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[a-moth-to-the-light]

Comeback Celebration: Giving Purplekiss An Album

Happy Purplekiss comeback to all of us! Though I've been a fan for a long time, I'm excited because this is my first comeback with Purplekiss officially on my list of favorite artists :)

if you want to see me talk about music that's actually by purplekiss: [my top ten purplekiss songs]

Okay, time for my made-up album!

Album Title: home.

As inspiration for the sound of this album, I'm thinking: liminal spaces & feelings of hollowness. I love the different ways Purplekiss invokes horror through pop music, and I think it would be cool to give them an album that expands on that idea! I'm not a huge visuals person, but I imagine the visual concept would be something like Red Velvet's "Psycho", that fragile, frilly kind of haunted. See also: Nicole Dollanganger, in general.

12 of the 13 tracks ended up being all-English songs, which wasn't intentional--I imagined this album to expand on their Korean discography, but it just happened that the songs I chose for this soundscape are mostly in English! (I actually think their English-language debut should be something more upbeat, in the vein of "Zombie".) In my made-up world, these songs would be translated & this would be a regular Korean release.

1. Soil -- Giriboy

Look, I just need an excuse to talk about Giriboy's album Novel ("Water" is so so good y'all, it's so so so so so so good). "Soil" is very rap-heavy, but there's a lot of space in the instrumental for vocal layering--so every member can add to the track! This is THE chill album opener, a little strange and unease-inducing, but overall pretty normal... right? I think it's a great starting point for my liminal-space sound to expand from.

2. goodnight n go -- Ariana Grande (TITLE TRACK)

Purplekiss makes, above all things, really solid pop music! "goodnight n go" has the same perfectly put-together feel as "Cast pearls before swine" and "Oh My Gosh", but it also has the spacey, empty atmospherics that I want for this album.

3. Atlantis - Extra Sped Up Version -- Seafret

This chorus is just REALLY awesome, so I think Purplekiss should sing it!

4. Easy -- Troye Sivan

I love this song; I love how it's hollow and echo-y, I love how it makes me feel submerged. I think this sound would really suit Purplekiss--it's a hazy sonic world to compliment their rough-around-the-edges vocal style, and there's plenty of space in the melody for the members to give us some really lovely riffs.

5. It'll All Work Out -- Phoebe Bridgers

I actually like the original Tom Petty version a lot more, but I think Bridgers' murky, downbeat take on "It'll All Work Out" fits this album's concept better!

6. Fire of Unknown Origin -- Blue Öyster Cult (PROMOTED B-SIDE)

A small break from the overall album aesthetic for some whimsical, upbeat 80's rock. I have a feeling this would be a huge hit for Purplekiss--it leans into the colorful, fun side of their discography, while also continuing with the tongue-in-cheek horror concept of songs like "Pretty Psycho" (these lyrics are perfect for their concept, truly). I would LOVE to see a choreography for this song, and the vocal lines in "Fire of Unknown Origin" are actually pretty slow, with plenty of space for the vocals of the Purplekiss members to shine through.

7. Sober -- P!nk

Wine-colored ballads are, I think, one of the defining traits of Purplekiss' musical style, and P!nk's "Sober" might just be my favorite example of that dusty maroon-ish feeling. I love the buzz of the guitar, I love the wailing strings; "Sober" is raw enough to fit in with Purplekiss' stripped-down ballads, but it's also dramatic enough to compliment the orchestral pop that's sprinkled throughout their discography.

8. DKLA -- Troye Sivan, Tkay Maidza

Oh hey, it's one of the few songs here with an actual rap section! Haunting production & a sharp beat perfectly suited to a cool choreo--this song is just begging to be a dark-concept kpop song. I think Purplekiss have the vocals to really warm this song up, too--it's about love, even if it's buried deep under pain, and I think the members could really bring that emotion closer to the surface, making their version a whole new kind of compelling.

9. Needed Me -- Rihanna

I love this instrumental so so so so so much, and I couldn't resist putting it alongside the Troye Sivan tracks I've included in this album, since they all have such creative ways of invoking desolation with their production. (And I hope this is obvious, but if this song is sung by non-Black artists, the n-word should be written out!)

10. Dreams -- Fleetwood Mac

A classic, and the queen of atmosphere. "Dreams" is wildly catchy, but also surprisingly hollow--it doesn't have a lot going on, and what is going on is this terribly exhausted kind of resignation. Though Stevie Nicks's voice is grittier than those of the Purplekiss ladies, they share these mournful, deep tones; I think a Stevie-fronted track is a perfect match for Purplekiss. (Also, I would LOVE to see them sell the hell out of that delightfully passive-aggressive "I keep my visions to myself...")

