#spotify anon

[my-castles-crumbling]

Anon Advice Asks - January 20

the anon, spotify anon (new), friendship weird anon (new), fearless anon

the anon

Okay it’s the anon I got updates with the exhibit and whatnot

First of all, I do wanna say that after reading your response to my last ask it made me realize I don’t think I was ever this happy with my ex. Seriously, I feel like I can breathe and it’s amazing

Anywho

We went to the exhibit today, and what was there was pretty cool. It wasn’t too use it was obviously geared towards younger kids. Like, it was a lot of activities and not a lot of reading or learning. But the models were cool!M (and I stimmed a lot because I love dinosaurs and Lego so much)

But Connor said multiple times throughout the exhibit je was going to buy me something, which was followed by me saying “I don’t need anything!” Yeah apparently that doesn’t work with him and every time I seemed remotely interested in something at the gift shop I looked at him and went “no. Do NOT think about it”

But it was pretty fun :D

We also checked out the space exhibit the place had, so that was an added bonus for today

After today I have to admit that holy crap this man gives me butterflies. Like, at lunch after the exhibits we were sitting there chatting and even just his voice had me flustered

Is this what genuine attraction feels like? Because I’m staring to wonder if I ever had this with my ex

awwwh this sounds so fun and it sounds like he treated you wonderfully. it makes me happy to hear you're so happy! I mean, all relationships are different but it sounds like he makes you really happy and that's what matters. rather than comparing him to your ex, just focus on what you're doing and feeling now, you know? Enjoy what you're feeling <3

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spotify anon (new)

Hello cas, how have you been? Ur microfics are still the highlights of my day so like, I love you so much for that.

I wanted to ask if u heard about the spotify boycott thing. I'm not in america so I jst found out that it ran ice recruitment ads and stuff, promoted ai, and other bad things for their image which sucks...

If u did hear and you do plan on switching platforms (unless u never were on Spotify which would be awkward) what platform are you using?

I'm thinking YouTube music but I'm not sure.

How is your cat? (I'm sorry I'm bad with remembering names 😭😭).

Hi!

This is a fair question. I do use spotify and I have for a while. When I heard about the ads, I did consider switching, but when I did some research, I found out that the other major music platforms also have done problematic things? Sometimes it just feels like no matter what you do, you're feeding into the problem, it's so frustrating. Like I just want to listen to music lol. I don't mean to make it all about me, but I know other people are feeling like this too: it becomes so exhausting, to try to exist without supporting horrible people.

It's not an excuse, but I kind of got into the mindset that it wasn't worth it, because I might as well stick with the platform I had, since I already had all my playlists there, and every platform was problematic in some way. I also heard that spotify pulled the ads, which is good.

Based on that, I decided not to switch yet. Idk, I think it's hard. I probably should switch.

The cats are good!

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friendship weird anon (new)

Hiii!!

I'm in highschool and I leave after next year and I like my best friend.

I am gonna ask him out but I just don't want to make our friendship weird if he rejects me.

Do you have any advice to ask him, and maybe some on how to react if he says no, and how to just keep being good friends with him??

Thanks so much!!

Hi!

Honestly, I think communication is important, here. Be honest with him! Tell him that your friendship is most important and you really, truly don't want to ruin that. If he says he doesn't feel the same way, tell him your fears about things changing, and ask him if there's something you should do to make sure things don't change.

The truth is, you can't control his answer or reaction, but communicating your needs and fears can help make sure there's no issues with miscommunication, which causes so many problems.

Good luck!!

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fearless anon

Hi!

Ugh I feel like friendships are so hard in high school because honestly, even in big schools, your choices are limited. And not only that, but people tend to be very similar. Most people were all raised similarly so they have similar views, and it sucks when you're different. Please know that when you go to college, it's SO different. There are so many people and so many different views and it gets so much easier to make connections with people who share your views (read: aren't homophobes.)

