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[seasurfacefullofclouds1]

When his tour was postponed by the Covid 19 pandemic in 2020, Louis offered a refund to everyone who wanted their money back. His disappointment at having his best moment in a solo career postponed (again) didn’t exceed his sense of fairness and empathy toward his fans.

When he could, Louis organized the Live From London livestream for fans, took every precaution against infection in order to protect his band and crew, and gave a most memorable concert for fans during the pandemic. In doing so, he broke a Guinness World Records for ticket sales.

Did he keep the money for himself ? No. He donated all of the proceeds, including revenue from merch sales.

Louis has never used dynamic pricing. He has never charged for a solo Meet and Greet. He has never sold VIP packages. He has held many listening parties and events, sometimes with snacks, for free.

Of all the One Direction ex-members, Louis is the only one to hold a free music festival for 10,000 fans on his own dime, in London, as soon as he could and as safely as he could. He paid for the support acts himself.

Louis never cancelled a single concert on LTWT 2022 due to illness. He and his team planned strategic substitutions of the band members so that the tour concerts could continue as safely as possible, under Covid conditions. He played many concerts when he wasn’t feeling great, because he didn’t want to disappoint the fans.

Louis has stopped many concerts out of concern for fans in the audience— including on the FITFWT 2023. In 2022, he decided to provide water at his own cost to fans, some of whom then took this amenity for granted, when it was far from the industry standard.

In all of these instances, Louis has shown, over and over, his continuous concern for the fans, his desire to share his work with fans at a fair and affordable price point, his commitment toward caring for band members and crew (and everyone who works with him), and his generosity.

He puts up with an incredible amount of fandom nonsense at his concerts, asking fans to observe rules so no one gets hurt— not to throw things on stage, not to push against each other. He’s listened to chants of No Control and WMYB despite being on his second solo world tour. He is patiently educating fans on good concert etiquette, many of whom are going to the first concerts of their lives.

Louis could have used his fame and wealth to make a lot more money from the people who admire and love him, as some of his ex-bandmates have done. He could have told his team to strategize his career for maximum exposure and profit. He could have turned bitter from the setbacks he’s suffered and lashed out. He could have buckled from the strain of endless, unfair media coverage and criticism, industry blacklisting etc. He could take advantage of personal tragedies to cast pity on himself, but he never has. He has never mocked or criticized the career of an ex-bandmate, and his crew does not either.

As always with Louis Tomlinson, he perseveres. He is patient. His kindness is demonstrated in action, not only in words and trademarked slogans (btw marketing a code of ethics for money is the basest form of fandom manipulation, but also the most transparent and unironic demonstration of greed). He never sold Covid-themed merchandise. He never used the Black Lives Matter campaign to enrich himself. He has never sold merch claiming to support women and then sing explicit lyrics objectifying women as sexual body parts. He will never turn a social tragedy into a marketing opportunity.

This is Louis. He will always feel grateful for fandom’s support. His humility is not an act. His generosity is not a slogan. He will try his best; he will persevere. When knocked down, he will get back up. He is a singular type of star; there is no one quite like him. In supporting him for all these years, I feel proud of Louis and Louies for our humanity and love for each other. No matter the numbers, in his solo career Louis has distilled the best of One Direction into the utmost caring, fun, and creative excellence. He will continue to thrive, and Louies will continue to grow in numbers, and we will keep caring for each other.

#louis tomlinson #louies #23.6.2023 #one might even say that Louis is educating other celebs on how to be a good human being

[thingummies-and-whatsits]

Lewis Fic Recs: Fae(ries) and Other Tales

There's something about that subtle weirdness and heightened poetic quality of the Lewis/Morseverse that just naturally lends itself to fairy tales, whether their magic comes from the fae, other supernatural elements, or directly from the power of human stories themselves. This list is far from exhaustive—please feel free to add your own favs!

Dreaming Spires Radio (series) by iloveyoudie & greenapricot

8,860 Words, James/Robbie, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply An utterly brilliant merging of Morseverse with the tone and worldbuilding of Welcome to Night Vale (no familiarity with the podcast is necessary for reading). James Phone-Sex-Voice Hathaway narrates life in an Oxford that is simultaneously weirdly ominous and comfortingly optimistic—made all the better when a certain unremarkable Geordie detective walks out of the mists to point out that the sky is the wrong color. Dibs, by the way.

Faerie Tales (series) by Lindenharp

72,796 Words, James/Robbie, Rated T-M, No Archive Warnings Apply These gorgeously lyrical stories blend elements of high fae romance and lore with the everyday, practical domesticities and detecting that suit Robbie and James so well. Robbie's fae background merges seamlessly with his canon character, and James' drive to understand is the perfect balance to the enigmatic nature of the fae.

I've Loved You All This While (series) by lesyeuxverts

6,973 Words, James/Robbie, Rated T, Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Atmospheric and dreamlike. As James lies gasping for breath on the floor, Robbie berates himself for not figuring out earlier, for not noticing how badly the murder of the faerie girl was affecting James. And there is, as the tales suggest, only one known remedy for cold iron poisoning.

Definitions and Whispers by LyricaXXX

2,718 Words, James/Robbie, Rated M, No Archive Warnings Apply Rich with imagery. The villager's whispers echo as James walks past, and Robbie aches to comfort him. But James' hearing is still recovering from the recent explosion and, with the stars shining above, a misunderstanding takes events down a rather unexpected turn.

The Greenwood by Fabrisse

4,648 Words, Gen, Rated G, No Archive Warnings Apply With elements from Tam Lin, Robbie and James discover just how strange James' past is when a case takes a worrying turn. The bond of friendship between the three is wonderfully solid, as is Robbie and Laura's deep determination to hold onto James, no matter what the seelie queen throws at them.

Under Juniper by Lucyemers

1,603 Words, Gen, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply The dream-like quality of this story grows increasingly chilling when an anonymous call leads Robbie and James to an estate sale, and the book of old fairy tales they find there turns out to be something quite Grimm indeed.

Now, Here, and in England by kvikindi

20,016 Words, Gen, Rated T, No Archive Warnings Apply: Allusions to Child Sexual Abuse (Crevecoeur) An atmosphere of enchantment hangs over this poignant fusion with Tam Lin and Fire and Hemlock (though no knowledge of that canon is required). James receives a painting after Mortmaigne's death—and a growing unease that something else is wrong at Crevecouer. After a discussion with Zoe Suskin, he begins to draw parallels between old stories of faerie curses and the abuse that occurred at the manor.

The End of All Our Exploring by hedda62

7,998 Words, James/Robbie, Rated M, No Archive Warnings Apply While this technically doesn't have any magic in it, threads of fairy tale references weave throughout this story, culminating in a chase scene at the foot of the Glastonbury Tor. The electricity of the storm clouds gathering at the horizon charges the atmosphere between James and Robbie, who find themselves sharing the last room at the inn afterwards.

To England Where My Heart Lies by goddessdster

22,446 Words, James/Robbie, Rated M, No Archive Warnings Apply Another story that's not about literal magic, but rather the power of fairy tales as both lessons of transformation and agency, and as quests of atonement. Weaving together past and present, James leaves for Spain without a word to Robbie, and the distance between them grows wider after James returns and gets wrapped up in a case involving the disappearance of a girl who specializes in folklore studies.

#inspector lewis #itv lewis #robbie lewis #james hathaway #lewis/hathaway #LewisFicRecs

[sistersinead]

tattoo roundup!

out of, well, narcissism I suppose, I thought it would be fun to post all of my tattoos.

my first tattoo! I got it in 2012, the year after my best friend suddenly died. she used to draw this graffito a lot. it didn't heal properly in the upper right but I don't mind how it looks. there's a curved line on corner of the skull's jaw which shouldn't be there, I don't know how it ended up in the tattooist's design, but I don't mind that either.

my second tattoo! big step up in terms of size and visibility, I feel like this is when I became a Tattoo Person. I've always loved cephalopods, I can stare at them for ages. my partner and I heard that giant squid mate for life and if one of them dies its partner eats it, which is too good to check. now we both have squid tattoos!

I think this one's next but I can't quite remember. I do remember it was in a 2-for-1 Valentine's day flash sale, so my partner has an identical one, and also I was very early in my transition and I think this was one of the first times I was female-presenting outside my house.

if the last one was a mid-transition tattoo, this was my first post-transition tattoo. my friend made this design just as an art piece and I liked it so much I paid them for a tattoo-friendly version. magpies are my favourite bird

a tattoo celebrating my love of big bellies and the works of Hidetaka Miyazaki. I aspire to gross incandescence

my friend who made the magpie design above became a tattooist! for a while they were doing free practice tattoos, so naturally I volunteered to be a canvas. this was the second one they did with colour.

what kind of transsexual would I be if I didn't have a Mountain Goats lyric tattoo on my inner arm? rosebay willowherb grows on disturbed and polluted ground, which is why I like it

same friend who did the witch's bottle, now professional and charging money and shit! I don't have a story or anything, this was just a really cool design so I needed it on me. a pal of mine has a matching one from the same series which is fun.

a carp! by that same friend. I was thinking of a few things when I asked for this - the great fish Kun from the opening chapter of the Zhuangzi, the Chinese fable of the carp leaping over the Dragon Gate waterfall and becoming a dragon, and tbh also the Great Coloured Carp from Sekiro

got this one three days ago, again from my friend, in a Hallowe'en flash sale. I love tattoo flash sales because my big problem is procrastinating and overthinking; spontaneously deciding to have a permanent change to my body is really good for me spiritually I think. also moths are cool.

