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lewisossokoh · 3 months
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Roller Coaster Park In Music Videos Pt.1
Red Hot Chilli Peppers - Love Rollercoaster
Katy Perry - Chained To The Rhythm
Mariah Carey - Fantasy
Beyoncé - XO
Jordan Knight - Give It To You
John Travolta - Olivia Newton John - You're The One That I Want
JoJo - Baby It's You
Bon Jovi - Roller Coaster
Ben Rector - Brand New
Longwave - Tidal Wave
Fozzy - Sane
Billy Gillman - Roller Coaster
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my-chaos-radio · 7 months
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Release: February 10, 2017
Lyrics:
Are we crazy?
Living our lives through a lens
Trapped in our white-picket fence
Like ornaments
So comfortable, we're livin' in a bubble, a bubble
So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, the trouble
Aren't you lonely up there in Utopia?
Where nothing will ever be enough
Happily numb
So comfortable, we're livin' in a bubble, a bubble
So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, the trouble (aha)
So put your rose-colored glasses on
And party on (woo)
Turn it up, it's your favorite song
Dance, dance, dance to the distortion
Turn it up, keep it on repeat
Stumbling around like a wasted zombie
Yeah, we think we're free (aha)
Drink, this one's on me
We're all chained to the rhythm
To the rhythm, to the rhythm
Turn it up, it's your favorite song
Dance, dance, dance to the distortion
Turn it up, keep it on repeat
Stumbling around like a wasted zombie
Yeah, we think we're free (aha)
Drink, this one's on me
We're all chained to the rhythm
To the rhythm, to the rhythm
Are we tone deaf?
Keep sweeping it under the mat
Thought we could do better than that
I hope we can
So comfortable, we're livin' in a bubble, a bubble
So comfortable, we cannot see the trouble, the trouble (aha)
So put (so put)
Your rose-colored glasses on
And party on (woo)
Turn it up, it's your favorite song
Dance, dance, dance to the distortion
Turn it up, keep it on repeat
Stumbling around like a wasted zombie
Yeah, we think we're free (aha)
Drink, this one's on me
We're all chained to the rhythm
To the rhythm, to the rhythm
Turn it up, it's your favorite song
Dance, dance, dance to the distortion
Turn it up, keep it on repeat
Stumbling around like a wasted zombie
Yeah, we think we're free (aha)
Drink, this one's on me
We're all chained to the rhythm
To the rhythm, to the rhythm (woah-oh-oh)
It is my desire
Break down the walls to connect, inspire
Ayy, up in your high place, liars
Time is ticking for the empire
The truth they feed is feeble
As so many times before
The greed of all the people
They stumbling and fumbling
And we about to riot
They woke up, they woke up the lions (woo)
Turn it up, it's your favorite song (hey-oh-oh)
Dance, dance, dance to the distortion
Turn it up, keep it on repeat
Stumbling around like a wasted zombie (like a wasted zombie)
Yeah, we think we're free (aha)
Drink, this one's on me
We're all chained to the rhythm
To the rhythm, to the rhythm (we're all chained to the rhythm)
It goes on, and on, and on (turn it up)
(It goes) It goes on, and on, and on (turn it up)
(It goes on, and on, and on, and on)
It goes on, and on, and on (on, and on, and on)
'Cause we're all chained to the rhythm
Songwriter:
 Katy Perry / Max Martin / Sia Furler / Ali Payami / Skip Marley
SongFacts:
👉📖
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legendarykatyperry · 1 year
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Katy Perry in the music video for “Chained to the Rhythm” (2017)
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puppywritesthings · 2 years
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wip wednesday (on a thursday)
so, i’m writing a sequel to Chained to the Rhythm. decent enough way to properly announce that is by doing this.
i hope y’all enjoy what i have so far.
“So it’s a date then?”
Camden held her head in her hand on the other end of the line, half-tempted to hang up then and there. Why did she have to trust people with valuable information? She could have taken that whole encounter in the bathroom to the grave, but when Deja asked her how rehearsal went, her candor outweighed any decency she had left. She left out some of the spicier details – although Deja would have loved to hear those, now wasn’t the time – the events stayed the same. She and her rival accidentally got handcuffed to each other and ended up… doing some things that half-regretted.
“No,” She finally gathered enough willpower to respond,flopping onto the bed so hard that Deja could hear the faint bouncing of the springs. “It’s a rehearsal, and I thought I made that perfectly clear. Nothing is going to happen. We’re just two girls working on a project together over at their place.” Two girls who just also happened to have had sex with each other on a whim.
“That’s a funny way to say ‘date’.” Deja teased. “Be honest with yourself. From what I understand, you both have some mutual attraction to each other, and you both acted on said attraction.”
