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ladycharles · 4 hours

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Scenes from a vocal practice

Do you know the songs?

(Credits in tags)

I always struggled with hearing since my high school band days (WEAR EARPLUGS), and what I now realize as Muscle Tension Dysphonia, which absolutely mangled my ability to sing for years. I have been completely relearning since a great vocal teacher (Trina Langthorne) set me straight in 2019. I am far from a golden throat but I am proud of my progress, singing every day is therapeutic and fun!

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ladycharles · 2 days

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your music is genuine ass why are you spending money on promoting it. just kill yourself or quit while youre ahead

So you're saying... I'm ahead? 🥹

#you people are fucking unhinged 😂

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ladycharles · 4 days

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Do you like my pet rat updates?

Here's Pumpkin driving his new vehicle.

Immediately after this I was out of treats and he decided to drive it by himself for the first time, right into a wall, which is honestly a very relatable drivers ed moment

If you haven't heard, by the way, check out my new single:

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ladycharles · 5 days

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https://ventsmagazine.com/2024/04/19/discover-lady-charles-new-lo-fi-anthem-bedroom-pop-ft-zoe-towne/

Hehehe I didn't mean for it to actually be lo fi but this is a sweet feature from @ventsmag-blog !

(I am actually pretty sure that that tumblr is not the same thing but it's the only similar sounding one I could tag, sorry @ventsmag-blog for either tagging you for something you had nothing to do with or for not believing you were the same as the magazine that featured me, depending on if you are the same vents mag)

#vents magazine #magazine feature #media #Lady charles #sorry whoever I tagged #Spotify

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ladycharles · 5 days

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My new single Bedroom Pop is a 2000's coded song of filial love for artists who have fallen victim to the shady abusive "producers" lurking in every scene, a love letter to bedroom producers, an affirmation of the power of music to heal, and duet with one of the actors from Ouija Shark 🦈

Perfect for those who wish they'd lived early enough to exchange Bronski Beat and Talk Talk mixtapes with their crush, or those who love Of Montreal, MGMT, David Bowie, Foxes in Fiction, Princess Chelsea or Empire of the Sun.

Hope you enjoy! 💖🐭

#bedroom pop #glam rock #indie rock #lady charles #spotify #musician #bedroom producer #nonbinary #genderfluid #nonbinary musicians #manic pixie dream world

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ladycharles · 6 days

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Tomorrow (Tonight at midnight) my new single Bedroom Pop drops. Which of these alt covers is your favorite?

Hope you will all give it a listen!

Presave:

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Last single recap:

#lady charles #indie rock #bedroom pop #manic pixie dream world #zoe Towne #nonbinary musicians #musician #genderfluid #glam rock #nonbinary #spotify

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ladycharles · 7 days

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It took FOREVER so sorry to those of you who signed up before the website was live, but it's live now and I am building my mailing list!

I am offering the show versions of the Oh Boy soundtrack - basically like demos, more stripped down and mixed by me instead of actual professionals like Erin. If you want to hear that sneak peak of what's to come, head over to

To sign up!

(PS if any of you signed up early and didn't receive the record automatically in the past few days let me know - I didn't set the technical stuff up but I have it and can just email you! Thanks for your patience 💕)

(PPS - the bonus EP album cover is ethically made using a private library of my own photos of myself and not drawn from other people's work. I would never use a robot to steal from you, I only steal ideas the old fashioned way with MILD SKILL)

#lady charles #manic pixie dream world #indie rock #glam rock #genderfluid #nonbinary #nonbinary musicians

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ladycharles · 8 days

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God (Allah if you prefer) if you're listening, this is the amount of effort I would like to have to spend on social content, please.

This is a visual representation of my creative process.

#indie rock #indie rock shitpost #shitpost #lady charles #glam rock #lgbt artist #piano

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ladycharles · 12 days

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I think objectively it's Ashes to Ashes - incredible composition, otherworldly arrangement, rare time an artist revisits an early song and actually adds new dimensions.

But this track is really underrated IMO:

And hell, it's rare for DB to be overtly political so the vision he paints of being gay under a fascist government in this next one is pretty intense and horrifying, it's like camp as horror!

David Bowie’s “Scary Monsters (and super creeps)” was released on this day in 1980. Monumental transition album to the 80’s!

What are your favourite songs on the album?

