comePLETELY spaced on posting this wow BUT here is my piece from the @oczine!

Thanks so much @ackee for organizing this and for having me on board!

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KEY worked with hit maker KENZIE once again following the title track “BAD LOVE”. The title song “Gasoline” is a hip-hop dance song with a splendid and magnificent brass sound, an aggressive drum sound, and a concise yet addictive chant. KEY's lyrics, in which he participated in the lyrics himself, show his overflowing confidence and ambition, comparing him going straight toward his own path to the explosive firepower of gasoline. (©)

my mother raised me on listening to the series of Rod Stewart sings the great american songbook so it was a while before i even learned that he was a rock guy first. but to me he's a crooner first!

the secret to saying goodbye // hot milk

Hot Milk // I Fell In Love With Someone That I Shouldn’t Have

You ever lie awake at night thinking about the fact that the last year we didn’t get any new material from Taylor was 2016?

In seven years she has given us ~121* new songs, with five more on the way this year.

Like that’s actually insane. And the more insane part is that with clear work being done on TS11 and two more re-records left it doesn’t seem like another gap year is really in sight.

I love every aspect of Key’s Gasoline music video, but one thing I cannot get over are the scenes of him in the gold outfit in the sand. Key is about to get compared to a lot of soloists right now, and one thing I want to remind everyone of as they’re watching him, which I think these scenes capture PERFECTLY, is Key’s androgynous sex appeal. This man is getting down on all fours, arching his back and crawling forward in a way we only ever see from FEMALE artists, and yet Key is able to do it so sensually, so erotically, with confidence seeping from every bone in his body WITHOUT making you think “that’s a girl.” Yes, Key is gorgeous. Yes, he likes to wear makeup, feminine clothing, and strut like a model, but NEVER once did I look at him in this video and think that he wasn’t a guy. THAT is the power of Kim, “Key” Kibum. That is the edge he brings to the table. Some artists only have to make their fellow gender fear for the loss of attention. Key is out here stealing the spotlight from EVERYONE and that cocky little smirk tells you that he knows it, too.

Flashing Lights Warning!

The song is Gasoline by Halsey and this is the sped up version by Spedup Queen.

I had to draw redhead Bowsette. She's just so pretty!!

Top 10 songs of 2022, reviewed by yours truly

10, Artificial Suicide by Bad Omens

I was pretty late for the new Bad Omens album hype but this song has always been in rotation since the album release in February. The rest of the album is pretty good as well, but this song stands out for me because of heaviness and the lyrical theme. Bad Omens are one of the bands nowadays that dare to change without faking it. Amazing song.

9. Miracle by A Day To Remember

I'm one of those elder emos who remember the biggest hype around ADTR around 2014 or so. I always considered Homesick as one of the greatest albums of all time and after their last album, You're Welcome, I was just as disappointed as everyone else. Thankfully being an Imagine Dragons cover band didn't last long. They came back with this single with probably one of my favorite breakdowns of the year. Completely unexpected but very well done.

8. Techno Train by Electric Callboy

German metalcore band Electric Callboy had a pretty busy year. First they tried to apply to the Eurovision song contest with their song 'Pump It' that brought a lot of new fans to the band, but ultimately got rejected because of their old name and old lyrical themes that, needless to say would be 100% cancelled today. Because of this rejection and because they realized they're here to entertain, not offend, they changed their name. Then they put out bangers after bangers with schlager turned deathcore song 'Hurricane', a collab with Conquer Divide called 'Fuckboi', and a song about being a Spaceman with a german verse I don't even understand. Then they released their album Tekkno which is arguably one of the best overall records of the year. This song however stands out just because of the lyrical ridiculousness. The CHOO-CHOO-CHOO in the breakdown is the thing this year that never fails to make me laugh. 100% banger.

7. The King And Queen of Gasoline by Hot Milk

British pop punk duo hot milk has been on my radar for a couple years now but with their new EP they got a place in my heart for sure. This song in particular is so catchy, that after a single listen it got stuck in my head for days. I couldn't figure out what it was but then I realized and it hit me. The verse, the guitar riff and the chorus are all so unforgettable that there's no way someone forgets them in this century after a couple listens. The lyrics are as emo as ever, which of course were also appealing to me. Their earlier song that I really love is 'I Think I Hate Myself' which has major Welcome To The Black Parade vibes in its bridge and its solo, which I thought was worth mentioning since that also come out recently before this EP. Both are amazing songs by an amazing band.

6. Masterpiece by Motionless In White

Some people in the metalcore community always judge MIW for being a Breaking Benjamin turned goth cover band and, well, they're not entirely wrong. Chris Motionless has absolutely been heavily influenced by Benjamin Burley's vocal takes as every clean chorus he writes, could be on either Phobia or Dear Agony by the aforementioned band. Masterpiece though is not just a BB cover, it's also a masterpiece. It brought the band a place as nr. 1. on the Mainstream Rock Airplay, being their biggest achievement since 2013. They absolutely deserve it, as the song and the whole album works greatly as a getaway drug to metalcore and metal in general. MIW, BMTH, Bad Omens and Architects are absolutely today's Linkin Parks and Slipknots as far as spreading heavy music goes.

5. The Foundations of Decay by My Chemical Romance

This song was the biggest surprise release of the year for me. Not just because we haven't got a new official release from the band in nearly a decade (except the rerelease of The Black Parade and Fake Your Death from their best of album), but because the song really really differs from the last official album of MCR. Danger Days was almost a pop record with bangers all around and TFOD compared to this is like a completely different band, reminiscing on the eras way before The Black Parade, their most successful record yet. The production of this song is the only questionable thing about it, the vocals are really low-mixed, the guitars however are as punk and grungy as it gets. It even has a breakdown. Very nice surprise from Gerard and the boys.

