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Hi hunnieeeeeees!!!! Based on these asks, thank you all so much for requesting 🥰:

Hi! I was wondering if you could write a Shawn Mendes x reader smut where they are trying to get pregnant and they are going at it like bunnies and then they reader is exhausted from everything and then they are pregnant in the end? Thanks!

Baby-making sex with Shawn

I saw this on someone else’s blog, but can you please do it as well, it’s about Brian complaining about how loud you and Shawn were the night before, you’re all on holiday somewhere

warnings: swearing, smut, unprotected sex (duh), drinking?? a long ass ride

a/n: 6.5k-ish of my not-up-to-standard writing!!! I think I'd like to carry on some dad!Shawn concepts so come to my ask box with any requests/suggestions 🥰🥰 ALSO I think I'm really bad at smut so let me know how you guys feel lol any feedback/likes/reblogs are very much appreciated 💓💓

The sounds of the boys fooling around in the pool, that was private to your shared villa, kept you company as you paced around your room. You laughed at yourself, having no idea why you felt nervous at holding what you did, it was just a pre-test kind of situation. The green carrier bag on your bed, filled with extra goodies from the shop (because was you even on holiday if you didn’t try every foreign chocolate bar), flapped around from the soft breeze drifting into your room from the open balcony door as you placed the test box on the bedside table. You placed the stick you’d just peed on, on top of the box which contained 9 other small test strips, the instructions (which luckily came in English too) next to it.

Shawn had spoken to you many times about starting a family, but you were the one who held back, which is what surprised you most. You had your entire life planned out with Shawn, the two rings on your wedding finger backing this up. It had even gone as far as having rows over the matter – Shawn’s anxiety eating away at him that you actually didn’t want a baby because of him and how different his lifestyle is; this was the complete wrong end of the stick. He was a busy guy, sure, but after five number one albums and countless tours, you knew he was genuinely serious about taking a break in order to start the family you’d both discussed so many times before.

You’d only gone to the shop in order to get more supplies for the group of you staying in the villa. The beer levels were running low, meaning the water levels were running low as they nursed their hangovers in the day, gulping beer again come night-time. You’d found yourself down the medicine aisle of the small store down the road, thinking aspirin and more sun cream would be essential for the rest of your stay in the extremely warm country. Bending down to look furthermore at extra bits, because you always thought it would be better to have too much than not enough, your eyes gazed over the selection of pregnancy tests before you noticed one row of a slightly different test – an ovulation test. A lump in your throat formed, and you felt something you’d never felt before. A want. A need.

A small, soaked volleyball came soaring through the open balcony door, landing just at your feet with a soft thud, bringing you back from your daydreaming. You heard one of the boys shout sorry, laughing to yourself at the playful behaviour of what you thought were mature 20-something-year olds. You bent down, picking up the wet ball, walking over to the balcony to check out the situation.

Looking down, there was Brain, Connor and Naill all flailing around in the pool below you whilst Connor’s girlfriend relaxed on one of the sun loungers, topping up her golden tan. Shawn, also in the water, was resting his arms on the surface around the pool, looking up and waiting for you to appear on the balcony. And when you did, he beamed, like he hadn’t seen you in years. “Whoever threw that should definitely keep their day job,” you laughed, throwing the ball back aiming in nowhere in particular. You never imagined that what you said could spark the beginning of world war 3; if you could actually play properly and yeah well if your fat fucking head wasn’t in the way being amongst the bickering as Shawn just continued to lovingly look up at you, rolling his eyes at the antics behind him. “Can I borrow you for a sec… from the… intense game you appear to have going on?” You asked, wagging your finger at the guys who were now trying to dunk each other underwater, neither of them not really paying attention to you or Shawn as he instantly nodded. Pushing the palms of his hands against the heated, concrete ground he raised from the water in what you could only describe as a bond girl/Baywatch aesthetic. The water trailing down his body, the sun instantly soaking up the moisture on him, was a sight you though could impregnant you alone.

You worked out your pH against the chart on the instructions as Shawn made his way up to the room, screwing your face up as you tried to familiarise yourself with this new technical language. Shawn’s head appeared around the door and you smiled in return, moving the stick and instructions that were in your hand to behind your back, trying your best to mask the evidence although knowing you failed. “What you got there?” He asked, sauntering in the room, droplets of water still trickling down the lines of his abs every so often as he continued to dry off naturally.

“Well, urm, yeah… nothing” You throat suddenly went dry, as you wondered whether you’d made a stupid impulsive decision to tell Shawn you wanted to try for a baby.

“Okay, I’ve always wanted one of those?” He joked, sitting himself on the end of the bed, not caring about dampening the sheets or messing up your specific bed making skills. He noticed your foot tapping, something you always did when you felt nervous, as he glanced over your features to try and gather some idea of what was going on. “You’re worrying me now.”

“You don’t need to worry,” you laughed, shaking your head as the expression on his face didn’t change. “I just… uh… think I wanna try get… y’no… pregnant”

Then his face changed. To a big shit-eating grin and a sparkle in his eyes. “You do?” He asked, just to make sure he had full confirmation and wasn’t hearing things. You nodded, a small mhmm escaping your lips before rambling on about seeing these stupid sticks near the pregnancy tests, even though you only went in for beer but ended up peeing on this stupid stick. “So… what does the stick say?” He said, holding out his hand for you to take. You did so, happily, the instructions in your hands getting crinkled between your hold on each other.

He pulled you close, your body stood in between his now opened legs, his hands travelling up your sundress, keeping you close by stroking the skin on the back of your thighs. You brought the stick out from behind your back, finally, looking at what it displayed one last time before speaking, “I’m ovulating, but only until tomorrow, we’ve missed the main chunk.”

He took both the instructions and stick, not seeming to care you’d just peed on the thing, before tossing them towards the direction of the bin, but missing dramatically. With one swift tug, you fell on top of him as he fell back onto the dreamy mattress, a squeal escaping your lips as you crashed down onto him. “SHAWN. You’re still wet” You laughed, trying with everything you had in you to push yourself back up off him.

His hold was strong enough that you couldn’t escape and as he flipped you both, so you were now under him, his legs in between yours in an attempt to keep them open, “and you’re about to be,” he smirked, resulting in you rolling your eyes at his boyish come back.

Strong hands were now exploring every inch of your body as his head dipped down, allowing your lips to come crashing together. His hunger was evident, little time spent being detached from your lips, as he loved on you with everything he had in him. His kisses moved down to your neck, groaning into your skin as you tugged at the damp curls atop of his head. “Are you sure?” you heard him mutter against your skin as he continued to kiss your sensitive spots.

“Only if you are” you breathed, tugging his hair that little bit harder so his lips parted from your skin and he looked up at you, the same sparkle in his eye still there. He nodded, reassuring you with few words that he’d have to be bat-shit crazy to not want to start a family with you. His head dipped back down, lips working back on your neck and chest whilst his fingers toyed the hem of your now slightly damp sundress. Underneath was nothing but a tiny red bikini, which he wasn’t overly keen on you wearing in front of his friends, but you argued about wanting the best tan with minimal tan lines. He pulled the flimsy dress material up your body until it bunched up around your neck, pulling away for a few short seconds in order to lift it and remove it completely. You took your bottom lip in-between your teeth as you felt the cold air-con air blast over your body, your nipples hardening at Shawn’s soft touch.

Shawn moved so he was upright, knelt on his knees in between you. You couldn’t help yourself as your fingers reached up, brushing over the defined lines of his abs, him tensing at your contact and cock twitching beneath his stupidly tight, yet somehow still baggy, swim shorts. Because two could play the game of tight garments, apparently. They were baggy enough to portray as a normal pair of trunks, but tight enough that he knew you could see the outline of one of your favourite features of his, as he lay on the sun lounger next to you, or walked around your sun lounger to go inside even though his sun lounger was closed to the villa doors.

His fingers were toying with the ties on the side of your briefs, not necessarily tugging too hard for the knot to come undone, the long pieces of string now straggling across the bed and your bare thigh. You breathed heavily as his fingers trailed across your skin to your needy centre, fingers slipping under the dampness of your briefs. A sharp intake of breath caused you to arch your back off the bed as his fingers came into contact with your swollen lips.

A thumb traced your entrance, until it stopped at your clit where it created a light pressure. Cries of need left your lips, until Shawn stopped them by connecting his lips back with yours. “We have to be quiet, they’re right outside” He spoke in-between kisses, you only nodding in return, realising you’d zoned out of the real world as you suddenly hear the boys scream into a loud cheer from down in the pool. The torturous tease of his thumb hovering over your clit soon turned into a trace of circles on your throbbing nub, two of his fingers slowly entering you completely as you adapted around him. “Fuck… you’re… so wet” He moaned into your neck, his fingers sliding in and out of you with ease from the juices he’d created.

You wanted to come back with some sarcastic comment like that’s what you wanted isn’t it but didn’t have much time to as his lips moved down, taking what he could manage of your breast into his mouth as his fingers continued to work wonders further down. The cold, wetness of his tongue felt good against the dry skin, your back arching as you pushed up to meet his touch as much as possible.

It didn’t take long before you were whimpering in his hands, telling him how much you needed him. It was as if all he needed was the invitation for him to tug at the waistband of his restrictive trunks until his throbbing length popped free, a whimper freeing from his own lips at the relief. He lined himself up with you, one hand trying to keep you still as it grasped at your waist, keeping his eyes connected with yours at all time.

This time felt different. You knew you were probably being stupid, and it was just like any other sex you’d have, but the concept of it possibly actually leading to becoming pregnant made you feel some type of way. For years you’d looked at Shawn, unknowingly to him, and wondered if your children would inherit his talent or his crazy curls or dazzling smile. As if he sensed your mind was on overdrive, he interlocked his hand with yours, pinning it next to your head as his chest came down to meet yours, whispering “I love you.”

“I’m just saying… I think we made a baby!” He beamed, right on your heels as you both made your way through the villa to re-join the rest of the group.

“Shawn, please don’t start getting all obsessive over it. It happens straight away for some people, takes years for others, just remember that okay?” You smiled, stroking the back of his hand with your thumb. The sun hit you as you both walked out into the garden, feeling like a vampire as you squinted and groaned at the brightness.

“Oh she lives!” Connor shouted, the rest of the group turning around to look over in both of your direction.

“Did you go to the store back home, Y/N?” Niall joked, twirling the volleyball around of his pointer finger as if he was a basketball pro.

Brian couldn’t possible miss the opportunity to get involved with the jibing, “we even thought you may have run off with a sexy Spanish senor, we know Shawn can be a bit whiny sometimes.”

You rolled your eyes, a sarcastic har-har escaping your lips as you tip toed up, giving Shawn a gentle peck on the cheek. Like a group of teenagers, Shawn waltzed back over to the pool, putting his foot against Niall’s back, forcing him into the pool despite the fact he’d just completely dried off, apart from his legs which were dangling in.

Connor’s girlfriend tugged out one of her headphones as you sat on the lounger next to her, adjusting the backrest and stripping off your sundress – that you’d only just put back on – ready to take in the rest of the rays the sun had to offer. You were going about your business as normal, catching Connor’s girlfriend staring at you with a smug grin out of the corner of your eye. “Yes, Mila?” You raised your eyebrow, cocking your head as you gave her your full attention.

