AtomicMess

I love that we have diverse opinions here. 

Scrolling the Charli reddit and reading the thread on BIOYL vs. Track 10 and like....

I don't think the folks in that thread don't really get who or what they're worshipping sometimes. I've noticed in general there's two camps of Angels. There's people who like Charli XCX, and then there's people who like Trapli XCX, and I've found that Reddit tends to culturally homogenize around the latter. Like anything that isn't Pop2/HIFN or anything that isn't remotely in the camp of hyperpop is just thrown right into the dumpster.

So myopic.

....okay wig now that the moment of my contrarianism has passed, Charlotte sweetie I'm waiting for something riveting today please break me off a crumb of something good or else 

I'm gonna be contrarian today, but this demand for artists to CONSTANTLY output and keep all lines of communications saturated is a bit unrealistic.

• put out a single
• okay great, now in like 3 days gimme the remix
• wig now where's the MV?
• okay why is your twitter and IG silent? post something omg.
• okay yay a tour but like, more dates??
• where's the next single teaser??
• you gonna do any radio show or podcast appearances??
• album announcement, okay yay but will there be a deluxe?
• hello your tiktok is floptop rn
• next single???
• there's a festival this summer you gonna be in it??
• IG hasn't had a post in 3 days come on queen you're flopping here
• hellooo next single???????????????????????????

Like....y'all ever sit and wonder how ever did MJ and Madonna conquer the globe of pop stardom in the 80s and 90s? They weren't shelling out constant media and updates daily, and we still got there.

Edit: I think we as a society and culture have attributed "noise" = "doing the work". I think people sometimes go "oh look, person is posting this, promoting that, serving looks, putting out material. They must be doing good and successful!!!" - I think people sometimes see near-constant activity as something of merit and prescribe value to artists and bodies of work based on that factor, but also like....we're over here lobbying for 6 hours a day/4 day work weeks, no emails after 5PM, and a month of PTO time off as standard labor practice. Celebs and artists should get the same considerations, ya feel?

We will be okay with periods of silence. Our boredom is a sign that we, ourselves, are boring. It is time we touch grass and be patient.

3 hours ago, blameitonme said:

this era gone quiet  can she at least post a selfie DAMN

wym first she was living that life von dutch, then she didn't wanna go back to you so she went to the club and enjoyed those club classics.

homegirl probably just got a hangover from the afters let her sleep

3 hours ago, Veinsineon said:

plus 49 days until the album

The daily countdown is honestly the dedication I admire you for.

I'm bored.

Someone do something challenge.

Charlotte do something challenge.

New leaks from a decade ago come to light challenge.

Idk.

13 minutes ago, Nectar Of The Puss said:

To talk with others about being excited for this new album and theories but instead the majority decided to listen to leaks

I do understand the frustration on this though. I really do. However, something I've picked up in life, is that if I want to live it spoiler-free, usually a good 24-48 hours before someone is supposed to release content - I gotta avoid the internet. If I want to experience an album truly unspoiled, I don't visit the pages, because over the last several years, it's become increasingly normal for things to leak a few days prior. I don't go near the Drag Race Reddits or Twitter or IG pages, because elimination orders and screenshots leak all the time. Big huge TV shows/series - I gotta skip the forums and discussion posts because insiders leak everything early. For video games I'm excited about, I stop paying attention to all of the media around it, because people with pre-downloaded content or someone who got an early copy at Gamestop are already up on Twitch and streaming it.

You kinda gotta "go dark", and really stick to only private convos or DMs in trusted Discords if you really wanna dodge everything, I hate to say it. In the intersection between todays media economy and the way people define themselves by their interests and the fact that as a culture, people are getting more and more impatient overall - the strong desire to be "the first" and get ahead of others fuels participation in leak culture and makes it hard to avoid.

Also - with regards to Taylor specifically - there's a large portion of people who know how emotionally invested her fans are with respect to her music; they will be actively looking for ways to troll and sabotage on larger places like Twitter.

You kinda gotta roll with the way things go now and protect your own, ya know?

3 minutes ago, Mer said:

what kinda bootlegged Wikipedia are you using? Is simple unprotected?

 

real: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift

Oh I know the real is fine; I just cackled when I looked up her wiki and that popped as the second search result. Simple Wikipedia is exactly what it sounds; it's simplified versions of the regular pages. It must not be protected or moderated heavily.