#tattoos #selfies

[airpodshub]

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[ashworthbateman59]

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These great savings accounts are a wonderful approach to put away retirement funds without seeing the money in hand that you never appear to actually be able to avoid wasting your self - and it's pre-tax. Relying in your particular monetary state of affairs, you’ll need to decide on the perfect funding option to satisfy your investing needs. These gold and silver IRA companies have been chosen as the most effective in the trade, and are the proper selection for those seeking to spend money on precious metals. The IRA had chosen simply earlier than 3am on October 12 - the ultimate day of the Tory convention - for its macabre shock. By the point you learn this it could be of little surprise if costs aren’t over this quantity. I was hoping to have extra time to advocate a gold straddle, because the sideways motion in the Bollinger Bands was merely so compelling. The prospect of low curiosity rates within the US is driving traders in search of greater returns in direction of gold. One of the typical issues individuals find in Gold and Silver IRA is their steep minimal order value. The internal Revenue Service (IRS) has established strict guidelines for the sorts of gold that can be held in a Precious Metals IRA.

If you do not follow this rule, each rollover after your first may very well be subject to the 10% early withdrawal penalty, and you'll should pay taxes on the distribution. As list of gold ira companies in california , an IRA investment in any steel or coin counts as the acquisition of a collectible item. Clients who must promote their collectible coins are sometimes forced to return to the sellers, who buy the coins again at a fraction of the original sales worth. Buying shares of an exchanged traded fund (ETF) that tracks the worth of a treasured metal is an option for those who don’t need to deal with the issues that surround the physical ownership of precious metal coins or bullion by IRAs. While a gold IRA is subject to the identical guidelines and laws as other IRA accounts, there are some particular restrictions that you’ll want to concentrate on earlier than you invest, so that you don’t inadvertently expose yourself to tax consequences or penalties. Gold’s potential to take care of its worth and buying power against inflation has helped make it a a lot desired asset for those trying to guard themselves against inflation. The company has a straightforward-to-use IRA rollover website that may easily hook buyers into the precious metals market. A band struck the acquainted chords of Good day Dolly, and 1,200 revellers belted out the lyrics: ‘Hello, Maggie, it’s so nice to have you again where you belong.

Because of this, SDIRAs are best suited for traders who're already aware of nontraditional assets and are enthusiastic about holding them in a tax-advantaged retirement account. A gold IRA is a self-directed IRA that lets buyers get tax benefits whereas investing in physical gold and different treasured metals. For example, you would possibly avail of zero maintenance charges for the primary few years or get coins/bullion for free annually for several years. The suspect was arrested in Londonderry on Saturday morning following the search of a property. Less cheery was the collapse of talks between the government and the National Union of Mineworkers, auguring additional turbulent strikes. At this stage of the global depression, it is not been an uncommon scene to see those with out work due to the recession and layoffs left for months with no prospect of employment, reliant on government programs or financial savings just to keep afloat between jobs. The truth that gold is a tangible merchandise of worth-as opposed to a printed promise of value-provides one other layer of diversification and safety to your portfolio.

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[mirecalemoments01]

#BohemianRhapsodyLegacy #FreddieMercuryAuction #MercuryManuscripts #MercuryMemorabilia #RockLegendTreasures

[dillonestes]

Contrast Between Nokia N96 And Nokia N95

https://bit.ly/3re3BOc .com has "millions" of tunes, however unlike Rhapsody you can just listen to a 30 2nd sample and not the entire tune. They have optional downloading software for Windows, Linux and Mac that will add them instantly to iTunes (or Windows Media) and makes buying multiple tracks easy. If you do not use the downloader, you need to download one track at a time. Each song is 89 or 99 cents, albums range from $6 to $10. The ones I bought had relatively high encoding rates of 256 kbps. When like Rhapsody, you can just download them. So, you sign up for the website of your choosing.what next? Chances are you will be needed to download the custom-made software application provided by the site or community owner when you sign up and access the site. After that is complete you will be able to browse the sites database and download free iPod music whenever you desire. In my experience you are able to get an unrestricted quantity of downloads as soon as you go through the registration procedure. After you've listened, respectfully inform them about your concerns. Make certain to be clear throughout the entire conversation that the choice is theirs and theirs alone, you just desire to see them make the very best choices they can on their own. Our teens are smarter than we often provide credit for. Usually they'll make the smart option if they comprehend the reasons behind the decision. In 2012, a few of the huge hot singles were really released as a videos with lyrics. They are loved by the fans and also the artists, who frequently release a lyric video months before they shoot the real video, as a PR stunt or a teaser. The 8520 has a two lastest video mega pixel camera with a 5 x digital zoom. It also takes video in 2 modes. Regular and MMS mode. The media player can also play DivX, WMV, xvid and mpeg4. Then was an age about the pc video games. A lot of video games were available on CD. No one I knew bought them. These games were either downloaded from the internet or borrowed from a good friend. Nobody pays for software application in our country. Spare business business. Post your singles on audio sharing and download websites. Do not think of music piracy and whatever. For only a starter all of you need is to obtain your music heard by plenty of people. Browse in Google for sites which you could publish your tracks and provide as downloads. Now if they note your music, you promote those links. The more consistently people who access your music, the more buzz you will create in concerns to you. You will find websites for instance iTunes where you can fit your music on the market. Such trusted store will make you peer expert. CD-Baby is absolutely an online store which you might sell your CDs online. Try to find other associated shops and list your music on sale. Many websites supply complimentary media downloading software application so it can be thought about as a market standard. If they charge you for the software application, it is time to look somewhere else. Something you need to learn is whether their software works with your system, ie what are the software system requirements?

#social

[scoutmusicdottv]

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To start a business and steer it on the path to success, one must put in a lot of time and effort. Many years of experience and patience are required for this, which can only be obtained by abiding by a few basic guidelines. A key step in using and returning coin melodies is licensing. You may use movies and advertising to spread a worldwide musical tsunami. Copyright holders can collect royalties from the sale of the music work through this mechanism.

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Lyrics must be transcribed before the music can be released to the general public.

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Record labels typically pay the copywriter only once to avoid long-term investment expenditures.

Source: https://scoutmusicdottv.blogspot.com/2022/06/licensing-music-by-scout-music-tv.html

[makitapowersander]

Illegal downloading Free Music

I want to get this off my chest.

I’m pretty blissful about unlawful illegally downloading free of our music. It’s annoying that so many humans experience they can assist themselves to our music, however I’m no longer satisfied that these downloads would convert without delay into income if the web was once magicked away. And the net has been the device that we’ve used to develop the income of the band, so we’ve taken the view that you want to take the tough with the smooth.

Our method in the closing few years has been to decrease the temptation to illegally down load our music. Therefore, we:

keep our CD expenses as low as viable and provide ‘bundles’ in our shop make our song freely reachable to pay attention to on streaming websites such as as Spotify and Last FM work with net radio stations to make our tune handy by way of podcasts offer full-length free downloads and streamed songs on our very own website try to make our CD’s a acceptable product (we spend a lot of time and cash on design) emphasise our independence from report labels (in different words, if you take our music, you are stealing without delay from the musician, no longer some amorphous report company) Our hope is that this strategy makes a distinction and, if our increase in income is an indicator, then it has. But occasionally, I do discover myself getting dispirited. The launch of the Far Skies EP has prompted me to be mainly downhearted.

With Far Skies we desired to reward our loyal followers who have joined our mailing listing over the years. So, we supplied the CD in advance of well-known launch to human beings on our mailing list. There is, of course, a advantage to the band in this strategy as many extra human beings have consequently joined our mailing list, which means we are higher capable to goal direct income at persons in the future (rather than distribute thru sellers when we promote at wholesale prices.)

Unfortunately, inside simply a few days of the pre-orders being despatched out, Far Skies started out popping up on severa torrent sites. What truely pisses me off is that it is tremendously probably that any person on our mailing listing took it on themselves to add our song (the solely different opportunity is that someone who acquired a promo replica uploaded the CD. However, we have despatched very few promos out for Far Skies, and none beforehand of the pre-orders).

One of the benefits of being in cost of our personal label is that we can hold a applicable song of sales. For the pre-order of Far Skies we have a spreadsheet which consists of the title of every body who has ordered the CD. The CD isn’t accessible from all people else at the second so this spreadsheet have to encompass every person who has sold the CD so far. I used to be studying some of the early opinions and rankings of Far Skies on Progarchives the different day and seen that some of the most latest scores had been from human beings that do now not show up to have offered the CD.

Now, I have no intention of besmirching these people; possibly they obtained the CD as a gift, or borrowed a reproduction from a friend, so there is a purpose that they have been capable to charge our tune except acting on a database of humans who have offered it. Or possibly they are judging it after listening to the tune on a podcast or web radio station; in which case, honest ample I feel (although passing remark on an album when you haven’t obtained get entry to to the song in an uncompressed format, and don’t have the paintings and the lyrics in the front of you is a bit rum.) But if any of them has given a ranking to the album after downloading the track from a torrent site, now that would be bloody cheeky.

If there is all and sundry studying this who has downloaded tune from us illegally, please go to our store and assume about making a purchase. We are promoting forty one minutes of new track on Far Skies for simply £6 (which consists of shipping), so it’s now not like we’re using human beings to the down load websites with unreasonable prices.

