#THEE TRACY CHAPMAN
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Maybe if I told you the right words
Ooh, at the right time, you'd be mine
FELLOW TRAVELERS VALENTINE'S DAY MONTH
Week 1: FAVORITES - favorite song that makes you think of them
↳ Tracy Chapman - Baby Can I Hold You + FELLOW TRAVELERS 1.08 ‘Make It Easy’
#fellow travelers#ft valentine’s day#“how do I love thee‚ let me count the weeks…”#fellowtravelersedit#hawkins fuller#tim laughlin#tim x hawk#hawk x tim#valentines day#fandom event#1x08#tracy chapman#baby can i hold you#lyrics#old men in love#my edits#i had fun playing with text so ended up doing a thing... (pls ignore that this is fully a week late) 😁🫶#the fact that so many tracy songs fit them so well??!! (i've been listening to all her albums on repeat for several many days)#it hurt to spell favourites without the “u” 🥲
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Duality of man:
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still not over tracy chapman playing fast car at the grammys. luke combs so right for being visibly starstruck by her and being unable to keep himself from singing the lyrics.
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Musical Acts
Week Ending February 12th, 2024
Taylor Swift
Lana Del Rey +1
Stray Kids +1
Tracy Chapman
BTS
ATEEZ +3
Käärijä +7
My Chemical Romance
Ghost -3
Boygenius +1
Miley Cyrus +19
ENHYPEN
Luke Combs
SEVENTEEN +2
Joker Out -8
Megan Thee Stallion -14
Mahmood
Beyoncé
Fall Out Boy -2
Jack Antonoff +18
Mitski +15
Phoebe Bridgers +2
Ariana Grande
Paramore -4
TWICE -7
Smash Mouth
The Beatles +2
NCT Dream -6
Le Sserafim -10
NCT 127 -4
Harry Styles -16
SZA
Dua Lipa
æspa -13
Sinead O'Connor
Tomorrow X Together -9
Tyler the Creator
WayV -5
Red Velvet
Queen -17
The number in italics indicates how many spots a name moved up or down from the previous week. Bolded names weren’t on the list last week.
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My Angua Playlist! I Didn't like Angua much at first but she won me over, and now she's enough my fave to have earned a playlist. my beautiful girl with a disorder, theres so much complex stuff going on with her relationship to herself, her family, carrot, the watch. i love revolving it all in my head. Theres some intentional overlap with Vimes's . Explanations under the read more as usual
Angua is a cynical pessimist, she's so sure she's going to be abandoned, that she'll slip back into her old bad ways, that she'll be attacked for what she is and have to run again. she always has one foot out of the door:
Fast Car by Tracy Chapman
Haunted House by Sir Babygirl (this one especially nails the "everything is doomed i just dont want it to hurt too much" vibes of early Angua)
In the Blood from Hades
Nothing Good from Centaurworld
Lets Get This Over With by TMBG
Evelyn by Kim Tillman
Run Boy Run by Woodkid
Too Much Time by John Vanderslice
the Angua and Carrot vibes. sweet in many ways but they also have a doomed romance (as in, doomed to be in a romance) thing going on thats bonkers and very fun to rotate in my mind, especially when its in tension with angua's instincts to run:
Little Talks by Of Monsters and Men
Between My Teeth by Orla Garland
Stray Italian Greyhound by Vienna Tang
I Scare Myself by Thomas Dolby
The Bright Side by TMBG
Absentee by Jack Campbell
I like You for Psychological Reasons by TMBG (genuinely thee carrot/angua theme song in my mind)
The Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine (yes this is dog themed no it doesnt go in the dog themes section, the horses are carrot and finding a home in the watch)
Tounges and Teeth by The Crane Wives
Landslide by Fleetwood Mac
Sight of the Sun by .fun ("I used to run at first sight of the sun but now I lay here waiting for you to wake up")
King and Lionheart by of Monsters and Men
Despite being a pessimist, despite having been a killer, despite her family wanting her to go back to being that, and strangers still seeing her as a monster, shes better. she's trying:
Get Better by Frank Turner
Getting There by Mustard Service
Its My Way by Buffy Sainte Marie (gritting my teeth on this one, buffy was recently exposed as a horrific liar and a fraud who faked being native, but also unfortunatley this song still fits angua very well and i still like it)
Changes by David bowie
Arsonist's Lullaby by Hozier
I'm Me by Vanessa from Phineas and Ferb (LISTEN, HEAR ME OUT, it's a little silly but so is angua sometimes)
This Year by The Mountain Goats
sorry for stereotyping you Angua but here's the werewolf/dog/monster songs, :
Maneater by Hall & Oates
Control by Halsey
Senses Working Overtime by XTC
Hey Bulldog by The Beatles
Werewolves of London by Warren Zevon
Freakshow by The Gothic Archies (specifically vibes with her being undead, and all the stuff people think about that in universe)
Turn The Lights Off by Tally Hall
I wanna Be Your Dog by AJJ
misc:
Music With Rocks In by Louie Zong
Synopsis for the Latecomers by TMBG (city watch vibes, i always imagined she's the next commander rather than carrot)
#angua von uberwald#discworld#angua#playlist#carrot ironfoundersson#rotating her and carrot in my mind#add any reccomendations you have!#Spotify
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Spell your url ✧˖°.
Spell out your URL using song titles that can describe your muse/OC, then tag as many people as there are letters in your URL!
Thank you for tagging me @emahriel! 🤍 This is for my current Durge Alauna and most of my songs are very babygirl and some oldies sorry lmao (some are towards Shadowheart). This is surprisingly fun and difficult.
T - True Colors - The Weeknd. "Paint me a picture with your true colors."
H - Hound Dog - Big Mama Thornton. "You can wag your tail. But I ain't gonna feed you no more."