11. I'll Wait for You to Call -- Nicole Dollanganger

I knew I had to include a Nicole Dollanganger song in this tracklist, since her music captures exactly the kind of liminal-space horror I wanted for this album. This wisp of a track is meant to break your heart, before we move into some brighter, more hopeful end-of-album tracks.

12. Rager teenager! -- Troye Sivan

Yeah, here's another Troye Sivan song (it's the last one, I promise!). It's a little eerie and hollow, like "Easy" and "DKLA", but "Rager teenager!" is gentler and sweeter overall--its production feels like the kind of magic you hear about in bedtime stories, a fluffy-pink color that hopefully pulls the album together by calling back to "goodnight n go".

13. Crystal Ball -- P!nk (PRE-RELEASE)

Another wine-colored ballad! This is a bittersweet, but uplifting overall, addition to that more mournful side of Purplekiss' discography, and it has these gorgeous melodic lines that I would love to hear the members sing (see: "love just needs a witness, and a little forgiveness, and a halo of patience, and a less sporadic pace, and..."). I think this would be a great pre-release to show off their vocal colors, which are pretty unique for their generation, and a nice album closer, since it isn't quite as depressing as some of the other tracks.

[emthemonster]

[ohposhers]

i am of the firm belief grandma Rosiepuff was a smoke show in her younger years Bruce had to get his heart throb genes SOMEWHERE

[chamoemileclown]

guys

[ourstaturestouchtheskies]

Printer's ornament showing a gated cemetery – unknown artist // the 1 – Taylor Swift // loml – Taylor Swift

[arunneronthird]

a soldier and a king, with a broken sword and a broken heart

[thatone-highlighter]

I love you albums. I love you songs connected by similar themes. I love you listening to songs in a specific order picked by the artist. I love you reoccurring motifs throughout the same album. I love you album covers. I love you albums with extended editions. I love you songs that reference each other.

[hayden-christensen]

You caged me and then you called me crazy I am what I am 'cause you trained me

[spectralan0maly]

My brother asked me to post this for the tumblr ultrakill fans on here.

Gabriel doing the 'Pissing on the Moon' speech from the Shadow the Hedgehog Real-Time Fandub

[fexjam]

Medic headcanons💉

[a-moth-to-the-light]

Giving Itzy An Album

[my top ten itzy songs]

Okay so, I've been wanting to do this for forever! I'm a really big fan of Itzy, and, like every fan of Itzy, I see SO much unused potential in their music. The members have this ridiculously attention-grabbing presence on their songs, and I just think they would be fantastic rock stars!! (I was there when "Nobody Like You" dropped, and I'll never forget it.) So, through this post, I'll be making my Itzy-rock vision a (sort of) reality.

Album Title: kiss & cry

Concept: Your dad's hazy memories of the 70s. Brightly colored, heavily romanticized, aggressively chill, a tad bit psychedelic!

1. Round & Round -- iiso

I mean, this is a kpop album! So I wanted the album intro to be something that's trippy in a house-music kind of way, on-trend but still blending well with my carefree, psychedelic-rock-inspired vision for this album.

2. WORLDEND -- negoto (TITLE TRACK A)

When I say Itzy are rock stars in my heart, I mean this. I love the members' vocal tones, but so many of their releases don't seem to have any idea at all about what suits them. Negoto, though, has vocals that I find beautiful in the same way I do Itzy's--they're unusual, fascinating, and they bring SO much energy to the table. And that's why I've been dreaming of hearing Itzy on this song for three years now! With a melody like this, already designed to bring the best out of a whiny vocal style, I think Itzy would sound absolutely wonderful. This song is very pop-leaning, and there's just SOOO much energy in that chorus--Itzy deserves a song like this, 100%.

3. Scarlet Begonias - Live at Barton Hall, Cornell... -- The Grateful Dead (PRE-RELEASE)

Yes, I'm going to leave this song exactly as it is, except for adding Itzy's voices to it. Yes, there will be a two-minute sample at the beginning, consisting of The Grateful Dead asking the audience to please take some steps back. (It fills me with joy every single time I listen to this song. You can't make me get rid of it.) Yes, it will be 11 minutes long. (Look, after a release as boilerplate as "Cake", I reserve the right to make this one a little weird! I don't even mind "Cake" as much as most people seem to, but let me have my thing.) With its cheery melodies and humorous youthfulness, I think "Scarlet Begonias" fits Itzy better than you'd expect!

4. Ah Yeah -- Hyolyn

I don't know, this one just felt right! It's light and fluffy and a little strange--that weird distorted instrumental is so Itzy to me! I also love the way rapping & singing kind of overlap, running into each other, in the prechorus. I think the members could really show off their skills in this one! I actually think its vibe fits quite well alongside "Scarlet Begonias", too, despite all the genre (and era) differences!

