#they didn't even have kelsea's album

[carlytayjepsen]

they didn't have wonderland magazine in town 😭

[humblequestvinyl]

mountain with a view

MOUNTAIN WITH A VIEW, EDDIE DIAZ X FEM!READER

APART OF THE ‘ROLLING UP THE WELCOME MAT’ SERIES

SUMMARY: after one too many late nights, y/n l/n is sitting at their kitchen table, debating if her and her husband's marriage is even worth fighting for.

inspired by mountain with a view, by kelsea ballerini

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lowercase is intentional! wc: 1.9k

warning: angst!!!!! swearing, marriage problems, trust issues (?) if there’s anything i missed let me know!

a/n: AHHH NEW SERIES W EDDIE <33! i'm so excited for this!! also my deepest apologies in advance bc i am so mean to eddie in this LMFAOO hope u guys enjoy <333

“COUNTRY STAR Y/N L/N HAS FILED FOR DIVORCE FROM HER HUSBAND, EDDIE DIAZ AFTER FIVE YEARS OF MARRIAGE.”

the voice of a news reporter flooded through the tv as photos of the former couple were placed on the screen. 

“L/N on instagram asked her fans on instagram to be mindful, and that both parties are fragile, and to respect their privacy.”the reporter went on, before a photo flashed of the h/c girl, “L/N is currently gearing up for her fifth album release; SUBJECT TO CHANGE this september.”

the video came to a stop, and she saw her best friend standing in front of her, with a horrified look on his face, “you and eddie are getting a divorce?” her heart hurt. this wasn’t how she wanted him to find out.

“it was bound to happen buck.”y/n’s voice was strained due to all of the crying she had done for the past two months, with a heavy feeling in her chest, “you and i both saw this coming.”

“i didn’t.” evan buckley’s voice dropped, and y/n slipped the shades to the top of her head, revealing her bloodshot eyes, “never once did i see this coming.”

“this wasn’t how we wanted you to find out.”her voice cracked, playing with the strings of her hoodie, “eddie said he was going to call you about it.” buck’s eyes watched as the girl avoided his eyes, refusing to make contact with them, knowing if she did she would probably burst into tears.

“why did you file for divorce?”

(TWO MONTHS BEFORE.)

STARING OUT THE BIG OPEN WINDOWS OF THEIR PENTHOUSE,

y/n could see the sun rising as she finished making breakfast for her and her stepson, making sure to leave some for her husband in case he came home in time.

eddie diaz and y/n l/n had first met when she was 21, and he was 23, one kick-starting on their music career, while one had just become a single parent to a son from a former marriage. somehow, they still made it work. getting married at 23 and 25,  going from texas, to los angeles, becoming a mother figure to his son chris, and making sure she could still go on tour.

they thought they had it all figured out, with everything working and a fixed schedule.

until they didn't.

so here she sat, waiting for her husband to come home while her stepson got ready for school, knowing she’d have to force a smile, make everything seem like it was okay, and be able to play the part of the perfect wife, perfect wife. it wasn’t until she smelt smoke that y/n realized the toast was burnt to absolute crisp, and was ruined, meaning she’d have to make more.  

“shit.”she muttered, rushing to make more, as she saw chris come down the hallway, and she forced a smile, brushing her h/c hair out of her face, making sure to tie it back.

“did you burn the toast again?”chris asked with a smile, and y/n forced a laugh, nodding before she brought over a plate with pancakes and eggs on them. “unfortunately, i did. i’m making more right now.”

a knock on the front door came, before it opened, revealing carla, and she had a wide smile spread across her face as she came in, and y/n waved as the toast popped up, less burnt than before. quickly placing it on a plate, and putting it on the table, making it so chris would be able to get to school on time.

“you go get ready for the day, i’ll make sure chris eats.”carla told the 28 year old, giving her a soft smile, and y/n nodded, before rushing off towards her room, and grabbing the clothing she needed for that day.

walking into the bathroom after she had changed, her eyes glanced down, seeing a wedding band that wasn’t hers sitting on the counter. 

it was her husband’s.

she felt anger run through her, with a million thoughts racing through her mind. why would he take it off? or why did he leave it at home? did he forget it? did he take it off intentionally before he left for work? 

why did he take it off?

“bye n/n!’chris yelled, breaking the girl out of her thoughts, and she gripped the counter, trying to keep her anger under check. “have a good day at school chris!”she yelled back, and the front door slammed, as she took a deep breath in.

it was a few moments before she walked back out towards the kitchen, noticing everything was put away, except for the burnt toast. opening up her refrigerator, y/n grabbed the butter out, and brought it over towards the kitchen table, before spreading the butter against the toast, and taking a bite out of it.

her eyes scanned back over the mountains as the clock struck 7:30 am, realizing her husband was over three hours late coming home, and had missed seeing his son in the morning for the second time that week.

it killed her. it absolutely killed her that he wasn’t coming home, and she was the one who was carrying all of that weight on her shoulders, trying to keep this marriage going when it was all one sided. she felt like a glass plate, and was breaking into a million pieces.

hearing boots come towards her, her head snapped towards it, seeing her husband eddie diaz walking towards her, before placing a kiss on the top of her head, with no words spoken between the two.  the tension in the air made her uncomfortable. it was so thick that you could almost cut it through it with a knife.

it was a while before any words were spoken between the two, and when they were, they were laced with anger and confusion.