E - Easy - DaniLeigh. "I love it when you touch me, touch me. Feelin' so lovely, lovely."
N - Needed Me - Rihanna. "I was good on my own, that's the way it was. That's the way it was."
I - ICU - Coco Jones. "You've got a feeling. A soul that I need in my life."
G - Gift & A Curse - Megan Thee Stallion. "My motherfuckin' body, my choice (my choice). Ain't no lil' d*ck takin' my voice."
H - Haunted - Beyoncé. "Soul not for sale. Probably won't make no money off this, oh well. Reap what you sow."
T - Trust Nobody - Hippie Sabotage. "I don't trust nobody. I don't even trust my mind."
S - Shirt - SZA. "Bloodstain on my shirt. New bitch on my nerves"
O - On My Mama - Victoria Monét. "I just wanna live in a fantasy. I think we deserve it, right?"
N - No Role Modelz - J. Cole. "Don't save her, she don't wanna be saved."
G - Give Me One Reason - Tracy Chapman. "They might take away my life. I just want someone to hold me"
(If you've already done it, please ignore me) Tagging these beautiful babes: @onewingedangels, @eurodynamic, @galeofwaterdeeps, @galedekarios, @horsyunicorn, @cove-holdens, @vanoefucks, @alexios, @minthara, @ehlnofaey, @swanfey, @entreri
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Round 4 Match 15
propaganda below the cut! (massive wall of text warning)
Tracy Chapman:
"I can’t think of anything clever to say because I’m too busy sighing dreamily"
"GUYS ITS FUCKING TRACY CHAPMAN VOTE FOR HER OR ELSE ILL EAT PLAYDOUGH"
"Tracy Chapman made the best song of all time (fast car)"
"ik im the hope sandoval guy but if hope doesn't make it tracy has to she made me realize i was a lesbian i just thought i was bi then i listened to her and now im a lesbian she is powerful she is strength if you looked at her and looked at my art you would see 20 years of inspiration from one single woman"
"she's too good to commit atrocities to me but im the gore guy and you aren't for that. i would let her take out my vocal chords and use them as floss. i would have her saw down my bones to make a vinyl of her music. i would go on all fours and let her slaughter me like a pig. i want to be her cat"
"The most powerful written and performed voice of the 90s. Everyone, of any nationality or belief system, could feel the words Tracy Chapman sang. She gets her dues but deserves even more."
Stephen Malkmus:
"i can't even stand stephen malkmus but there's a very special girl out there who needs this win"
"My perpetually stoned, nonsensical girlfriend...if we don't invent the time machine soon I might die. He's like 6 ft tall so unfortunately I'd be like one of those birds that ride on giraffes and eat bugs out of their fur. And then I'd die in a weed accident during the recording of Wowee Zowee? Before that though I'd spend 25 hrs a day in bed with him. Alright thanks"
"Stephen Malkmus chronically addicted to moaning and gasping in Pavement songs like he’s getting the best dicking down of his life in the back of the tour bus while everyone else is asleep"
"This is the indie-label match, right? Then it has to be Malkmus, he *made* the scene. And he's still releasing excellent music today. He's just the most influential rockstar of the 90s."
"my gay pavement fan uncle gets out of prison tonight and he knows you ratted him out in '06. the only way to make this right is to vote for stephen"
"Pretty please vote for him, my friend loves him and he really wants him to win"
""There were times he refused to speak to his bandmates, pulling a jacket over his head and referring to himself as "the little bitch"." I have also heard him refer to himself as a brat, a queen, a primadonna, a sociopath, and a narcissist. All of these descriptors have made me want to slam him against a wall and turn his neck fun new colors."
"I mean, Pavement is THEE indie band of the 90s. The lowkey snark, Koreaaaa, so much style that it's wasted. And Malkmus is an understated cool rockstar: the hair, the face, Silver Jews! He never ever sold out. He's the 90s."
"the most beautiful man ever he looks like a gorgeous fairytale prince. he has been hot since he emerged on the scene and continues to be so as their reunion tour comes to a close. stephen forever"
"we have to consider the autism swagger. find me a pavement write up that doesn’t spend three paragraphs waxing lyrical on his inability to make eye contact. find me a YouTube comment section that doesn’t have hoards of moms swooning over his flat affect. his refusal to wear anything more formal than a flannel for the first decade of his career? genuinely culturally influential. 30 glorious years of expressionless performances. sunglasses in the dark. so many straight men falling over themselves for him they made a joke about it in the Barbie movie. raw tbh sex appeal. and he’s got a great nose"
"he had a couple of unfortunate haircuts during this period but highkey i would break both of my arms to just be able to make out with him. please vote for SM my life is in danger if you don't"
#most attractive 90s musician#poll#polls#90s music#tournament#tracy chapman#stephen malkmus#pavement
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Thanks for the tag @writing-for-life! 🎶💓
Shuffle your ‘on repeat’ playlist and list the first 10 songs that play, then tag 10 people
(It is worth noting that I have Spotify Free and so my On Repeat playlist does not reflect which songs I actually listen to the most…I’m at the mercy of whatever Spotify spits up when I shuffle my playlists xD.)
1. Daughter by Beyoncé (one of my FAVORITE tracks off of Cowboy Carter)
2. Cold War by Janelle Monaé
3. Across the Lines by Tracy Chapman
4. I Don’t Want It At All by Kim Petras
5. Heated by Beyoncé
6. Screwed by Janelle Monaé
7. Why? by Tracy Chapman
8. Honey by Kehlani
9. Bloom by Troye Sivan (this is the only Troye Sivan song I listen to and I have a production of As You Like It to blame for it)
10. Crazy, Classic, Life by Janelle Monaé
No pressure tags! @lucienne-thee-librarian @stellerssong @cosmictapestry @rowan-ashtree @findusinaweek @mimbotomy
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I was tagged by @miniaturemountainrange to pick a song for every letter in my url. thanks for tagging me
A - An Tagen wie die diesen by Fettes Brot feat. Finkenauer
T - Terraplane Blues by Robert Johnson
L - Lookaway by Sepultura
E - Electronic Pleasure by N-Trance
A - Across The Lines by Tracy Chapman
S - So Heavy I Fell Through the Earth (Art Mix) by Grimes
T - Tanz der Moleküle by Mia.
