring with the Brazilian drag queen is way better and energetic than the original version on the album "Treehouse".

30 (NEW) : Bilal Hassani - "Roi" (Lyrics Video)

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 30

France - 2019

Bilal Hassani is a famous French singer and YouTuber. He has a lot of devoted fans, but also a lot of haters, who bullying him and threatening him to death on social networks. This song, which talks about proud and self esteem, seems to change some people. At first, it made a huge buzz in France and was in the TOP 3 of the French singles sales. Then, several people wrote in the comments section of his video on YouTube that they didn't liked him before because of his manierism and his wiggs, but have changed their minds since they saw this lyric video, because they love the song and respect his courage to face with intolerance and be who he is despite the hate on social networks. Now, he won by far the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision 2019. Will he won the French contest and fly to Tel Aviv in May to represent France at the Eurovision Song Contest ? The answer in two weeks !

31 (NEW) : Zee Machine - "Dangerous"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 31

USA - 2018 - from the EP "Brainchemistry"

Zee Machine, aka Joe Bissell, released his first EP in April 2018.

32 (-) : Laganja Estranja feat. J. Tyler - "Look At Me"

LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 06

USA - 2018

33 (-) : Cassandre - "Respire"

LW: - / WO: 3 / PEAK: 09

France - 2018 - from the album "Nous"

The French duo will be in concert in Paris the 23rd march 2019, to promote their new album "Nous", which will be released the 15th February 2019.

34 (NEW) : Boy George & Culture Club - "Life"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 34

UK - 2018 - from the album "Life"

This is the seconf single of their latest album.

35 (NEW) : LP - "Recovery"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 35

USA - 2018 - from the album "Heart To Mouth"

This is the second single of her latest album.

36 (NEW) : Pabllo Vittar - "Disk Me"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 36

Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Não Para Não"

She was definitely the most successful drag queen in 2018, due to her large success this year, except in our chart (and we still don't know why).

37 (NEW) : Echo Black - "Poison Apple"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 37

USA - 2018 - from the album "Dawn"

The queer lead singer of the band is Danny Blu.

38 (NEW) : Mathew V - "The Coast"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 38

Canada - 2018

The 21 year old singer/songwriter had 10 years of classical operatic vocal training before having more Britsih pop influences in London. His first album "The Fifth" was released in April 2018.

39 (NEW) : Alex Palmieri - "If That Was You"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39

Italy - 2018 - from the album "Reset"

A beautiful song about bullying.

40 (-) : Nacha La Macha - "Eres Cobarde"

LW: - / WO: 11 / PEAK: 03

Spain - 2018

41 (-) : Cher - "Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight)" [Audio]

LW: - / WO: 8 / PEAK: 03

USA - 2018 / from the album "Dancing Queen"

An ABBA revival, thanks to "Mama Mia 2".

42 (NEW) : Ria Mae feat. Frank Kadillac - "Hold Me"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 42

Canada - 2018

This featuring isn't on her album "Under Your Skin" from 2011.

43 (-) : Man Meadow - "Play It Loud"

LW: - / WO: 5 / PEAK: 14

Sweden - 2018

44 (-) : Chris(tine and the Queens) - "5 dollars"

LW: - / WO: 5 / PEAK: 15)

France - 2018 / from the album "Chris"

45 (NEW) : Leo Kalyan - "Focus"

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UK - 2018 - from the album "The Edge"

The queer artist was recently dubbed by Billboard as one of "10 LGBTQ Artists To Watch This Fall". We were already convinced when we heard his cover of "Jesus To a Child" from George Michael in 2017.

46 (RE-ENTRY) : Hoshi - "Ta marinière"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 39

France - 2018 - from the album "Il suffit d'y croire"

This track was a big success in France, but it hasn't had success in our chart, even with this bisexual themed music video. A few weeks, ago, the 22 years old singer has been outed by French magazine Paris Match: she didn't appreciate that.

47 (NEW) : Dani Ride - "No Existe Nada"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 47

2018 - Chile

This is the latest single of the Chilean Youtuber.

48 (NEW) : Christine and the Queens - "La marcheuse"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 48

France - 2018 - from the album "Chris"

Her concert of December 2018 was also schedules on French TV.

