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[sappy-detective]

“im not a crook adict.”

[xyumichux]

A redesign for TFA Pixel! 🩷🤍 (plus a height ref for fun lol)

Shes kind of the "rich popular" and kinda salty girl of the group (back on cybertron ofc) but after she came to earth she got sweeter

Okie okie enough backstory (that's for another post lol)

Also she has speakers attached to her hips and has a habit of playing her music too loud lmaooo

[unholyverse]

waterparks // marvin magazine issue #10

(full transcript under the cut)

Waterparks

WORDS by HOLLY SOLEM

PHOTOGRAPHY by DANIEL PRACOPCYK

Waterparks are places you go for fun; both pools and slides and the gloriously buzzy, pop punk band featuring members Geoff Wigington (lead guitar), Otto Wood (drums), and singer/guitarist Awsten Knight, whose neon energy matches his hair. Their music leads you down sonic chutes and up rainbow ladders with four albums, countless tours, millions of listeners and a recent signing with Fueled By Ramen, the label under which they are about to drop their highly anticipated 5th studio album. MARVIN had the good fortune of catching up with Knight—who is busy prepping for a European tour, a US tour and the release of the band's new album—to talk about all that goes into creating the bubbly world of Waterparks.

The new album titled Intellectual Property features eleven legit bangers filled with anthemic choruses. psychedelic experimentation and hooky melodies all polished to a sheen. There are hints of megalithic rock bands like Muse, inspiration from The Beach Boys and the pop punk sounds we have come to expect. But as for the "pop" part, this record goes in hard with collaborations with the likes of blackbear and songwriter/producer Julian Bunetta.

I love pop music and we got an offer to write with this dude, Julian, who has credits on 95% of One Direction's discography. I fucking love One Direction. I don't want to be dramatic but let's say I've got a top 60 favorite songs, I think four or five are One Direction songs. And Julian's written on all of them. I was just like, 'I want to do what I do but with him too.' And then I made "FUNERAL GREY", "BRAINWASHED", and "FUCK ABOUT IT", with him.

For this album, the band brought in more outside alliances than on previous albums, with Knight saying. "I think I was more open to [collaborations] on this album. Other people's opinions and thoughts and stuff like that. Normally, I don't really love writing with people that I don't know very well because it can feel very sterile. You walk in and they're like, 'what do you want to write about? You're like, 'oh fuck'—because it's a personal thing." And when it comes to getting personal, Knight is also realizing that to his surprise, the more personal he gets-the more vulnerable lyrically—the more universal the message.

I feel like I used to be kind of freaked out by [vulnerability], especially earlier, on album one. I was really nervous about it and it sounds so lame in retrospect but I didn't even want to do any acoustic songs. I liked burying myself a lit- tle bit behind a big instrumental. [The song] "21 Questions" for example. I sent that along with all the other demos to Benji because I wanted his opinion and he was like, 'this is one of the best ones.' Those wind up being the favorites, which seems counterproductive because songs are supposed to be relatable. And I never feel like I'm being relatable but I try to be less selfish with the writing. I want this to be for someone else.

When Knight refers to "Benji" he is talking about Benji Madden, one half of legendary pop punk duo Good Charlotte. Benji, along with his brother and bandmate Joel, manage Waterparks after discovering them on YouTube and DM'ing them on Twitter back in 2015. Knight received the news of the Maddens' invitation to fly to LA for a meeting while working as a babysitter who gave guitar lessons.

I called the guys and we're like, 'holy shit.' So we all went and bought swimsuits because…California. And yeah, that was it. After we met them, we went back to our hotel and were just like, 'what is happening? A week ago we were still passing out flyers outside of other people's shows. And we're right here, right now. This is the weirdest shit.'

A literal dream-come-true for Knight and the band, who eventually would make the move to LA from Houston while missing its Tex-Mex and Thai food, and of course, his family. But when it comes to the weather, he's all about California. He doesn't even mind the earthquakes. He was in a rooftop hot tub during one and actually found it rather exciting. For a man who has toured the world, there's a bright-eyed innocence and almost childlike wonder to him. His seeming lack of cynicism is as refreshing as freshly fallen snow which he admits he only saw for the first time not that long ago. But now, Knight talks about having stress dreams as he and the band get ready to embark on a European leg, followed by an extensive US tour.

Here's the thing, I like to play shows and I like to meet people. The other 22 hours of the day, I like having my space. I'm pretty particular, you know what I mean? I like my zone where I can sit and just do stuff. You go from peace and quiet and doing what you want all the time to sharing a small living space and a bus with twelve people. It's basically having twelve people in your living room for two months. And you're just like, 'ah, but the shows are great' as long as the shows are fun and everyone is having a great time, that makes it worth it to me.

He's also superstitious. Around his apartment there are crystals, there are obsidian and selenite wands in front of all the mirrors. He has a healer-type person come in and energetically clear his space, insisting he throw away objects that may have "dark entities" attached. "I'm luckier than people I know. They're like, 'why is the light always turning green when you go to it? Why do you always get the front spot at the store?' I'm like, it's because I don't split the pole, you know? Can't split a pole when you're walking. There's a bunch of superstitions. But I follow them and I'm crazy lucky."

