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good-beanswrites · 25 days

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A drabble for an anon asking about the prisoners watching their music videos! This is focused on specifically Mikoto’s initial shock at seeing MeMe for the first time, but just know that Double comes with a whole new set of shocks as he truly listens to John for the first time ;-;

Mikoto was no criminal.

He didn’t know how to break into locked rooms, or hack into complex prison security systems. He figured there was no way in hell he’d be able to see these so-called incriminating videos that the Warden was recording, and had resolved himself to an eternity of wondering what they could be. He was shocked when he didn’t need to do a single thing to gain access to them – Es simply adjusted the computer monitor and told him he could hit play when (and if) he wished. Then they left the room.

“A-are you sure?” he called, but they were already gone.

Mikoto blinked at the screen. It showed a stretched version of his apartment couch, near his bathroom wall, broken to reveal sky above. He thought he could spot his tarot cards at the bottom of the frame. Had Milgram broken into his home to film this?

He scoffed, and hit play.

Distorted guitar started up. He flinched as his own face appeared for a moment – looking directly into the camera and making a wild expression he would never have made if someone was recording. His body tensed up more as he heard his own voice start to sing lyrics he’d never spoken before in his life. He wasn’t even a good singer, and here he was sounding like a professional.

There were plenty of ways to accomplish all of this, of course. Software could mimic one’s voice, making him say anything these crazy reality hosts wanted. A team could easily add some digital effects to a stunt double and match his appearance perfectly. Knowing that didn’t make the experience any less unsettling.

He watched himself commit a nasty murder. He watched himself return home bloodied. But it was all ridiculous. How could Milgram even claim that this was him? He’d never raised a hand to anyone in his life. Were the other prisoners’ videos as outlandish as this one?

But then, a switch.

The song shifted to a new melody. He appeared to wake up from his couch, and suddenly Mikoto got the sense that this was him.

He was struck with how familiar this new segment sounded. It simultaneously felt like a favorite song he must have played on loop not too long ago, and one that he’d never heard before. As it played, each new note and lyric felt right on the tip of his tongue.

It ended as quickly as it began. The song returned to the heavy-metal-murder aesthetic it had started with, and once again he felt like he was watching a cheap copy of himself onscreen. He watched another murder, a shower scene (had the warden seen all that? How embarrassing…) and then he turned to his bathroom mirror.

At the same time as his musical counterpart, Mikoto leapt backwards in horror.

His eyes remained glued to the screen. His hand flew up to grab the lower half of his face. It was fake, he told himself. AI and CGI and all that. It was fake. It had to be.

Something deep inside of him said “no. That’s real. That’s me.”

Something else deep inside of him echoed the sentiment.

The video was less than four minutes of music, but by the end he was panting and tugging at his hair as if he’d endured hours of prison torture. He burst out of the room. He sucked in breath after breath. The melodies still played in his mind, lines repeating in his memory as he tried to put as much distance between himself and that little television screen.

He found the others in the common room. They gave him a knowing look, but somehow he knew his experience had been very different from their own. Es approached him.

They studied his expression for a moment. Thankfully, they didn’t ask anything stupid, like “how did it go?” or “what did you think?”

Instead, they just told him, “if you ever want to watch it again, just let me know, I can get it set up for you.”

He would want to see it again. Of course, it would be better, then. He would take a moment to calm down. He’d watch it later and everything would be okay. He’d have a clearer mind. He’d pick out all the little camera tricks they used to make it. He’d be sure it was a fake, and laugh about how ridiculous he was being now.

Of course. Of course.

He nodded to Es, unable to produce any words. Es left him.

The rules in this prison never made any sense, but in this case, he was grateful. He wouldn’t need to figure out any snooping or hacking to get access to the video again. After all, he was no criminal.

… he wasn’t, was he?

