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grandvhs · 2 years

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lista de nomes masculinos que estava no meu bloco de notas e eu só lembrei agora

starting with A ;;

aaron.

adair.

adam.

aiden.

ajax.

alec.

alfie.

allistar.

anderson.

andrew.

andy.

angus.

antonio.

anthony.

archer.

archibald.

archie.

aries.

arlo.

arthur.

ashley.

ashton.

austen.

avery.

axel.

starting with B ;;

bailey.

beau.

beckham.

beckett.

bellamy.

benjamin.

bennett.

bentley.

blade.

blake.

blaine.

blaise.

blue.

bobbie.

bodhi.

brad.

brandon.

braxton.

brayden.

brent.

brett.

brock.

brody.

brooke.

bryson.

starting with C ;;

caleb.

callum.

calvin.

cameron.

carlisle.

carlos.

carson.

carter.

casey.

chad.

chandler.

charlie.

chase.

chaz.

christian.

christopher.

cody.

colby.

cole.

cooper.

colton.

connor.

conrad.

corbin.

corey.

starting with D ;;

dakota.

dallas.

damien.

damon.

dante.

darian.

darron.

darryl.

david.

dawson.

declan.

demetri.

dennison.

denver.

derek.

diego.

diesel.

dimitri.

dixon.

dominic.

donovan.

drake.

drew.

dustin.

dwayne.

starting with E ;;

eason.

eaton.

eddy.

edmund.

edward.

elijah.

elior.

ellias.

elliot.

ellis.

elyas.

ember.

emerson.

emery.

emilio.

emmett.

enzo.

eric.

ernie.

ethan.

ethaniel.

evan.

everett.

everson.

ezar.

starting with F ;;

fabio.

fallon.

farah.

felix.

fernando.

ferris.

felton.

finn.

finnegan.

finnick.

fitz.

fitzgerald.

fletcher.

floyd.

flynn.

foley.

forest.

francisco.

franco.

frankie.

franklin.

fraser.

frasier.

freddie.

fredrik.

starting with G ;;

gabe.

gabriel.

gale.

gallagher.

garcia.

gareth.

garrett.

gary.

gavin.

gene.

george.

gerard.

gilbert.

giovanni.

glenn.

gordon.

grady.

graeme.

grant.

greggory.

gregor.

greyson.

griffin.

gus.

guy.

starting with H ;;

hadley.

hale.

haley.

hamilton.

hamish.

hansel.

harley.

harris.

harrison.

harry.

harvey.

haven.

hayes.

heath.

hector.

hendrix.

henrik.

henry.

holton.

howard.

hudson.

hugh.

hugo.

hunter.

hyde.

starting with I ;;

ian.

ibrahim.

icarius.

idris.

igor.

iman.

immanuel.

imran.

indi.

indiana.

indigo.

indra.

inrique.

irwin.

isaak.

isaiah.

isaias.

ishmael.

isobell.

israel.

ivan.

ivey.

ivor.

ivory.

izzy.

starting with J ;;

jack.

jacob.

jagger.

jai.

james.

jamie.

jason.

jaspar.

jaxon.

jaydon.

jed.

jeremy.

jesse.

jett.

joel.

jameson.

jonathon.

jordan.

jose.

joseph.

joshua.

jude.

julian.

junior.

justin.

starting with K ;;

kade.

kai.

kalen.

kameron.

kane.

kasey.

kayden.

keaton.

keegan.

keenan.

kellan.

kendall.

kendrick.

kevin.

khalil.

kian.

kiefer.

kieran.

kingsley.

kingston.

klaus.

kohen.

konrad.

kristoff.

kyle.

starting with L ;;

lachlan.

lamar.

lambert.

lance.

landon.

langston.

lawrence.

lawson.

leeroy.

lennon.

leo.

leonardo.

levi.

lewis.

liam.

lincoln.

lionel.

logan.

lorenzo.

louis.

luca.

lucas.

lucky.

lucis.

luke.

starting with M ;;

mackenzie.

madden.

maddox.

malaki.

malcolm.

manuel.

marco.

marcus.

marley.

marshall.

martin.

mason.

matteo.

matthew.

