In honor of Cuco playing a block party in Los Angeles today, we’re featuring his song “We Had to End it” for Sadcore Sundays. This is for anyone who’s been through a breakup recently and feels like the world is ending and there is no more reason to live. Cuco feels your feels <3
“Come to the Party” off of Bears and You’s “Yearbook” album is perfect for all of you social anxiety cuties and for when you can’t sleep ’cause you’re thinking about your taken-crush whom you wish could be with you. This electronic, ambient, dreamy song is about not fitting in with college’s party culture and feeling super self-conscious about it.
Bears and You consists of Nick Bottomley who released Yearbook upon graduation from college (congrats !!). Nick said, “I wrote the song about a kind of imaginary ideal life, where all the things I was worrying about at the time worked out, where I was in a cool band and people wanted to hang out with me after a show.”
Below is a short Q&A with Nick so you can hear his story <3 <3 <3.
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Lyrics:
in general
we’re the summary
of all our favorite memories
typically
worn proudly on our sleeves
with all our hopes and dreams
but not me
“Stonemilker” is the first song from the album and is my favorite because of the lines “Show me emotional respect/I have emotional needs.”
Lyrics:
A juxtapositioning fate
Find our mutual coordinate
Moments of clarity are so rare
I better document this
At last the view is fierce
All that matters is
Who is open chested
And who has coagulated
Who can share
And who has shut down the chances
Show me emotional respect
I have emotional needs
I wish to synchronize our feelings
What is it that I have
That makes me feel your pain
Like milking a stone
To get you to say it
Who is open
And who has shut up
And if one feels closed
How does one stay open
We have emotional need
I wish to synchronize our feelings
Show some emotional respect
That’s Google’s definition. We’re defining “sad core” as anything you listen to when you’re sad. Sadcore Sundays are meant for you to indulge in your sad feels for a moment, but then let go and move on. Send in your favorite sad core songs to strangeisbeauty@gmail.com