I - Infinite Misery by Cannibal Corpse
T - Thot Shit by Megan Thee Stallion
S - Sun Nee Kuriye by Bally Sagoo
N - November Has Come by Gorillaz
O - Once Upon A Pale Horse by Behemoth
T - Tambourine (Remix) by Nicki Minaj
A - Another Way To Die by Jack White & Alicia Keys
S - Station Q by Cosmic Analog Ensemble
B - Be a Hoe/Break a Hoe by Shirin David feat. Kitty Kat
E - Electric Lady by Janelle Monáe feat. Solange
S - Slime by Shygirl
T - Thique by Beyoncé
O - Orby by Cosmo Sheldrake feat. Andrea Vargas
S - Shake it by Charli XCX feat. Big Freedia, CupcakKe, Brooke Candy & Pabllo Vittar
tagging @ripjaws @ganthor96 @travellers-joy @scariercnidaria @itschellybear @paperbagfish @mairen-marionette @naturesafterthought @thegiantskeleton @estrogen-eater and everyone who feels like it.
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—OC DETAILS MEME ;; @shivasdarknight: 🎶💯 for all of your girls .o.
🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often? (also asked by @bornfornothin!)
💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.
this post already got super long so some of it will go under the cut
Terrah
🎶MUSIC TASTES— She's the kind of woman to end her day with her record player, spinning vinyls until the wee hours of the evening to bedtime. While she's sketching out new machine designs or writing up new reports, she's listening to music. I'd say in a given day, she's spending 60% of it listening to music.
Favorite Sound Profiles: Sensual, Rhythmic, Solid Vocals
Favorite Genres: R&B (70-2010s), Hip-Hop (70-90s), Country (70s-80s)
Music on her "Liked Playlist":
✦ Tennessee Whiskey - Chris Stapleton
✦ Fast Car - Tracy Chapman
✦ Me & Mrs. Jones - Billy Paul
✦ You Dropped a Bomb on Me - The Gap Band
✦ I'm Every Woman - Chaka Khan
💯RANDOM FACTS
✦ As I mentioned in a previous post, Terrah is terrifyingly good at putting apart, fixing, & destroying anything mechanical. This is primarily for equipment that she can get her hands on, and more for those with explicit mechanical components like in a car or fridge.
✦ Because of her deft hands, when she was still in college, she started a side hustle fixing other people's cars or computers. From the circuit board to the full system, she found a solution to the problem and charged a hefty amount.
✦ On the flip side of this, she's not computer savvy. She's not a programmer or even on social media that much. She's good with the CAD programs & analytical tools she has to use for work, but anything IT-related? Ask someone else because she won't be the woman to figure that out.
Lilah
🎶MUSIC TASTES— Funnily enough, I don't think Lilah actually listens to music that often, as she's more likely to consume a podcast or watch a TV show over listening to a song. She does occasionally put on music while she's writing. She much prefers going to a live concert. On a given day, Lilah is probably spending 30% of that day listening to music.
Favorite Sound Profiles: Angry, Boisterous, Genre-Bending
Favorite Genres: Pop (2000-2010s), Indie (2000-2020s), Rock (90s-2020s), Lo-Fi/Instrumental (2000-2020)
Music on her "Liked Playlist":
✦ Girlfriend - hemlock springs
✦ Good 4 You - Olivia Rodrigo
✦ Cobra - Megan Thee Stallion
✦ Bitter - FLETCHER
✦ Phonies - Dorian Electra
💯RANDOM FACTS
✦ Due to growing up in a small town that was hyper-fixated on her appearance & mere existence, Lilah occasionally has anxiety attacks if she feels like a lot of eyes are on her. She doesn't like to be stared at by strangers, and if there's a creeping feeling that she's being followed, it will trigger a panic attack. Ironic, given her dream profession.
✦ After she got herself established in her career, Lilah is just prone to taking spontaneous road trips to herself - only taking her sachel, money, a book, and an idea. She would then take that as a 2-week sabbatical where she'd write up a new novel in that timespan and bring it back to the world.
✦ All of Lilah's novels are short reads (~60-70K words a piece), and they all explore aspects of her understanding of life & love. She's self-published, normally posting her books under her pseudonym. All of the books tell her story at different intervals, and if someone knew her, they could read it and know that these "fictional, coming of age" stories were about her.
Avian
🎶MUSIC TASTES— Although melancholy seems to follow Avian's aura, her music speaks differently to that. While she's working the night shift, she has her headphones ringing more upbeat, optimistic music. While her tastes are varied, they do lean more towards older tunes and music that touch on some gospel with strong vocals. These are also tunes that Avian's dancing through during the night as she's organizing medication. In a day, about 70% of Avian's time is spent listening to music.
Favorite Sound Profiles: Soulful, Strong Instrumentals, Old School
Favorite Genres: R&B (60-90s), Blues (50-70s), Folk (50-80s), Jazz (40s-2010s), Gospel (90s-2010s)
Music on her "Liked Playlist":
✦ FREEDOM - Jon Baptise
✦ My Way - Aloe Blacc
✦ Easy Living - Billie Holiday
✦ Into Each Life, Some Rain Must Fall - Ella Fitzgerald, The Ink Spots
✦ Hound Dog - Big Mama Thorton
💯RANDOM FACTS
✦ Avian is classically trained in ballroom dancing thanks to her dad - it was one of the few activities he got her into so she didn't become a complete shut-in. Specifically, Avian can swing dance, waltz, and foxtrot. Avian enjoyed the dancing part but did not enjoy the part with her weird partners hitting on her afterward.