We are an totally unbiased band and the whole thing we earn from the track goes straight again into the band. Listeners must at least replicate on that earlier than taking our music.

#Illegal downloading Free Music

[chrysanthemumgames]

Can we have some fluffy Charon and Hermes info pretty pretty pretty please? 💗

Fluffy facts ahoy!

Hermes:

> Has a very involved self care routine that involves wing maintenance, including preening, and taking out old feathers.

> The Underworld crew in general has a weird system of exchange of its own; for example Hermes sometimes gives these feathers to Alekto because she can spin them into thread, and in exchange she writes him lyrics to turn into songs. They’d do this sort of thing for each other anyway but Hermes really leans into the jokes about sale and trading. 

> The most talented instrumentalist in the group. Hermes is currently teaching Pyri to play the panpipes. He was very chuffed they asked, as he’s never been asked to teach anyone anything before.

> It doesn’t happen often, but sometimes the stress builds on Hermes enough that he really needs peace and quiet. When this happens, he always goes to find Hades and hangs out with him for a day. Hades never fails to find the time. 

> Makaria is his ‘flying buddy’ which basically means he flies her around whenever she demands it. 

Charon:

> Really likes puns, and will occasionally slip one into conversation to see if someone catches it. 

> Is known to spend afternoons off in the library or with one of the others, depending on who is free. 

> Tends to be the most often consulted for advice, of a general nature. 

> Is in charge of making sure the Underworld gets an appropriate seasonal amount of rain (yes, even though it’s underground).

> Is a very strong swimmer.

> While gods in general need very little sleep, Charon prefers to take theirs submerged in water, and sleeps more often in their bathtub than their bed as such. 

#ask #characters #hermes #charon #fluff #some of these probably aren't really 'fluff' exactly #buuuut it's the best I can do

[glockmonkey]

The End of the End of the World

Read on ao3

Summary: The Archivist reflects on what might have been

CWs in tags!

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At the end of the end of the world, the Archivist Saw a future.

He Saw a future in London; the real London, not the distorted mess it’s become since the fears took over. He Saw the women formerly known as the Prophets, currently known as George Barker and Melanie King. He Saw them in a one-bedroom flat, overlooking the streets of London. Making things, as they had both done so passionately before the Change. Writing scripts and editing audio regarding false, played-up tales. They liked it better that way.

Melanie was sitting on the bed, half-listening to some new alternative album, while her mind drifted elsewhere. She twisted a strand of hair around her finger and then uncoiled it, again and again. She jogged her leg absentmindedly, presumably to the beat of her album. 

And then Georgie slid in beside her, and an earbud was offered to her almost immediately. She trusted her girlfriend’s taste in music enough to take it without hesitation. Unhooking an oversized earring to make the earbud stay put, she took in every word of Melanie’s muttered trivia about the artist and the meaning of the lyrics she heard. Rather than the oppressive din of screams the Change had wrought, the noise was welcomed, here. 

The Archivist Saw Basira Hussain, at a hotel somewhere in Great Britain. A duffel bag lay open on the chair behind her, neatly folded clothes filling its bulk. In her hand, Basira took a small book from it and raised it to the light. From it, clippings and various pressings slipped out onto the floor. She ignored most of these, reaching instead for the clasp holding the contraption closed. It fell open to its most recent page; a detail in her late partner’s handwriting, regarding one of her chase victims. The hunt for this particular man–the thirty-something-year-old Albert Green–had ceased long ago, when he had vanished from the map some six years ago. Daisy had been furious, and then, later, bitterly glad, that this suspected convict had managed to escape her clutches. People had faced more tragic fates for nonviolent charges than he. 

Her old partner’s mistakes weren’t Basira’s duty, nor her fault, but she felt some obligation to them nonetheless. Reconciliation was what she needed, at least for the moment. After that, she didn’t know what she would do. There was something freeing about doing something constructive, for once. 

She snapped the journal shut and tossed it on the desk. She supposed she’d figure it out along the way.

At the end of the end of the world, the Archivist Saw a future for himself.

He Saw himself in the Safehouse, long past recognition of anything that might have been recognized as belonging to its former owner. The walls were lined with photographs and mediocre art, and various garments were hung on the coatrack, coats or not. The kettle was on, at its point between lukewarm and boiling, making scarcely a sound over the tinny voices from the record player; secondhand, on sale from the thrift shop a few streets over. 

And, clearer than anything, the Archivist Saw Martin.

Just as he always was. The same full smile, the same thick-knit sweater, the same gentle hands, which were in the process of peeling the potatoes for dinner. He tilted his head to the music, in a way that, were he the same man he was a few years ago, he would have described as obnoxious. Instead, it was endearing, or, perhaps, charming. For all the knowledge the Eye gave him, he still didn’t have the words to describe Martin Blackwood. 

That was alright, though. In this future, he didn’t need it. He was… fine, away from the powers. A stale statement or two a day, and he could be a normal person.

That’s what he was, here. A person. He knew it in the way Martin took him by the waist, and asked about his day, and how Jon scolded him halfheartedly about how he made him burn the garlic in his distraction.

The Archivist Looked on this future with such sorrow, such nostalgia for a thing that never happened. He collected himself, firmly.

And with a ragged breath inwards, and a horrible click, Jonathan Sims dropped the lighter. 

#hey remember when i said i wasn't gonna write something #that changed pretty quick huh #anyways here's my gay little ending fic enjoy #tma fic #tma theory #glock fics #tma #the magnus archives #fire tw #arson tw #food tw #suicide tw #police brutality tw #apocalypse tw

[kyotakumrau]

faq

It will be updated as I see fit when I will feel something should be added or changed. /last update 2020/11/25

How do I buy tickets for concerts in Japan? There are two types of tickets: fanclub tickets and general sale (some also pre-sale). * a knot finally started accepting card payments for tickets so if you’re a fc member you can apply for tickets through the fanclub even if you don’t live in Japan (you just need to ‘borrow’ a Japanese address. some of my friends sent tickets to their hotels, you just need to remember to change your a knot address and notify your hotel). * general sale and some pre-sales like OHP pre-sale: in general artists tend to use eplus which you will most likely not be able to use without Japanese phone or bank card. * once you arrive in Japan and the show is not sold out you can buy tickets in convenience stores (until few days before the show) or at the venue (on the day).  * if you want to be on the safe side and secure tickets before your trip, you can look for fans selling tickets on twitter or ticket reselling sites. Easiest option would be to use some shopping service like White Rabbit or Buyee. Just please be aware that since 2019 reselling AND BUYING tickets for more than the actual price is a crime. 

Does a knot accept credit cards? Yes, they finally started accepting card payments for membership, renewal and tickets from 2019 onward.

Can you help me get tickets? I can help with explanation and advice, but I don’t do personal shopping service etc. Sorry, but I have a full time job and want to enjoy the free time I get.

I want to send a letter/gift to the band.

・DIR EN GREY - Official fan club “a knot” is the only way to send anything to the band, unless you can attend a concert (in Japan there are boxes for gifts at the venue, abroad you can hand your gift to the staff to pass it to the band).

Address to send your letter/gift:

〒105-8799　日本郵便 芝郵便局留 「a knot」(band member’s name) 宛

105-8799 Nippon Yuubin Shiba Yuubinkyoku tome “a knot”  for (band member’s name)

・sukekiyo - To my knowledge at the moment it is only possible to pass a letter or a present to band members at the concert.

Can I join kyo online and/or other mobile sites (DIR, sukekiyo, Die)? Currently there are two ways to do it. * If you live in Japan and have a phone with working Japanese SIM (you need to have a contract with one of main providers in Japan: docomo, AU or softbank) you can sign up using your provider and payment for the membership will be added to your monthly bill. * Another way is to register using your debit/credit card. You need to create an account first and finish the registration after receiving an email. Your card will be charged every month then. DETAILS HERE Can I join Kaoru’s and/or Shinya’s blog? Yup, coyomi accepts non Japanese bank cards.

Can you translate [...]? As I stated above I have a full time job, so my time is somewhat limited. I will definitely translate information about the band and members’ activities, I will also consider more private requests if any of you is struggling with buying tickets or if there’s something band related. I don’t translate lyrics and I will not help you with your tattoo. When choosing interviews to translate I usually focus on Kyo’s.

Can you tell me about [...]? If I know the answer I will, if I don’t and I find the question interesting I will post it and we can hope someone else will be able to answer it. I’m not interested in things like gossip about members private life and their ‘real names’.

Can you share information from Kyo/sukekiyo/DIR mobile site etc? I will translate and post any updates from the free part of the site, but I will not share any limited content. It is not mine to share.

Can you rip / upload ....? Nope. It doesn't sit right with me, also I suck at computer stuff. Please support the artist buying official releases.

Where can I buy official merchandise? The best place to check first is Galaxy Broad Shop, where you can buy goods from DIR EN GREY, sukekiyo, The Zemeckises and other related projects. The shop has English menu and shipping worldwide (a bit pricey, but easy to use; alternative is to use a forwarding service). You can use both bank cards or Paypal to pay. *COVID situation - it might be a good idea to use forwarding address in Japan so you can have bigger choice of shipping options outside of Japan. Other place worth checking would be Neotokyo in Europe. If you’re looking for older stuff and sold out items it’s probably best to use shopping services and check Mercari, Yahoo Auctions and so on.

