first of all, i've abandoned this blog like, so much.
i didn't think of this blog for a bit last year until some days closer to new year 2018. the thoughts that i have every new year struck again; "i will start this year fresh". what i meant by "fresh" is not abandon this blog and start writing content regularly. it seemed like i always have a hard time to keep up. but this year, with all the realization i had, will i change?
will this be another new beginning for me?
January was a great beginning for me.
January was so sentimental, i got to learn so much in January. i won't be open here as it is such a personal experience for me but;
really, i never been so hectic and so productive so stressful yet so happy and relief at the same time in just one month.
it was so stressful because i had finals to possibly the hardest semester ever! during finals weeks, i just went to coffee shops to study sand do my work. glad i have friends who supported me and we got to finish our work together.
i went to Bandung and Jakarta for holidays, since my dad stayed there for a few months. it was great, after all. i had a few friends who are Bandung and Jakarta native so we set up a meetup there and it was enough to make up for the xx concert i didn't get to catch in Jakarta. those 2 weeks, are one of the best weeks i had in a long time.
then i got to come back home to Yogyakarta, with a brand new spirit and solid plans, i know i had to continue my life with gratitude.
i documented most of the journey in a video. it's on youtube. feel free to check it out.
hola! greetings everybody. it's June already which i'm so excited about because what?!!! yeas finally this month i'll be going back to my hometown to celebrate Ramadan an i'll be there for like three months! i'm so excited to be back home also i'll try my best to update this blog. this month, i also have my semester test and that will be a quite hectic week for sure. so...
what are you listening to in May?
May passed by like a storm so i didn't really explore things that much. i decided i'm going to do a music favorite for the month cause there were no other favorites at all. the only thing (i'm not quite sure) i was excited about was THE NEW RADIOHEAD ALBUM // a moon shaped pool. YES YES YES. honestly, it was such a sin for me to not get updated on Radiohead anymore as they are definitely one of the bands i dig deep for the most. so when i saw Burn the Witch music video on YouTube (i'm on YT everyday + i'm a witch) recommendation list that day, i was completely in shock!
so these are songs i overplayed in the month of May:
hey! i've been discovering lots of music/new artist throughout the month of April and yes, i have picked a few favorites out of my discoveries. when it comes to music, i like the one that sounds aproppiate for certain moods, like the song that perfectly pictures my morning routines, or sad gloomy song that you would listen on a bus home. so, right now i'm gonna share with you all my favorite music/artist that i discovered/been loving this month!
1. That Poppy
photo: Rachel Kaplan for iHeartRadio
i first discovered That Poppy on January through Scarlett Rose Turner in her January's Music Favorites and i can't put my headphones off of her ever since. she's a pastel princess, an alien from outer space, and just different. she's your new teen popstar girl and is freakin' underrated. i posted her video on snapchat and a few friends asked who she was (yea that's unexpected cause she's just too cool). she also makes fascinating YouTube videos that would me you go like, what! *i can't explain no more*
her Bubblebath EP has been on repeat all this time that it bores the loop things. each song talks about different subject like the hardship of being alone, money, love, etc and American Kids is my fav from this album. she also covers a song by Mac DeMarco and that made grateful for being present, that cover is just UNREAL plus she's a babe.
2. BABYMETAL
honestly, just three days ago i held an event in my campus and we invited a group that covers BABYMETAL so that was the first time i discovered them. the cover group wasn't that great in my opinion but BABYMETAL is just too good to be true. i'm not a fan, i'm just fascinated by them, i liked their stuff a lot and their just weird in a good way. they're such a cute goth metal fairy omg and the lead singer is my age. they exactly the kind of girls that i wanted to be when i was like 9 years old; kawaii goth, cute clothes, etc and now they exist and i feel like my dream never actually gone away. idk man, give them a chance omg. SO KAWAII.
3. Perfect - Tyler, The Creator ft. Kali Uchis
TYLER AND KALI ALL THE WAY. this song is a part of the song "Fcking Young" by Tyler as well but i like the music video version better rather than the album version (CherryBomb). actually, i have no personal preferences with the stuff they talk about in this song but I LIKE IT SO WHAT, that what makes it really special to me that you can feel this song though you never feel the same way before. the song talks about the hardship of loving a girl who's way younger than you and the girls response in this song. ok, ok. but for me, this song is just that kinda song when you play at 2 a.m thinking about someone who has been in your mind a lot; thinking about whose fault, you or them; and you can't get over it.
4. Clenched Teeth - Okay Kaya
another 2 a.m song and damn I LOVE THE VIBE IN THIS MUSIC VIDEO TAKE ME THERE AND FIND ME SOMEONE TO FALL IN LOVE WITH.
5. Hiatus Kaiyote - Laputa (Taylor McFerrin Remix ft. Anderson .Paak)
Hiatus Kaiyote, hands down one of my fav bands ever. i listen to their songs a lot (no doubt) and this is the newest stuff that they have recently, enjoy.
“Oh, well, I’ve tried to be open
But I’ve found it’s hard when you’re broken“ - Birdy
i
find that really true. i’ve hung out with new friends, like going out
for coffee and once we drowned in silence after long talks, all they
could ask to me was, “you have to try to be open to us sometimes”.
that’s
something that i tried really hard. i enjoy all their talk, it’s so
exciting to hear everything coming from new friends - which means they
have trusted me to keep their stories. i have told them that i don’t
really have something to talk about, well, i just can’t,
but i want to.
i ended up telling them that i was okay, i wasn't.
oh, beautiful lies.
p.s i'm so excited for Birdy's new album, Beautiful Lies, and this song is already my fav. 3.25.16.
"Tell me beautiful lies
I wish that I had the strength to let go, but I don't"
20 year-old bored girl trying to escape from reality through all forms of art. Usually found writing song lyrics or contemplating while drinking hot milk tea.
Read More