“Well, if you want to get technical, it would be more like a hookup than a date –”
“Atta girl!” The other woman cheered loud enough to get some looks from the people around her.
“What I’m saying is,” Camden whispered, “Forget that. It might not even go there. What if all of what Bosco was saying was just so she could get out of the handcuffs? Some… high from that. Watch me go to their doorstep, and we’ll be back at square one.”
“Listen, I don’t know her as well as you do, but I hope that doesn’t happen. And if it does, you know I’ll pick you up immediately. Maybe stop for Cold Stone and then we’ll put on an episode or two of Dance Moms?”
“That’s a deal. Talk to you later, and I’ll let you know how it goes.” They said their goodbyes and Camden hung up, charging her phone briefly as she turned over. The possibilities of how this rehearsal could go were endless.
When she told Bosco she had no idea what was in store, she truly meant it. 
Shortly after… everything that transpired, Bosco texted her with a light outline of what they wanted to get done and a few other logistics: experimenting with some more choreography, actually figuring out the right set of cuffs for the dance, costuming, et cetera. One update later, she received some news that made her feel bad, yet only invigorated her at the same time.
They couldn’t rehearse in the studio. Some other group had booked their normal room ahead of time.
Camden: Fuck.
Bosco: oh no. whatever shall we do.
Camden: I guess we just have to go to *your* place then 😉
Bosco: what a tragedy. going over to my place
Bosco: where we don’t have to worry about strangers walking in.
Bosco: i need to clean up. make sure we have room and all.
Camden: If we go overtime and not get as much done,  maybe I could sleep over?  
Bosco: i don’t know… i have to ask my mom first. i have a really big soccer game tomorrow and she normally doesn’t like having people over before then.
Camden: -_-
Bosco: in all seriousness, yeah. i gotta let daya know you’re coming.
Camden: Sounds good to me.
Bosco: see you then?
Camden: See you then. ;)
The alarm clock on the bedside table ticked endlessly, taunting her until her alarm went off, telling her to stop lying in bed and start heading to Bosco’s place. It suddenly occurred to her that she should get changed. Camden quickly sat up and rifled through her drawers. Her outfit was fine, but she needed underneath to be better. She quickly changed out of her underthings into something pinker and lacier, something that would make her feel more confident in her sexuality. 
Sooner than later as she was midway through putting her skirt back on, she got a text message from another group chat.
Little Miss Jorgeous: Good Luck On The Date. 😃
Camden: 🫠
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bublinko · 1 year
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Katy Perry - Chained to the rhythm art print on thick paper Size: A4 #katyperry #witness #chainedtotherhythm #teenagedream #oneoftheboys
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music-in-my-veins14 · 1 month
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It goes on, and on, and on (on, and on, and on) 'Cause we're all chained to the rhythm
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realhankmccoy · 1 month
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Never really thought about those heads jerking to the right in rhythm during the 3D movie section of Chained to the Rhythm before
George W. Bush's Bugs Bunny smirk on their faces
All of em thinking they're pretty smoove and cuttin' edgy
yeesh. ain't that America
whoever did that video should have won all the awards
it looks like Matthew Cullen was the director not sure i'm going to like his other stuff from first looks of it but i'll check em out looks like he did the Dark Horse video which i consider one of the worst music videos of its time Smile is just more of the American carnival going on and i don't like it It looks like it could fit right in the Trolls movie or the Smurf movie:
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this one's an 80s retread with a little more colour and is lame. John Mayer is such a preppy toad:
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weaversweek · 6 months
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"Anyone I want to be" and "Chained to the rhythm"
Two more singles into the #FearOfMu21c project, crowdsourcing the greatest singles of the 21st century. Here’s an index post.
With all of the holdovers from #Uncool50 accounted for, these final 13 days are all new, and all brilliant.
Anyone I want to be - Roxie Węgiel
An absolute masterpiece of a song, and would have received the 7th bonus point if I wasn't limited to five.
Roxie Węgiel - billed as "Roksana Węgiel" on this release - was born in January 2005, and was a promising judoka. The history says she took up singing while doing karaoke at a judo camp. By 2018, she'd won The Voice of Holland of Poland Kids, and was picked for the European competition.
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"Anyone I want to be" gets going with a throbbing chord, a solo vocal in English that turns into Polish for the pre-chorus. Visually, it's perfection - black-and-white video, fast and precise cuts, camera angles that are just right. We're hooked with the loping beat and fists-in-the-air moment, a little thrill of the chorus.