“You just had sex didn’t you?” She asked, spinning the wire of her headphones around her finger, only stopping when she smacked herself in the face with it for the third time.

You just laughed, “what makes you think that?”

“I dunno… you’re… glowing. Must’ve been really good though because there’s still something extra different this time” She shrugged.

The sun was still beaming as you awoke later on; you’d slept most of the day, only waking up when Shawn was applying more sun cream on your back. Fortunately so had the boys, which gave you some peace and quiet. Connor and Mila were squeezed onto one sun lounger, like big spoon/little spoon, whilst Niall and Brian were sprawled out on their own, soft snores escaping both of their lips. Your eyes began to flicker open, body stretching out of the light sleep. “So I’ve been thinking…” Shawn’s voice snapped your head round to your right, where his sun lounger was placed. He lay on his side, head resting on his hand with his elbow propped up on the bed.

“Jesus, hello to you too…” You rolled your eyes, a soft yawn escaping your lips even though you’d only just been sleeping.

“We should go upstairs, you know, while the kids are quiet” He pointed at the group the other side of you, and you watched them for a second, laughing at how Niall’s sunglasses were probably creating the world’s worst tan line right about now.

You stood up, taking him by surprise when you agreed, swaying your hips just that little bit extra as you walked inside.

Shawn was quick behind you up the stairs and you walked him backwards until he fell onto the bed as soon as you shut the door. He shuffled himself up to the head of the bed, eyeballing you as you kicked your flip flops off, not caring where in the room they ended up. You’d decided to leave your sundress down by your lounger during your swift decision, knowing it would be pointless in dressing in it again.

This time it was you straddling him, kissing down each section of his body as he writhed under you, hands firmly holding onto your hips. His hardening length was pressing into your thigh, “the sun actually does make you horny doesn’t it?” you laughed, remembering Shawn telling you once that it did, but you laughed it off as a stupid myth.

“Yup. And when that’s mixed with you… I’m a goner” He squirmed again, his hardness changing your laugh into a moan.

There was next to no foreplay; you lifted off him for a second, grabbing his member with your hand, lining your yet again aching core up with him. You both forgot about the quiet “rule”, hoping the guys would still be asleep, as you let out a loud moan simultaneously, your walls sinking down onto him and adapting to his size for the second time today. Sounds of satisfaction filled the room, hopefully not spilling over and out to the pool area, although that was the last thing on yours and Shawn’s mind. You found your rhythm, Shawn’s hands supporting your tactical ass as you hopped up and down. Flinging your head back in pleasure, Shawn helped you by thrusting, pulling your body down as his hips moved upwards, his breathing getting heavier with each plunge. “Fuck… I thought… I’m gonna…” He stringed out a set of words, all giving you the impression he was close to his climax. It spurred you on even more, your hips rocking down onto him a little more, pushing yourself closer to meet him.

His eyes were shut, lips apart, body trembling underneath you. That was all you needed to come to your own heightened senses, your body falling down, your chest meeting his own as you bit onto his shoulder to muffle your moans. You both lay there for a while, Shawn’s thumbs sketching patterns on the skin of your hips as he spoke into your hair, “okay, I think maybe that time we made one.”

You let out a large sigh, giving up all hope with your hair and dragging it back into a high pony as you observed yourself in the mirror. The heat did not agree with your hair. Neither did the chlorine. And probably neither did the fact you’d also just had sex for a third time. Something in you had clicked, wondering why it had taken you so long to want this; to need this. You weren’t sure how many times you and Shawn had been able to have sex in one day, your stamina usually quite low compared to his much higher drive.

Emerging from the bathroom, with a towel wrapped low around his hips, he sang along to some songs he’d been listening to in the shower. The energy was good throughout the villa, all six of you getting ready for a night in the local town with nothing but good drinks and good friends. “Do you think I should wear the leaf shirt…” Shawn started, looking at his two options of shirts hung on the wardrobe door, “orrrrr the stripe?”

He held both up alternatively, his lips pulled to one side and eyebrows raised as you tapped a make-up brush against your cheek, deciding on the life changing choice. “The stripe. I’m more likely to wanna get you into bed in that.” Throwing his head back, he laughed, not only at your bluntness, but the fact you actually wanted to get him into bed for the fourth time. If all holidays were like this, he’d take them more often. You noticed his smug features whilst he walked around the bed to stand behind you in the mirror, towering you due to sitting on the small stool. “You wanted a baby,” you shrugged innocently, continuing your light make up routine, knowing it would only sweat off as soon as you left the air-conned villa anyway.

“You’re cute,” he smiled, bending down and wrapping his arm around your waist, “and also incredibly horny from the heat.” You jabbed your elbow into his stomach as hard as you could, but evidently not hard enough as he just laughed off you attempt. He planted a small kiss on your cheek before returning to get ready, in the stripe shirt.

The night had gone well, the lot of you letting your hair down like you’d intended to. You couldn’t help, however, take slightly longer than normal to drink your drinks or sit quietly in the corner every so often just to see how much you’d miss this life; normal life. It made you feel content when you realised you didn’t actually mind, thus far, enjoying everyone else making fools out of themselves rather than you for once. Mila was soon bounding over, sipping the last of her drink and placing it on the table you were sat at, “you okay? You seem kinda… quiet.”

You nodded, placing your own full drink down on the table, “I just have a killer headache, I don’t think I drunk enough water today.” It wasn’t a total lie, you had a teeeeeny, tiny headache, but more so were tired from your unusually active day.

She seemed genuinely concerned, which made you feel bad for telling a little white lie, but you and Shawn were yet to discuss with anybody else your future plans, and you imagined it would stay that way. “You want me to head back to the villa with you?” You assured her you were fine, promising you’d be fine going on your own, “sooo, does that mean you’re gonna be drinking that or?” She asked when she was finally convinced you didn’t need to be walked home, pointing to your full beverage. You laughed, handing it to her before placing a small kiss on her cheek and telling her to enjoy the rest of her night and you’ll make breakfast for 10am.

You grabbed Shawn’s arm to grab his attention as he watched over Brian doing some of the weirdest ‘dancing’ you’d ever seen. He looked concerned as soon as he looked at you, instantly pulling you to the side so he could hear you a little better. “I’m gonna head back to the villa, I’m super tired and I’m just… kind of…”

He smiled warmly, “feeling maternal are we?” You couldn’t help but roll your eyes for what felt like the 20thtime today. “I’ll just tell the boys and come with, 2 seconds.” And before you had chance to object, to tell him to stay and make the most of the night, he was dragging you out the door and in the direction of your holiday home, which luckily for the sake of your poor legs and slightly sore centre, wasn’t too far.

Shawn main priority was getting you to bed, and not in the suggestive way you’d think. He wanted nothing more than to make sure you were comfortable and rested, knowing you’d taken just about as much of him as you could today, or so he had thought.

He fiddled around with the air con unit, muttering to himself as he tried to figure out the electronics, happily smiling to himself when he’d set a suitable temperature. You pulled up the iPad, setting some stupid movie rolling in which you had no interest in actually watching, rather enjoying your boyfriend company. Crawling in behind you, his arm snaked around your waist and his lips peppered kisses across you shoulder, his breathe tickling you and leaving you wriggling under him. It was cute, loving, happy.

Around 30 minutes into the movie, which you and Shawn had spent the entire time talking through, you began to feel slightly more refreshed and reenergised. Your head was still perched on Shawn’s chest, and your own bare chest rested against his side, the thin and practically useless bed sheets were pulled up, covering up to your hips. “I’m just saying, I don’t think I’ve quite ever seen someone do “the worm” like that.” You laughed, your fingers mocking the name of the dance move.

“He thinks it’s his signature move, let’s just let him have his moment.” Your continuous laugh was muffled into the skin on his chest as your fingers yet again sketched the outline of his abs continuously. You noticed how he twitched every so often, tensing as you got the parts close to the top of his waistband. Taking full advantage of your touch, crossed with his weakness of being tickled, you stopped tracing the upper parts of his defined features, concentrating solely on the parts that were making him squirm.

Your manicured nails, painted with vibrant holiday colours, alternated between lines of his muscles, and the scar situated just next to them. He hummed happily into your hair, “you’re gonna have to stop doing that,” he let out a shaky laugh, his hand wrapping around your wrist to stop your delicate movements.

Looking up at him with glazed eyes, your eyelashes fluttered in an attempt to look as innocent as you could. He instantly knew what you were up to, shaking his head, “baby, I want this I do… but you’re exhausted. When was the last time you turned down a night out?” What he was saying was right, you were the party animal of the group for so long, but you were sick of being that person. You wanted this family. And maybe the sun was getting to your head, and you knew you had all the time in the world to try for a baby, but it only felt right that you made up for lost time, considering you were only ovulating for approximately another 12 hours, possibly even less.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about…” you smiled, moving your head back down to rest where it was previously, hand wriggling out of his grasp. He only specifically suggested you stopped doing the little ab-tickle, nothing else. So you continued, fingers toying with the waistband of his Calvin’s, letting them run underneath the slightest bit. You noticed how his chest was breathing deeper, his hand that was stroking your back coming to a halt on your waist where it grasped slightly. The changing matter was when you tugged the waistband up further than previous times, letting it snap against his skin when you let it go.

Before you could blink, he was on top of you, pinning your hand either side of your head and all you could do was smirk, successful in your not-so-secret mission. “I said stop.” Your smirk grew, welcoming back the Shawn you knew and loved oh so dearly. His Calvin’s weren’t hiding much, his length nudging into your centre, which was only covered by a pair of flimsy lace panties. His face was centimetres from yours, breath fanning onto your lips, “I’m not going to break my wife day one into baby making.” His sudden turn from demanding into caring only made your legs wrap around him, heels digging into the curve of his ass to pull him closer. You knew it wasn’t an appropriate time to argue with him, knowing his week spots would soon leave him coming undone and meeting your needy level.

He groaned as your material covered delicates touched, only spurring on the wetness between your legs, “Just…” you breathed, leaning up to place a delicate kiss on his pillowy lips, “one more…” he reciprocated the action, “please?” You knew innocently asking for permission was his weak spot and got him feeling a certain type of way and mixed with the other teasing touches you’d put into play, he was crumbling on top of you.

Lost in the moment, a large clunk snapped both your heads to look towards the direction of your bedroom door, which was still shut like it had been since you’d got home. Both of you furrowed your eyebrows, before confirming it must just be the outdated air con unit kicking in outside your room.

As if it never happened, his lips trailed kisses down your body, paying particular attention to the area where you’d previously been teasing him. You squirmed underneath him, the stupid stubble on his chin brushing against the top of your throbbing core. His breath tickled you, much like your fingers had been doing him, the kisses quite possibly the most delicate they’d ever been, like he would break you if he pressed any harder. You whimpered, not caring about the volume of your voice as you knew the others were out having a good time in a completely different way to you two. His hands were still intertwined with yours by your head, restricting you from reaching down and running your fingers through his soft bed of curls.