49 (NEW) : Lady Gaga & Bradley Cooper - "Shallow"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 49

USA - 2018 - from the OST "A Star Is Born"

This song won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song 2018. The movie is about seasoned musician Jackson Maine (Bradley Cooper) discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally (Gaga). She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer - until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight. But even as Ally's career takes off, the personal side of their relationship is breaking down, as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons.

50 (NEW) : Janelle Monáe - "Crazy, Classic, Life"

LW: - / WO: 1 / PEAK: 50

USA - 2018 - from the album "Dirty Computer"

This is the fifth single of her latest album. It's actually #1 on the Top 40 #LGBT Urban Charts.

NEW THIS WEEK

Queen - "Bohemian Rhapsody"

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UK - 2018 - from the OST "Bohemian Rhapsody"

The biopic of Freddie Mercury is the most successful musical biopic of all time with more than 700 millions dollars worldwide. It has won two Golden Globe 2018 for Best Motion Picture – Drama, and Best Performance by an actor in a motion Picture – Drama, for Rami Malek.

Bilal Hassani - "Roi" (live @ Destination Eurovision 2019 - 1st semi-final)

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France - 2019

Bilal Hassani won by far the first semi-final of Destination Eurovision 2019 with 115 points, almost the double of the score of the second contestant Chimène Badi, and won the votes of the public and the international juries. Will he won the final ? Let's watch first the second semi-final next week, with our dear Emmanuel Moire with "La promesse".

Federica Abbate - "Finalmente"

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Italy - 2018

This song came second in the first part of the Sanremo Giovani 2018 Music Festival for emergent artists. The lyrics talk about a love relationship badly judged by the entourage. If the lyrics aren't specifically gay, the music video is, with the portrayal of a young man who comes out to his father who rejects him in return. So, the young man can only be reconforted by his boyfriend and his friends. Until... Beautiful.

Valentina vs. Monét X Change - "Into You" (lipsync - RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 )

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USA - 2018

Drag queen Valentina had her revenge, after her fail in 2017 for not knowing the words on RPDR season 9, and has brilliantly won her lipsync challenge on another song of Ariana Grande.

Tuure Boelius - "Naiivi"

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Finland - 2018

What a year for the 18 years old Finnish YouTuber : this is his fourth song to chart in the Finnish singles charts (at #7) ; he reaches more then 150.000 subscribers on YouTube ; he came third in Tanssii Tähtien Kanssa, the Finnish version of Strictly Come Dancing ; he featured in short series "Mä voin selittää kaiken" ; and he won the prize of Young European of the year 2018 by Eurooppanuoret.

Eddy de Pretto - "Grave"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

France - 2019 - from the album "Culte"

The queer rapper was definitely the best new French artist revealed in 2018. He's praised for his lyrics by public and critics. This song has brilliant lyrics - for adults due to the sexual content - which tell that it doesnt matter to have homosexual desires.

Allen King - "Mejor Me Quedo Solo"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Spain - 2019

After the success of his previous single "Boy", here the new single of the famous pornstar. Shake your bon bon on this sensual rythm !

Fangoria feat. Ms Nina y King Jedet - "¿De qué me culpas?"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Spain - 2018 - from the album "Extrapolaciones y dos preguntas"

This new single is taken from their upcoming album, for their 30 years of career and success of the Spanish duo.

Kerstin Ott & Helene Fischer - "Regenbogenfarben" (live @ Die Helene Fischer Show 2018)

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Germany - 2018

The duet cover of this song has a higher success than the original version in the German and the Swiss charts.

Westlife - "Hello My Love"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Ireland - 2019

The members are reunited after a break of 6 years and a half !

Cub Sport - "Party Pill"

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Australia - 2019 - from the album "Cub Sport"

Their new album will be released on 18th January 2019.

Troye Sivan - "Lucky Strike"

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Australia - 2019 - from the album "Bloom"

Another pop love song from the sweetest prince of this chart.

Leland - "Middle Of A Heartbreak"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018

Brett Leland McLaughlin, known professionally as Leland, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, composer and lecturer, most known for composing most of the songs of Troye Sivan. Wishing him the same success as Troye.

