tournament Song Of The Season 4 ? | Winner revealed! (pg. 54)

[Hug]

More time to write my other color sing maybe one to fit with the idea of my album more

[Galah]

Woo extensions! More time to create. This reissue artwork I'm currently working on... chills.

[Galah]

 

Hello again Aurorites and casual fans of Aurora (we see you Reiders)! The time has come to announce yet another Aurora release. 2021 seems to be the year that just keeps on giving, because miss Aurora has been hard at work in the studio working on both new music and re-recording her old classics! Earlier in the week, Aurora teased the upcoming second single from 'Aurenaissance', enigmatically titled simply "2". What could this title mean? Simply that it is the second single, or something more? The song is expected to drop in two days' time as of this blog post. Until then, make sure to stream the upcoming album's lead single, ""Satan, Not Today!"", which debuted at #7 earlier in the month.

 

Until the release of new music, Aurora has surprised fans with the penultimate re-recorded release in a series of 5 she plans to drop throughout the lead-up to her upcoming sixth studio album. The new reissue, 'Silhouettes: Deluxe Edition' features all of your favourites from the 2015 release, as well as some new solo and acoustic versions of tracks written with and for other artists during the album's original release cycle. Featured among the revamped track list is the 2015 Song of the Year "Set Sail", additional #1 hits such as "Little Birds", "My Paradise", and a solo version of "Frightening Nights and Lightning Strikes", which was originally a duet with singer Jorge.

Despite peaking at #4 on the 2015 Year End charts, 'Silhouettes' spawned some of Aurora's most loved hits, including the title track, interlude "Happy", and 2015's Song of the Year "Set Sail", as previously mentioned, which later inspired Aurora's 2017 #1 smash hit "Positano" from her fourth studio album 'Mine'. A solo version of "Top Level" (a demo initially pitched to Kanye West and Nicki Minaj) appears on the re-recorded deluxe edition, as well as an acoustic cover of the Aurora-penned Cat Venti track "Forever in a Moment".

 

What is your favourite track from 'Silhouettes', and will you be streaming the new, re-recorded deluxe edition? Let us know in the comment section while we all await Aurora's brand new single, "2", coming soon!

[Dessy]

7 hours ago, Aurora said:

 

Hello again Aurorites and casual fans of Aurora (we see you Reiders)! The time has come to announce yet another Aurora release. 2021 seems to be the year that just keeps on giving, because miss Aurora has been hard at work in the studio working on both new music and re-recording her old classics! Earlier in the week, Aurora teased the upcoming second single from 'Aurenaissance', enigmatically titled simply "2". What could this title mean? Simply that it is the second single, or something more? The song is expected to drop in two days' time as of this blog post. Until then, make sure to stream the upcoming album's lead single, ""Satan, Not Today!"", which debuted at #7 earlier in the month.

 

Until the release of new music, Aurora has surprised fans with the penultimate re-recorded release in a series of 5 she plans to drop throughout the lead-up to her upcoming sixth studio album. The new reissue, 'Silhouettes: Deluxe Edition' features all of your favourites from the 2015 release, as well as some new solo and acoustic versions of tracks written with and for other artists during the album's original release cycle. Featured among the revamped track list is the 2015 Song of the Year "Set Sail", additional #1 hits such as "Little Birds", "My Paradise", and a solo version of "Frightening Nights and Lightning Strikes", which was originally a duet with singer Jorge.

Despite peaking at #4 on the 2015 Year End charts, 'Silhouettes' spawned some of Aurora's most loved hits, including the title track, interlude "Happy", and 2015's Song of the Year "Set Sail", as previously mentioned, which later inspired Aurora's 2017 #1 smash hit "Positano" from her fourth studio album 'Mine'. A solo version of "Top Level" (a demo initially pitched to Kanye West and Nicki Minaj) appears on the re-recorded deluxe edition, as well as an acoustic cover of the Aurora-penned Cat Venti track "Forever in a Moment".

 

What is your favourite track from 'Silhouettes', and will you be streaming the new, re-recorded deluxe edition? Let us know in the comment section while we all await Aurora's brand new single, "2", coming soon!

