NIKI ❤❤ i adore your playlists and please know "big city feeling" is right next to "blue christmas" because alphabetical order!! however i was wondering if you intended to put the Treasure Planet track in blue christmas? it's an interesting addition but feels a bit out of place BUT IF YOU DID that's cool!! i will continue to play the fk out of it this christmas ❤❤
ahhhh becca!!! thank you so so much, for enjoying the newsletter and the playlists (!) and for the feedback! yes, the treasure planet track was intentional! that movie has a very special place in my heart (lol @ my 6 year old self imprinting on jim hawkins smh kill me) and the soundtrack's arrangement reminds me of "fairytale of new york" (possibly the traditionally irish instruments). i wanted to include a track from the soundtrack to go right after fairytale of new york, but after reading your comment i realized i'd picked the wrong one! i replaced it just now with a different track that i think might suit the playlist better -- it goes really well after fairytale of new york, before it drops down into phoebe's sad christmas song. ok playlist nerd ramble over! thank you so much you sweet angel you, here's to all the sad song holiday vibes 😽💞🎄
LOOOOOL ok I know what you mean about Jim Hawkins and being 6 years old... and I'm listening to it now and you are right, this is SOOO good. I feel so heard, thank youuu! I love the instruments on this track! "It's not Christmas 'til somebody cries" - Carly Rae Jepsen
This is great, Niki! :( (sorry for only getting to comment now!) I'd just like to share, too, that we don't even have our decorations up yet at home and I have no idea if we're going to put much effort into the tree this year, which does make me sad. But what's heartening for me is seeing how many of my relatives (especially the younger ones!) are thinking of ways to celebrate remotely. Since we're definitely not going to our lola's house for noche buena this year, one of my cousins (based in California now) organized a Zoom call for all of us and taught as how to dance the choreography to the chorus of Dynamite HAHA. My mom has constantly been trying to think of an online routine we can do, too. And I'm still trying to draft the children's story that I plan to "gift" to my entire extended family via a reading or something hahaha.
It's definitely not the year for a rom-com Christmas, though. And I relate so painfully to the tendency to romanticize this time of year, in the hopes of making it seem less sad. Thank you for your words and your sincerity. I hope the tree shines extra bright for you this year!
(I can totally hear the St. Vincent in the new song, by the way hehe I can almost make out the crazier production that I'm sure you'd want it to have!! I have little to contribute by way of music, but if you haven't heard this one before, please enjoy my favorite (a cappella!) secular Christmas song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfmBuIA6frE)
your relatives are so precious!! i know it's such a weird holiday season, but i hope that the small joys keep coming your way. and i hope you're having fun dancing to dynamite with your little cousins (i miss mine!). the children's story sounds so exciting, please share it when you get to finish!
i'm so, so happy this resonated with you, and am truly thrilled that you can hear the st. vincent influence in the song! i honestly can't wait to someday get this down for real with all the sounds that belong to it. this morning i listened to the song exploder episode about "new york" and was completely blown away. someday!! haha. thank you for the song recommendation, i'm playing it now--lovely harmonies! hope the tree shines bright in your home this year too emil <3
NIKI ❤❤ i adore your playlists and please know "big city feeling" is right next to "blue christmas" because alphabetical order!! however i was wondering if you intended to put the Treasure Planet track in blue christmas? it's an interesting addition but feels a bit out of place BUT IF YOU DID that's cool!! i will continue to play the fk out of it this christmas ❤❤
ahhhh becca!!! thank you so so much, for enjoying the newsletter and the playlists (!) and for the feedback! yes, the treasure planet track was intentional! that movie has a very special place in my heart (lol @ my 6 year old self imprinting on jim hawkins smh kill me) and the soundtrack's arrangement reminds me of "fairytale of new york" (possibly the traditionally irish instruments). i wanted to include a track from the soundtrack to go right after fairytale of new york, but after reading your comment i realized i'd picked the wrong one! i replaced it just now with a different track that i think might suit the playlist better -- it goes really well after fairytale of new york, before it drops down into phoebe's sad christmas song. ok playlist nerd ramble over! thank you so much you sweet angel you, here's to all the sad song holiday vibes 😽💞🎄
LOOOOOL ok I know what you mean about Jim Hawkins and being 6 years old... and I'm listening to it now and you are right, this is SOOO good. I feel so heard, thank youuu! I love the instruments on this track! "It's not Christmas 'til somebody cries" - Carly Rae Jepsen
yay so glad you like it now! and LOL the carly jae reference :)) perfection
This is great, Niki! :( (sorry for only getting to comment now!) I'd just like to share, too, that we don't even have our decorations up yet at home and I have no idea if we're going to put much effort into the tree this year, which does make me sad. But what's heartening for me is seeing how many of my relatives (especially the younger ones!) are thinking of ways to celebrate remotely. Since we're definitely not going to our lola's house for noche buena this year, one of my cousins (based in California now) organized a Zoom call for all of us and taught as how to dance the choreography to the chorus of Dynamite HAHA. My mom has constantly been trying to think of an online routine we can do, too. And I'm still trying to draft the children's story that I plan to "gift" to my entire extended family via a reading or something hahaha.
It's definitely not the year for a rom-com Christmas, though. And I relate so painfully to the tendency to romanticize this time of year, in the hopes of making it seem less sad. Thank you for your words and your sincerity. I hope the tree shines extra bright for you this year!
(I can totally hear the St. Vincent in the new song, by the way hehe I can almost make out the crazier production that I'm sure you'd want it to have!! I have little to contribute by way of music, but if you haven't heard this one before, please enjoy my favorite (a cappella!) secular Christmas song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfmBuIA6frE)
your relatives are so precious!! i know it's such a weird holiday season, but i hope that the small joys keep coming your way. and i hope you're having fun dancing to dynamite with your little cousins (i miss mine!). the children's story sounds so exciting, please share it when you get to finish!
i'm so, so happy this resonated with you, and am truly thrilled that you can hear the st. vincent influence in the song! i honestly can't wait to someday get this down for real with all the sounds that belong to it. this morning i listened to the song exploder episode about "new york" and was completely blown away. someday!! haha. thank you for the song recommendation, i'm playing it now--lovely harmonies! hope the tree shines bright in your home this year too emil <3
Don't know what this Christmas will bring. I just wish the best for everyone.
me too 🙏