Heading further down, his pulled your panties in-between his teeth, letting them drag down, letting to cool air of the room hit you furthermore. “You really do want this, huh?” He asked cockily, no chance for you to answer as he begin to lap up your taste, running his tongue up your slit in the most torturous slow movement. “Shawn...” you breathed, squeezing onto his hands tighter at the new mixture of wet sensations between your legs. He hummed into your folds, the vibrations twitching your hips to push up towards him.

It felt like heaven and pleasure, all rolled into one, Your legs wrapped around his shoulder, your heels helplessly digging into his back even though you knew he couldn’t get any closer if her tried. He continued to hum into you, forcing whimpers and moans of your own to leave your lips, taking over the volume of the movie that was now playing to itself.

His sudden departure from your soaking focussed area left you only begging for more, him name leaving your mouth a handful of times in a plea to return. His fingers untangled from yours by the side of your head, reaching down and taking each side of your panties that were bunched up at the top of your thighs. “These... need to go” He continued rolling them down until they twanged off either of your feet, uncaring where they ended up as he tossed them behind him, “much better.”

“Shawn, I need you, please.” You begged one last time, your hands finally free and reaching up for any part of him you could touch. He seemingly agreed, crawling up on his forearms to cover your body, ensuring he didn’t crush you in the process. His fingers came up to your face in an intimate moment, brushed away a strand of hair that had fallen from your ponytail as he pressed a light kiss to the tip of your nose. Reaching in-between you both, he lined up his fully hardened length with you entrance, the reconnection of skin on skin bucking your hips upwards. He gave you no warning as he plunged into you, filling you whole with he first thrust, your fingers digging into the skin of his shoulder blades as you let out your loudest moan yet.

“Fuck” he spat, as his hips connected with yours, filling you deeply. His head rested in the crook of your neck, placing hard, passionate kisses and nipping the skin of your collar bone when he wasn’t concentrating on breathing. Your hand came up to toy with the curls at the nape of his neck, twirling the stray curls.

“Shawn, I'm not gonna last...” You whisper, your breathing deeper than you’d felt it all day. You thought you’d last longer, but seemed to be getting weaker with each touch he gave you. Continuing to squirm underneath him, he groaned at your twitchiness.

He pulled out of you, no time for you complain as he grabbed one of your hips, flipping you onto your front with one swift motion of his strong arms. A playful squeal left your lips, your head turning back to look over your shoulder with a glistening smile. His other hand came to your other hip, guiding your ass further up into the air, your chest still pushed against the mattress, “Fuck, you’re amazing,” he almost whispered, a contrast from how loud you’d both been throughout the last 30 minutes.

His hand smoothed over the curves of your peachy asset, before sliding down and tapping at each of you inner thighs in a suggestion for you to move your legs wider. Happily obliging, you did so, feeling him shift his weight behind you. Entering back into you, you reached up and clenched your fingers around the fabric of the pillow as he filled you again. The headboard smashed against the wall each time his hips came into contact with your ass, thrusting you forward with each passionate movement. His rhythm remained consistent, a light tap on your ass every now and again reminding you to keep screaming his name as you drifted off into a state of pure pleasure every so often.

“I’m gonna...” You breathed, unable to finish your sentence as you screamed in pure delight, your hair falling and covering your face. Shawn snapped your head up, pulling it back with your tempting pony, watching you as you came undone below him. His other hand reached round your front, his finger finding your clit and rubbing circles to accompany your raging climax. You couldn’t speak, only screams leaving your mouth for the moments of pleasure.

The sight of you was enough to build up his own orgasm, the snap of his hips against your ass and the headboard against the wall slowing as he thrusted through each shooting pleasure. You couldn’t concentrate as your name left his mouth amongst his moans, until he finally came to a halt, pulling out fo you and falling back onto the mattress with nothing put a post sex glow covering his body. You remained on your front, laying your head on the pillow as you turned to face him. Through heavy breathing, Shawn finally broken the minute long silence as you both basked in your euphoria “Okay we definitely made a mini us that time.”

You looked at the large clock hung on the wall above the stove, reading 9:54, as you heard footsteps and movement start to filter from upstairs. Shawn sat at the breakfast bar, sipping from his coffee cup as you wizzed around the kitchen, steam coming from the stove and oven as you prepared your best breakfast display yet. “Are you sure you don’t want me to do anything?” He asked, feeling guilty you were running around like a headless chicken.

“Absolutely not, you burnt the beans last time you helped. Who even does that?” You laughed, blowing air out your mouth in an attempt to blow hair out of your vision. He shrugged, insisting it was definitely the pan’s fault because it was, like, 149 years old, not the fact he couldn’t cook.

“You know... one day it’s gonna be our kids coming running down the stairs,” he started, standing from his bar stool and placing his empty cup by the sink, “with their little school uniforms on,” your heart tugged are the thought, “and running into the kitchen because they’re fighting over who’ll be riding shotgun, but it’ll definitely be the boy because he’s such a mommy’s boy and the fact he’s the eldest.” You heart clenched. “And the girl will of course 100% be a daddy’s girl, which will leave you jealous because you’re normally the only girl who gets all my attention.”

He walked around to you, tugging at the towel in your hands until you fell into his frame. “Really been thinking about it, huh?” You smiled, reciprocating his hold, wrapping your arms over the top of his shoulders.

“After yesterday’s performance... how can I not?” He laughed as he bent down to kiss you, the butterfly feelings he gave you the first time you ever kissed still evident now.

“Jeez, don’t you guys ever stop?” You heard Brian’s voice as he entered the room, snapping you both from your loving moment before you continued to attend to breakfast duties. He was followed closely by Niall, Connor and Mila as the empty kitchen became suddenly overcrowded. You slapped Nialls hand away a few times as he tried to steal items of food from right under your nose, frowning like a little kid. Good practice, you thought to yourself, as you looked at Shawn across the room how appeared to be thinking the exact same.

“Don’t they ever stop what?” Connor asked, mid yawn as he rubbed the sleep from his eyes.

“Going at it like rabbits, you should’ve heard them last night. I think shitting myself in the club would have been more enjoyable that listening to them two all night.” Brian confirmed, slumping himself onto one of the chair surrounding the dining table.

You and Shawn froze, giving each other a confused look as he continued to explain your sex life, even giving details of approximately how many times the headboard was thrown against the wall. “But... you were out with the guys?” You asked, promptly interrupting him when he got to the noise impressions, waving your spatula toward the foursome who sat around the table waiting for their fresh breakfast.

“He must’ve ate something bad, said he was gonna shit himself in the middle of the club and had to run back here” Connor butted in, resting his head in his hands as the hangover started to hit, but also laughing at his dumb friend who nearly had a very embarrassing accident during the night out.

“ENOUGH. We’re about to eat” Mila scoulded, hitting her boyfriend across the arm as the rest of you screwed your face up in disgust. Connor shrugged, pouting his bottom lip as his head collapsed against the table in exhaust.

“Bro... why the fuck didn’t you tell us you were home?” Shawn asked, holding in hands out as he waited for a reaction.

“You were... busy!” Brain snorted, “I ain’t gonna be the one to rain on your parade. You were putting in a good shift, bro.”

Any annoyance Shawn had, didn’t show as he thanked his best friend with a swift high five, also rather proud of his performance, even more so considering it was the fourth round. He didn’t need to disclose that, of course, unless he wanted to go home a single, divorced man.

“More action that I’ve had in a while,” Niall randomly shrugged, filling his mug with coffee as they began to bicker amongst themselves who had sex the most, as if you and Shawn weren’t there.

Coming back over to help with the dishes, Shawn whispered in your ear, “are you sure you wanna have a kid?” He laughed, nodding back to the roudy group sat around waiting for their fuel.

“Bit late now isn’t it?” You raised your eyebrow, shoving a platter of bacon and sausage in one of his hands, and a plate of toast in the other.

He gasped, a little louder than necessary, causing the rest of the group to come to a deathly silence as he let out his word vomit, that resulted in another loud discussion from the heard of friends, “you think we made a baby too?!”

#Shawn mendes #Shawn mendes blurb #Shawn mendes fic #Shawn mendes smut #Shawn mendes imagine #dad!shawn

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lesbianlovingloona · 4 years

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aoba johsai as kpop stans

this is so self indulgent

i’m thinking i’ll do the other teams as well and if anyone even likes this, feel free to request which team you wanna see next ig hdhd

oikawa : ults hyuna, iu, girl’s generation, apink

the biggest stan on the team

flexes that he stans unknown or second gen groups/listens to b-sides every chance he gets

learns the choreos to popular songs - definitely hyuna’s , GG’s, and 2ne1’s likes to show iwa too

^ unconsciously does them at random times

getting strong 4minute, 2ne1, Kara stan energy

i kNOW this man’s ringtone/go-to song is Mr. Mr. by Girls Generation or Only You by Miss A

i feel like he leans towards more of a girl group stan but definitely listens to both so he gives very good recommendations, even if they’re unwanted

plays it on the way to games to hype him and the team up, might have gotten banned from aux for playing sugar free until he shows them nct

would flood spam gc w fancams

loves & worships female solo artists

^ailee, hyolyn, boa, tiffany

this man 100% knows the dally choreo and will perform it if asked and if not

such a large collection of albums like where are you getting the money for those

used to keep up with all the rumors and stuff but it’s so difficult and he got busy so he doesn’t as much anymore

has his fav photocard in his phone case

song that reminds me of him : lip & hip - HyunA

iwaizumi : stans exo, ateez, nct, the rose

likely heard it from oikawa and downloads the songs he likes from his playlists

i feel like he also likes more second gen like TVXQ and BoA but also likes ateez and nct for the dance aspect he finds impressive

he appreciates and looks up to taeyong, mark, and hongjoong ^ and biases them too

enjoys watching dance practices

^might try to attempt mirroring it if he needs a new workout

asks oikawa to play the japanese version if there is one

also likes bands like day6 and the rose for the instrumental aspect and they produce such good music ,, and i just don’t see him listening to such electronic music all the time

oikawa taught him the main choreo to tt by twice aw 🥺🤚

^ hes a little awkward w it but it’s cute

likes bts’ early albums

fan of baekhyun’s solo work fs

song that reminds me of him : playboy - exo

matsukawa : likes nct 127, dpr live, and sik-k

maybe not a frequent listener, but 100% there for the sexier songs these ppl always put out

likes the rap aspect more so he tends to listen to those groups as well as smaller solo artists like dean or ph-1 and i would say jay park but he’s problematic so that kind of vibe

i don’t see him listening to nct dream much other than their newest songs

sends hanamaki song suggestions when he finds new ones

i don’t see him buying albums or anything either but occasionally watches dance practices

doesn’t bother to learn many names within groups - literally incapable of attempting to name nct but it’s ok there’s 23 of them hdhd

likes mino’s solo albums

song that reminds me of him : martini blue - dpr live

hanamaki : likes wayv, nct, exo, dpr live, mino

like mattsun, more casual of a listener but totally loves the sexier songs / concepts

these groups do those concepts exceptionally well

also listens to girl groups like everglow and clc but i feel he tends to stray away from cute concepts,,,yet not entirely against them

will watch live stages in his free time and is literally a fashion critic on stage outfits for no reason , def complains ab the stylists

if oikawa’s faves wear something ugly for a stage hes on his ass with a this ur ult? like it’s not always their fault but go off ig 🤚

and knows the choreos just from watching stages

probably knows more ab the popular groups like blackpink and bts just from hearing oikawa talk about them - biases lisa & yoongi

enjoyed triple h while it lasted </3

song that reminds me of him : make a wish - nct u

kyōtani : stans stray kids, nct, itzy, monsta x

some of the most popular groups known for noise music

these groups have a lot of songs that make you feel energetic

i think he’d like listening to God’s Menu, Kick it, and Jump before games

big fan of bts’ early music as well

more secretive about it, does not want to give oikawa a chance to feel like he knows more ab something than he does

him and iwaizumi like to talk about monsta x’s and nct’s latest comebacks when they release because he trusts him not to tell

doesn’t have a favorite between boy and girl groups

not that involved in fan bases, pretty much there for just the music

might tune into chan or itzy lives tho !

