Leaving a restaurant this past Friday night, Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” - the emotional predecessor to “Supercut,” if ever there was one - began playing over the outdoor loudspeakers, triggering an impromptu dance party of one. A few weeks ago, I was getting ready to go to a friend’s birthday party when an extremely specific desire to listen to M83’s “Midnight City” came over me, so strong it was like a food craving. The nostalgia that gets set off when “Green Light” comes on through my own Apple Music isn’t unique to Melodrama, either. So not only are the 2010s nostalgic in a weird way, they’re also the only thing we have left that hasn’t been chewed up and spit out by the trend cycle.” “We tore through Y2K and early 2000s fashion with swiftness and ferociousness. “It’s a contracted nostalgia cycle that mirrors the contracted trend cycle,” trend forecaster The Digital Fairy said in a late-October TikTok. (I can back this up personally from having been an active Tumblr user circa 2012.) Basically, whatever you remember from shopping at Urban Outfitters in the mid-2010s is cool again. A viral late-September TikTok explaining why it girls are wearing wired headphones again tied that fad to the “2014 Tumblr aesthetic.” This word salad actually means something: Per TikTokers, this vibe, as it were, is a combination of soft grunge and indie sleaze, as signified by wearing American Apparel clothing and combat boots, or conspicuously using Polaroids or playing vinyl records. Videos with the hashtag #2014Tumblr have over 90 million views - that’s more than #GreatResignation and #SadGirlFall combined. One of the more hyperspecific trends on TikTok right now is nostalgia for - of all things - the aesthetic of being on Tumblr in 2014. But another part of me, the one that spends too much time on TikTok, would offer a different, more authoritative explanation. Part of me wonders if this latest appearance on You, which pushed a spike in searches for the New Zealand singer, made people nostalgic for Lorde’s truly transcendent earlier work (since Solar Power was, well, fine). None of that quite explains why Lorde feels so potent right now. One further point of anecdata as to Lorde’s emotional resonance: as I was outlining this story, a mid-sized sedan drove past my apartment building blasting “Royals” so loudly my windows shook. When Jess and Nick finally got together in New Girl, Lorde’s “Green Light” scored the moment, while Euphoria’s special episode about Jules, which aired earlier this year, was soundtracked by “Liability.” So broad is the spectrum of Lorde’s omnipotence that “Supercut” not only served as the inspiration for Jennifer Kaytin Robinson’s 2019 Netflix movie Someone Great, but also provided dramatic gravitas in FIFA 2018. This isn’t Lorde’s first time serving as TV shorthand for an emotional climax with a complicated denouement. Why did an electro-pop song about heartbreak fit this moment? On Twitter, many fans loved it, though some were a little confused. He’s being a little facetious - “According to all the rom-coms of your generation, this is what the guys do to get the girl,” he says with a shrug - but there’s also some earnestness in his yearning for the hot-mom murderer next door. Dobler went straight for the mushy ‘80s ballad - Peter Gabriel’s now-iconic “In Your Eyes” - but Theo goes for a post-ironic breakup banger, blasting “Supercut” by Lorde until Love comes running. Where this bedimpled youth obtained a boombox is a question for another time, because what’s even more striking is the song choice. He is still trying to adjust to his new role while mourning his brother, when his father announces him that the King is still interested in strengthening their bonds and had decided to give Ned Princess Shaena’s hand, fixing the wedding date in seven moons, after the Princess’ 15 name’s day.There’s a moment in Season 3 of You, when “fem-gen major” Theo serenades Love (played by Victoria Pedretti) Lloyd Dobler-style. Aerys is starting to look for candidates for Viserys when the news of Brandon Stark’s death reaches King’s Landing.Įddard Stark has become Lord Rickard’s heir after his eldest brother died during a hunting party. His daughter, Princess Shaena, has been betrothed since she was 9 with the heir of The North. Prince Rhaegar had just got married to Cersei Lannister, the daughter of his wealthy Hand. To strength the crown, he followed his grandfather’s tactics and had betrothed two of his three children with prominent Westeros houses. Aesthetic prompt: (281 AC) King Aerys is not mad, but he is calculating, cruel and an abusing husband and father.
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