it's mic the snare! he has a quirkier style than fantano but his vids series of deep discog dive really helps with introducing new artists. i get to know more about bowie, radiohead, bjork, prince, kate bush, king gizzard, and more through it + i love to learn trivia things (you don't know how useful it could be in your life) and yes, i realized that and i know the origins, but do you also know that radiohead's name origin comes from a talking heads song??
INTERSTELLAR FR FR w movie! i also like star wars, but i just don't like disney's star wars though :[ adding insomnia to my watchlist and i haven't gotten to watch dead poet society even though i had a massive academia phase when i was trying to find my current style lol *eyes*
will check him out!! im wanna learn more funky facts abt my fav musicians so this is perfect hehe (also yes i did know that!!! i love talking heads sm omg)
IM SOOO SAD THAT THEY DISNEYFIED STAR WARS 😭😭 although tbh im more of a star trek person myself even tho i do love love LOVE star wars, so luckily disney hasnt touched star trek (at least not that ik of)
and u should defo watch dps!!! i love it soooo much! the recent movie that came out, the holdovers, has a similar vibe so i defo recommend that too if u end up liking dps!!
your boyfriend of 2 years, choi beomgyu, dumps you out of nowhere! oh, and did i forget to mention that he's also a rising indie musician? now you're left with a broken heart, and a spotify streaming history full of his songs. this year's spotify wrapped should be interesting...
three — elliott smith?? like from the smiths????
warnings! — justin bieber. that's it i think. (also ignore timestamps lol)
two ⋆ masterlist ⋆ four
note: i was supposed to get this out on wednesday but school ended up kicking my ass >:( sorry every1!!!
your boyfriend of 2 years, choi beomgyu, dumps you out of nowhere! oh, and did i forget to mention that he's also a rising indie musician? now you're left with a broken heart, and a spotify streaming history full of his songs. this year's spotify wrapped should be interesting...
three — elliott smith?? like from the smiths????
warnings! — justin bieber. that's it i think. (also ignore timestamps lol)
two ⋆ masterlist ⋆ four
note: i was supposed to get this out on wednesday but school ended up kicking my ass >:( sorry every1!!!
your boyfriend of 2 years, choi beomgyu, dumps you out of nowhere! oh, and did i forget to mention that he's also a rising indie musician? now you're left with a broken heart, and a spotify streaming history full of his songs. this year's spotify wrapped should be interesting...
three — elliott smith?? like from the smiths????
warnings! — justin bieber. that's it i think. (also ignore timestamps lol)
two ⋆ masterlist ⋆ four
note: i was supposed to get this out on wednesday but school ended up kicking my ass >:( sorry every1!!!
warnings! — cursing, mentions of burning things, mentions of ghosts and death, catcher in the rye slander (not srs if u like that book thats cool!), a little pretentious, jokes about dating a senior citizen, lowercase intended, not proofread
note — went ballistic after gyu made an insta..... save me manic pixie dream boy..... save me....
“gyu, where are we even going?” you enquired. frankly, you were still a little grumpy from being woken up at 3 in the morning, with beomgyu outside your window holding your shoes, wordlessly telling you to follow him.
when no reply came after several pauses, you glanced over next to you, only to find him completely zoned out. you were about to open your mouth to snap at him, patience spreading thin from the sleepiness, but then he smiled.
“the library, we’re sneaking in.” he turned his eyes back to the road ahead after making eye contact with you, mischief still heavy on his cheeks.
what he said took you a few seconds longer to process. “oh, okay— wait. what?!” in your befuddled state, you stopped in your tracks, “what do you mean by ‘sneaking in’? why the library?” honestly, you were more surprised that you didn't have more questions, but then again, this is beomgyu, you wouldn't put something like this past him.
beomgyu casually fixed his bangs, “sneaking in as in, we’re gonna not-so-legally enter the library like, right now.” he stopped in front of said building, you didn’t even notice you had been walking for so long. “and the library because there's a book i wanna burn.”
you almost shouted out a question, if not for beomgyu placing his hand over your mouth when he saw you staring at him with wide eyes. “hush! we might get caught!” his hand dropped after he felt your tongue touching his palm, “gross! anyway, do you have a paperclip i can borrow? kinda need to pick this lock before we do the actual ‘sneaking in’ part.” he held out his hand as he inspected the lock.
“what the fuck? are you insane?!” you opted for whisper shouting instead. you take it back, just when you thought he couldn't get any crazier, he proves you wrong with his stupidly perfect smile that seems to grow wider with each late night adventure. “first of all, why did i have to come with? could you not have done this yourself? i don’t wanna get in trouble again.” you said with a roll of your eyes.
“this is a two-person operation! besides, it’s more fun this way. so sorry in advance if i do get us into trouble,” beomgyu whispered back, and by the dimple peeking out from his smirk, you can tell he didn’t mean his apology.
you let out a relenting sigh and handed him a paperclip, “okay, but second of all, what book got you so enraged that you just had to sneak into the town library at such an ungodly hour just to steal and burn it?”
