#sotd3

What is your name? Jennifer

What’s your url? @jessifer55​

What are your pronouns? She/Her

When did you become a Swiftie? December 13 (yes really) 2018

How did you become a Swiftie? I was procrastinating on studying for finals and decided to listen to reputation because I loved lwymmd.

What is your favorite Taylor album? SPEAK NOW!!!!!!! (deluxe)

What is your favorite Taylor song? Haunted, literally every time I do a ranking of her songs it ends up on top

What is your favorite Taylor-related memory? She liked 2 (!!!) of my poc selfie night posts.

What is your favorite cursed fandom memory (if you have one)? Def either the flower mural or the paddington bear night (EDITOR NOTE: LMFAO HOW DID I FORGET ABOUT THE PADDINGTON BEAR NIGHT)

What are some of your non-Taylor related hobbies? Poetry (reading and writing); hiking; holding my cat like he is a baby (editor note: mood); spending far too much time watching YouTube videos

What other music do you listen to? Cage the Elephant, All Time Low, the Main, Waterparks, and pretty much any cringy fake-emo middle schooler band from the 2010s

Do you stan anyone else, and if so, who? Just Taylor! Everyone else I tend to separate the art from the people producing it.

Do you have any pets, and if so, what kind/who are they? 1 large, super-fluffy cat who thinks he is still a kitten (hint: he is NOT)

How long have you been on tumblr? Far, far too long

Anything else you’d like to share? I make the occasional Taylor edit! I’ve been doing it less than a year so I still have a lot to learn but I’m improving. I think. I’m also starting medical school in August so that’s neat/terrifying

I found this song while searching through related artists on Spotify. I was listening to "500 Miles" - aka yesterday's SOTD - and just started clicking at random related artists and listened to their top songs. Then I found this.

The Cranberries formed in 1989. They're an Irish rock band who also mixes Irish folk, pop, indie-pop, post-punk, and pop rock elements to create unique songs. The Cranberries actually started out pretty small, but once they released theire single "Dreams" in 1992, they slowly gained popularity. They released their "Everybody Else Is Doing It, So Why Can't We?" album in 1993 and later released four more before going on a hiatus. But, in 2012, they released a new album titled "Rose".

At first when I listened to "Dreams", I thought, "Hey. They is pretty catchy. But...I think I've heard this before...somewhere..." So I listened to it more. After a couple times, I had a sudden epiphany. I had heard this song before. I was at Dollywood, an amusement park in Tennessee created by none other than Dolly Parton. I think this was in 2006 or 2007, sometime in early middle school I know for sure. More likely 6th grade... Anyway, my family and another family went to the Great Smoky Mountains over the summer and stayed at a resort-ish place pretty close to Dollywood. So we went over to Dollywood for a day and went on rides and saw events. One event was this Irish dance stage where a dance troop was performing traditional Irish and Celtic dances with traditional folk music. One of the songs they played during one of the acts was this song, "Dreams" by The Cranberries.

I totally forgot about this song, but now that I found it, it brings back memories. Ugh. I miss middle school and it's carefreeness.