loves itzy & clc but refuses to let anyone find out ; he biases yuna & seunghee

song that reminds me of him : god’s menu - stray kids

kunimi : likes oohyo, chamsom, the black skirts

prefers to listen to it while he studies or just playing in the background

likes calmer, more delicate sounding songs

gets new music not only from oikawa but from those youtube lofi kpop playlists

likes when ppl ask “who?” when he tells them the artists he listens to , esp if it’s oikawa

dean, sam kim, & slchld enthusiast

taste honestly

out of the more known groups, likes bp’s jisoo’s and txt’s beomgyu’s voices

people might not know he listens to it but he doesn’t really hesitate to talk ab it if it’s brought up to him

song that reminds me of him : dayfly - dean, sulli, rad museum

yahaba : stans gfriend, astro, btob

similar to oikawa in that he likes to brag about his taste bc it is good, really

stays up for comebacks occasionally

likes more acoustic, romantic sounding tracks

likes cute concepts too for both girl and boy groups

complains about blackpinks concepts dhdhd

listens to each song on every album

def romanticizes daily life to these groups

constantly debates that gg choreo is more complicated

fan war participant pls shut up

song that reminds me of him :

kindaichi : likes blackpink, bts

by no means are these bad groups, but he just does not expand his taste beyond these typical starter groups

would bias rosé and jungkook

more of a vocal person too

knows some bp choreo but who doesn’t lol

listens to popular title tracks but doesn’t go into artists or albums much

that said has not looked into songs released before like 2016

song that reminds me of him : shine - pentagon

watari : stans n.flying, day6, the rose

likes bands most

honey r u okay ?

knows more common groups like bp and bts too

will ask yahaba for recs bc they have a similar sound preference

literally recommends the saddest songs for no reason and everyone is shocked when they listen to them

might have a few albums but doesn’t buy them often, only if he really likes it

song that reminds me of him : feeling good - day6

#the way this is my contribution to this fandom is embarrassing #can u tell i don’t like kindaichi #not me saying i’m gonna be a writing blog and then posting this #i think i’ll do the rest of the teams too anyways chchdj

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binniesthighs · 3 years

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miss ro!!! ur jeongin fic was so cute that letter with all the misspellings made me cackle low-key - really can imagine 바보 빵 (fool bread(?) not sure how they render that nickname in english for him) writing it 😭 him and mc were so cute no lie

so like i swear dpr ian used to have a soundcloud that i would listen to but for some reason i can’t track down the stuff anymore ?? but equally maybe i’m getting confused bc i listen to a lot of k-artists on soundcloud (i remember the day i discovered got7 jb’s music on there and completely lost my shit lmao but that’s a diff story) i’m honestly such a sucker for soundcloud artists why am i like this 💀💀 but he literally dropped off the grid apart from his insta after his idol group disbanded and his spotify is basically empty apart from zombie pop (which is p cute it’s in the dpr archives album) and his new album. i honestly love all the tracks on it bc have been listening to the singles since they dropped but nerves and scaredy cat are my faves i think of the new ones?? i low-key suck at song recs lmao bc usually I just queue the entire album start to finish / listen to ppl’s curated spotify playlists for like kr&b/indie&chill etc while i’m doing work so i usually hear stuff i like but don’t know the titles ?? last year i was heavy obsessed with dpr live’s album tho “is anybody out there” and also ph-1’s 2019 album “halo” is still one of my faves. i can try and dig through and find specific songs i saved tho if u want!

also i’m watching the making of the album documentary now and it’s honestly spectacular (and only 13mins it needs to be longer 😭😭😭) - he goes into the back story of each song and talks about his life too and there’s clips of him filming the MVs and laying down the tracks. it’s low-key getting me v emotional especially when he was talking about dope lovers and how he had some p bad relationships bc he tends to push ppl away when he’s going thru stuff and he was recording the lyric “it was all for a kiss” and then he said “was it for a kiss or was it from a kiss because honestly, i think a lot of shit happens after the kiss” and ooft that hurttttt

british insults are honestly the best - i love them bc they’re like super snarky/get to the point but they’re not actually like properly derogatory names? like i rly get uncomfy when ppl properly swear at someone even if I like hate them with a burning passion lmaoooo

omg snow day??? we haven’t had snow for a while now :(( my friend lives in mass tho and she said it was snowing yesterday too i’m jel :(( i thrive in the night too lmao but man my insomnia’s been kicking my ass lately 🥲🥲 i deadass live my life like chan and i rly thought this would stop after uni but i guess it’s just my state of being 😭😭

i love reading ur replies they rly brighten my day 🥺🥺 i get a bit in my head sometimes lmao gotta love that anxiety/depression mix 🤪🤪 and rly worry i’m being annoying/ saying too much / blocking up ur feed for other readers also 🥲🥲 i hope other ppl aren’t getting annoyed by how long my asks are 🥺🥺 mayb one day i’ll reveal myself n we can just msg instead or sth idk 😭😭

n e ways i’m gonna dip now but i hope you have a good day/night/week too, miss ro!! my life is spiralling low-key so might be gone for a bit but in the meantime i hope things go well for u!! and do lemme know what u think of MITO !! (and honestly check out the making doc if u have time!!) -😖

😖 awe heck, my responses make your day? 🥺 that makes me so so happy!! i know how ya feel, I tend to have hot and cold weeks, and my writing is what tends to keep it at bay :) as well as talking to all you cuties! You don’t annoy me at all sweets!! however ya feel like talking is fine with me!! ;) also don’t ya worry about dipping either! life gets crazy and I totally get ya! <3

more under the cut!

also thank you so much about my new jeongin fic!! writing his lil letter was my favorite part actually hahahah i was trying to channel my inner awkward teen boy for that one LOLLL to suit his character being super sweet and loveable and a lil shy on the side I knew that he would make some cute lil mistakes hehe

I’ll def listen to your recs!! I really need to listen to more kr&b tho! I have like two or three playlists that i listen to allll the time and am in dire need of new music haha the other week I discovered Kali Uchis’ new album and that’s been on repeat for me like crazyyyy recently FRICK its so good haha so that is my recommendation hehe

That sounds like a really interesting documentary tho!! I actually really like music documentaries! hahah I watch them with my dad sometimes about classic rock artists etc. it super cool to me to hear about everything that goes into an album as well as the creative process behind it too! like when skz do their little interviews and stuff before an album releases I lovvve that haha for the same reason I love hearing about why authors write what they did too! gahhh i’m ramblin but the creative process is so cool to me! I’d love to check it out!

whats funny abt swearing is that (oddly) even at nearly 21 years of age I am still not allowed to swear around my parents hahaha but when I’m not around them??? i will say anything and everything lolll but never at people like ya said haha i remeber a while ago I heard “bucket of fucks” and I thought that was pretty funny haha, also yay for snow days!! its funny bc I’m currently not in the state where I go to school so the weather was just fine here but there was like two feet of snow on the actual campus haha i heard that the students got together to have a snowball fight on our soccer fields (i just hope they were safe ooP)

#binniesthighs 💌#😖anon #binniesthighs feedback

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humanemotionssuck · 3 years

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Hello 2021

January 2, 2021

I should’ve put these thoughts into words on the first day of the year but then again, I felt so lazy given this bed weather we are currently having. By far, I think I experienced the coldest temperature here in my hometown (21 degrees baby) and I’m sure not liking it as I prefer warm days.

I actually do not know how to start. I feel it’s necessary to check on how I am doing lately. Write the things I experienced last year and reflect on the lessons it taught me.

I could probably kick things off by remembering how 2020 started for me. I have a bad memory but I’ll try my best to recall them.

January

Broke up with J (yes this is probably one of the major and heartbreaking events happened to me). To sum it up, I realized that the relationship does not have growth anymore, and I am slowly drifting to follow my own path, which is to focus on the plans I want. I haven’t thought deeply the lessons I learned in my past relationship yet but one thing is for sure, I changed and I want to explore more of what I can do or what I’m missing out in life. Which brings me to attend seminars on how to work/study abroad. I attended a couple (e.g Fortrust Makati) and I also realized how costly it will be and I’m probably not yet ready esp. on the financial aspect.

February – March

Highlight on these months was I got back to dating apps again. I know it was a complete dick move. I haven’t moved on yet and here I am in the pool again. I met 2 guys from this app, Coffee Meets Bagel (which btw I uninstalled few months after). The first guy was the introvert but funny type and also VERY sexual. I got along with it, tried to do the deed but failed cause the guy hasn’t moved on from the ex yet. (Sucks right). And so I met this second guy and he is decent but we really had completely different personality. I believe this guy is also rich (he came from a Chinese family and I went to his house and saw the maid and his stuff). Can you also believe he already introduced me to his mom (no dad cause broken family), uncle and grandma. Pressured si ate gurl syempre cause it was really too early to do that step since we’re just dating but March was the most difficult month because…

START OF LOCKDOWN. PH was in state of panic after the government announced a nationwide lockdown due to increased COVID-19 transmission. I immediately went on a bus to the province fearing to get stuck in Manila.

April

Nah this was just a typical month. Summer vibes all over but since we cannot go to the beach we just setup an inflatable pool in the house to get soaked. I finally posted a pic wearing a swimsuit again. My stagnant IG feed came to life lmao

May

Oh boy. This month sucks so much. I got typhoid fever. Which I thought was COVID already cause my fever just won’t stop. My mom didn’t want me to get admitted in the hospital in the fear of being infected so I was hooked in the IV here in the house. I felt I was dying. I was in huge pain both physically and mentally. Which forced me to end any communication means with the second guy. He was not there when I was sick. I didn’t feel his concern even if we’re miles apart and I felt I was begging for his attention. It just won’t work. He blocked me in his socials (which is a first for me, usually I am the one who blocks lol) but given the current state I have now, I learned to accept it and chose to move forward.

June

Explored options on work/study program abroad. We got a new car (Xpander) which my father was able to purchase after borrowing money from us. That money could’ve been used for my Japan trip on December (plot twist it was cancelled due to fucking corona) but it’s okay I guess I’ll save another again.