As far as your friends being defensive of their partners...yeah, that's so fucking annoying. I get it--I once had a friend who married a die-hard Trump supporter. That friendship ended because I just couldn't deal with being around that and i felt betrayed that she accepted his behavior, but it sucks to see people you care about making poor decisions. I think there's a balance between like...calling your friends out when they make those bad decisions, being there for them when things dont go well, and also protecting your own peace. It's hard to find that balance, and I don't wish that problem on anyone <3

[the-empress-7]

Spotify Anon here. MM has asked to push back for about 6/8 wks. She wants to re-record most of the upcoming content, why? Because she has disrespected HMQ, KC3 & Catherine & William in the unreleased episodes. Spotify don’t want to, because it will cost them even more to record entire episodes. They want to be respectful to HMQ but they’re torn as the episodes they’re sitting on are a goldmine for them. Both sides legal teams are now heavily involved & MM is desperate to get them stopped.

[lordgolden]

me watching misha's obscure showtunes pop up on my spotify at 2 am:

i cannot see 😑 - spotify anon

he wild for that. misha WHEN are you going to listen to the night we met!!!

[twopoppies]

Hey, gina. Hope you’re having a good day! Sorry to bother you about this but i don’t know who to ask and i can’t find anything on google. So i just subscribed to a premium spotify account and the most thing i was excited about was to get to hear the unreleased songs that people upload on Spotify like anna or coacoac or medicine but when i searched for them, they still don’t appear to me, i just get an empty playlist. So do you know why it isn’t available for me? Thank you!!

Huh… I have premium Spotify and I had no idea that was even a thing. But I’m really not terribly tech-savvy.

Does anyone know about this?

[ziracona]

Hi! I’m one of the people that was making the In Living Memory playlists. I’ve had to take a break from it to focus on school work, but I do have it most of the way finished.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1v9scltil111cDRFgPOXis?si=fKlgspDOTZGFyHnM40whEw&dl_branch=1

That’s the link to it. I’ve still got to get through chapter 69 and I may have missed a few of the songs, but I do plan on finishing it at some time during the summer, just to let you know I haven’t abandoned this!

-Spotify Anon

Spotify Anon it’s beautiful

And sorry if it sounded like that—I just assumed life is life, and combing through a million and a half words for song listings is a feat. Thank you so much for sharing this! It’s beautiful! Omg most of these I remember but I looked at it and was like

What a blast from the past. Thanks you so much this is amazing!!! 💙💙💙💙💙💙💙 @anajinn here you are! An almost finished track playlist.

[gendryw4ters-blog]

Requested Playlists

(for a lil explanation about this, see here!)

@jenbarber requested a list for Farmer Web!!

@jim-bones-spock requested a Baberoe Dance Party & a mix that Luz would leave for Toye whenever they were apart!!

And Rae requested a mix for Buck and Malarkey to snuggle to on a rainy day!!

hope!! y’all enjoy these!! much love! <3

[gendryw4ters-blog]

My day is going well, how is yours? Lip: my sweet darling boy and I love 80s music and I love the crossover of heart of glass w/speirs. I like psycho killer bc i fell like lip’s 2d version of himself is boiled down to sweet mom friend who is mostly positive, and having songs like psycho killer do bring out the fact that this is the dude who also doesn’t really take shit. He’s like the flip side of Speirs, more light with a hint of dark. He’s New Order and Speirs is Joy Division, basically. (1/?)

I’m so glad to hear that aaah! And mine is going pretty well thanks!! And also!

Let’s get down to business B)

“Running Up That Hill” REALLY fits his vibe, I can’t explain it, but it just sums him up so nicely. For him, the vibes from the instrumental bits seem to gel a bit more than lyrics, and again, that’s all about subtleties, and Lip is just a subtle guy that it’s p. appropriate. Bc I had it on shuffle, it ended with Tears for Fears’ version of “Head Over Heels” and it was so nice as the ending, like it started w/ Psycho Killer which is more staccato and then ended with something nice & smooth (2/?)

