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So, after doing around 130 songs throughout 2021, the time of year came to make my official compilation, which I guess constitute better "official albums" than my overwhelming workaholic projects I do throughout any year. 
 

 
This is Same as It Ever Was, a total of 14 tracks recorded from December 2020 to December 2021. What a weird year. Personally, it's been rough. Rough enough for long conversations of saddest of sad things with so many people around me, including loved ones who normally exude such beauty. Don't get me wrong, all the people are amazing, but it's hard not to feel like... a little melodramatic in order to cope with it. I've long been interested in themes of collapse of all varieties, and especially am open with my mental health and experiences within my songwriting, but this is the year where everybody viscerally feels about the same way. So, with that in mind, I decided 2021's mood was somber, bittersweet, content, but really fucking miserable and practically grieving over the future. 
 
It's a mixture of electronic and sound collage, but through a pop structure. Not really aiming at bops, so I'm sorry about that - but I hope you can experience a painted picture of my past year; it's highs and lows, but mostly being high out of my fucking mind, and bummed out. 
 
Share it with the world! <3
 
https://littleboyvelvet.bandcamp.com/album/same-as-it-ever-was-compilation
 
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And here's last year's compilation if you are at all interested: https://littleboyvelvet.bandcamp.com/album/2020-compilation 
 
 

omg, you are such a sweetheart. I am not worthy! thank you so much! 
 
 
my top 20 as of now
 
01. LP! - JPEGMAFIA
02. BLUE BANISTERS - LANA DEL REY
03. BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX - INJURY RESERVE
04. SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT - LITTLE SIMZ
05. I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES - BACKXWASH
06. BET - BERRY
07. SINNER GET READY - LINGUA IGNOTA
08. VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN - LIL UGLY MANE
09. DIRT - KENDALL :3
10. FOR MY MAMA AND ANYONE WHO LOOK LIKE HER - MCKINLEY DIXON
 
11. CHEMTRAILS OVER THE COUNTRY CLUB - LANA DEL REY
12. PRIVATE REASONS - BRUNO PERNADAS
13. JUST POPPING IN TO SAY HI - CRYWANK
14. THE HEART PUMPS KOOL-AID - ---___--____
15. DISPOSSESSION - IANO
16. BLACK MOON LILITH IN PISCES IN THE 4TH HOUSE - JOHANNA HEDVA
17. HALLÅ, KÄRA FLOD! - QUIET COMMOTION
18. FOR THE FIRST TIME - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
19. HOME VIDEO - LUCY DACUS
20. SMILING WITH NO TEETH - GENESIS OWUSU
 
 
 
for the sake of covering more ground and not being all by the same couple of artists, i'm applying a one song rule here...
 
01. "Chemtrails Over the Country Club" - Lana Del Rey
02. "Point and Kill" - Little Simz
03. "Reclaim My Name" - Adeem the Artist
04. "Hazard Duty Pay!" - JPEGMAFIA
05. "Worth It for the Feeling" - Rebecca Black
06. "Pennsylvania Furnace" - Lingua Ignota
07. "Welcome to the Garden" - Emily Steinwell
08. "Make a Poet Black" - McKinley Dixon
09. "Porcelain Slightly" - Lil Ugly Mane
10. "Crystal Ball" - MIKE
11. "Footwork in a Forest Fire" - Injury Reserve
12. "Prickly Pear" - kendall :3
13. "Gold Chains" - Genesis Uwusu
14. "Posing for Cars" - Japanese Breakfast
15. "Good Ones" - Charli XCX
16. "Blouse" - Clairo
17. "Hard Drive" - Cassandra Jenkins
18. "LUMBERJACK" - Tyler, the Creator
19. "SUN GOES DOWN" - Lil Nas X
20. "Boxer's Dementia (Waterworks)" - Quiet Commotion
21. "Luvrboy92" - Richie Woods
22. "Theme Vision" - Bruno Pernadas
23. "The Last Man on the Moon" - David Clemmer
24. "666 in Luxaxa" - Backxwash
25. "Happier Than Ever" - Billie Eilish

haven't seen enough videos this year 
 

BTD: "Video Games" 
P: "Bel Air"
UV:  "Old Money"
HM: "The Blackest Day"
LFL: "Change"
NFR: "California"
COCC: "Chemtrails Over the Country Club"
BB: "Nectar of the Gods"

omg, you are such a sweetheart. I am not worthy! thank you so much! 
 
 
my top 20 as of now
 
01. LP! - JPEGMAFIA
02. BLUE BANISTERS - LANA DEL REY
03. BY THE TIME I GET TO PHOENIX - INJURY RESERVE
04. SOMETIMES I MIGHT BE INTROVERT - LITTLE SIMZ
05. I LIE HERE BURIED WITH MY RINGS AND MY DRESSES - BACKXWASH
06. BET - BERRY
07. SINNER GET READY - LINGUA IGNOTA
08. VOLCANIC BIRD ENEMY AND THE VOICED CONCERN - LIL UGLY MANE
09. DIRT - KENDALL :3
10. FOR MY MAMA AND ANYONE WHO LOOK LIKE HER - MCKINLEY DIXON
 
11. CHEMTRAILS OVER THE COUNTRY CLUB - LANA DEL REY
12. PRIVATE REASONS - BRUNO PERNADAS
13. JUST POPPING IN TO SAY HI - CRYWANK
14. THE HEART PUMPS KOOL-AID - ---___--____
15. DISPOSSESSION - IANO
16. BLACK MOON LILITH IN PISCES IN THE 4TH HOUSE - JOHANNA HEDVA
17. HALLÅ, KÄRA FLOD! - QUIET COMMOTION
18. FOR THE FIRST TIME - BLACK COUNTRY, NEW ROAD
19. HOME VIDEO - LUCY DACUS
20. SMILING WITH NO TEETH - GENESIS OWUSU
 
 
 
for the sake of covering more ground and not being all by the same couple of artists, i'm applying a one song rule here...
 
