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oceanblueeyesoul · 1 year

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Hiiii! Hope yer well! Heard you were doing Wednesday Matchups? It's grand if you aren't ^-^ A lot of my body and clothes that are avaliable right now aren't accurate to how I am, so I hope it's okay that I'm describing my appearance how it's going to be, rather than how it is currently!

My name is Willow from Ireland, They/She and Genderfluid. Demipanromantic Bisexual, I'm 17 (today 🎉). I'm 4'0" (disability), long floofy and messy black hair, dyed partially red that kinda just curls and waves all over the place, like a wee wolf's mane :P

I like drawing and do it regularly, singing, and (when I have the energy) dancing. When I'm hyper and not feeling too many chronic pains, I'm practically bouncing off walls and climbing across sofas, tables n stuff just for fun XD

My clothing style is a bit all over the place, but I typically wear goth/grunge style clothing, but occasionally I like becoming a ball of rainbows and just go for bright, rainbow colours too, with jumpers n stuff :3

My personality is reflected this way aswell, I switch between being bouncy and optimistic, to cold and blank somewhat regularly, depending on how I feel, or who I'm around. I'm INFP-T and usually quite a bit sluggish because of a lack of mental and physical energy. I'm very distrusting of people at first, but if my instincts allow me some time to get past that, I am ALL OVER YOU! Very touchy and cuddly, but if someone isn't comfortable I'll respect it, and do whatever alternative they prefer, or if they just need to take it slow. I deal with a lot of anger control issues, which can be bad but it comes in handy when protecting the people I care about, which I'll gladly do with vigour and without hesitation. I have either Autism/ADHD, or both, still not sure.

I hate; people who refuse to communicate, judgemental people (Bigots, Homophobes, Sexists, etc), disingenuous people, lack of respect for those who need help or have special needs.

Foods I like; Pasta, meats, ice cream, pineapple and most fruits & vegetables.

Foods I dislike; Peas, Cabbage/Lettuce, rice on it's own. Not a fan of dry foods :<

Styles of music I like: Rock, Punk, Metal, Rap, but also lot's of upbeat pop n stuff that makes for good wee dancey dances :3

I'm also a therian/otherkin, which in simple terms means; I behave and identify as a non-human animal, or creature. Typically I behave very dog/cat-like, so lots of cuddling, mini licks, nuzzling n all that. But that's only when I feel safe enough. My anger is also fed into this a wee bit, so I'm often seen chewing or biting down on my chew-necklace since when I get angry I wanna bite things (or others) for some reason XDD

Sorry if that's a lot >_< I don't even know if I got everything down that I wanted to, but it should be everything! If you need any other information let me know and I'll resend this, with the added info :3

Hi there, Willow and happy birthday today! I really hope you like this a lot!

Wednesday (Netflix) Matchup

Your Wednesday (Netflix) soulmates is...

ENID SINCLAIR AND WEDNESDAY ADDAMS

The three of you would definitely be listening to all kinds of music and dance very silly together and just having fun with each other.

Enid would pet you and give you all the love you deserve while Wednesday will only give you slight hugs and discipline when it comes to you.

Both of them would love your hair because it is different than they are used to a lot and they love the bright red hair look on you.

ESFP x INTJ x INFP lovebirds!

#oceanblueeyesoul #wednesday netflix #wednesday netflix matchups #enid sinclair #enid sinclair x reader #wednesday addams x reader #wednesday addams #matchups

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walliam-ribbiton · 1 year

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guess who just watched the mario movie

SPOILERS!!!!!

if you haven’t watched the movie yet, DONT READ THIS POST. but here’s a spoiler free review in a few words; good and simple movie. 10/10.

before we start, i laughed over the fact that right after the little mermaid live action trailer, they show dreamworks’ upcoming movie; teenage kraken ruby gilman and HAAAOOOO my god i was laughing because guess what the antagonist of the movie is; a mermaid, looks exactly like ariel. 😭😭💀💀

okay lets get to the movie now. the dude that plays the arcade when the brothers see their plumbing ad on tv in the pub, is who i like to call “the demo super mario” because he’s the guy who’s in the donkey kong barrel game, yet i think in an interview with miyamoto, he said that jumpman and mario are the same person, but in this movie they are two seperate characters. so thats interesting. also i think that spike guy looks similar???

missed opportunity for bowser to throw one of the penguin babies off a cliff /j (if you know you know)

JACK BLACK. I LOVE YOU. YOU WERE PERFECT FOR BOWSER. PERFECT CHOICE TEAM. 🤧🤧

i feel like chris pratt actually starts to fit mario’s “normal” voice now with luigi (keegan michael key) like…no hate, but idk its like it fits mario only if he’s with luigi

LITTLE MAC IN THE PICTURE FRAMES

the amount of kids laughing in my theatre because the dog went ham on luigi and mario. 💀

OKAY, bowuigi aside, CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY REMOVE THEIR GLOVES IN THE MOVIE. Like not to be dramatic but…eh..i feel weird and idk how to explain, at least they didnt give them fingernails but- you know the weird feeling?? where you see a character without their iconic gloves??? yeahhhh-

so they have a family, cool. i swear their parents look similar tho, and the mum sounds similar as well…idk and i probably forgot the voice actor’s name but if anyone knows reblog this post if you want

this movie made princess peach a W. BIG W if you will (not the store). rahhh idk why but i was expecting a daisy cameo from this movie but im fine without that

THE FACT THAT THEY ADDED THE DK RAP!!!! unfortunately it was only the start of it but REJAHSHAH i had to sing along

ALSO, diddy, dixie, chunky and CRANKY? you see guys, this is the actual movie that really stays true to their source material.

also missed opportunity for chunky’s death /joke

Idk why, but i thought they were gonna acknowledge or reference a meme of mario in some form in the movie, just like how in the sonic movie sequel they referenced sanic.

from an avid mario kart player that only plays with their family, RAHHHH the mario kart segment made me so HAPPY. actually this whole movie made me happy

the amount of leitmotifs i was able to identify…this movie’s ost is A BANGER. and yes, i will talk about peaches soon dont worry

the animators and artists of this movie deserve a raise, BIG RAISE. they really made the average mario kart race as actual 150cc (thats the cc i normally play on)

im kinda happy that they made the blue shell a character lol and they ended up actually acknowledging that WE CANNOT EVER ESCAPE FROM THE BLUE SHELL

idk the name of the super mario galaxy blue luma star…but i love them, i love how they made them, a cute thing, spit out existential shit, like, that’s me! im the blue star! no i didnt voice act in the movie but this blue luma star is literally me‼️

HOLY SHIT, the fact that they made the terrifying-ass eel monster from sm64 as a minor character in the movie. RAAAGHHHH so much heart was poured in this movie. if i were to choose a movie that did well because they stayed true to their source material, it’d be “mario movie > sonic movie” PERIOD

i mean, they could do a little better on the plot and pacing, because the pacing is a little FASTER than the average splatoon pace lol

the fact that they made kamek (called him lamek bc i forgot his name) dress up as peach when bowser was practicing his wedding shit….🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈-

PEACHES TIME. jack black ABSOLUTELY SLAYED AS BOWSER. AND BOWSER SLAYED TOO HARD IN THIS MOVIE.

peaches peaches peaches peachespeaches peaches peaches peaches peachespeaches I LOOOVVE YOOOOUUUUUUUU-

the jokes coming in, for the dirty mouths it kinda sounds like bowser’s singing “bitches” instead lol 💀

“sorry, the princess is in another castle.” “what if she says no?” IM DYING 😭😭😭💀 ESPECIALLY “THE PRINCESS IS IN ANOTHER CASTLE” ONE 😫😫😫💀💀💀 kinda happy they added that *wheeze*

okay, if anyone dont know who ludwig von koopa is (the name on the piano), its one of bowser’s koopalings (his minions that are the same species as him, bowser junior is his only son, thats it)

anyways. bowser’s marriage hat is the one from super mario odyssey i think! bro how much references are in this movie? yes.

holy shit peach backstory real. she was just a human baby that somehow ended up in the untouched pipe system and went where she is now.

speaking about peach, im so glad that SHE literally slayed in this movie. this wasnt the first time she broke her damsel in distress role tho, idk aside from the smash games i think there was one canon mario game where she broke her typical role..idfk i forgot the game but i swear she girlbossed in another game aside from fighting in smash bros!

missed opportunity for the brothers to do the mario at the end of the movie /j (if you also know then you also know)

seth rogen ALSO SLAYED as donkey kong. like PERFECT voice for a character that doesnt speak english. **chefs kiss**

expect a part two yall. really tired at the time of writing this final dot point but this movie was fire🔥. and yes more references that I pointed out will also be included.

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uwumessenger · 3 years

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random headcanons i have for each om! character teehee

hi it's been a while since ive posted some hcs bc uni has been kicking my a$$! luckily i only have a few papers to tidy up and im done. here r some hcs for each obey me character that ive accumulated over the past few months wink wonk

most are random but some constants you'll find are what i think they smell like, languages they can speak (other than their native (demon/angel) and eng/jp), and music tastes !

lucifer

i have a strong feeling that he showers twice a day: in the morning after waking up and at night before going to bed

his cologne is probably the type that will last in an elevator for like a week after he uses it once. i dont think this mf ever smells like anything other than his cologne

has a secret folder on his phone of semi-nudes and other scandalous pics from when he felt sexy at the time omg

aside from demon language/eng/jp he can speak french and knows latin

listens to classical stuff yea but he also listens to diavolos mixtapes (re: diavolo's section)

not a fan of sweets but will eat sweet things when craving

really bland sense of humor...borderline cringey 😭✋🏻

mammon

has gone to google images and searched for "inspirational quotes tumblr" "gold aesthetic tumblr" & "relatable crush post tumblr" then reposts it onto his socials or just taps thru them and giggles bc he relates

his cologne doesnt last as long as lucifers and probably smells common. he has to reapply a lot but it's a people pleasing smell. it's cheaper hence the constant reapplying

he probably does have an expensive bottle but is the type to totally overspray...eek

he is canonically a car guy 🥲 and probably tells the one in his room good morning & good night + kisses the hood every once in a while. has tons of car magazines

he doesnt really speak other languages but has attempted to learn spanish before

listens to whatever is on the radio. doesnt rly stan anyone but he eventually will listen to mc's playlist and mc's playlist ONLY

levi

lurks on mc's socials ALL THE TIMEEEE like he will rewatch ur stories and scroll thru ur feed and overanalyze ur tweets/rts or blog posts. if ur mc isnt the type to use sns much he still googles ur name all the damn time just to find any sites u might be on fjdjdjdjskks

probably streams on whatever youtube or twitch devildom site equivalent there is, but only has like 40 or so followers. which he is okay with!

until he sees someone else who gets more attention than him. then the envy starts kicking in bad. especially if they suck 🧍🏻‍♀️

classic gamer boy smell. you know, sweat, tears, must, and (sometimes) axe deodorant. lucifer has to do a scent check before he goes out to any event & lets him use his cologne. how sweet!

kpop stan!! more girl groups than anything and his ults are probably GIRLS GENERATION, wonder girls, twice, loona, & red velvet

cried when ioi disbanded and refused to leave his room. the only thing u could hear was downpour on loop at full blast

can also speak korean & communicate in echolocation like dolphins 😏

satan

listens to country music you cant change my mind

smells like whatever environment he is in. he doesnt really have a designated smell just throws some deodorant on and goes about his day.

he's sooooo bad at driving...gets road rage way too often so his license has been REVOKED

but hes totally a backseat driver. needs to be sedated on long trips

do not let him watch finding nemo when luke asks to watch it. it's not worth it. he will cause mass destruction.