“you left your ring at home.”y/n spoke up, taking another bite of the burnt toast, afraid to see the look her husband was giving her, “and you were late coming home again.”

“i forgot it when i left.”eddie admitted, glancing over at his wife for a moment, before looking back at his plate of food, “and i was finishing up something with buck.”

wrong. he wasn’t with buck, because buck had texted y/n back at five, saying he hadn’t seen eddie since he left his shift at 4am. 

“what? you don’t believe me?”eddie questioned, as y/n got up to throw the toast away, keeping silent for a moment, debating on how to handle the situation, before she shook her head no.

“i don’t believe you.”y/n admitted, placing the plate in the sink, avoiding eye contact with him, and she could feel the anger radiating off of him, “because buck texted me at five that he hadn’t seen you since you left your shift at four.”

she saw eddie freeze, knowing he had gotten caught into a lie, and y/n had seen right through it. he wouldn’t be able to hide whatever he was away for.

“okay fine, i wasn’t with buck.”eddie admitted, causing y/n to lean up against the kitchen counter, facing her husband to read his body language.

“so, where were you?”

“i don’t understand why you need to know.”eddie shrugged, getting defensive, causing y/n to read all the red flag, “it doesn’t matter to you at all.”

“it does matter to me eddie.”y/n spoke softly, fearing of an argument breaking out, but it was enviable with the two. “i want to make sure you’re not sitting in the goddamn morgue.”

“well guess what, i’m not.”eddie spewed, catching y/n off guard, “i’m standing right in front of you, trying to eat breakfast while you’re bothering me.”

“because i want for you to realize that i’m worried about you.”she told him, and she could tell he was dismissive, “i wait up for you every night, only for you to not come home until chris is about to leave for school.”

“and i never asked you to do that.”he stabbed his eggs with his fork, and y/n tensed up, “that’s your own doing for staying up and waiting.” y/n gave him a look as she took his words like gut punches, making her absolutely sick, “maybe you should just stop staying up and waiting.”

“maybe you should come home on time.”y/n shot back, folding her arms as she watched him closely, “to the family you have. to your son.”

“i do!”eddie defended, and y/n shook her head, “no you don’t! for the past four months you’ve been late coming home after every single shift eddie!” 

“you’re forgetting your ring, you’re not coming home on time and you’re distant.”y/n pointed out as eddie brushed past her to put his plate in the sink, and walked towards their shared bathroom, slipping his wedding band on, “there! are you happy now?”

“no i’m not!”y/n exclaimed as eddie started to change, and she followed him, “we’ve been in and out of therapy for the past three years and absolutely nothing has changed eddie. i’m so tired of it.”

“i mentally cannot handle another year of us being just fine.”y/n whispered, causing eddie to snap his head towards her, with a shocked look spread across his face, “what are you trying to say?”

“i want a divorce.”y/n spoke aloud, making all of her feelings real, and she saw eddie’s face fall.

“you want a divorce? all because i’m taking extra shifts to try and provide for our family? to pay for the mortgage for the house you insisted we had to have.”he shot back, and y/n felt her anger bubble over, causing her to snap, “you don’t even pay for the house! i do! it’s under my name and everything! not yours!”

“i’m the one who pays for the cleaners, the groceries, the electric!”she yelled, as the two stood in their bedroom, one that hadn’t felt like theirs in months. “i feel like i’m the only one who’s doing all the work all the time because you’re never home!”

“you loved me way more at 23 than you do now eddie, and that's a fact.”she told him as she brushed past him to pack a bag, “i cannot keep doing this anymore.”

“you’re just like your parents. giving up way too easy on our marriage.” eddie swore, and y/n felt something snap inside of her. “first off, don’t you dare talk about my parents! secondly, i have tried for months to get through to you.”

“you’re the one who never came to nashville when i called you begging to hop on that flight, one i paid for by the way!”y/n exclaimed, zipping up the bag she had packed, “i knew you had the week off and didn’t have chris at all and you still refused to come.”

“i’m done trying eddie.”she finished, before storming past him and walking towards the front door of their penthouse.

“so you’re done?”he questioned as she grabbed her car keys, and opened up the front door, staring right back at him with tears in her e/c eyes.

“this is when it’s over for me.”

