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"textContent": "Step into What’s Playing in the Studio, my playful music check-in—part experiment, part time capsule, and all about the joy of sharing what’s on repeat.\nThis one is the soft / low-stimulation side of the menu—pretty, moody, lyrics-forward comfort listening with a tender edge.\nWhat this post is\nA tight little menu for soft comfort + tender ache + melodrama-as-release.\nPick a section, press play, and let it be what it is.\nContent note\nLow-stim, lyrics-forward comfort. Nothing heavy, just “feel your feelings” music.\nFull projects (listen front-to-back)\nWhole-world albums:\nExtraordinary Machine — Fiona Apple (bright-messy comfort)\nThe Idler Wheel… — Fiona Apple (raw + grounding)\nMelodrama — Lorde (big-feelings theatre)\nChris — Christine and the Queens (glitter melancholy)\nMAGDALENE — FKA twigs (holy-body ache)\nSix mini-playlists\nSome sections are short on purpose. This is a menu, not homework.\n1) Ground — low light, slow breath\nSea of Love — Cat Power\nBe Gentle With Me — The Boy Least Likely To\nI Love You Always Forever — Donna Lewis\nBy Your Side — Sade\nVienna — Billy Joel\nI Feel It All — Feist\nFirst Day of My Life — Bright Eyes\nEvery Single Night — Fiona Apple\nAnything We Want — Fiona Apple\nPaper Bag — Fiona Apple\n2) Tender spiral — indie ache, safely contained\nChinese New Year — SALES\nNeeds — Verzache\nIf She Wants Me — Belle and Sebastian\nGet Me Away From Here, I'm Dying — Belle and Sebastian\nDoes He Love You? — Rilo Kiley\nWerewolf — Fiona Apple\nRegret — Fiona Apple\nJonathan — Fiona Apple\n3) Cry pretty — melodrama with a backbone\nSober II (Melodrama) — Lorde\nWriter In The Dark — Lorde\nLiability — Lorde\nSupercut — Lorde\nKiss of Life — Sade\nNo Ordinary Love (Recorded at RAK Studios, London) — Christine and the Queens\nPeople, I've been sad — Christine and the Queens\nTilted — Christine and the Queens\n4) Float — numb, blank, autopilot\nalone — WILLOW\nBorn Tired — Jhené Aiko\nPalace — Tora-i\nOphiuchus — Bairi\nunavailable — Joey LaBeija\nMiss Understood — Monaleo\nSertraline Gang — Trannieb0i, Shurk\nLet Me Go — Ogi\nPale September — Fiona Apple\n5) Body electricity — tender feral catharsis\ncellophane — FKA twigs\nhome with you — FKA twigs\nmary magdalene — FKA twigs\nMeet Me At Our Spot — THE ANXIETY, WILLOW, Tyler Cole\nLIE LIE LIE! — SadBoi\nJD's REVENGE — Jean Deaux\nBack 2 You — Jean Deaux\nMy Bad, My Fault — clothegod\n6) Loud-soft girls — queer indie-pop comfort\nYou're a Lot — SISTRA\nnew friends — flowerovlove\nCan we talk about isaac? — Rachel Chinouriri\nDown to be wrong — HAIM\nEverybody's trying to figure me out — HAIM\nSmooth Operator — Sade\nHeels — Sir Babygirl\nOver You — HOLYCHILD\nI Know A Place — MUNA\nCrying On The Bathroom Floor — MUNA\nEyes of a child — Christine and the Queens\nTrack stats (because I’m nosy)\nTotal recs: 54 tracks + 5 full projects\nArtists (songs): 25 (ish)\nRepeat offenders (top): Fiona (9), Christine (5), Lorde (5), twigs (4), Sade (3)\nGenre swirl (rough, overlapping): art-pop, indie pop/rock, alt-R&B, singer-songwriter, electronic\nVibe spread:low-stim comforttender achebig-feelings theatrefloaty numbnesscatharsis\nYour turn\nDrop 1 “soft side” track you’ve been replaying (or a full album you live inside)\n— Atila Martin\nBlog: atilacore.pckt.blog\nBluesky: atilacore.bsky.social\nContact: atilacore.pckt.blog@gmail.com",
"title": "What’s Playing in the Studio: Daring to Stay Soft",
"updatedAt": "2026-07-08T03:41:57.000Z"
}