#primary wave

[kenyatta]

The rise in catalog acquisition helps to explain how we’ve arrived at a moment when the pop charts are littered with chunks of old intellectual property. Nicki’s “Super Freaky Girl” and Yung Gravy’s “Betty” are just two high-profile examples; you don’t have to look far for more. The Santa Clara, California rapper Saweetie’s “P.U.S.S.Y. (Powerful, Utopia, Supreme, Sacred, Yummy)” samples Mtume’s “Juicy Fruit,” the basis for Biggie’s “Juicy.” Atlanta’s Latto double-dipped Tom Tom Club’s “Genius of Love,” famously sampled on Mariah Carey’s “Fantasy,” for her song “Big Energy,” bringing in Mariah herself for bonus points. Samples don’t even need to be universally regarded classics to break through, a point Jack Harlow proved when he reused Fergie’s “Glamorous” for “First Class.”

The echoes have grown so constant that self-described music theorists have found fruitful sidelines in doing side-by-side comparisons of the plagiarism charge of the day, game-show style. Lil Nas X’s “That’s What I Want” contains a sly nod towards OutKast’s “Hey Ya” that almost seems like a dare to copyright lawyers or red meat tossed to TikTok detectives; typing the words “Lil Nas X Hey Ya” into Google unleashes a hurricane of conjecture, as well as citations by The Guardian and L.A. Times. Pop-star fashion plate Harry Styles’ “As It Was” so nakedly recalls a-ha’s “Take On Me” that fans did mash-ups of the two tracks, and Genius even lists “Take On Me” as a “sample” on “As It Was,” though it isn’t technically credited in the proper liner notes.

Peering at the pop charts with this mindset, every song becomes a potential whodunnit, rife with potential red herrings. When the brash British pop singer Raye sings “I don’t wanna feel how I did last night” on “Escapism,” is that an intentional reference to a certain Red Hot Chili Peppers classic? In some ways, the Hot 100 right now feels as recursive, all-encompassing, and allergic to new input as the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Perhaps some of this recursion is a reflection of a changing guard. Gen Z grew up with even more media at their fingertips than previous generations, and a cohort for whom TikTok is the dominant medium might have fewer hang-ups about repurposing looks and ideas wholesale. But just as with the MCU, once you tune out the parade of surface nostalgia, it’s easy to hear the massive engines of corporate consolidation whirring beneath, and they’re being fed by companies like Primary Wave and Hipgnosis.

#music #primary wave #Hipgnosis #music publishing

[patrice-bergerons]

Having trauma about a random ass thing is also so funny though? Like girl what do you mean you burst into sobs when you opened a scan of your old US work permit to send to the visa agency because (a) somehow the fact that you had a US work permit, let alone what it looked like, is yet another memory your brain completely blocked and (b) navigating to the folder where all your failed US worker visa applications lives is itself triggering? I'm literally here like girl how do you live like this.jpeg.

#it is SO illogical that it is hilarious #and im here like literally how is this a Proper Trauma for me lmao #but also worse still the one friend who comprises my primary local emotional support system is out this week #so i cant go cry to him #and explaining *waves hands* all this to another friend (which i just might do tbh so as not to die) is so HARD #when i myself am flabbergasted

[darabeatha]

#;ooc #ooc #;delete later #dl #seeing s.hi's neuvi reminds me of my g/nshin muses era #i still like their icons they still look cri s p y to me #ANYWAYS! I give my beloved mutuals all my muses bc u are all great #let's have the most ambitious crossovers... (insane) together!! (sparkling and rose petals fly in the bg) #im not really writing on the majority of them; tho k.aveh pops up from time to time #i think at this rate i might have tackled all the primary colors as main themes/vibes for icons #oh wait nvm #purple... #OH WAIT! #i do have purple icons #also sobbing- purple isnt a primary color but shhh #also waving at all my muts who write g/nshin charas! i kiss u guys foreheads

[xannerz]

maybe i should own being an uninformed layperson who doesn't know enough about ~ pet rx food science ~ but why the fuck is this rx diet nearly $120 for a 12-pack.