if he was a human or lived long term in the human world he totally has the ability to be a doctor

is studying as many languages as possible, but he mostly knows latin & french & german etc etc. wants to learn all the dead languages out of curiousity

asmo

dont think this mf has ever held down a relationship. ever

he doesnt compromise much & is not willing to change his lifestyle to fit an s/o into it. you keep up with how he lives or it just isnt meant to be (but dont worry! he'll eventually learn...maybe,,,,)

has the hardest time out of everyone when it comes to breaking bad habits

his smell varies bc he uses a variety of perfumes (whatever is the most popular at the time) but he probably sticks to floral and fresh scents. he never uses generic people pleaser scents like mammon

listens to electropop, mainstream pop, & some alternative rock

as for languages he too knows french, spanish, italian, etc. in general, if it's a romance language he knows it!

opposite of lucifer in the sense where he loves sweets and will refrain from eating too many bitter things

i think we all know that asmo is the biggest rockstar of the group! he's probably been in a boy band at least once, but now he makes his own music

has tried to teach mammon how to sing once. ended up in a broken piano and bleeding ears...

beel

i feel like he is SO SHY

like unless ur close to him he will not start conversations or anything

i think he listens to r&b a lot ! and jazz 😎 maybe rock as well

smells like ur typical athlete with undertones of wet wipes. he carries them around bc he likes to clean his hands before he eats & is prepared for when theres no sink nearby

he can drive and he drives really well. no rough turns, parallel parks perfectly, and never has problems with merging

driving with beel is probably really soothing. left hand is steering the other is gripping ur thigh 😫

dont think hes really fluent in any other language but hes probably semi fluent in korean because levi wanted beel to help him out

definitely know how to order food in practically every language tho HAHAHA

belphie

he reminds me of randall from monsters inc

smells kinda musty IM SORRY but not the way levi does hes more like the kind of musty u feel or smell when it's a shitty morning

but that's only because hes so lazy, when he cleans up hes like satan

has definitely murdered multiple people before. mc is not the first 😐✋🏻

with that being said belphie has been put into prison at least twice when visiting the human world, the mf had such a strong hatred for humans theres no way he never got into trouble before

lucifer probably broke him out and they used the pen thingies from men in black to erase everyones memory of that 🙄

dont think he listens to anything other than music that'll put him to sleep. really likes lazy song by bruno mars but thinks that bruno mars put too much effort into the song. should have been one acapella verse and then finish

similar to beel hes only semi fluent in one language, probably french bc of lucifer. doesnt remember much but knows a couple of lullabies and bedtime stories

the sandman used to be his bff until they drifted. they do, however, like and comment on each other's sns posts.

diavolo

once he found out who nicki minaj was he became her #1 stan

def an ariana grande stan too 😌

choreographs dances when hes stressed...idk just seems like a diavolo thing to do

also makes rly bad soundcloud rap music sometimes. turns to poetry when hes feeling emo but only lucifer knows this. barbatos is suspicious of him but doesnt have enough evidence to confirm.

his dad is like hudson abadeer from adventure time aka marceline's dad? something must have influenced him to want to unite the 3 realms + he would need the approval to do so, so his dad must be more chill than all the others before him 🧍🏻‍♀️ IDK ok anyway

currently going through his hamilton phase bc of mc. whether mc's intent was to get him hooked onto it or just to explain it bc of something he saw online, he tells everyone that he found out abt it bc of mc!

this man cannot drive his skills are only second to jumin han

not too fond of many languages but knows the widely spoken ones like spanish, mandarin, etc. if it's taught in high school he knows it

smells like a las vegas casino. not sure why but i feel like he does. but there's also an interesting & nice smell to him if he embraces you. it's a smell you cant quite identify. but it smells nostalgic, it's mysterious, and it's tempting.

barbatos

very calm demeanor but underneath hes WILD hes probably done everything at least once oof

he just has a lot of control and stability over himself (must be nice!)

on a more angsty note i feel like he might have had his heartbroken sO BAD IDK he is hurting and maybe that's why hes so willing to obey diavolo and not abuse his time lord power thingies bc he learned his lesson the hard way

mans is so smart he knows every language you could switch languages mid conversation with him and he wouldnt be thrown off. he'd probably start speaking it too.

BUT HE SPEAKS VIET P E R F E C T L Y

listens to the same stuff as lucifer but also likes eminem. likes the movie 8 mile but criticized it heavily

have you ever been to a chinese herb shop? naturally, he smells like that. his room probably smells like it too. he doesnt really have a significant smell like some of the others

when he bakes he smells like whatever hes baking tho

one of the few out of everyone listed to have been able to travel to literally everywhere

solomon

was probably on kitchen nightmares once, but only to get feedback from chef gordon ramsay. then he used his magic to prevent the episode from airing...

was in an orchestra, one of the best times of his life. played the violin. asmo watched him in the audience once, but didnt approach him until well after that performance.

he CANNOT sing. he can, however, rap.

doesnt listen to music. he listens to podcasts! but every now and then he turns on background music, but prefers it to be instrumental stuff

never wears sunglasses. also does not have a driver's license. cannot drive a regular car. could maybe fly an airplane.

due to his immortality he has learned almost every language to exist, but finds himself speaking mandarin the most. knows most dialects too

similar smell to barbatos but u can also smell some sunscreen on him too. like, generic beach day suncreen

he has a lot of pact marks, so he once had the idea to match foundation to his skin. it took him two weeks but he eventually perfected a combination. yes he will help u find ur perfect shade if u ask him to

simeon

another country music man. has also made a tiktok or two to that one song that goes "he cant even bait a hook." they are private tho

angel country music exists and simeon invented it

if he visits the human world and wears more causal clothing he probably tucks his shirt into his pants

wears a speedo at the beach i tell u, speedo at the beach

he can speak german...i can feel it

uses his pointer finger to type and holds the phone like 2 inches away from his face so sometimes his nose will push a key hence all his typos

has no signature smell. he simply smells like your favorite scent all the time. if multiple people are around him at once, everyone smells a different smell. it's pretty rad

"what does he smell like to himself?" u may be asking. hmm...a church? 💀

luke

his first pet was a goldfish and a few months before the exchange program happened, he was given a koi pond!

secretly likes hanging out with levi sometimes just to play with henry. makes him miss his pet fish back home

so his favorite movie is probably finding nemo and he threw a fit when nemo touched the butt

luke is probably learning german bc of simeon, though he'd like to learn more of the dead languages just for fun

i dont think he listens to music often or has any preferences, he just listens to whatever is playing on the radio

but he finds himself listening to the music mc listens to

smells like freshly baked goods all the time. or fresh laundry. but like, not combined. just depends on the day

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jamaiskookie · 3 years

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i would like more soundcloud rapper yoongi x idol y/n please it’s so cute

v-live alert! -myg

pairing: idol! y/n x soundcloud rapper! yoongi

wc; 2.9k

a/n: lots of you asked, and so you shall receive. ps, i wrote this really rushed but i kinda love it. lmk what you think, love you guys <3

[V LIVE] Surprise LIVE!

the v-live notification. or, more accurately, the sound of war. alternatively, you dance around your studio on a livestream and yoongi has a mental breakdown.

masterlist PREV

“i miss you too!“ you say, replying to one of the first comments that pop up on the live.

you probably should’ve showered before going live... and you probably should’ve changed out of sweats.

whatever.

it’s not like your fans haven’t seen this before.

half of your pre-debut pictures are just downright disgusting.

the number of viewers on the top of your phone begins to climb up to the thousands, increasing every half a second.

it always amazes you how many people show up to your lives. sometimes you wonder if your fans genuinely have nothing better to do. how do they always show up so fast?

the comments begin to flood with greetings and exclamations of ‘oh my god i’m so early!11!1’ and the multicoloured heart pop up on your screen, building up an impressive stream of likes.

“where am i?“ you read through the comments and look around, as if you forgot where you were. “in the studio.“ you grin when the comments flood with questions asking if dreamcloud is getting new music.

you can’t answer, of course, but it’s fun to see. you squint at your phone, which is propped on an elaborate setup that you spent the past twenty minutes preparing.

(three books on one eyeshadow palette and a selfie stick gingerly placed on a small stool)

((you pray to every deity out there that it won’t fall))

“i was just bored,“ you shrug, speaking to the screen. “so i decided to come on here and talk to you guys. how have you been?“ you ask.

hundreds of comments answer.

“i’m alright“

“i’m good!“

most of them contain some form of sappy declaration like ‘my day is much better now that you’re here!’ it makes you smile. how cute.

the v-live notification.

or, more accurately, the sound of war.

that cursed, terrible ding! haunts yoongi’s darkest and most terrifying nightmares. the sheer amount of panic that rushes through his veins when he hears that godforsaken noise, god.

the number of lives he’s missed- yoongi can’t even bear to think about it.

so maybe it was a blessing in disguise that yoongi put his phone on do not disturb so he didn’t have to hear that disgusting sound. instead, he found out the news via a gorilla’s screech.

“Y/N’S LIVE RIGHT NOW STARTED FOURTY SECONDS AGO HURRY UP YOONGI GET YOUR ASS UP AND STOP STUDYI-“ jimin yells from his room down the hall.

yoongi almost falls out of his chair scrambling to get to his phone. it’s not like he was really studying anyways- more like using his pencils to tap out a cool-sounding beat on his desk out of boredom.

watching your live > passing his music theory class.

priorities.

with shaky hands, he grabs at his phone, slumping onto the floor and he sees the familiar blue icon with the notification popped up on the screen.

[V LIVE] Surprise LIVE! Y/N: let’s chat <3

an unnatural squeak that slightly resembles the sound a mouse slips out of yoongi’s mouth.

even when he was a baby starrie and was glued to his phone at all times, he’s never been this early to a live. he unlocks his phone, cursing his momentary clumsiness. he clicks into the live, smiling when your beaming face blasts up on his screen.

you haven’t gone live in so long- it’s nice to see your face again.

“- how have you been?“

“good.“ yoongi types out in the comment box, mumbling the words as he’s typing. “way better now that you’re live.“ sometimes yoongi cringes at himself when he types these things. i mean, who could possibly guess that min yoongi, resident scary-emo-couldslapyouintheface bad boy socially un-responsible simped over a k-pop idol?

he can already see his reputation go down the drain.

he also wonders what it says about himself that he’s a 20-something college student who’s life practically revolves around you, an idol who’s just about a year younger than him.

but dreamcloud is a part of his identity now. he identifies as a starrie no matter what. you know how the old saying goes-

once you stan, you can’t unstan. or something like that, he’s honestly not sure.

you tuck your head onto your hand, diligently trying to keep up with all the comment. with a gasp, you nod at something. “oh, you’re right, user yoonalova98!” - that’s another thing special about you. whenever you read out comments, you also read out the username of whoever wrote it.

you explained in one interview- that it’s cooler to give credit and talk to your fans as if you’re just chatting as friend. saying the username feels like you’re saying their names.

what kind of lucky fan would get their comment read aloud by Y/N?

ugh.

yoongi blinks when he remembers that technically, he’s sort of part of this group of elite, recognised fans.

his twitter stan account got almost five thousand more followers after Y/N replied to his selca. the post itself has tons and tons of likes and retweets.

insane, that Y/N- Y/N herself- knows of his existence. Y/N- the love of his life, has seen his FACE. she commented three HEART emojis below a selfie that he took.

if he thinks about it too much, he’ll start feeling faint again.

“our anniversary is coming up soon! i can’t believe it’s been three years already. time does pass by when you’re having fun.“ you say. yoongi thinks that it’s rather ironic that you would forget your anniversary, when yoongi’s had a calendar countdown to January 14th since the beginning of september.

