Fun to sing, headbang and dance to. Its also reminds me of my favourite scene in the holiday where Cameron Diaz's character who is going through a breakup sings the song semi off key with a glass of red wine in a quaint Surrey cottage that she house swapped on a whim. Truly my idea of dealing with a break up lol. Honestly the entire album, not just that song has great breakup music.
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“I can be alone yeah, I can watch a sunset on my own” never fails to completely destroy me whenever i hear it. what a poignant way to describe a facet of loneliness felt after a breakup.
Oct 2, 2024
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i got dumped after a 4 month relationship and didn't get out of bed the first half of my junior year of high school. anyway he's hideous now. enjoy!
Bomb the Music Industry!- I Don't Love You Anymore
Destiny's Child- Survivor
Ben Folds Five- Song for the Dumped
The Mountain Goats- Woke Up New
Real Estate- Wonder Years
The Helio Sequence- Lately
Los Campesinos!- My Year in Lists
Gary Clark Jr.- Ain't Messin' 'Round
Britney Spears- Stronger
Dr. Dog- The Rabbit, the Bat & the Reindeer
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers- Free Girl Now
Titus Andronicus- Fear and Loathing In Mahwah, NJ
Beyonce- Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)
Akron/ Family- Another Sky
The Format- Dog Problems
Built to Spill- Joyride
Avril Lavigne- He Wasn't
Why?- Yo Yo Bye Bye
Tegan and Sara- Call It Off
Rilo Kiley- Breakin' Up
The Real Tuesday Weld- Last Words
R. Kelly- Ignition (Remix) (i made the editorial decision to keep this as to not do revisionist history)
Oct 27, 2024
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Listen with caution !!!!!
Good Woman — Cat Power : literally devastating
Nothing Compares 2 U — Sinéad O’Connor : a classic
You Could Be Happy — Snow Patrol : I don’t listen to Snow Patrol / this sort of music that often but I think break ups give you such a free pass to lean into the cringe. My ex sent me this song when we broke up in year 10 and I’ve never forgotten it!
You Don’t Know How Lucky You Are — Keaton Henson : screaming crying throwing up
I Need My Girl — The National : see above
The Blowers Daughter — Damien Rice : I think this one is only sad to me because once I had a break up and watched Closer like every day for a week
The Boy Who Blocked His Own Shot — Brand New : Jesse Lacey is obvs cancelled but I give myself a free pass sometimes. Verryyyyy self loathing but sometimes u need that itch scratched
The District Sleeps Alone Tonight — The Postal Service : mopey man but a fun sound still
You’re Losing Me — Taylor Swift : obviously Taylor had a million break up songs but I think this is her best
Supercut — Lorde : in my head I do everything right is so sad but also this song makes me listen to Green Light immediately after and then I think of Jess and Nick in New Girl which reminds me true love is possible
Oct 29, 2024
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Whether you need inspo, are curious about the discourse over the last few decades, want to get into a new hobby or whatever else, you can download open source magazine issues from decades past. They have magazines from as early as the early 1900s too! I have been obsessed with old video games lately so I have been looking at the old club nintendo magazines and it has been so fun. Like look at some of the covers these magazines used to have
Aug 7, 2024
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There is something about seeing someone be unconscious about something that they really love. The sincerity of it, the way they forget to be quiet if its in public, the way they gesture with their hands more. Its great 10/10 would recommend being passionate about your interests!
Jul 10, 2024
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This might be a strange solution but it may help: when you see something thats not a garment that you consider beautiful for whatever reason, photograph it and then use your wardrobe to try and capture that energy.
For example, I go on a lot of nature walks and something that happens a lot on my walks is that I'll see a lot of beautiful colours that I often don't see worn together, blends of textures like where the leaves of a tree meet the sky etc and so I try to capture that. Like that's how I realised that I love the colour combination of orange and grey.
To help I may then look through old magazines and cut out images to make scrapbook pages of inspiration, or if I have the influence of a particular era in mind to express the look I may look at stills of films from that decade (that's another way you can use pinterest that's not so algo heavy).
Then you just try stuff on and see how you feel, what you like about your attempts what you don't like etc. Ultimately imo the easiest way to avoid relying on algorithms for fashion inspiration is to take inspiration from things other than clothes and to practice translating the aesthetic principles into garments.
Do you like that one brutalist style building with hedges of wild flowers near the place you work? How do you express it in an outfit. Do you keep looking at the sheen of an apple before you bite into it? What fabrics might have a similar effect?
And then use the clothes that you have to try things and edit/style your looks until you get to things you like wearing.
Nov 2, 2024