王若琪 Takki Wong -【我的愛沒有錯】"My Love isn't Wrong"

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Taiwan - 2018

This is another song from "The Rainbow MV Film Project" which fights homophobia in Taiwan. In this MV against gender stereotypes, people wear a dress to support a young kid who loves playing with dolls.

Huh Gak (허각) - "Empty words" (흔한 이별)

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

South Korea - 2018

In this music video, a young woman is sad that a man begins to date the woman she loves.

JAURIM (자우림) - 자우림(JAURIM) - "Yes" (있지)

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

South Korea - 2018

An excellent song with a tragic lesbian love story plot for the music video.

Boy Sompob / บอย สมภพ feat. Catchy Band - 【นานานา】"Nanana"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Thailand - 2018 - from the album "Why I Love you" (OST. Love By Chance series)

J. Tyler feat. James Shealy - "Dance With Me"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018 - from the EP "Prelude"

This is taken from his first EP.

Lizzo - "Juice"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018

Janelle Monáe feat. Zoë Kravitz - "Screwed"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2019 - from the album "Dirty Computer"

Sam Tsui - "A Million Pieces"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018 - from the album "Trust"

Matt Bloyd and Colton Haynes - "A Million Dreams"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

USA - 2018

GoldNation featuring Sir Ari Gold - "NGOR Radio"

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USA - 2018 - from the album "Soundtrack to Freedom"

Scott Free - "We Honor The Dead" (World Martyrs)

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USA - 2019

A tribute to engaged LGBTQ men and women who died while defending LGBTQ Rights around the world.

Mateus Carrilho - "Não Nega"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the EP "Não Nega"

Davi feat. Jade Baraldo - "De Boa"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Quando"

This is his third single of his solo career.

Jaloo feat. Lucas Santtana - "Cira, Regina e Nana"

LW: - / WO: - / PEAK: -

Brazil - 2018

Silva - "Duas da Tarde"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Brasileiro"

Lia Clark feat. DJ Thai - "Tu aguenta"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the album "É da Pista"

Cais - "Estrada"

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Brazil - 2018

Johnny Hooker & Gaby Amarantos - "Corpo Fechado"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Coração"

Quebrada Queer - "Pra Quem Duvidou"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the EP "Ser"

The queer band raps again about homophobia.

Lali feat. Pabllo Vittar - "Caliente"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Brava"

Davi Cíntori feat. Kaya Conky - "Vai quebrar"

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Brazil - 2018

Mohan - "Tudo Entre Nós Dois"

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Brazil - 2018

Fiákra feat. Paulo Amaro & Pocs Crew - Legado

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Brazil – 2019

Paulo Amaro - "Ressaca"

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Brazil - 2018 - from the album "Mar"

Gloria Groove - "Coisa Boa"

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Brazil - 2018

Wrabel - "First Winter"

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USA - 2018

A sweet love song for Christmas.

Sam Tsui & Casey Breves - "Cold Hands"

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USA - 2018

A Christmas duet with the IRL couple.

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Cub Sport

If their story was a film, it would forever be my favorite. It has all my ideal elements: slow burn romance, music, travel and gay leads. Tim Nelson and Sam “Bolan” Netterfield met at school. Bolan’s mother recalls her son coming home one day and telling her he met a boy who played the piano really well and that he wanted to learn to play like him. Tim and Bolan became fast friends. They started spending more and more time together and eventually playing music together. The group – since 2013, called Cub Sport – took off. Buzzy EPs turned into hit singles turned into a highly anticipated debut album. Cub Sport, made up of, yes, Tim and Bolan but also bassist Zoe Davis and drummer Dan Puusaari, was officially a successful project. The band was together a lot, recording and touring and promoting, and Tim and Bolan were spending pretty much all their time together. Both admit now that, at the level they could have clocked or allowed it, they realized quite early on in their friendship that they were in love with each other, but, both raised in super religious environments, were not willing or ready to address that let alone their gayness. While on tour in America during 2016, however, things unsaid finally were spoken. They describe it all much better, and it makes me swoon, so here are some quotes:

Tim to OUT Magazine:

“I went on a writing trip in the middle of 2015 for about a month and I missed Bolan (Sam) so much. I started to recognise that I was in love with him, but I had a lot of fear and denial to work through. In the middle of 2016, we went on a two-month overseas tour. Being away from the reminders and restrictions of normal life back home was really instrumental in us feeling like we had the freedom to explore and pursue what had been building between us.