#milgram #mikoto kayano #thanks again!! this was super fun to do 👀#i was so sad that they cant see their videos in canon so it made me so happy to work out how it may work/feel #you know when theres a song you used to love but its been too long and you sort of forgot the words #but as theyre playing youre like ‘ahhh i knew that’#thats what im picturing #something unnervingly familiar #as mentioned in the hcs i think john would have a very different reaction #hed be happy to see himself but upset to see mikoto so afraid of him #:(#i like to think that john watching meme is what prompts some of his lyrics in double #i think the opening shots of bring it on would convince fuuta that someone had just hacked his cameras #but then there would be shots they shouldnt have any way to get #and the same for mikoto seeing his apartment/the train station and then suddenly himself in the shower…#he probably laughs it off with the others knowing that they came back a bit more calm than hes currently feeling #so he fakes it as long as possible before having another Moment alone in his cell that night #OUGH #drabbles

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lullapiee · 7 years

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Fandom Meme: Hit Me Up

I was tagged by @professorsaber- Thank you!:)

I’m going tag... @gallihafry, @tounknowndestinations, @twelveclaraisreal, @flintvane, @lumosalec & @tirsu

1. Your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)

Whouffaldi, Vicbert, Vicbourne, Randall x Lix

2. A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind (bonus points: who was that person).

12 x Missy- which seems odd to me now because I totally see it and really ship them now. Thanks to @gallihafry for sending me fic/fanvid recs, YOU ARE THE REASON FOR ALL THIS EXTRA EMOTION

3. A pairing you used to love, but it all fell apart for you.

I don’t think I have one that necessarily fell apart but I used to be a big Hermione x Ron shipper back in the day- not so much now, though.

4. Have you added anything cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so, what.

Nope

5. What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom

Ahhh well I’m not totally sure about this. I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who since it came back in 2005 but didn’t become overly obsessed with it until I joined Tumblr in 2014- Curse you Tumblr for making me spend even more time crying over characters *shakes fist*. I’ve also been a big Harry Potter fan since around the same time so I guess it’s a tie between the two.

6. Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it.

My first OTP which was at the level of “Oh my god, I’d die for this ship” was probably Hermione x Ron. Many an hour was spent arguing with my friend over this ship... ah those were the days.

7. Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr.

So many! Also most of them are due to my love for Peter Capaldi. So, because of Tumblr, I watched The Hour, The Musketeers (not finished this yet though!), The Thick of It & The Office

8. Say something genuinely nice about a character who isn’t one of your faves (chars you’re neutral on are fair game, as are chars you dislike)

Oh god this feels like treachery. *Prepares to be pummeled with rotten tomatoes*

I never really warmed to Danny Pink, mostly because of a certain Whouffaldi had blinded me of all other possible ships. Nevertheless, I admire his devotion to Clara. He only ever wanted what was best for her and so anything he did, was done to protect her.

9. Name three things you wish you saw more or in your main fandom (or a fandom of choice)

I agree with @professorsaber here! More support for Whouffaldi, more Pro-Moffat and more Series 10!

10. Choose a song at random, which ship or character does it remind you of

How Can I Tell You by Cat Stevens- Whouffaldi. Honestly, go and check out those lyrics. Really reminds me of the Doctor and his grieving in Heaven Sent.

11. A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships

I think I’m lucky enough that I know people who ship all my ships- so I’m not too lonely!

12. Your most scandalous headcanon for your current OTP(s)/OT3(s)/OTX(s)

Again, I’m with @professorsaber here. From Last Christmas onward, I kinda believe the Doctor and Clara were sleeping together during Series 9- some kind of hanky panky was going on there in some form or another.

13. Do you have any hard and fast headcanons that you will die defending, about anything at all (gender identity, sexual or romantic orientation, extended family, sexual preferences like top/bottom/switch, relationship with poetry, seriously anything)

Well, Whouffaldi definitely comes under this but I think I’ve made that pretty obvious already. Other than that, I don’t think there is anything else... Although I do believe in bi Clara too! But I see that as canon sooo......

