Wishful Thinking

“It was probably nothing… but it felt like the world.” Hendrik. Young adult friction and eleven kinds of loneliness. I write about silly things & edit One Week // One Band + a Sea of Songs.

[hndrk]

Lykke Li, "Euphoria"

Let the big star fall Let your hunger roam On a night like this Put your best dress on Take your sorrow on my shoulder We can borrow euphoria Though it won't last, hallelujah Least we knew ya, euphoria

[joeinct]

Flowers (Orchid), Photo by Robert Mapplethorpe, 1986

[grundoonmgnx]

Lindsay Merrill (American b. 1987), Untitled, 2026

Oil on canvas, 41 ⅞ x 55 ⅞ in

[stlamb]

alfred stieglitz, equivalent, 1925

[aaronstveit]

Now, those memories come back to haunt me They haunt me like a curse...

Bruce Springsteen • The River The River Tour, Tempe 1980

[hndrk]

Lykke Li, "Not Gon Cry"

Eyes to the sky No angels here tonight No dancing queens No Messiah on these streets

[hndrk]

GENER8ION, "STORM" (ft. Yung Lean)

[hndrk]

Future Islands, "One Day"

And you don't have to say that it's real And you don't have to stay, if it's not how you feel And you will go your way And it will never be the same But we'll be stronger when we meet again, one day

[hndrk]

Gorillaz, "The Shadowy Light" (ft. Asha Bhosle, Gruff Rhys, Ajay Prasanna, Amaan and Ayaan Ali Bangash)

Took a bit for me, but I think this is clearly the best Gorillaz record since Plastic Beach.

If it's God you trust What will they promise you When your voice is lost? And replaced by the cold machines The madmen and fever dreams Oblivious to the truth Of the shadowy light

[hndrk]

Avalon Emerson & the Charm, "Happy Birthday"

All grown up but still short a buck We’ll invite all the people you love One more spin on the floor for luck And happy, happy birthday, baby This time next year won’t be so crazy I hope you find what you’re looking for Too young to die, too old to break through

[hndrk]

Gorillaz , "Orange County" (ft. Kara Jackson/Anoushka Shankar) (live on The Graham Norton Show)

You know the hardest thing Is to say goodbye to someone you love That's the hardest thing And I'm not your enemy You're out and gone, you stand alone, and everything you gave To someone you love That's the hardest thing

[oneweekoneband]

Wow, do you guys still check this blog or is it obsolete now?

Music is forever and so is our passion for it. I certainly hope it’s never going to be obsolete!

The archive is here for everyone to read up on hundreds of takes on our collective musical passions and stories of fandom.

But it's been (oh god) five years since the last regular entries, so it is difficult to argue against this blog being inactive. Sorry! I wish it were "2012 on Tumblr" forever, but (music) blogging is almost entirely not a thing anymore, (music) writing is on life support, and social media's never been less social. But at least the Dow hit 50,000 points for the first time ever!

Maybe one day the empire of dirt that the internet was turned into will collapse upon itself and we'll feel like getting together to have fun on here again. Until then, keep the music playing. x

[hndrk]

ROSALÍA, "Sauvignon Blanc"

Yo beberé Sauvignon Blanc a tu lado Mi futuro será dorado Ya no tengo miedo del pasado En el fondo se hundió En mi Sauvignon Blanc, a tu lado Mi futuro sé bien que será dorado

[hndrk]

Charli xcx, "Always Everywhere"

On the water, your face on top of mine A fever dream of mirrored features, hungry eyes I feel like home, still you pull away You disappear to somewhere dark, so far away

[hndrk]

Alexis Taylor, "For a Toy"

Why do I keep on breaking apart the only things that have been in my heart

[hndrk]

Hater, "Angel Cupid"

First great song of 2026.

[hndrk]