u/Lost_Bluebird_5196

as the creator of 3 murdle playlists (and counting), which btw are all nearly 8 hours total, i've always been on the lookout for new songs that give off the vibes of the series. :3

here is my personal list:

logico:

1. figure it out - royal blood
2. wicked game - chris isaak
3. paint it, black - rolling stones

irratino:

1. abracadabra - steve miller band
2. kiss me you animal - burn the ballroom
3. smooth - santana
4. so damn dangerous - dea matrona

uncle midnight (my fav suspect rehehe):

1. nightshift superstar - muse
2. victorious - panic! at the disco

dame obsidian:

1. lethal woman - dove cameron (also reminds me of dr. crimson)
2. you don't own me - lesley gore

the amazing aureolin: real boy - lola blanc

miss saffron: secret - the pierces

a-list abalone:

1. no love in LA - palaye royale (also reminds me of midnight iii and viscount eminence for some reason)
2. SUPERMODEL - maneskin

mrs. ruby: bad books - luvcat

sir rulean: glory and gore - lorde

major red and secretary celadon: psycho - muse

comrade champagne: peacemaker - green day

radical crimson: guerilla radio - rage against the machine

also...does anyone know any characters that might bring to mind these songs? (feel free to bring ur own songs into the conversation as well!)

• killer queen - queen
• hayloft (i or ii, doesn't matter) - mother mother
• c'est la vie - weathers
• bubblegum bitch - marina
• bad reputation - joan jett & the blackhearts
• body talks - the struts

the murdle books we have so far have tackled so many different settings and storylines. midnight movies, drakonia, (my personal fav) tektopia, and soon a beach (SUMMER 2027 COME FASTER)...but they could do so much more.

i might be biased, but as a music lover myself, i'd love to see a musical storyline of some kind in murdle.

not only would it allow for more opportunities for news locations/weapons (mosh pit/getting crushed under a huge amplifier HELLO??) or suspects (my oc, rockstar larimar!! check her out here), it might also provide a great commentary on the issues of the music industry (like how tektopia was one, on the digital age and AI).

i'd love to hear your guys' ideas! ty!!

Since today's your birthday, I decided to do a little bit more work on my back but it is a good thing I know I don’t like that I don’t feel like it was a really nice place

hey sags!! 🏹🔥

pretty new to this sub, so i'd like to know, who are everyone's fav sagittarius (sun) icons™️? these can be celebs, fictional characters or ppl u know personally! 💅🏻

i'll start: miley cyrus, jane austen (my bday is RIGHT after hers), tre cool, dom howard & chris wolstenholme from muse (any muse fans in this sub?? 🤘🏽) and penny from the big bang theory 😛

for me personally, its gotta be why do you like it when i cry? and (as a muse fan too) kill or be killed 😛

PREMISE: Calliope School of Music (CSoM or just Calliope) is a prestigious school of…well, music. Like any other school, it’s full of big personalities and is a mishmash of different vibes - and the characters mentioned here are no different.

Keira, Matt, and Bailee, members of the tiny, ambitious garage band Junkii, are the first characters introduced, in that order. I plan to have them switch POVs throughout the story, since they get assigned to different dorms and that’s where they meet the other 4 characters. The story starts with Keira receiving her acceptance letter from Calliope, and unfolds from there…drama! chaos! romance! and of course a big in-school music festival (ISMF) at the end of the school year…

A fun, real, and openly queer story of growing up and friendship. Or at least that's what I want to make it.

The vibe I’m going for: Dysfunctional family and found family-esque vibes, of course with a(n un)healthy dose of chaos and teen awkwardness

ROOM 104 (Garage-rock-grunge-heavy-metal-vintage-guitar-center-heavy-eyeliner-dressed-entirely-in-black gremlin)

💿 Keira Weiss 🎀

She/her

Bisexual

mbti: INTP

birthday: April 30 (Taurus ♉️)

love language: words of affirmation

hometown: Northbrook, IL

• sings and plays bass for Junkii
• anxious, witty
• shy, makes savage comebacks when provoked
• owns like 12 identical hoodies
• EYELINER.
• reads books of all kinds (she esp. loves Jane Austen) (reads trashy romantasy books as a guilty pleasure)
• window shops on the regular

general personality summary: witty and kind, but puts others before herself too often

how music found her: growing up as an only child, Keira found music as a way to express her emotions, particularly since she has a VERY busy mind, and pass the time. she especially loves music because it involves writing, one of her first loves.