✦ Avian is "technically" religious but in a spiritual way. James never forced her to go to church with him but did guide her to learn how to use religion that best suited her & her lifestyle. She didn't buy into religion much until her father passed away, and so she leans into spirituality as a way to keep herself sane. I wouldn't consider her a bible humper, but Avian does wear a cross of Christ as her own grounding point.
✦ Because of her previous dance experience, Avian is a lot more quick-witted than a lot of people give her credit for. This was shown once when she got to step in for an intramural sport in high school. Her friend pushed her to play softball for a game against another school and Avian killed it. It was the one time a group was begging Avian to stay on the softball team but she said no because Avian didn't like sports.
Elvira
🎶MUSIC TASTES— Elvira rarely listens to music, and if she does, it's typically in between flights or trains she's on as she's traveling. She doesn't dislike music, per se, but she's one of the few people who rather sit with her own thoughts than let them be flooded by music. She's a very passive listener, and she may put it on in the background if she's cleaning or cooking, but again, she may prioritize listening to the news or putting a TV show on. Most music to Ivy is supposed to be played at a party, anyway. About 20% of her day is spent listening to music.
Favorite Sound Profiles: Boisterious, Goofy, Rhythm Over Lyrics
Favorite Genres: Rap/Hip Hop (80-2020s), Reggae/Soca (90-2000s)
Music on her "Liked Playlist":
✦ Rock, Paper, Strippers - Teezo Touchdown
✦ Fye Fye - Tobe Nwigwe
✦ Murder She Wrote - Chaka Demus & Pliers
✦ So Special - Mavado
✦ Here Comes Trouble - Chronixx
💯RANDOM FACTS
✦ A lot of Ivy's current black/gothic style was inspired by her mother; Ivy grew up looking over the old Polaroids of her mother and her long black locs & black lipstick idolizing how powerful she looked in those old pictures. Because of this, that has influenced a lot of Ivy's current wardrobe. She actually locs her own hair in honor of her mother.
✦ Ivy transitioned early thanks to her mother's support. After Ivy's father left their lives, her mother took pride in her child's choice and assisted in giving Ivy the life she wanted. This required Ivy to transfer schools so she could start with a clean slate, but by the time Ivy was 13, she could start living her true self.
✦ Ivy has been arrested a handful of times, but never charged. This was mostly throughout her young adulthood, as she was often the one stepping into fights to break them up to protect other people. She has gotten lucky that her connections ran deep with good people to avoid the actual time, but the old Manchester police department likely knows Ivy by name, and they're waiting on the day she falls back to rock bottom.
#▶⌜ch. terrah v. sparkz⌟#▶⌜ch. lilah eve lyons⌟#▶⌜ch. avian delilah esparza⌟#▶⌜ch. elvira t. delauris⌟#▶⌜terrah sparkz. lore⌟#▶⌜avian esparza. lore⌟#▶⌜lilah lyons. lore⌟#the only thing i'md oing for the holidays because it hits on my favorite thing: music and random muse facts#THANKS ENYA#▶⌜elvira d'angelo. lore⌟
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3, 5, 6, 7, and 30 for the music asks :]
3: A song that reminds you of summertime
this song feels exactly like summers at lake Balaton and i love it sm <3 also on the 10th grade class trip my classmates played it way too many times, and last summer i did the same every time i was hanging out with my friends, so i think this song will always hold lots of great memories for me (✧ω✧)
(btw here's the lyrics in english, but it's really hard to translate)
5: A song that needs to be played LOUD
if i'm listening to this song and it isn't about to burst my eardrums, that doesn't count and i have to start again :D
6: A song that makes you want to dance
7: A song to drive to
sooo i can't drive but based on vibes this feels right :D
30: A song that reminds you of yourself
this one was hard! i ended up choosing one of my comfort songs ❤️🩹
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19 and 23 for the ask game you just made 💚
thank youuuu sooo much mina love you!!!! 💙💙💙💙🫶🥰
(just gonna put them in order by the number of the month bc it's quicker than typing each month)
for 19:
grow up - stray kids
la musica non è una cosa seria - lo stato sociale
i hate to admit (bang chan) - stray kids
2020 - eden
link up - tinashe
dear h. - xdinary heroes
summertime - flo
big michael - stormzy
butterflies - stray kids
shots fired - megan thee stallion
cover me - stray kids
bayna - ghali
for 23:
i need somebody - day6
the sound - stray kids
through me (the flood) - hozier
black - dave
u shld heal - enny
no.1 하루의 끝 (end of a day) - jonghyun
+ la vie - ichon
les - childish gambino
what you need - the weeknd
love's proof - tracy chapman
la money - lous and the yakuza
la donna cannone - francesco de gregori
#thank you so much again this helped distract me!!! ily bestiest 💙💙🩵🩵#nico answers#mina tag#kaserolly
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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 17/02/2024 (Beyoncé, VULTURES 1)
For a seventh week, Noah Kahan stays strong at #1 with “Stick Season” - but it’s Bey season and Ye season… no, those words don’t rhyme, and welcome back to REVIEWING THE CHARTS!
Rundown
Welp, as always, we start with our notable dropouts, songs exiting the UK Top 75, which is what I cover, after five weeks in the top 75 and a peak in the top 40, and this week, we bid adieu to: “HISS” by Megan Thee Stallion (that was quick), “Gas Me Up (Diligent)” by Skepta, “Feather” by Sabrina Carpenter, “When We Were Young (The Logical Song)” by David Guetta and Kim Petras, “Surround Sound” by JID featuring 21 Savage and Yung Baby Tate, “Northern Attitude” by Noah Kahan, “Runaway” by Ye featuring Pusha T, “Can’t Catch Me Now” by Olivia Rodrigo, “Is it Over Now?” by Taylor Swift, “Black Friday” by Tom Odell, “Agora Hills” by Doja Cat, “My Love Mine All Mine” by Mitski and finally, “Baddadan” by Chase & Status and Bou featuring IRAH, Flowdan, Trigga and Takura. Yeah, bit of a bloodbath here.
