#then lovejoy happened and well. im not into lovejoy as a band but i was a fan of wilbur's for a long time before that

[epicfranb]

Idk how correct it is to attribute the entire path your life has taken to a single event but i think if my childhood friend didn't say "that's the kind of music teenage guys listen to" when i was introducing her to Skillet when we were like 10, i think i would be way more info music and bands now.

[serotoninzo]

to anyone who was a fan of wilbur or liked lovejoys music, here are some recommendations!!!!

(i must warn you that my music taste leans more towards rock/alt but i still have a lot of indie as well)

-wallows

-djo (it's actually great, not just the tiktok song)

-TopLady (my personal fav is Green Light Red Light)

-bikini kill, my beloved.

-current joys

-dayglow

-beabadoobee! (specifically her song, 'talk')

-gorillaz

-tame impala (i think their music is cool)

-brent faiyaz

-miguel

-the beaches (their song blame brett is addicting, for me at least.)

-ezra furman (mainly their song, lilac and black)

-the runaways

-CROWDED HOUSE 🙏🙏

-HOT FLASH HEAT WAVE (THEIR SONG HESITATION IS SOOOOOO 😩)

-yot club!

-peter bjorn & john (their song young folks is good, you might have heard it in gossip girls ep1, s1)

-empire of the sun (i recommend their song we are the people)

-wolf alice! (don't delete the kisses is popular, i think)

-song telephones by VACATIONS

-vance joy

-the drums (especially their song 'money', it reminds me of yot club)

-carwash (their song striptease is sososososososo good 😊)

-slowdive

-pinegrove [i think this one is controversial but i can't remember:( ]

-no buses by artic monkeys (this is a classic/popular band, you probably already listen to them)

-MICKEY DARLING (recommend their song im just a buzzkill and big sad)

-ladyhawke (mainly their song 'my delirium', i must warn that this artist is under the genre pop, just incase if you aren't looking for that)

-JAWNY (if you don't know who that is, one song that is well known is, 'trigger of love'.)

-WILLIS (i like their song, 'i think i like when it rains)

-Cottonwood Firing Squad (personal fav song of theirs: hospital beach)

-the daughters of eve (a classic, especially the song 'hey lover')

-fall out boy (i love them ❤️)

-EYEDRESS (i believe their song 'jealousy' is popular)

-Dream, Ivory. (i have so many favs of theirs but my no.1 is their song 'welcome and goodbye.')

-dr.dog (this is a rock band, their song, 'where'd all the time go' is popular, especially among the outer banks fandom.)

-cocteau twins (their song cherry coloured funk is a must)

-cherry by chromatics

-boygenius!!!

-big thief

-big black car by gregory alan isakov (this is folk not indie but it's still good)

-awfultune! (popular songs of theirs would be i met sarah in the bathroom but i also recommend their song redesign.)

-milky chance (their no1 hit was stolen dance)

you could also listen to the neighbourhood but less known songs (fallen star, jealou$y, etc.)

sorry if majority of these are rock/alternative, i have a variety of music genres i listen to but rock happens to be my number 1.

you might not like these recommendations but hopefully they give you an idea of what to look for.

anyway, sending lots of love and support to shelby and wilbur soot's close friends, i can't imagine what it must be like to discover someone who was a big brother, etc to you was so horrible to his own girlfriend. genuinely disgusting.

i will forever miss wilbur soot but i will not miss william gold.

i will miss the times when he'd play geoguessr or when he'd make silly jokes but i will not miss him being a literal abuser, groomer, etc.

i don't wish death on him however.

i hope he learns his lesson. i also hope he takes actual accountability, instead of whatever that shit 'apology' was. it literally overtook colleen ballinger's ukelele apology ffs 🤦‍♀️

[heartofwritiing]

Hello!!! I saw that Lovejoy was being interviewed by MTV and I was wondering if you could write something where the reader is an interviewer and interviews them and Wilbur is like flirting with them the whole time, I totally understand if you don’t write it. You’re an awesome writer by the way:))

first omg thank you for saying im an awesome writer! i really appreciate it!! 🥹 second; THIS RIGHT HERE I will try my best since I don't really know how to write flirty but I hope you like it anyways!!

*I tweaked it a little that the reader is a fan of lovejoy but thats just me self reflecting… also this is unedited and kinda rushed so please forgive me if its not good and there are any mistakes!

musicianbur x fem!reader

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“We are here with lovejoy at the biggest festival in new york city!” you didn’t try to hide your excitement as you spoke so enthusiastically into the microphone and looking directly into camera.