“ahh,“ you say, leaning in closer to the screen. “from user lialiarach, ‘did you watch jisoo unnie’s acting debut’ - i did! we all watched it and cheered her on during the premiere!“

jisoo’s new drama is good. it’s a fantasy-horror blend, and he, jimin, namjoon and jin finished all 16 episodes in two days when streaming hit Netflix.

your head tilts and you smile. “song recommendations?” you wonder aloud, and yoongi scrambles to get a pen and notepad out. you don’t do ‘y/n’s listening parties’ as much anymore, but your taste in music is impeccable and he collects all the songs in a playlist.

it’s called ‘wedding tunes’ (jimin named it, not him, yoongi swears)

everytime he tries to change it back, it somehow switches back to wedding tunes the next day.

it’s disturbing how good jimin is at this kind of stuff. hopefully yoongi won’t have to bail him out of jail one day.

“okay!“ you say, pulling your laptop open. you hum as you scroll through some page that yoongi can’t see- and he anxiously waits for the first song to be played with twitchy hands and a strong grip on his pen.

the first bar plays out and yoongi’s already in love.

“this is,“ you say over the music, double checking just to make sure. “don’t need your love by NCT...“ you squint. god knows there are too many NCT members. “dream! NCT dream featuring HRVY.“

“NCT dream...“ yoongi mumbles to himself, writing the song down on the notepad.

“you know,“ you say over the music, spinning in your chair and nodding to the beat. “i’ve only met the NCT guys a couple times at music shows and such but they’re all so nice. i can’t remember all their names, but i’m decently familiar with their faces. how do they even have 23 members? how does it all work??“

you dance around the studio, singing along nonsensical lyrics that don’t make sense but sort of fit the rhythm of the song (??)

“don’t need your loo-ooove-!!! dum dum duhhhh duhros noya!!!” yoongi stifles a laugh. there’s a reason why you constantly forget lyrics on stage.

which is quite ironic, actually, because half the time you’re forgetting the lyrics to a song you wrote yourself.

afterwards, you play all the hidden gems- and yoongi’s proud to say he’s familiar with quite a few of them.

airplane by j-hope (a youtube star turned successful rapper-vocalist-dancer)

sweet night by v (the internet’s resident eye-candy)

and then you continue to scroll through your laptop, biting your lip and murmuring quietly to yourself. you glance once back at your phone screen.

okay, listen.

yoongi knows that he’s delusional, okay?

but everytime you look straight in the screen it’s almost like you’re looking directly at the camera it’s almost like you’re staring into his soul. which makes zero sense, but it still makes his heart skip a beat.

let him dream, please

“what am i scrolling through?“ you say, reciting a question from the chat. “soundcloud, user chachachae.“

soundcloud?

oh.

that’s pretty cool.

he didn’t know you had a soundcloud account!

you usually post all your covers and random shorts to instagram or another one of your personal blogs.

for a moment, yoongi indulges himself by wondering if you’d ever listened to his music. his soundcloud account is linked in his twitter bio, after all...

but he shakes those thoughts away as fast as they came. he doesn’t need to entertain himself with such silly thoughts.

“ooh, this one’s good!“ you say, clicking onto something.

still with you by JAYKAY (pffftt haihdkahjd) starts playing and you lean back, humming along. yoongi knows this one too!! now he’s 3 for 3!! he and you do share a similar taste in music, so maybe it does make sense.

even though you’re actually main vocalist and lead dancer, you do listen to a lot of rap music. but the music you make is nothing like the old school hip hop tracks that yoongi is partial to.

the music you make- how can he explain it?

sweet like honey with a little bit of tang.

like barbecue honey!!!!

ok that was a bad analogy.

all of his favourite dreamcloud tracks are written by you- cloud nine, up in the sky, are u still here, quicksand- the list goes on and on and on.

it’s like listening to your voice solves anything he goes against. bad day? dreamcloud. something to celebrate? blast your debut song. in need of a party song? easy fix. he gets aux cord rights? (granted, this doesn’t happen very often, since seokjin insists that his music taste is superior to his friends.) but anyways, y/n can fix it.

listening to your voice feels comforting. it invokes something in him that he honestly cannot explain with words. you’re his inspiration. not just in music- but in life. he admires how you’re able to smile through anything, how you take responsibility for your own actions.

he admires your kind heart, which offers generosity and forgiveness to even the most underserving people.

he admires your passion, for music, for your members, for the smallest things. he admires how you’ll love everyone and anyone.

even though he’s never really met you, he feels like he knows you. he wishes he could, anyways. he wants to thank the person who’s gotten him through such bad days.

yoongi curses himself again for being so delusional.

he keeps telling himself that he can’t get so attached. then he’ll end up like one of those creepy fans who are convinced their idols actually like them.

blech.

“okay, next song!“ you exclaim cheerfully. “i really like this one, guys. he’s this soundcloud star. he makes really cool music.“ yoongi readies his pen. if this person really is a soundcloud star, then there’s a high chance yoongi knows of him. a smaller chance that he actually knows the guy personally; either online or from real life.

you press the space bar almost obnoxiously, like you’re about to reveal something grand. you look into the camera, and you lock eyes with yoongi- through that cursed, horrible screen.

the first note plays and yoongi thinks that it sounds... oddly familiar, actually. for a moment, he sighs in disappointment. this one doesn’t sound as great as the previous few songs. almost like it’s incomplete, imperfect. something about it bugs him at the very bottom of his gut.

jimin figures it out before he does.

“AHHHHHHHHH YOONGI!!! OH MY GOD-!!!! YOONGI ARE YOU SEEING THIS? YOONGI!! HYUNG!“ yoongi grumbles, wondering what the hell jimin is screeching about now.

“oh, for fuck’s sake,“ he mumbles. the difference between him and jimin is the way they express their emotions. while yoongi bottles it all up, choosing to deal with things alone and slump around, jimin has no other choice but to scream things out. it’s a wonder they’re such good friends, really. “what is it now?“ yoongi mutters to himself.

“yeah yeah, a gentle breeze- “ and then it hits him. all at once.

“holy fucking shit.“ he whispers to himself, slumping down on the floor. he can barely hear what you say next.

“this song is called people by agust d. he goes by the name suga on social media-!“ yoongi falls down, gasping for air. “i’m a fan,“ you remark casually. “mr. suga producer-nim!! i’m your fan! please continue to make good music!“ you chuckle. “what am i doing right now? he probably isn’t even watching.“ you stare innocently at the phone camera, as if you don’t even know that you’re changing someone’s life right now.

out of his peripheral vision, he can see jimin rushing into the room, crouching next to him and placing a hand on his back, murmuring something yoongi can’t hear through the sound of his sobs.

huh. when did he even start crying?

“he makes rap and really cool hip hop music. you guys should give him a listen. his lyrics are really meaningful, too.“ you nod along, reciting the lyrics word for word- even though you really can’t rap.

“what kind of person am I? am I a good person? or a bad person? many of ways to judge just a person. everyone will live on, everyone will love, everyone will fade away“ you headbang along to the beat.

yoongi slides down the wall inch by inch. he wonders if he’ll faint or vomit first.

other people seem to make fun of people like him- people who find solace in idols, in music. that’s partially why he doesn’t like disclosing the fact that he’s a diehard fan of an idol girl group.

but in hindsight, that’s so stupid. who gives two fucks about his interests? hell, yoongi’s been depressed half his life. and if a group of girls who sing songs and perform make him feel better, what’s so wrong with that?

jimin’s voice is a little clearer now, and so is yours. you’re singing along to the lyrics- the lyrics that he wrote. the lyrics that he spent hours agonising over, wondering whether his shortcomings and anxiety in his life were worth posting on the internet for his measly following to see.

wondering if the music he made had any impact at all, if one day he might see his dream come true, to see his music being played in public. wondering if anyone might hear his songs and think that it helped them get over a bad day. just like you have for him.

yoongi’s sobs wrack through his body, tears flowing freely on his face. he’s crying hard. ugly crying, like a baby throwing a temper tantrum. his cries echo through the room. if he could see himself right now...

well, he doesn’t want to think about it. he’s sure it’s not a pretty view.

jimin looks over him, smiling proudly. his eyes are glassy, and he tucks yoongi’s head in his chest, putting his arms around him and embracing him.

yoongi’s shoulders shake. if it was any other day, he would usher jimin out the room. he hates it when people see him being vulnerable. even his own family hasn’t seen him cry that much.

but right now, he can’t bring himself to do anything but cry. other people may ask why this is such a big deal, why someone emotionally constipated like min yoongi would cry like this for such a small matter.

this, he doesn’t know how to explain either.

all he can think about is how much it means to him. that someone he admires so much is now, in turn, saying his music- no, his life- is good. nothing much else. but just knowing that you’ve listened to his work, that you know of his alter ego’s name...

his crying sounds grow larger.

jimin pets at his hair. “shh,” he murmurs. “it’s okay.” jimin’s voice also grows a little shaky. he tears up, but continues to comfort the crying boy in his arms. “you did it, hyung. it’s okay. you made it. you did it. why are you crying? this is good news! this is so great! i’m proud of you, we’re all so proud of you.”

yoongi tries to speak; it doesn’t go very well. but when he tries again, he manages to choke something out.

“i did it.“ he says, before burying his face back into jimin’s hug. the two boys sit on the ground, crying together. an hour passes, then two.

slowly, yoongi drifts off to bed on the ground, the melody of his own song blended with sound of your voice echoing in his head.

my ordinary became your special, my special became your ordinary. so what? what if you just brush by? what if you get hurt? sometimes you might get hurt again, sometimes you might shed tears. so what? so what if you live like that?

~ people by agust d

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Music Ask Meme

Tagged by @bourbon-ontherocks, @roxy206, @whiskeyjack, @mego42 (Thank you, guys!)

You can usually tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to.

Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first 10 songs then tag ten people! No skipping! (or maybe some skipping. I’m not your dad, do what feels right)

Putting this under a cut because, well, I do not know the meaning of the word restraint and also, I’m not strictly following the rules of this Ask here (and by “strictly,” I mean “at all”).

First, I think this meme is exactly right and you CAN tell a lot about a person by the type of music they listen to. The problem is that I don’t really listen to music and therefore I’m deeply afraid of what people will be able to “tell a lot” about me from this fact (e.g., I want to eat your liver with fava beans; I am Orin from Parks and Rec; etc. etc.)

So I don’t have any playlists and I don’t have 10 songs…or do I? Awhile back @mego42 challenged me to just name 10 songs. I think she meant this as like when you try to play chess with a 5-year-old and end up agreeing that they can jump the pieces like checkers just to get the game over with.

But regardless, I CAN name 10 songs (although seriously, this took me a really long time to do, like, an embarrassingly long time. But it’s Presidents Day and I hate my fan fic writing at the moment so am desperate to practice avoidance and avoid boredom at the same time so here goes.)

1. Like a Rock – This song plays non-stop during Chevy commercials during football games. I only know the first 3 words “Like A Rock” but I can sing them over and over perfectly in tune.

2. WAP – The other day there was a post that said that if a TikTok is really good, it’ll breach the containment field of TikTok (I am still not 100% sure what TikTok is tbh) and cross over into other mediums. So too do popular songs do this for me, when they breach the Music World and enter Pop Culture World. This summer, I started seeing the word “WAP” everywhere, although since I was reading it, I pronounced it to rhyme with “rap.” Somehow feminism and male v. female artists’ lyric appropriateness was involved with it? And Kylie Jenner? But also somehow Joe Biden? Intrigued, I googled and this is how I actually listened to (and enjoyed!) a 2020 song.

3. Mr. Clean jingle – This song is sung during Mr. Clean commercials. It is a straight up banger and the lyrics are really really good as well.

