it was (never) meant to be

YOU CAN ENTER A SPACE

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

and so on and so forth

its fine i'll do the rest

YOU CAN ENTER A ROOM

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

YOU CAN DO THAT TRANSACTION

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

YOU KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THE PHONE

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

YOU KNOW WHAT SLEEP IS

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

YOU KNOW HOW TO WAKE UP

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

YOU KNOW HOW TO MOVE THROUGH SPACE

YOU ARE A REGULAR GUY

My son is completely blind and once a month until he was 5 we received a book in braille from her foundation and I wish I could explain to you what a big deal that is. Stores in public libraries do not include books with braille on it, but Dolly made sure that even children with visual impairment had access to reading. She truly did care about all people. What a loss!

Tim Curry taught us to be fucking weird. To take big swings that might not work out. To commit fully to the thing you're doing. To be unapologetically yourself, loud and odd and weird and silly, to not let anyone tell you who you are or who you should be.

In 2020 I worked a job collecting medical record for insurance companies. It was Covid and there were many, many medical offices that were grieving and angry. It wasn't a fun job most of the time.

But one day I called a hospital in Tennessee. I was supposed to collect records for a NICU patient and their mama. I got to records and the woman in charge of records said there must be a mistake. They never worked with insurance with maternity or neonatal patients because of Dolly.

I asked what she meant and she told me, "Well, Miss Dolly has us send her the bills for any new mothers and their babies, especially if they spend time in the NICU. She never has anyone apply or anything, she just has us send her any bill for those families and she pays them, no matter how big."

I was stunned. I clarified, "Dolly? Dolly Parton?"

"Yes, ma'am! Dolly's been paying those bills since at least 1999 and so we just don't work with insurance here. It's why there's a mural of her in the maternity ward."

I cried harder that day than any other day during the height if the pandemic. For the first time that year it wasn't grief fueling my tears, it was a hope so deep that it hurt to contain it. When Dolly gave a million dollars for vaccine development I just nodded. Made sense to me. That's simply who she was. She saw a need and, if it was in her power, she met it. She loved humanity in a way that didn't require anything back. It was never a question of whether or not it was her responsibility, she just stepped forward and did what needed doing.

I loved Dolly Parton in the same way I loved Mr Rogers. Steve Irwin. Bob Ross. She shaped who I am with her kindness and she was a core part of my world for my entire life.

Unloveu - I didn't get the exclusive album, but I heard the song online and the vocals were HEAVENLYY!! Lara did so good making this song, I really hope there are other chances for KATSEYE members to produce their own songs!

Bel Air - I don't know why but when I heard this song, I fell in love with it! The vocals again, really good!

Animal - I really love the whole song and the "I'll be gone by morning" part is really satisfying. People say that the chorus choreo isnt great, but I think that Animal focuses more on their vocals so it's fine for me!

Hootie Frutti - I think that it's a really catchy song and I randomly sing it all the time. The ads in the mv tho 😭

That Way - Not my favorite but I still love it, it's really catchy too!

Pinky Up - I loved it when it came out but there are just better songs in this album.

These are all just my opinions and I think that this album served a lot of vocals, I loved that about it!