Who are you? I started this blog because I wanted to spread and share the information about DIR EN GREY. Fans being the 6th member for me means being the part of the community. I like informative posts and try to avoid drama. Now sukekiyo and other Kyo’s projects also became a big part of this blog. Who am I has a little to do with the blog, but I keep getting asked about it. I’m just a fan and besides the fact that I currently live in Japan there’s nothing really special about me. I don’t have a personal blog on tumblr, but if you really feel like you need to know more about my life you’re welcome to check my sporadically active insta and adore my cat. My twitter is mainly retweets, sometimes translations.

Can we hang out at the concert when I come to Japan? Um, let me be honest - I am shy and awkward and talking to strangers is not really something I’m good at. Especially after the concert when I’m exhausted and drenched in sweat... I’m simply not in emotional state where I want to talk to anyone ^ ^’ If you want advice about a specific venue or dos and don’ts in Japan at concerts write to me beforehand and I will try to answer your questions. I do help if someone needs help at the venue and simply asks (with lockers, tickets, buying goods etc.).

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Hikaru Real Sound Interview ~ English Translation

Note: Here we have another great long-ass interview. I feel like I have spent way too much time translating interviews the past two days. I am dead. But it was worth it. Reading those interviews is so much fun so I want more people to be able to experience that. Once again Hikaru talks a lot about Kalafina and we get some more insight regarding the two songs of her single. The interviewer is an avid Kala-fan and he asks some interesting questions. As always, take everything you read with a grain of salt. My Japanese is by no means perfect and English is not my first language. CREDIT me if you share this interview or parts of it.

Hikaru// reveals behind-the-scenes information of her solo project activities ~ "If it hadn’t been for my 10 years as part of Kalafina, there would be no H-el-ical//"

Hikaru//’s (ex. Kalafina) Solo Project H-el-ical// ・Major Debut Single "Altern-ate-" released on May 20

Hikaru// has regularly posted songs under the name stage-name H-el-ical// on YouTube since May 2019. In the blink of an eye the solo project of “Kalafina’s Hikaru” attracted a lot of attention and at the end of last year, she held a one-man live at Kanagawa Prefectural Hall. At her sold-out concert she announced her major debut with a song that would be adopted as the opening theme for the TV anime "Gleipnir" which is currently airing.

Kalafina was known as a masterpiece in the anime song world, at the peak of their success they held a 2 Day Live at Tokyo Budokan. After the group had stopped their activities in the spring of 2018, what were Hikaru//’s thoughts and how did she start her solo project? She shared a wide range of stories, from her past activities right up until her feelings regarding her major debut as a solo artist.

H-el-ical// is a project of “elevation” shared with everyone

ーー Kalafina’s activities came to a halt in March 2018, you started to publish songs on YouTube under the name of H-el-ical// in May 2019. What did you do during this 1 year break?

Hikaru//: I was working in a nursery school as a childcare assistant, something I had always felt connected with.

ーー So you lived a life separated from music?

Hikaru//: Working at a nursery school felt very therapeutic and it once again made me aware of the preciousness of life. In the meantime I was searching for the music I wanted to do. I worried that I wouldn’t be able to make a proper comeback and create music without someone supporting me. During that time someone who I had known from my Kalafina days reached out to me, I was able to meet up with him. I remember we talked about various things, “what should I do?” “Right now I am thinking about this kind of thing” “I would like to try doing this sort of music.” 

ーー What IS the kind of music you want to do?

Hikaru//: Since I have learned so much as a member of Kalafina that will always be a part of me, I would not want to let go of that aspect entirely. I also want to pursue all the music I am capable of making now that I am a solo artist. I want to create music that incorporates various elements without being bound by a single genre. I also really wanted to try and write my own lyrics.

ーー Gushimiyagi Hideyuki-san has been in charge of composing all the songs you have released on YouTube under your name H-el-ical//, right? He seems like a perfect fit for you. In the past he has been active as guitar player in bands such as “MUKASHIBANASHI” and “creature falls umbrella”.

Hikaru//: That's right. I met Gushimiyagi-san when he was introduced to me by Tomita (Akihiro)-san, my producer. During our first meeting he gave me a demo tape and told me, “I wrote these two songs for you with your image in mind!” Those songs were “pulsation” which was the first song I released on YouTube, and “Avaricia”, the second song that got released. 

ーー So this specific Gushimiyagi-Sound was something you wanted for yourself? 

Hikaru//: Yes! I'm sorry, I can't really explain why but I really like Gushimiyagi-san's music (laughs).

ーー H-el-ical//’s music has a signature guitar sound but it’s not plain guitar rock. It sounds more like Post-Rock music. At any rate, it really fits you, it’s very Hikaru//-like.

Hikaru//: ...Hmm, I wonder why? I guess these songs are also very Hikaru//-like because I am writing the lyrics myself and I am in full control during the recording...I am listening to the demo tapes by Gushimiyagi-san and then I will come up with all kinds of ideas, “I want to sing it like this” or “I want to use this kind of voice”. This way I am adopting a specific style for each song. 

ーー By the way, I wonder why you chose the name “H-el-ical//”? Why not use a big brand name like "Kalafina's Hikaru" that everyone would have recognised? I was honestly surprised that you didn’t put that name up-front.

Hikaru//: I think that might be due to everything I learned as part of Kalafina. From the get-go I had wanted to become a solo singer and I did countless auditions but then I found out that I would get the opportunity to join Kalafina. During the following ten years of activity I learned that there are many things in life that you cannot do on your own. There is only so much a single person can do. There have always been Wakana-san and Keiko-san, the musicians, staff members and of course everyone who supported us, the fans. If it hadn’t been for all of them our music would not have been possible. With these experiences in mind I felt very forlorn and disheartened when I thought about starting a solo career (laughs). You can’t do something like that without the help and support from others.

ーー So “H-el-ical//” is the name of your solo project but you are not "H-el-ical//"? The name includes everyone who is working with you, the music production team, recording staff and composer.

Hikaru//: And the audience too. "Helical" means "spiral". When I looked up the word "spiral" in a dictionary, I found the following description, "a line with a basic repeating structure that rises infinitely without ever remaining in the same position". I feel the same way about my singing and continuing to make music, I chose the word “Helical” because I have the desire to make progress, to reach higher and to create music together with everyone. In the end I also felt like adding some hyphens (laughs).

ーー The hyphens ...Yes, I want to know more about the hyphens (laughs). When you first see the name "H-el-ical//", I wondered whether I should separate the word into different syllables? But you put the hyphens into positions that have nothing to do with syllables so you can’t really separate the name into different parts.

Hikaru//: Well, to start with, I would like you to read the name omitting the "-el-" in the middle.

ーー Ah, it is read as 「ヒカル」"Hi Ka Ru"!

Hikaru//: That's right (laughs). Also, the "el" in the middle is "elevation", which means "going higher or ascending", something is increasing by adding an outside force or element. In other words, it means that you can make progress not only by using your own power but also through  the power of the people around you.

ーー As you said earlier, this project is about reaching higher together with everyone, right? Now let’s talk about the two slashes, you are using them in your stage name "H-el-ical//" but also for your name "Hikaru//", why did you add them at the end?

Hikaru//: It is supposed to mean that I have proven what I wanted to prove, a sort of proof of my existence, Q.E.D. “thus it has been demonstrated”. “This is H-el-ical//’s music”, “this is Hikaru//’s music”. That's why my name is Hikaru// when I work for my project “H-el-ical//” but this summer when I am performing as a guest vocalist at Kajiura-san’s live ("Yuki Kajiura LIVE vol. #16 ~ Sing a Song Tour 2020 ~") I am called "Hikaru".

ーー There is another big question people have regarding your “H-el-ical//” activities, why did you decide to release music for free on YouTube back in May 2019? To be honest, with a big name like "Kalafina's Hikaru" I assume you could have gotten many offers from a variety of major labels, even if you had just released a CD independently or focussed on doing a few lives, I think you could have generated some nice sales and mobilised a considerable amount of fans...

Hikaru//: No, no, no. Life is not that easy (laughs).

ーー Oh really, I thought in your case it would have been easy ...

Hikaru//: I think this break was necessary, everyone needed some time to heal, after all, I had no idea how long it would take for people to accept me as a solo artist without any attachment to Kalafina. That’s why I started by posting videos on YouTube, I was very excited about that (laughs).

The story of "Kalafina’s Hikaru" and "H-el-ical//’s Hikaru//"

ーー However, contrary to what you may have expected, your MV "pulsation" which was released in May 2019 has currently more than 70,000 views. And of course at the time of its publication it caused quite some turmoil online. 

Hikaru//: I didn’t include my name “Hikaru//” when I posted "pulsation" and the songs released afterwards, they were all released under the name “H-el-ical//” but right away there were people in the comment section of YouTube wondering if this was “Kalafina’s Hikaru” (laughs).

ーー It’s no surprise, ”Kalafina’s Hikaru” had a great influence so your secret was leaked (laughs).

Hikaru//: I wanted to start by assembling some songs as an unidentified artist called H-el-ical//, then when it was decided that I would join my current agency Hifumi it was finally revealed that “H-el-ical//” was my solo project. At that time I got many messages saying, “I knew it was you!” 

ーー With more than 70,000 views I guess it’s safe to say that not everyone watching knew who was behind H-el-ical//, I think there must have been many people who had no idea of the existence of Kalafina. 