You know, we actually have barely any returns or gains as a result of the influx of 13 new songs, so we have some vague post-GRAMMYs impact and that’s kind of all, with it mostly being in our returns - “Coal” by Dylan Gossett at #73 (probably not GRAMMYs), “FE!N” by Travis Scott featuring Playboi Carti at #71 and on a much more positive note, Tracy Chapman’s classic original version of “Fast Car” all the way at #38. It first charted at 1988 and peaked at #5 (when Glenn Madeiros’ schmaltzy “Nothing’s Gonna Change My Love For You” was #1) and then returned in 2011 and peaked at #4, when… “Party Rock Anthem” was #1. This won’t last or peak nearly as high, but it improves the net quality of the chart for the time it’s here. As for the gains, “Anti-Hero” by Taylor Swift at #57 and “Home” by Good Neighbours at #34. Yup.
As for our top five, we see Mr. YG Marley creep in maybe in part to his grandfather’s documentary as “Praise Jah in the Moonlight” is at #5. Then “Lose Control” by Mr. Teddy Swims is at #4, “Beautiful Things” by Mr. Benson Boone is at #3, “Murder on the Dancefloor”by Sophie Ellis-Bextor breaks my gag at #2 and finally, Noah is building his seven-week ark at #1. Now our real stories, of course, are in our influx of new entries, many of which are pretty damn high and have exceedingly more to talk about than I wish they did, so I suppose let’s start rounding those off.
New Entries
#64 - “ONE CALL” - Rich Amiri
Produced by Rio Leyva and Zuko
Now, I am not familiar with Rich Amiri, which is a pretty generic rap name all things considered so for all I know, I’ve listened to his mixtape, but I am familiar with some of his producers. Rio Leyva has credits across a lot of recent pop-rap mainstays like Lil Tecca, The Kid LAROI and even Yeat, and he tends to produce in a style many would say is rage-adjacent… so it makes sense that this is a rage song, with some genuinely wiry, menacing leads in the synths and a dirty, factorial trap skitter. The song’s barely two minutes, so it doesn’t really give Mr. Amiri much time to even finish his one verse, which is full of personality-void Auto-Tune and mindless repetition, but he isn’t exactly derivative of any specific person, it just sounds like he hasn’t figured out his exact voice yet, which is expected with up-and-coming rappers. The content obviously isn’t worth speaking of - it’s just flexing and violence and sex all delivered pretty plainly - but he’s not the worst at it? I don’t know, this is great production but I feel like there are rappers who could make this pop out a bit more. Maybe 454, SoFaygo, someone with a high-pitched squawk to make this feel dynamic? If you still want to go for relentless cool, get Thouxanbanfauni on the remix and this could be a slam dunk.
#62 - “Made for Me” - Muni Long
Produced by Jermaine Dupri, Bryan-Michael Cox and JordanXL
“Hrs and Hrs” is not a song I remember much at all let alone fondly, but the voice behind Muni Long is Priscilla Renea, a very prolific songwriter, so I imagine that with Jermaine Dupri on the boards, there could be some R&B wizardry to make her chances at a second hit much more solidified. As for if I like it or not, well, I can see it being a hit considering the 2000s throwback sound with the classy (yet almost basic-sounding) pianos, even down to the groove and the incessant sound effect that’s a bit distractingly loud in the mix, but by the end of the song, you almost forget it’s there and think it would sound weird if it wasn’t. Even if I generally like this song, I don’t really think it fits the song too much, which is about finding your soulmate and… NOT losing them. There should be some grandiosity to this, especially with that powerful voice and chorus, but it feels a bit lost in its own attempt to be “cool”, which… I don’t know, will it be a theme this episode? Probably not, but the first two songs definitely share the element of just not going far enough with good ideas. This is still a solid tune, though.
#60 - “Dance Alone” - Sia and Kylie Minogue
Produced by Jesse Shatkin and Jim-E Stack
Sia. Kylie. Two pop stars of very, very different prepositions but ultimately in the same niche. I have no hopes for anything Sia does, pretty much, never liked her, but what else would I have to say at this point? Her songs produce so little analysis from me because a lot of the time, it’s just kind of immediately obvious what will happen and what I’ll think. There are painfully basic vocal melodies, very typical disco-house beats, and Sia tries to actually play down the hamming but lets her natural characteristic of her voice end up preventing her from doing so because, well, that’s just how her voice sounds. A “subtle” Sia is just an awkward fit, and she may be trying that on purpose so she doesn’t put off pop listeners, but it just results in her being completely outclassed by Kylie, who eats this up as expected. That little “woo!” in the pre-chorus is to live for, as is the “(dance)” ad-lib in the final chorus, but by the time we’re in the “bridge” (see: the post-chorus again, same phrase repeated ad nauseum), Sia’s clipping in the mix again and nothing sounds like it cares about me caring, so I’m not caring. It’ll go hard in the Mumsnet forum voice chats. Do they have those? They should have those.