I also got my student permit (yes I learned how to drive months after hehe)

July

THIS WAS MY BIGGEST DOWNFALL FOR THIS YEAR. There were some modifications in the quarantine and so my employer required and FORCED us to report on site in Makati despite of high number of positive cases. All I can say is SCREW THEM and I hope karma will do its thing on their business. The management.. the bosses.. they are all inconsiderate fucks for not allowing me to work at home instead. The situation forced me to resign but they chose to terminate me instead. The unemployment took its toll on my mental health, it caused me great depression and anxiety which forced me to look for distractions.. anything that will ease my mind.

Oh and btw, I bought my first laptop from hard earned money. Oh boy, it was satisfying to give myself the things my parents couldn’t afford that time I was still in school. It’s a gaming laptop and the one I’m using to type now. I absolutely love it and I used it to find online jobs later on..

I read Looking for Alaska by John Green again after watching the TV series on Hulu. Geez, this has to be my favorite book so far. The seeking of great perhaps.. which was very timely on my mood while having nothing else to do.

Lastly, TAYLOR SWIFT RELEASED A NEW ALBUM CALLED FOLKLORE. In the middle pandemic? Awesome right and this album kept me sane during this crazy and miserable month. Oh and on December, she released folklore’s sister album.. Evermore. Miss Swift saved me again with her music. This will definitely be one of the albums I will play when I’m old and gray knitting sweaters and wearing cardigan.

August

I started and finished my driving lesson in manual. JFC, I realized driving gives me a huge anxiety. One thing is for sure, I will prefer to drive automatic. Not driving that shit again.

I was still hooked with Looking for Alaska. Also purchased Subtle Art of not Giving a F*ck on the time I bought LFA.

On the other hand, I was also actively looking for new jobs this time.

September

ON SEPT. 30 I GOT HIRED! I was super happy to start on a new job. It gave me hope once again to continue on this journey called life. After almost 3 months, we are def back to business!

I also got the chance to get this Thyroid issue checked. Unfortunately, there was no major stuff going on with my thyroid. Basically, I’m perfectly healthy. What sucks is that the doctor invalidated my previous condition and said I only have ~anxiety which is the cause of my symptoms (excessive sweating and palpitations). I will seek professional help on this anxiety stuff anytime in the future.

Lastly, I played Grand Chase again and met someone in the game. Well technically we haven’t met yet but since then, I got used to talking with this guy and he is part of my daily routine now. I won’t spoil much details but as soon as this is all over, I can’t wait to meet this person :)

*cue Grand Chase soundtrack*

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VoK0bAjsHoo

October

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MEEE! It was a typical birthday. I don’t have much realizations. If I had one, I need to think thoroughly again lol.

Busy with training on the new job and this has been the most challenging training I ever had since I started working.

NOVEMBER

WORK WORK WORK. Super stressed and my anxiety was on the roof. I thought of giving up already but then again it was too early to quit. I haven’t seen my full potential on this job yet and so I chose to keep on fighting.

I also finally got braces. Let’s get these smiles fixed.

December

WORK WORK WORK AGAIN. My work caused me a huge anxiety cause I was given high priority cases -.-But overall, I can say the holidays went great. I finally got to spend time with the family outside. Don’t worry cause we still practiced precautions and I guess it wouldn’t hurt to go out once in a while to have some fresh air. We went to the beach and pretty much that’s the highlight of this month.

Things are getting serious with this guy I’m talking about.. Seriously, he makes me happy every single day.

I also won in Christmas raffle. Oppo phone. (I have the odds in my favor when it comes to raffles lol)

Feels weird to celebrate this holiday too thinking a lot of hardships were experienced in the last few months of quarantine. I was thinking about all the lives lost by covid and hoping they are in the peaceful place now..

JANUARY (NOW)

After everything that happened, oddly the start of the year gives me a sense of hope. Sure I am still carrying the trauma 2020 gave me but I am slowly leaving all of them behind. I want a fresh start and I want to let go of the things that gave me pain. I don’t have solid resolutions just like in my teenage years. Guess I’m too old for that. Not saying it’s okay to not have plans for the future and just go with the flow but I promise to not be too hard on myself and to not pressure myself on the goals I haven’t achieved yet. It’s really a struggle to plan things ahead given the situation but as always, I will do my best. I will stop comparing my progress to somebody else’s cause everyone has their own timeline.

I will listen to my heart and my mind to determine the things I really want. I promise to reevaluate the decisions I am making each day. I will not be afraid of making mistakes because that’s how I learn.

I am embracing my anxiety of uncertainty. It’s okay to feel afraid because I am always trying on how to overcome my fear. I strive each day because I am more than just a ball of anxiety. The palpitations.. the sweating.. they don’t define me. I have the power to control them and they won’t stop me from being the better version of myself.

#quaranthings #just quarantine thoughts #2020 #bye2020 #new year

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idlemusician · 4 years

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am I a week late to the tag game @babinicz tagged me in??? yes. whoops

TAG GAME!

rules: list your top 6 favorite musical artists (it can be a musician, a singer, a composer, a band, a conductor, whoever you like) and tell us why you appreciate them! Put some photos as well, if you like and send us your favorite song/piece of them! And of course tag other people to do it!

this is mostly in no particular order bc I'm lazy

1. Miami Horror

Miami Horror is an Australian electronic pop band. I really love their music, a lot of it is just really fun to listen to which is something I appreciate. It's hard to choose but my favorite song is probably Love Like Mine, off their second album, though I recommend just listening to all of their music bc it's all really good

2. Night Beds

Night Beds is a project by Winston Yellen, which I thought ended in 2019?? but he's put out new music under the name since that announcement so idek. anyways, his early music, up to his first album, is a lot more acoustic and soft stuff, but for his second album he really dives more into pop/electronic sounds which is really nice. My favorite song is Lorraine off his first EP, but a close second is Corner, a single from his second album.

3. Lorde

what can I say about Lorde that does her proper justice???? she has written two of what I would consider the best pop albums of the last 20 years, or maybe just ever, but I digress. Her music is incredible, she manages to release absolutely wonderful songs and capture certain emotions in her songs that I never really considered, ones that go beyond just love/heartbreak songs. I personally like Pure Heroine as an album better, but Melodrama has a much more cohesive story/vibe than PH overall. If I absolutely had to choose my favorite songs, I'd choose Ribs and Perfect Places.

4. Tchaikovsky

okay, for anyone that was following me and saw my posts when I was doing the 30 Days of Classical Music Challenge, you'll remember I love Tchaikovsky. He's absolutely my favorite composer, his pieces manage to just really bring something out in me. He reminds me why I'm majoring in Music Ed in the first place. I particularly like Symphony No. 6 and The Nutcracker.

5. ABBA

do I need to explain this one too much? they are probably one of the most successful pop bands of all time, for good reason. they have their own very successful musical and movie(s) for goodness sakes (okay yes, they had a large hand in the production but w/e). I really love The Visitors and Hole in Your Soul, but Head Over Heels is a tough runner-up.

6. Paramore

Paramore was one of the first bands I listened to when I really first started to explore music outside of what my parents listened to/what was on the radio. They are, in my opinion, the only popular rock band of the 2000s to successfully transition their genre to pop (sorry P!atD). After Laughter is a great album, however my favorites of theirs lie in their early years. I really love Whoa and Proof, Decide also gets an honorable mention.

I'm gonna take @enthusiasticnaps and @ry-ryan bc I know for sure they haven't been tagged in this and I wanna see their answers

#music #pop music #classical music #musician #miami horror #night beds #winston yellen #lorde #tchaikovsky #abba #paramore

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neodrabbles · 5 years

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50 questions tag!

oh heyy i got tagged by @jenoration so here we goooo

1. What takes up too much of your time?

~ sleeping

2. What makes your day better?

~ completing what i need to do for the day

3. What’s the best thing to happen to you today?

~ finally accepting a uni course after much contemplation

4. What fictional place would you like to go to?

~ alice in wonderland maybe??

5. Are you good at giving advice?

~ i guess??? since ppl usually come to me when they got problems

6. Do you have a mental illness?

~ no

7. Have you ever experienced sleep paralysis?

~ i think so... probably when i was rlly young. i rmb hearing voices i don’t recognise as well

8. What musician inspired you the most?

~ epik high, ailee, bts, se so neon, dean, suran, bang yongguk, baek yerin

9. Have you ever fallen in love?

~ if you count crushes, then yeaa

10. What’s your dream date?

~ probably an adventure??

11. What do others notice about you?

~ my dedication towards work

12. What’s an annoying habit you have?

~ i kept shaking my legs lol. my mom even had to slap my knee at times just to make it stop. it’s an unconscious movement i swear!!

13. Do you still talk to your first love ?

~ idek who my first love was (if you count first crush as first love, that is)

14. How many exes do you have?

~ none. i don’t date

15. How many songs are in your playlist?

~ my daily playlist has 600+ songs; sleep playlist abt 200

16. What instruments can you play?

~ zero i guess?? (although my sch organise compulsory recorder and guitar lessons back then hahah)

17. What do you have the most pictures of?

~ schoolwork even though i alr graduated lmaooo

18. Where would you like to go before you die?

~ hmmm Mongolia?? seems pretty calm over there

19. What’s your Zodiac?

~ cancer aka the crab

20. Do you relate to it?

~ yea i guess

21. What is happiness to you?

~ a vague concept which can't be explained easily using words

22. Are you going through anything right now?

~ i don’t think so

23. What’s the worst decision you ever made?

~ choosing the wrong subject combination for my junior college ngl

24. What’s your favourite store?

~ etude house?? i don’t shop there but i feel good vibes whenever i walk past

25. What’s your opinion on abortion?

~ killing is definitely a no-no from me unless it harms the mother

26. Do you keep a bucket list?

~ nahhh

27. Do you have a favourite album?

~ summer plumage by se so neon, sun and moon by sam kim, boy. by offonoff, 24 : how to find true love and happiness by hyukoh (sorry i just can’t name one man)

28. What do you want for your birthday?

~ freedom to lead my own life :))

29. What are most people’s first impressions of you?

~ ppl think i’m very shy when actually i suck at introductions

30. What age do you seem according to most people?

ㅡ some think i’m in early-20s when they see my mature side but some think i’m in early teens due to my short height :(((

31. Where do you keep your phone while you’re sleeping?

~ under my pillow coz i usually listen to music before i sleep

32. What word do you say the most?

~ but, i mean

33. What’s the oldest age you would date?

~ ‘97-liner

34. What’s the youngest age you would date?

~ ‘01-liner

35. What job/career do most people say would suit you?

~ teacher. i don’t mind teaching my friends but that doesn’t mean i can handle a whole class of rowdy kids yall

36. What’s your favourite music genre?

~ korean hip-hop, rnb, indie

37. If you could live in any country in the world, where would it be?

~ norway. heard they ranked pretty high in terms of quality of life

38. What is your current favourite songs?

~ in seoul by epik high, outro:tear by bts, our love is great by baek yerin, love ya! by hyukoh, push me by pH-1, would you believe by sam kim, photograph by offonoff, so good by red velvet

39. How long have you had this blog for?

~ my first post was on march 22 (woww it’s been a month already??)

40. What are you excited for?

~ start of uni life aka new adventure ahead!!

