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Nicholas Chen

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My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy

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10/16/2026


this song gives me that same feeling but in a less dramatic way. it feels more like the song they'd put over at the end of a coming of age movie where the protagonist finally settles into college or whatever

i like playing it at the end of trips. i recall listening to this song while going for a last run in vienna the morning before my flight, running past people slowly emerge from their apartments to go about their days

i also love how simple this song is. it's just ichiko aoba and her guitar! nothing else

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10/16/2026

i listened to this song and album art for Who Will Survive In AmericaWho Will Survive In America as i walked the final stretch into obradoiro square to end the camino de santiago

i've always listened to this pair of songs during transitional or pivotal points in my life, i recall being super hungover after my first college party during my first week of college listening to these songs (and again during graduation)

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10/16/2026

this song + album art for Carry That Weight - Remastered 2009Carry That Weight - Remastered 2009 + album art for The End - Remastered 2009The End - Remastered 2009 must be the best ending to an album ever

i love how they borrow themes from earlier songs. more than that, it creates this feeling of a dramatic ending, and i find myself reaching for these songs when i'm at transitional points in my life

the ending songs of My Beautiful Twisted Dark Fantasy give me the same feeling, because they are also eclectic masterpieces that blend smoothly into each other - album art for Lost In The WorldLost In The World + album art for Who Will Survive In AmericaWho Will Survive In America