🎸 Matt Callahan ⚡️

He/him

Pansexual

mbti: ENTJ

birthday: August 5 (Leo ♌️)

love language: Physical touch

hometown: Northbrook, IL

• plays guitar for Junkii
• confident, sociable, loyal
• reliable cool guy whos a lil awkward
• leather jackets & blue jeans 24/7
• EYELINER.
• wears belts but never uses belt loops
• seasons EVERYTHING he eats w/ salt
• middle child

general personality summary: confident, playful and loyal…often to a fault

love language: physical touch

how music found him: Matt’s family owns a music franchise, Callahan Music, being a direct descendant of the founder. His parents, who operate a branch near their home, often let him and his brothers explore the stores and simply be surrounded by the instruments. it basically raised him in a way and shaped his love for music. The aforementioned branch holds significance to Matt, because that’s where he first meets Keira. She's a regular at this branch, but mostly because she window shops lol

🌊 Conelly Bellamy 🥊

She/they

Neptunic + nonbinary (femme presenting)

mbti: INFP

birthday: July 3 (Cancer ♋️)

love language: quality time

hometown: Princeton, NJ

• singer/guitarist for a metal band w/ her siblings (they're triplets)
• mostly chill temperament, independent but also loyal
• nurturing and caring when it comes to any kind of relationship
• EYELINER.
• not willing to admit it but takes AGES to get ready
• when she’s not playing music she’s usually boxing

general personality summary: laidback and caring, but hesitates to ask for help and often overprotective

how music found her: Conelly and her siblings are the children of Calliope alumni Damien and Brynn Bellamy, a cellist and a guitarist/pianist respectively. Brynn passed away just shortly after giving birth to the siblings, and Damien did too a few weeks later, in a fire that destroyed their home. As a result, the Bellamy triplets spent the first 12 years of their lives in a local orphanage. Conelly, being the eldest child, was left Brynn’s guitar. parts of it are slightly scorched from the fire, serving as the siblings’ only reminder of any of their parents. for the triplets, music was a way to express their uncertainty about the future and the hurt they’d gone through, and brought them close together.

ROOM 310 (Grunge-glitter-edm-synth-main-pop-girl-organized-chaos-war-is-peace-freedom-is-slavery-ignorance-is-strength gremlin)

🎭 Bailee Gentner ✨

They/them

Graysexual + omniromantic + nonbinary (mostly femme presenting but often switches up their expression)

mbti: ENTP

birthday: May 31 (Gemini ♊️)

love language: words of affirmation

• drums for Junkii
• GLITTER.
• chaotic, optimistic and whimsical
• official main songwriter for Junkii
• theater kid
• “One can never have too many notebooks.”
• engages in visual art-related activities outside of music. they’re like CRAZY good at drawing.

general personality summary: optimistic and fun but easily distracted and procrastinates a LOT. like, a LOT.

how music found them: Bailee, an enjoyer of musicals and theater in general, enjoyed writing musicals. not as a serious, 24/7 thing, but just for fun. through this they discovered their love for writing songs and putting into words all the weird and wonderful things that couldn’t be said in just straight prose. 

📊 Jax Weber-Jacobson 🍃

She/her

ace + demiromantic

mbti: ISTJ

birthday: September 13 (Virgo ♍️)

love language: acts of service

hometown: Seattle, WA

• DJ
• mom friend
• only second year student out of the gang
• lives in leggings and hoodies
• spreadsheets & color-coding = oxygen
• ALWAYS brings snacks and water to hangouts w/ the rest of the gang
• “The worst thing I’ve ever done was color-code someone’s notes without permission…”

general personality summary: organized and helpful, but often overthinks 

how music found her: Jax has always been more rational than creative, enjoying activities such as research, science (all branches) and debate. as much as she enjoyed these activities, they sometimes made her feel stressed. on top of this, she was a “gifted kid” at school and regularly babysat neighbors’ kids, further worsening her burnout. as a person who liked to set clear goals for herself, she (somewhat reluctantly) decided to turn to music as a way of both exploring her creative side and as a means of leisure. she started out by using simple drum pad apps (she enjoyed listening to EDM songs as a guilty pleasure), and eventually got fully into DJing.

💎 Nova Pierce 💅

They/them

Nonbinary (femme presenting) + lesbian

mbti: ESFJ

birthday: March 26 (aries ♈️)

love language: gifts

hometown: Brooklyn, NY

• pop star
• LOOOVES fashion
• SHOES. when the room 104 people first meet them, they’ve gone thru seven pairs of shoes trying to find a pair that goes with their outfit
• not exactly the most organized (much to Jax’s chagrin…)
• ex-social media influencer
• owns a concerning amount of selfie sticks, most from their influencer era
• sassy™️
• has a ring light they claim is “just for the aesthetic” but is really for selfies
• organizes their clothes by aesthetic
• uses Gen Z slang 24/7 (esp. period, slay, ate)
• hardly ever calls anyone by their actual name, just calls them “bestie,” “girl,” “[insert name]-y/ie,” or “[insert first syllable of name]-s” (e.g. “Jaxie” for Jax, “Ells” for Elias)

 

general personality summary: sociable and outgoing, but insecure (often asks for validation, struggles to accept compliments), which stems from their time as an influencer

how music found them: Nova enjoyed being an influencer, but eventually, their motivation for doing it shifted from fun and enjoyment to validation in the form of likes and comments. during this time, they turned to music as a way to cope. the year before they first came to Calliope, Nova quit being an influencer, having realized their both their passion for music and the negative impact that being an influencer was having on their mental health.

