#playlisting

my first instinct when i start feeling big emotions about a character is to make a playlist for them, so behold my ongoing gabin roux (étoile) (and some tobias bell) playlist. feel very free to ask for details on any song, id be ecstatic to explain the specifics of why each song is on here. also feel free to suggest additions or argue against current ones!! (just pls be nice). its just a list of songs atm but if enough people go wow cool! ill maybe make it a thing on a music platform we'll see

theatre — etta marcus

remember my name — mitski

15 minutes — sabrina carpenter

sue me — audrey hobert

it will come back — hozier

ankles — lucy dacus

tiny moves — bleachers (tobias pov?)

daredevil — fiona apple

spring into summer — lizzy mcalpine

okay so first things first, your ask is the first place i even heard about this collab, i've been slacking on my duties, THANK you for bringing this to my attention!

"bouncy depression" is such the right description of MCS. it's like technicolor arcade sad vibes, crying into your auntie anne's at the mall, coloring in your fingernails with sharpie. the lyrics are SO peterick! i feel like pre-hiatus pete would have come up with some of these lines, you need a phd to get me... i love hearing patrick's voice in the background of the track, like he's singing through time to old fob themes. i agree with you that it meshes surprisingly well! i am adding it to my omnibus peterick playlist as we speak.

So, naturally, I went and made a playlist for blorbo from my thesis.

This may have started as a high-effort shitpost/committing to the bit/saying "bet", but I did actually take it reasonably seriously, so cheat code to "why the fuck did it choose those songs":

songs that are about being different versions of the same person are because it's the same information compressed in different shapes

similarly any lyrics about transformation/changing shape/being trapped in a shape/etc

the ghost in the machine song also refers in my reasoning to the shared information that should exist across all the shapes

the labyrinth song is bc I'm currently working on trying to use a functor that basically runs the usual complex through other q shapes like a "thread"

songs about wanting to be wild/unknowable/avoid being pinned down because. Well. Yeah. But also with a thread of implication of someone thinking (singer) should be knowable/tameable

I ofc kept listening to her songs, but then I got into my 70s phase, so today after a long time I switch my 80s Playlist on and I go "oh, I used to check her listener numbers" and I click on her profile :

.... WHAT?????

1041????

1041???

AND THE FIRST SONG IS A BSIDE FROM HER 4TH ALBUM???

I remember when she was at 70 listeners!!! I remember when no one even damn knew her except the ahjusshis!