Nah why am i snatched like this

[Galah]

10 hours ago, Dessy said:

Nah why am i snatched like this

Thanks love.  I need @Astroto share another webstore concept, or another press release from @JonginBey. We love creativity! I really want to start my final reissue since I just finished up the lyric booklet for this album, but I know I'll be super sad when it's all over.

 

I should be working on music production but oh well.  I'll catch up on that eventually.

[Rence]

The cover art, the whole serve 

[Kelp]

Submitted! I'm somewhat happy with my song... I think I listened to the judges at least :hi:

 

Here's my song if you're curious, it's called Dye: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V9T7nNFnXqnPf_huXU5KGUFfNHF_On14IS6Z42y3Hvo/edit?usp=sharing

[ughgabriel]

13 minutes ago, Drifloon said:

Submitted! I'm somewhat happy with my song... I think I listened to the judges at least :hi:

 

Here's my song if you're curious, it's called Dye: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V9T7nNFnXqnPf_huXU5KGUFfNHF_On14IS6Z42y3Hvo/edit?usp=sharing

I loved your storytelling pop approach :shy:

[Galah]

7 hours ago, Drifloon said:

Submitted! I'm somewhat happy with my song... I think I listened to the judges at least :hi:

 

Here's my song if you're curious, it's called Dye: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V9T7nNFnXqnPf_huXU5KGUFfNHF_On14IS6Z42y3Hvo/edit?usp=sharing

This is a beautiful song about Katy Perry.

No but really, this is super cute yet disheartening, and I loooove what you did with the "highlights" couplet in the bridge!

[Hug]

Round 2: Colors of the Universe reviews~

 

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lh_rguXZ_VFoMZ1Ny2n2GQWJyWkl8Vr-FeKeMMV2XK8/edit?usp=sharing

 

Not to be a broken record, but the overall quality level of this round was once again stellar. It's not easy deciding who should be where. (Currently, I don't even know who will be getting my #1, nevermind any other placement.) I really wouldn't be discouraged by results, whatever they may be, because there are things to enjoy in every entry. Thank you to everyone who has participated up to this point!

 

Spoiler

@hurricane326 @ProPopGirlStan @Jackson @Aurora @Astro @JonginBey @Dessy @Gastrodonatella @anon @Prisoner @ughgabriel @8thPrince@Drifloon @Overprotected @Auburn

 

[Hug]

Just now, hurricane326 said:

Oops...looks like my corrected entry didn't go through in time. I submitted a new one to replace Scythe, it was called The Lake. Oh well...

No look down a bit in the document  

[ughgabriel]

Thank you, @Hug 

 

Will be sharing my entry too <3

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PfYmxT0-DsA8YGnudVXF9uoT3UKk0Qvq3wCFWA7Os38/edit

[fountain]

On 5/26/2021 at 9:53 PM, minho said:

I agree with this   I've wanted to try hosting SOTS for a while so if people are interested I could (or if there's someone else like fountain who wants to do it that's fine too!)

 

I like the non-elim aspect/the way you can just join or leave at your own pace.  I still think it would be fun to have ranks or some form of chart but not make it competitive (though idk if that contradicts itself)

I’d like it to happen either way! Not gonna lie it is a bit of an odd idea for me that somebody else would revive my spin off idea after it was dead for years without being involved in that somehow, but I think it’s the natural evolution of the scene. Maybe people weren’t really ready for it back then since nobody bothered to follow it up after I stopped hosting, but it feels like - at least to me - that as the game has continued to evolve, embracing something like this seems like the next logical step forward to me. So either way I think it needs to happen, I think it’d be in everyone’s benefit and help avoid competitive burn out that kind of comes and goes with these games. And just from what I’ve heard and what people have said, it sort of seems in agreement. But who knows! People said the same stuff four years ago, for it to only take place once

 

tldr: make it happen. 

[Prisoner]

thank you for the review @Hug 

Yes it probably won't read too much like a song parts but that was a stylistic choice I made since I wanted to try something new. As for the ending, I reworked it a LOT so I'm glad that you said it works. like whew

And I'm also glad that I got the chance to show you how wild your life is ?

