lorde/tavi: match made in my head...and now online

This is all my dreams come together.

They have finally collided in a interview of pure, unabashed amazingness (that's not a word) and I love it. I really really love it. Ella Yelich-O'Connor (better known as Lorde) was interviewed by Tavi Gevinson (of the Rookie Magazine fame) for Rookie Magazine.

Lorde

Tavi G.

Read the interview here.

I love this...seriously.

This is intelligence overload people...


T.

P.S. The Teddy Bear is a dork. If he should ever see this, he should know that I'm being veeeery serious. Very. 20 minutes on the phone and you can only tease me? Shame...

I still love you T bear. Don't worry.

Credit for photos go to Google and RookieMag.

super cool tumblrs: episode #1

Okay, we've got #whatshouldwecallme which is hilarious and true in that annoying "someone else tweeted this and it's like....you're reading my mind dude!" way. It's got all these crazy-cool gifs that you can totally relate to.

Also, we have Hayley Williams' self-titled life which is super cool and super awesome and I just love Hayley Williams so much...

Then, we've got John Green (best author ever)'s Tumblr which has information about what's going on in his life which is enough for me. It's called fishingboatproceeds and you'll just have to click on the link to find out why he named his Tumblr fishingboatproceeds. He's so cool...

Then Lorde's tumblr. Lorde is cool. Period. It would take ages to describe the level of her coolness so...

I also discovered the tomboy loveliness (?) that is Cara Delevingne who is veritably crazy. That's one word amongst many that you could possibly use to describe her. But you can't help but love her... You also have dreamy pictures at your fingertips. So....

These are my favorites but below is a list of the ones I think are awesome.

6. Twitter: The Comic: Based on ridiculous things people tweet.
7. How Do I Put This Gently: GIFs for real life situations.
8. Oh-So-Coco: Coco Rocha's blog. Fashion insider at your fingertips-ish. J'adore. She is also like...one of my favorite models ever (next to the aforementioned Crazy Cara) so...

This is what I have for now. I'm also tired out of my mind but I can't sleep because I'm a night owl! Or so I'm trying to prove to the Teddy Bear. I hate wanting to prove things to the Teddy Bear.

T.

my top 13 major songs of 2013

2013 was a great year for music. Lorde came on the scene with Royals, Imagine Dragons really took the stage, Beyonce totally surprised the world with her self-title video album which is supposed to be super sick, the Jonas Brothers broke up, Katy Perry GREW UP!!!, Miley Cyrus...

There was a great increase in lyrical genius as well... when you feel my fear/look into my eyes/it's where my demons hide; there is no fear now/let go and just begin/ i will love you unconditionally; we'll never be royals, it don't run in our blood/ that kinda luxe just ain't for us/ we crave a different kind of buzz...total WOW moments. There was also a decline in mindless pop music (with the exception of Pitbull and Ke$ha's Timber which is a surprisingly cool song even if it IS mindless) and an increase in the demand for alternative/indie music. It shows that there is indeed hope for humanity.

So, here (in no particular order except Demons which is definitely my number one) is a video playlist of my favorite songs of the year. Enjoy!

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i am part of the lorde club

This year was certainly different. We lost great people- Nelson Mandela being one of them, but we gained an appreciation for great music in the form of Imagine Dragons, Beyonce's new album (not a big fan but the music is awesome) and of course, the ever respected Lorde.

She manages to be controversial without being controversial. Her words have become so respected that they are focused on and scrutinized to every last measure (she tends to do a lot of criticizing of modern pop music but who doesn't. She just happens to be famous and her words are taken so seriously that when she disses famous pop stars, suddenly everyone is on it like flies on rotten chicken (bad analogy, I'm sorry) when they do the same as well when they say that music isn't "real" these days, it's all engineered and blab on about how music from the 80's was "da bomb". She's just saying what she thinks. Freedom of speech my friends).

She has hit the music world like a nuclear purple lipstick wearing bomb (she is actually convincing people to try purple lipstick in a not overly gothic format. I love her) and she's not backing down. She released her first EP, The Love Club which was a total hit and brought her out into the spotlight. She writes her songs and sings what she wants. No one else. Her music isn't tattered with alcohol loving heroines, excessive party goers or bong smokers, it is quite the opposite actually (she sticks to no specific genre which is another thing I love about her music). She released a song titled Royals AND IT IS TOTALLY WICKEDLY AMAZINGLY AMAZING (very hip-hoppy too with finger snaps and sounds like it was made with kids tapping out a beat on a table as their curly haired friend sing raps) Tennis Court which is beautiful and haunting (watch the video and understand) and Team is simply ethereal.

There's also her dark, minimalist style which doesn't really match her music (love that fact) and her wild crazy hair. Her style is pretty uncomplicated and a relief from the overly sexualized style that graced us this year.













      So enjoy this photo montage (with me squealing at the bottom about how much I love LORDE!!!)

Here are some of her videos (just watch and begin to grasp the wonderfulness of this teenage girl who is a year and a day older than me).

She has THAT grasp on lyrical genius.

T.