14. 5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms

Twelfth Doctor (DW), Queen Victoria (Victoria), Malcolm Tucker (The Thick of It), John Smith (The Man in the High Castle) & Michael Scott (The Office)

15. 3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms

Whouffaldi, Vicbourne (eeeeep I’m so sorry for betraying Vicbert) & Randall x Lix

16. 5 favorite ships

To add to the ones above- Jim x Pam & Malcolm Tucker x Clara (Randomly popped into my head, so I’m going to roll with it)

17. Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go (prompts optional but encouraged)

Yooooo I’m so upset the Doctor Who Experience has been shut down. I managed to see it before it shut but it completely baffles me why they have allowed it to shut in the first place? That place is iconic. It was such a magical place and Doctor Who fans from around the world traveled to see it, so it makes no sense why they would allow such a great place to shut. I’m really hoping they reopen it but I’m not sure how likely that is :(

#tag tag tag #Fandom Meme: Hit Me Up #Oh I've missed tags where I can ramble #I enjoyed this so much

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tune-collective · 7 years

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Migos & Memes: How Everything From Strippers to Donald Glover Helped 'Bad & Boujee' Explode

Raindrop.

If you’ve been near just about any FM radio dial, social media feed or person under 20 in the past month or so, you know that the only possible follow-up to that formerly innocuous word is “drop top,” completing the opening rhyme from the current Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 song “Bad and Boujee” by Migos, featuring Lil Uzi Vert.

But it’s more than just a catchy refrain. Offset’s hook spawned an online movement via memes that reached just about every demographic, especially after Donald Glover (a.k.a. Childish Gambino, a.k.a. creator of the Migos-featuring sitcom Atlanta) declared his love for the “Boujee” in his Golden Globes acceptance speech.

The song’s road to No. 1 began long before it hit national TV, though — here’s the story of its unlikely rise to the top.

1. The Single

“Bad and Boujee” arrived Aug. 27, 2016, exclusively on SoundCloud, “a community on the brink of what’s going to break,” according to Quality Control Records head Kevin “Coach K” Lee. It was a new strategy for Migos, but one Lee had seen work with one of his other young artists, Lil Yachty. “Quavo was featured on one of Yachty’s songs on SoundCloud, and it got like a million plays in 24 hours, so our strategy this time was to feed those fans,” he says. “They’re the ones you want to touch first.”

Even before it dropped, though, Lee was certain the song was a hit. “Offset just sent me a hook and verse at first — as soon as I heard it, I was like, ‘Man, where’s Quavo? Where’s Takeoff? They need to get on this record ASAP.’ Within three days, we put it out.” Timing was crucial: Lee wanted to release the Metro Boomin-produced “Boujee” in time for Labor Day weekend (Sept. 3-5), typically home to some of the biggest radio mixshows of the year.

The response — especially to Offset’s opening hook — was immediate, albeit confined to the hipper corners of rap internet. There were about 100 tweets quoting “raindrop, drop top” the day the song was released, according to data from Twitter, probably starting with this one:

raindrops, drop tops

— 1/2 of naerene (@SIlXFEETUNDER) August 27, 2016

Within an hour there were more:

Raindrop! Drop top!

— isaac (@TlPSYY) August 27, 2016

Rain drop Drop top

— Tyler Yalch (@Tyleryalch) August 27, 2016

The song’s meme-readiness even came through in the album art, which itself was originally a meme based on a photo of Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta star Tommie Lee.

Throughout my life there’s been a lot of pain and hardships. I thank God for everyday of my new life, As I transition into the woman at one time I could only dream of becoming. @clearlyfocusedmediaworks @_bxplicit @msamyj thank you!! #curry noodles coming soon #transitiontees #kiltframes #tommieshit#neverforgetwhereyoucamefrom #vh1 #currynoodles #lhhatl#monascott @monascottyoung @erika_lapearl_mua