Hikaru//: That made me very happy. Of course, Kalafina's Hikaru is forever linked to H-el-ical// because it is in fact me but I started releasing music under my solo project “H-el-ical//” so it really boosted my confidence that there were actually people who said they liked H-el-ical// as an independent artist without any association to Kalafina.

ーー After the release of "pulsation" and after revealing the identity of H-el-ical// you were busy releasing songs on YouTube, how do you make music together with Gushimiyagi-san who is in charge of the composition and arrangement?

Hikaru//: As I mentioned, the first two songs were written based on the image he had of me, with the other songs I made vague suggestions, asking for all kinds of things such as “Southeast-Asian” vibes, something with a “earthy” feel or songs that would get the audience super hyped during a live.

ーー Now that you mention it I am amazed because H-el-ical//’s discography is indeed filled with songs that have a "Southeast-Asian” or “earth-like” sound. In other words, I think Gushimiyagi-san really tried his best to do your orders justice. 

Hikaru//: They were more like rough requests (laughs).

ーー Yes (laughs). So why do you think Gushimiyagi-san was able to fulfil your "rough requests" so perfectly?

Hikaru//: Who knows why? Gushimiyagi-san always says, "the variety of songs I can write for H-el-ical// increases steadily”. He often comes across as confused but then he will suddenly pull all these amazing “Southeast-Asian” and “earth-like” songs out of his hat. After recording a song I would always talk with Gushimiyagi-san and Tomita-san about what kind of songs to do next. Whenever I suggested something abstract like a "Southeast-Asian song" Tomita-san would name a handful of specific artists and songs for reference asking if I meant something like that. I guess it’s due to those follow-up discussions that Gushimiyagi-san was able to fulfil my requests so perfectly.

ーー You are releasing your single "Altern-ate-" this month, pretty much one year after you started your activities as H-el-ical//. How does this solo debut feel for you? Despite your great achievements as part of Kalafina - such as holding a 2-Day Live at Nippon Budokan - does this somehow feel different to your past experiences?

Hikaru//: It feels completely different. Precisely because this is not Kalafina (laughs). Until now, Kajiura-san wrote the songs and lyrics, I was singing together with Wakana-san and Keiko-san to bring someone else’s music to life. that music was loved by many people but this time around it’s just me, it’s only Hikaru//. So I was incredibly worried.

ーー Did you feel uneasy even after your YouTube videos had gained a lot of attention and your live at Kanagawa Prefectural Hall last year had been a huge success?

Hikaru//: I had a wonderful time at that concert thanks to everyone who attended it that day but now that I am releasing my single "Altern-ate-", I am filled with anxiety and nervousness (laughs).

ーー At that live you announced your major debut as a solo artist and that your debut song would be the opening theme for the TV anime "Gleipnir" which is currently airing.

Hikaru//: Yes.

ーー H-el-ical// is credited as lyricist for the opening song "Altern-ate-" of the anime "Gleipnir", as is the case with all your previous songs, you have written the lyrics yourself, right? Did you have any experience writing lyrics before your activities as a solo artist?

Hikaru//: No. I has always wanted to write the lyrics but as Kalafina we were dedicated to singing Kajiura-san's songs.

ーー So it’s been about one year since you have started writing lyrics?

Hikaru//: Yes, my lyrics are still 1st grade level (laughs).

ーー It doesn’t feel like that. You come across as very articulate, your lyrics are incredibly complex.

Hikaru//: Oh !? Really? Thank you!

ーー I guess the line〈二人で一つ | two people in one〉that appears repeatedly in your lyrics reflects the relationship between Shuichi Kagaya, the protagonist of the anime who has the ability to transform into a giant mascot plushie, and the heroine Clair Aoki. Additionally, you have included a lot of key elements from the Norse mythology in your lyrics, the original “Gleipnir” work was heavily influenced by these elements. Some examples are 〈猫の足音 | the noise a cat makes in foot-fall〉〈岩の根 | the roots of a rock〉〈鳥たちは生唾飲む | the spittle of birds〉〈魚さえ息潜めて | the breath of a fish〉〈髭が棘みたいにいたい（彼女はもういない）| the beard of a woman〉〈熊の腱 | the sinews of a bear〉.

Hikaru//: Yes. I'm so happy you got a those references (laughs).

ーー Yes, I'm very familiar with the anime and the original work. So when I read through your lyrics I thought, "oh, this person is very talented."

Hikaru//: I am a big reader and I love to read all kinds of stuff into something (laughs). I have always loved anime and manga .... Basically I am just a big otaku...

ーー It's quite obvious when you look at your Instagram (laughs). You are posting pictures of all the manga you have read in a day or a cover photo of a "Princess Principal" CD.

Hikaru//: I guess I am a little obsessed (laughs). But that's why when it was decided I would write the lyrics for an anime song, I wanted something that really sounded like an anime song. By the time I wrote the lyrics, 6 volumes of the original manga had already been released so while reading through those 6 volumes over and over again, I assembled all words that reminded me of my favorite lines and the most impressive scenes. The original manga is a wonderful work so I didn’t have much trouble writing the lyrics. My love for anime and manga makes it possible that I can write such lyrics so I really wanted to write something special. 

ーー In addition, 〈二人で一つ | two people in one〉can also be interpreted as a reflection of the “H-el-ical//” project, it showcases your determination to work together as a team consisting of Hikaru//, your composer, the staff members and all the fans. In the story of "Gleipnir", were there any scenes that resonated strongly with you?

Hikaru//: Yes. One of the goals of watching anime and reading manga is to immerse yourself in a fantasy world and to escape reality but actually it has the opposite effect for me. After returning from the fantasy worlds of anime and manga, I always feel like I have learned a lot and I gain the courage to face reality. “This part of the story applies to my current situation”, “Should I act like this when I am faces with these kinds of challenges?” It’s things like that which you learn while reading manga and watching anime. When it comes to “Gleipnir” I strongly sympathise with the characters who are facing hardships and who are struggling to overcome the obstacles that are put in their way. That’s because I as Hikaru// am trying to pursue an ideal image of myself as a singer. In the pursuit of this image I often come across hurdles or I hit a wall. In moments like this I needed the help of my friends to overcome those obstacles.

ーー One part of the lyrics strikes me as particularly strange, it’s a line that appears multiple times in your lyrics as well as in the manga and anime,〈この物語の主役じゃない | I am not the protagonist of this story〉. I felt like that line didn’t really suit you?

Hikaru//: Oh really?

ーー Because you are always front and center on the stage, aren’t you? That was the case back in your Kalafina days and it was the same during your H-el-ical// live last year at Kanagawa Prefectural Hall.

Hikaru//: Well, that's something I learned during my time as a member of Kalafina, most of the time the parts I was singing were not the main melody. When Wakana-san and Keiko-san were taking the lead, I was providing the harmonies, during those moments I often thought about my position. It's important to create a good balance with the lead but I also wanted the audience to know that I was singing, I wanted my vocals to be heard. I was constantly wondering about my role when standing on stage so actually, I can very much relate to the words “I am not the protagonist of this story”.

ーー At first glance the line has a negative ring to it but actually it's a positive message. Even if you're not the protagonist your presence on stage is meaningful and you will get your chance to shine there.

Hikaru//: Not only the protagonist but all the characters around him are indispensable to the story.

"Altern-ate-" is connecting "Gleipnir" and H-el-ical//

ーー How did you come up with the title ...

Hikaru//: Oh, actually my manager came up with the idea (laughs).

ーー But it was you who made the final decision, right?

Hikaru//: It was quite similar to the title I was originally thinking of. The word "Alternate" as in “alternating”/”mutual” is an important keyword in the work "Gleipnir".

ーー It's a story of "two in one” where Shuichi and Clair are becoming one to fight off enemies and grow to adulthood.

Hikaru//: I also like that there is are hyphens surrounding "ate". After all, "ate" is the past tense of "eat"? For me this word conveys an image of "fighting for your survival." There are various difficulties in life, you have to race ahead, there is always this underlying feeling of having to fight. So I think the title "Altern-ate-" is really fitting.

ーー This is just my impression as a long-time Kalafina fan but I was surprised to see you reveal such a raw fighting spirit.

Hikaru//: Oh really? When I was singing back then I guess I was mostly in charge of the dramatic and emotional parts (laughs).

ーー Of course your singing was very cool during the Kalafina era but during the MCs you always seemed so cute and reserved. For example, when you were introducing the live goods you always tried your best to appeal to the fans by saying things like, "please don’t forget to walk past the merch booth before you go home". From these moments I always got the impression you were a very cheerful and lively person...

Hikaru//: Hahahaha (laughs). Certainly there may be such an image. But basically, I am super stubborn and not very flexible. When I had just joined I was incredibly shy so I never talked to the other members. But then Wakana-san and Keiko-san would tell me, "You have to talk to us or otherwise we don’t know what you are thinking, please try to talk a little more?" That’s when I knew I had to start getting involved with people little by little. I realised that I can make better music by communicating with the others and relying on them.

ーー So did you choose the title “Altern-ate-” because it emphasises “mutuality”?

Hikaru//: Yes, the “H-el-ical//” project is something I decided I wanted to make together with everyone, I will continue to make music with the help of various people.

ーー What kind of request did you have for Gushimiyagi-san in regard to this song?

Hikaru//: This time I didn’t have a particular request for him, Gushimiyagi-san was entrusted with the requests from the people responsible for the anime production.

ーー But it feels very much in line with all the other  H-el-ical// songs that have been released on YouTube so far. It all comes together nicely, there’s no distortion.

