#*mixes

WARM ENOUGH TO STAY — playlist / fanfiction.

Finally got to doing covers for the majority of my killjoys playlists, so I'm sharing them publicly for anyone who might be interested. Each one is 50 songs in length, averaging at roughly 3 hours per playlist, and is composed of songs that I think suits my take on each character both lyrically and stylistically.

💊☠️ PARTY POISON 🎈🧨 - an abundance of hardcore, metal, punk rock, and powerviolence, rife with sloppy riffs and unclean vocals. gritty, angry, loud, and inherently politically charged.

🐍🏍️ KOBRA KID 👊🏽🕹️ - all flavors of rap: power rap, hip-hop, trip-hop, edm-infused rap, emo rap, rap rock, etc. introspective on the topics of violence, anger, and belonging, and inherently politically charged.

⭐🚀 JET STAR ☄️🕶️ - a blend of electropop, emo pop, alt-rock, chiptune rock, melodic dubstep, and mellow edm. discusses themes of gender, longing, self-loathing, and isolation.

🧟💣 FUN GHOUL ☢️🖕🏾 - an eclectic mix of hyperpop, punk rock, jittery acoustics, and psychedelics but semi-periodically evens out into straightforward alt-rock. navigates themes of self-loathing, dehumanization, and abuse.

⚡🔥 THE GIRL 👧🏾💥 - mixes and matches the genres of the fabulous killjoys' playlists - poison's hardcore/metal, kobra's hip-hop/rap, jet's edm/electropop, and ghoul's hyperpop/punk blend - but with an added dose of riot grrl punk rock. heavy concentration on themes of grief, loneliness, and finding one's place in the world.

🍒🥤 CHERRI COLA ☀️🩸 - primarily ska punk combined with folk punk, mariachi punk, and classic punk rock. discusses themes of civil unrest, addiction, and self-destruction.

BONUS: 💋🛼 SHOW PONY 💖💅🏾

WELL FRIEND i have many ybc playlists and im going to use this ask as an excuse to share all the ones that are public because i am actually so proud of most of them !

the way i do playlists especially character playlists that are connected thru shared canon is pretty specific. track order always matters, every playlist starts with an instrumental track that sets the tone, and that tone will change as the playlist progresses. different characters will favor different genres, some more heavily than others, but there are intentional shared artists across the different playlists to emphasize shared connection (i.e., ybc pete's playlist is going to share an artist with ybc joe, ybc andy, and ybc patrick, all separately). character playlists are constructed thru the lens of focusing on a genre or a couple different genres and then adding songs that lyrically encapsulate the character's whole Deal, tho not necessarily chronologically.

all playlists featured here are an even 50 songs, which puts them at around the 3 hour mark. generally speaking there won't be more than 2 songs by any one artist, but there will be at least one SRAR track.

i have Lots of these but these are the ones that are public and that i'd mostly consider done (plus or minus some tweaking down the line cause i'm picky lol) so these are the ones i'm sharing.

YBC ANDY: lots of metal, hardcore, hard rock, prog-rock, etc. very high energy but focuses on themes of helplessness in the face of adversity, emotional repression, and self-neglect in the name of group cohesion.

YBC PETE: blend of pop, alt-rock, pop rock, hip-hop, and melodic dubstep. discusses themes of betrayal, loss, and deception but with an edge of gritty determination to turn things around.

YBC JOE: all flavors of rock - classic rock, alt-rock, pop rock, punk rock, metal-rock fusion, but with a sprinkling of morbid acoustics. concentrates on themes of self-loathing, unbelonging, uncertainty, and fear.

YBC PATRICK: eclectic mix per the character's innate duality. starts with folk-adjacent indie tunes before swinging into harsher metal and punk/hardcore, dipping into jittery electronica, then deranged, bouncy pop. evens out into quieter, more introspective acoustics. themes of duality, guilt, and wrestling with one's internal demons.

THE VIXENS: this one is basically all girlboss bops. it mmmostly favors pop and riot grrl type rock but honestly it's got a lot of variations on the general theme of "i want to kill men"

SIX OF CROWS by @lbardugo ☞ a chapter by chapter soundtrack, incl. hans zimmer, bear mccreary, dario marianelli, and more.

for ella aka @ilyiad​, my #1, my big sis, the light of my life, ‘always delighted to be of Gay Service’