4. No Rain (Blind Melon) – My college roommate was going through a Time what with homesickness and culture shock and she played one song on repeat for what felt like our entire freshman year. I can hear the first line in my brain and see the CD cover like it was yesterday (speaking metaphorically here because again, when I close my eyes I see only the back of my eyelids). Once again I had to turn to Google for this (my google search = “All I can say is that my life is pretty plain” and bee costume girl song) and I am told this was No Rain by Blind Melon.

5. Take Me Out to the Ball Game/Baby Shark – I probably heard these two songs the most in all of 2019 since they play the first one during the 7th Inning stretch at every Nationals baseball game (and other baseball parks obvi) and then Baby Shark because it was the walk-up music for a wildly popular player that then morphed into a cultural phenom (everyone standing up, imitating shark mouths with our arms, etc.). Man, I miss pre-pandemic baseball summer life 😩

6. The Sound of Music (all songs) – I’m not totally uncultured, I want that to be known. I’ve seen The Sound of Music roughly 100 times (my bestie from college and I used to come home drunk from the bars and fire it up at 3 am and sing along loudly to the joy of our neighbors) and I know all these songs, even the boring ones like the Mother Superior looking pensively out the window one (Climb Ev’ry Mountain – not this film’s greatest work, I’m not gonna lie).

7. Auld Lang Syne – Pretty impossible for me to have my rom com New Years Eve kiss moment one day if I don’t know the words to this song and am not prepared to sing it with a sparkler during a dramatic countdown to the New Year/New Life. (Also, it’s in the ending of It’s A Wonderful Life, another movie I’ve seen umpteen times so it’s baked into my DNA).

8. Keep on the Sunny Side – Literally I was obsessed with this Michelob Ultra commercial (https://www.ispot.tv/ad/AXOA/michelob-ultra-weather ) to the point of downloading Shazam (SHAZAM PEOPLE!) to try to identify the song.

9. Despacito – Another song that jumped the Music-Pop Culture blood/brain barrier was when I started seeing people everywhere write “That’s so sad. Alexa, play Despacito.” I googled, then actually took the time and trouble to download it from iTunes. I then drove around just blasting Despacito (lol, check out me using the past tense here like I don’t still do this). I gather that this song isn’t cool any more (if it ever was) by the pitying look my friend gave me when he got in my car awhile back and by the fact that he straight up said, “really? Despacito? Really?” but I don’t care because I love it. Oh! So I do in fact have a playlist and it has one song on it - Despacito (so I guess I could have just done Despacito 1-10 here).

10. Can’t Take My Eyes Off You (Frankie Valli) – Can’t even be flippant about this one, I love it so much I put it in my fan fic! My parents loved the Oldies Station on the radio so if we were driving anywhere growing up, pretty good chance you’d hear it. So pretty, tugs at my heart with the yearning and affection.

There you go, Meg, 10+ songs! And I hope this fulfilled the spirit if not the letter of the tag for you guys - THANK YOU FOR TAGGING ME!

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Music tastes because this game owns my soul

Amara: Nothing but calm, peaceful indie worship for meditation, or Partali Rap for everything else. Does enjoy the occasional rock opera, but not enough to make a Playlist for it.

Ava: Emo grunge and sad lo-fi. Typical sad 13 year old girl songs, but the sadness level varies. Sometimes its "ah, 13yo blues", sometimes "Oh, yeah. This is a child who's gone through some sh*t and is clearly not coping." Everyone uses her Spotify as a mood tracker to check in on her.

Axton: Bluegrass country, old school rock, and - god bless - the most basic pop in the world. Like, retail pop. Radio pop. Pop music no one likes and only hit the charts because of grocery stores playing it on repeat. He genuinely likes it, too.

Brick: R&B and jazz. Most people assume its violent screamo, but why would he want to listen to that when he's relaxing? That's punching music, not kicking back music.

Clay: Either super catchy and suave, or a blatant cry for help. Classy Jazz and touching Southern Gothic, Jimmy Buffet. Songs about confidence, Jimmy Buffet. Ballads for smuggling and general crimery, Jimmy Buffet. Why is he listening to Jimmy Buffet? He doesn't know. He just is. Wainwright has a therapist on speeddial for the day when Clay has listened to nothing but Jimmy Buffet for three weeks.

Fl4k: Anything dark and moody, actual genre doesn't matter. Prefers quieter, slow paced songs. Songs about leaving home for the better fill their main playlist.

Gaige: Screamo metal. The most offensive screamo metal you will ever hear. Has hearing problems from this. Don't use full volume, kids.

Hammerlock: Jazz, classical, folk, orchestra - elegent stuff, as per usual. He isn't stuffy about it like some people. Varied taste, he just has some quirkiness with his preferences. Rap is fine, he just likes old rap from his youth. Will absolutely grumble about it getting worse each year .

Krieg: Doesn't like music, it freaks him out. But, he is known to listen to someone singing. Axton's humming in the garage, Maya's shower concerts, Lilith's quiet memorial songs when she thinks no one can hear her. He doesn't like music. He likes singing.

Lilith: Rock sung by female leads, female rappers, and girl power ballads. Just appeals to her. The only male singer she liked was Roland.

Lorelai: Same as Lilith, but kicked up to a level that makes you think she's part of a coven. Does like the occasional country power ballad, though; songs about community and sticking together and such.

Maya: Music you could fall asleep to. Its the calmest, most zen playlist you could ever find. It's very vocal, with emphasis on slow instruments. The music you listen to when you want to study or transcend. do not find her guilty pleasures playlist.

Mordecai: He could tell you every artist he has ever listened you, and you will have heard of none of them. It's not intentional, he just fell down a rabbit hole and moved in. His taste is very folk, indie, rural country - lots of guitars and percussions.

Moxxi: Carrie Underwood country. That genre of country thats just women killing men. Sure, she likes a sultry jazz, maybe a suggestive pop, but her heart is meant for a raspy-voiced woman with a guitar crooning about poisoning her husband.

Moze: She likes a lot of things, especially old synth-pop. Upbeat rock with old sounds the remind you of fruit for some reason? Her jams. Her favorite song is a mystery, though. Its in a different language you've never heard of, it has no identifiable instruments, the title is Track 1. Someone listened to the entirety of it and died the next day. Definitely haunted. She says it's just a national hymn from her home planet, but no one buys it.

Salvador: Back-porch country and ballads. He likes things that come from the heart. His favorite songs are ones of people singing about their home with pride. He has a soft spot for emotional climax songs from musicals, too. Detests bro country and retail pop.

Tannis: Hates music, but likes wind chimes. That's it.

Tina: Has 218 playlists for every conceivable mood. Her library of saved songs is over 10k. Has no favorite genre, but her favorite songs tend to lean towards the alternative or rap variety.

Troy: If you look at his Spotify he will cry. Barely any his playlists have a title, just keysmashing. The only one that has a title is just an eggplant emoji and it's nothing but dominatrix power balleds. His most played playlist is filled with songs about Cain and Abel. As for genre? Rap. Rock. Punk. Screamo. Everything your mother doesn't like.

Tyreen: Not an active music listener. But! Her Spotify is nothing but love ballads. Her top 50 each year are the sappiest romance songs known to man. A lot of soundtracks of musicals and movies, too. The genre does not matter, what matters is if someone's name pops into your head when you listen to it.

Wainwright: Emo country. Like, Southern Gothic if it was even more depressed and spooky. He has not evolved from his taste as a 13 year old in an unhappy family. Only started listening to happier music when he met Alistair. Would die of embarrassment if this got out.

Zane: Likes literally everything, but has a soft spot for the rock and folk that came out of Pandora during the Gold Rush times when the corps were fighting for tech and power. Those songs stuck with Pandora, and the songs are important for every clan. They're about greed, apathy of corporations, the mystery of the Eridians, the harshness of Pandora. He gets in a mood when he listens them, like a grandpa watching the news report on the war he just got back from. He tells stories when he gets like this. Sometimes they're sad, sometimes they're bitterly hopeful.

Zer0: Techno that sounds like someone vomiting out their soul. Moody, atmospheric, unsettling techno. They say they refuse to listen to anything that has color in its album art.

And it's all a lie.

Zer0 likes the pinkest bubblegum pop and the stupidest meme songs. Carmelldansen? They've listened to it for 1000 hours.

The only person to find their secret Spotify was Rhys and he was too busy admiring this strange account's taste in music to realize that every playlist title and description was a haiku, and that the account was called "atlas.n1nja.b0ps". Rhys brought it up to Zer0 like "I found my soul mate, we have the same favorites!" And Zer0 would have sh*t themselves if they could have.

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Beepr Goes To Shows: Governor’s Ball 2021.

In this first installment of Beepr Goes To Shows, I spent all 3-days at this years Governor’s Ball to give you crowd coverage you deserve and concert recaps/reviews you want. Stay tuned for more show write-ups and other updates!

Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist

What happens when you put two legends on the same stage? You get one hell of a fucking show. Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist were on another level that Friday afternoon, delivering classics from Madlib collaborative albums (Crime Pays, Fake Names, Palm Olive, Thuggin), recent singles from Freddie (Big Boss Rabbit, Gang Signs), and all your favorite offerings from Alfredo (Baby $Hit, Scottie Beam, Something To Rap About). The braggadocious swagger Freddie brings to the stage is tempered by Alchemist’s suave production and generally reserved demeanor, making them a very balanced performance. Despite being an acclaimed producer, you get the sense that The Alchemist is there to support Freddie rather than make the performance about himself. Freddie’s natural humor shines through in between songs, cracking jokes while taking tokes and hitting a bottle of Hennessy. Chants of “Fuck police,” cheers for the Alchemist, and concert-goers belting choruses created a deafening atmosphere, rivaling some sold out indoor venues I’ve visited. To call Freddie a cult artist would be disrespectful of all the mainstream achievements (Grammy nominations, cracking Billboard Top 25s, etc), and yet for some reason, he remains on the fringes of superstardom. Part of what people love about Freddie Gibbs is his larger than life personality, as he has an authenticity about him that’s naturally charismatic. If there’s anything I can be certain about after that set, it’s that Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist have undeniable chemistry and I hope they have more on the way.

Phoebe Bridgers

In January of 2018, a report from Nielsen Music identified that rap had surpassed rock in terms of overall music consumption. But Phoebe Bridgers will not allow her genre to go quietly into the night. She very well may be the next iteration of a rockstar. From her band all being in uniform, to the stage production, and most importantly, her diehard fans: Phoebe Bridgers is killing it in all aspects of the game. Apparently, I had been living under rock for quite some time as I only did a deep dive into her music when I saw her on the Governor’s Ball lineup announcement. How foolish was I? Phoebe has an incredible catalogue despite being only 27 (bolstered by her work with groups like Boygenius and Better Oblivion Community Center). Songs like Motion Sickness, Garden Song, and ICU feel more like Phoebe hosting a singalong, as the entire crowd is belting back each and every lyric at the top of their lungs with emphatic energy. Tracks like Kyoto also fall into that category, but there’s an immense rush of excitement as the brilliance of Bridger’s music blares through over the speakers for the chorus. Ballads like I Know The End are blissful moments of serenity, as I found myself swaying with my eyes closed in my little spot in the crowd. Her nonchalance in between songs is intoxicating, as it’s a beautiful contrast to her immensely emotive and personal performance. It’s so endearing to see past what’s on the outside and find an individual who profoundly cares about their work. What perhaps is most endearing about Phoebe’s performance is how she’s unabashedly herself: quips like “Fuck nihilism, too” are interjected in between songs, her outfit a glamorized rendition of the classic skeleton t-shirts. While I might have been late to the party in terms of the Phoebe Bridgers hype train, you can bet I’m going to be early to every one of her shows from here on out.

