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Welcome to my Substack! It’s been maybe a good five years since I’ve written for my enjoyment—you can go back and read my old “Minecraft War” documents from seventh grade where I pretended to play with YouTubers on their SMPs and chronicled all the fake events that happened as a result of my entrance. Ignoring that embarrassment, however, I’m excited to be back. THIS SUNDAY, I WILL BE DROPPING TWO ALBUM REVIEWS AND A NORMAL COMMENTARY/ESSAY POST SOMETIME IN THE LATE AFTERNOON TO EVENING. SUBSCRIBE TO THE SUBSTACK AND GET HYPE FOR THE TRIPLE POST

I’ll keep this quick to not burn you out—in this post, I’ll cover my motivations for starting this page as well as what kind of content you should expect.

tHerE aRE sEvErAL sTruCTurAl reAsOnS aS To whY I’M mAkiNG thIs sUBstAcK.

1. I’m a certified yapper when it comes to just having random, pointless opinions with little impact—but I think I need a place to immortalize all the dumb takes that I tell my friends every day. That’s what this Substack is for, especially my music takes, which can be quite interesting.

2. I need to get re-adjusted to writing in a non-academic context. Last week, my English class tasked me with drafting my Common App essay, which I, as anticipated, absolutely did not do, and copy-pasted an essay from a summer application (that I did NOT get into, but that’s beside the point). But I had to extend the essay by 200 words, something I could easily do just months before when I was locked in on narrative writing. I quite literally sat there for an hour not doing anything before throwing together maybe the most unsatisfying, unsophisticated extension of my existing essay that was promptly dogged on by my college advisor in our next meeting.

3. I’m trying to essentially factory reset my sense of satisfaction and entertainment. This is to say, yes, the brainrot really does consume, and I need to be able to have fun outside of Instagram Reels, the NBA, and Fortnite. I want to do something enjoyable that’s simultaneously more productive than cranking 90s all day.

With that said, what should you expect from this page?

1. PRIMARILY album/music reviews. About a year ago, I only listened to music while working out—and I listened to exclusively Eminem (and by that I mean I exclusively listened to like, 10 of Eminem’s most popular songs). A year later, I’ve listened to so many new albums, discovered new artists, kept up constantly with songs, etc. This has fundamentally changed the way I look at music as well as art in general. To express my thoughts on all of this, I’ll be releasing optimistically one review per week.

   1. I’m going to review a combination of classic albums and new releases. I have a few reviews of classic albums already written out, and I’ll review more upon special request (literally just message me anywhere if you want me to review an album. I’ll listen to it and write a review).

2. Random takes on random issues—I have my first non-music post already planned out topic-wise (but not content-wise, obviously), but I quite literally have zero idea where to go from there. I promise I’ll think about something eventually.

3. Just random takes on any subject you want me to cover ever. Periodically, I’ll release just a bundle of small random opinions that are completely unimpactful and unimportant, like my thoughts on a certain food, invention, NBA team/player, the list is endless and will be added to by request.

For an overview of what kind of music I like, here’s my hype playlist—

Here’s my chill playlist (peep friend group on the front cover, RIP Josh got cut off)—

And here’s my favorite song from each of the good albums I’ve listened to (WIP).

I’m going to rapid-fire some lukewarm-to-hot music takes to give everyone ammunition to argue with me in the comments:

Here’s my Receiptify from last month.

Call me a glazer if you want. My favorite artist is Kendrick Lamar, my favorite album is good kid, m.A.A.d. city, and my favorite song is Sing About Me, I’m Dying of Thirst (which I will discuss in GREAT DETAIL in my first post). Kendrick is winning the beef by a mile and Meet the Grahams is the best diss track of all time, although Family Matters by Drake is actually a really great song.

Aside from Kendrick projects, my favorite song is Saint Pablo by Kanye and my favorite album is Igor by Tyler, the Creator. The new Eminem song that dropped as I’m writing this (“Houdini”) is a return to form for him with an outstanding flow. My favorite movie soundtrack song is the Winter Soldier’s theme from Captain America. My favorite classical music piece is Chopin’s Torrent Etude. LEGO Harry Potter vs. Luke Skywalker is the best Epic Rap Battle of History, and it’s not close.

In terms of artists, I think that Taylor Swift is overrated, but at the same time is over-hated (just because people think it’s cool, and not because they don’t like her music—some of it is quite good!) My favorite non-rap artist is Olivia Rodrigo. Ask me for any more takes in the comments, as I need to farm engagement, thanks!

PLEASE START POINTLESS ARGUMENTS WITH ME PLS PLS PLS PLS

It’s 2:35 AM and my mom is forcing me to go to sleep. Check out the drop on Sunday if you’re interested! SUBSCRIBE TO MAKE SURE YOU’RE NOTIFIED