Backing dancers are a perpetual motion machine, Roxie cuts through them like a hot knife moving through superheated cocoa. The second verse is entirely in Polish, the second pre-chorus and chorus is entirely in Polish, but we know what she's singing.
Just when we were getting to grips with the song, there's a remarkable costume reveal. The dancers pull ribbons out from the back of Roxie's dress, made to move her like she was a marionette. Then the ribbons detach, and she is free. Even to the viewer who speaks no Polish, this is a clear explanation of the song's message.
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And we're back into English for the last chorus. But no! The last chorus chops off half-way through! Darn you! Our expectation is denied, the moment of catharsis we want and expect is not going to happen! The only way to get resolution is to play the song again, in the winner's reprise.
Almost inevitably, the winner of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2018. Would surely have given "Toy" and "Fuego" a run in the senior contest. Why did this song win? It's a stunningly good song, polished and buffed through the adult pop market. Iggy Azalea turned it down. Rita Ora turned it down. Their loss.
The basic song was written by Maegan Cottone, Nathan Duvall from Disciples, Cutfather, Peter Wallevik, and Daniel Davidsen; additional lyric in Polish by Małgorzata U��ciłowska and Patryk Kumór. It takes seven lyricists to get pop perfection.
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TVP, the broadcaster in Poland, followed the same formula to the letter in 2019's contest, and again won; they've been eclipsed by joyful noises from France Télévisions in recent years. Roxie's released a second album, 13+5, this year.
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Chained to the rhythm - Katy Perry ft Skip Marley
In 2010, Katy Perry made the "Teenage Dream" album. It captured the hope and cautious optimism of the era, and - with a little download discounting - tied "Bad"'s mark of five Billboard number one singles. "Firework" is a golden retriever hit, big and loyal and stupid; "ET" is the most bizarre Billboard number one, being a tale about screwing an alien. Both were seriously considered for this list.
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Instead, I pick a song from seven years later, when cautious optimism had been crushed by tiny tiny hands. Chiding her audience for being "happily numb" and "tone deaf", Katy warns of what happens when we "dance to the distortion". There's a woozy Caribbean beat, and a rap from Skip Marley - one of Bob's grandsons.
It was co-written by Katy, Skip, Sia, and producer Max Martin - and it's really well crafted. Note how the emphasis is in the wrong places, "chained TO the rhyTHM", we subliminally pick up that something's wrong.
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It's a political song, with plausible deniability - it's an artistic turn of phrase, not the people here she's singing about. Honest. Lest we forget, Katy started out singing Christian pop songs. She knows the tricks used by evangelicals and the religious lot, and uses those tricks against enemies of humanity.
The album "Witness" came and went in summer 2017, and I'd completely forgotten about 2020's "Smile".
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whenwewakee · 6 months
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Sometimes I feel like I’m in a game of musical chairs
What happens when there’s nowhere to sit?
That means, you’re out
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pulcheriebalhoud · 7 months
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Katy Perry “Chained to the Rhythm” Instrumental Slowed
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music-asylum · 7 months
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September 18, 2023
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lunarrra · 1 year
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I like «Chained to the Rhythm» by Katy Perry 🎶🔗
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puppywritesthings · 2 years
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Chained to the Rhythm (Camsco)
Summary: Bosco has the bright idea to choreograph a piece with both dancers handcuffed together. She even provides the cuffs for the occasion (because of course she has handcuffs on her). Camden thinks this is an absolutely terrible idea, trying to figure out the logistics of this until they get handcuffed together.
And Bosco can't seem to remember where they put the key.
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A/N: WOOO!!! I got this done, finally.
once again, shout out to @ladystanden for suggesting the title and low-key inspiring the fic in the first place. camsco’s good shit, and good enough to have a little over 5k words..
fair warning: there is some smut.
“Oh, so you weren’t joking…” 
Camden couldn’t help but stare at a pair of handcuffs rhythmically twirling around Bosco’s slender fingers. Her mind tried to focus on literally anything else in the room, but anywhere she looked only drew attention to the shiny metal (or at least metal painted) restraints: one of the many times she hated the large mirror on the wall. There had certainly been odder things that she saw in the studio – all in the name of performance art– but this had to be one of the strangest.
The other girl only laughed as she draped it over one rung of the ballet barre. “See something you like, Cammy?” Part of them knew the effect that her newest accessory would have on the other girl. She came off as such a prude that they didn’t know how she’d handle being in the dressing rooms. “No comment, huh.”
“Of course you’d have those on you…” 
“Funny story, I thought I was going to be the next Houdini in high school. Turns out I like staying in the handcuffs more than I liked getting out, if you get my drift.” They winked, even though Camden knew exactly what she meant.