4. Strangers by Bring Me The Horizon

Whoever knows me knows that I'm a huge fan of BMTH. I love everything they've done from amo to Count Your Blessings. They're the only band in the scene that dictate the current style of metalcore writing and producing. The songwriting duo of Jordan Fish and Oli Sykes is unquestionably one of the best at ther job in the past like 20 years, they can do whatever the fuck they want to do with music and people are gonna enjoy it. With the Post Human EP series they celebrate genres they love and pay homage to them by mixing them with their own style. This is what happened in their last EP, Survival Horror as well. Back then they chose NU metal for the style. Right now in this album cycle this style is emo. With both singles heavily influenced by emo bands, Strangers stood out for me because of the unexpected 6/8 time signature. Brings me back to the good old days with Brand New and Taking Back Sunday on repeat.

3. Anabolic Spudsman (thique edition) by Bilmuri feat Will Ramos and Spencer Stewart

This song is probably the most random entry on this list. I'm very surprised Bilmuri is not mentioned as one of the most innovative bands of the scene right now. This song is so unexpected and fun that I can't even categorize it in a genre. Or multiple. This song is all over the place. It has a really catchy verse and pop-ish vibes, well, except the current king of deathore himself Will Ramos is serving his time as the backing vocalist in the meanwhile. The chorus would fit in a Billboard Nr. 1. song, it's that poppy. Then around 2 minutes the breakdown hits, Will screams our butts off, aaaand we're back to the pop vocals for the rest of the bridge. Then the biggest surprise, a fucking saxophone solo. This song is amazingly unexpected, well-written and all over the place, I love it.

2. Call Me Little Sunshine by Ghost

Yes I have to mention Ghost. Impera was released in March and was on repeat for me for the rest of the year. The first single Call Me Little Sunshine was never skipped. The guitar riff reminded me of their song Cirice, the lyrical theme of course was about Satan, who else, and the production was raised to the next level by Papa and the Ghouls. The live version featuring the Ghoulettes' backing vocals is even better than the album edit. The rest of the album is great as well, honorable mentions are Spillways, Respite on the Spitalfields and Kaiserion. With this easy to play doomy song they showed that there's still that edge in them despite growing more popular with each release (Looking at you tiktokers listening to Mary On A Cross).

Pain Remains (I-II-III) by Lorna Shore

Technically my first place is 3 songs in one. This is gonna be the longest song review so bare with me. Lorna Shore has been around for a while with multiple vocalist and several other member changes. They never stood out for me from the crowd, as I've never been the biggest deathcore fan myself. But I have to admit, the whole record Pain Remains singlehandedly saved deathcore overnight for me. Obviously they needed a charismatic new frontman, a couple of catchy symphonic elements (which were always there but were left ignored by me for some reason) and reaction channels and tiktok hyping up their upcoming album. When the first Pain Remains was released, I thought I was witnessing history being written. It was a freaking deathcore ballad, with more genuine emotions than the When We Were Young festival's whole lineup. The videos are also well made and tell a story about a man losing his lover which causes him to go down on a depressive spiral, ultimately ending his own life. The trilogy has also several callbacks to itself. Dancing Like Flames' fire comes back in the third act, In A Sea Of FIre as the fire that burns down our protagonist's house and life with all of his memories about his love. The most disturbing one is the second act, After All That I've Done, I Disappear, where he tries to end his own life right next to his wife's casket after her funeral, but failing in the end. The first 2 songs have solved the whole genre's only problem for me, which was the lack of emotion and genuineness. The raw emotion in the 'A World Without You Is Not Meant For Me' scream has me shivering every time I hear it. They made a truly amazing record with Pain Remains and I really hope they continue to do so with similar projects in the future.

i am indeed still talking about bad love two comebacks later idc!! bad love is to me what taemin’s want is also to me lol

This is the first time I've annoyed an extreme Team Black member(@ozymalek) to the point they blocked me. I can't help finding this hilarious, I'm so proud of myself today.

#Best Achievement Of Today

‘Because I’d give it all up for you, but you wouldn’t for me’-Celia St.James

Evelyn’s mind burned with memories as she stared at Celia’s pink stained lips. How did she explain it; how could she begin to describe the pain of being penniless to someone like Celia? Someone who’d never gone hungry, who’d never had to promise themselves that they’d escape. That she would break the cycle and one day she would come home to a kitchen filled with things other than an old pot of rice and beans. It was hard for Evelyn to remember that Celia would never know the embarrassment of coming to school and being told her dress was too short. To have to explain it was all she had and then to go home to experience her fathers rage when told to buy her a new dress.

It was oh so easy for her to forget most days, about her roots and where she been raised. It was easy to push back the memories of her fathers drunken rage and the hands that had always wandered too far. It had been easy to push back the memories of her mothers coughing, of her mother crying and promising Evelyn it would never happen again. She would brush back her hair, she laughed now a days remembering her now coveted blonde locks, promising a better life. A life not filled with the cruel absence of happiness and fear instilled from her father.

It hit Evelyn all at once, the thought racing through her mind. Celia would never know, she would never understand the crippling pain of being without comfort. Evelyn would make sure of it, their relationship be damned. She never wanted Celia to understand her pains or to have to go without.

She’s be damned if she let Celia ever understand her pain. The answer to her previous question hitting her like a truck. She wouldn’t and couldn’t explain those pains to Celia.

So she opened her mouth to spew something else out, knowing later she would regret her words dripping with gasoline and vitriol.

chloroform / nightmares // hot milk