[Prisoner]

Let me share mine as well

 

Prisoner - TBA

 

1. Hopelessly Devoted To You

2. One day you're driving your dad's old car

 

Spoiler

 

VERSE:

One day you're driving your dad's old car

As you pass by an accident site

The boy surely ain't making it out alive

But you wish the best for him anyway

You can be so helpful and kind sometimes

 

The next minute you're back in your room

Get off your underwear and lie in bed

Read the manga you bought from the nerdy kid

Then start masturbating to a podcast

You found on some sappy spotify playlist

 

CHORUS:

"If all is lost the moment we die

Is there a point in living at all?

When a sky lantern goes up and up

And then burns out and fall and crash

Does it still matter where it lit up?"

 

VERSE:

And now you're sitting on the computer

The same one your dad bought for your brother

Before he went away to realize his dreams

While you're stuck in this cursed town forever

Fighting with online trolls to pass the time

 

Then you're on the phone with your ex-girlfriend

She's a bit crazy and she's quite angry

That the reason you took her virginity

Was just cause you lost a bet against Brooklyn

Meanwhile you're jerking off to her texts

 

BRIDGE:

So you're with Brooklyn and it's christmas eve

Midnight coffee in a café and you're still so naive

So when she tells you that she's seen your dad naked

All you can taste in your mouth is bitter hatred

Towards the man who used to be superman

But it's christmas so you kiss her lips with tears on her face as your mind starts to dissolve

 

So it's christmas night and you're with the family

Except your sister who's out doing drugs in the streets

And oh, your dad as well who's "still in the office"

But mom's doing alright dancing all alone

You wear dark circles the way she drinks alcohol

And it's a christmas miracle cause that's the kind of stuff masturbation can't solve

 

CHORUS:

"If all is lost the moment we die

Is there a point in living at all?

When a sky lantern goes up and up

And then burns out and fall and crash

Does it matter where it will end up?"

 

But you hate that stupid crazy podcast

You hate that you can't stop breathing this fast

So you walk the stairs up to the rooftop

Open the door and cry and let go

Does it matter that you were a good kid?

 

No you hate the horrid voice in your head

You hate everything everyone says

But the wind on your face with its wicked grace

As you place your feet across the ledge...

As you pace your life into the edge...

 

You're not gonna jump yet, at least not tonight

Your dad's old car isn't where you wanna end up, isn't that right?

 

 

 

 

Edited May 29, 2021 by Prisoner

[Guest]

Nervous to read mine 

[Overprotected]

Thank you hug 

[Kelp]

26 minutes ago, Prisoner said:

Let me share mine as well

 

Prisoner - TBA

 

1. Hopelessly Devoted To You

2. One day you're driving your dad's old car

 

  Hide contents

 

VERSE:

One day you're driving your dad's old car

As you pass by an accident site

The boy surely ain't making it out alive

But you wish the best for him anyway

You can be so helpful and kind sometimes

 

The next minute you're back in your room

Get off your underwear and lie in bed

Read the manga you bought from the nerdy kid

Then start masturbating to a podcast

You found on some sappy spotify playlist

 

CHORUS:

"If all is lost the moment we die

Is there a point in living at all?

When a sky lantern goes up and up

And then burns out and fall and crash

Does it still matter where it lit up?"

 

VERSE:

And now you're sitting on the computer

The same one your dad bought for your brother

Before he went away to realize his dreams

While you're stuck in this cursed town forever

Fighting with online trolls to pass the time

 

Then you're on the phone with your ex-girlfriend

She's a bit crazy and she's quite angry

That the reason you took her virginity

Was just cause you lost a bet against Brooklyn

Meanwhile you're jerking off to her texts

 

BRIDGE:

So you're with Brooklyn and it's christmas eve

Midnight coffee in a café and you're still so naive

So when she tells you that she's seen your dad naked

All you can taste in your mouth is bitter hatred

Towards the man who used to be superman

But it's christmas so you kiss her lips with tears on her face as your mind starts to dissolve

 

So it's christmas night and you're with the family

Except your sister who's out doing drugs in the streets

And oh, your dad as well who's "still in the office"

But mom's doing alright dancing all alone

You wear dark circles the way she drinks alcohol

And it's a christmas miracle cause that's the kind of stuff masturbation can't solve

 

CHORUS:

"If all is lost the moment we die

Is there a point in living at all?