The Orlando attack happened while we were on tour in the U.S. and it was not only a reminder of how fleeting our time on earth can be, but a big wakeup call that if we just embraced who we really were we could also try to help inspire and encourage young queer people facing the same internal battles we were both experiencing. We went to Pride festival in Denver around the same time and the atmosphere was really supportive and beautiful.”

Bolan to The Guardian, discussing the impact Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life had on his relationship with Tim:

“I think I had buried so deeply within me what I really wanted that it took me seeing it play out in fiction to actually have the clarity and perspective to look at my own situation and give me strength to realise that life is too short not to follow… I think I realised early in the book I was drawing direct correlation with those characters and with myself, then seeing one character die really shook me. I was suddenly hit with the notion that if Tim was to die, how could I have not said something. I realised I had to put everything on the line and I was willing to potentially jeopardise and lose our friendship to get everything that I suddenly realised I wanted and needed.”

On the final night of their American tour in that summer of 2016, after a long night of partying and celebrating, Bolan, as told to The Guardian, finally addressed his feelings to Tim. He recalled saying, “’I don’t want this to ruin our friendship but I want to be with you, I love you and I want to be with you forever,’ and then Tim started to cry and said, ‘So do I.’” It’s adorable and happy and lovely. Bolan, in an interview with triple j about their relationship, said, “We fell in love over the course of about eight years.” That’s some fucking cinematic shit.

They’ve been so generous in sharing the personal details of their story. It influences their sophomore record BATS that they self-released this year (we’re getting to that), but it also is a generous, helpful decision to be so open. This year in Australia’s clusterfuck of a marriage equality “debate,” a lot of queer kids were left confused and isolated and scared. To see Bolan and Tim happy and proud, as they’ve said, meant a lot to their young fans. Beyond the adorable story of it all, it’s been for good.

Now, the record. BATS, sonically, is a shift from Cub Sport’s previous work. Tim, the lyricist and vocalist for the group, cites A Seat At The Table and Blonde as huge inspiration for the project. Content wise, the record documents their romance. To Notion, Tim said, “It more-or-less follows my personal journey from the moment I admitted to myself that I was gay, to coming to terms with being in love with my best friend/bandmate Bolan (Sam), finally acknowledging the situation a year later and to then coming out and getting together.” He further told Music-News, “Bolan’s and my story rolls out over this list of songs, more-or-less in this order – ‘Chasin’,’ ‘Look After Me’, ‘Crush,’ ‘Solo III,’ ‘Bats,’ ‘Give It To Me (Like You Mean It),’ ‘O Lord’ and ‘Banyo Blue.’” And if you read the lyrics to those tracks, the details – starkly honest and evocative – are all there.

“Chasin’” was the song Tim wrote after returning from his trips to Los Angeles and London to write, when he realized his feelings for Bolan. He said he wrote it without fully understanding what it was saying at the time. Now, it’s clear. It’s a song about fear and confusion. “I’m trying to be honest and live deliberately. Is it delusional to think that I can do this? Time always makes me doubt what’s coming out me.” To Notion, Tim said, “Sam had heard ‘Chasin’’ in its original demo form for about nine months before we actually had the conversation. He said he already knew what it was about so I guess that helped inform him that what he was feeling was reciprocated, even though I hadn’t had the courage to say it out loud in words.”

On “Look After Me,” Tim is sensing something. “There’s something in the way you look at me like I’ve never done wrong.” It’s visceral – that, “I think maybe he feels this way because I see this look in his eyes, but am I just seeing things because I want to see things or am I seeing the truth?” It’s a rhythmic, interior processing.