📚 Elias Lin 🐈‍⬛

He/him

Gay

mbti: ISTP

birthday: February 7 (Aquarius ♒️)

love language: quality time

hometown: Daly City, CA

• alt-synth-pop solo artist
• intellectual
• doesn’t socialize a lot but wants to
  • comes off as aloof at first but he’s really just slow to trust (he’s actively working on his social skills)
  • “today i will initiate one conversation.”
• bookworm (personal fav is 1984)
• filipino american w/ 3rd generation chinese roots 🇵🇭 
• noise-canceling headphones like armor

general personality summary: levelheaded and smart, but emotionally guarded and afraid of attachment

how music found him: much like Jax, Elias is more rational than creative. unlike her, though, he loved music from an early age. when he was 9, his parents, who constantly and openly supported his creative endeavors, divorced. (this is where his fear of attachment comes from) Elias, not one to openly express his emotions, managed them by abandoning all the things that reminded him of them, including music. he thrust himself into more rational and logical areas of interest, and that became his regular interest. however, with growing up comes a sense of longing for childhood, and Elias began to look back at old creative projects he’d done as a child and watch old videos of himself singing. he felt that it was risky, trying to engage in the very thing that reminded him of the hurt he’d gone through. he slowly began exploring music more, being particularly attracted to the otherworldly feel of synth pop.

just a random thought i had today, posted in part to liven this sub up.

for me, boss charcoal is definitely a trevor. executive producer steel is totally a hadley. secretary celadon lowkey gives off melissa vibes tho...

feel free to share ur headcanons in the comments!!

for me personally, it's cryogen, hush, TiRO, nightshift superstar, and TSIY&I, among others. :3

so back when i was around 10 or 11 i was just getting into alt music and culture, and i was becoming kind of NLOG in the process. i thought of myself as NLOG (never said it out loud tho) and prided myself on it. eventually, i learned how toxic it was to say i was "NLOG," and to reject that mindset. now, i cringe so hard to think about that time of my life.

so far, i've only ever been taught that "pick me girls" are the way they are because they want male validation, but i'm also wondering if it's possible if male validation isn't your motive (which was the case for me).

clear signs of my NLOG mindset back then:

• was completely averse to most things "girly" (esp the color pink) because i saw them as "basic" and shallow
• hated mainstream pop music (something i considered "girly" at the time) with a passion
• prided myself on being NLOG
• thought of all women as being shallow and materialistic, and as automatically equating to drama

outliers from usual NLOG behavior:

• i didn't want male validation, most likely just to feel good about myself (school was really stressful at the time, and i was struggling with my body image)
• none of my friends were guys, they were, and still are, all women

your answers and insights would be greatly appreciated. thank you!

i am the only queer person (omnisexual, panromantic, and mostly closeted bigender, AFAB) in my all-cis, all-straight friend group. quite a few of my friends have stated, on one occasion, that they only believe there are 2 genders. on said occasion, i was trying to explain to them the meaning of omnisexuality, since i'd recently come out to them as omni. i was like, "so basically, you like all genders-" and one of them asked smth like, "all genders? but there are only 2 genders, so then aren't you bi?" (prior to this occasion, i had experimented with bisexuality as a label.) 

on another, later occasion, one of them again asked if i was bi. since i didn't want to go through the same discussion i had with them before again, i just said i was bi.

ever since then, i've only been TRULY out online and to my immediate family. for fear of being told that "there are only 2 genders" and therefore feelings that my gender identity and sexuality is invalidated again, i've decided to remain closeted to my friends until we graduate high school (which i'm starting this year). 

i'm stuck on what i should do.

for you to take into consideration:

• none of my friends have ever made openly queerphobic comments/statements. 
• they're not toxic. in fact, they're far from that. we've been friends for almost 2 years now, and i really think we have something great going.
• yes, there are other queer people in our school, but most are from the older grades, with whom i am too painfully introverted to interact with 😭

i know this was a pretty long post but thank you so much for your time!

P.S. on an unrelated note, is there anyone in here who's a fan of the band muse?? ✨