41. Are you a better talker or listener?

ㅡ 100% listener

42. What is the last productive thing you did?

~ writing drabbles. that’s what i’ve been doing daily

43. What do you want for Christmas?

~ i don’t celebrate christmas

44. What class do you get the best grades in?

~ used to do pretty well for math and physics in secondary school, but for junior college, it’ll be geography and general paper

45. On a scale of 1-10, how are you feeling right now?

ㅡ 7

46. What can you see yourself doing in ten years?

~ i’ll be 29, probably a workaholic though and still single

47. When did you get your first heartbreak?

~ nope

48. What age do you want to get married?

~ i don’t wanna get married tbh

49. What career did you want to have as a child?

~ engineer. that’s also the reason to qn 23 coz i don’t think engineer suits me

50. What do you crave right now?

~ social interaction HAHAH

i’m tagging: @lovehyuckie @softquian @deuhream @miri-ty @starryboyjae @wakeywxkey @cloudyct @cherriesinafruitbowl @lovebugrenjun @flirtyggukie

#only if you want of course!!#tags #about me

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yes!! june from plt omg, my favourite HASSSSS TO be The moment, its my top scrobbled song from him on lastfm, i came across him on one of those krnb playlists on yt lmao, then i became stupid obsessed w blah, i wish june would drop more </33 i love his voice

i enjoy the other artists too! gaho pink walk and ride, villain w bank robber (when i first heard it i accidently had the album on repeat then it kind of haunted me in the next coming days LOOL)

i agree i think zines are so fun, maybe you know alr him but theres this indie ish artist called colde and someone made a zine for his latest project, i came across it when i was just browsing and then i was like yea. i wanna do something like this - then i never did it in time.

Gygule will always be iconic, its kind of what inspired me to do open an account and just share work and improve :)) (NOT TO BE UP UR ASS OR ANYTHING LOL)

no serioulsy tumblr gfx creators are nuts when it comes to gfx so im slowly trying to be just as good as them

and thank u! and no ur not prying its okay lool, im acc from the uk and i think canada and the uk are kind of similar in some ways idk

okay thank you for the seperate post on organisation omg, making a mental note to save stuff individually because that would really help sometimes in case i need to go back and fix something haha - this post will help for when i really get started so THANKK U AGAIN!! (Ur tags under that post lmao, I would delete my files once school work was submitted then it would come back and haunt me when I suddenly and magically needed it again smh)

i literally just found about billlie the other day and i AGREEE i think theyre due to cb soon?? saw something on twt idk LOL - MY FRIEND LITERALLY FORCED DAY6 ONTO ME PROBABLY WINTER2020 ? literally against my will but i grew to love their music sm <3 my favourite is when the sea sleeps, she played it on her bass for me for my birthday, and yea wonpils voice!! >>

i dont listen to epik high regularly but they do collab with my faves so when i dooo ik its gonna be a good song, i've never heard that album so ill be sure to give it a listen, crush and leehi are on it SO I HAVE TO LISTEN!!! I love ph-1 sm, i always have these phaases in music where i listen to one person mainly for like a month and he was one of those people - his solos and features are so good! (tbh i think that happens when i like alot of their discography so it makes sense - rn im in my edgy indie main character syndrome remi wolf and dominic fike era)

if i had to say my top favourites by ph-1 would be oscar on the higher blue tape (thats when i first found out ab him), aura w junny, ummm by BOYCOLD w sik-k , game night? and his 0X1=lovesong feature obviously. ( A LOT OF FEATURES BUT I CANT HELP THAT HE SOUNDS REALLY GOOD ON THEM WTH )

that song by def/jb was my first of hearing of leon but i really liked his part, and i get what u mean LMAO, nothing else can describe the feeling other than 'vibes' LOL

wow dpr live jasmine had me in a chokehold like man. SO GOOD!!!! also one of my first krnb artists. I heard him and ian might be going on world tour soon and i really wanna go diajojw, watching their head in the clouds set last year made me really want to see them live AND THEIR WHOLE DISCOGRAPHY OFC

okay orignally when i wanted to send u a rec i had a completely diff song in mind but i got sooooooo carried away and forgot 🥲

Same - SOLE ft THAMA

i say i have a million and one favourite songs but this is truly truly really really my favourite one

I hope you had a good day the last few days too, and hoping for many more (what a mouthful💀)

ENJOY :]

-june anon

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god i dont rmbr how i came across plt but i remember finding hocus pocus and being absolutely in love... not only the mv was SOOOO pretty but the song was SOOO GOOD !!?!? BLAH IS SOOOO GOOD OH MY GOD june is insane... i love plt overall they truly have my heart <3 i rmbr being obsessed with igoholic (esp villains part (on another note villain is insane i LOVE his discography so much))

BANK ROBBER... SOOO FUCKING TRUE june anon ur taste in music is immaculate oh my god... literally plt is so underrated i'm so ((":

I LOVE COLDE... PLEASE fan projects are SOOO absolutely sick it looks SOOO good ;; i rmbr stumbling across a soda can edit for txt's songs (also posted on behanced!) and it was SO LOVELY ;; istg anything posted on behanced is automatically a good edit PHAHAHA despite not being able to do it on time, i'm sure you can still do it whenever your more free (": it's still good to build the skill nonetheless imo hehe

PLEASE GYUGLE HAD THAT SORT OF IMPACT ?!?! ? i'm so honoured.. that was literally my second time creating gifs and i'm so surprised of how much love it got (": i rmbr going through my old posts and when i first posted it my entire dash was just... gyugle PAHHHA AND IT WAS SO INSANE because several people were making posts about how everyone was losing it over gyugle ): i'm truly glad to be in such a loving community and i'm glad gyugle was able to reach you my love ):

ah yes uk and canada... PAHHAHA canada was originally apart of the british empire so that makes 100% sense imo (<- slept through all history lessons . yet recalls mundane facts)

NO YEAH I USED TO JUST . delete the files the moment i was done with it so if i wanted to edit i would just NOT BE ABLE TOO... a bit too hard of an extremists for the wrong things ;; i rlly hope it helps !! i felt like i needed to do u more justice in contrast to my uh . how to learn ae tutorial . LMFAO

god i really want to get into billie so badly because their concept is just so cool... i saw their album cover and i thought the design was SOOOOO GOOD.... + i think i watched like their album unboxing and i just LOVED the concept entirely please... i’m slightly convinced i only buy albums purely to gush over the design (<- how i feel towards all of nct’s albums)

suhyun from AKDONG musicians is also on the album !! iu as well (”: i think the song i had the most on repeat was ‘the benefits of heartbreak’ but ‘here comes the regret’ ft lee hi is SOOOO good... this was like epik high’s comeback album so they DEFINATELY went all out for it and it was SOOO good... genuinely had this album on repeat for several days back when it first came out (”:

LOOOOL REMI WOLFE AND DOMINIC FIKE AKA . U LISTEN TO PHOTO ID . PAHAHAHAHHAAH i have the same exact song on my playlist (”: absolutely obsessed with the line “visuals in these frames look better than the ones that she posted on facebook” !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! i also love dominic fike (<- has a huge crush on him) i listened to his song ‘why’ on repeat after seeing an edit of him to the point that it became my most listened too song this month............ LMFAO

dpr jasmine still has me in a chokehold LMFAO I FEEL LIKE . EVERY DPR SONG HAS EVERYONE IN A CHOKEHOLD dpr is truly on something else imo... not just live but like dpr ian and cream... the whole entire team is just SOOO good and i feel like their individualism within the music industry stands out so much i love it

I ACC FEEL LIKE I LISTENED TO THIS SONG NOT TOO LONG AGO OMG sole is so pretty wtf her vocals are so good... this is definitely a feelsgood song (”: the upbeat energy is so lovely and refreshing ty for the song rec my love thama’s part is (mind explosion)

ty for dropping by my love <3 i’m glad my blog has morphed into a makeshift music discussion blog this is so absolutely cute PAHAHHA

#asks #june anon

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We all want to be individuals, the blue in a sea of green, the one that is sparked with lightning from a young age. It’s never easy and more so it’s not something that can come artificially, yet for Brad Brooks, it has been the entire tagline to his life. The New York native is one of the few all around type creatives that come around so few and far between, touching on so many forms of art while maintaining an intensely high level of skill in all.

Leading the new creative collective ‘Productive Honey’, Brad has situated himself as one of the pillars of underground youth culture, a true visionary in every sense of the word, he creates aesthetics and ideas that are shared and highly revered while developing the talent around him to produce the best products possible. But now, he looks to expand the already powerful core of youth he has at his fingertips, ready to challenge all the rules society has put up so far; all in the name of positivity and happiness.

PM: First question, as always, how’s your day going?

Brad Brooks: Well my day is going splendid, I just woke up from a tremendous nap, now I’m just chilling and the weather's nice.

PM: And you live in New York right?

BB: Yessir

PM: Have you always lived there or is that something you’ve recently grown into?

BB: I haven’t always lived here, I was born here but I moved out when I was 6 and spent most of my life in Dallas. I spent some summers here visiting family. Texas and New york are damn near polar opposites, Texas is super spread out where if you don't have a car there's not much to do, the sources of entertainment are completely different. Here you can walk outside and see some kids on the train or just around skateboarding or doing photography, and I feel I way more fit in with that demographic.

PM: So then have you found that the creativity found in the city has amplified yours in a way?

BB: Oh yeah, most definitely. I constantly feel so challenged by those around me and feel like I’m on the cutting of America. Like I'm two steps ahead of the county. You’re picking up cultures and ideas that you wouldn't find anywhere else and applying them subconsciously to everything you do. Like, I always said this joke to my friends that if you saw a black guy speaking spanish in Texas, that's the funniest shit ever. But here, they're just called Dominicans.

PM: You mentioned those around you and your friends and I feel that’s a fantastic place to start with. So for those who don't know you’re the creative head of the Productive Honey team, but why don't you explain what that team actually is and in a sense why you feel it's important?

BB: Basically, two years ago I started PH as a thing to display my art and clothing brand for pocket money. I realized it had such a workload that possibly others would have to come in eventually. The problem with art though, is that you're the only person co signing yourself, so if you have a bad idea you're rolling with it. I remember once I was thinking about starting a cult, thinking it was smart because I had no friends telling me otherwise. But that's a story for another day. This art team opens so many perspectives of ideas and inspiration. It's really just genuine friendship.

PM: What would you say your role is on the team and how have you found it changing as others have joined?

BB: Well... being a team is brand new, orginaly when I pitched the team idea, I think it was december last year during a photoshoot where chemistry was crazy, we were just trying to figure out everyone's roles. As of right now, I still do the clothing and the magazine and visuals, but everyone is doing pieces of that and bringing in the music element slowly but surely.

PM: As well, Many online have compared you to groups like Brockhampton, how do you find yourself handling such comparisons, whether through rejection or acceptance?

BB: First off let me say that Kiddie is the biggest Kevin abstract stan of all time. But really the moment we established that we were going to be a team we posted a picture and Kevin hit us up and retweeted and shit, even though we didn't have any content out at all. Those comparisons are always gonna happen and I think its welcome due to it setting the bar high for us. We always joke about who’s who in the group and whatnot.