01. "Chemtrails Over the Country Club" - Lana Del Rey
02. "Point and Kill" - Little Simz
03. "Reclaim My Name" - Adeem the Artist
04. "Hazard Duty Pay!" - JPEGMAFIA
05. "Worth It for the Feeling" - Rebecca Black
06. "Pennsylvania Furnace" - Lingua Ignota
07. "Welcome to the Garden" - Emily Steinwell
08. "Make a Poet Black" - McKinley Dixon
09. "Porcelain Slightly" - Lil Ugly Mane
10. "Crystal Ball" - MIKE
11. "Footwork in a Forest Fire" - Injury Reserve
12. "Prickly Pear" - kendall :3
13. "Gold Chains" - Genesis Uwusu
14. "Posing for Cars" - Japanese Breakfast
15. "Good Ones" - Charli XCX
16. "Blouse" - Clairo
17. "Hard Drive" - Cassandra Jenkins
18. "LUMBERJACK" - Tyler, the Creator
19. "SUN GOES DOWN" - Lil Nas X
20. "Boxer's Dementia (Waterworks)" - Quiet Commotion
21. "Luvrboy92" - Richie Woods
22. "Theme Vision" - Bruno Pernadas
23. "The Last Man on the Moon" - David Clemmer
24. "666 in Luxaxa" - Backxwash
25. "Happier Than Ever" - Billie Eilish

haven't seen enough videos this year 
 

This is gonna be so hard and I might revisit this later, but I think it's like this:
 
Albums
Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters Adele - 30 Billie Eilish - Happier Than Ever Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails over the Country Club Hayley Williams - Flowers for Vases Agnes - Magic Still Exists merho - SKY ON FIRE Doja Cat - Planet Her Imagine Dragons - Mercury — Act 1 Yota - Lucid Dreams LP - Churches EMM - Sapphire Iggy Azalea - The End of an Era iamnotshane - One Less Year Alive MARINA - Ancient Dreams In a Modern Land I wanted to include a couple more but they were just not good enough for the list, so I kept them out  
 
Songs
(I tried to keep Lana mostly out of this, but I just can't with some. And a lot of the songs I left out of this listing really deserved, like half of Chemtrails and half of Blue Banisters deserved to be here too)
Lana Del Rey - Black Bathing Suit merho - the same Casey Conroy - Honest EMM - Top of the Mountain Agnes - 24 Hours Lana Del Rey - Wildflower Wildfire Yota - Blame Me Lana Del Rey - Yosemite Florrie - Walk Away Adele - Oh My God Hayley Williams - My Limb Agnes - Here Comes the Night Billie Eilish - Your Power Adele - My Little Love Doja Cat - Been Like This MARINA - Venus Fly Trap @BluVelvUnderground - Rainier Spaceships (Beyond the Time to Pretend, Pt. I) Adele - Can I Get It Billie Eilish - Goldwing Lorde - Mood Ring Music Videos
(I don't really watch music videos, but I can rank the few videos I got to see and I feel they deserve the spot)
Lana Del Rey - Chemtrails over the Country Club EMM - Vice Charli XCX - Good Ones merho - the same Lana Del Rey - Blue Banisters Agnes - 24 Hours EMM - End Billie Eilish - NDA Doja Cat - You Right (feat. The Weeknd) MARINA - Venus Fly Trap

Cry with me sweeties. https://littleboyvelvet.bandcamp.com/album/lbv25
 

HOLDEN
my new album is named after the protagonist in 'The Catcher in the Rye'. i'm channeling energies toward toxic masculinity as subject matter. that makes it a weird project, and I have no fucking idea what to say about it, but some of the songs kinda slap, so i'll shut up . 
 
 

HOLDEN
my new album is named after the protagonist in 'The Catcher in the Rye'. i'm channeling energies toward toxic masculinity as subject matter. that makes it a weird project, and I have no fucking idea what to say about it, but some of the songs kinda slap, so i'll shut up . 
 
 

Got a new single out! https://open.spotify.com/album/0JvoeBmEo4GHs5WFTdO5Ea (LB pls let me embed Spotify links challenge)

I just want to say that when I stumbled on this song through YouTube, I immediately thought of how it has the same power that UV had overall. Kinda wished it was part of that tracklist, but also realize that it has this density to it that will also fit this record. Easily one of her best songs. I hope it's not too different.  

I just want to say that when I stumbled on this song through YouTube, I immediately thought of how it has the same power that UV had overall. Kinda wished it was part of that tracklist, but also realize that it has this density to it that will also fit this record. Easily one of her best songs. I hope it's not too different.  

Let's be real. Anything scrapped woulda been begged for years, and when it leaked, you'd all be creaming over it. 

My favourite from Blue Banisters.

I just want to say that when I stumbled on this song through YouTube, I immediately thought of how it has the same power that UV had overall. Kinda wished it was part of that tracklist, but also realize that it has this density to it that will also fit this record. Easily one of her best songs. I hope it's not too different.  

Not taking the bate, man.