Lew: I think having Für Elise w/ the toy piano beginning is cute bc it goes w/ Lew not really taking himself too seriously. Fleetwood Mac is suuuccch a Lew band, it’s that perfect mix of Dad Rock™ and soft soothing music. Equally, “Long Cool Woman” and “Fortunate Son” are also such Dad Rock™ songs and they totally play in his head when he does something he thinks is cool, but is actually pretty dorky. I also am not an Elvis fan, but it does fit Lew pretty well. (3/?)

It’s a song that he would serenade to the person he loves, a lá Lloyd Dobbler. Having classical music makes me think of that text post about how he’s undercover, not a snob really, but he pronounces everything in french correctly and he’s familiar enough with classical music to differentiate between Beethoven and Mozart by ear pretty quickly. It’s his secret side, almost, only it’s not a secret because Lew isn’t really one for secrets. (4/?)

And then the version of “Bohemian Rhapsody” ties the two together. (5/5) So that’s Lip & Lew, and I’m going to do Dick next. My day is going well; I’m going shopping with my mom soon and I’m excited! How is your day going?

THANK YOU a whole bunch for this i really!! appreciate it an awful lot!

The crossover thing was an important thing to me, both with Heart of Glass and Running Up That Hill, and so was the contrast between them in terms of the vibes as you said in your ask! The New Order/Joy Division is a super interesting point too actually, I hadn’t thought of it that way before but it’s so fitting for them. 

In terms of Running Up That Hill; Lip got the Kate Bush original because- because I feel like it’s still haunting, but there’s more of a… I know lyrically it doesn’t mean this, but my first interpretation of the song as a bairn was “I want to swap positions to save you”, which I think is really a very Lip kind of outlook on life?? Speirs got the darker Placebo version because while there’s still the saving element, there’s also the “I wish you could understand me” as well as the kind of- it sounds more like a deal with the devil, than a deal with god, if that makes sense??

AND ALSO that shuffle thing is cool and does sound like a nice way to end it! i love when playlists do that on shuffle. i wish i could say i make the lists themselves with an order in mind, but alas i cant take credit for any flukes of “woah that song flowed super well into the next” incidents because there was very little pre-planning in that respect.

LEW is such a Dad Rock™ kinda guy and i am SO glad you agree omg!! I hadnt actually thought about the Fur Elise being not too serious actually so that’s a really nice interpretation to hear!

The classical music was something I actually wasn’t going to include at first, until my bf gave me a loving lecture on how i “couldnt do nix without classical!! he fucking LOVES beethoven!!!!” but i think! you’re right in a sense that he is cultured though keeps it kind of to himself sometimes?? maybe

and also! that’s exactly what i was hoping to do with the Bohemian Rhapsody so that means a lot to hear! and also im glad your day is going well and i hope you have fun shopping!! my day is going pretty well too thankyou aah! much love! <3

[siphappens]

That said... I would absolutely love to take a peek at Noah's music hard drive. I just know there's some absolute gems buried in there.

I know why Noah abandoned his public Spotify account cause people don’t know how to be normal. But I wish he would do something like Mike Shinoda does. He has an official artists profile and has some public playlists, one of them is called “bread crumbs” where he adds songs here and there of what artists or albums he’s into at the moment. I would love Noah to do something like that, just to see what is inspiring him or what he’s super into. But like i said, some people can’t be normal and just take something for what it is w/o trying to make a theory out of it.

In theory, I think it'd be really cool.

But like you said, I don't think people know how to have any sense of boundaries when it comes to him. Every song would become "proof" of something, every playlist addition would turn into a dissertation, and every lyric would be dissected for hidden meanings.

Sometimes a song is just... a song.

He's not a Rubik's Cube that needs to be solved. He's just a normal dude who happens to make music for a living.