#david bowie #80s #80s music #scary monsters #super creeps #scary monsters and super creeps #rock n roll #glam rockers #new romantic #synthpop #bowie #carlos alomar #Spotify

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ladycharles · 13 days

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My next single is Bedroom Pop - a 2000's coded song of filial love for artists who have fallen victim to the shady abusive "producers" lurking in every scene, a love letter to bedroom producers, an affirmation of the power of music to heal, and duet with one of the actors from Ouija Shark 🦈

If you're interested and want it in your library when it drops, give it a presave here!

https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ladycharles/bedroom-pop-feat-zoe-towne

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And here's an older tune or two if you want to check my stuff out -

It's nice to have a release to look forward to!

#indie rock #glam rock #spotify #lady charles #musician #nonbinary musicians #manic pixie dream world #bedroom pop #bedroom producer #diy music #cute rats #pet rats #new music #Spotify

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ladycharles · 24 days

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Interesting sight in my pet rats' hideout... This is a solid gold Montreal Olympics pin I found in a thrift store grab bag, and the rats have taken it and put it in their hideout like a decoration. They have clearly learned of intrinsic value and likewise learned to engage in thievery. I fear how powerful they may yet become.

#smart rats #pet rats #rats who thieve #cute rats #rat thief #rats #rat #Montreal 1976 #Spotify

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ladycharles · 1 month

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New instruments! Lots of fun! Which is your favorite?

My great grandfather (said to be something of a political dissident) had a Mandolin that was passed on to me but was not in a shape where I could repair it so it's pretty cool to find myself one, the swan really called out to me. I just need to figure out how to use it best!

#indie rock #lady charles #vintage musical instruments #vintage instruments #vintage finds #musician #nonbinary musicians #vintage Mandolin #vintage guitars #vintage banjolele #east german instrument #Hondo guitar #Spotify

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ladycharles · 1 month

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Apologies for the long rant. I usually try not to get caught up in her shit but JK Rowling denying trans people were targeted by Nazis is really beyond the pale.

Maybe it's my German ancestry and knowing where this leads, but the ease with which her and the people commenting on her post twist the holocaust, if not outright deny it or say it was 'good' because the 'right people' were targeted, is chilling. How she doesn't see the company she keeps and get a wake-up call is a massive indictment on her character.

And make no mistake that she is engaging in anti-semitism - she may not at this point deny that Jewish people were targeted but she is encouraging that her followers begin to question the official narrative of the holocaust - if a small part of the narrative is successfully undermined (such as trans people being targeted), then it becomes significantly easier for people to begin to deny more and more aspects. The people you see in her comments denying the holocaust entirely had to start somewhere - and we have all seen how the overton window moves from wedges and dog whistles to open hate.

This is a rare example of speech I would consider truly dangerous. If forgetting history makes you doomed to repeat it what does willful denial mean?

She should try going to the holocaust memorial in Berlin and reading the names of those murdered. It's several walls of names in small font. Every one a person with a life, friends, family, love, interests, every one brutalized and tragically killed. Those names don't magically change to fit your beliefs. They don't become any less dead because you found an unsourced twitter thread that confirms your bias. If your reaction is denial, even just for one small group targeted, then I and any other rational person will be denying your humanity.

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For what it's worth, her response so far seems to be the claim that accusations of Holocaust denial are a way of attempting to "chill speech". At a time when anti-Semitism is a serious concern for Jewish people the world over, and transphobia too has risen and both already claimed countless lives in recent years, her response to (fully accurate) accusations as serious as Holocaust denial is to make herself out to be the victim. Take some personal responsibility, Mr Galbraith, any one of us would be catching flack for something so heinous.

#rant #personal rant #jk rowling #antisemitism #transphobia #holocaust denial

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ladycharles · 1 month

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Whoah! Someone added me that this massive Bowie covers playlist with the likes of Poppy and Bauhaus and Lulu and Seal and Robbie Williams and Tina Turner and Khruangbin and more! Always a massive flatter when I see stuff like this 💖💖💖💖💖👨‍🎤👨‍🎤👨‍🎤👨‍🎤👨‍🎤

Thank you, whoever is behind this account

(it's this cover 👇🏼)

#david bowie covers #David Bowie #Lady Charles #lulu #Poppy #Bauhaus #spotify #glam rock #indie rock #lady charles #genderfluid #nonbinary #musician #nonbinary musicians #can't help thinking about me #Spotify

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ladycharles · 1 month

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I love these opaque algorithms sometimes - a renowned Palestinian composer of classical/traditional Arabic music and Buzuq player has appeared in my similar artists. Maybe because I have been raising money for/speaking out for relief for Gaza? Maybe one of you is into both my music and his? Not sure why, there is so little similarity musically but I vibe with it tbh 🍉