In addition to music, he recently penned a well-received book of personal essays called, You'd Be Paranoid Too (If Everyone Was Out to Get You). He plans to write a novel next and has also started a clothing line called HiiDef. that fabricates small collections that sell out fast. His enthusiasm for the line is on par with music. "If everybody made the songs that I wanted to hear, I wouldn't have to do this. The same thing applies with clothing." Passion abound, he is all smiles when discussing plans for the future of Waterparks.

How do I get to the fucking moon? I think anyone who hears this album is going to love it. Cause I think it's incredible. I'm looking at the songs right now. I'm just like, 'man, straight slappers.' Even the last song, which I know wouldn't be a single or anything-that's probably one of the best accomplishments of a song that we've ever been able to pull off. I see this album in plaques on the wall. All right, we're manifesting now.

He names his goals out loud, as one is meant to do when calling them in, mentioning things like how much he'd like to play the Redding and Leeds Festivals at sunset. Then he pulls up the Waterparks US tour schedule online while musing, "I want one of those big "Sold Out" things across all the dates. It's getting there dude. Yeah, actually, it's going crazy right now." In real time, he seems to discover that the banners that cross nearly all of the show dates do indeed read, "Sold Out". And then it's clear. Awsten Knight is lucky. But luck is really about preparation meeting opportunities and he has definitely shown up to the game prolific and prepared. Five albums in, it's clear that Knight and Waterparks have only just begun.

@waterparks

[argumentl]

What does he have in his pocket??

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[si-ds-blog]

When you like two characters from separate stories...cause one of them is waifu material and the other is just a hot man with a fashion that you fancy...

But decided to turn them into a crack ship cause damn their dynamic would be cute

[shopcat]

what did i do to deserve this

[ask-zacharies-snackarie]

Your cosplay of Sun is freaking beautiful 😭✨💚✨ I just wanted you to know how talented you are that you made it yourself and your poses were so dynamic that you made Sun look so freaking life like and gorgeous! It's a work of art! A million kudos to you, Friend!

THANK YOU SO MUCH 😭😭

I worked on that costume for ten blajillion years (2, but I think the actual working-on-it time was like. Maybe 4 to 5 months. Because work and unmedicated ADHD akxkekxmkd)

I'm very happy I'm getting recognition for it tho, I was extremely meticulous when I was making it making sure everything was exact!

[wayfayrr]

i think i have something for four! the way i'm characterizing most of the chain is that they kind of just accept that they're not really going to get a lot of the details about sol. the magic, the light and dark, sure. but the enemies, the space travel, it's a bit too far removed from them? (main exception is time, out of concern for my guardian, who was physically young at death and so too is at revival, like late teens/early young adult. they all have feelings on this to varying degrees) 1/

gonna be answering these both together since they're two halves of the same ask <3

I really like the take on four!! the way he tries to get all the information on it while the others are content in knowing 'enough', letting the guardian live with their secrets as long as they get to live with theirs in a way. whereas four wants to know, I'd love to see him being refered to as a little warlock or even being given a makeshift bond by the guardian as a little in joke. he doesn't know exactly what it means but from the way they're acting apparently its appropriate for him?? also it'd be fun to see how they would interact with a split four, each of the colours are distinct enough from one another to be their own almost person (It'd be funny to have four be refered to as a fireteam ngl)

I really like time just going full dad on them too, he's got this twisted sense of almost understanding of what they've been through (if he knows about what caused the downfall timeline then he also really understands what it's like to have the knowledge that you died as a kid even if he doesn't have a memory of it) Which could introduce a fun dynamic with twi too as they're siblings now :3

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[withered-rose-unbreakable-lotus]

I THOUGHT IT WAS SOME JOINED EVENT BUT IT'S A LABEL! GO GO KANA! HE MADE HIS OWN LABEL I'M SO PROUD!

He says he wanted to support bands who have a dream and be free to do as they please with their band, without sloppy pay and the power harassment he experienced in BP Records.

I swear if Kiryu, Codomo Dragon and Royz don't switch labels now they're missing out. They got the money to do it if they so wish it. And 500万 is 5 million right? It ain't a bad capital. That's about 30-31 thousand euros. Koi/Gold fish had been cooking, ugh! <3 How do you like him now, BPR?! I can't believe the guy one would least expect to stand up and make a change did make a fucking change. First he sued the company and got his money back, then dealt with his trauma, made a new band and then made his own label. Like the fucking king he is!

FUCK THEM UP, HON!

[spaghett-onaplate]

ok a lot of things (cars for one) are more expensive here bc of importing (woo island country!) but my searches for CDs of my fav latin pop albums are SO disappointing there's next to nothing :'(

[thepriceofbeingaroseisloneliness]

“Thanks to the Photobook in-store event, to the Fukuoka Ropponmatsu Tsutaya store and to everyone who came today. Fukuoka, I’ll be back again.”

Toshiya

@toshiya_direngrey IG

[cure-whimsy]

I'm so mad

Because I spent literally forever trying to find a nice pin backpack that suits me, and it's stuck in China somehow when it should've been coming directly from NZ somehow, and I don't know how it'll arrive or when

And then I went into a store today and saw adorable small backpacks with bottle pockets, with a clear window on the front I could stick a pin sleeve into