Lovejoy was one of your favorite up-and-coming bands. Working for an independent entertainment network gave you some advantages when meeting people in the industry you admired. But doing an exclusive interview with Lovejoy, you couldn’t wrap your head around. Since you first started listening to their music, you were so enthralled by their sound and lyricism, how could you not be a fan.

“How are you guys this hot afternoon?” you giggled and held the microphone towards the person standing closest to you, Wilbur. The lead singer of the band.

You would be lying if you didn’t find him attractive at all when you were standing right next to him. You couldn’t deny the nerves in the pit of your stomach standing so close to him that your arms bushed.

Following down the line were; Ash, Mark, and Joe at the end. They all chuckled at your remark about the weather and nodded in greeting.

“We're doing good! Just got off stage and feeling great! This is- well most of us anyways- first time in new york so we're excited to be here. ” Joe answered.

You nodded and brought the microphone back over to yourself.

“I was watching your whole set, and I gotta say, you guys were incredible! I am such a huge fan of you guys! I'm kinda freaking out that I get you to interview you!”

Other interviewers would always say that in apathetic tones but Wilbur could tell from the smile that graced your lips and sparkling eyes, your words were genuine.

“thank you so much, glad to meet a fan.” Wilbur winks. You almost stutter out the next question but play it off by clearing your throat, hoping the mic didn’t catch your falter.

“I know you guys love your fans, and they love you tenfold, so I imagine getting to meet them is such a great experience so, Do you have a favorite fan interaction?"

Mark was the one who answered the question first, but Wilbur wasn't listening to his response because he could not take his eyes away from you. In addition to being polite and praising their work so graciously, he also thought you were extremely attractive. Everything from your hair framing your face to your beautiful smile seemed to pull him closer to you like a magnet.

Wilbur's eyes burned into your skin while he watched you listen to Mark intently. You could feel him staring at you and it wasn't making you uncomfortable, but it made your pulse race in excitement. glancing at Wilbur briefly, He held your gaze for a few seconds before looking away quickly as he had gotten caught. You couldn't help but the mixture of thrill and confusion that washed over you. You knew something was happening between you two, but you weren't sure what it was.

Mark finished his response, then each member had answered until you had to hold the microphone up to wilbur for his reply.

"Yeah, I love every interaction I get with fans, especially when they're so genuine and lovely,"

You do not know why your mind automatically associated that with you, maybe it was the slight tone in Wilbur’s voice that gave you the impression.

At some point during the interview, Wilbur moved closer to you. Bystanders would see him shifting his feet to debauch his nervousness, but you understood what he was doing was on purpose trying to closer to you. The nearness between you made your face flush, and your heart quicken. You weren't sure what to do with yourself as every time you leaned over to let the others speak into the mic you were unintentionally brushing against Wilbur.

Sadly, the interview had to come to an end after you asked some questions that were sure to satisfy your producer’s. With an outro and a ‘cut’ from the camera man, you had called it a wrap.

Bidding your goodbyes to the band with firm handshakes and your genuine congratulations to their success you had finished your time with them.

When you turned to walk away to help finish packing up the equipment, a voice calling your name made you turn around in surprise.

Wilbur was jogging over to you with a nervous smile and reaching a hand over to you. He seemed like he had something on his mind he wanted to tell you so it was his turn to ask you a question. You waited with bated breath.

“I was wondering if I could get your number? if not I totally get it. I think you’re really nice and would maybe like to get coffee with me sometime?” Wilbur asks, shoving his hands in his jean pockets and rocking on his feet. It was honestly so adorable how anxious he was.

You on the other hand couldn’t believe the leader singer of your favorite band was asking you out- not asking you out- it was just your number and coffee. Maybe something more if you were lucky but, you wouldn’t get your hopes up.

There was no harm in accepting his offer to take you out so you simply said;

“I would love to,” Reaching for your phone in your back pocket, you handed him the device and he typed his number into your contacts.

Once he was finished, he passed your phone back to you and grinned, like he had just won the lottery he was so happy.

“I’ll text you so I can let you know when Im free!” you say, sliding your phone back into the pocket of your jeans. Wilbur nods.

“We leave in a few days, end of the tour so we get a few days off before flying home so i have plenty of time to see you.”

“Im looking forward to it,” you say and his smile brightens somehow.