#you know we went through a wave of like 'whole/quality ingredience for your pets only!!" #and i was like wow so true #and then you get these rx diets that are like 'corn. corn. corn. by products. corn. supplements.' $200 please #this is the royal canin one i might just have to do purina. it's $50. #we've done the sd low fat i/d and the smell and consistency was a nightmare #though the vet tech told me they all honestly smell like shit so i gotta take the L there #but im just trying to find a sustainable way that's OK'd by the vet in terms of vigo not having another flareup #he is seeing his primary vet on saturday so im praying she'll have something reassuring to say lol #vigo would only get the best food i could afford for years and now im like 'oohh man better get purina' #dont wanna be a snob or anything but i just want him to be healthy and yet here we are #xangoeswah

[mantisgodsdomain]

Slowly, yet painfully realizing that we're probably the exact type of person that random fandom guys would miscast as a father.

#we speak #internet teenagers keep coming to us as like the only authority figure on hand who will treat them like people #and we're like... please... we don't want to be an authority figure... why do all of your parents suck so hard... #like we're willing to offer ourself as an anchor as well as we can because we've Been there and know how it feels #but like damn. who the fuck let your families suck this bad. how on earth have situations managed to produce enough of you #that we end up being cast as The Only Adult On Hand Willing To Listen And Talk Through Things MULTIPLE TIMES #and perhaps more importantly why are we the only person in random fandom discords who is willing to treat teenagers like People #weren't the rest of you also teenagers at some point??? don't you like remember how it feels like to not have agency for shit??? #experiencing the “only person in the room who's willing to take a position” thing #despite there being like multiple other people in the room who should be WAY more qualified for this #how does this keep happening and more importantly why are we the only guy in the area who is doing anything to help #just to stress this point #we are trying our hardest to NOT be an authority figure because historically it ends terrible for us due to The Mental Health Issue #but somehow we are continually running into situations where we're the only guy willing to come up to plate #the syndromes. the issues. we are so fucking glad that this particular wave is coming now instead of A Few Years Ago #something something progress but also we dislike that we have to be the one handling these situations #because we shouldn't be considered a primary point of stability in anyone's life and the fact that we ARE a stable point to anyone is uhh #weird to think about. who let this happen. we're not old enough to be a parent #and we also find it very alarming that there are so many of you out there who are severely lacking in support #someone needs to work out a childcare arrangement system that doesn't suck because the current one really isn't doing it #while we're at it we can start overhauling the culture that landed us in being the only person willing to listen to people like ever #and maybe make it so we don't have to be a primary support because people are sufficiently supported already

[umbry2000]

Mission failed I did not finish editing 🥹

Have this snippet of Colette is really not having a fun time.

Hoping to have this finished by the end of this week before midterms 😅

#wip #umbry does stuff #shrugs #i did solidify the directions for non-colette pov scenes since it was jumping wayyyy too much in the og draft #no one has a fun time in this fic oof #if you're wondering how she's dead but also not. arcaea soul shenanigans. waves hands. #also yea im directly quoting additional memory at some points that was the primary inspiration

[robinsnest2111]

just realised my recent nail polish impulse purchases form a rainbow while cleaning up

anyway I think I really need a new storage container for my nail polishes. I have way too many now orz

#ugh i love sorting stuff by colour 🙏 #reminds of the way i had to have my pencils sorted in a specific order in my pencil case in primary school lol #i could spend hours sharpening my pencils to perfection sorting them into my pencil case and pushing them just so #so the elastic holding each pencil was RIGHT in the middle of the pencil #the different lengths of the pencils formed such pretty waves that way <3 #sorry for that tangent lol

[leonardburton]

the cool thing about getting news about people you got along with in school but didn't keep in touch with is that you'll be shown pictures of them on instagram or smth and they've grown into such beautiful adults like. i haven't really talked in you in ten years and you were such an uncomfortable and sad kid but you have a really nice smile and a cool sense of style and im glad you're studying something you love. nice autism awareness posts btw i knew we had something in common when we were 4 and you bit my arm so hard i had your teeth marks for days. could have been me. sorry my mum threw a fit