“It’s still a stupid idea…” The redhead blurted out as kept staring at the newest accessory. “And please don’t call me that,” She requested, knowing that it would most likely be ignored, much like most of her ideas around Bosco.  “Why’d you – Oh, never mind.” She crossed her arms, turning away from the other dancer. Asking why she even had those in the first place would be a dumb idea, almost as dumb as having two dancers’ arms cuffed together. 
Bosco already gave enough reasoning in class that day, and it made complete sense in their head. The cuffs would give the dancers a challenge: the close proximity and limited mobility making them share a center of gravity. They would have to rely on their partner, trust that the next step was going to keep them upright. 
To Camden, however, it just sounded like nonsense, like they just threw around technical terms to make themself sound smarter.
“Never mind what?” They smirked, “Come on, Cam Cam. What were you gonna ask?”
“It really isn’t any of your business now.” She huffed. “I don’t think I even want to tell you now that you mentioned it.” She knew it was a childish response, but what was the point in arguing with someone who always had the upper hand, and the height advantage.
“You know, I personally enjoyed it when you just stood there, flabbergasted, so how about we get back to choreographing this, m’kay?.”
The redhead nodded her head, letting out a beleaguered sigh. “One more question and I promise I won’t bother you for the rest of the rehearsal. Are we practicing with the cuffs or adding them in later?”
Bosco looked at her like she asked the dumbest question in the world, cocking one eyebrow as she untied her flannel from her waist and laid it on another part of the barre. “Well, I brought them for a reason, didn’t I? So could you be a dear and hand them over, Toyota Camry?”
Rolling her eyes, Camden leaned in to grab the cuffs, scooting them closer to her dance partner. Sooner than later, the worst-case scenario happened.
Click!
The cuffs sprung alive, ensnaring the two girls like a bear trap. Camden yanked on the chain. She tried to find a gap, thinking her hands were small enough to slip the cuff, but it was a feeble attempt to get free. Any more pulls and tugs only served as a reminder for her current predicament. She was stuck. “I didn’t mean to do this on –“
“Shit…” Bosco cursed under her breath, pulling against the chain and accidentally forcing Camden to get closer. Using her free hand, she rifled through her drawstring dance bag and scattered the contents onto the floor: her leotard, another change of clothes, a few packs of gum, and a Demon Slayer keychain. “Shit shit shit shit shit.” 
The redhead gritted her teeth as she was wooshed to her rival’s side. “What is it?”
“No, that’s not it… I remember holding it at some point.” They ignored Camden as she scrolled through every key on the chain like a rolodex. “That’s not it, not that’s not it! Oh, no no no no no no.”
“What. is it?”
“I can’t find the key.” Bosco admitted, still frantically messing with the keys on the ring. “I thought these were the quick release ones, but I might have grabbed the wrong one and–”
“You have more than one pair of handcuffs?” Camden exclaimed, her tone being a mix of genuine excitement and judgmental shock.
“Yeah. I do. I thought we already established that I’m a fucking freak, but that’s not important right now because at the end of the day, I might end up taking you home with me and I don’t want to explain all this to my roommate.” They pulled Camden along to another corner of the room as she pulled out her phone from her small yoga pant pocket.
“How am I supposed to text Daya with only one hand?!” Bosco asked, not in the mood for any responses.
“You can always ask Siri to – oh wait…”
They took a deep breath, letting that light abrasion take hold. Normally, she didn’t mind the jokes about her phone; hell, she’d even make them herself, but now wasn’t the time for that. “That’s… a very low blow. How dare you.”
Camden decided to ignore that comment; Bosco was one to talk when it came to low blows.  “What do you have anyway?” She asked without any of her previous malice. “Cortana? Alexa?”
“Just Google Assistant.” They huffed, finishing the text and messily tossing everything back into their bag. “I know that’s not fancy enough for your high, British, trust fund standards–”
“Knock it off.” Although the anger from that statement got her heated like a kettle on a stovetop, she just gritted her teeth and took a few deep breaths from her partially open mouth. “We’re getting way too off topic. Can we get back to choreographing? I don’t want to be here all day.”
“Anything you say.” Bosco reluctantly moved back to their position, bringing Camden with her in a feeble attempt to get back on track. “Well, I guess that makes things easier since you just have to follow my lead now… Not like you have a choice.” They laughed at their own joke as they tried to release some of the tension.
“So, if we lean a bit away from each other, that could be a part of it? You mentioned something about a shared center of gravity.”
Oh, she remembered. “I guess so. Do you wanna start out that way? Or do you want to do something else?”