A$AP Rocky

As Saturday night of Governor’s Ball was drawing near to an end, there were millions of individual conversations buzzing around in the crowd. But almost all of them were centered around one question: When will A$AP Rocky start? At 9:12pm EST, our question was answered, with a bang. Crowd surfing around in an inflatable car, bullhorn in hand, Rocky showed off some new sounds as unreleased tracks (Grim Freestyle amongst the slew of unreleased tracks) boomed over speakers. Mosh pits opened up left and right as the concert slowly evolved into a beautiful, New York block party-esque chaos. Hearing recent work like his features on Slowthai’s MAZZA and Famous Dex’s PICK IT UP were unexpected yet gratifying moments. But what really amplified the crowd was hearing some of the “older” radio hits. I can’t remember a time in recent memory when I’ve been as excited as when the first synths on LPFJ2 and Telephone Calls hit. Classics like Praise Da Lord and Yamborghini High ensured that there were no lapses in energy or excitement. Babushka Boi set the crowd ablaze, as the off-key notes intermingled in the beat acted as cues for the rowdy meter to kick it up a notch. Rocky even gave up some of his set to ensure the rest of the Mob was represented, as he had the DJ play Plane Jane by A$AP Ferg. The softer side of Rocky’s discography was met with equal anticipation as Sundress and A$AP Forever were met with exuberant cheers. Fully embracing his trippy side, after asking us if we liked hallucinogens, Rocky performed L$D to a roaring crowd (he also teased us with the unreleased Mushroom Clouds after asking us if we fucked with mushrooms too). During what felt like a showcase of the Harlem rappers’ ability to generate raucous ovation, the time had the crew informed Rocky his set had to be wrapped up. An earnest plea to keep it going was made, begging to at least get off Peso, but the euphoria was always going to be finite. It’s safe to say, anyone saying Rocky fell off is full of it.

Burna Boy

From start to finish, Burna Boy kept it hot. Bringing plenty of Nigerian flair to the CitiField air, I can safely say that Burna Boy’s set was one of the most enjoyable of the weekend. Even before he appeared, loud chants imploring him to take the stage could be heard ringing throughout the grounds. As his band and mom (who doubles as his manager) patiently waited, you could see them grinning and laughing as they knew we were in for a great show. Burna Boy then graced the stage and we were transported to another world, filled with laid back vibes, political protest, and triumph. Opening up with Gbona, it was apparent that the entire show was going to be electric. Hitting dance moves, grinning from ear to ear, it was obvious that Burna Boy planned on making a stellar first impression at the Governor’s Ball (he also earned major New York brownie points by giving us an animated performance of his velvety feature on Enjoy Yourself by Pop Smoke). Hearing some of my favorite songs live cemented them even further in the favorites category, as his performance adds another level of fun and personality. Collateral Damage, a beautifully subverted political protest anthem, felt truly harmonious as the entire crowd chanted the chorus with their fists in the air. As much as I love my AirPods, the heartfelt energy of both the crowd and Burna Boy I felt in the crowd during Anybody and Dangote could never be matched by speakers. Even the less upbeat songs (such as Wetin Man Go Do) he performed were met with incredibly cheerful reactions as. Live riffs from the band during some of his most popular singles added great spice for those who are familiar but equally exciting for new listeners. It’s apparent that there’s a great sense of camaraderie amongst the whole crew, that their main goal is to put on a memorable and joyous show. I can only hope that Burna Boy and the band make trips to the states more frequently.

Ellie Goulding

Have you ever felt the urge to forget everything that’s worrying you and just live in the here and now? Then you should go to as many Ellie Goulding shows as humanly possible. There’s a good chance you’re already familiar with some of her work (I’ll get to that in a bit), but it’s an entirely other thing to see her bring them to life. Hidden under the surface of a soft-spoken, singer-songwriter is a powerhouse performer, ready to give the show and attendees her everything. Watching her confidence grow during the set, seeing her come out of a shell that had likely developed as a result of not touring, was a beautiful sight to behold. In between comments about how grateful she was to be performing, quips about her outfit, you really got to watch her conviction begin to grow and take root. Anthemic at every instance, the crowd was equally ready to return the same energy Goulding graced us with. The only thing that was all over the place about her refined and poised performance was the eclectic mix of work she pulled from. From Lights (and yes, if you’re curious, that shit slapped) all the way up to her latest album, Brightest Blue, we got treated to the Ellie Goulding evolution set. Intermingling a solid slate of collaborations like Diplo’s Close To Me (I don’t know if I’ve ever sung along as fervently as I did for that one), Calvin Harris’ I Need Your Love (okay, I lied, this is the one where I lost my voice), and Major Lazer’s Powerful, there was a reference point regarding how they discovered Goulding for everyone in the audience. Hearing oldies like Aftertaste, Anything Could Happen, and Only You instantly transported me to simpler times, back when bills and deadlines seemed like an abstract concept. In another edition of music star leads a sing-a-long, the crowd could have taken over for Lights and Love Me Like You Do. Thankfully, we got to hear Ellie too. It’s a magical moment when a few hundred (maybe a full thousand) are all united by one common goal: to embrace the present and shower the performer with adoration in the form of knowing every lyric. Harmony amongst total strangers, tied together through a common love of music. Ellie Goulding gave us more than one of the best sets from the weekend, she gave us a sense of unity and togetherness unlike any other I’ve experienced.

Post Malone

When you find a superstar, with millions of fans and millions in the bank, that you feel like you can still crack open a crispy Bud Light, you’ve found something special. And we all know that Post Malone loves a cold one. The final chapter of Governor’s Ball 2021 ended with Post Malone’s Sunday night set, a perfect way to wind down the weekend. Opening up the set with an inquisitive “Hello?” to test out the mic, this show was one of the most authentic and down-to-earth concerts I’ve been to in quite some time. It almost feels like you’re just hanging out hearing some song ideas from your friend Austin Post, wearing some regular denim shorts and a “Where’s Waldo” style striped shirt, until the audible roars from the crowd of “Posty” remind you you’re at a headliner. Arguably the most larger-than-life aspect of Post’s set was his entrance on the stage, via a smoke-cloud suspended platform adorned with metal chains. With a healthy mix of beerbongs & bentley’s, Hollywood’s Bleeding, recent singles and old hits, Post Malone was showing us all of his repertoire. Chugging beers at the request of the crowd, checking in with all of us in between songs, calling for celebration and happiness, Post goes to great lengths to ensure that the crowd is with it and that everyone is having a good time. Tracks like Psycho were somehow both relaxing and energizing at the same time, as the chorus transformed the venue into an incredible echo-chamber. We also got to see how many friends Post has, as we got guest appearances from Young Thug (performing Goodbyes), Roddy Rich (gracing us with Every Season and The Box), and 21 Savage (to perform Rockstar, which Post Malone did his best to embody all night). With each feature, the crowd seemed to kick into another fear of excitement, but that’s not to say people didn’t lose it for some of Post’s solo work. Stay, which Post performed seated strumming an acoustic guitar, was as heartfelt as it could get in its stripped down state. Despite previously admitting to not being able to sing without autotune, you could see how much he cared about capping off the weekend right while performing that song (without autotune in an effort to be as real as possible). White Iverson and Congratulations were both barn-burners, as the whole festival grounds were chanting lyrics and bouncing along. After a very long weekend of raging and raving, Post Malone’s set managed to run through the whole gambit of festival emotions: joy, excitement, surprise, and relief. It’d be disingenuous to say anything other than Austin Post has mastered the art of headlining.

#beepr #concerts #concert review #livemusic #governors ball

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fishylife · 3 years

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Back to Field S5 Ep 11

- Yixing’s just perpetually gonna hang out in the sitting room huh

- I really liked the house building part. I love handiwork stuff like that. I wonder what the little house is for though. Are they going to have a lot of guests in later episodes? Or are they going to use it for an activity area? Also, I think they are using some sort of kit to create this shed. Basically, all of the parts are precisely made to fit against each other, and the notches are precise. Also, I heard them call the parts by identifiers like B4, etc. so I think they are probably following a manual of some sort.

- Zhang Zifeng said she wanted Yali to stay with her :3 It’s so fun when the show gets younger female guests because Zifeng kind of opens up a little more easily.

- YIXING XD

- Yixing got yelled at by Huang Lei for going to sleep at 4 AM. Someone needs to wrestle this man into a proper sleep schedule istg.

- Yixing teaching Huang Lei to play the fighting game!!! For some reason I find it sweet when kids teach older people to play video games lol.

- Yixing got beat by first timers Huang Lei and He Jiong and Huang Lei called him out by birth name lmfao

- There was a breeze blowing the leaves and He Jiong was like “doesn’t this feel like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon?” I think he’s referring to that part when Zhang Ziyi and Chow Yun-fat are fighting in the bamboo grove.

- Huang Lei has no fears lol.

- Celebration dance for finishing the house.

- Pengpeng and Meimei getting into a fight because Meimei kept pointing Pengpeng into the wrong direction when he was looking for supplies It’s cute because Zifeng is usually pretty quiet haha.

- Yixing was excited to cook dinner T_T This boy legit SKIPPED to the kitchen because he was so excited.

- I think Yixing is just a very goal-oriented person, so he thrives on individual tasks (such as cooking) where he can set goals and plan ahead.

- The ladies helped air out the blankets. The little doggos kept them company uwu

- Huang Yali was singing a song while on the boat, and Yixing helped her promote it haha

- The boat segment was so cute uwu. They were just having fun and eating seeds and enjoying the guitar

- Freestyle rapping about Xiaopeng XD Jin Jing and Shengying are so fun haha.

- Yixing sang a song entirely with the lyrics “I like” and Jin Jing and Shengying made a whole skit about it hahaha

- Huang Lei came back from his meeting and he was like “Zhang Yixing, you don’t me (to help you cook), right?” And Yixing shook his head with a smile lol. This boy istg

- So Yixing was the head chef and Pengpeng was helping him with cooking the rice. The ladies and He Laoshi and Huang Laoshi were chillin >3

- Chef Yixing’s fanclub!!!

- Shengying and Jin Jing kept rapping and giving fancy names to Yixing’s moves. They also noted how Yixing was super serious and didn’t laugh at their antics lol.

- Yixing was trying to get dating advice from the ladies!!!! Boy‘s been trying to get a relationship for so long. He asked them about how they balance work with relationships, because even Yixing knows he’s a workaholic and he worries that he wouldn’t be able to spend time with his significant other. First of all, Shengying and Jin Jing were like “we’re not actually that famous so there’s not much to balance and actually we’re waiting for more work” which made me LOL. But Huang Lei’s advice was that things would work themselves out, that people don’t have to be together all the time to have a good relationship. Yali actually said that she’d been in a long-distance relationship for 13 years of the 16 years she was with her significant other (who was her first love!).

- More dance practice.

- Pengpeng folds the backs of his shoes in!!!!! No !!!!!!! Why do people do this!!!!

- Yali’s been working on this rug. I wonder how she did it. Maybe she’s knitting it?

- Lmaooo He Jiong and Huang Lei keep calling Yixing Jiashuai XD And He Jiong was like “Jiashuai is so shuai.” Not gonna lie he is lookin cute today.

- Pengpeng was chopping wood and he’s got a fanclub too.

- So Pengpeng and Yixing are now Liangzai and Jiashuai.

- Yixing had some trouble but the cheering squad came in and he succeeded haha.

- Pengpeng laying the broken axe handle on O’s head XD

- Jin Jing successfully chopped wood (with Pengpeng’s help) and she did a celebratory dance lol.

- She was like “Xiaozhang, close your mouth!” since it’d just been open in awe this whole time lmfao.

- Jin Jing and Shengying asked Yixing for some dance moves and OF COURSE he broke out with this one.

- Then Jin Jing asked for a DANCE BATTLE. Of course, it was really just Yixing indulging her haha.