Hikaru//: I think that’s because Gushimiyagi-san always makes "Music for H-el-ical//" and I am writing the lyrics. Another reason may be that the H-el-ical// team is in control of the final sound by participating in the mix work.

ーー Do you record what appeals to you or rather what you think appeals to the listener?

Hikaru//: I'm not all too familiar with the technical aspects of music but during mixdown and trackdown I always share my first impression and other opinions. But of course I have no choice but to leave all the stuff I am clueless about to the experts. I always have to remind myself of that (laughs).

ーー I guess that’s where your stubbornness comes through a little ...

Hikaru//: With 10 years worth of experience as part of Kalafina I now know that the best things in life are born out of group efforts, of willingly entrusting certain duties to others.

ーー The name and sound design may be different but it seems like your story as Kalafina’s Hikaru is beautifully connected to your story as H-el-ical//’s Hikaru//.  

Hikaru//: If it hadn't been for my 10 years as part of Kalafina, there would be no H-el-ical//.

ーー Now let’s talk about the B-Side "clea-rly-". This is a non-tie-up song.

Hikaru//: I wrote the lyrics having the image of a strong spirited girl in mind.

ーー Did you put part of yourself in the lyrics?

Hikaru//: This ties back to what I said earlier, there is a fantasy element in the music but in addition, it plays a role in being able to face reality. The song "clea-rly-", is about a pure but slightly arrogant girl... In a sense, you could say she is a Tsundere. Singing about a girl like that feels like a fantasy coming true so I really wanted to sing it (laughs)...

ーー Is that a motif that inspired by Gushimiyagi-san's melody and arrangement? Or is it your favourite girl image?

Hikaru//: Some of it was inspired by the melody but I also let myself be influenced by the fact that it is the B-Side of the opening theme of "Gleipnir".

ーー So because this was the B-Side of the OP for “Gleipnir” you felt the strong urge to sing a song about a Tsundere Girl?

Hikaru//: Since this is my debut single I really wanted to use the momentum and arrive with a bang. That's why the B-Side is also an up-tempo song. I did worry a lot about the lyrics though. Tomita-san said, "why don't you pay tribute to "Gleipnir "and let yourself be inspired by another character?" "Altern-ate- "is basically from Shuichi’s point of view so he suggested I should focus on another character for the B-Side. That’s how I came up with the idea of ​​singing about a girl like Clair.

ーー Clair definitely gives off Tsundere vibes. The lyrics of this song are once again really good. In the first chorus you sang 〈どんな非情な手だって全て〉 and in the second chorus you sang 〈どんな非常な日だって全て〉. Instead of the words rhyming, you are playing with words by using homonyms.

Hikaru//: Hahahaha(laughs). I have always loved reading books and back in the day when I was blogging for Kalafina I would always start my blog posts with a word game. I enjoy doing tricky stuff like that.

ーー The title of the song, "clea-rly-", is also separated by hyphens ...

Hikaru//: Please try to read the first 4 letters (laughs).

ーー Ah! It's "clea" (KuReA = Clair)!

Hikaru//: That's right (laughs).

ーー I think with your great vocals - popular ever since your Kalafina days -, the great music, the fascinating lyrics and the intriguing rhetoric in the titles your single is more than worthy of H-el-ical//’s major debut. But what are your plans for the future?

Hikaru//: Of course it’s very difficult to talk about wanting to hold lives in the current situation, But of course I'm going to continue to make music, I enjoy being together with you through the "H-el-ical//" project, I hope I can create good music and perform it live someday soon. I had my debut with an anime tie-up but I will do non-tie-ups too so I would like to continue releasing  H-el-ical// songs on my official YouTube channel.

ーー Actually, you released three songs in a row shortly before “Gleipnir” was airing and during the broadcast period. You released 「水 – Find your answer」,「風 – Struggle to admit」and「地 – Side by side」just before and immediately after your major debut song was distributed on TV. I was taken aback by your seemingly endless desire to create (laughs).

Hikaru//: I had planned to do an acoustic live on April 5, I was meant to perform 5 new songs for that. I decided to release those 5 songs independently on a CD titled "elements" which was available for purchase in my online shop. Three of those songs I already released on YouTube. In situations like this, I would like to explore what I can do as H-el-ical// and find new ways to enjoy music with you.

#kalafina #hikaru #my translation #my translations #interview #real sound #hikaru// #helical #h-el-ical// #altern-ate- #long ass text post #kill me now #two days in a row is too much #my brain feels fried

[sirjustice450-blog]

Eating corpse as Japanese or corpse as German/kikuyu blooded claims which takes the day. We wanna see homey

Govt holiday wait dude as in the link below, rye makes water proof building bricks and outside tiles and even pavements and only grown in NY state, such products sold allover North America, so how can a city in the sun like Nairobi be above Ny state and not to mention, rye can be shipped to other continents to make the same. U cant defeat empire state ES dude as well as any top rye growing nations as rye armored machines are more bullet proof that of any made known nature dude

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=j+holiday+ft+fat+joe&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rye

Nigeria, Negros, Jamaica, Mexicans, Brazil and Ghana as top African car makers 1 year ago, wanted to take lead as other sectors of their economies collapsed as oil, so to be on-top must eliminate Japan, so with the hooliganism going on as explained in tumblr sirjustice50 following a/c is to get what they say as they used to import military vehicles and jets to eliminate them so they get to their land and increase their products sales that looks like Japan 1 around the globe as many nations now have known how to make the Japanese vehicles like France more good than the Japan made 1, so though allies with the above nations but now kinda, eliminating the above trick and angering the alliance dude.

Let people live good so many get into reading culture to increase the volumes of books being sold as synonymous with NY to push time, which they wanted not to drop sales of NY best sellers now can be made at home, where curdled milk added to cotton mixed with water solution by the book inserted and boom ya books, u can even use mushroom, cassava, maize flour mixture with water to still make the same or saw dust as hay dude.

With clothes, socks, belts, ties, bedding,napkins u add the above or biscuits to such mixture with water solution b4 the boom process done like spit saliva

Chris Brown song the house he gets out of was lari Nairobi along time dude, Italians still got those photos currently to let u know as in the link below

https://www.google.com/search?client=opera&q=chris+brown+freaky+friday&sourceid=opera&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

With most hardware tools like metallic pipes, rods or plastic counterparts are made in the boom process with sewer garbage water where pieces of raw mango or grinned solution added and boom ya welding plates as well as metals and wires. U can replace the mango solution with grinned carrot, pineapple, apple solution or any other known fruit to ya if results don’t come out dude as even with plastic chairs where u, use rye or dough thick solution.

Roads are made like the streets of Venice city where garbage added to sewer water b4 the boom process done or hardware bolts and nuts added to the sewer water while sky-scrapper deep holes dug with like bore hole sinking machine and the above mixture filled unto the holes and boom u explain how many floors and shape of building u want as much as partitioned to the devil and its made as well on the surface of the ground u can add much mixtures on container 4 the building to be more thick dude. Images of Venice water streets dude in the link below

https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=images+of+venice+streets&client=opera&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwj3xM_AneDqAhUJkxQKHWqoA18QsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1240&bih=914

With engine oils and applying oils u can add few litres hanged on polythene bags or just insert the container that contains it in cold water b4 adding thinner, distilled water, cut mango, yellow sweet potato, avocado, yellow egg albumen as u try not with mixing all but 1 after another to get ya desired product in the boom process and with any chemical when making any product.

As gotten from pintrest, use like 12 Volts mini-solar panel, then connect to input 1 dc - 12 dc step up transformer then output 12 V - 48 V b4 mounting to a solar charger controller SCC to maintain the current at 12 volts to be used by the inverter or use another step up input 12 V - 50 V then output 100 V - 240 V to light up ya house or business premise. From the 100-200 volts output place a 12 V transformer to reduce the power to 12 dc to be used by like motor bike 12 dc bulbs to illuminate on the solar panel above. Dude if u get to the sun then come back to a dark place it just lights up provided the bulbs on 12 v light aint burnt up as well as the transformer. Kikuyu blooded we wanna see if this is yours or claim to want to delete it as Mr Hindu has done which has never been resorting to malice of not wanting to accept defeat as they cant control 1 as they know nothing dude. When u illuminate bright light like with the China made 1 on solar panels even in the dark they don’t give out all written output power but some percentage as explained above. We can employ on light and off-light photo-starts. Had sent a longtime to likes of china as illuminated in the link below, already made dude, can also be a switch to ya wi-fi camera at night when not in the premise when their is no sunshine as u aint their to monitor the same or when darkness engulf ya room out of ya being away as doors are closed. Sasa sema ni wewe dude and face the music as Many Asia medium/short people have know how to make missiles

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/dc-dc-converter.html

https://sresky.en.alibaba.com/

https://www.alibaba.com/showroom/solar-street-light.html

https://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?fsb=y&IndexArea=product_en&CatId=&SearchText=dc+electric+timer

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/02/07/world/asia/north-korea-missile-proliferation-range-intercontinental-iran-pakistan-india.html

Eating snakes as Japanese or corpse as German/kikuyu blooded claims which makes the best Machines that can subdue 1 another, Obinah/Jamaica, wnat people to listen to ya good purpoted side yet u cant help thinking it will be that way as u thought to have killed the 1 who provided ya with Data on how to make machine like in tumblr sirjustice50, still talking rudely without utmost respect but whant it on the reverse. Dude instead of who shot ya phrase, “who are u take the day“ dude

One placed sunking paid daily gadget on his $ 1000 solar stereo and TV inside, the 1 controlled with the wi-fi to find the exact location of his machines in Rwanda. Dude with the above in mind, we must solve our plights with soul force not violence dude, solve anything that comes our way amicably b4 he went to Rwanda knowing the bearing as he got the machine to locate his gadgets. Save the day dude.