[christopherwilde]

Hi again Eris! how have you been doing? I wanted to ask what some of your 2023 highlight releases were? movies, shows, books, music? or even just media you discovered for the first time that didn't necessarily come out this year? Hope you're having a great day! - gcwca secret santa

sorry for taking so long to answer school is craaaaaaazy this time of year and i got distracted with percy jackson movies

that’s a good question easiest answer for music is: the good witch by maisie peters, the dark by the band camino’s (even got to meet them and they were so nice so that album means all the more to me), speak now tv, SO MUCH (FOR) STARDUST ALBUM OF ALL TIME, twenty something by alana springsteen, could the grass be greener by remy, Goodbye to All of That by the WLDLFE and some miscellaneous songs that invaded my brain this year were babyblue and 19 by xana, penthouse by kelsea ballerini, im ok by abby holliday, ice machines by the national, summertime friends by the chainsmokers, fast car by tracy chapman and just so many more i could go on forever

reading the ballad of songbirds and snakes finally was life changing and opened my eyes to so much (which i read cause the trailer for the movie looked interesting lol), my favorite author also released a book this year that the male protagonist was basically me which i thought was funny but also very interesting

PROM PACT that literally ruined lives it was so good i love that movie and release so much it’s embarrassing, THE MARVELS ALSO i love captain marvel and so im glad the sequel was finally released (tho it was originally supposed to be on my birthday 😔) and it was so good like i cried so much i love my little captain marvel iterations so much

the touch of magic barbie tv show was soooo good highly recommend if looking for 2023 barbie media to partake in, ummmm i don’t watch a lot of tv shows but im sure there are others!

thank you for the thoughtful question, what about you what were some of your favorite discoveries of 2023?

[ourpickwickclub]

M I just sent some info but I don't think it went through. Anyway BB Yr End Stats are out. You all can find them on Pulse Forum Country. Top Year End Artists, Blake is 15. Top Country Album Artists, he's #11.Country Airplay Songs-CBAACB #43 (not bad for a 2021 release), Hot Country Songs -CBAACB #53. Digital Song Sales #34. Top Country Albums Artists, Blake is #11. Top Country Albums of 2022 he has 2 at 28(Reloaded) and 43 (Gods Country: Fully Loaded). Some who have had their PR team/label/touring company throw everything but the sink at the industry didn't do as well as they would like you to think. Anyway not bad for a guy who had a quiet year in reality. 2nd thing, the Neil McCoy bit is a joke. He's a joke. He throws Blake's name out every chance he gets. The Voice is not going to hire a 64 year old class D country singer. As someone pointed out he threw that out there when Blake first announced it. He is just being nice and giving the old guy a bone. Trust me. He is on no one's radar. Go check out the year end stats. Carrie did better in some areas then her rival and yet gets ignored at Grammy time. Money talks

Thank you for finding all these stats for us! I agree with you, there’s no way that Neal is going to be even considered as a possibility for Blake’s seat, but Blake was being nice and responding to Neal’s comment about being considered. If I had to make my own short list of possible coaches, it would be Carrie, Keith, and Brad on the established stars list, and Jimmie Allen and Kelsea Ballerini on the newer stars list.

— M

[swiftracer13]

Something different today.

Like most people, I'm not only listening to Taylor, even though I listen to her by far the most. But actually there is another singer who I also really love for her music. I'm speaking about Kelsea Ballerini. She isn't very famous or well-known in my country, I actually never heard that someone here knows here, but I don't know that many people, so who knows... But I really love every single one of her four albums and hear her music almost as much as Taylor's. And even if I may get unpopular as a Swiftie now, I have to say that her current album 'SUBJECT TO CHANGE' was and still is my favorite album of 2022, Midnights was only in second place for me. But I really love every single song on Kelsea's album, something that's not the case with Midnights, especially in the beginning I didn't liked it that much, except for some songs. And I don't know exactly what I want to say with this post, but I thought I just do something different today, and maybe, if you don't know her music already, it's something that you also like and enjoy.

[preraphaeliteknight]

this hurts kelsea more than it helps because one of the biggest complaints about her is that she doesn't have an authentic sound in her songs and how is it possible to notice the changes in her songs according to what she is being friends with, apart from for example is frecher, also about

these comparisons and taking a page out of taylor's book hinder her more than help, as what makes taylor's career the way she is, is her knowing her audience and staying true to herself, the new short film was tentative of copying what taylor did for atw but that made a lot of sense for taylor because it was a way to honor a song with meaning for the fans and a new direction in the directorial career that she is very interested in following, now with kelsea it seems more like her trying to copy something that an artist did and it worked that maybe doesn't even make sense for the career she is building as an artist on the poster they leave in bigger letters the director's name implying that she directed everything alone but at the bottom in small letters it has the name of the real director, you understand? and the great thing about her is that she's always trying to break her bubble but she doesn't even know her own bubble, I also don't like how for the last album she tried to create drama with halsey to generate attention for her and it didn't work because nobody cared and halsey didn't even bother to reply

Woah anon 😅

I’m not a stan or anything (I barely know her tbh), I just liked the EP

[midnight-star-world]

#CountryMusic

55th CMA Awards

So today on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would like to talk about the 55th annual CMA Awrds. The show took place on Wednesday 10th, 2021 on ABC which is channel 9 (Where I am at), & 8pm EST (Eastern Standard Time) hosted by Luke Bryan.