- Jin Jing was like my superpower is copying other people’s moves exactly lol

- Round 2 was the krump battle XD

- Yixing helping the ladies out is very cute v.v

- How cute :3

#thinking out loud #cvariety #back to field #screencaps

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My Boy Builds Coffins

Inspired by: My Boy Builds Coffins by Florence + The Machine Sunlight by Hozier

Relationships: Kravitz & RQ, Taakitz

It starts like this:

A wagon rolls into town one afternoon. All colors, shameless shanties and swaying lanterns - gently glowing.

With it, a group of three. One man, and - this is crucial - two elves, twins to be exact.

And most importantly, an elf twin named Taako.

The funeral home smells like dust. Dust, always dust no matter how much they clean. Dust, sometimes flowers, and that certain smell most enterers can’t identify but both remaining members of the MacAllister family know is death, death.

Her son stands at the window in the front in his black suit, his white-gloved hands clasped neatly behind his back, like usual. Like every day since his father died.

“Brooding,” she says.

“Thinking,” he says, or “I’m just people-watching, Mother.”

“You think too much,” she says and it makes him smile a little, but all it does is remind her of the days when he was young and happier and hopeful. And how all that joy withered to nothing, slowly but surely.

Kravitz used to play with the litter of kittens behind their neighbor's barn, until one day, they were just gone. Something was wrong, she knew immediately when he came home with a slow opening of the door and his footsteps barely audible on the hardwood floor. She was washing the dishes when it happened.

“They're dead, aren't they,” he asked, just a boy still, his hair curling just barely below his ears and she had said yes because they both knew it was the truth. He looked thoughtful but wouldn't look at her, his mother, in the eye.

“I hope they didn't suffer,” he said absently as he climbed up the stairs to his room. She was left alone in the kitchen with her hands covered in dishwater, and with a lump in her throat she fought hard to swallow.

Put in a burlap sack and thrown into the lake they were. She tried not to think about it. She hoped her son didn’t know.

Working at the funeral home is not what Raven wanted for her son but it’s what they both ended up with. Kravitz grew from a somber boy into a somber man and it saddens her to see him so serious.

“A damn shame,” his father, her husband, would say if he was still alive. But he lived his life building coffins, he left this life in a coffin and all he left them was coffins.

Now Kravitz builds them, for better or worse, in sunshine and rain.

She joins him by the window just in time to see one of the elves blow Kravitz a kiss. The shock on her son's face, his feathers ruffled, makes her hide a smile in her palm.

The elves are a wild kind. They talk too loud, they laugh too loud. They wear too little or too much, they dress so strangely.

“They stay out too long after sundown, and their windows are lit until close midnight,” Susan tells her in a stage-whisper, a basketful of fresh-baked, elven-made goods hanging on her arm, the hypocrite.

Raven looks at the bakery window, sees the elves laughing and tossing flour at each other. She sees people leaving the establishment with their hands full and their mouth smiling.

“They sing such terrible songs,” Susan continues, hissing, like it’s all some kind of devious conspiracy.

Raven realizes she never liked her, truly.

“He’s busy, probably,” Kravitz says under his breath, wringing his gloved hands. “Most- most likely.”

“More the reason why you should go offer a helping hand, Kravitz,” she says without looking up from the flowers she’s arranging. It’s been a week already, and Raven has heard all the rumors, while Kravitz has just been looking. He feels safe behind the glass, she figures, though the window is a poor cover to hide behind.

Raven prefers to leave her son to his own devices most of the time, but she has seen. She can’t help but notice the way Kravitz’s eyes have been glued to one of the elves in particular. The brother, Raven knows by now. The sister is married to the human they arrived with.

“I don’t think-”

“You think too much,” she says again and leaves the flowers in favor of grabbing her son’s arm and dragging him towards the door. “Just go , Kravitz.”

“Mother!”

“Go, and don’t let Susan catch you, or we’ll never hear the end of it,” she says and ushers him, pushes him , out of the door and towards the bakery on the opposite side of the street. The building smells like cinnamon, fresh bread and has an atmosphere that livens up the whole village.

The next morning, Kravitz comes down the stairs looking like he always does but somehow, he’s different.

She’s his mother, she can tell.

She smiles at him.

He smiles back.

She feels her heart jump with joy.

Kravitz is quiet and gentle. A soul born in cold and rain.

She remembers that night well.

It’s a boy!

Her baby cradled in her shaking arms, her husband’s hand was heavy and proud on her shoulder. Just like his mother , the midwife had said. Dark skin, hair black as winter night but unlike her, his eyes like pieces of coal ready to spark with flame.

Congratulations, Mr. MacAllister, they said to him, ignoring her.

She hummed a tune and held her son while outside, white November turned into a grey December.

The night was long but in the morning there was sunlight, sunlight.

They’re in the back room having tea when front door bangs open and makes them both jump. Raven manages to hold onto her cup - and avoid an incident - but Kravitz spills his and he peels his soaked gloves off with a hiss and a grimace.

They both know who it is, even without the carelessly spoken oops that follows. There’s only one person who would enter a funeral home in such a way.

They move to the front to greet their guest, Raven still cradling her cup in both her hands. She smiles to herself as she observes the tension in her son’s shoulders melt away. Taako’s very presence seems to help lessen the gloomy atmosphere of the room.

“Goddamn it’s grim around here, would it kill you two to have some music on or something?” Taako complains as he invites himself in with a basket full of something sweet-smelling hanging on the crook of his arm.

“Would it kill you not to torture us with your baking Taako?” Raven asks good-naturedly averting her eyes from the scene. The way Kravitz’s face lits up with a smile is enough for her. She knows her son is in love, she doesn’t feel the need to spy on the pair’s reunion. though their separation has been brief, they saw each other yesterday, last.

Taako scoffs, “It's not torturing if I'm bringing you some.” He drops his basket on the very expensive, wooden desk and out of the corner of her eye, Raven notices the crumbs now littering the surface. Kravitz does not. He’s too busy staring into Taako’s eyes.

She hums in answer and lifts the cloth over the basket, grabbing one of the scones she finds underneath to enjoy with her tea.

Taako grabs Kravitz by the forearms and pulls him into a gentle sway, humming a melody.

She leaves the room with her delicious prize, knowing her son is in good hands. Kravitz’s voice is warm and Taako’s laugh is high and tinkling.

They reach the summer solstice. Their little town is much changed from before the brightly-colored wagon arrived. The midsummer festival with its flower crowns, birch saplings, and the huge bonfire remains constant, however.

Raven skips the festivities, just like every year. But this year she enjoys the look on her son’s face when he’s dragged out of the house by Taako.

She has an uneasy feeling but she tries to ignore it, as she often presumes the worst.

But also, she’s never wrong.

Come dawn, the bakery burns.

“They’re dead, all three”, they say, when the sun has revealed the destruction in its entirety. Raven can see her son’s world crumbling into pieces as their eyes meet.

Good riddance, some of them say.

Some say, they knew the three newcomers were somehow wicked.

They’re all dead, the human man and the elves both.

In her mind’s eye, she sees Kravitz’s hands making a coffin.

A coffin for his lover.

White like a dove, the bird, and the loving nickname he gave his beloved.

She hates the world for being so cruel.

She doesn’t see Kravitz cry but she knows better than to assume he doesn’t.

His gloves are gone now. Replaced by bandages covering his burned hands, wounded when he and disappointingly few others dug through the still-smoldering rubble of the bakery. They all knew they would find no survivors. But Kravitz had wanted to confirm, to see the dreadful truth with his own eyes.

By the time it’s obvious that the fire was no accident, they’ve found no bodies. Raven doesn’t know what to think of it, but she dares to hope. Kravitz paces the hardwood floors, his eyes empty and dead.

It’s a cool and quiet night, a week after the fire when they hear a gentle rapping at their window.

Kravitz only has eyes for his untouched bowl on soup. His spoon is idly stirring, but Raven looks up and gasps, loud, as she spots a wayward flash of golden hair in the darkness behind the glass.

Kravitz stirs and raises his eyes to her but she’s already hurrying to the window, pulling at the latches and pushing it open.

She hears Kravitz’s chair fall to the floor as he rushes to his feet because it’s Taako, leaning against the frame like he isn’t supposed to be dead. He doesn't look good, doesn't look well but he isn't dead

“Looking grim as usual, MacAllisters,” he quips with a grin that softens first into a smile and then turns into a frown as he takes in Kravitz’s rumpled suit and messy hair. “You look tired hon, wait, what happened to your han-?”

Taako cuts off as Kravitz surges violently forward with a choked gasp of the elf’s name and then they are both tumbling out of the window and down onto the dewy grass below.

“Taako, he- I mean, they’re leaving and he wants- no he, he needs me to go with him.”

“I know, Kravitz,” she says gently and reaches for his hands, holds them between hers.

“Mother,” he says, his eyes sorry and pleading. “Mother, I’m-”

“I know , Kravitz.” She smiles. “I loved, once. Truly loved. But it was a different time,” she says and thinks of golden eyes and long silver hair even though she shouldn't. Her husband was a good man.

“You must go, Kravitz.”

She brushes the hair out of his eyes and cradles his cheek.

“You must live.”

He sobs and surges forward to embrace her. To her shame, it catches her off guard. She squeezes her eyes shut against the tears, hides her face in her son’s hair.

“I promise I’ll write,” he chokes out.

“And I will treasure every letter,” she replies, her voice shaking but she is smiling - of course she is. She can’t recall a time when she last felt this happy.

In the morning, Raven takes her tea out to the back porch, eats a leftover scone, and basks in sunlight, sunlight.

#taz #taakitz #taaswrites #taz fic

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youarejesting · 4 years

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Quarantine.14

[Masterlist] Pairing: BTS x reader Friends2Lovers But as slow as you can go until the anticipation kills us all… Genres: friendship, drama, romance SLOWEST OF BURNS BUT IT WILL BE BURNING AN ETERNAL FLAME!!! Rating: PG-13 and above Summary: Your brother works with a few BigHit dance teams and whilst having permission to accompany him at work the city shuts down banning anyone from stepping outside for a whole WEEK while they disinfect the streets. If you step outside you might get arrested, shot or poisoned by the chemicals they are emitting through the city. Words: 1.1k Announcement: This is dedicated to @lethargicalyssa Hang in there I know it burns but I promise the water will be so sweet when we get there and when we get there everyone can quench their thirst. 🥵🧃✊🏻

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After ramyeon, the boys played games while taking turns in the bathroom. The shower was a comfort, even if your eyes were drawn to the place you had hidden the weapon. It seemed you had repressed the memories; they were nothing more than a sick feeling in your chest and a few distorted images. Washing your hair thoroughly you had your phone playing your Korean language app. You thought you were doing really well. Upon your return to your secret base, you noticed that your bodyguards had disappeared. Well not all of them. Hoseok was the only one left. Picking up rubbish and folding bits and pieces of stray clothes.

It was becoming a serious problem how much you needed these boys, but you were in denial pushing it further and further down inside of you. You would deal with it later, whether you liked it or not you knew it would come and you would grieve deeply for each one.

He smiled towards you, his head bopping to Senorita which played through the small static radio. He was singing rather cutely shuffling around the room. The tank top he was wearing had very low sides and you were trying your hardest not to stare. The two of you danced happily as you cleaned up the rubbish from the ramyeon packets. Dropping three in the bin, Hoseok grabbed your hand and spun you into his chest dancing.

His body was warm against yours and he was pulling so many faces, each of them serious and sultry. With one swipe of his tongue, accompanied by the body roll of the century, you physically froze, unable to dance anymore. Not with the way your heart was beating harder than the bass in the song. He stopped examining you curiously. Eyes darkening as he noticed the emotion within yours.

