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A lot of people don't know that the Ellie Goulding one is technically a cover and you can't listen to the Active Child one anywhere but YouTube anymore (at least not in Zimbabwe or South Africa). But its so good that every time I have changed phones or laptops since I was a teenager, I have 1) Searched my cloud storage or 2) Made my older sisters look through their hard drives and cloud storage for the copy that one of them bought on itunes a decade ago. That's how serious this song is for me. I recently watched the music video for the first time in a while and now I am remembering how obsessed I was with this song.
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This song was my childhood. It would start playing on the car speakers and everyone in the car would just start singing along. So thinking about that just makes it super nostalgic to me.
To be honest, I didn't even know this song was a cover until I was maybe 13? Either way, I am convinced that the cover is better.
Feb 23, 2025
by Sarah Mclaughlan. I apparently used to ask my mom to put on the βla la laβ song and she would pop this bad boy in. for some reason this cinematic soundtrack was the version we had and i think i'm better for it honestly.
Aug 5, 2024
This is my favorite song in the world. I remember what I was doing when I first heard it. I was making necklaces in my basement and I think this was in the summer of 2021.
Sometimes I feel like it hits too close to home because I never get over anything and Iβm pretty sure Iβll be living in my parents house forever.
Despite that unfortunate reality, this song has yet to lose its magic. This song will always be my favorite.
Mar 2, 2025
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Whether you need inspo, are curious about the discourse over the last few decades, want to get into a new hobby or whatever else, you can download open source magazine issues from decades past. They have magazines from as early as the early 1900s too! I have been obsessed with old video games lately so I have been looking at the old club nintendo magazines and it has been so fun. Like look at some of the covers these magazines used to have
Aug 7, 2024
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There is something about seeing someone be unconscious about something that they really love. The sincerity of it, the way they forget to be quiet if its in public, the way they gesture with their hands more. Its great 10/10 would recommend being passionate about your interests!
Jul 10, 2024
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This might be a strange solution but it may help: when you see something thats not a garment that you consider beautiful for whatever reason, photograph it and then use your wardrobe to try and capture that energy.
For example, I go on a lot of nature walks and something that happens a lot on my walks is that I'll see a lot of beautiful colours that I often don't see worn together, blends of textures like where the leaves of a tree meet the sky etc and so I try to capture that. Like that's how I realised that I love the colour combination of orange and grey.
To help I may then look through old magazines and cut out images to make scrapbook pages of inspiration, or if I have the influence of a particular era in mind to express the look I may look at stills of films from that decade (that's another way you can use pinterest that's not so algo heavy).
Then you just try stuff on and see how you feel, what you like about your attempts what you don't like etc. Ultimately imo the easiest way to avoid relying on algorithms for fashion inspiration is to take inspiration from things other than clothes and to practice translating the aesthetic principles into garments.
Do you like that one brutalist style building with hedges of wild flowers near the place you work? How do you express it in an outfit. Do you keep looking at the sheen of an apple before you bite into it? What fabrics might have a similar effect?
And then use the clothes that you have to try things and edit/style your looks until you get to things you like wearing.
Nov 2, 2024