“Crush” sees that post-tour, mid-celebration conversation when they first opened up to each other. “And you whisper to me 'Why are you crying?’ I think it's from the years of trying to try and push you from me. I didn't know who I was meant to be. Did I crush you with the things I wouldn't say? Did I hurt you on the way? How am I so lucky that you waited for me.” We’re there, hearing and seeing this moment. It’s a lot.

“Solo III” is, indeed, inspired by Frank Ocean’s songs on Blonde. “We keep blazin', playing ‘Solo,’ and now we've got our song. And I believe in me and you. We make each other strong. And here it is, my first love song. It didn't even take that long. Now I'm not laying solo.” This marks a first – them, honest and together, celebrating their love and its newness. To Junkee, Tim shared the importance Blonde and “Solo” played in their relationship: “That album came out pretty soon after [we got together] and for the first few times, every time we got to ‘Solo’ I would cry. I was like, ‘I can’t believe I get to have what we’ve got.’ It immediately became our song, but the lyrics didn’t match up with our situation at all, and so I wanted to take from that and make it out own. And I think the melody’s just different enough that we could get away with using it.” Tim asks, “Oh, what did I do, do I deserve you?” This line’s a reminder that, yeah, we’re getting the timeline of their relationship, but Tim is writing these songs. We’re getting his feelings on what’s going on here – the disbelief, the joy.

“Bats,” if you’re a fan of the pair’s Snapchats, makes total sense. For the unacquainted, Tim clarified to Music-News: “The house we were living in when I recorded BATS was just up the hill from a creek that had a huge colony of bats living along its banks. Bolan and I would walk our dogs down there each evening and watch the bats fill the sky (usually soundtracked by Frank Ocean – ‘White Ferrari’ playing off my phone). I’d often put it on my Snapchat story and one day someone from Texas replied and said that they’d see the same thing there. It inspired the opening lyrics of the song ‘Bats.’ ‘Bats in the sky, it looks like Texas. I like this time because it reminds us we can be anywhere, that doesn’t change us, nothing can change us now.’ ‘Bats’ the song felt like it really represented the vibe/story of the album which is why we decided to make it the title track. There was always something exciting and emotive about seeing thousands of bats fill the sky and I wanted that visual to represent the collection of songs.” The lyrics refer to “Solo” and Tim’s overseas writing trips again, saying, “I've been on flights. I've seen some sights, but I didn't feel it. Just there to write. If I fly again, it won't be solo 'cause that got me so low.” “Bats” is a quiet, peaceful celebration of their togetherness and inseparability. He says, “You’re the reason that I keep on tryin.”

The next song on their timeline is the record’s most chilled track. Co-written and featuring vocals from Sarah Blasko (an eternal favorite of mine), “Give It To Me (Like You Mean It)” is a flat-out love song. An adoration song, even. “I like that light on your face. You are my favourite place.” “I could just watch you move. Everything you do just makes me…” It could be cringe, but, fuck, it isn’t. It’s really rather beautiful.

“O Lord” is the first single they chose to bring out ahead of BATS. It was a brave choice seeing as the first thirty-seven seconds are Tim and Bolan harmonizing without any instruments, but it was also a way of announcing, “Hey, things are a bit different now.” The visuals for the track are as stunning as the song, showing Tim and Bolan embracing in some muted neony, pastelish colors. This is their “radical softness.” This is the Solange influence. Tim told The FADER, “This video challenges everything I grew up believing about masculinity, beauty and homosexuality — it's super liberating to create this video and feel free from judgment, both internally and externally.” Lyrically, this marks a step away from the portrayal of the new, intense love. Tim says, “I was free to be my true self, I was finally in a relationship with the love of my life and I had full love and support from my friends and family, but what I didn’t expect was the realisation that when you get everything you’ve ever wanted you suddenly have everything to lose. This song ended up being my way of grappling with those feelings.” To the world, as a return, as an inviting in, as a reinvention of sound and style, “O Lord” really fucking works.