The air was electric, like a thunderstorm on a hot day. He made your skin prickle in the most pleasant of ways. His hand on your waist twitched against you. It was hot, everywhere his body touched yours. Burning like a brand on your soft flesh. The smooth Latte tone of his skin made him glow like the sun. Oh, it had been so long since you had seen the sun. How could you not lean further into him?

He smelt like sweet and bitter citrus. A spark of pepper, the sensual haze of patchouli and the rounded notes of cedarwood. They were all such earthy tones that promised nothing more than vitality, intensity and fertility. His eyes flickered between yours trying to identify exactly what was running through your mind. He looked away for a split second to catch his breath. The scent of your skin was fogging up his brain. The saccharine mix of litchi and golden quince. The provocative heart of white chocolate and narcotic Jasmine. Followed by the depth and intoxicating flavour of gin.

He wondered if you would taste just as good, he swallowed thinking about how nice it would feel to press his lips to yours. He wanted you. Right now in this moment, just like this and simultaneously so much more. The way you danced the way you moved, curving your body like an exotic dancer. He knew how he must look and he wasn’t ashamed, seeing your eyes blown as wide as an excited kitten gave him a sense of pride as a man. Knowing you cared about him and wanted him in your life that gave him pride as a person.

Everyone wanted to be desired, cared for and loved platonically or romantically, Hoseok wasn’t a stranger to these wants. Even if he masked it, behind his laughter, he wanted this feeling. You breathed his name, he shivered his hands releasing your hips and flying into your hair. Lips pressing against yours. It was an explosion. Sparks flying out around you, he was so warm and bright, he was a supernova burning himself into your memory.

He wiped all other thoughts clean from your mind and replaced them all with his touch, his scent, everything that made him Hoseok. This wasn’t J-Hope the rapper, the dancer, the extraordinaire. This was Jung Hoseok the young man, with a kind heart, big smile and occasionally sad eyes.

You pulled away from the kiss taking control of the situation, “Hoseok” you gasped catching your breath “you know this isn’t fair on me or you, but I won’t stop it, just please don’t get too attached because you know this won’t last, the quarantine will end and you will go on tour. I don’t think I am worried about my feelings anymore. I am worried about you, all of you”

“Hey hey shh, let’s talk about this later when we are in our right minds” he leaned in kissing you again pulling you to sit on the couch. Enjoying each other’s embrace for a few more minutes. “I wonder how you see the world?” Hoseok smiled,

“the same just a little lower to the ground?” Your words had a double meaning and he smiled sadly catching both. You leaned back on the arm of the couch, you were playing with Hoseok's hands and fingers, intertwining them with yours. He grinned rapping adagio. You don’t know what it was but his voice was lulling you to an almost sleep.

He watched your hands for a moment before pulling away and tucking you in. There was a quiet knock at the door and Thomas and Areum stepped inside. The three started talking in hushed whispers in Korean you tried to pick up the words you had been practising, only catching a few before Hoseok switched to English not happy with the conversation. “Thomas you can’t go,”

“It’s me or her and I can’t let them shove her out in a faulty breather” “Look Namjoon contacted a few people and is looking for a spare breather you just have to hold out a little longer” “They want it to happen tomorrow night there isn’t much time left, for this to happen, they have to get Mister lee across town to the hospital in the fog and back with less than ten minutes avoiding thieves and not dying”

“I wish they would stop pumping that disinfectant into the streets” Hoseok huffed. “Look, Areum will tell them we might, might have a volunteer, in hopes to stall them. We will take a vote before dinner. If we get no better ideas then you can take her place.”

It was almost painful not being able to react and tell your brother to stay inside, but you were scared the mention of the outside made you shake. You tried to not make it obvious, not wanting to blow your cover but you thought perhaps you had some sort of Stockholm syndrome to this building and particularly the basement. You knew you were safe here and here alone. Part of you was glad, glad that it wasn’t you, glad you didn’t have to go out again. They left and you laid there staring into the darkness shadows bending and weaving into strange and dangerous figures looming over you.

Ahh... the old pretend to sleep trope... haha

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speakingmyself · 4 years

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BTS: Redefining the “Boy Band”

As I watch the Black Swan performance from the Late Late Show again and again, the thought that keeps creeping into the back of my mind is “holy crap, this is from a boy band.” Because after years and years of loving boy bands, and years of loving BTS, I am still in absolute awe of what they do and how they redefine the expectations of that category.

I grew up in the prime time of pop boy bands (also, casually throwing in here that the Beatles were a boy band). My middle school life revolved around the next MTV appearance of groups like NSync and 98 Degrees, who also happened to adorn the walls of my bedroom and lockers. I loved them because their music was fun, their dances were cool and energetic, and they were the definition of the dreamy heart throbs of the early 2000s. Perfect for a 12 year old like me.

As I got older, my music tastes expanded but that didn’t mean I stopped loving boy bands. They were my childhood so no matter what, I could never imagine not appreciating them. But I came to realize the boy bands I loved weren’t growing up with me. Both the ones that were still together and the solo music that came from those that broke up, didn’t really appeal to me as strongly as when I was a pre-teen.

I had a few years of loving One Direction, partly because at the time they felt so “anti boy band” and that was interesting to me. But I was missing this element of pop music and pop culture that had literally been a part of my life for decades. I wanted a group that made me feel like I did when I was younger, but that could truly appeal to me as an adult through a strong connection to the art and those who create it.

And then in November of 2017, I found BTS. I found what I didn’t even know was possible. I found a group that checked every box imaginable and then some. Their talent across singing, rapping, and dancing was unmatched. Their lyrics were important and powerful. Their love for their fans was unlike anything I’d ever seen. And their love for one another was almost unfathomable because it was so special. Now over 2 years later, all of that still rings so true, but to an even higher extent. Some days I really still can’t comprehend it all.

Black Swan live was a true performance of art within the realms of dance and music. It was like watching a dance company that could also perform incredibly vocally at the same time. Who does that? Then you add in the fact that the lyrics are this poignant conversation about the fear of falling out of love with what makes you whole - that’s not what your “typical” boy band does.

But BTS have never been typical. They have never been like any other boy band. They’ve never shied away from the term while simultaneously redefining it. And with doing so, they’ve helped change the actual identity of fans associated with a boy band. While there is nothing wrong with being a teenage girl, many of us identified as such at one point in our lives, we aren’t all in that category right now as BTS fans. Their music appeals to so many people and performances like Black Swan (amongst so many others) show that. They create mature, relatable music and stages that this 30-something single woman can truly connect to. That we all can connect to in our own ways no matter who we are or where we come from.

BTS make me proud to be a lifelong boy band fan, especially now as an adult when that can be seen as taboo. But I really don’t care. Because being a fan of this boy band means I’m a fan of artists who work so hard to create absolutely incredible, important, and profound music and performances. It means learning about culture, art, stigmas, and the wider world around me. It means meeting fellow fans from across the globe and forming incredible connections that wouldn’t have been possible without these 7 men. It means so much.

In recent years, we’ve seen western boy bands struggle to make a name for themselves. People want to say that the once huge boy band element of pop music is dead. But it’s not. Far from it. It’s on stage at the Grammy’s, on The Late Late Show, in stadiums worldwide. It’s in a different language. And it’s unlike anything the world has seen before. BTS have redefined the genre, and I truly couldn’t be happier about that.

#bts #bangtan #boy band #black swan #ot7

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fandommuse1958 · 4 years

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My New Love for Monsta X

So...I didn’t think really think I’d get to this point to be honest. I finally really started to get into k-pop for the first time. I mean I’ve liked some songs here and there but now it’s like:

I finally understand what the fuss was all about. I mean I didn’t really know where to start as far as groups go, so I just started with BTS since I’ve heard of them before, but it didn’t really stick with me personally. (No disrespect to those that love BTS) After looking for a while I have to say that Monsta X and Red Velvet have definitely made me feel things I haven’t felt in a long time when I listen to music. I can only compare the feelings through these gifs:

It just makes me so happy and I feel like I’ve been missing out on the excitement of K-pop. To be completely honest I couldn’t understand the appeal of it when I was younger and didn’t want to go into it just because everyone started liking it. I wanted to start getting into it on my own time and understand more about it and find groups that I felt passionate about. I’m still trying to learn more about Red Velvet, but I’m so in love with their songs and I never realized how beautiful of a language Korean is. As far as Monsta X goes, I have a whole damn lot to say about them!

Where do I start?...

Throughout this past week I’d been more curious about k-pop groups for what reason I can’t remember. So I started looking into different groups, and at some point I remembered that I ran into one that I was curious about but didn’t put the effort into looking at. After a search that seemed like hours I finally found Monsta X. Since then I’ve had one of the most fulfilling experiences I haven’t had with some of the music I was already listening to.

Some of the first songs I heard were Perfect Girl, Amen, Hero, Shine Forever and Beautiful. After listening and understanding what the lyrics were about is when I started to fall in love with the group’s music, but I wanted to learn more about each of the members because to be completely honest I couldn’t tell some of them apart (I’m sorry it not like that I swear! It’s just hard because they change their hair color like all the time and it’s hard to keep up because I think they’ll always have the same hair) and there’s seven of them so I wanted to get to learn about them individually. You have no idea how many videos I went through just so I could learn their names and see what they were like. After about four days at least, I was finally able to see what they were like and I was beyond surprised to see how sweet, humble, goofy and weird they are each other and fans. I mean...of course I don’t know them personally but they struck a deep cord within me.

So...this is the part where I feel a little uncomfortable talking about but it’s still something that I hadn’t experienced and didn’t really think I could experience within music. I myself identify as a Demisexual, meaning that I can’t experience sexual attraction unless I feel some sort of emotional connection with someone, and no that doesn’t mean that I experience sexual attraction towards every person I have a connection with. Even then when I do experience a bit, it’s very fleeting. I didn’t really concern myself with thinking about stuff like that in middle school or high school. (Realistically at least, I mean I did have all those romance novels and fan fiction to keep me satiated for a while) Now before I go further, I just want to clarify that yes I do find the members of Monsta X deeply physically attractive and sexy but of course I don’t see them as just that. Their lyrics, the way they sing/rap, the way the music sounds and their personalities as a whole made me experience feelings that I haven’t really felt with other artists unfortunately. (Of course Monsta X is the first K-pop group I’ve felt this way with, and who knows I might feel this way with other k-pop groups) A lot of times with male artists/performers i don’t really feel anything like that because I find some of the lyrics too repetitive, unoriginal, and overall more sexual than sensual. Overall I feel like a lot of the time as a Demisexual that it isn’t really possible to feel sexually represented in music, art or film and I guess it’s hard when people aren’t the same sexuality as you. This isn’t to say that other male artists aren’t talented, I’m just so extremely ecstatic personally that Monsta X has made me feel this way. Along with that, listening to their music has made me realize more things about myself emotionally and what I want from a man.

To put it bluntly and as discrete as I can, I’ve never been in a relationship in my life but have seen relationships at their worst within my family and have had a difficult time dealing with or even thinking about men romantically because of what I’ve seen. Seeing the women in my life having to deal with crap from insecure or emotionally unintelligent men has made me admittedly bitter and skeptical of being in a relationship or having any hope that men can actually be decent human beings. I know how sexist that sounds but it’s just something I’ve always noticed and experienced throughout the almost 20 years I’ve been alive. I’ve been especially depressed and down lately about issues having to do with that stuff lately and all of sudden it feels like my hope has been brought up again for relationships because of Monsta X. I’ve gotten pretty secure as far as my self esteem goes but romantic relationships have always been an issue for me and have had an intense bitterness and fear of ending up with someone that’ll just use me. Learning about Monsta X though and these sweet men though has made me hopeful that there are emotional and romantic men out there. This group means so much to me now and I just hope I get to meet them one day to let them know how much they mean to me. For now though, I just wanted to show my support and love for them through here. I’m a little sad though that I couldn’t have looked into them sooner, especially with Wonho leaving. I hope he doesn’t! I’m still so happy to be a Monbebe now!