Let's talk about the performances first.

Performances.

Miranda Lambert - Medley including little bits of Kerosene -> Mama's broken heart -> Bluebird -> Gunpowder & lead.

Dierks Bentley featuring Breland, & Hardy - Beers on me.

Eric Church - Heart on fire.

Carly Pearce & Ashley McBryde - Never wanted to be that girl.

Zac Brown band - Same boat.

Gabby Barrett - Good ones.

Chris Young & Kane Brown - Famous friends. I did like the way they used yearbook photos of the Country artists for the backdrop on this performance.

Jason Aldean & Carrie Underwood - If I didn't love you.

Blake Shelton - Come back as a country boy.

Keith Urban - Wild hearts.

Deana Carter & Lainey Wilson - Strawberry wine.

Mickey Guyton, Brittney Spencer & Madeline Edwards - Love my hair.

Old Dominion - I was on a boat that day.

Chris Stapleton - Cold.

Luke Combs - Doin' this.

Thomas Rhett - Country again.

Dan + Shay - I should probably go to bed.

Chris Young - At the end of a bar.

Jennifer Hudson honors Aretha Franklin with her version of "Night life" followed by "You are my sunshine" with Chris Stapleton's help.

Jimmie Allen - Freedom was a highway.

Brothers Osborne - Younger me (Extended version and John is singing on it too).

Luke Bryan - Up.

Luke Bryan - I don't want this night to end.

Awards (Who won, and who deserved to win according to my weekly list MSR, Midnight Star Report).

Song of the year goes to Chris Stapleton - Starting over (This one should have gone to Luke Combs - Forever after all. A lot of chart success for that one.)

Vocal duo of the year goes to Brothers Osborne. This one I am shocked by the result. Dan + Shay & Florida Georgia Line (FGL) are on my artists of the year list. But probably more Dan + Shay for this award.

New Artist of the year goes to Jimmie Allen. This one is tough to pick who is should go to. But maybe Gabby Barrett a little more than Jimmie Allen.

Single of the year goes to Chris Stapleton - Starting over. This one should have gone to Gabby Barrett - The good ones out of the nominees.

Vocal group of the year goes to Old Dominion. This one should have gone to Lady A or the Zac Brown band. Maybe a little more Lady A at the moment.

Album of the year goes to Chris Stapleton - Starting over. This one should have gone to him, But it would have been interesting to see what would have happen if Morgan Wallen won.

Female vocalist of the year goes to Carly Pearce. Carly Pearce was so shocked just like us, she couldn't even do her speech, so Ashley McBryde helped her out. But Gabby should have won this.

Male vocalist of the year goes to Chris Stapleton. This one should have gone to Luke Combs.

Musical event of the year goes to Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney - half of my hometown.

Music video of the year goes to Kelsea Ballerini featuring Kenny Chesney - half of my hometown.

Entertainer of the year goes to Luke Combs. Luke deserves this award so much. What a year he has had.

And that's a wrap for the awards. And on the MSR (Midnight Star Review), I would give this show a 4 out of 5 stars. I felt like this show was better than other award shows in the past. But some artists should have played some of their newer songs. But we did get some new outstanding performances by Keith Urban, Luke Bryan, & Luke Combs. And there was a touching moment between a fan and Russell Dickerson. And also some shocking moments during the show. Thanks for taking the time to read this review. See ya all next time.

[country-wannabe]

I get it, there are Miranda fans who are happy and gloating that Blake didn't get nominated because they believe for some odd reason he has to be punished. The thing is though Miranda's time is coming up to be graduated as well. Are they going to sit by happily when her music is ignored in favor of whatever Kelsea and Maren put out? Even hardcore M fans admitted last year that she won when she did nothing. I don't think IIH is album of the year but a snub just makes the awards process look bad.

Well idiots will be idiots. Some people are so immature... Of course Miranda will be graduated one day and then other people will win and Miranda fans will probably get super upset and that's just the cycle of life. Imagine what Carrie fans have been dealing with for the last 6 years... it sucks when your favorite artist doesn't get the recognition they deserve. But I doubt Blake goes so I don't think you have to worry. It's bold for the ACMs to use Blake for their promos when they aren't even going to nominate him though... Like don't assume he'll show up. The CMAs showed it isn't guaranteed 😂