“Banyo Blue,” the final track on the standard version of BATS, leaves us with the most updated glimpse into their relationship. This is them settled. This is, “Yeah, the world is really intense and not wonderful, but, here, with each other and choosing each other, we’re gonna be good.” Tim asks, “Can we be a story throughout the ages?” He says, “I write about you. I could go on for pages,” and “I just kind of feel like I have found my light. The rest’s not perfect, but it’s fine when you’re tight.” Here, this love that they have so damn graciously shared with us and painstakingly and beautifully documented for us, is good. It’s ongoing and it’s committed. The confusion and shame of the past is gone, and shit’s still bad elsewhere, but in this honesty and in this sharing, they’re gonna be okay. (Since the recording of BATS, Tim and Bolan got engaged and are getting married next year, a thing they can now legally do because Australia just legalized marriage equality [s/o to queer Australians dragged through that dehumanizing process, btw]) I’m emotional.

Now, I gush. The details of Tim and Bolan’s story make the record a living, immersive, gripping experience. It’s truly the shit great films and novels are made of. If you don’t know what every song’s about, it’s still a moving work. In an essay he penned for The Line Of Best Fit, Tim said, “For me, getting to a place where I could really connect with myself and write, unguarded, from the heart has been a journey that has taken me over a decade.” I truly love their past material. Their first full-length album This Is Our Vice is a record I still listen to every week, without skipping a song. The songwriting is clever and the lyrics are insightful. But, here with BATS and (again) the brave decision to share their story and illuminate the details of each song, there’s something else happening. It’s, as they dubbed, truly some “radical softness.” Tim said, “BATS is a product of queer love and I hope it can be a comfort and encouragement for the LGBTQI community and our allies during this time.” It is.

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Check Out The Best New Albums From January

New year, new music. The only silver lining about a terrible political situation is that great music tends to rise from times like these. Tons of long awaited new albums are set to be released this year. For now, check out the Best New Albums from January 2017:

Run The Jewels – Run The Jewels 3

(Album Of The Month)

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Few groups can accomplish three truly great albums in their career. Run The Jewels, however, has done so with their first three releases in a row. This time the duo composed of Killer Mike and El-P have dropped arguably their best material yet. RTJ3 was surprisingly released a few weeks early on Christmas Day, for free as always, but the album was officially made available for purchase on it’s original date of January 13th. El-P’s post-apocalyptic trap b-boy production remains a signature force as the two MCs trade raps with effortless skills. Call Ticketron shows off Killer Mike’s brutal flow and wordplay over a bass heavy beat that’ll rip through your speakers. Talk To Me, the album’s first single, continues on their tradition of adrenaline rap that will force you into a mosh pit.

The guest spots, from Tunde Adebimpe (TV On The Radio) to Trina, are few and about as diverse as you’d expect from the combination of Mike and El. Kamasi Washington adds the sax to Thursday In The Danger Room, which is the duo’s most personal track yet. El touches on his feelings watching a friend slowly succumb to a fatal illness, while Mike speaks on forgiving the man who killed his friend during an armed robbery. It’s verses like this that make Run The Jewels stand out above most artists in today’s hip hop landscape. Zach de la Rocha is back once again for another blistering 16 to close the album out on Kill Your Masters.

Run The Jewels 3 is a call to action for a revolution, all while promoting respect, maturity, togetherness and debauchery. This isn’t a kumbaya sing-a-long rap album, these topics are presented in the most hardcore, thumping package you’ll hear this year. With every album RTJ manages to step it up notch and once again with RTJ3 it seems like they’ve taken their unbridled chemistry one step further to create one of the most relevant and necessary music of their careers.

Stand out tracks: Talk To Me, Panther Like A Panther, Thursday In The Danger Room

Cloud Nothings – Life Without Sound

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Frontman Dylan Baldi said this album would be his “version of new age music.” Albeit a gross over exaggeration, this is Cloud Nothings’ most mellow record. Know that they haven’t bitched out and turned into Coldplay, but they have ironed out their sound so it’s not a constant stream of punk infused chaos. Life Without Sound is their most melodic album so far and finds the trio introducing a 4th member and an additional guitar that enhances the album’s sound.