#i've kept in touch with 2 (two) people i was friends with in middle and high school #cos we were a trio and barely had any other friends #but one of them has kept in touch with Lots of people who also kept in touch with other people #so this summer i saw people i was friends with in middle school then barely ever talked to in high school and didn't keep in contact with #it was so nice to see them again! #plus one of them brought her bunny to the picnic and it really liked me so. fuck yeah #anyway we all started talking about people we went to school with #and they went from instagram account to instagram account to find people in follower lists #so i saw pictures of lots of people i straight up forgot about #including that guy who bit me when we were 4 #he was visibly and undeniably disabled so everyone was super cruel to him #i was Weird™ but not in an understandable way so people were also mean but like . more low key #anyway he and i talked and hung out a few times in primary but we lost touch completely afterwards #waved hello every other month when we crossed paths in hs #but i didn't have any way to keep in touch after that #he's quite the handsome young man now #good for him #he got his bachelor's degree this year #got a gf and everything #im glad #im still not gonna talk to him because i cant exactly go hii remember the girl you talked to briefly every other month several years ago? #well he's a guy now hi i am autistic also turns out how have you been doinng #i don't do conversations like that #anyway #lots of other people have grown up also #horsegirl who had a crush on my friend when we were 13 is still a horse girl. nurse in training. soo fucking hot like 😳

[bigbrainbiology]

20) Mew Ichigo <3

#fanart #tokyo mew mew #mew mew power #mew ichigo #ichigo momomiya #digital art #my art #drawtober 2022 #personal childhood ramblings ahead: you have been warned #fun fact I used to run around the playground in primary school #(school in UK for ages 4 - 11) #pretending to be a mew mew #I did the whole nyan nyan waving hand thing as well #It's a wonder I didn't get bullied back then... #guess it helped having a more popular slightly older twin sis XD #though our group of friends back then were all a little strange... #we had a game called 'ghost of baby koala' where the ghost person used to try to pull us off the climbing equipment/trim trail #(look up trim trail idk how to explain it lol) #and if anyone from that friend group ever reads the words 'ghost of baby koala' I'm sure they'll know exactly who I am lmao #+9000 psychic damage #amirite #looking back on it #my GOD I hated primary school #if you made it to the bottom of these tags well done have a cookie (::)

[steampoweredskeleton]

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#delete later #god i wish i was neurotypical #found out my flatmate is going to be away for a few days after they left and bc id had no warning my anxiety spiked so hard #that i had such a wave of nausea i had to lie down #idk why that fucking happened. ridiculous. irs not like it really affects that much. just the thing of my home being changed in any way #without warning freaks me the fuck out. couldnt do any work til id laid under my weighted blanket at lunch #and like obvs this is an entirely me thing. i dont expect my flatmates to tell me every detail of what they're doing #not sure how to keep myself from freaking over it though. will think on it #but yeah. if i was neurotypical id be fine. i also want to play ky video games after work but im akways so exhausted that all i can do #is lie in bed under my weighted blanket. it is so frustrating. im so tired. not helped that pain is fucking me up in new ways #so im also upset aboit that. and that christmas is approaching abd that changes the routine completely #and is always overwhelming #but this year im staying home so i will be able to keep it quiet and low key and it'll be just me so i dont have to think about #masking in any way which is kind of nice as even the vibe of Christmas takes a lot oit of me #i enjoy the thought of it and always hate the day. same as my birthday. fun in theory. incredibly stressful actually #idk whether it's work stressing me oit long term but right now any change to what im expecting from my routine is making me #so so so frustrated and upset #i had to go get meds after work on tiesday and became so upset by it that i was awake until 1am and was super nauseous #not enjoying that as a primary symptom of anxiety rn. i find eating hard enough as it is #the hair washing routine has given ne sone stability this week which was very nice abd made me feel calm. abd mt physio routine #the energy it takes to do it is outweighed by the relief i get when ive done that part of my routine and then go to bed #work is hard. working full time is so hard. im coping but not well. defo think i need to try getting regular therapy sessions if only #to help me plan for what i need to do and work through coping strategies bc im really hitting a wall. i need to problem solve all #these things but im so exhausted that i can't. so they just keep piling up

[wwiiiart]

Acrylic Painting.