With electric bikes or cars, since it uses no etra fuel, no need to exploit ya customers as charge the same as many just cheat people they have gone to refuel tanks liaising with those at the pump yet they got E-bikes or tuk tuk but with made fuel inlet as a gimmick. People beware many are making super-normal profits out of u as they have bought a machine that gives that noise as if using fuel to delude ya to pay. Beware of many new machines placed on the roads dude

Click the link below 4 more houses as shown above suited 4 Africa to eliminate beef brought by ruling class on those who wanna make it bro

https://babyanimalgifs.tumblr.com/post/624146336989724672/just-thought-yall-would-enjoy-my-goat-dressed-as

Those in politics saying this sphere good than another, just locate to another city within ya country as stop those silly dirty games. USA good in photo and u wanna get their, stupid and silly as ya tricks the poor wants to get on ya neck.

With money u can place pineapple juice instead of pumpkin juice or apple or mix all of such above as the solution in boom process as hay or cut outer peel of ripe pineapple makes even the Kenyan brown cash notes and even more 4 many nations.

Now in reproach as the luo, who got 1 off another land, homie who shot ya as like lyrics, who wants to take ya land that many wanna get out off dude. Stop ya silly tactics of failure to reach ya plans as eating corpse of brown lips people to satisfy ya appetite.

Masai Kenneth Guantai now has made an oil free tuk tuk that needs no extra-expenses in fuel buying which means 100% saving money u ought to buy petrol with, so they claim to live in cluster, now do it babe, marshal up as u always wanted to eat in others houses claiming they are of ya gene to talk to the Guantai in the below link to give u such Tuk tuk and even with ya women to give to their Boyfriends to pay Kenneth at the end of the day b4 it became yours as u r of one blood. Now their is justice with the above, now prove u aint lazy as Kamba and Luo have hidden their own make as will hinder the maneuver to disturb folks as wanting their food as always. God has spoken from Nairobi dude, distribute yaself to many Kenyan cities to undertake the driving initiative like malindi, kisii, kwale, lamu and more not to walk around locating what to steal as walking tall 4 people to fear u which if aint the case u even ambush those whom have refused to extend, ‘the eat in their house favor‘ though u aint students but grown ups. Corpse eating now blocked so becoming hungry as Negros cant make it hear, so the few with red/pink lips u heap ya hate on dude, got to stop bro

https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2020-06-17-nys-backs-electric-tuk-tuk-innovation/

When country has been developed and all corruption loopholes blocked, dude where to raise money rest within courts as with stringent traffic rules and human-to-human good manners like no abuses on the phone which if 1 does gets u to jail to pay the bail to give the county money, synonymous with countries like Germany or USA. Traffic stringent rules like u should not drink when driving as it gives ya a ticket after testing with the machine in the link below

https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=alibaba+digital+alcohol+testing+machine+images&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjTi8j7j97qAhWBAmMBHR1mAqsQsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1280&bih=910

Supermarkets and chain-stores, talk to the manufacturer to inscribe the name of ya store in all u import or buy from them, either on the below the container or on the sides so it is not used again to make rich the ways of the dubious business doers, instead of sampling after each buying or b4 in the store after purchase from the company as described in 1 of the following tumblr a/c of sirjustice300

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=electric+serial+stamper+machine+images

https://www.google.com/search?q=electric+soldering+stamping+machine+images&tbm=isch&ved=2ahUKEwjd7rGvkd7qAhUS-4UKHVZfBvEQ2-cCegQIABAA&oq=electric+soldering+stamping+machine+images&gs_lcp=CgNpbWcQA1CN_gdYyaQIYLCuCGgAcAB4AIABxQeIAZ0ikgELMi0zLjAuMS4xLjOYAQCgAQGqAQtnd3Mtd2l6LWltZ8ABAQ&sclient=img&ei=U8MWX535DJL2lwTWvpmIDw&bih=910&biw=1280&client=firefox-b-d

After much stay in snow, it makes ya mind or changes it, it makes u kiddish or to tolerate kiddish talks even from people under/below ya age and the better as its how it helps ya, synonymous with those who live in such lands as we judge them having those mind yet we know not of the above which if our-self were in the same land could be that way dude. High heat lands makes u the reverse dude as i believe synonymous with tropical land people of no-intense heat but average heat as 20-30 degrees.

The toxic gas detector machine in the link below should be tied with the oxygen gas outlet in hospitals as many hospitals kill the same patient using traces of poisonous gas, as u can buy your b4 the alarm sound to alert u and people all around of the same, so stringent rules be applied.

https://www.google.com/search?source=univ&tbm=isch&q=toxic+gas+detector+machine+alibaba+china+images&client=firefox-b-d&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjmyKCfkd7qAhVMx4UKHcB_CCkQsAR6BAgKEAE&biw=1280&bih=910#imgrc=tI5yjyU_V7W1iM

No-where in the bible written or a new commandment that u run away from ya responsibility, that u bring ya many kids to 1 to cement the truth that u love kids, carry your own burden, me aint your resolver as parents or Govt dude. Hustle dude

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-d&q=ace+hood+hustle+hard+remix

China motor bikes are made using cut flower grinned solution in the boom process dude.

Who are u, that u say those who have given u headache 4 quite too long if they die u eat their corpse. Dude answer me, what have u come out/up 1st with b4 another nations like airplanes, phones and cars, dude or just politicking, refusal of truth that u r poor and gimmicks and gimmicks of not accepting truth. Kikuyu blooded lest u change we subdue you dude! Wewe ni nani na ni nini!!!!! Who the heck do u think u r, 1 who disturb people with wanting to eat in their houses as together with ya kids, dude, take ya being silly a way, u poor and wretched dude, of malice and deceit now known to the whole world as ya character b4 ya refusal is officiated though blessing in disguise dude.

Japan newly built jets awaiting war to replaced the old imported ones as stated in the below links as well as the armored glass siren gas airplane cylinder 1 as state in the following many tumblr a/c of sirjustice50 where bright lights with convex lenses are placed to hit the gas more quickly as well as reduce the coil which could have burnt easily if was so

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6YS2LnDAFc

https://www.popularmechanics.com/flight/a23382/race-build-supersonic-airliner/

[scotianostra]

On December 16th 2001 singer/songwriter Stuart Adamson took his own life.......

Stuart's parents, expats, lived in Manchester when their boy was born and moved home to Fife when he was just four, don't anyone fuckin dare tell me he wasn't Scottish!  The family settled in Crossgate on the outskirts of Dunfermline.

Adamson's father was in the fishing industry and travelled the world. He encouraged Stuart to read literature, and both parents shared an interest in folk music, Fife born author Ian Rankin attended Beath High School, two years beneath Adamson, and would later become a big fan.

Stuart founded his first band, Tattoo, in 1976 after seeing The Damned in Edinburgh, a year later he formed Skids and recruited Crosshill lad Ian Jobson, The legendary John Peel plugged them on his Radio 1 show which led them to playing support to the likes of the Clash and The Stranglers and a record deal with Virgin. Stuart walked out on the group just as they were about to make it big, for a time he rejoined the band for a tour to promote their album Scared to Dance.

Hooking up with guitarist and long-time friend Bruce Watson, Adamson formed Big Country, the line-up also featured, on keyboards, Peter Wishart, later of Gaelic rockers Runrig, and now a polititian. Originally they experimented with the synthiser sounds that were all the rage then, The Human League were riding high in the charts, but Adamson wanted something more traditional and the synth sounds made way for the guitar sound that was a unique sound for the band and that became their trademark sound. Adamson said later....“Music used to be a thing where working people got together on a Saturday night and played some songs. Someone’d play the guitar or the fiddle or an accordion. No bastard’d played the synthesiser.”

They roped in Jam drummer Rick Buckler on some demos which were hawked around a number of recording labels unsuccessfully, a support slot with Alice Cooper went disastrously too, the band’s half-baked sound grating on an audience looking for glam-metal thrills. By the second night of the tour they were sacked.

Their manager Grant Scott called in Adamson and convinced him the band needed a shake up, out went Wishart, in came in came bassist Tony Butler and drummer Mark Brzezinski, who had just finished an album with Pete Townsend of The Who. Butler, a much respected bass player had also played with Townsend, Roger Daltry and The Pretenders. The final link in the chain that brought them success was when they were signed by Phonogram records, who appointed Steve Lillywhite to produce them, Lillyywhite had just finished work on U2's breakthrough album War and had previously worked with Siouxsie And The Banshees, the Psychedelic Furs and XTC. 

Initially contracted to just do a single, the sessions for Fields Of Fire produced not only that classic song, but gave birth to the Big Country sound and inspired a new bout of songwriting from Adamson, the band had it all in front of them. At the heart of it all was Adamson, the punk rocker with the virtuoso talent. He used to say, ‘Don’t call me a musician. I’m a songwriter, guitarist, singer, but muso – I don’t like that tag’,” but musician he was. 