“it’s not like it enraged me, i mean, books are supposed to make you feel intense things, so i would have liked it if it did enrage me,” beomgyu mindlessly spoke while fidgeting with the paperclip, “it’s ‘the catcher in the rye’, borrowed and finished it recently, and i don’t know, the main character is just such a whiny ass bitch boy. he’s got this whole self-loathing, self-aware hypocrite persona going on, and throughout the book he pretty much just talks and drinks and pities himself. i think the author tried to make him too relatable, to the point that he became unrealistic, if that makes sense,” he rambled on, “the only part i liked was near the end, the part with his sister was actually pretty well-written.”
“so you are enraged,” you couldn’t help but giggle at his mini rant, “you’re cute when you ramble, by the way.”
“hm, i’d say the word would be ‘unimpressed’, i just don’t like it.” he pretended to inspect the lock closer, yet still failing miserably at hiding his reddening cheeks. a few minutes after poking and moving the paperclip around inside the keyhole, you heard a click, and seconds later, you two were inside the pitch dark library. “alright, we’re in. the rest should be fairly easy.”
“hold on, one more question,” you realised as you took out your phone for the flashlight, “why didn’t you just do this when you still had the book? why did you have to return it and then come back?” you were too far into the theft and arson two-person operation to be angry at beomgyu for dragging you into it at this point. you were happy to be hanging out with him anyway.
“hey, this might make me a criminal, but i’m not a heathen. i return my shit, never had an overdue book in my entire life,” beomgyu bragged, “mrs. librarian is basically my best friend.”
“and yet you don’t know her name?” you laughed at his antics.
“i believe in the magic of mystery,” he said in an exaggerated fancy accent, “besides, names and such formalities are for first dates, which i might score one soon, heard her husband’s been out a lot.”
“gross, dude! she’s like 78!” you couldn’t help but to playfully shove him.
“and yet she remains such a radiant beauty, her prune-like visuals never fail to amaze me!” beomgyu emphasised even more, and you both couldn’t help but let out loud laughs you weren’t supposed to.
“how romantic, even shakespeare wouldn’t have been able to be as eloquent as you. save it for her, though, i don’t wanna hear about how you’re into an old, saggy woman who’s pushing 80.”
as the laughter died down, you two decided to split up to look for the object of beomgyu’s hatred. you were a little unsettled by the dark, this was a library after all, a very fitting place for a victorian ghost to haunt.
just when you were about to let out a breathy laugh at your own absurd thoughts, you heard a creaking noise. you quickly turned off your phone’s flashlight, this was it, you always knew beomgyu would lead to your downfall by baiting you to some supernatural entity. he probably made a deal with the devil and offered up your soul. no, scratch that, beomgyu is the devil himself—
“boo!” you let out a squeak and fell backwards, startled as you saw beomgyu with his flashlight shining from below his face. you breathed heavily, trying to catch up with the shock as he let out silent cackles. beomgyu might be even more evil than the devil.
“oh man, you should’ve seen your face!” he spitted out between laughter, but that abruptly stopped when you two heard the jingle of keys. you looked at beomgyu, panic still in your eyes, but for a different reason this time. you were still on the ground when he helped you up and dragged you to a corner, sandwiched between two bookshelves as he covered your mouth.
you didn’t know if you were dizzy from being out of breath, or the distance (or the lack thereof) between you and beomgyu. one hand covering your mouth, one hand on your waist to keep you steady, his equally fast breaths on your cheek. if you weren’t insane enough already, he gave you a reassuring squeeze, and leaned his forehead on yours from exhaustion. you wanted to stay like this forever.
of course, your dazed moment was interrupted by the lights of the library turning on, and then came the sound of approaching footsteps. your anxiety returned, and beomgyu glanced to the side just to quickly turn back.
“change of plans. fuck the book, we’re booking it.” he smiled. honestly, how can he have time for word play in such a predicament?
“what—” at that, he grabbed your hand and bolted out from between the shelves. you could hear the shouting of someone, presumably the security guard, but the buzzing adrenaline was louder. beomgyu hurriedly bursted through the doors that you both came in from, with your hands still connected, then down the streets. your legs burned, but at that point, you two were laughing like crazy. in the small, empty neighbourhood, well into the night, you swore you could take on anything if you had beomgyu by your side.
slowing down, he continued to hold onto your hand as you came to a stop. inhaling and exhaling rapidly, the rush died down and you noticed the delicate snowflakes that nipped at your skin. beomgyu seemed to notice as well, he stood up straight and stared upwards, mesmerised by the fluttering whiteness.
“it’s the first snow,” he mumbled, “you know, they say that seeing the first snow together with someone means you’ll be with them forever, and any wishes you make will come true.” he looked back at you, and you found yourself admiring his twinkling eyes.
“that’s pretty,” you smiled at him, “did you wish for anything?”
“yeah, i wished that you were mrs. librarian instead— hey, ow! i’m kidding!” beomgyu dramatically rubbed his arm after you very lightly and playfully punched him.
