#swiftiemere

[theredtours]

Pls spill the tea this is my new niche rabbit hole of knowledge

Anonymous: GIVE ME THE DETAILS BESTIE

Okay, so here's how it all went down, below the cut, because it's a lot:

A couple weeks ago, someone (assuming hiloy, as they're like the main character for the rest of this stuff) had played both All of the Girls and Need over a discord call. A sneaky second person then recorded said discord call and leaked bits of the songs to Twitter.

Cue the insanity. The leaks sent some people into a blind fury trying to find the rest of the song, while also simultaneously upsetting those who had been vaulting it. One such vaulter was, as previously mentioned, hiloy. They then took to a site for leaks and started trying to get a sale going.

Initially, they were trying to get an individual person to buy, but when the price was too astronomical, and after several days of back and forth, hiloy finally settled on allowing a group buy to happen. Now, I've never been part of a group buy before, so naturally, when I was sent a link to the discord server where it was all happening, I was intrigued. Here was my first glimpse at how the trading/selling world works. To stay in the server, everyone had to donate at least $5. The set goal was $2600, and that was going to purchase both "All of the Girls" and "Drama Queen."

Easy peasy, I thought. Man, I was wrong. The server blew up almost immediately, with people threatening the seller, demanding they leak other songs or get reported. Within a matter of hours, people had donated over $1k, and with that, hiloy leaked a small snippet of "Forever Winter," as a treat. Then, the server got nuked.

Thankfully, they had a backup. As soon as the back up was, well, back up, everyone was re-invited and the madness continued. In the middle of it all, "Forever Winter" leaked. While it wasn't true that it was hiloy who had leaked it, the person who did so did it under that name, so HUNDREDS of people flocked to the server to donate. The rest of us just ran with it, saying things like, "Yeah, they leaked it to prove that they have the goods." Was it dishonest? Yeah. But did it work?

Well, we hit the goal within I think like, 10-ish hours? So I'd say so. Everyone was cheering and partying it up in the group chat and then... right afterward, the server was nuked again. And so was the backup. And the backup backup. I then took to the leak site, and tried to get re-entry. I even messaged hiloy on twitter. Everyone just told me to wait for the leak. So overall, I was not impressed and felt pretty scammed. In all honesty though, I felt worse for the big donators. Someone had dropped almost $300 and then lost all access.

Fast forward to today, after a few days' silence (which I am told is pretty normal; transactions apparently usually get converted from funds to crypto), they just... Showed up on the leaks site. But the problem was, "All of the Girls" was not HQ, like it was promised. The backlash was almost immediate, with people calling out hiloy left and right for misinforming the server and trying to scam everyone out of their money. Hiloy then had the nerve to turn around and tell some of the donators that they should be grateful to have even received what they did.

And then all hell broke loose, again. See, the part I didn't tell you was that, provided all went well with this first group buy, hiloy was going to be selling off "Need" and "This is What You Came For (Demo)" to another group buy next. I guess this really unnerved someone else who had them, because basically right afterward, we got the second leak out of nowhere. My best guess was that they leaked "Need" and "TIWYCF" to keep hiloy from being able to make any more profit off those who just want the songs.

I'm sure I missed some of the drama, but that's honestly like the shortest summary I could give of it. It was absolute chaos. Wouldn't have missed it for the world, though.

[thenighttrain]

WE’RE DANCING ROUND AMELIAS BAG IN THE CONCERT VENUE LIGHT (updated lyrics, Platycult version)

AND WE MADE THE FRIENDSHIP BRACELETS (FILLED WITH PLATYPUS MILK) WE'RE TAKING THE MOMENT AND TASTING IT BC WE'RE DOING PLATYPUS MILK SHOTS!!!

[fairycosmos]

Thank you for posting aesthetically pleasing things I can escape to while at work 🥹💖

thank u for being here on my blog and appreciating it!! hope it Always serves as a place you can escape to while ur at work and doing your thing. mwah i appreciate it ❤️ hugs x

[marianbrook]

Oh my GOD you have a god tier user name and taste

omg hi thank u!!

[evermoredeluxe]

HAPPY BIRTHDAYYY!!!🥳🥳🥳

THANK YOU JO 💖

[mermaeids]

blossom and rose 💖

blossom—would you get a tattoo? if so, what would it be of?

i know i want to get one soon, probably this year if i can, and i know i want it to be on my rib but i don't know what i want it to actually be yet. i really want a rising sun somewhere on my body but i'm not sure.

rose—do you believe in soulmates? why or why not?

no because it wouldn't make any sense!

pink-themed asks

[tshifty]

Hi you’re wonderful and deserve all the good things. I hope today is treating you well 🥰💕

jo ilysm i hope today is good for you too!! 💕💕

[whenemmafallsinlove]

I’m really happy and content with myself for the first time in a long while and I’ve finally surrounded myself with friends who genuinely love and care about me 🥰

JOOOOOOOOO This makes my heart so happy you have no idea UGHHHH I LOVE YOU SO MUCH !!!!!!! IM HAPPY YOURE HAPPY!!!! IT’S WHAT YOU DESERVE!!! MISS YOUUUU!!!!!!!

SEND ME POSITIVE THINGS! POSITIVE HOURS ON MAIN!!!

[seleniftie]

i have to read tartuffe for my class and it is not a fun time

i have to be honest i never read it 😭😭😭 rip buddy HIT ME UP if you want my dear good ole advice in speaking french, ya know the deal now

[colorsinautumn]

No mushrooms ever we unstan

mood jo

[theredtours]

You’re literally the swiftie national treasure of 2023 🥹💜

You're literally way too kind, but thank you for saying that.

[loveisbraveandwild]

Hi I don’t know you super well but from what I’ve seen you seem to be a genuinely good human so I’m sorry people are being so rude to you 😔

JO THANK U FOR SAYING THAY!!! im okay!!!! all is well and the protection of this fandom is worth the mean anons ope i would die for my swiffers

[tehlorswift]

We have the same name and that makes my day 🎉

HEY JO!!! this is so cool omg i feel like i’m talking to myself but i guess i found my name twin today :“ )

[thelasttime]

I started humming the last time today and immediately went MADIE!

I LOVE THAT

[getmoreangry]

DID YOU CHANGE YOUR URL AGAIN OR IS MY COMPUTER GLITCHING

I CHANGED IT BACK TO DAERJOHNS IF THATS WHAY U MEAN

[tshifty]

HI I LOVE YOU WOTH ALL MY HEART

jo!!!! i love you tooooooo 💖💖💖💖