“If we circle around each other like this, one… two… three… four.” The redhead took her free hand behind her back and demonstrated. The two of them continued to walk around each other, their steps slowly yet surely becoming synchronized; the tension between them could be cut like a hot knife through butter. The only sounds she could hear were the increasing speed of the footsteps and the sound of her heartbeat pulsing between her ears.
“That was unwarranted, you know.”
“What was?”
“That… comment about the trust fund.”
“What about it? Did it hit too close to home?” Bosco maliciously teased.
Camden scoffed, almost too stunned to speak at the moment. “How selfish do you have to be to think you’re the only person who had to work hard to get here?!” Could someone really be that dense? 
The accusation made Bosco stop, causing Camden to bump into them. She was ambitious, yes, and she would easily admit they had an ego. But selfish? Far from it. They needed to have this near delusional confidence; that way she stood out. That way people wouldn’t just see them as this girl from podunk Great Falls, Montana. She was someone with worth and substance who had as much right to be here as any other person with a BFA from a conservatory their parents probably paid tuition for.
“I understand that other people have to work hard, but some people need to work harder.” Without getting a response, she continued the walk-around.
As much as Camden hated to admit it, they had a point. 
Her parents were financially stable, — her father running part of the nightclub scene back in Camden Town — but they only paid for the plane ticket over. Everything else had to come out of her pockets. Objectively, it was an easier start than having to pay everything out of pocket…
She thought about all the hours she worked overtime and all the tables that didn’t tip. The times she tripped over herself with someone’s order like she came out of a cartoon. Even with all of that, it never felt like there was enough to keep her financially stable. She’d been warned to expect being poor by going into the arts, so why should the two of them even have been arguing about this?
“Like you would know anything about working harder.” Camden near regretted saying that, but quickly amended her trajectory. She took back control of the walk around.  “This dance piece is the only thing you seem to be passionate about, and look where that ended up.”
“I like to think of it as having a one-tracked mind. And look at us! We’re making progress. Oops. I mean look at me, since I’m so selfish and all…”
“I didn’t—I wasn’t thinking straight when I said that, okay?”
“I know what you meant.” Bosco prodded like the gadfly she was. “You’re no different than the guys I see with those fucking… Coach duffel bags talking about their season tickets to Pantages like they have all the gas money to go to SoCal and back.”
“That’s a lie and we both know it.” Camden said through seethed teeth, her anger being moved to the back burner of her mind.
“The best thing about this whole experience so far has been learning that you actually have a personality aside from being British.”
The redhead regained her composure as the wheels turned to think of a clever retort, but her dance partner just kept going, comparing her to a wind-up doll at one point programmed to dance and make everyone else feel bad about themselves. Either way, it was a double-edged sword. Try to stand up for yourself again, and Bosco would just use that against you.
They were far wittier than Camden, so she had to end up being direct. That was the only way.
“I think you’re jealous of me!” She accused, making direct eye contact with Bosco as her eureka moment outweighed any other needs.
Bosco stopped and tilted their head, looking at her condescendingly and patting her on the head. “I love your enthusiasm, but why would I be jealous of you?”
“…I have to use the bathroom.” An odd change of topic, but Camden bounced on one leg as she slowly and subtly inched the two of them closer to the door.
Before Bosco could say anything else, they wiped their hand on the side of her pants and just looked at Camden. Any witty remarks flew out of the window. “Why didn’t you go before we started rehearsal?”
“I thought I was going to make it through rehearsal, but I wasn’t expecting us to get cuffed together and for there not to be a key. And now I really need to go! My bladder is about to burst. Granted, it’s still my fault because I shouldn’t have chugged my water bottle on the car ride here --”
“As if this day couldn’t get any worse…” Bosco started to mumble under their breath, praying for something else to delay the inevitable and hoping Camden could hold it a little longer. Maybe Daya would have responded and said she’d be driving over with the key as soon as she could.  “It’s not like I have a choice, so go ahead, Carrot Top. Lead the way.”
And she did.
Camden led an unwilling yet cooperative Bosco out of the rehearsal room and into the hall. “I hope no one sees this.” They complained, making as little eye contact with as many people as possible. Don’t mind me. Just two girls handcuffed together. Typical Wednesday afternoon.
“What? Does the great Bosco have a sense of shame now?”
“No!” They denied as she did everything she could to keep her face from flushing. “It’s just that the public can’t consent to these things. Have you seen that one picture of the guy in a pup mask while his girlfriend’s got him leashed on all fours?”
Before they could get an answer, they were pulled into a single-stall bathroom while Camden locked the door behind the two of them. “So, are you gonna go, or were you bluffing?”
“About what?”
“With having to pee, silly.”
