graceisnothere

General

Not sure how to make this a tl;dr. I try to listen and watch as many genres as possible so I cannot say what my favourite genres are. Whilst the primary focus of music is the sound, I do appreciate the visual and concept-work attached to music releases. In general, I do not gravitate towards "genre fiction". It is rarely the premise itself that gets me into a movie or book, it is the writing and the characters themselves.If written well, I would read a book about watching paint dry in a day.

Music

Recently I have been getting into hip-hop so if you have any recs pls message me! I'd love to listen to more diverse music. I go through taste cycles and currently I am in my femcel music phase. Previously it was K-Pop, Japanese music in general and a healthy dose of folk. My favourite artists, in no particular order: - Fiona Apple (blues-y) - MF DOOM ( hip-hop, recently gotten into but already one of my favs) - Julie (shoegaze) - Loona (hyperpop) - Leon Thomas (rnb) - Red Velvet (just everything) - Nastyona (alt-rock) - Magdalena Bay (prog-pop) - Swirlies (shoegaze) - Jpegmafia - Clairo - Boa (the British band) - DPR Ian - Gregory and the Hawk - Alien Stage (does this count?)

Movies

Top 4 movies: The Grand Budapest Hotel, Whisper of the Heart, Heathers and Mullholland Drive Over the past year or so I have been trying to diversify the movies I watch. I have dabbled in a few David Lynch works – more on this in "Television". Here is a list of my favourite movie from each year of this century so far: 2025 - Chainsaw Man Reze Arc (honorable mention: Sinners) 2024 - Sing Sing 2023 - The Holdovers (honorable mention: Spiderman across the spiderverse) 2022 - The Menu (I forgot what released in 2022) 2021 - Shiva Baby (apparently this is the only movie I have seen from 2021???) 2020 - 2019 - The Sound of Metal 2018 - Liz and the Bluebird 2017 - 2016 - A Silent Voice (honorable mention: The Handmaiden) 2015 - 2014 - The Grand Budapest Hotel 2013 - 2012 - 2011 - 2010 - Scott Pilgrim vs The World 2009 - 2008 - 2007 - 2006 - 2005 - 2004 - 2003 - Oldboy 2002 - 2001 - Mullholland Drive 2000 - I will update this list when I remember what I have actually watched.

Television

For a very long time, the only TV I ever saw was anime so I will not be that knowledgeable on live-action shows. Favourite anime: Love is War, Sound Euphonium, Bocchi the Rock, Kekkai Sensen Other shows I have seen: Twin Peaks (except the return), Arcane, Yellowjackets... There are more I promise I just can't remember them lol

Books

Currently reading: - Dead Souls, Nikolai Gogol - The Housekeeper and the Professor, Ogawa - The Origins of Totalitarianism, Arendt Favourite books: - The Book Thief, Mark Zusak - The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath - Piranesi, Susanna Clarke - Annihlation, Jeff Van der Meer

Heroes

Artists I look up to are Fiona Apple and Magdalena Bay. Most of my heroes are people I know in real life :)