#55 - “Birds in the Sky” - NewEra
Produced by Karl Durkan and Ben Williams
Okay, I’ll bite: Who are NewEra? Well, according to Genius, they’re an EDM production duo from Dublin and this track from last year is their only song to appear on streaming, yet it’s released on Warner interesting. Either way, it’s clearly blown the Irish duo up a bit, so there must be some merit and well, the sample - wherever it’s from, I genuinely can’t find it - is about as weirdly mixed as they always are on these piano-led EDM cuts, but it doesn’t stick out too much amidst the more typical trance grooves and very basic, almost preset-sounding drums that lead into a constant anticlimax, leading the pianos and barely impactful drop sound like they’re teasing you into a false sense of confidence that the song is at all moving. It damn well works though, it’s pretty hypnotising, so when I was lulled into the drumless glitching section where the cheap pianos actually build up to a pretty good pounding drop, I was thoroughly immersed. These guys have done something right.
#50 - “Make You Mine” - Madison Beer
Produced by Madison Beer and Leroy Clampitt
Madison Beer is one of those ostensible “pop stars” that don’t exactly make innovative, experimental or often even interesting music but still exist only on the peripheries of the mainstream, many of which eventually get some kind of breakout chart hit, and this might just be Ms. Beer’s… well, if this is supposed to convince me on the personality and character of Madison Beer, I am not impressed at all, she doesn’t sound interested in developing that. If it’s supposed to convince me on her production ability… yeah, I’m hopping on this train. This is incredible. My comment on her vocal performance is not a detracting remark of the song, her emotionally confused, at times static and always intimate vocal take adds a lot of depth to the intense, but more accurately hallucinatory sensuality of the song. There’s a lot of staccato repetition, sure, I mean, it’s deep house, but it’s all a luring act as you can “slip inside her mind” (sure), against the warped synth basses, echoed and fuzzy vocal production, mesmerising synths that are incredibly well panned and mixed - the sound design is immaculate, and that’s not even mentioning the incessant groove or one of the catchiest nonsense hooks in pop of recent years. The drop barely registers as such, it feels like a natural climax that the song just slides into, despite all the little intricacies in both the build-up and the catharsis that transform the song into a fizzling journey of sexy club-pop that goes a lot harder in the details that I expected it to. I mean, the overdubbing of synth leads and curious glitches in the outro - nothing’s going to go exactly “wrong” in this hook-up, but it’s not where either expected to be… and for that night, it’s life-changing. I didn’t think I’d like this as much as I do but oh, my God, please make this a hit. ASAP.
#47 - “Heaven or Hell” - K-Trap
Produced by Nathaniel London, Jester Beats and Godwin Sonzi
Well, K-Trap’s back, this time without Headie One, and I guess this is his song for the ladies. There’s a swash of R&B keys, a Central Cee acoustic guitar - or an *NSYNC acoustic guitar relistening - and an actually interesting choice in making the drill hi-hats and really the rhythm section in general a bit papery, with a bass that feels mixed a bit too low yet still being relatively busy. K-Trap is just rambling misogynistically over all of this, and not just in a typical rap way, it’s a bit distracting and groan-worthy, but his comical delivery of some of this as well as the female spoken interludes kind of explain away his hypocrisy a bit. Not too effectively, of course, but it’s worth pointing out that it’s somewhat of a two-way street. I still find the soft percussion resemblant of sample drill pretty refreshing and enjoyable, I just wish maybe there was a more melodic presence of a rapper on it. Still okay.
#44 - “16 CARRIAGES” - Beyoncé
Produced by Beyoncé, Ink and Dave Hamelin
So, Queen Bey released two country-influenced songs on the Sunday - one’s in the top 10, the ballad is at #44. I will wait until this act two of RENAISSANCE is actually out before making any statements on Beyoncé doing country outside of that I hope she ends up shouting out or giving chances and/or feature spots to other Black women in that field, as a way of propping up that community within an industry that pretty flagrantly prevents that instead of just doing a genre switcheroo because she can and convincing nobody about anything systemic in the meanwhile. Hell, that’s more for me, personally, because I’d like to know a lot more Black country artists, and given that I’m obliged to listen to this album, I mean if you care about the genre, Bey, it’d be cool to point me in some directions. Not that it’s her job, but it would be a worthwhile light to shine especially since Beyoncé is both a hitmaker and a bit of a tastemaker.
As for the first of her country efforts though, this is a pretty heartfelt southern soul track that could almost act as a campfire song if not for Bey just not being in that zone as a singer, but it definitely has the clapped rhythm of one and some compelling lyrics regarding her time touring with Destiny’s Child. Now it’s less smoky than I’d really want a song like this to be, it doesn’t sizzle as much as it stagnates, particularly with that crash into the guitars and church organs that doesn’t really surge the way I so badly wanted it to. I do find the vocals excellent, the narrative interesting and still surprisingly relevant to her as a modern touring act as well, and the rapping is surprisingly well implemented, it feels just like she’s shooting the shit in the middle of her country storytelling song. In that regard, I’d like there to be a lot less grandiosity to the presentation, maybe do without the soaring overdubs or horns, make this more of an explicitly acoustic effort. I know it wouldn’t fit Beyoncé and all her harmonies and belting, as her presence isn’t always fit for minimalism, but she could pull it off. The problem with that would be is it doesn’t emulate the theatrics of a stage performance and the abrupt shock of showbiz being put onto her at an early age, so there’s some great mirroring there that almost makes up for me not being greatly into the actual sound of these tracks. Regardless, it does have me excited for the more solemn moments on this album, but we won’t be covering that until the end.
#37 - “Abracadabra” - Wes Nelson featuring Craig David
Produced by Mike Brainchild and Rndm Beats
CRAIG DAVID?! And it doesn’t appear to be a sample? The crowd says “bo selecta” indeed. Whatever about this Wes Nelson guy, he sounds like an AI amalgamated what every R&B singer has sounded like since the planes hit, or realistically, just Jeremih, but the beat is a rough-around-the-edges 2-step jam with harder bass than you’d think and some blocky space synths. It’s all very rote but it’s also Craig David and man, you can put however many filters on his voice, it’ll still sound like Craig David, and I can’t even seriously critique him anymore. I’m sure he’s a complex, nuanced human being with flaws and feelings but to me, he’s just an unexplainable deity figure. Also, there is a moment during the drop of this song - and the outro - where the beat cuts out for Craig David to say “Bruh”, and I just needed to point this out.