PM: Would you then say another goal of the group is to inspire others and create your own ways of artistic expression?

BB: Yeah of course if I can along the way, but truly, I just want to be free man, I want to live the way I want to live. I just want to be happy and live freely. If I'm remembered as anything I want it to be as the guy who left this dimension leaving positivity and lived free.

PM: Going back to Dallas, You talked about the pigeon holding in the city, how did you personally find your own inspirations and turn that into becoming a creative yourself?

BB: No matter where I was, I could always bump Kanye West and Kid Cudi all fucking day. I feel like where I was, it was just a bunch a cul de sac kids, not really artistic. But through the internet and whatnot I got to escape and learn about what’s out there beyond fucking Texas. Those artists were someone I could relate to. The moment I saw Kid Cudi speak in an interview and realized he didn't have a traditional black voice, I felt something, I felt like I fit in and just was accepted for once.

PM: A little off topic, but you say you're a nerd and an outsider, I’m really interested what your favourite video game, movie and album all are?

BB: OK, fave album, ‘Man on the Moon 2, I cried to that so many times, and probably played it a million times. Movie is easily ‘Back to the Future’ because I’m just obsessed with time travel and I overthink that type of shit. Oh, also ‘Like Mike’ that movie was fucking amazing, shoutout to Drew Siko he's an awful person cause he never seen it. And game is easily ‘Kingdom Hearts’, theres no video games that talks to kids the way that game does, it brought so many questions to me that just blew my entire fucking mind. Just even realizing your biggest fears through that game changed everything.

PM: Looking ahead to the future a little bit, what are your milestones you hope to hit as a team and personally?

BB: Biggest thing is to do a PH tour, taking the Peace Love Wifi show (happening on August 24th this year) across the country and sharing our shit everywhere. And I need a cartoon show of my own, may not happen for a while but it’ll happen. We wanna drop a tape as a team for sure, because fuck it why not. More films, more music videos, and maybe anything that'll come to our heads, fuck it maybe we'll make cereal.

PM: What do you belive you need to add to your skillset going forward to grow artistically in a positive direction?

BB: I think I wanna learn that nothing is perfect, I eventually start hating all of my work because I get so attached to it becoming perfect. I'm too hard on myself. I wanna be good in everything, there's no limit to our skills and what we can become so it's just a never satisfied attitude.

PM: Ultimately for you, what seperates a good and great artist and how do you hope to get to that great level?

BB: For me it's all about being able to relate to who's consuming the art, if they can have emotional experience or feel they can be part of the story, that can automatically make it something special for whoever's enjoying.

PM: Final question, If you could look back from the future and know the legacy of Productive Honey and yourself, what would you ultimately want it to be?

BB: Honestly, when I leave this place, I just wanna be remembered as someone who stood for freedom and happiness. Fuck the money, Fuck the art, when I see myself in the mirror I just want to be free and want to be remembered in the exact same way. To my mother I want to be a funny sweet son, to my friends I wanna be remembered as the loyal guy they always trusted on, I really just want to be the best man I can be.

PM: Do you have anything or anyone to shout out or promote? The floor is yours!

BB: Oh man, Let me just go through this list: This month; Peace, Love Wifi tickets go on sale this July, PROH magazine issue 3 coming out, Gab the Sandbox music video soon, Drew Siko new music coming soon, Project Demolition soon, season 3 of PROH clothing coming in fall and winter. Shoutout Kiddie, Gab, Drew Siko, My momma, Kid Cudi, and shout out all the Benjamins in my pocket and all the pretty shawties.

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USA: The Glenn Crytzer Orchestra CD Release Party Wed., May 9th 7:30pm @ the Montauk Club

The Glenn Crytzer Orchestra "Ain't It Grand?" CD Release Party Wednesday, May 9th 7:30pm @ the Montauk Club 25 8th Ave. Brooklyn, NY 11217 Tickets & Info New Double CD Set

Artist: THE GLENN CRYTZER ORCHESTRATitle: AIN’T IT GRAND? Label: BLUE RHYTHM RECORDS (self produced) Artist Website: glenncrytzer.com Release Date: MAY 9, 2018 UPC Code: 088907213631 Glenn Crytzer (g, bj, v, dir, a) Sam Hoyt, Mike Davis, Jason Prover (t) Rob Edwards, Joe McDonough, Jim Fryer (tb) Jay Rattman (as, ss, cl) Mark Lopeman, Marc Schwartz (as,ts,cl) Matt Koza (ts,cl) Henry “Ricky” Alexander (as,bar,cl) Rob Reich (p) Ian Hutchison (sb) Andrew Millar (d) Hannah Gill, Dandy Wellington (v) TRACK LISTING DISC ONE 1. The 408 Special 2. Black Beauty 3. Just Like A Broken Record 4. Up and at ‘Em 5. Ain’t It Grand? 6. When I Get Low I Get High 7. A String of Pearls 8. Blue Jay 9. Steppin’ In Rhythm 10. Who’s Yehoodi? 11. A Woman Needs A Man 12. Jive at Five 13. I’m Nuts About Screwy Music 14. Thank You for the Moments 15. Well, Git it! TRACK LISTING DISC TWO 1. Rhythm is our Business 2. The Glory of Love 3. Jubilee Stomp 4. Who Needs Spring? 5. Shorty’s Got to Go 6. Solo Flight 7. Marche Slav 8. I Get Ideas 9. The Ugly Duckling 10. The Little Orange Man 11. The Mooche 12. Massachusetts 13. Swing My Soul 14. Bear Foot Blues 15. Traffic Jam

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This may sound like a left-field introduction to this exceptional album by Glenn Crytzer, but bear with me: have you ever heard any of the classic big bands of the 1930s as recorded by the Associated transcription service? (Technically, the company was known as “Associated Music Publishers” and in 1936, their office was located at 25 West 46th St, Manhattan.) The recordings made by Associated sound very different from the standard 78 RPM singles that were commercially released by the various labels, major and minor, and they also sound very different from the other transcription services at the time, like Thesaurus, Standard, or MacGregor. The Associated recordings all sound like they were made in a huge studio space, with lots of reverb, and plenty of sonic space around the instruments; they’re incredibly “live,” as an engineer might say. When you listen to the Associated recordings of, say, the John Kirby Sextet, Teddy Wilson, the Ray Noble Orchestra, or that rather amazing 1934 Joe Venuti big band date (with Louis Prima and Red Norvo), just to name a couple, there’s a very specific kind of a disconnect happening. You don’t quite feel like you’re listening to historical recordings from 80 years ago, but you know they’re not newly-recorded either. They seem to exist in a unique space all their own, one that’s completely timeless.

That’s the same way that this album landed upon my ears: it doesn’t quite feel like any kind of a recreation, rather it seems like some contemporary scientist who specializes in both sound recording and astrophysics found a way to send a microphone drone into the past and make new recordings of historical big bands. I had a similar sensation when I watched the 2013 re-release of The Wizard of Oz, in which the classic 1939 film was re-jigged somehow for two 21st century movie technologies, digital 3D and IMAX. (I’ve also heard the original soundtrack adapted for 5.1 surround sound on DVD.) The 3D IMAX Oz was fascinating and highly illuminating. Naturally, going forward, I would still want to re-watch The Wizard of Oz in the original 1939 format again - this might have been just a one-off experience - but that it gave me a whole new way to look at a classic. And that’s what this album does, it allows us hear vintage big band swing in a whole other way, auditorily speaking, and takes classic music and makes us hear it in the audio equivalent of 3D IMAX - it’s a quite a wonderful, unique sensation.

The combination of the familiar and the unfamiliar is consistently startling, to the point where we can say that the music is being re-imagined rather than re-created. I keep feeling like some collector friend of mine stumbled across a set of previously undocumented Associated transcriptions recorded in the immediate pre-war period. In some cases, where the tune is very familiar, I feel like these are newly-discovered versions by alternate bands, like “Jive at Five” being played by Charlie Barnet rather than Count Basie, say, or Alvino Rey playing the central guitar part on “Solo Flight” with own his orchestra back around the same time that Charlie Christian and Benny Goodman introduced it. And this “Well Git It” makes me wonder what that classic flag waver might have sounded like if it came from the band book of Jimmy Dorsey rather than Tommy. Other tracks make me feel like I’m discovering some previously unknown local local or territory band that never made it into the history books or the discographies.

Some of Glenn’s arrangements truly sound like a wrinkle in time: the North American popular song “I Get Ideas” originated in 1927 as an authentic and famous Argentine tango titled “Adios Muchachos.” In 1951, it was adapted into “I Get Ideas” (with most of the tango rhythm extracted), wherein it became a hit for both Tony Martin and Louis Armstrong. Glenn’s treatment sounds like if some early swing bandleader - say, Alex Hill, or maybe the Mills Blue Rhythm Band - somehow got a hold of the 1951 lyrics (by Dorcas Cochrane of “Again” fame), even though they weren’t written for many years. There’s more than a hint of Louis Armstrong in Jason Prover’s trumpet solo at the heart of it, but more like Armstrong’s 1930s big band, the one led for him by Luis Russell, rather than the groups he recorded with in the 1950s, and Crytzer’s vocal here is clearly part and parcel of the 1930s idiom.

And I find myself surprisingly impressed by Glenn’s originals; normally I try to encourage contemporary musicians and singers to avoid the temptation of writing their own original songs if only because the overwhelming majority of them are lousy at it. (Make that extremely lousy at it!) But Glenn has succeeded in his highly commendable goal of creating new songs that sound like they were written in the late 1930s and recorded by bands of the period (if only on Associated Transcriptions). “Just Like a Broken Record,” for instance, really sounds like something that Larry Clinton would have played in a 1938 Vitaphone short - or on a 1938 buff Bluebird. (So does “Marche Slav”; I had a hard time believing that was a new arrangement of the iconic 1876 Tchaikovsky piece, not a transcription of Clinton or Les Brown’s Blue Devils or some other historic band that specialized in “swinging the classics.”)

There are also plenty of surprises in the vocal department: Hannah Gill is a name new me, but a formidable singer who sounds so authentic to the period that I don’t think she would even mind if I referred to her as a “band canary.” (That term has somehow become un-PC in the millennial era, go figure.) I know Dandy Wellington, as does anyone who has attended any kind of swing-centric event in New York, but mainly as a dancer and an emcee for contemporary retro-burlesque events - in fact, so much so whenever I hear his name and his voice, I expect to see a woman start taking off her clothes. Clearly he’s developed into the most perfectly appropriate male singer for this band on both ballads and novelties (especially “Swing My Soul”). And Glenn also captures the idiom very well, adding vocalist to the list of many hats (and caps) that he wears, along with bandleader, arranger, conductor, composer, lyricist, and guitarist.

I’ve possibly made too much of a fuss over the way this music plays with notions of chronological time and not enough about how the music is about time in the sense that it really swings - that Glenn and his bandsmen play with a lift, a drive and a danceable imperative that’s all too rare in the 21st century. Glenn Crytzer has, in fact, achieved something of a temporal miracle, in assembling 17 musicians and singers who have so perfectly absorbed the classic swing idiom that it’s like a language they can speak without any trace of a foreign accent. Astrophysicists may insist that time travel is impossible, but now I have cause to wonder.