“I will.” The redhead pulled Bosco closer to the toilet, annoyed at the fact she’d lie about using the bathroom. “It’s just, I haven’t had anyone… with me… in here… before. I’m not making sense; I’m sorry.”
“No, you’re fine. I won’t look, I promise.” They quickly turned away from Camden and tried to focus on anything other than the other girl undressing. How could she not realize how heated this was? This whole situation read like some doujin she’d get for ten dollars at a convention, from the setup to where it was now.  Two girls handcuffed to each other, and –who would have thought– they’re stuck in a room after exchanging copious amounts of sexually-charged banter. Or at least she thought it was sexually charged. For all she knew, Camden remained oblivious to how this was affecting them. 
When the redhead sat down, Bosco did so as well, leaning against the bowl. “I didn’t want your arm to get tired… holding it up like that.” She wasn’t wrong, but it still felt like a flimsy excuse, making the tension between them more palpable. It’s not like I like you or anything, b-baka!
As much as she hated to admit it, she quite enjoyed this position. Leading Bosco around like a lost puppy and then literally seeing them in a position beneath her felt invigorating. A sick part of her waited for something like this to come where Bosco would finally admit defeat, making Camden the better dancer between the two of them.
The silence between them was awkward. Well, it would have been silent if it wasn’t for the sound of Camden relieving herself. Bosco tapped their foot against the cold tiles and leaned their head back to the stall, occasionally looking into Camden’s eyes and cursing this current predicament. “Look, Camden, I’m sorry.”
Camden was taken aback, stopping as her pants were midway up her legs and feeling through her pockets. “What was that? I couldn’t quite get that.”
“I said I was sorry. I’m sorry for underestimating you and thinking you were this overly perfectionist, rich goody-goody who can do no wrong. I’ve been a bitch since day one of knowing you, and that was just – I don’t know – unnecessary. Camden, if you don’t accept this right away, that’s completely understandable.”
She considered accepting their apology, but a small, fiendish smirk crept across her face. “Can you apologize one more time? I really need to take this moment in.”
“You don’t have to rub it in! Jesus…” Bosco stood up, letting their hormones nearly lead the way to her intended destination: on her knees in front of Camden. “I actually admitted I was wrong for once. Big whoop-de-do, do you want it on video?”
“Well… I’m sorry as well. I might have overreacted when we were doing that turn.”
“Overreacted? You called me selfish!”
“And I’m sorry for that. Genuinely… And I’d like to apologize for technically getting us into this mess. I touched them last… and then all this happened.”
“They were going to be on us eventually. Besides, they were my cuffs in the first place; and I lost the key in the first place; I should take full responsibility.” They paused for a second, looking Camden back in the eyes. “You’re too hard on yourself. You know that, right, Camden?”
She hated when they were right, but not as much as she used to. “Is it too much to say that I really kiss you right now?” Bosco blurted, covering their mouth with their free hand. “Who said that? The acoustics in this place are shit…”
Camden blinked for a minute, then lifted an eyebrow confused at the sudden confession. “What? Don’t do that. I know you said something.”
“I said the acoustics were shit. You don’t need to worry about it.”
“That’s a lie. Tell me what you said.” She ordered as if she didn’t hear them the first time.
“Alright. You got me.” They admitted, playfully defeated. “I guess all that arguing did something to me... or maybe it’s the hormones. Maybe both. Seeing you snap back and being dragged around made me think about things I haven’t thought about. Like... kissing you and – why am I getting nervous about all of this? I should be standing up soon.”
“No. Down there’s good.”
Bosco nodded her head and continued her confession, a feeling she hadn’t been familiar with in a while. They could just imagine themself in the booth, an awkward child talking about innocuous sins. They had no problem talking about their desires since smashing the shell of their Catholic upbringing, but talking about this to Camden – even if it came off as surprisingly chaste for her – was even more humiliating than a teenager buying condoms for the first time at the gas station, trying to hide them among the Twinkies and the local newspaper they weren’t going to read.
“As I was saying, I’ve been thinking about being on the receiving end of things… from you… I know this doesn’t make sense, considering… you know. I know that’s vague – receiving end of things. I’m so articulate – but this is sudden, and you probably hate me. For good reason.” They paused, realizing the weight of their words and overall redundancy. “I probably sound like a broken record at this point, but I want you.”
“I wasn’t being a bitch when I was glad to see you had a real personality.” Camden gave Bosco a stern, doubtful look. “Alright, I was, but there was some truth to that statement.  I’m glad I get to see all of you, and I sort of want to see all of those hidden sides come out more often.”