P.S. In case anyone was wondering my biases are Jooheon and I.M. (I love Shownu, Wonho, Minhyuk, Kihyun and Hyungwon too of course don’t get me wrong)

#monsta x #monbebe #shownu #wonho #minhyuk #kihyun #hyungwon #jooheon #i.m.#changkyun #demisexual #demisexual pride

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talktothesun · 4 years

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I’ve been wanting to make this post for a while. Here’s a few reasons and a backstory.

Being a teenager in a time where social media was so prominent, I easily found myself in a place where I was the most happy. I made friends through forms of social media, and I found things that I enjoyed through social media and the Internet. Being a female teenager, I discovered so many things I loved and enjoyed. One of which was music–specifically boybands.

To name a few: One Direction, 5 Seconds of Summer, the Naked Brothers Band (lol), Jonas Brothers, R5, etc. I was a happy stan. My personality derived from stan culture, book culture, Internet culture. I went to concerts, I stayed up listening to albums, the songs became the anthem to my life, and I fell in love with these people that I would never meet.

As I grew older, I slowly started to step away from that life. It wasn’t something that I identified with. The bands I loved broke up, and the music became “too mainstream” for me. I had the idea that I needed to be unique. Liking boybands was not unique, apparently to fifteen-year-old me.

I stepped away from stan culture, and I never listened to boyband music in the way that I used to: to the point where I let it become my life. So for years, I listened to other types of music, and I grew a love for musicals and Broadway.

But this quarantine had me in a whirlwind. I didn’t realize that I was trying to find something to ground me to the point where I had accidentally reverted back to that life I used to live.

It may sound dramatic, but through my reflection for the past few months, I realized how internally repressed I was in terms of how I restricted myself from enjoying the things I like.

At the beginning of quarantine, I found some videos of BTS on Tik Tok, and I was curious. I always saw them on social media, but I was never the type to like K-pop. My cousin was an avid K-pop listener growing up, and I used to listen to Shinee and Girls Generation when she would play her music. The kind of music they had just never appealed to me. So I decided, let me listen to some of their songs. I never consumed anything of theirs, so I looked for the song that they were dancing to on Tik Tok, and I found Boy With Luv, ft. Hasley.

Looking back on it, I’m glad this was my first song. I never realized how upbeat it was until I listened to their entire discography. I needed a song like Boy With Luv in my life–a song to take away the anxiety and sadness of quarantine and a whole pandemic.

A few months later, I have almost listened to their entire discography. I have consumed so many of their RUN BTS videos and compilations. I stayed up to watch Bang Bang Con, I woke up early as fuck to watch Yoongi’s newly released music video, and D-2 is my favorite mixtape ever.

Confession: after finding Boy With Luv, I actually started watching their videos, like RUN BTS or BV. I didn’t actually listen to any of their music until a friend of mine, who has stanned BTS since 2016 compiled a whole recommendation playlist for me, which is a top tier playlist.

Their videos will remain the thing that I’m the most grateful for. At this point, I was home during Spring Break, and I was struggling with my anxiety for the next quarter. I wasn’t sure about my job situation and how I was going to deal with this “new normal.” I found solace through watching their videos because, for a ten minutes, I could forget all the anxiety and nervousness I had for the coming months and simply laugh with them.

After a few days of watching their funny videos, I finally listened to some of their music. Ironically, I never really liked rap music. I always said that I could never understand what rappers were saying because of how fast they spoke, which deterred me from listening to it. A lot of the rap music that I was surrounded by was music about drugs, sex, and alcohol, courtesy of my sister. So I already had a bad perception of rap music before I started listening to BTS.

However, one of the first songs I listened to was Intro: Persona. Let me tell you, I will sing this song at the top of my lungs now. There was something so comforting in reading the lyrics while listening to the audio. It was like Namjoon was reading out his story to me. Now, it’s become my song—the song I go to when I’m struggling mentally, when I need a pick-me-up, when I just need to listen to something to make me feel something other than the dark pit of my soul.

(With English rap music, I felt lazy trying to decipher what they were saying, so I never tried to find out what they said. With BTS, since I only know English, hearing them rap in Korean made me want to look up what they’re saying. By doing so, I felt so much more connected to the music.)

It’s crazy how easily music can have an influence in a person’s life.

These past few months have taken a large toll on me. I feel inadequate, restless, anxious, depressed, amongst other things. I feel out of place in my own skin, I’ve been rethinking a lot of things, and I haven’t found a solace in my actual life. But through music, through this band, I did find something. I joke around about doing things to “feel something.” But listening to BTS has made me feeling something. It may not be a lot, but it works.

In my anxious times, I’ll play a Yoongi or Namjoon song. When I’m happy, I’ll play a rap line playlist. When I feel a little down, I’ll play a vocal line ballad. I found a playlist to my soul that defines me as who I am right now. And perhaps this is a “phase” or whatever because of quarantine, but I’ve never been more grateful for something to hold on to.

#expect more bts content #thank you bts #this has been in my drafts for a while #but after this #i’ll be writing more bts content just bc #btw my bias is rapline #in case anyone wanted to know #bias wrecker is wwh mr kim seokjin

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charmers-kpop · 5 years

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{ Basics }

• Birth Name // Nerissa Bhirombhakdi

↪ Greek: 'Sea nymph'. Nerissa was also a character in Shakespeare's play, 'The Merchant of Venice'.

• Stage Name // Neri

↪'Neri-unnie', 'Dragon Unnie', 'Team Too Posh', 'Thailand's Ticking Time Bomb'

• Birth Date // 4:35 AM, February 4th, 1995

↪ Aquarius, the Water Bearer

• Birth Place // Chai Nat province, Thailand

• Heritage // 100% Thai

{ Career }

• Profession // Rapper, singer, producer

• Band/Group // CHARMERS (매혹하는)

• Position // Main Rapper, Sub-Vocalist

• Agency // HeartEater Events & Artist Management

• Training Period // 1 year 1½ months

{ Personality }

{+} Loyal | Passionate | Intelligent

• Nerissa's heart belongs entirely to her CHARMERS. She would die for her group and for any groupmate, and fight fiercely to protect anyone and everyone. Though not exactly known for being the most kind-hearted most of the time, her loyalty will make her stick her neck out for others, as well as do what she can to comfort them, despite comforting not exactly being a strong-suit.

• Not one to give up, Neri has enough drive to try to move an entire building herself if she had to. She doesn't like settling for second-best, and will push herself and others to do the best they can do, if not more than they have already. Her passion and drive shape basically everything she does, from co-leading CHARMERS when Leola is off, to solving problems, to fighting in a battle of bars and disses.

• Easily able to identify and fix a problem, one of Nerissa's best qualities as a co-leader is her drive and ability to figure things out. She is able to figure out a plan and act accordingly, and because of this, she makes a strong guide for her CHARMERS despite her rasher tendencies. When it matters most she will let her mind make the decisions rather than her heart.

{<} Cool | Woman-of-a-few-words | Driven

• Her aloofness and slightly icy tone will make Nerissa a great speaker for her group's future Gatherings, presenting herself and CHARMERS as resilient and without weakness. This tone is really just a combination of how she speaks and terrible communication skills though, and makes her seem a bit prickly to try to get close to with any bandmates as well as other idols alike. This is unintentional, and though Neri isn't exactly a softie, she does care for her groupmates and friends a ton.

• Nerissa's speech is direct and with little frills, which leaves little room for misunderstanding. She speaks her mind clearly, and isn't one to hide a detail for conveniences or friendships sake. This can also make her a little blunt, as well as hard to read. If she has nothing to say, she wont force herself to say anything, which can lead to some awkward silences or unimpressed stares with no explanation.

• Though in most cases this trait can be a positive influence, this also means Neri has a tendency to never know when to stop. This applies especially to herself, and she will overwork herself to uselessness if given the chance when a certain task is taking longer than anticipated or not working out like she thought it would.

{–} Short-tempered | Doubtful | One-track-minded

• Thick skin and a level head are not virtues Nerissa posses. She gets easy offended or defensive, and though she's not argument-hungry, she is quick to lash out at anyone in either words or physical jabs when defending her pride or the pride of her group. She only means well, but you could see in her eyes that she really did not like the playful jab.

• Neri is quick to dismiss something if she doesn't see it for herself (though this being said, she's always willing to look). She's rather suspicious of other groups' intentions, though this is in her eyes, very reasonable, considering CHARMERS had only recently debuted. Though this, she often let's the other members decide what to do since, again, she isn't much of a smooth talker.

• Nerissa's not one for negotiations, and will rigidly stick to what she thinks is the best plan of action to her. Her one-track-mind can be a hassle for others to work around, both in and out of her group. She's not one to come to a conclusion and stick to it if she's unsure of it, but there are few times when she thinks she is unsure of what the best action would be, and this heavily disturbs her mental state.

{ Trivia }

• Nerissa was scouted through a video audition that was sent into multiple different popular companies but she's been rejected multiple times, but one employee for a big company sent the video to an employee from HeartEater and they sent the video to their CEO and she asked to call this girl in for an audition.

• She was skeptical but she came to the company with her brother [who's a lawyer I might add] and showed what she can do before she was given a contract and she ended up staying with the company

• Growing up with very little money to go around, Neri knew all about the trials and tribulations that her family had to endure to sustain them at a young age and decided to do all she could for money, which included performing and teaching herself how to sing and rap.

• She followed hip hop groups and would often sneak out of the house after coming home from school to watch them rap and after one thing went to another, she ended up being involved and showed that she had potential to possess the articulation and the flow of a future artist and ever since then she's been a regular with the mic, spitting out quirky lyrical content with classic hip hop beats which attracted a bit of a crowd.

• She was later taken in by one of the most popular freelance rappers in the city and he showed her all the ropes as well as discipline her to become the passionate, fire breathing 'Dragon Unnie' she is today.

• In fact the nickname 'Dragon Unnie' came from her old stage name back in the day 'Little Dragon Girl', and when the group found out she expects the nickname to pop up on more.

• She was also nicknamed 'Thailand's Ticking Time Bomb' for how many words she can rap in a minute and BINCH it's astonishing how much passion comes out of her mouth.

• LIKE RAPPING A FULL ON 6 SENTENCE PARAGRAPH ABOUT THE EARTH DYING AND TURNING IT INTO A BANGIN RAP AND NAILING IT IN UNDER 3 MINUTES IS ENOUGH TO CAUSE THE GROUND TO SPLIT IN HALF–

• The Minotaur just called, he wants his anger back

• Even though she's the main rapper of CHARMERS, she can still try to belt out a few notes (and kinda trip up sometimes, maybe)

• With Nerissa, being herself, is very awkward with conversations and would often try to start up with the weirdest questions you'd normally not ask, just because she isn't fluent in normal English or meme English.

• So she'd just be so confused when Leola, Moira or Pearl drops a meme reference. #memesfornerissa

• Please, shes too old and precious for us all 😔

• She and Fumiko make up what the others call 'Team Too Posh' because of their 'uptight' traits and attitudes (even though they don't really enjoy being boxed together sometimes)

• Favorite food: She doesn't exactly have a favorite food. She eats practically everything

• Favorite drink: Jasmine tea, unsweetened and warm

• Her current concern: How not to step on the dog poos early in the morning while getting ready for the day.

• Her future goals: To create a rap centered record label of her own, produce the best rappers and create bangers for future generations to enjoy

#charmers #tokyokocnet #pinkocnet #kumokocnet #woopkocnet #kpop #kpop oc #kpop idol

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