#foudeqush

[virgovirgo]

[a-fix-of-muses]

Currently Listening To: "ACELERA2!" by Foudeqush

[cinnamonsikwate]

this interview of foudeqush saying ludwig göransson asked her to write con la brisa as if she was describing the sun to someone who had never seen it (time stamp 08:25 — sub "él me dijo escribe una canción como si tu quisieras explicarle a la alguien que nunca ha visto el sol como es el sol") gives so much more depth to the song than i initially thought (and i had a lot of thoughts lmao)!

when she sings:

it has the intensity of your eyes

it burns more than fire and it reflects on broken glass

and

amongst the shadows, my love, you are the brightest sparkle

how beautiful, how beautiful

that's why, my love, you remind me so much of it

the "it" she's talking about is the sun! the "you" are the talokanil!* and that just adds so much more gravity to k'uk'ulkan bringing the sun to his people in the depths of the ocean 🥹

despite the horrors he encountered on the surface the day he buried his mother, the beauty of the sun and the sky is still seared in his mind. it breaks his heart further that he cannot share it with his people, but he is a god, is he not? he will create a sun for his people, a promise, a hope, that one day they might — without fear — behold the sky with their own eyes, feel the breeze kiss their skin, no matter if he has to burn the world for it.

he pledges just as much in the following lines:

i will give my whole life

to get you out of the gloom

i will break with your penitence

in this world that's falling apart

give me a little bit more time

'cause my last breath i will give

to show you the entire sky

in the clouds, with you, i will [lie] down

and

i promise one day you will open your eyes

and you will appreciate the reddest tones the sky has to offer

and perhaps, to the talokanil, the afterlife is not the underworld — after all, are they not already living in it? — but in the sky, in the wind, in the breeze. their battle cry "líik'ik, talokan!" ("rise, talokan!") — when their whole lives have been spent in the depths, being pushed further and further into the dark and the cold by the threat of discovery by the surface world — thus ironically takes on a heavier meaning.

and we blend in with the breeze

and we sail with the wind

the mentions of the breeze and the wind in the song may also be in reference to zamá (aka tulúm, the ancestral lands of fen's people) being home to the temples of the god of the wind (el templo del dios del viento) and the diving god (el templo del dios descendente) — both associated with kukulcán.

bonus!

this excerpt from miller (1974) gives us a glimpse into the worldbuilding that went into talokan:

"the incredible green blue color of the sea off the east coast symbolized rebirth" — the talokanil "died" and were reborn, one physical manifestation of this being their blue skin.

"representations of umbilical cords attached to newborn figures are prominant (sic) at tulum"; "the diving god shown prominantly (sic) in the inner building if structure 25 is also shown associated with the cosmic umbilical cord" — the film does focus quite a bit on the umbilical cord during the birth of k'uk'ulkan (the diving god).

"round structures are associated with kukulcan" — and what else is round? 😉 (the sun. i mean the sun. also, as far as i can tell based on repeatedly pausing the con la brisa movie clip, talokan appears to be built like a hollow globe, with the talokan sun rising from the bottom center point.)

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* i'm using the official english translation for accessibility and bc the original spanish is more vague about the "it" and uses the singular "tú" for "you" and its associated conjugations ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

[namor-shuri]

ᴡʜᴀᴛ ɪs ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴏᴛᴛᴇsᴛ ᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴏғғ ᴏғ ᴛʜᴇ ᴡᴀᴋᴀɴᴅᴀ ғᴏʀᴇᴠᴇʀ sᴏᴜɴᴅᴛʀᴀᴄᴋ ᴛᴏ ʏᴏᴜ?

“ɪᴛ ʜᴀs ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ…”

ʀɪʜᴀɴɴᴀ: ʟɪғᴛ ᴍᴇ ᴜᴘ

ʙᴜʀɴᴀ ʙᴏʏ: ᴀʟᴏɴᴇ

ғᴏᴜᴅᴇᴏ̨ᴜsʜ + ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ: ᴄᴏɴ ʟᴀ ʙʀɪsᴀ

ᴛᴇᴍs: ɴᴏ ᴡᴏᴍᴀɴ ɴᴏ ᴄʀʏ

ᴀᴅɴ ᴍᴀʏᴀ ᴄᴏʟᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴏ + ᴘᴀᴛ ʙᴏʏ: ʟᴀᴀʏʟɪ’ ᴋᴜxᴀ’ᴀɴᴏ’ᴏɴᴇ

ғɪʀᴇʙᴏʏ ᴅᴍʟ: ᴄᴏᴍɪɴɢ ʙᴀᴄᴋ ғᴏʀ ʏᴏᴜ

ʙʟᴜᴇ ʀᴏᴊᴏ: ɪɴғʀᴀᴍᴜɴᴅᴏ

sᴛᴏʀᴍᴢʏ: ɪɴᴛᴇʀʟᴜᴅᴇ

“ɪ ᴘʀᴇғᴇʀ ʟᴜᴅᴡɪɢ ɢᴏ̈ʀᴀɴssᴏɴ’s sᴄᴏʀᴇ”

“ʜᴏᴡ ᴄᴏᴜʟᴅ ʏᴏᴜ ғᴏʀɢᴇᴛ…” [ʟɪsᴛ ɪᴛ ɪɴ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴇɴᴛs]

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[whateuniceplays]

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I was able to work with this original piano score and fiddled it a bit to transcribe it for the harp. It’s a really nice piece well-suited for the different arpeggio runs though I used some chords here and there too! 

[edsonlnoe]

Infinite Playlist 2022 | En Español

1. Efecto, Bad Bunny

2. Ya No Estoy Aquí, Helado Negro

3. DIABLO, ROSALÍA

4. La Bachata, Manuel Turizo

5. Mismo Amor, Julieta Venegas

6. Mudar la piel, vangoura

7. Azul Zafiro, pablopablo

8. Con la Brisa, Foudeqush, Ludwig Göransson

9. Días Que No Lloro, Benjamín Walker, Silvana Estrada

10. Flor, Gabriel Garzón-Montano

11. Permanente, LAGOS

12. Somos Instantes, Caloncho

[accras]

Con La Brisa by Foudeqush

[smittenskitten]

The entire playlist. However this is a favorite.