max.

micah.

michael.

miguel.

mike.

miles.

miller.

milo.

mitchell.

morgan.

moses

starting with N ;;

nadir.

naiser.

nasir.

nate.

nathan.

nathaniel.

naveen.

naydon.

ned.

nico.

neil.

nelson.

nero.

nicholai.

nicholas.

nila.

niles.

nixon.

noah.

noel.

nolan.

norman.

north.

nylan.

nyle.

starting with O ;;

oakley.

ocean.

octavius.

odell.

olaf.

oliver.

ollie.

omar.

omari.

orion.

orlando.

osborn.

oscar.

o’shea.

osten.

oswald.

otis.

otto.

owen.

oxley.

starting with P ;;

pablo.

page.

palmer.

parker.

parrish.

patrick.

paul.

paulo.

pax.

paxton.

payton.

penn.

percy.

perry.

peter.

phineas.

phoenix.

pierce.

pierre.

prescott.

presley.

preston.

prince.

princeton.

puck.

starting with Q ;;

qadim.

qadir.

quain.

quenby.

quill.

quimby.

quincy.

quinn.

quinten.

starting with R ;;

randy.

raymond.

reese.

reid.

remy.

reuben.

rhett.

rhys.

richard.

richie.

ricky.

riley.

robert.

robin.

roger.

roman.

romeo.

ronan.

ronnie.

ross.

rowen.

ryan.

ryder.

ryker.

rylan.

starting with S ;;

sage.

sailor.

salem.

samson.

samuel.

sascha.

sawyer.

saxon.

scott.

sean.

sebastian.

seth.

shane.

shiloh.

simon.

sinclair.

skyler.

sonny.

spencer.

stanley.

stefan.

steven.

stevie.

storm.

sullivan.

starting with T ;;

tamir.

tanner.

tate/tait.

tatum.

taylor.

teddy.

theo.

thomas.

timothy.

tobias.

toby.

todd.

tommy.

tory.

trace.

travis.

trent.

trevor.

trey.

tristan.

troye.

tucker.

tyler.

tyrone.

tyson.

starting with U ;;

umair.

umar.

urien.

usama.

starting with V ;;

valentine.

valentino.

vance.

vaughn.

victor.

vincent.

vinn.

vinnie.

vladimir.

starting with W ;;

wade.

walden.

wallace.

walter.

warner.

warren.

warrick.

waylan.

wayne.

wendall.

wes.

wesley.

west.

whitley.

wilbert.

william.

willis.

wilmer.

windsor.

winslow.

winston.

wolf.

wren.

wyatt.

wynter.

starting with X ;;

xachary.

xan.

xander.

xavier.

xeno.

ximen.

xylon.

starting with Y ;;

yahto.

yakub.

yasin.

yasi.

york.

ysrael.

yuri.

yusef.

starting with Z ;;

zachary.

zahir.

zander.

zane.

zavier.

zed.

zeke.

zion.

zolten.

#name ideas #male names #nomes masculinos #rpg #prompt #writing help #list

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abbyprune · 1 year

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Masterlist Song Recs

If you're like me and constantly on the search for inspirational songs for your writing sessions, here are my favourite pieces of music for my favourite Hogwarts Legacy boys ♥

Please note: A lot of songs fit for more than one!

Sebastian Sallow

Glamour Child by Moonrise Nation

Did You Come? by girl in red

Easier than Lying by Halsey

Fingers Crossed by Lauren Spencer Smith

Falling Down by Lil Peep, XXXTENTACION

Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

I Always Knew by The Vaccines

Sunday by the River by orbit

The Good Side by Troye Sivan

The Way it Ends by Landon Pigg

multiverse by Maya Manuela, PEMBROKE

505 by Arctic Monkeys

Arms Tonight by Mother Mother

Uprising by Muse

Blank You Out by Seafret

How Did You Get So Good by D'Lourdes

Little Black Death by MEG MYERS

so sad so sexy by Lykke Li

Rivers and Roads by The Head And The Heart

Hatefuck by Cruel Youth

Magnets by Disclosure, Lorde

Memories by Conan Grey

People You Know by Selena Gomez

Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware

Denial by White Lies

If The World Was Ending by JP Saxe, Julia Michaels

Sweater Weather by The Neighbourhood NEW:

Cute Without The 'E' by Taking Back Sunday

POS by Sueco

Come Back Home by 070 Shake

Out of My League by Fitz and The Tantrums

Do I Wanna Know? by Arctic Monkeys

I don't want to watch the world end with somebody else by Clinton Kane

Falling for the Villain by PEGGY

Deep End by Fousheé

Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy

Ominis Gaunt

Grow Old with Me by Tom Odell

Till Forever Falls Apart by Ashe, FINNEAS

Black Dress by Oskar Haag

Waste My Life by Alice Merton

Medicine by Daughter

Nightcall by Kavinsky

bad idea! by girl in red

Say You Love Me by Jessie Ware

The Night We Met by Lord Huron

Take on the World by You Me At Six

Eventually by Tame Impala

Let It Happen by Tame Impala

One More Hour by Tame Impala

Magnets by Disclosure, Lorde

As the World Caves In by Sarah Cothran

Possibility by Lykke Li

Atlantis by Seafret

What A Time by Julia Michaels & Niall Horan

I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

The Beach by The Neighbourhood

Never Enough by Loren Allred

ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine

Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

It's All So Incredibly Loud by Glass Animals

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos NEW:

Rue by girl in red

Never Felt So Alone by Labrinth

Yes to Heaven by Noxys

Torn by Natalie Imbruglia

All I Wanted by Daughter

I Run To You by MISSIO

Shelter by The xx

Sunday by the River by orbit

roslyn by creamy, Blueberii

The Good Side by Troye Sivan

The Way It Ends by Landon Pigg

Slow by shy martin

I don't want to watch the world end with somebody else by Clinton Kane

Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy

Garreth Weasley

First Day Of My Life by Bright Eyes

Don't Delete The Kisses by Wolf Alice

She's so Untouchable by Garden City Movement

Hey Lover by The Daughters of Eve

My Love by Florence + The Machine

Posin by Glenn Gatsby

Lone Digger by Caravan Palace

Your Ex Said You Can't Dance by The Real Zebos

How Did You Get So Good by D'Lourdes

Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear

I Will Follow You into the Dark by Death Cab for Cutie

Everybody Talks by Neon Trees

What If I Love You by Gatlin

Not Going Home by DVBBS, CMC$, Gia Koka

Johnny and Mary by Robert Palmer

Sally by Thundamentals, Mataya

Seasons (Waiting On You) by Future Islands

There Goes Our Love Again by White Lies

Soldier, Poet, King by The Oh Hellos

Like a Friend by Pulp

Take It Out on Me by White Lies

History of Broken Hearts by Malky NEW:

Two Weeks by Grizzly Bear

Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard & Markéta Irglová

Out of My League by Fitz and The Tantrums

Hot Tea by half-alive

Pretty Boy by Young Galaxy

tbc.

#hogwarts legacy #harry potter fandom #ominis gaunt #hogwarts #sebastian sallow #garreth weasley #song recommendation #writing inspo #playlist #ominis #garreth #ominis x mc #sebastian x mc #garreth x mc #ominis gaunt x mc #sebastian sallow x mc #garreth weasley x mc #fanfiction inspiration

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fionaluvshugh · 11 months

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SONGS THAT REMIND ME TO THE PECULIARS (ONLY FIONA AND HUGH BC I SAY SO)

In the name of love-Martin Garrix (“would you FALL in the name of love) (YOU BRING ME BACK TO LIVE AND IT’S ALL IN THE NAME OF LOVE) 😭😭

See you again-Tyler (can i get a kiss and can you make it last forever I SAID IM ABOUT TO GO TO WAR AND I DON’T KNOW IF I WILL SEE YOU AGAIN) 😭

Enchanted-Taylor Swift (this is me praying that this was the very first page not where the story line ends MY THOUGHTS WILL ECHO YOUR NAME UNTIL I SEE YOU AGAIN this are the words i held back AS I WAS LEAVING TO SOON i was enchanted to meet you) 😭

The city’s yours-Jamie Foxx (just reminds me too much of them)