-Will Friedwald

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Most celebrities are extremely public figures. We know almost everything about them and their lives. We follow their lives in newspapers, online and on TV. We know all the latest gossip pertaining to them and most of us discuss them and their lives with our friends. Some of these celebrities are musicians and some are actors. Others are just public figures that are constantly on TV but who don’t seem to have any real talents. Of course, when it comes to real celebrities (those who actually do something) we follow their careers and their new releases. But no one can deny that their private lives are usually more interesting than their careers. And if suddenly one celebrity becomes boring, we swiftly move on to another. Of course, this affects their ratings and their careers. As a result, some celebrities feel like they must perform shocking publicity stunts to keep their fans’ interest. But to work, these publicity stunts have to seem like they are genuine, and not planned. Fake relationships are probably the easiest type of publicity stunt to fake. And they are effective: who isn’t interested to find out that their favorite celebrity is dating someone new? Other great and effective publicity stunts include feuds and leaks. But to be effective, all publicity stunts have to be outrageous. And of course, it is best to keep these PR stunts a secret. Once the public finds out that they were staged they may become angry at the celebrity, or worse, lose interest.

#1 Joe Jonas’ & Demi Lovato’s Relationship It is said that Joe Jonas’ and Demi Lovato’s romantic relationship was nothing more than a publicity stunt. According to anonymous sources, Disney publicists asked Joe Jonas if he could date Demi Lovato so as to better the ratings for the 2010 Disney Channel original movie Camp Rock 2. Joe apparently thought it was a great idea but forgot to tell Demi that their whole relationship was just for show. Supposedly Demi eventually found out that Joe was using her for publicity purposes only and had a mental breakdown. After Joe and his father revealed to Demi that the whole affair was just an act, Demi felt totally used. It is said that Demi really did love Joe, so finding out that he had only gone out with her for the press and ratings was heartbreaking.

#2 Charlie Sheen’s Meltdown In 2012, the actor Charlie Sheen supposedly suffered a mid-life crisis and had a huge meltdown. So what happened? Sheen said some mean things about his boss and got suspended from the TV show Two and Half Men. His drug abuse combined with his unpredictable behavior forced his ex-wife to seek legal help in restricting Sheen’s access to his children. All of this would have made any other man want to hide from the world, at least temporarily. But not Sheen. Instead, he invited a porn star to share his new bed with him and his former nanny. You’d think the world would hate him. But when Sheen set up his twitter account he instantly accumulated 1.5 million followers. So was his meltdown just a mishap in his life or a clever PR stunt?

#3 Paris Hilton’s Leaked Tape In 2003, Paris Hilton’s sex tape leaked. The footage of the sex tape was three years old at the time it leaked and was rather grainy. It showcased Hilton and her former boyfriend Rick Salomon having steamy sex. The tape was 27 minutes long and was downloaded by thousands of people. A deal was made between the Hilton family and Marvad Corp, a porn company, to stop any copies being made of the footage but obviously the deal was not very successful. Paris was supposedly embarrassed by the tape but some claim that the leaked tape was just a publicity stunt. Although most would be embarrassed by a leaked sex tape, the New York Post gossip columnist Richard Johnson claims that Paris is thick-skinned and that if anything, she benefited from it. In fact, because the tape was leaked before the premiere of Paris new reality show, many claim it was all just a PR stunt.

#4 Nicki Minaj’s And DJ Khaled’s Engagement In 2013, DJ Khaled proposed to Nicki Minaj on MTV. Nicki then proceeded to wear the diamond engagement ring. However, many were skeptical whether the engagement was real. And it turned out, they were right to have doubts. In fact, shortly after the supposed engagement, Nicki came clean saying that she never thought the proposal was real even though she was “shocked like the rest of the world” during the proposal. But at the same time, Nicki was supposedly “cracking up laughing with the rest of the world ‘cause Khaled is a master at what he does’. Nicki revealed that the engagement was just a PR stunt to promote the song the pair was working on, “I Wanna Be With You”.

#5 Kanye West Interrupting Taylor Swift Kanye West caused quite a stir during the 2009 MTV Music Video Award ceremony. When Taylor Swift won the Best Female Video category (for “You Belong With Me”) she was called on stage to accept her reward. Her video “You Belong With Me” beat Beyonce’s video “Single Ladies”. Obviously, Kanye did not think it fair. Just as Swift started her acceptance speech, West jumped on stage, took the microphone from the shocked Swift and announced that Beyonce deserved the award more than Swift. He said, “Yo Taylor, I’m really happy for you, I’ll let you finish, but Beyonce has one of the best videos of all time. One of the best videos of all time!” Both Swift and the public were shocked but rumor has it that Kanye’s little speech was nothing more than a PR stunt.

#6 Katy Perry Supporting Hillary Clinton In 2016, Katy Perry was determined to ensure her fans (and not just them) would turn up on election-day and would vote for Hillary Clinton. Katy said she’d vote naked in the upcoming election and even made a video with the American humour site “Funny Or Die” in which she encouraged everyone to “roll out of bed and come to the polls in whatever state you wake up in”. Katy supposedly sleeps naked, so she was going to roll out of bed and vote in the nude. Perry’s stunt was driven by good intentions, no doubt, but she did get something out of it herself – lots of publicity and a renewed interest both in her career and her private life.

#7 Lil Wayne’s Feud With Birdman In 2014, Lil Wayne made a public announcement that he doesn’t want to have anything more to do with Birdman and Slim’s label. Lil Wayne (or Weezy) tweeted to his fans that his new album, Tha Carter V, which was due to be released on December 8th, won’t be released because Birdman and Cash Money refuse to release it. Lil Wayne even went so far as to say he was a prisoner of the situation. However, many took the situation to be nothing more than a publicity stunt intended to generate more sales when the album eventually did get released. Neither Birdman not Lil Wayne has confirmed that their feud was a publicity stunt however, and to this day, the public’s opinion is divided on the issue.

#8 Kim Kardashian’s Robbery In 2016, Kim Kardashian was robbed at gunpoint. Five masked men supposedly tied her up in the bathroom of her Paris apartment and stole jewelry worth £7.8 million. Kim Kardashian often flaunts her jewelry and her wealth both on social media and on her TV show Keeping Up With The Kardashians. So perhaps it is no surprise that she was eventually robbed. However, some claim that the robbery was just a PR stunt. They point out that the robbery happened at a very opportune moment – just as the next season of Keeping Up With The Kardashians was about to go live. The ratings for the TV show had been falling so an exciting story was needed to get the bored viewers to tune into the show once again.

#9 Buckcherry Leak Their Own Music In 2008, someone had apparently leaked the American rock band’s Buckcherry’s upcoming single “Too Drunk…” The single was leaked on BitTorrent before its official release date, and hundreds of people had downloaded it. The supposedly shocked and upset bandKimye Vogue Cover then had a press release during which they discussed the awful incident. During the press release, the band also said, “Honestly, we hate it when this shit happens, because we want our FANS to have any new songs first”. The statement of Buckcherry’s members seemed quite genuine. However, sometime later it was revealed that it was in fact Buckcherry’s band manager who had leaked the new song in an effort to garner attention. What a sneaky PR move.

#10 Kimye Vogue Cover In 2014 Anna Wintour admitted that putting Kim Kardashian and Kanye West on the cover of Vogue was a PR stunt. Even though Vogue is a magazine that is considered by most to be the fashion bible, it can’t completely ignore mass appeal. At the end of the day, it’s important to sell as many copies of the magazine as possible. The Kardashians are always at the center of attention, so placing them on the cover of Vogue was a strategic choice. Wintour admitted so herself – putting someone of questionable taste level on the magazine cover is bound to generate a lot of talk, which is what the magazine is aiming for. According to Wintour, “if we just remain deeply tasteful and just out deeply tasteful people on the cover, it would be a rather boring magazine. Nobody would talk about us. It’s very important that people do talk about us.”

#11 Joaquin Phoenix The Rapper In 2009, the actor Joaquin Phoenix shocked the world when he announced that he had decided to quit his acting career. Instead, he was going to take up hip-hop. Phoenix claimed that hip hop would be his new career. Sounds a bit nuts, doesn’t it? However, it turned out that his strange declaration was just a PR stunt. The stunt was performed in anticipation of the new documentary produced by Phoenix himself and Casey Affleck. The fake documentary was supposed to “explore celebrity and the relationship between the media and the consumers and the celebrities themselves.” Neither Phoenix nor Affleck admitted that Joaquin’s claim that he was about to embark on a hip-hop career was just a stunt until after the film was released.

#12 Kanye West’s $53 Million Debt In 2016, Kanye West tweeted that he was $53 million in debt. He even asked the billionaire Mark Zuckerberg for $1 billion investment which Kanye said he would use to fund his projects. This revelation shocked his fans who couldn’t believe that their beloved rapper was in financial difficulty. But, it turns out, Kanye wasn’t actually in debt. Kanye owns several businesses (his clothing line, for example) and has invested in a few others. Kanye is said to be worth millions. And his supposed debt? Well, according to an insider, Kanye “is a master in marketing and is doing everything he can to generate interest in his albums, Tidal and his clothing line… He will make millions and millions more from all this attention.”

#13 Sex Pistols Crash The Queen’s Silver Jubilee In 1976, the Sex Pistols sailed up the river Thames during the long-awaited Queen Elizabeth II’s Silver Jubilee with the intention of crashing the celebration. They blared their single, “God Save the Queen” and were promptly arrested by London’s constabulary who invaded their boat and put an end to their ridiculous stunt. The stunt was arranged by Malcolm McLaren, the band’s manager. That day he was arrested with a few others on board the boat. While the PR stunt certainly garnered a lot of attention, it also hurt the band – The Sex Pistols were unable to get any music gigs in England due to the ban that was issued on their band. Maybe they should have thought out their stunt better.

#14 Actress Rebecca Lim Retiring It seems that one of the best PR stunts that celebrities can pull are those where they claim they are retiring. The actress Rebecca Lim knows this well. Recently, she told her fans that she was retiring. Her exact words were, “Yes, I am retiring. I know you may have questions for me and I will answer them real soon. Meanwhile be happy for me.” Lim’s fans were taken aback. But just as soon as they got used to the idea of their favorite actress retiring, Lim came back with a video in which she said “Nope I am not leaving my job. I love it too much. I have however signed a retirement plan with NTUC Income. And it is a relief to know that I am saving a little each day for my future.” This kind of publicity for the insurance company did not sit well with Lim’s fans.

#15 John Lennon And Yoko Ono In 1970, the activist Michael X contacted John Lennon and Yoko Ono asking if they would be interested in supporting the Black House, a home for disadvantaged teenagers and young adults. The Lennons agreed to help Michael X out. But the Lennons weren’t going to go the usual route of donating money. Instead, they decided to barter their recently cut off hair for Muhammad Ali’s boxing shorts. The hair was to be auctioned off and the raised money was to go to the Black House. And the boxing shorts were to be used for raising money for the Lennons peace campaign. John Lennon, Yoko Ono and Malcolm X gave a press conference on February 4th, 1970.

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