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Favorite albums this month: Voice Actor,Squu - Lust1, Oklou - choke enough, Hyukoh, Sunset Boulevard - AAA, Eartheater - Powders
By new music I don't only mean new releases but exploring artists new to me. I've been looking into what's popular with the gays on xhs and going through playlists on Spotify. I really like all genres but I guess I've been more into experimental pop lately.
Some new artist I've mostly listened this month: Hyukoh, Sunset boulevard, the Marias, Eartheater, Seda Bodega, Oklou, Voice Actor, Nala Sinephro
I started doing the 20 albums that have influenced me challenge on Bluesky. I've been going through my old favorites. I've been listening lot of dreampop and shoegaze again. I realized that I can't listen to Tame Impala or the Arctic Monkeys anymore, they remind me too much of my teenage angst.
This month's theme for me is nostalgia.
I've been thinking and writing a lot about my teenage years. Lot of those albums have been very inspirational and emotional experiences. I had a more diverse music taste back then. What have I listened to in my 20's? Pop mostly, and Lana Del Rey and Mitski... I do love their music but I have listened to the same songs a thousand times. Listening to A.G.Cook has really scratched my brain in the right way so I 've been listening to artists from his label PC Music.
These past few months I've gotten into the habit of listening to Wave to Earth before going to sleep. I've listened to their discography so many times I thought I need to find new music so I don't get bored of them. They are also touring in Europe in few months and I'd love to go but I'm not sure If I can afford it, the tickets are cheap but flight tickets are nowadays so expensive.
Vangelis and Jean-Michel Jarre were also on my top 20 albums, so I searched for more ambient/cinematic/synth/classical electro artists. I have a new playlist perfect for sleeping and writing my scifi story.
Kpop: I said I won't tune in with any new groups since there are members born in 2010 and I can't process that. But ofc I had to check out their debut songs:
KiiiKiii: marketing/visuals/graphic design right up my alley, they do stand out, but their two released songs didn’t live up to the hype of the visuals
hearts2hearts: i found out FLO produced their debut song “The Chase”, so i had to check it out, it wasn't the strongest debut song but i did like it. SM girl groups are elite so i'm sure i will end up listening to them when they drop more music.
I doubt I will become a fan of either one but it’s exciting to check out new concepts. MEOVV is the only new 5th gen girl group I’m invested in.
I forgot to post this on December.
I watched a few queer films at the end of the year so I decided to do a little review of them:
No hard feelings(2020) dir. Faraz Shariat
The story of a German-Iranian gay man working at a refugee center, where he meets two Iranian asylum seekers. I don't see a lot of European queer poc stories so this was a pleasant and relatable watching experience although the story does not deal with easy topics. Still, it's not a dark film but more so realistic with beautiful moments. It's really about family, friendship, love, and community.
Death in Venice(1971) dir. Luchino Visconti
TW: Pedophilia
A beautiful and delicate film about a teenage girl who has a crush on an older girl who has difficult relationships with men. I've seen a bunch of one-sided lesbian films before but I would say this might be the best one. I really loved the cinematography and I feel like the film portrayed the desperation of youth very well.
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