Another love-Tom Odell (and i wanna cry I WANNA FALL IN LOVE (why tf does he want to fall in love? that’s Fiona’s thing))

Only love can hurt like this (too true no more comments)

Rosa Pastel-Belanova (in english it would be : No, I don't want to be that woman SHE FELL FROM THAT CLIFF and you're not the one who promised that would be my superhero and what it's all over there is no more we'll be two strangers I will forget you YOU’LL FORGET ME see you never (credits for google translate))

First post!!!!!!! I love the so much

#mphfpc #fiona frauenfeld #hugh apiston #fugh #missperegrine'shomeforpeculiarchildren #missperegrinebooks

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ellena-asg · 1 year

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#h50 #kono kalakaua #sang min soo #odell martin #sang's wife (mentioned)#Ohana #parallels #Kono is so right about him #no one in this show has changed more than Sang #he hates his past behaviour and he wants to fix his life #he knows the kindness and wants to give it to others #he is grateful for help and for good people around #he made mistakes but he really tries hard now and he's really kind deep down and he learns and is good to Ohana #that's why Ohana likes him #that's why he's better than some other guys there (and than Doris - Amanda - Rachel)#he loves his Ohana #he loves his spicy sister ♥️

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babygirlbenji · 1 year

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Cat's Christmas Cracker 2022!

It is officially my favourite time of year! To celebrate, I will be holding a Christmas Cracker of fics. Take a look below to see what I have got coming...

I’ll Be Home - Meghan Trainor (John Stones)

You're desperate to spend Christmas with your husband, but snow has hampered his progress in getting home in time for the big day.

Like It’s Christmas - Jonas Brothers (Ben Chilwell)

Your boyfriend makes every day feel like it's Christmas, and yet he still manages to make the holidays feel extra special.

Make It To Christmas - Alessia Cara (Pierre Gasly)

Your relationship has hit the rocks, and yet all you want is to spend Christmas with him.

Take Me Home for Christmas - Dan and Shay (Mason Mount)

Mason takes you to Portsmouth for a Christmas by the coast.

Happy New Year - ABBA (Ben Chilwell)

It certainly is a very happy new year when you accompany your boyfriend to a New Years' Eve match.

Puppies Are Forever - Sia (Pierre Gasly)

You've wanted a little furry friend ever since you were little, and what better day to surprise you than the most magical day of the year?

Real Love - Tom Odell (Marcus Rashford)

You have been waiting for someone to love and cherish you for all your life, and you've finally found someone that makes you feel exactly that.

Baby, It’s Cold Outside - Glee (Martin Ødegaard)

A heavy snowfall means you're stranded at the Emirates stadium with Martin and the other Arsenal boys.

Underneath The Tree - Kelly Clarkson (Mason Mount)

You want nothing else but to see your boyfriend under the tree after a month apart at the World Cup.

Winter Wonderland - Michael Bublé (Ben Chilwell)

After hearing you talk non-stop about the famous Winter Wonderland in London, Ben surprises you with a visit to the festival.

Cold December Night - Michael Bublé (Martin Ødegaard)

It's a freezing December night, and all you want to do is go home and snuggle up on the sofa watching a hot chocolate. Martin, meanwhile, wants to stay out partying.

Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree - Brenda Lee (Mason Mount)

Sometimes, all you need is a two-person party under the Christmas tree after hosting both families for Christmas lunch.

I am SO excited to start writing and posting these fics! They will be posted in no particular order, starting December 1st. Requests are currently OPEN for any and all Christmas fics that you would like me to write, in accordance with the rules on my pinned post.

I can't wait to get this started!

Merry Christmas!

#cat's christmas cracker 2022 #mason mount #martin odegaard #ben chilwell #marcus rashford #pierre gasly #john stones

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deadcactuswalking · 5 months

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REVIEWING THE CHARTS: 09/12/2023 (Christmas Garbage, Taylor Swift)

Content warning: It’s beginning to look a lot like…

Merry Christmas! It’s not like it’s barely December or anything. “Last Christmas” by Wham! is #1, again, and in fact most of the top five is Christmas. Mariah’s at #2, and “Fairytale of New York”, undoubtedly boosted by the tragic passing of the Pogues’ lead singer Shane MacGowan, is at #4. Otherwise, Jack Harlow’s at #3 with “Lovin’ on Me” and Noah Kahan of all people is at #5 with “Stick Season”. Yeah, it’s holiday season, the structure’s out the window, it’s REVIEWING THE CHARTS.