A photo posted by Tommie (@tommiee_) on Jul 18, 2016 at 2:18pm PDT

Me lmao pic.twitter.com/ciDlRcsPGm

— jenny (@bawnsai) August 5, 2016

“I didn’t know they were using the picture, but I was flattered,” Tommie Lee told Billboard via email. “It’s always cool to know someone appreciates your vision. Plus, the song is super catchy — I like it.” The story behind the photo, fittingly, is about as “Bad and Boujee” as it gets: “I was at such a transitional time in my life, and I wanted the photo to tell a story,” says Tommie Lee. “My photographer Cris Evans and I snuck into the Sun Dial [the restaurant at Atlanta’s The Westin Peachtree Plaza] and pretended we were there to eat. I ordered a tea and asked for extra hot water. When the server brought the water, my photographer pulled the noodles out of his bag to catch the shot. I had to tip the server $100 to be the lookout and give us five more minutes — $100 all for a dope Instagram picture, LOL. My favorite part was that so many people could relate to it.”

Despite its instant online cred, the next step for the track was totally old school: club and radio promotion, specifically via Atlanta strip clubs and listening parties. In September, Migos personally visited “every club and every strip club” in the city to perform and promote “Boujee,” according to Coach K. “We hadn’t done that in a while, because [Migos had] been on the road so much, but with this record we knew we had to go back to the basics, back to the grind,” he adds. “Perform the song, and personally go up to the DJ and say, ‘Hey, this is our new record.'” Plus: “If those girls start putting up clips of themselves dancing to it on Snapchat,” says Coach K of the strip clubs’ dancers, “you know it’s going to go.”

2. The Video The track’s video, released Oct. 31, racked up 1 million views in just three days and within a few weeks was added to more than 4,000 YouTube playlists daily. “For a hip-hop artist that’s not necessarily global yet, that was impressive,” says YouTube head of culture and trends Kevin Alloca. That, combined with the song’s official single release (Oct. 28) across platforms and radio push, prompted the song’s chart debut: No. 42 on the Hot Hip-Hop/R&B Songs chart for the week ending Nov. 10. Though it entered the chart thanks to exponential growth in streams, airplay was still a factor, particularly in Atlanta (the top city for “Boujee” airplay every week since its release except one, confirming that they are still very much local boys making good), Chicago and New York.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-sJp1FfG7Q

“Boujee” mentions were still growing, mostly on Twitter — users sometimes tweeted the lyrics while attaching a picture or GIF (Wiz Khalifa was an early adopter, see below):

Me when Bad and Boujee comes on. pic.twitter.com/pEjmGiWwW5

— Wiz Khalifa (@wizkhalifa) November 3, 2016

When I hear Offset hook, Rain drop .. Drop Top pic.twitter.com/INw1uSXUie

— #22 (@Gottiboi_ij) October 11, 2016

3. The Memes, and the No. 1 By mid-November, the lyrics were averaging 2,500 mentions a day on Twitter, and it had become almost a prerequisite to attach an image or an exhortation to respond to any mention of “raindrop” with “drop top.” Two of the meme formats that have had the most impact, though, seem to have been created by Atlanta artist Zack Fox, an Awful Records affiliate and most recently cast member and writer of Flying Lotus’ debut film Kuso.

Raindrops Drop top Shoutout my niggas at standing rock

— Zachary Fox (@zackfox) December 5, 2016

when you bout to leave the club and hear offset say “you know….” pic.twitter.com/oGrt4zLJEJ

— Zachary Fox (@zackfox) December 8, 2016

“There’s no mystique to how I use the Internet,” says Fox. “Most of what I do is just me on my laptop with a blanket over my head, Photoshop is open, and it just happens.” Fox already had a substantial Twitter following, which helped his tweets go viral (now, he’s at more than 40,000 followers). “If I didn’t do it, somebody else was going to,” he adds. “There’s definitely some checks that could be written, but I wasn’t thinking to myself, ‘I’m doing this so this song can be No. 1’ — it’s honestly the best song I’ve heard in the past five years.” The week after Fox’s tweets and the many, many others that emulated them (ending Dec. 15, 2016), “Boujee” grew almost 60 percent in airplay audience nationally, its largest jump since just after its official release. By the end of December, the song was in the top 40 of the Hot 100 and brands like Wendy’s and Jimmy John’s jumped on the trend, confirming that it had gone mainstream.