When a sky lantern goes up and up

And then burns out and fall and crash

Does it matter where it will end up?"

 

But you hate that stupid crazy podcast

You hate that you can't stop breathing this fast

So you walk the stairs up to the rooftop

Open the door and cry and let go

Does it matter that you were a good kid?

 

No you hate the horrid voice in your head

You hate everything everyone says

But the wind on your face with its wicked grace

As you place your feet across the ledge...

As you pace your life into the edge...

 

You're not gonna jump yet, at least not tonight

Your dad's old car isn't where you wanna end up, isn't that right?

 

 

 

 

Experimental king 

[Prisoner]

4 minutes ago, Drifloon said:

Experimental king 

yes say those words I wanna hear   ty 

[Guest]

Thanks for the feedback @Hug

[JonginBey]

Nnn, not reviews  I’m scared to read it.

[JonginBey]

Shooook!  Thank you so much! @Hug 

[smholiv]

3 hours ago, fountain said:

I’d like it to happen either way! Not gonna lie it is a bit of an odd idea for me that somebody else would revive my spin off idea after it was dead for years without being involved in that somehow, but I think it’s the natural evolution of the scene. Maybe people weren’t really ready for it back then since nobody bothered to follow it up after I stopped hosting, but it feels like - at least to me - that as the game has continued to evolve, embracing something like this seems like the next logical step forward to me. So either way I think it needs to happen, I think it’d be in everyone’s benefit and help avoid competitive burn out that kind of comes and goes with these games. And just from what I’ve heard and what people have said, it sort of seems in agreement. But who knows! People said the same stuff four years ago, for it to only take place once

 

tldr: make it happen. 

Oh if you have special attachment to the concept and would prefer someone else that's fine too, I just want it to happen. I've been wanting to solo-host since SOTS1 because I have a lot of ideas for rounds and I want to create a very laid back atmosphere but if people would prefer someone else that's fine too. As long as it happens!

[fountain]

1 hour ago, minho said:

Oh if you have special attachment to the concept and would prefer someone else that's fine too, I just want it to happen. I've been wanting to solo-host since SOTS1 because I have a lot of ideas for rounds and I want to create a very laid back atmosphere but if people would prefer someone else that's fine too. As long as it happens!

It is more so just hoping to see it be done right. I started it because I wanted to give people the space to try alternative styles of writing, or go for outside of the box concepts. The context back then was that there was kind of a preconceived notion after so many seasons, as to what a PH song felt and looked like. If you think back, this was a really common reoccurring comment from judges. I thought the .5 season would be something that would help steer away from that, which I also tried doing on the main season I hosted too with things like the rounds that encouraged people to think outside the box by not relying on rhymes / writing a song with no repetition or structure / writing with no first person pronouns, and obviously the biggest formula change: the way comebacks worked, which is still used now. I think it kinda succeeded, because when I look at most entries now you see a lot more originality, actually I looked at a few entries that were posted for the first round and noticed a lot had no structure at all, and thought that was interesting, is this a trend now? lol. I even saw now that for, what I think is the first time (?), it says in the OP of this season that poems are accepted too which I think is great (the line between poem and song is so thin, that who really cares haha). But what I mean is that if the theoretical .5 season is done differently it could lose it’s difference and just end up being a bit more of the same, there’s a level of risk in creativity, and at some points overthinking, that this game can carry and what makes the space of the idea of a .5 season special is that it can be balls to the wall, anything at all that you want it to be, but that requires people behind it who really share that same value. Obviously whatever happens, happens but I’d love if this focus on creativity is kept up.

[fountain]

5 hours ago, ughgabriel said:

Thank you, @Hug 

 

Will be sharing my entry too <3

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PfYmxT0-DsA8YGnudVXF9uoT3UKk0Qvq3wCFWA7Os38/edit

Loves it