“moment ruined.” you said, unimpressed as beomgyu giggled.
a comfortable silence fell over the two of you as you continued watching the snow, it’s light enough to not be too cold, but cold enough for beomgyu to pull you closer to him, close enough for the moment to feel real.
“sorry you didn’t get to take out your burning anger on the book.” you slightly chuckled as you remembered the events of the night.
“it’s alright, didn’t matter too much to me,” he shrugged, “i didn’t even hate the book that much, just wanted an excuse to drag you out with me.”
you looked at him, stupefied, “so you couldn’t just ask me to hang out during the day like a normal person? what if that security guard was secretly a victorian ghost protecting the library? and what if said ghost happened to die from a thief who burned their house down?” you started exaggerating to show that you weren’t actually mad at him.
beomgyu jokingly scoffed at your silly rambling, “normal is boring, and from your whole spiel just now, you’re clearly not normal either, weirdo.” at that, you both smiled at each other.
beomgyu is truly beautiful, but especially when he smiles. the way his nose scrunches, pinkish from the cold, eyes turning into crescents with tiny sparkles in them. the way his lips curl up, matching the wispy ends of his soft-looking hair, framing his face perfectly. his smile is truly perfect.
in that moment, all you could feel was beomgyu and the world, both infinitely yours.
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saved the album on my spotify! hopefully it will play on my next album rotation
good recs!! i also watched the discography recap by the same youtuber who recommended caroline polachek and i'm very interested in the space oddity-ziggy stardust run and the berlin trilogy where basically he's experimenting with new genres as bowie sobers up
that and the ending climax scene always successfully make me cry! eeaao entered my comfort movie list~ i haven't tried reading dune yet (makes sense why book 1 is split into 2 movies) but i understand the gist of it and because it has more sequels/spin-offs to it. idk if i can take in that large of an IP when i have other things to do but the way the movie just transports you thousands of years into an unknown human civilization for 2 to 3 hours is amazing (not to be confused with star wars, which happens a long time ago in the past)
will certainly watch it! it's not available in any streaming services i own so... no choice but to 🏴☠️ it >.<
woah the youtuber u watch sounds interesting!! may i ask who they are? i usually dont look into artists' histories n career timelines too much unless i really really like them (did yk that thom yorke has a paralyzed eye since birth n had multiple surgeries for it but none were really successful) (LOL i started getting into radiohead when i was like 14).
ikr!! eeaao is such a comforting movie n it really got me thinking after i watched it. gonna put dune on my to watch list!! i do love those kinds of science fiction (LOOOOVE star wars!!), interstellar is my 2nd fav nolan movie, right after insomnia! i just love robin williams so much 😞
YEAHH i really wanna do a listening binge with every MF DOOM albums and his other personas (victor vaughn, king geddorah, his collab albums) cause the MM.. FOOD album is enticing me to do so XD
same~ one of my fav music youtubers puts her album in no.1 so i'm definitely interested to hear it!
NICE idk where should i start though for bowie. space oddity, ziggy stardust, or the berlin trilogy??
movies that i've been into are more towards emotional drama, deep-storytelling that can blur into fantasy. everything everywhere all at once is one of my favorites, but i also like dune, which has vast world-building in it. i've also been into more indie movies like aftersun and past lives (which i haven't watched). i'm also trying to get into international cinema cause i have a few japanese, korean, indonesian, french, and german movies on the list
DOOM is just so!!!!! DANGERDOOM's THE MOUSE & THE MASK is one of my fav DOOM projects actually MM.. FOOD is also super good!!
for bowie, my personal favourite is ziggy stardust! it just shows bowie's style so well. hunky dory is also a close second!! n the berlin trilogy is also brilliant (heroes being one of the greatest songs ever written, that song is so dear to me)
thats so cool!!! i loved eeaao!!! especially the famous "in another life, i would have really liked just doing laundry and taxes with you" line, n also i loved the cinematography in general. as for dune, i tried reading the book but i gave up cuz i got so confused 😭😭 perhaps i shall give the movie a try
i've seen past lives, made me bawl omg it left such a devastating feeling, i felt like i got ripped to pieces multiple times throughout the movie.. i heavily recommend it! hehe
wait? DOOM the MF DOOM? oh shoot okay i’ve been having madvillainy on repeat because of a ateez fic i’m still ideating. i haven’t gotten into the blur/gorillaz pipeline yet cuz i have so many albums to listen (bowie, genesis owusu, sufjan stevens, caroline polachek, etc)
oh yeah, i’ve seen the photo of cinema fic too! i’ve also been watching a lot more interesting films after having letterboxd 👀
I LOOOOOVE MADVILLAINY!!!! the best MF DOOM album FR!!!! if u like hip hop i rlly recommend gorillaz tbh (but they also blend a range of genres!!)
omg speaking of caroline polachek, im planning to get into her stuff too!! i knew some chairlift songs but never properly got into them lolll
and i love love LOOOVE bowie too his music is so dear to me (rock n roll suicide was my first song of 2024 hehe)
what films have u been into?? i think im still quite a novice bc other than some neo-noir films i havent seen too much