The music of their album The Crossing was epic and inspirational, as big as the glens and as loud as a cavalry charge, this was rock music yes, but not the type played by the likes of Led Zeppelin or AC/DC, this had a Scottish spin. The crowd-friendly skirling guitars, big beats and uplifting calls to arms were all great, but The Crossing also tone the sound down with the, in my own humble opinion, brilliant Chance, which Lillywhite describes as a “a beautiful, depressive song,” Released in July 1983, The Crossing went on to sell over two million copies worldwide.

Their follow up album Steeltown hit number one in the UK and hit gold status in sales, another two top ten albums followed, but all the time Stuart Adamson was fighting his demons.Although sales were good the music press started to turn on them, Steeltown was collection of songs born out of the political landscape of the 80's - the Falklands war, unemployment, tales of people trapped by circumstance and crushed by forces outside their control, it wasn’t what the press wanted to hear, the dour Scotsman. In the eyes of the music press, the band were pompous and dreary and so not cool, the dour Scotsman, in the eyes of the music press, were a pompous band and dreary and so not cool.

1985 took the pressure of Stuart a little, they were signed to score the film, The Scottish classic, Restless Natives,  the instrumental score freeing him from that "dour Scotsman" tag. The bands manager Grant tells of Stuart leaving the band, but not, relentlessly on the road, doing press, radio, TV and in the studio and not at home as much as he would have liked.He was also hitting the booze big time.Unable, at the time to get a definitive answer from Stuart on the bands future they missed out on a spot at Live Aid, having previously featured on the single Do they know it's Christmas.

Come 1988 they recorded Peace In Our Time, a more mellow Middle of the Road album, which was an attempt at cracking the US market, it bombed there and the band looked east, playing  Russia’s first international rock festival in August ’88 (Grant: “My pitch to him was: Bono – Amnesty International. It only added to the music press attitude that they had lost their way and were "self-important, pompous do-gooders."

After Russia, Stuart Adamson decided to split the band.They reformed in 91, recording No Place Like Home, it was the first of their albums that failed to reach the UK top 20. The music of the 90's didn't have a place for Big Country, the ensuing albums didn't dent the top 40, it felt like they were just going through the motions.

There was a small glimmer of hope when their single Fragile Thing looked like hitting the top 40, but some bizarre wrangle with the chart compilers about the CD singles cover having "too many folds in it"  meant it was disqualified and languished at 69, it  would have given them a springboard to punt their new album....... Stuart had by then moved to Nashville and the songs he was crafting reflected the country music scene that immerse the place. He had kicked the drink for a while  but reckoned he was happy in Nashville and could start boozing again. In October 2000 Big Country played their last gig in Kuala Lumpar, Malaysia. Adamson almost missed it when, drunk, he got on the wrong plane.The gig was a disaster. Butler later said “We were a karaoke version of what we were,” Butler told the band they should take a break for a couple of years, he didn't think it was helping Adamson's drink problem carrying on. Various people spoke  about the next two years, phone calls from concerned friends, Adamson said in one call from Steve Lillywhite that..."I’ve worked it out, I really can’t drink, I mustn’t drink, I’m happy now not drinking…’” There was talk of a collaboration, with amongst other the subject of Saturday's post, Mike Scott and other singers a sort of British Crosby Stills and Nash. On November 15, 2001, Adamson left a bar in Atlanta, Georgia. His marriage to his second wife falling apart, he was also facing a drink-driving charge that could have led to jail time. He fell off the wagon, hard. He flew back to Nashville where, instead of going home, he stayed in various hotels. Grant hired a private detective to find him – to no avail. “He drunk solidly for eight weeks in hotels,” says the manager, “and every time we found out where he was he’d just checked out for another one.” On December 4, he flew to Hawaii and checked into a hotel near Honolulu Airport where he requested the delivery of three bottles of wine to his room each day. He never left the room. On December 16, he was found by security hanging from a clothes rail. No suicide note was ever found. He was 43. Putting this post together has been difficult for me, I fight my own demons every day, and could easily fall into a life of constant boozing, I do however manage just to hold things together. Adamson's music was a big part of my formative years and I still listen to his songs regularly, some with tears in my eyes, like this one, the aforementioned Fragile Thing, the lyric tells a story much like my own and I can empathise with him through this tune......... Thank you ma'am for asking Yes I'm on my own I guess it's kind of obvious I'm eating here aloneI'm grateful for the company Tired of talking to myself Don't you look into my eyes You might see someone else

If you decide to watch/listen to the track, you might recognise a certain Scottish female singer adding her vocals to the song......

If I have made any mistakes of mispelled anything here please don't tell me know, leave it be, like Stuart Adamson and myself, it is flawed.

#scotand #scottish #singersongwriter #tortured soul #Suicide

[jackredfieldwasmyjacob]

BAGDAD - CAPÍTULO 7: LITURGIA

Here is “Preso” post :)

So, this one is actually one of my favourite songs from the record!! It tells the suffering of the wife, again from an outside view, watching her pray to be free again. That’s why this chapter is liturgy. Also, the name aludes both to the city, than now is not really a safe place to be, and a strip club in Barcelona, meaning that maybe this wife had to work there, or is comparing the state of the workers there to the one the wife is living.

Anyways, this song also has a Music Video!

This music video shows what I was talking about, the life of the wife as a stripper, and her sorrow and misery. She’s (literally) drowning in her sorrow, and needs to get outta there.

Musically, you’ll notice it sampled the melody in Timberlake’s “Cry Me A River”! Rosalía personally asked him for permission so it’s all good (tbh now “Cry Me A River” sounds to me like “Bagdad” and not the other way round) The cool thing, she modifies it in some parts so it also sounds like it was combined with “Malamente’s” melody!

So, here go the lyrics, I’ve already talk about the meaning of the song, so nothing new to add:

Y se va a quemar, si sigue ahí

And she’s gonna burn, if she stays there Las llamas van al cielo a morir

The flames go to Heaven to die Ya no hay nadie más por ahí

There is no one else there  No hay nadie más, senta'ita dando palmas

There is no one else, sitting clapping (1) Y se va a quemar, si sigue ahí

And she’s gonna burn, if she stays there Las llamas van al cielo a morir

The flames go to Heaven to die Ya no hay nadie más por ahí

There is no one else there No hay nadie más, no hay nadie más

There is no one else, there is no one else Por la noche, la sali'a del Bagdad

At night, in the exit of the Bagdad (2) Pelo negro, ojos oscuros

Black hair, dark eyes Bonita pero apena'

Pretty but sorrowful (3) Senta'ita, cabizbaja dando palmas

Sitting, head down, clapping Mientras a su alrededor

While around her Pasaban, la miraban

They were passing through, they saw her La miraban sin ver na'

They saw here without seeing anything (4) Solita en el infierno

Alone in Hell En el infierno está atrapa'

In Hell she is trapped (5) Senta'ita, las manos las juntaba

Sitting, she joined her hands Que al compás por bulerías

In a bulerías beat (6) Parecía que rezaba

It was like she was praying Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (7) Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (Junta las palmas, las separa)

(She joins her palms and she separates them ) Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (Junta las palmas y las separa)

(She joins her palms and she separates them ) Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (Junta las palmas, las separa)

(She joins her palms, she separates them) Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (Junta las palmas y las separa)

(She joins her palms and she separates them) Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (Junta las palmas, las separa)

(She joins her palms, she separates them)  Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them (Junta las palmas y las separa)

(She joins her palms and she separates them) Junta las palmas y las separa

She joins her palms and she separates them De las luces

From the lights Sale un ángel que cayó

Comes an angel that fell Tiene una marca en el alma

They have a mark in their soul Pero ella no se la vio

But she didn’t saw it Senta'ita, al cielo quie' rezarle

Sitting, she wants to pray to Heaven (8) Prenda'ita de sus males

Captivated from her evils Que Dios tendrá que cobrarle

That God will have to charge her Y se va a quemar, si sigue ahí

And she’s gonna burn, if she stays there Y se va a quemar, si sigue ahí

And she’s gonna burn, if she stays there Las llamas van al cielo a morir

The flames go to Heaven to die Ya no hay nadie más por ahí

There is no one else there No hay nadie más, senta'ita dando palmas

There is no one else, sitting clapping  Y se va a quemar, si sigue ahí

And she’s gonna burn, if she stays there Las llamas van al cielo a morir

The flames go to Heaven to die Ya no hay nadie más por ahí

There is no one else there No hay nadie más, no hay nadie más

There is no one else, there is no one else

1. I’ve already talked about how we sometimes don’t pronounce the “d”” in a lot of cases, normally near the end of the word or at the end, and if it is not at the end, between vowels. In this case, instead of “senta’ita” should be “sentadita” Also, notice the “-ita”? That’s a diminutive. The normal form is “sentada”.

2. Again, it should be, instead of “sali’a”, “salida”.

3. Remember I told you about words ending in “-ado / -ada”, basically all of the participles? Yeah, that’s one of them. Instead of “ apena’ ” it should be “apenada”.

4. Another really really common one, instead of “ na’ “ it should be “nada”.

5. Another participle, it should be “atrapada” instead of “ atrapa’ “

6. Bulería is one of the flamenco palos or subgenres.

7. Here she is basically comparing flamenco with praying, I find this comparison really beautiful.

8. This contraction is more rare, I personally never use it, it must be something they say in Andalucía. Instead of “ quie’ “ it should be “quiere”.

That’s it! Today I’m gonna do another one to compensate for all the sundays I’m not doing them :)

#spanishmaravillas #rosalia #el mal querer #bagdad