Rundown

In fact, it’s the holidays, let’s get that stuff out of the way first. Entering the UK Top 75 - which is what I cover - for the first week this year, we have some absolute classics, some of my personal favourites, like “What Christmas Means to Me” by Stevie Wonder at #75, “2000 Miles” by the Pretenders at #70, “Stop the Cavalry” by Jona Lewie at #68 and “Christmas Lights” by Coldplay at #50. These are some of the earliest highest positions these songs have ever had, and I am so thankful for that because these are, in my opinion, the best ones. Oh, and there’s also… the rest, with “Blue Christmas” by Elvis Presley at #73, “White Christmas” by Bing Crosby at #67, “A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives at #61, “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” by The Jackson 5 at #52 (for some reason, the Official Charts Company credits MJ here separately as well), “Let it Snow, Let it Snow!” by Frank Sinatra at #45 (OCC adds an extra “Let it Snow” here for some reason), “The Christmas Song (A Merry Christmas to You)” by Nat King Cole at #43 and “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)” by Darlene Love at #42. In the top 40, we don’t see any returns but it is chock-full of holiday tunes, some of which re-peaked or reached a new peak. Those are Jorja Smith’s cover of “Stay Another Day” at #26 and Sam Ryder’s “You’re Christmas to Me” at #12 of course thanks to Amazon, but this is also the highest “Santa, Can’t You Hear Me” by Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande has been at #23, with Ari also hitching a re-peak for “Santa Tell Me” at #11. Michael Bublé’s butchered “Holly Jolly Christmas” is at #21 for the first time and Dean Martin’s “Let it Snow” (this time, correctly said three times) peaks at #17. Like I said last week, this is a strong Christmas year and we may see even more of these for older tracks.

Given we obviously don’t have any non-Christmas gains, let’s take a look at what dropped out this week to make room, or at least the notable ones which, you should know the jist of by now. We bid a temporary farewell to “Selecta” by Chase & Status featuring Stefflon Don, “Won’t Forget You” by Jax Jones, D.O.D and Ina Wroldsen featuring The Blackout Crew, “Now that We Don’t Talk” (Taylor’s Version) (From the Vault) by Taylor Swift, “ten” by Fred again.. and Jozzy, “One of Your Girls” by Troye Sivan, “IDGAF” by Drake featuring Yeat, “Me & U” by Tems, “Would You (go to bed with me?)” by Campbell and Alcemist, assisted by a remix with Caity Baser, “Black Friday” by Tom Odell, “Disconnect” by Chase & Status and Becky Hill, “Dance the Night” by Dua Lipa from Barbie, “Teenage Dirtbag” by Wheatus from… the year 2000 and finally, “Pompeii” by Bastille.

That’s a really mixed bag when it comes to quality but I feel like the same actually can’t be said for our debuts, which should be a short little romp but honestly also promise quality out of the gate.

NEW ARRIVALS

#72 - “Everywhere, Everything” - Noah Kahan

Produced by Gabe Simon and Noah Kahan

This is actually a deep cut from Stick Season but of course, it recently got a duet version released so here it is charting, alas in its original version because… that’s OCC for you. How is the original song? Well, Kahan’s been a bit hit or miss for me but this one’s definitely quite Christmassy so it’s a fitting week to debut, especially the opening line of “it’s been a long time” and shaking percussion that is bothersomely in the centre of the mix but still sounds like sleigh bells over the otherwise pretty bare acoustic guitar balladeering, until of course, you get the expected crash into stomp-rock melodrama and, sorry, I just think this formula has been done better, and the chorus here is actually kind of insufferable with the inflections. I suppose the loving-you-until-the-end conceit is cute and well done, but it also doesn’t really fit with the stop-and-start rhythm. I don’t know, it’s really an awkward one, one that I don’t feel makes much of a lasting impact, and adding Gracie Abrams of all people is decidedly not going to help it out at least for me. It’s still alright though, and there is a level of quality here in the songwriting that sometimes you don’t even get on a chart week so I’m not complaining.