“Wait -- was that why you proposed the cuff dance in the first place? To enact one of your wet dreams?” Camden partially joked. “Speaking of those…”
“Don’t tell me you wanna talk about your wet dreams… unless you want to.”
She shook her head.
“Then the answer is no.” ” A half-truth. “Just YouTube deep dives plus my own… acquired tastes lead to all of this. I’d be happy to indulge you in more of them when there’s a better time.”
Camden looked at the blonde in front of her, then at the cuffs keeping the two of them tethered together. “Now that you mention it, this is kind of hot… and it felt good seeing you on your knees.”
“And I thought I was the kinky one…” They quipped, turning away from Camden once again before being pulled back to face her. While they wanted to focus on her baby blues, their focus was diverted to jingling noises around her hand.
Camden waggled a bent bobby pin in between her fingers. “Just remembered I had this, and I’m surprised it worked.” She laughed through her nose.
“Why would you need a bobby pin for your hair, Little Orph—Camden?” Bosco quickly corrected; the nickname was childish enough anyway. “Thanks for getting us out.” They flexed the wrist that had been the cuffs around, hearing the rolling of their joints as she smiled back at her partner. “Is there anything I can do to repay you?
Camden smirked. The position of power she was given was just too much, and she planned on abusing that for as long as she could. “Of course, but you have to beg for it first.”
“Ah. Of course.” Bosco was tempted to sink back down to her knees, but she decided against that, wanting to have a little bit of control in the situation.  However, that was quickly refuted.
“I quite liked seeing you on your knees. Can you do that? For me?”
Who were they to refuse? She sunk back to her knees – the coolness and hardness of the tiles becoming a more familiar feeling -- while looking at Camden. They quickly took the well-worn hair tie out of their shaggy ponytail and placed it on their wrist, giving her full access to her curls.
“Please… let me repay you for this. Don’t let me wait! God, Camden… I want to repay you so bad, treat you the way you deserve. I’m sorry for everything. I wanna repent for every single shitty comment I’ve made about you today, or any day when I’ve gone home to complain about you. I want to kiss the ground you walk upon! I… please, let me make it up to you.”
She pretended to consider her constant apologies, knowing that she would indulge in their request anyway. Upon remembering she could use both of her hands, Camden threaded her fingers through Bosco’s hair and gave it a ruffle like she’d give to a dog passing by. Then she gave a small tug, yanking their head to made even more intense eye contact.
Upon leading the other girl to a standing position, she pulled Bosco into a kiss. It started sweet: soft lips touching ones still chapped and occasionally gasps for air as they’d pepper kisses onto each other’s necks. Sooner than later, the tension exploded as those kisses turned into tiny nibbles on the collarbone and Bosco letting everything happen all at once to them as Camden claimed their mouth with every inch of their tongue.
She then ran her hands down Bosco’s body, taking note of every curve and how those curves would feel even better if they were naked, laying down on either of their beds with skin touching skin. How Bosco flinched and whined when they touched certain places, knowing when to retreat and what made them tick. Recently, she learned one of them was pinned against the wall by someone a head shorter than them; another was how her fingers rolled their nipples after she yanked their crop top up.
She admired how someone who was so confident and bratty became so malleable, like putty in her hands. She only wanted to test that further. Camden added more marks around the breasts before latching her mouth onto one of them, sucking and licking the hard, sensitive nipple.
That seemed to be the trick. Bosco scrunched their face and tried to hold back a moan, forgetting that they were still on public property. “Put me in my fucking place, Camden.” They begged through several pants of breath once again looking away from Camden and waiting on further instructions.
“Oh, I will.” She smirked and gently pushed Bosco back to their knees; she then stepped back, pulling down her pants slow enough to tease. Bosco put their hands in their lap, fidgeting with the hair tie, half-tempted to bind her hands with it.
“Please?”
“In due time.”
“Well, it’d better be quick; we’ve been in here a while.” Bosco reminded as they waited for Camden to get it over with, rubbing their own thighs together in the process. “People might get suspicious…” It was a good thing the redhead locked the door earlier, or that they didn’t use the stalls in the locker rooms. They didn’t want anyone to walk in on them, then have to think of an excuse for something that obviously looked like oral sex.
When her pants finally reached her ankles, she strutted over to Bosco and said with a small smirk, “You know what to do, darling.”
The pet name taunted them as they ghosted two fingers along Camden’s slit while her other hand grabbed her thigh to keep balance.
“No hands,” Camden quickly amended, seeing Bosco’s desperation and devotion to the task.
“But—”
“You spent an entire afternoon cuffed to me; I bet you can function without your hands a little longer.” She patted their head again while her free hand brushed Bosco’s off her thigh. “Besides, you haven’t earned that right yet.”