10 minutes ago, Nectar Of The Puss said:

You guys to what you want and listen to leaks but like to me you’re not a real swiftie if you listen to leaks like why are you ruining this release it’s so insanely rude. To non swifties that listen to leaks and spread stuff you’re just as bad now swifties that will wait as it’s the right thing to do are getting bombarded with leaks and peoples bad opinions about it that really don’t know Taylor or let alone good music (Ariana grande fans(also don’t come for me eternal sunshine is good but her other music is shitty basic pop music with a good vocal range)). Anyways guys happy 1 day and 1 hour till TTPD so excited to experience it with all the swifties 

Run on sentence aside, there's an awful lot of subjectivity and purity testing here. I assure you, it's not that deep.

Unrelated to any of the discourse, can someone tell me why the simple wikipedia for Taylor looks the way that it does???

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taylor_Swift

The "Pickles" and "100000000000000 yrs old" is sending me.

Related to the discourse:

1 hour ago, jamesss said:

love you for this 

I'm about finding personal solutions to external problems and outcomes that we cannot control. If the cover is ugly to someone, then just find a DIY way to handle it. Go to a print shop and run off something and then glue it over the jacket. We're not helpless little beings here, adrift in the wind and at the whims of whatever life throws us. There *are* solutions to our personal first world grievances, if we disabuse ourselves from the notion that the solutions have to also come from the people causing the distress.

Tune in next time when I recommend drinking a glass of cyanide as a healthy alternative to Melanie Martinez and Ava Max concerts.

2 hours ago, MrE said:

Instead of being bitter about the arena show, I did what any dumb bitch would do: I just now overpaid for tickets to the Chicago Brat show.

It's the way I realized I have friends who are moving there (so I have a couch to crash on), so I decided to try and get tickets, and they're all sold out.

I guess I'd have to get from resellers if I wanted to go, and honestly.....I'm tired and have other financial priorities.

I'm still bitter over this one.

Literally where I live and I just....missed it. 

2 minutes ago, MrE said:

Wildly disappointed they're arena shows.

Same-ish. None of these locales are close to me.

I guess Baltimore would be the closest but....then I have to go to fucking Baltimore.

2 hours ago, jamesss said:

is it bad that i lowkey feel like unstanning just because of the cover like… yikes. it’s so anti-cunt.

I've been telling people if they truly hate it so much, just wreck your vinyl jacket and bend it backwards and stick it in a sleeve. 

Then the inside picture becomes the cover and you get to decide which is worse: staring at the green square with sans serif font, or having a bent/rurnt jacket but getting Charli's face on the outside.

Easy low hanging fruit bonus points: print a custom jacket, print off your own cover and slip into the CD jewel case, or just give up on life altogether for a nihilistic feel.

27 minutes ago, LunaeManifestum said:

The Taxi slander is making me feel sick

yall breathe outside for 30 seconds and comeback to ur senses 

Covid robbed them of their taste and it's never coming back I fear.

1 minute ago, rollwithme said:

It’s an ok song….but tbh it doesn’t deserve the cult classic status it has when there are much better songs from xcx world that exist

I have put down my knife and opted for a silicone spatula to wave in your direction instead.

I'm watching you.... 

4 hours ago, rollwithme said:

and joined it in the unreleased Hall of Flops

I'm sorry are we implying Taxi is a flop???

So instead of doing my day job I decided to organize some unreleaseds into my own album ideaa and make their own covers.

I am not a graphic designer nor do I aspire to be.

Just now, hypersalad said:

 

this? https://charlixcx.world/

Thank you very much may your pussy be poppin' for the rest of the week. 

Might be suffering from a brain condition but hasn't someone linked a website in the past that has like....archives of all Charli photoshoots?

Like it has all the outtakes and behind the scenes shit from stuff that's leaked or been published?

I swear there was a site, I just never saved the links.

12 hours ago, Chorli Xbox said:

JoJo Siwa - Karma (Remix feat. Charli XCX) coming April 26 

mmm can you don't.

37 minutes ago, Veinsineon said:

ONE OF MY CHARLI GRAIL TITLES ONGGGGG and it’s amazing 

7 minutes ago, Veinsineon said:

Explode’s sister song…. SUCKER you will always be famous

I've been tidying up my Charli unreleased (most is sorted under like 3 large "albums" and so messy) and going back over Sucker-era I'm finding myself like "You know....the hate is undeserved."

leaving the Charli thread to come here and root for her to find her confidence because the NERVES are NERVING

come on girlie you can do it

7 hours ago, Veinsineon said:

Girl this is charliboards not sniffies

there's a lot of whiny bottoms and an IQ vacuum on both I don't see the difference