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RACHEL ZEGLER for i-D Magazine (June 2025)

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have we talked about plots for musicians before they make it big though? because here’s a few:

you just attended one of my gigs away from home, there were barely any people in the audience and i can’t afford gas to go back home just yet. can i crash at your place so i don’t have to sleep in my car?

i play in the streets and you walk past me every day and i make up little songs about something you’re doing/wearing/carrying every time

you saw me crying after one of my emotional songs and checked up on me afterwards

we’re dating and the distance is hard while i’m touring because we can never afford to see each other and my gigs are always during weird hours

i’m touring, you’re hitchhiking, hop in the van and let’s go

i’m famous, you’re not, i just caught you sneaking into one of my parties to hand someone your demo but i’m amused enough to hear you out

one of my bandmates always hooks up with someone after the shows in the space we share so i’m left to fend for myself and you’re sympathetic to my plight

just give me plots where shit is hard and trying and sometimes they think their careers won’t pan out but there’s also a lot of crazy stories and great memories to carry on ok

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“  in hindsight,  thinking she'd be able to handle an entire bottle of juice probably wasn't the smartest idea i've ever had,  but i dropped her cup so it had to be cleaned,  and i—  ”  she sighs,  “  can you please just help me make this mess go away and pass judgements after?  ”

closed starter for @cruelaffair featuring cyrus.

"and you thought giving a baby that was a good idea??"

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250320 CHAEWON, HOT

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✱˚｡⋆ ↪ 𝐋𝐈𝐊𝐄 𝐂𝐋𝐎𝐂𝐊𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐊.    (  a collection of various  location prompts centered around time & weather.  feel free to adjust as desired.  )

[ 1AM ] the stoop of a brightly lit psychic shop, pondering haven from the rain. [ 2AM ] the [ lobby / room ] of a run-down motel during a tumultuous storm. [ 3AM ] a dark graveyard thick with petrichor, well beyond visiting hours. [ 4AM ] an empty, rusty gas station nearly flooding with rainwater. [ 5AM ] a cabin in the frozen woods, large fire raging under the hearth. [ 6AM ] a bus stop hazily lit by the rising sun, earth smelling of petrichor. [ 7AM ] a crowded coffee shop, patrons in a rush to escape the morning rain. [ 8AM ] a serene camping site overlooking a valley, air humid & fresh. [ 9AM ] a diner smelling of breakfast food as rain patters on the window. [ 10AM ] a walled-in garden full of flowers, just as the afternoon heat sets in. [ 11AM ] an empty public playground, equipment hot from the sun. [ 12PM ] the middle of a sweltering outdoors shopping center. [ 1PM ] the side of the highway after your car breaks down from the heat. [ 2PM ] a bustling farmer's market ripe with produce, unhindered by the rain. [ 3PM ] a city sidewalk gloomy with mist & countless puddles. [ 4PM ] the forested perimeter of a vast lake, cold from snow melt. [ 5PM ] a [ restaurant / diner ], interior lights flickering under a fierce storm. [ 6PM ] a car interior, passengers stuck on a dangerously snowy & dark road. [ 7PM ] an outdoors event as the heat backs off, full of laughter & live music. [ 8PM ] the long queue of a club, impatient patrons stuck in the rain. [ 9PM ] the threshold of an apartment, knocking to be let out of the hailstorm. [ 10PM ] a windy beach past public hours, grains of sand mimicking the stars. [ 11PM ] the backseat of a car parked in the pouring rain on a lonely road. [ 12AM ] a pier on the cold, misty waterfront as fireworks are let off.

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DAMSON IDRIS Dazed (Summer 2025)

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MICHAEL CIMINO as Zac Torres Motorheads 1.02 "Glow"

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new release from the rose is out i'm so UP

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Okay, hey, easy! I’m not making it a thing. It’s just a fact. 

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SEUNGKWAN '17 is Right Here' Jacket Shoot

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idk why but it’s hella cute to me to think about a plot of a pop star and her backup guitarist/tour manager/opening act/some sort of somebody that would be on tour. cute flirtation during rehearsals. tour bus antics. late night kisses on the balcony of a hotel room under the moonlight. paparazzi catching the loving gazes. rumors starting to swirl. just yes.

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Daisy Jones & The Six (2023) A Complete Unknown (2024)

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there's   probably   already   a   plot   for   this   but   i   cba   to   find   it   and   also   i'm   just   typing   what   i   want   but   famous   muse   x   their   non   famous   bff   .   they   love   each   other   a   lot   bc   duh   ,   they're   together   a   lot   ,   people   think   they're   together   and   ship   them   .   maybe   they   do   like   each   other   ,   maybe   they   don't   ?   maybe   non   famous   muse   has   a   significant   other   and   things   get   complicated   bc   fans   are   like   actively   admitting   their   disdain   for   the   s/o   .   maybe   famous   muse   gets   a   s/o   and   non   famous   bff   is   like   …   oh   and   starts   feeling   some   type   of   way   ncvbnxcm   idk   but   i   want   it   .

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Jenna Ortega wearing ALESSANDRA RICH – interviewed by Harper's Bazaar (2024)

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Enemies to lovers "who did this to you?" about scars? Great, of course. However, I raise you this: "I did this to you."

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