#63 - “Jingle Bells” - Meghan Trainor

Produced by a scumbag, a maggot and a cheap lousy…

Listen, even if this wasn’t an Amazon original, I don’t think I’d review this. It’s like cactus repellant. Naturally I went into my batch of song suggestions and this time picked out “Lights” by Charlotte Plank and Hybrid Minds. Plank is a UK singer who hit the top 10 this year with “Dancing is Healing”, and she’s working with yet another drum and bass act, Hybrid Minds being active in liquid funk since around 2012, though they’ve mostly avoided charting. Released in September, I’m honestly kind of surprised this didn’t chart with Plank’s low-register… terribly-mixed vocals, amidst the clashing mix of reggae piano chords, lowly guitars and overwhelming multi-tracking that sadly lessens the impact of that drop into heavy breakbeats a bit… but when it does come in, I mean, it’s a cheat code to drop in some Amen breaks. I could care less about the lyrics here, but it is a shame that outside of that drop, I don’t find much to like, mostly because for a song in this genre, there’s just not much actually there. I think there’s a secretly great atmospheric drum and bass track here, it just needs more layers and less focus on the hyperactive drop. Still a decent song though, and I appreciate the suggestion. I just don’t think this particular one is for me, though I may find songs I like in both catalogues here so I’ll definitely check out more when I get the chance.

#56 - “MY HOUSE” - Beyoncé

Produced by The-Dream and Beyoncé

You can kind of tell that this is a concert film leftover. I’m sure that the film itself is actually brilliant even if self-indulgent because, I mean, it’s Beyoncé and RENAISSANCE is my favourite album of hers by far, but I can’t exactly expect the same budget for vintage sample collage and hard-hitting, dynamic dance tracks for what is essentially a B-side penned solely by Bey and The-Dream. That doesn’t mean it’s not good though because it absolutely is. That smug chuckle that starts the song before the crowd vocal against triumphant horns set this up to be a killer at a live show, so it’s fitting it was for the concert film. Bey also has a violent rasp to her yelling delivery here, not sliding on the beat but instead spitting all over those strings and military drums, and if that’s The-Dream on backing vocals in her verse, God, I’ve never heard him like that. It doesn’t settle for that victory lap though because you know the Queen has to start riffing her way into a completely new song with an even tighter techno groove and wiry, almost neurotic bass synth that just goes crazy, especially with the shifting industrial percussion and Bey holding it down so effortlessly, to the point where it sounds kind of weird when she actually does put in effort, delivering an inspirational spoken word piece that sounds like a sample over another layered harmony vocal that sounds like another sample, but it’s all Bey. It’s actually kind of brilliant in that regard, and I can sigh at her touting her album as anywhere close to “revolutionary”, but If I did, I’d be complaining about pretty much the fabric of the entire album… and that amount of eye-rolling may be better fit for another time because this is a very solid diva house track, even for just a loosie release.