#31 - “Forever” - Noah Kahan
Produced by Noah Kahan and Gabe Simon
The Vermont singer-songwriter has released what appears to be the final deluxe edition of his #1 album Stick Season, subtitled “Forever”, henc ethe name of its sole original song. I’m honestly surprised this didn’t debut higher, but there is a lot debuting above it, and Kahan tends to have sleepers. Speaking of sleepers, I’m not really feeling this one as much. It’s got the wistful acoustics but it’s a lot slower in its pace, especially for its first half, which makes Kahan’s frail, nasal vocal that I’m still not that big on not nearly as ignorable, especially as it punctuates the lyrics so exactly and ends up making the harmonies, especially in the pre-chorus, somewhat haunting, which given the deterministic lovelorn lyricism, doesn’t seem to be the intention? It eventually picks up a nice little bluegrass-esque groove but nothing too far from an average Lumineers track in terms of just lacking bite and punch, whilst forcing Kahan to strain more than he needs to, to sell pretty resonant content.
#18 - “BACK TO ME” - Adolf Hitler and Ty Dolla $ign
Produced by Hitler, Ty Dolla $ign, 88-Keys, Wax Motif, AyoAA, Feez, Nic Nac and James Alex Hau
88-Keys, huh? Now, I’m not saying that Kanye West is Hitler, I’m just doing him a favour and comparing him to his idol. There are a lot of things that he loves about him. In a perfect world, I have the choice to completely ignore this album, especially since two of the debuts from VULTURES 1 (debuted at #2 on this week’s album charts) are considered widely to be the best tracks by both me and a lot of the fans, though I am a sucker for the darker, problematic last quarter that people don’t tend to like that much. I don’t want to admit that, of course, and I’m kind of torn between not feeding into exhaustive discourse by not mentioning any controversy and then feeling bad for not doing so because I’d be supporting his cult of fans who supposedly only care about the music, regardless of how his music is constantly reminding you of his controversies. It’s also not easy when you have two pretty damn good tracks from an album that largely consists of the man embarrassing himself and, well, Ty Dolla $ign, who sounds wonderfully smooth on this track and many others. He stands out particularly well over the punchy breakbeats and bass that entrench the mix. Hitler does embarrass himself as usual, but the minute-and-a-half Auto-Tuned quoting of an old comedy movie that he probably doesn’t even remember the rest of is an almost poetic reflection of where he is as an artist and a man. Oh, and Freddie Gibbs shows up to steal the show so effortlessly with his tightest, rapid flows I think I’ve heard from him in years, some excellent, topical wordplay that feels like it’s what the album wanted to be: playful and effervescent in its hedonism. He steals the show so much in fact that the song just ends after he does, he takes complete ownership. Nice one, Gibbs, do it on someone else’s album, for the love of God.
#17 - “BURN” - Adolf Hitler and Ty Dolla $ign
Produced by Hitler, Azul, Morten “Rissi” Ristorp, Chrishan, The Legendary Traxster and Leon Thomas III
This is just what this guy’s album used to sound like. We have a mid-album reminder that he can still do it, but only for two minutes, and half of that is Ty the Tasmanian Tiger over here carrying the album with his sloppily-mixed but still incredibly passionate and incessantly catchy chorus - I’ve had it in my head for the whole damn week, pretty much - over a very conventional, punchy chipmunk soul beat that lasts less than two minutes and it just ends up on a bittersweet note. The Hitler verse is his most coherent during the whole album, it’s pretty fun, it’s pretty traditional, not worth the attention paid. And neither is…
#12 - “CARNIVAL” - Adolf Hitler and Ty Dolla $ign
Produced by Hitler, TheLabCook, Ojivolta and Digital Nas
Now, thankfully, there really is nothing of value to cover here regardless of how and where you slice it. The song is like 60% Rich the Kid, which should show you how inspired the former GOAT has been lately. Hitler spends most of his verse just being cheaply transgressive for attention, pretty much explaining why I’m not a fan of prominent critics covering this album, dignifying it as more than an ego trip surrounded by yes-men. That’s not to say transgression can’t be art, there’s a lot of discussion to be had about the value of transgressions against the audience. And Hell, maybe a rage song about riding dick featuring Rich the Kid and Playboi Carti warrants that level of analysis, but that’s exactly what Hitler wants me to do here, and I’m not taking instructions from Hitler! I’m not following orders!
#9 - “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM” - Beyoncé
Produced by Beyoncé, Killah B and Nathan Ferraro
Alright, this is just fun. I’m sure someone more equipped than me to talk about country than me will have a lot to say about this song, but I just got a kick out of Bey’s sultry voice, as always perfectly layered with energetic ad-libs and riffing, over that acoustic rolick and clearly programmed thumping production and generic country ambiance. You can tell that this isn’t produced by Nashville staples as much as it’s a semi-outsider attempt at fusing country with Beyoncé’s more natural pop and R&B territory, but it doesn’t detract from it being a sick groove about just having a lot of fun on the dancefloor, boogieing with somebody who makes you forget about everything that’s going wrong. That whistling post-chorus with all the traditional fiddle - if I’m getting that correct - in the background is such a cool little moment, especially with the panning that replicates the live hoedown feel. It absolutely feels much more like a costume party than “16 CARRIAGES”, but to be honest, I might prefer this one just because of how easily Bey dresses up in this particular set of clothes. That’s not derogatory either, she literally lists off “hoops, spurs, boots” in that gorgeous outro. I’m actually glad that such a large, potentially problematic but still full of music to discuss ends on such a delightful, carefree note. Love it.
