#a lil late

[charmallows]

happy valentine's day to all yuri rarepairs 🩷

[r0ttenpeachxyz]

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!! 🧡🖤💙

[moochiiari]

Happy Halloween guys!

I wonder who made the demon king cry...🤔 Couldn't be me.

[cozmic-wyatt]

Oh ye...

Happy pride month gang,,,,

It's just lovely being pansexual AND lithromantic at the same time </3

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH TO YOU GANG: @funkycrabturtle @3m0n3rd @rosewashereyt @haruki-neo @nailbuddy,,, and @nuggetglitch :]]

[smallsucreeveryday]

Day 11: Varsity Jacket Sucre!

[claret-ash]

Day 6 wranduinweek - Pandaria!

Taking a holiday to Pandaria and enjoying the hot springs, they work wonders for old injuries!

...although Anduin finds himself distracted as a certain dragon convinces him to come cuddle at the edge of the water. 💖

[neverlcckback]

Seraphina’s costume for the Halloween party!

[kevinskorner]

A Little Late Series: Wildcard by Miranda Lambert

I am SO excited to start this new series on here called the “A Little Late” series. The “A Little Late” series is a new chain of reviews on this blog that is dedicated to the albums, songs and projects I have never listened to before, missed on my time off, a new artist/genre i’m curious about, or just something I never talked about that I want to now. Today for our first entry, we are going to talk about Miranda Lambert’s 8th and most recent studio album, Wildcard. 

In “White Trash”, I love the “I’m finally on the up and up” part and the full on southern twang in Miranda’s voice throughout the whole song. When I first hear “Mess with My Head”, it was immediately one of my favorites. I love how low and soft spoken her voice is in the verses but the chorus is so strong. It should’ve been the lead single! I think "It All Comes Out in the Wash” is a good single choice, just not for the first single. Of course, its really fun and a good time but it doesn’t hit hard like I think a lead single should. I do love the chorus a lot, it’s really enjoyable. I liked how “Settling Down” was where Miranda mentioned the album title but, I didn’t like this one that much but, I do love the pre-chorus. As “Holy Water” progressed, I liked it more towards the end but it’s not my favorite and doesn’t stand out to me. “Way Too Pretty for Prison” is so so so fun. I love hearing two of my favorite country singers come together and make a song that makes you laugh but also sing a long. Seeing two of the most female powerful voices in country music come together is so badass and we need songs like this to be recognized. I just love these two. “Locomotive” is definitely not my speed but hearing her singing with all her gut and growling is really neat. “Bluebird” is such a dramatic change from the previous song but still has the same message of growth. It’s so great. I think it’s doing well on charts and radio right now because people love hearing Miranda’s lighter side and her laidback voice is so pleasing to the ear. It’s very mellow but, in a good way. I can see myself in ten years finding this song on an old playlist, and I will still love it as much as I do now. “How Dare You Love” is a really sweet love song. I’m obsessed with the different key changes Miranda does whenever she sings the chorus. Also, the last few lines at the end that change up the song a bit are my favorite in the whole song. Miranda really surprised me with all the slow jam and R&B influenced songs in this album. “Fire Escape” is divineee. This song brings warmth and is very endearing because it is reminiscent of her new life in New York City with her new man. Hearing her in love again is delightful since her last record was about the complete opposite. “Pretty Bitchin’” is a song title I would absolutely expect to see on a Miranda Lambert album. I liked how it started off and how she added a new phrase after the word “pretty” for the first verse. As the song went on I did find myself growing tired of it and it became a little too repetitive for me."Tequila Does” is without a doubt my favorite song on this album at the moment. I am truly obsessed with the build up around the chorus and the latin influenced lyrics. It makes me feel like I’m in a 70s country bar and slow dancing with someone. I want to direct this music video haha. The lyrics in “Track Record” seem to be very personal to Miranda but they are so universal. They are saying how “she can’t help it, she’s in love with love” and a lot of people can relate to that. At the end of the day, all humans want is to feel love. She’s got a “Track Record” of relationships because she loves being loved. Even though in “Dark Bars” she says she’s not in pain, I felt like she is letting go of the pain as the song goes on. This song feels like you are right next to her, sitting at the bar just discussing life. I love how progressively her voice became more prominent on the song. When Miranda says, “I know a thing or two about broke hearts” it’s a full circle moment in this whole album because she has grown and moved on from a painful time in her life with a public divorce, and found love again. I like to see this as the rebirth of Miranda. 

This album was such a great listen because I loved hearing about Miranda’s new life and how she is over the past and looking into the future head on excitingly. I heard in an interview by Miranda that she said she hung tapestries all over while recording this album to help cover up the past. She thought that everything behind them was all from the past and she wants to move forward with a new beginning and that’s definitely what I think of when I think of this album I think of her moving into the future getting rid of her past, which is something I am here for!

Standout tracks: Mess with My Head, Way Too Pretty for Prison (with Maren Morris), Bluebird, Fire Escape and Tequila Does.

Rating: ★★★★☆