Oh, so I have hand privileges now… It was a good thing Bosco had that hair tie. They deftly put their hands behind their back, making a set of restraints from the tie, and nodded her head.  She inched closer to Camden, taking a whiff of her damp snatch.  “And you brought a second set of cuffs with you too? You minx.”
“Like I said—” Bosco tried to explain before she was cut off with permission.
“Less talking, more licking.”
The blonde smirked before slowly licking a stripe up her slit, her tongue collecting any wetness from her folds and lapping it up like a horse to water. She then thrusted inside of her, her tongue pumping in and out of her cunt. Bosco moaned, momentarily forgetting that they were on public property and that anyone could pass by. The redhead pulled them closer to her crotch while blushing beet red: a practical way to shut her up and give her more of what they wanted.
“God… fuck yeah… More,” she said as she was getting what was probably the best head in her life. Then again, her last partner hadn’t considered going down there at all and not with such dexterity as Bosco had. There wasn’t any denial that they had experience when it came to these things. “You think you’re all that and a bag of chips, but would someone this high and mighty be down on their knees like this?”
Before Bosco could respond -- asking if she meant all that and a bag of crisps --their head was shoved back into her cunt, reminding them of their current objective. They then put their attention on her twitching, pulsing clit, startling Camden in the process as she let out a high-pitched moan. “Right there… that’s it, you fucking whore. Such a good whore for me. You’re so eager.”
Camden never considered herself to be a sexual person -- at least not an overtly sexual one --, but even she was surprised at how well she was doing. If she knew rehearsal was going to delve into something like this, she could have been a lot more prepared. She could have brought some dental dams or at least put more thought into what she was wearing underneath her outfit. The things she wanted to do to Bosco, and vice versa, were near limitless as some sort of sexy revenge for all the times they’d annoy and vex her.
“Bosco, I’m…” She breathed out, “I’m gonna… you’d better clean me up well or you won’t hear the half of it.” She warned as she steadied herself on the kneeling girl’s shoulders. Before she could compliment their technique and urge her to keep going, she let go. The pleasure rushed through her and onto Bosco’s face like ecstasy.
Camden untied Bosco and helped them stand, gazing upon her masterpiece of hickeys, smeared makeup, and lipstick marks. “Hm… Bosco Constantino humbled. I could get used to that.”
The other dancer pulled their shirt back down and hobbled towards the bathroom mirror, licking whatever Camden was still on her lips and admiring the image they were seeing. “And Camden Wheeler taking action… I’d definitely get used to that.”
“My lipstick looks good on you; don’t you think?” She finished pulling up her pants and hugged Bosco from behind, enjoying the way her arm wrapped around the small of her back.
“Yeah. Can’t wait to see how mine looks on you.”
The two of them left the bathroom as fast as they could and returned to the studio. Neither of them could remember where they left off, so they decided to call it there. “I guess I’ll see you in class?” Bosco finished packing the rest of their dance bag as they were just about to leave the room, but was quickly stopped by a tug on the drawstrings.
“I think I could use a bit more rehearsals before then. Maybe at your place if you have room over there?” The redhead asked. “We can also have sex too, if you think that’s what I’m implying.”
“Sounds great.”
“You horndog!” She scolded, “Someone ought to have you neutered!”
“Spayed, actually.” Bosco took no time to correct her as she put her hair back up in a ponytail. “And bold of you to assume I’ll stop getting horny once I can afford bottom surgery.”
“I know. How bold of me to assume that,” Camden joked, now used to Bosco’s level of sarcasm enough to match it. “You simply know no bounds.”
“How dare you!” They joked back, swinging the cuffs around their finger like they had done earlier. “Saying I know no bounds when I literally brought handcuffs. For shame.”
“I’m just glad you didn’t forget these. It would be a shame if you left them and someone had to find these. I bet you’d have a field day wanting to explain this…”
“How could I forget?” Bosco tried not to think too much about the humiliation that would come from elaborating on this. “I need these for tonight. Today’s given me a lot more material to work with…” They winked, “If you get my drift.”
“I do. So, same time Thursday?”
“Tomorrow? Someone’s eager.”
Camden smirked, “Oh you have no idea.”
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lamaery · 2 years
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Cosmere Inktober – 4 chains This one was a tricky one, until I remembered Dieno the Mink :)
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music-in-my-veins14 · 1 month
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It goes on, and on, and on (turn it up) (It goes) It goes on, and on, and on (turn it up) (It goes on, and on, and on, and on)
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ereborne · 2 months
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Song of the Day: February 13
“Coast of Marseilles” by Jimmy Buffett
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