memory of the future

“They were labeling us as the ‘real girls,’ like we were gonna be very, very authentic,” she said. “So they thought the name [Faky] showed self-awareness—like, we’ll call this fake, because we’re so real.” Never mind, she added, that the name was made up by the company.

— Anna Sawai, in W

No No Girls is last year’s idol competition show from BMSG headed by pop/rap star Chanmina. “No No” stands for girls who ‘had been told no all their lives’, or more simply: “No FAKE, No LAZE, No HATE”.

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So while adding songs to my 2022 Q2 music list I noticed a foreboding trend — a majority of the songs were all ~*~mid-2000s nostalgia~*~. Way to instantly bring on an early midlife crisis. So, I’m just going to get these songs out of the way so I can return to compiling shoegaze dream pop without the passage of time looming over my head T_T

This post as a Youtube playlist :p

( The songs ^-^;; )

Anyway, time to go back to listening to the Harry’s House leak so I can feel less old. Except that also has several 2000s indie pop references =_=

※ Funnily enough, Faky was recently mentioned in the NYT because of former member Anna’s acting career. I do miss Anna-era Faky though.

Stole this questionnaire off chagrined.

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Recently I was listening to Stars’ album Set Yourself On Fire and I remembered: oh, this is why I fell in love with music, listening to the strings and brass of “Your Ex-Lover Is Dead” resonate sadness and jubilance. It’s not about living it up at shows, it’s not about finding new bands; it’s about how one song can make you feel like you’re dying and reborn again.