5. shinkaigyo -- The Back Horn (PROMOTED B-SIDE)

"Ringo" but better. Though a lot of the other songs on this album aren't super dance-y, a choreography to "shinkaigyo" would be KILLER. So much intensity, and that BASSLINE??? I love that this track brings Itzy weirdness to rock, and it also has this really satisfying chorus that, I dare say, we all loved so much about early Itzy tracks like "Wannabe".

6. Love Spell -- GFRIEND (TITLE TRACK B)

Itzy's music tends to lean into these cool-girl personas, with lots of attitude & ad-libs, but I've strayed away for it from most of this album--"Love Spell", though, has that classic Itzy attitude, with some great rock influences, too! (guitar go grrrrrrrr it brings me so much joy)

7. I Know I'm Not Wrong -- Fleetwood Mac

A little silly, a little angsty, with absolutely incessant energy in its instrumental--I can see Itzy having SOOO much fun with this!

8. BEEP BEEP -- Ruann

What's a psychedelic-rock inspired album without some gorgeous tropical house to zone out to? Okay, yeah, this album would probably be fine without it. But like, it fits too well? And after "Bratty", I need more cutesy music from them!

9. Chill -- Chung Ha

Itzy's vocal power that really draws me to them, and I think "Chill" is a perfect song to center that. It's straightforward, with melody lines that are blunt & heavy-hitting--I think it could be pretty easily rearranged into a ballad/soft song that would bring out the best in the Itzy members' vocals.

10. joyrider -- second thoughts

Peak Itzy + guitar agenda--this song is just so much fun?? It's not really a happy song, but it feels just as euphoric as classic Itzy hype tracks are, and I think their vocals have the perfect energy to carry a half-angsty, half-humorous chorus like this one.

11. Stop Making This Hurt -- Bleachers

This track is literally made for screaming karaoke on the highway, and I know Itzy have the energy to do it justice & make it our comfort song of the year.

[moeggoi]

love

day 7 souyo week '24 @souyoweek2020

[catliker49]

Detective Wally on the Case!

Huzzah! (My new favourite word currently! Hehe) I have returned once more to share my doodle... of Wally... In a trench coat!!! I Love anything Pinstriped I wish my hands weren't so wobbly but there you have it! OH! And Ditto and Applelin are so Lovely <:O( I need so much merch of them.. PLEASE!!

[h-f-k]

THE TORTURED POETS DEPARTMENT | Concept Redesign

Taylor Swift's 11th studio album The Tortured Poets Department dives into the lives of victorian women who refused to adopt wholesale the codes and conventions of the male poetic tradition.

More about the concept under the cut

Theodore Turner, Thomas Bennet, Paul Wright and David Morgan founded TTPD in 1835 in New York with the hopes of making their way through the world of literature. 20 years later they found themselves being the most prolific publishing house in the city with acclaimed poems and short stories becoming an undeniable force among their female readers. No one could believe four men around the age of 30 could understand the nuances of love, heartbreak, loss and hopelessness as well as they did. But not every story has a happy ending. While the four gentleman became history and their names were positioned next to the biggest names of american poetry of the 19th century there's something that lies beneath that chronicle.

35 Women were the backbone of TTPD writing everything from poems, short stories and even clever and witty jokes that were quite hard for victorian men to grasp. While relegated to the back of the building they tried to fought for their space in the poetry world. Each publication was signed with the initials TTPD and while common readers could interpret that as the well known acronym of the company's founders they believed leaving their own trace would mean something to future writers and women across the country.

The Tortured Poets Department was born out of anger and spite yet kept going for so many years, until the company closed, because the shared love for poetry and expressing and seeing the world in a different way was cathartic for 35 women who from a young age were told to get married fast and not intefere in gentlemen's business.

This album shines a light on those women who died thinking their efforts to become someone were useless. The Tortured Poets Department dives into lives of 35 victorian women who refused to adopt wholesale the codes and conventions of the male poetic tradition and recounts the story as it should've been told in the first place.

[jakeperalta]

I am deeply obsessed with the manuscript as the closing track of the anthology. returning to that first big life altering heartbreak, the one that inspired some of the most acclaimed and beloved work of her career, but it's a distant past now and it's almost as though it happened to someone else. and then, in the wake of all the intense loss and turbulence that the past two hours have documented, she knows what the agony was for. because just like all that now remains of that past relationship is the art that came out of it — including all too well, a song that was changed for her over the years into something beautiful and joyful — one day all that will remain of this period will be this manuscript, this album and all its feelings that eventually won't even be hers anymore but will belong to her past self and to its future listeners.