About a decade ago, I came to the horrifying realization that I was Aro/Ace. As someone who has always loved love (especially in fiction, books, movies, etc!) it felt like I'd been doomed to a life where one of my biggest aspirations, romantic fulfillment, would simply never come to be due to circumstances outside my control. After about five years of trying and failing to muddle through one-sided relationships, I got frustrated enough to write a song about it. I recorded the song on my iPad, titled it Aromantic Moodboard, and posted it to YouTube. I expected it to get less than 100 views.
Instead, I received over 129k views on YouTube and over 1 MILLION streams on Spotify.
More importantly, I received an outpouring of love, support, and even comiseration from the AroAce community. It was tremendous. It is STILL tremendous--and it blows my mind whenever I think about it. In honor of the song's five year Spotify anniversary, the 1M stream milestone, and Valentine's Day, I decided to rerecord an acoustic (clean) version of the song for all of y'all to enjoy. Please give it a listen!
Finally, thank you to anyone and everyone who has given Aromantic Moodboard a listen. I <3 you all.