#i make art #life is art #beautiful morning #abstract #scenic #art therapy #clouds #ocean #waves #primary colors #reds #blue #yellow

[sydney-carton-of-sour-milk]

alright, i'm saving the full announcement for one more week, so i'm gonna call this the teaser to next week's full trailer...

...let's just say i've been very

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#iiiiiit's happppeningggggg!!!! #Sydney Carton #A Tale of Two Cities #AToTC #dickens #classic literature #heads up #it's so much work Oh my god so much so much #but it's so worth it it's such a blast and i can't WAIT to share it here!! #still working on the preparations (off to alt text next and then post-assembly woo-hoo!!) but the primary part of this wave of the project #is done! #(though one or two of these screenshots come from places that need more work BUT ANYWAY more on that next week!)

[slverblood]

I was like “I’m not tired, I’m gonna do so much stuff”, but that last dose of cold medicine just hit and I’m sleepy now lmao Lemme just bullet point some highlights from my phone that will be expanded on later.

1. Aylin is intrinsically tied to the gem in which the shapechanger + his army are imprisoned. They were made of the same life force. If Shar’s Chosen slays her, it unleashes that army. (Among other things [hand waves] Basically she’s the key to an apocalypse.)

2. Although Aylin had to train to become a proper paladin, it could be argued she was born with the Oath of Vengeance already sworn. She is to avenge Selûne against Shar’s attack that created the Tears of Selûne (aka her). This isn’t exactly an easy wrong to right, however, hence her acting as the Sword of the Moonmaiden. She will always oppose Shar + her faithful and will always defend Selûne + her faithful.

3. She was raised by Saint Erlona and John Meadowlin, often on the road but otherwise at Moonhaven and its temple to Selûne. I hc that the Selûnite Outpost below houses the remains of a true son of Selûne, a sibling Aylin never met. She has always been targeted by Shar, making the outpost the ideal place to hide her when she was especially young. She had a few “Heracles killing the snakes in his crib” moments as a child.

4. The specifics of Aylin’s nature are a lil wobbly, but she is, for all intents and purposes, an aasimar. Albeit one with unique traits (i.e. immortality). One of those traits is that she’s always been aware of who/what she is and what her purpose is. She was an unnerving child, to say the least. She will continue to evolve as she lives and serves her mother’s will, becoming less aasimar as her power grows until she undergoes apotheosis. This will likely take millennia. (It will also result in the Tears of Selûne forming a second moon.)

#MOBILE. #there’s a lot more I wanna talk about but [hand waves] #here are the highlights. the really key stuff #META / HC: PRIMARY.

[khalesci]

I am going to say something controversial but Correct™:

dany's wedding look had her best hairstyle

#the silver cuff accents?? the soft waves?? the delicate weavings?? unmatched. #second best is her s7/s8 look (the half up / half down one not the full braid) #or her primary s5 look but that one leaned too much into the warmer blonde tones tbh #♛ ooc. ⊱ ❝ 𝘖𝘩 𝘯𝘰 𝘪𝘵'𝘴 𝘔𝘢𝘳𝘪. ❞

[proshippersstimming]

Tedyaka for @2stregafangirl !

❤️ 💛 ❤️ / 💙 💙 💙 / ❤️ 💛 ❤️

#weapons / #teddie p4 #sayaka miki #persona 4 #puella magi madoka magica #sand #kinetic sand #primary colors #wave #water #ocean #wax melt #heart #sword #slime #paws #fursuit #crystal #furry #mod riddle #blue #yellow #red #teal #stim #stimboard #proship

[autistickaitovocaloid]

When will we see Dorothy the Dinosaur + Hatsune Miku collab

#art talks about stuff #idk how else to describe it but she was like miku for early-mid primary school me #i went to a wiggles concert when i was like 9 + she waved at me at it was the best day of my life