my favorite beatles album

I’d almost forgotten about this album, rediscovered it today, and fuck I love the vibe and energy.

Prince carries this album

I once heard John Landis say that he had to record the singing from Aretha Franklin and James Brown live on the set of The Blues Brothers because they never sang a song the same way twice. After watching this performance, which I missed when it was originally on, I think George Michael was the same way.

Sergio Mendes left us on September 6th and I only just found out. Decided to listen to this amazing album in his memory.

A helpful reminder for some!

“Prom Queen” is the title song from Beach Bunny’s EP Prom Queen. The song was initially released in 2018 but rose to popularity from the popular video app TikTok in 2020.

The song itself is the inner monologue of a girl struggling to accept herself for who she is; it follows the girl as she changes herself to fit the societal ideal of beauty.

The message of this song is to remind the listener (who is most likely a young woman, seeing as Beach Bunny’s genre is self-proclaimed “sad-girl” music) to not change themselves to get people to like them and to learn to be happy with who they are on the inside, because the relationships they form from being beautifully, uniquely, and totally herself will be more rewarding and they will feel more “okay.”^[[1] https://genius.com/Beach-bunny-prom-queen-lyrics]

Very interesting mostly vocal French version of the song.