Conclusion
It’s not getting the best, though, Best of the Week is going to… surprisingly enough, Madison Beer for “Make You Mine”, but Bey obviously grabs the Honourable Mention with “TEXAS HOLD ‘EM”. As for the worst, I mean… there is a song with Rich the Kid on this week. “CARNIVAL” is a shoe-in, but given this was actually a pretty great week in terms of overall quality, it’s difficult. I think I want to give it to K-Trap for “Heaven and Hell” but that’s really because it appears as the lazier, less interesting of the songs I wasn’t a fan of. On another day, it probably would have been Sia, but K-Trap doesn’t have a Kylie Minogue feature. Anyway, with all of that chaos out of the way, thank you for reading, rest in peace to country legend Toby Keith, and I’ll see you next week!
#uk singles chart#pop music#song review#ye#ty dolla $ign#beyonce#k-trap#rich the kid#playboi carti#freddie gibbs#madison beer#wes nelson#noah kahan#craig david#newera#sia#kylie minogue#muni long#rich amiri#vultures 1
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there’s a cover of fast car by tracy chapman (thee song ever) that plays at my school very often. this would be annoying but largely inoffensive except for this particular cover is by LUKE COMBS
and it starts with the same instrumentation that makes my gay ears perk up every time and go “oh joy! an excellent song! can’t wait to hear that beautiful rich alto tell me to leave tonight or live and die this way!” and then i am shocked and horrified to hear THIS CREATURE
HES FINE ENOUGH FOR MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC BUT THATS NOT ALLOWED YOU LEAVE TRACY CHAPMAN’S MASTERPIECE ALONE.
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Butch4Butch Persuasion Playlist
What the title says! Lots of land/sea metaphors; some songs by real life butch lesbians; a lot of Johnny Flynn.
Song list below the cut: They are arranged in roughly chronological order and most are designated Anne Songs, Fred Songs, or Both.
1. The Night My Piano Upped and Died - Johnny Flynn
Anne Song: Lost in dreams and crumpled pride/The night my piano upped and died
2. Fare Thee Well Northumberland - The Cottars
Anne Song: Although I’ll go where the Lady takes me/She’ll never tell what’s in her hand/I do not know what fate awaits me/Fare thee well, Northumberland
3. Barnacled Warship - Johnny Flynn
Fred Song: Think I’ll fight a war, I don’t know what for/But I’ll learn when I’ve got my gun
4. Not the Ghost - The Crane Wives
Anne Song: See what a life you lead:/You’re an anchor for all the heaviest/Regrets inside you
5. Siuil, a Run - Clannad
Anne Song: I wish, I wish, I wish in vain/I wish I had my heart again
6. After Eliot - Johnny Flynn
Fred Song: And lost I was for all the time/We never shared thereafter
7. The Bonny Ship the Diamond - John Spiers etc.
Fred Song: We wear the trousers of the white/The jackets of the blue/When we return to Peterhead we’ll have sweethearts anew
8. I Get Along Without You Very Well - Nina Simone
Fred Song: I’ve forgotten you/Just like I said I would/Of course I have/Or maybe except when I hear your name/Someone’s laugh that’s just the same
9. Devotion - Tracy Chapman
Anne Song: What if you find a fault/Between my purpose and my deeds/Deem me beyond salvation/Judge me to be unworthy/Of your devotion
10. Young Munro - The CottarsBoth Song: If you see that handsome fellow/With a red coat trimmed in blue/Tell him if he loves another/My poor heart shall break in two
10. Sailor’s Jacket - Jerry Bryant and Starboard Mess
*Navy-inflected Regency dancing noises*
11. Bonny Portmore - Laura Marling and Jonathan Wilson
Anne Song: And the more I think on you, the more I think long/If I had you now as I had once before/All the boys in Old England could not purchase Portmore
12. My Old Addiction - k.d. lang
Primarily Anne Song: My old addiction/Is a flood upon the land/This tiny lifeboat can keep me dry/But my weight is all that it can stand
13. Detectorists - Johnny Flynn
Both Song: Will you swim through the briny sea for me?/Roll along the ocean’s floor/I’ll be your treasure
14. Cold Bread - Johnny Flynn
Both Song: Did you learn just how I loved you?/Did you see how far I’ve been?/Would you meet me in an hour/?I could tell you what I’ve seen
15. Matters of the Heart - Tracy Chapman
Fred Song: I lose my head/From time to time/I make a fool of myself/In matters of the heart
16. Home and Dry - Johnny Flynn
Fred Song: And though the sea calls/Your voice is my compass/I’m pulled out by the swell
17. Suddenly I See - KT Tunstall
Primarily Fred Song: She makes me feel like I could be a tower/The power to be/The power to give/The power to see (this is also a Looking at Older Lesbians Song)
18. Haul Away - Grace Petrie
Primarily Anne Song: I’m bound to follow oceans, I know no other way/Haul away, haul away/And make me who I am today
19. When the Ship Comes In - The Chieftains and The Decemberists
Anti-Elliot Family Song: Oh, the foes will rise with the sleep still in their eyes/And they’ll jerk from their beds and think they’re dreaming/But they’ll pinch themselves and squeal/And they’ll know that it’s for real/The hour that the ship comes in
20. Agnes - Johnny Flynn
Both Song: I've waited for you since though/I've only known you're near
21. The Land & the Sea - Hannah & Maggie
Both Song: I am the land, you are the sea/And I’d walk a thousand miles to the coast so we can meet
22. Collapsed in Sunbeams - Arlo Parks
Both Song: We’re all learning to trust our bodies/Making peace with our own distortions/You shouldn’t be afraid to cry in front of me
23. Lullaby - The Chicks
Both Song: How long do you want to be loved?/Is forever enough, is forever enough?
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