#44 - “Winter Wonderland” (Spotify Singles Holiday) - Laufey

Produced by Laufey and Spencer Stewart

I mean, it’s immediately better than what Amazon churns out because I can actually hear it. Anyway, our story for this one begins all the way back in 1934, when American composers Felix Bernard and Richard Bernhard Smith - yes, both Bernards - wrote this song that’s really just about romance in the Winter, not necessarily Christmas. First recorded by jazz bandleader Richard Himber and his orchestra, it’s been covered a barely countable number of times since, with new arrangements, compositions and added lyrics showing up from time to time. It makes complete sense for Laufey, who mostly dabbles in a vintage kind of jazz-pop, to cover this, and yeah, it sounds good, of course it is. The classy mix is actually less subtle than I’d perhaps want for such an easy-going song but it’s a pretty clean arrangement outside of that, and Laufey, though I feel she struggles to be all that convincing of a performer, has a warm, rich undertone and definitely some little nuances of personality that make this a worthwhile edition to this catalogue of covers. Whilst we’re here, I may as well give a brief history of the song on the UK Singles Chart, as this is the sixth version. Whilst composed in the 1930s, the charts didn’t exist then and it didn’t appear until 1958, with somehow-still-alive Johnny Mathis’ version that, whilst short-lived, did peak at #17, becoming the highest-charting “Winter Wonderland”, though I barely see it floating on streaming these days. It really started picking up in the 90s, as the late Doris Day’s version, originally released in 1964, was doubled with her version of “The Christmas Song” for a 1990 re-release that peaked at #87. Dream pop band Cocteau Twins released an EP called Snow in 1993 that of course charted on the Singles Chart at #58, doubling their version up with a cover of “Frosty the Snowman”. Macy Gray’s 1999 version resurged and peaked at #76 in 2008, and then the several renditions by the late Tony Bennett, both the solo version from 1968 and the Lady Gaga duet from 2014, probably helped him land a chart placement with his version in 2019. It re-charted and peaked at #94 last year and given he sadly passed this year, I imagine we may see a new peak, possibly in the top 75. This little chart history anecdote may be my favourite part of writing this series, so just for funsies, when the versions of “Winter Wonderland” hit their peak, these songs were #1: “It’s Only Make Believe” by Conway Twitty, “Ice Ice Baby” by Vanilla Ice (also a pretty cold song), “Babe” by Take That (dethroning Mr. Blobby, may I add), Alexandra Burke’s cover of “Hallelujah”, “Merry Christmas” by Ed Sheeran and Elton John and of course, “Last Christmas”. It just goes to show you the longevity of this composition.

#20 - “You’re Losing Me” (From the Vault) - Taylor Swift

Produced by Jack Antonoff

You know you’re in the dregs of 2023 when several songs on your new entries list have subtitles. Jokes aside, this is one of Taylor Swift’s best songs: about her deteriorating relationship with Joe Alwyn, the track lyrically focuses on what may be the saddest ending to a relationship, that being gradual disconnect, especially when one person doesn’t even notice that something is wrong. The song acts as both a desperate plea to Alwyn to just rip the band-aid and end the relationship as well as a plea to herself to be the brave one and put an end to something that seemed perfect and is now far off the deep end, and not because of volatility or a toxic, abusive relationship, but instead, it just… doesn’t click into place the way it looked like it was going to. It’s a profoundly sad song, especially with the bridge demonstrating all the value and hard work Taylor is putting into this relationship only to see it not crumble, but fade in a tedious loss, and the production exemplifies this excellently, with the stray, pulsing synth bass - a killer detail considering that chorus - and the dynamic mix of airy synths from Jack Antonoff, as well as the production on Taylor’s voice, accentuating the human sighs whilst drowning some of her faded platitudes in Auto-Tune and multi-tracking, as she ends up on the opposite side of the room to her ex-partner. The strings are rushed against the quick yet oddly despondent drums, that feel like card just barely carrying the song on its shoulders. The harmonies and riffs in the second pre-chorus just sound so disconnected and sad; there are a lot of voices but none of them particularly stand out in how detailed yet scarce the song really is, thickening the air with indecision as she sings. The way the strings careen in the start of that bridge is one of my favourite moments in pop music this year, it’s an absolutely brilliant song, probably a perfect one in all honesty, and whilst I know it won’t stick around, it doesn’t mean it’s not a quality song. “My face was grey but you couldn’t admit we were sick” is a devastating line, gives me chills honestly. It took… nearly all year, but the Swifties have won me over big-time with this one. Christmas miracle.

Conclusion

Yeah, I mean Taylor Swift gets Best of the Week for “You’re Losing Me” and pretty handedly, but I should say that Beyoncé doesn’t trail far behind with the Honourable Mention for “MY HOUSE”. As for the worst, it goes to Noah Kahan by default for “Everywhere, Everything” but I really do think the song is okay, teetering on pretty decent, so take it with a grain of salt. We may actually get some competition amidst the festive onslaught with Nicki Minaj and Tate McRae, but part of me doubts they’ll end up too high. As for now, thank you for reading, rest in power to Benjamin Zephaniah, and I’ll see you next week!

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