With a quick hug and ‘message you soon’, you both say your goodbyes when you get an all clear from your crew the van is ready to go.

Wilbur went back to join in with his group falling into conversation. With one final wave as you both gave each other one last look of longing, you climbed into the van being greeted by air conditioning and sat back with a sigh.

You couldn’t help the butterflies in your stomach as you drove off from the thought of the next time you would see Wilbur soot again.

[lesbeanies-stuff]

another thing is all the wilbur soot stuff

im so sad about it tho because he was one of my fav youtubers and streamers and my fav band is/was lovejoy.

this is disgusting what he has done.

as much as i love/loved his work this is just unacceptable and i don't know how people can support him.

im so sorry for all of the pain and trauma that all of the victims have suffered through.

well done to all the people speaking out about it and not defending him.

its so sad and i genuinely can believe this has happened. i wish none of it happened in the first place for anyone's sake.

im not going to go into details but like its just horrible and why would you ever do this or even want to do this to people.

Wilbur's apology was shit and im glad shubble/shelby didnt accept it.

i hope all victims are at least in a safe space physically and mentally.

he is an abuser and deserves legal action against him

(side note: this is the second like serious post i have made in the past few hours jesus. the world has really gone to shit. well obviously but still)

i hope everyone gets justice

(once again im sorry if i have gotten any of my facts wrong. i dont know if victims are the right words but it's the only thing i can think of. if i did get anything wrong please let me know)

[miaclemeverett]

all the love in my heart for the lovejoy community but as the band gets bigger & more well known I am SO excited for the fanbase to change and skew more towards an older crowd. and I don't mean that to shit on teenagers but like im mid 20s and tired and I would love so much to have a crowd I felt more comfortable in (and also the specific brand of Teenage Discourse that tends to happens in young fandoms is. so exhausting)

i hope so too... the minute that lovejoy's "Fans Also Like..." category on spotify is filled with actual indie rock bands instead of Wilbur Soot Tubbo Dream Derivakat is the day i win.

[fl0ating-tree]

i really love the EP! i personally found the songs from are you alright more replayable but i think this album is solidifying their sound more than anything else while also showing that they’re going to have songs with meaning rather than just typical “im sad about a girl” songs. favorite is probably perfume or its all futile (thought im biased for that one because i love maybe i was boring). least favorite is oh yeah you gonna cry? because the tone seems a little disconnected from the rest of the album.

perfume really shows los campensios influence on lovejoy with the background shout-y bits. i liked the rhythm of it and it felt more replayable to me than something like you gonna cry or model buses. 

the fall is def a fan favorite and i can see why! lyrically very well put together. one critic for it is i wish it has a more abrupt cut for “now where else to go but-”. it has wilbur’s voice going very high and almost cracking(?) and then fades out a little, with the exhale, and then some more instrumental. i feel like the ending monologue would’ve hit very hard if it got very abruptly cut off as “but-” rather than being drawn out, and the cut to heavier instrumental to convey a more urgent sense of distress that the ending monologue has. 

you’ll understand when you’re older i think is lyrically one of the more interesting songs. seems to cover more indepth relationship dynamics rather than just “i hate her new boyfriend” but focusing on wanting people to be bad to justify your hatred of them. 

in general the album seems to have this theme of relationships. relationships with your ex, with friends partners, with yourself, with politics, with people around you. it’s a really interesting album lyrically and i’ll probably write something better when it’s not 1am, but i think this is a very good starter album for the band. are you alright kicked them off, but was mainly commented on as “wilbur soot, the minecraft guy, is making music”, but now lovejoys kind of branched into “this band that covers some heavier topics than expected, that happens to have a minecraft guy as the fronter”. 

in the future i would like to see them branch into stuff more like perfume and IAFIAP with that edgier sound. sex sells and oh yeah you gonna cry have an almost “pray for the wicked” P!ATD sound whereas cause for concern and perfume have a more “vices and virtues” P!ATD sound. same band, but different tones and lyrical focuses. 

overall i think this EP is definitely working towards solidifying them as a more legit band, and it’s going to be harder for people to brush this off as a MCYTers one-off music career! i really like the lyrics in all of the songs, with the fall covering more clear lyrical storytelling and perfume giving more sing-along vibes but still having an interesting story behind it. i think they could work on the lyricism matching with the instrumentals a bit better, but wilbur’s singing has improved exponentially especially when you compare the spotifiy “maybe i was boring” recording of IAFIAP to pebblebrain’s recording of it!