Again, my cards would agree with you. Evidently JO was a whole mess, but no one seems to discuss that and I really don’t have much on it other than what the cards gave me, which was woah.
Yeah I think people don’t talk much about it because whatever happened (if it did happen) happened years ago and we don’t have much information to go on anyways. Hell, we wouldn’t know anything about it if it wasn’t for that playlist being public lol
I do find it interesting *erhm* that the playlist was created in mid-2016 and SR still had projects in the UK at the time, but with a few exceptions most of his projects from 2017 onward were Australian. I think he only moved back to Aus in 2018 after GFTNC wrapped, but he definitely started to make the moves to go back before that. You can see that by his filmography.
Also, the movie he did with PN was filmed in late 2017. They met on set and started dating shortly after that. Around the time he was wrapping GFTNC, moving back to Aus and shooting LoG.
So I wouldn’t be surprised in the slightest if whatever happened with JO was one of the reasons he decided to go back. Not the only reason or even the only personal reason (I think he probably had both professional and personal reasons to go back tbh), but more of a last straw kind of thing.
Oh and I think a lot of people don’t know about this but shortly after that SR playlist he created another playlist called “moving on”. Both playlists have similar content aka a bunch of heartbreak songs in them and the timing is sus af (also the title?? moving on? lmao). They are even disposed one after the other in his profile. We can’t be sure of it by any means, but my theory is that they are connected.
And btw one of the songs in that moving on playlist is When We Were Young by Adele. Here’s the 2nd verse of that song:
I was so scared to face my fears / Nobody told me that you'd be here / And I swear you'd moved overseas / That's what you said when you left me
Make of that what you will lol
Honestly, knowing all this it seems more compelling to me that whatever was going on at that time may have had more to do with JO? I know a lot of people say something happened to SR in 2016. The playlist was made in 2016. Then SR tries to wrap up his obligations in the UK and moves back to AUS. I do agree with the last straw theory- a lot of people underestimate how easy it is to feel homesick, but when things are going fine it is easier to settle into a new place. If things had been rocky though, he’d probably feel the pull to return home more strongly.
I don’t think it’s that much a reach to think the Sam playlist and the moving on playlist are connected yeah. I’m surprised they’re that public, but then again I guess that’s a normal thing to do for people who aren’t well known. Yeeeeep oh my god that Adele song is something I would have put on a playlist if I was a young heart broken 20 something.