Rain drop Drop top

I eat Jimmy John’s nonstop

— Jimmy John’s (@jimmyjohns) December 26, 2016

@chulomang drop top

— Wendy’s (@Wendys) January 4, 2017

“Rap culture saying or doing something cool and then some big corporation making it wack is just the way it works,” says Fox of the corporate use of “Boujee” memes. “Twitter accounts doing it is so funny because you see exactly how it happens — you’re giving me 140-character evidence that your corporation is built on taking shit and manipulating the same people you took it from. I’m probably gonna go eat Jimmy John’s after this, like ‘Raindrop, drop top’ … where have I heard that before?”

Lee says that since OG Maco (also a Quality Records signee) blew up via memes with 2014’s “U Guessed It,” he’s made concerted efforts to go viral as part of his marketing strategy. “Oh hell yeah [we try to cultivate memes],” he says. “We’re like, ‘Who made this meme?! We need to get them this record.’ It’s really a promotional tool now — we didn’t have to pay anybody, but there’s a business out there for it.” He traces the impact of memes to seeing snipes (posters) on the street in his early days as a promoter. “You’d say, ‘Oh damn, this record’s about to be hot,’ because you’d seen it a lot of places. This is before the Internet.”

The timing of the song’s exploding popularity was also a combination of old-school and new-school marketing — sure, it was tied to going viral on Twitter, but it also happened over the holidays, traditionally a boom time for song and album sales. “It really popped between Thanksgiving and Christmas … I think because the kids were, like, on break,” adds Lee. “A lot of times it’s the kids that really move the culture.” A combination of increasingly prolific meme-ing and the holidays (read: iTunes gift cards) meant the song’s sales almost quadrupled over Christmas (digital sales rose 380% to 116,000 the week ending Dec. 29). On New Year’s Eve, the turn-up ready single was added to 12,000 YouTube playlists — one portion of the song’s almost 40 million streams that helped it finally land at No. 1 on the Hot 100, the week ending Jan. 5, 2017.

4. The Co-Sign Just three days later, Donald Glover called “Boujee” “the best song ever” during his Golden Globes acceptance speech, helping it become the top gainer across metrics on the Jan. 28 chart. “I was like, ‘Oh shit,’” says Lee. “Middle America, the world — they all know now.” During the ceremony, there were 175,000 mentions of “Bad and Boujee” or Migos — more than, for example, there were about Ryan Gosling. By Jan. 11 (three days after the Globes), the video had 100 million views on YouTube — currently it’s at over 137 million.

“It’s a very 21st century type of popularity,” adds Alloca, who sees “Black Beatles” as a strong comparison. “They’re both songs that became much bigger than themselves — they’re part of a movement, and really driven by people’s creative expression and enjoyment.” He adds that at least via YouTube, they’ve sowed the seeds for future success: “Migos started 2016 with about 280,000 subscribers, and now they’re at over 800,000 — they’ve increased the reach as soon as they drop their next song.” “Bad and Boujee” is atop the Hot 100 for a second week with the chart dated Feb. 4, breaking the record for the most weeks (this is its fifth) as the chart’s top streaming gainer.

Migos will be looking to expand their reach even more with their new album Culture, which drops this Friday, Jan. 27 — but Lee sees some reason to celebrate already. “Two years ago there was all this Internet gossip about Migos and The Beatles, then Rae Sremmurd comes with this song called ‘Black Beatles,’ that was up on the charts forever. Then, boom — the Migos, who originally had all the Beatles stuff, we come and we take down the Rae Sremmurd record,” he says, laughing. “You can’t make this stuff up, you know?”

This article originally appeared in the Jan. 28 issue of Billboard.

Source: Billboard

http://tunecollective.com/2017/01/24/migos-memes-how-everything-from-strippers-to-donald-glover-helped-bad-boujee-explode/

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