#I LOVE POP MUSIC

[ratguy-nico]

and finally

The Best Scene of both episodes.

[sunmisbf]

high as shit on my winter depression walk n this came on n it’s sounding like the best song ever

[lesbians4scully]

easy life rebrand im weeing Hard Life. thanks guys. the new single BANGS though

[bugunlikeanangel]

an extremely tender vocal on pink pony club by chappell roan and not what i expected when the songs i know and love her from are just femininomenon and hot to go

[junco-baby]

being excited to listen to both hana vu and Dua lipa's new albums is a pretty good representation of my range in taste of music tbh

[kharacore]

this was pop brilliance. it was an earworm, but deeply well-written, poignant, funny, and tinged by grief. this was everything it needed to be in 2014. kimbra was fucking giving it all in the studio. gotye was a mastermind. this is probably the only straight love song that will ever apply seamlessly to my life. “YOU CAN BE ADDICTED TO A CERTAIN KIND OF SADNESS” are you fucking joking. i’m addicted to that sadness. rt if you’re addicted to that certain kind of sadness ohhhh my god

[everythngchanges]

i love folk taylor, but damn i am SO GLAD TO HAVE POP TAYLOR BACK

[plumpengu]

GAGGHH I LOVE THIS SONGNNAJSJS

[cloama]

Once a year, I remember that record exec Clive Davis told Kelly Clarkson that the song she wrote, Because of You, wasn't a hit because it didn't rhyme, called her a shitty writer, basically ordering her to shut up and sing. Then I give the song a relisten and absolutely marvel at how special the song really is. The song is one long confrontation that culminates in the bridge where there's this hellish round the evokes cyclical sorrow and wraps up with what is lack of reconciliation because it was never on offer. It is a vent. Just... because of you.

The song contains no silver linings or messages of feeling stronger for all the strife. There's no mention of the pain making her who she is. The repeated statement in the chorus of seeing yourself living in toxic cycles, feeling unable to stop and feeling more and more upset at the person who set the wheels in motion in the first place. That's it. That's all you get. I think that's why it resonated. It only validates how she feels in that moment. That was so rare for pop music at the time.

I still maintain that Clive Davis rushed to bully her after hearing Because of You because it's a callout song. And no matter how the message comes, hit dogs will holler. Anyone who has ever been shitty to someone will immediately feel weird when hearing it. Also having his singing competition artist write something so clear was obviously a threat and he went all the way left trying to deter her from doing it again. Also as an exec he gets to benefit from the song being a hit so he wins no matter what. Hate that. He's been horrible to her through her career. You can see early on when she tried to make nice, issuing a correction that he was still very involved to appeal to his ego. Now she does everything but tell him to suck his own dick and I love her for that. He was such a hellish boss to her and it made no sense. She was a fucking global superstar and he complained as if she was nobody.

Anyway. I love Kelly and it's Fuck Clive Davis every day until he's dead. I'm a top 2 hater and not number 2. He's literally beefed with all my favorite Divas because he's a dick and if you needed another reason to hate him, he also is the reason they took the extra guitar parts out of Since You Been Gone. It was gonna be louder! He's a fucking villain. Can't wait until he's gone so I can run Since You Been Gone back up the charts again.

[my-shields-are-down]

Inspiration - Chapter 2

What have I done? I wish I could run, Away from this ship going under Just trying to help out everyone else Now I feel the weight of the world is on my shoulders

What can you do when your good isn't good enough And all that you touch tumbles down? 'Cause my best intentions Keep making a mess of things I just wanna fix it somehow But how many times will it take? Oh, how many times will it take for me to get it right, to get it right?

GLEE, “Original Song”, 2x16 - Get it Right

[poopyjacket]

i can’t believe i haven’t mentioned this yet but 1989 taylor’s version is happening and i’m so excited AAAHHHH

[loverkasp]

i rly am at heart a lover/midnights girlie

[soosoosoup]

Funk branch au

Au and branch design by @bbc-trolls

[todays-xkcd]

The Piña Colada song carves a trajectory across the chart over the course of the song.

Love Songs [Explained]

Transcript Under the Cut

[Y-axis label:] Do you like me? [X-axis label:] Do I like you? [X- and Y-axis values (from bottom left):] NO!!; No; Unclear or Neutral; Yes; YES!!

[Top left quarter:] No Scrubs That Don't Impress Me Much Cry Me a River We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together

[Middle left:] You're So Vain

[Bottom left quarter:] I Will Survive

Somebody That I Used To Know

You Oughta Know

[Center:] Thank U, Next

[Top right quarter:] Teenage Deam Shape of You I Will Always Love You Call Me Maybe

[Middle right:] Killing Me Softly

[Bottom right quarter:] Girlfriend You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' You Belong With Me Creep

[kamapon]

what if Lilia *really* turned into a little vamp?🦇🦇🦇

[anintroverteddarling]

I was gonna try drawing smth cute but ended up drawing these two again help--