Their singles, Modern Act and Internal World. highlight their newer cleaner music while retaining memorable hooks and Baldi’s cryptic lyrics (which might split their fan base). One of the album’s best tracks, Enter Entirely, manages to successfully blend both new and old styles better than the singles did. The album’s last three tracks come closer to what we’ve come to expect from previous Cloud Nothings outings, especially the closer (Realize My Fate) which is a slow 6 minute burn that’s marked by Baldi’s hoarse vocals. Whether you’re a new fan, or a loyal follower, Life Without Sound is a solid listen from top to bottom, and marks the further growth of a very talented band.

Stand out tracks: Up To The Surface, Darkened Rings, Enter Entirely

Nick Grant – Return Of The Cool

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When I first heard Nick Grant’s 88, his debut mixtape released last year, there were signs of a very skilled rapper that still needed to find his own voice. Often through out that tape I found his sound too similar to that of other rappers. However, fast forward less than 12 months later and Grant has showed a trait that is rarely seen in hip hop: rapid artistic growth. Return Of The Cool is Nick Grant’s debut album and he set the mark high for future efforts. Everything from beat choice, flows and lyrics are light years ahead of his previous project.

On the Dilla-esque Gotta Be More, accompanied by BJ The Chicago Kid, Grant proclaims “N****s ain’t rapping lately, guess I’m trapped in the 80’s.” A similar concept is applied on The Sing Along as Grant shuns the record industry for it’s lack of originality and the disposable artists that settle for it: “Need of revenue, please never let em Jerry Heller you/ As the regret screams, I pray that the weed settles you/ Nothing is worse than having it and then losing it/ The hunger starts fading and then you become cool with it.”

If you haven’t checked out his appearance on the Late Show With Colbert, make sure you do as he performs another album stand out, Get Up along with WatchTheDuck. Nick Grant’s has shown he cares about improving his craft in order to rise above early comparisons. His long term career will benefit because of it as everyone is just starting to really take notice of the rising rap star.

Stand out tracks: Drug Lord Couture, The Sing Along, Get Up

Leopold and His Fiction – Darling Destroyer

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Vocalist Daniel James has received comparisons to Jack White for years now and thanks to the new album he will most likely accrue some more. Leopold and His Fiction’s Darling Destroyer seems like the true culmination of their sound. It’s a polished garage blues-rock album that takes elements from their previous releases and distills them in some whiskey barrels. This is also their cleanest and best engineered album which makes it even more enjoyable than any of their previous projects.

The mood is set as Cowboy opens up the album and it encapsulates what Darling Destroyer is all about with it’s high energy riff driven blues-rock. I’m Caving In is a gorgeous vintage rock track that contains influences of old Zeppelin, as well as early Aerosmith. Darling Destroyer displays James at his most dominant vocal performance in his career and the band sounds more cohesive than ever.

Stand out tracks: Cowboy, I’m Caving In, Saturday

Sheer Mag – Compilation LP

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If you’ve never heard of Sheer Mag, I can’t blame you but now it’s a good time to start. The Philly DIY rock outfit prides themselves on having no social media presence whatsoever, besides their SoundCloud page. Not only that, but none of their music is available on streaming services. The only way to get your hands on their three past releases is on their Bandcamp site, in which you can stream and/or purchase their three 7″ EPs on vinyl. Compilation LP groups a remastered version these three projects into one album, which is once again available exclusively on Bandcamp. This compilation serves as a primer to their debut album which will be released later this year.

Sheer Mag is an in your face throwback mixture of 70s rock, punk and soul. You’ll go through the first rawer sounding four tracks that defined their style and hear them evolve in real time as the album progresses. The highlights occur in the last 2/3rds of the album, as Sheer Mag really hits their stride with material from their 2nd and 3rd EPs. Tina Halladay’s screeching vocals reverberate over Hard Lovin’ and Nobody’s Baby. The band shines on Fan The Flames and Can’t Stop Fighting, songs which are able to project each member’s individual talent.

Trust me, stop sleeping on Sheer Mag. They’re one of the truly rare talents in today’s rock scene. Hopefully when their debut album drops later this summer, they become more accessible so more people can appreciate and acknowledge that great rock is far from dead.

Stand out tracks: Fan The Flames. Can’t Stop Fighting, Nobody’s Baby

COMPILATION (I,II,&III) by SHEER MAG

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