Note to the Reader: Very similar to last year’s post, I started writing this post much earlier (off and on between December 2022 and February 2023), with the intention of posting it in early 2023, but that didn’t happen. Notes from my future self are noted in italics. I played more games in 2022 than […]

(Once again, I started this in 2022 but finished it here in the beginning of 2023, so just keep that in mind when I refer to “this year” throughout this post) Looking at my Last.fm stats, I listened to 25% more music in 2022 than I did in 2021, and that makes sense considering I […]

When people think of emo music (and, by extension, pop-punk, as they often get lumped together), they often tie those genres to a certain set of emotional concepts, generally around sadness and heartbreak. How people perceive that type of music also often influences the sounds and styles they associate with those types of bands, ranging […]