• We take you to the final news segment of 2023 •
Bad news: this is old atp but I got scammed back in November tryna get tickets for me and a friend to see Pierce The Veil. I shoulda backed out when cashapp didn't work at first, but I was so insistent 😞 Even tryna buy from someone else my apps failed so now I gotta make a call to set some stuff right 🙃
Rad news: I recovered a misdelivered package of mine. The FedEx guy got mixed up and delivered it to the same house number on the street behind me since they're named similarly. Luckily after matching the blurry ass picture they took for proof of delivery to the right house I was able to get my stuff. And I'm so glad cause it's the first time I've bought jeans in ages and they were on sale. I was gonna cry if they were just gone forever 🤧
• This has been the News •
Hey Kev! I wanted to write you one last time to close out the year before the clock strikes midnight in my neck of the woods. A recap of feelings, experiences, and hopes for 2024. I know your year has been wild. You mentioning King of Masked Singer on bubble the other day reminded me that that was actually this year. It feels so far away somehow. Not to mention meeting and befriending Jeremy Scott, all the times your performances have allowed you to reconnect with friends, and finally getting your wish of seeing Beyoncé live twice among other things. You have so much to be proud of. It just makes me really happy watching you achieve so much. I hope you get more opportunities to shine and just try new stuff next year. I know you also mentioned reading. I'm tryna get back on that too. I even picked up some new books, but they're still sitting here unread 🥲 I am curious to see what you put on your reading list 👀 (at least the ones you feel free enough to share).
Me personally, I have a lot on my mind. I'm not gonna lie to you, this year was extremely rough on me, especially these last 4 months. I had a lot of happy moments scattered throughout the year. Concerts, outings with friends, my little artistic achievements. But in the backdrop of that my heart has been heavy. I'm also an overthinker and it's led to a number of realizations about things. Good and bad, but the bad stuff... it's real weighty. I got a lotta stuff going on up top my dude, more than what's standard issue for a quarter life crisis 😞 (Send a prayer up for ya girl 🙏🏾)
What I can say is that I have good people around me, more than I realized at first. I have friends I can shoot the sh!t with and ones I can have deeper discussions with. There's so much relief in bearing your soul to another person. Even knowing they can't fix me I felt lighter just being able to vent. Idk something powerful about having people accept you in spite of your flaws. I know that's something I've let hold me back a lotta times. Going forward I wanna change that. I'm not gonna cheat myself outta good things cause I feel unworthy. I gotta start practicing what I preach to the homies whenever they're down. If I tell them they deserve happiness then I have to apply that to myself too. Even if it means I gotta wrestle some demons in the process.
I'm gonna get back into my old hobbies and try to start some new ones. I really wanna take up sewing. Having the ability to make my own clothes would be fantastic. It would free me from the curse of women's clothing sizes and I could make my own oversized shirts that are the right amount of big. Also, I've got a Halloween outfit idea that probably calls for some custom items. Also, I wanna get musical again. Sing more, dust off my guitar, get back into dancing etc. Right now I'm remixing that last bit tryna learn to vogue and tut. It's challenging, but fun.
Hoping I can maintain this positive energy and it'll actually spur me to action. I also wanted to extend some optimism to you. I know you have it hard in different ways and I wanna pass on the same encouragement. So! I've put together a list of song recs relevant to the energy we've created in the chat (err letter but you catch my drift). Most of these lean rock-ish since that's just how I roll. I'm sure you'll recognize some names though.
1. Life Afraid - Set It Off
2. Miracle - Paramore
3. Something Real - Doechii
4. Happy All the Time - Set It Off
5. Champion - Fall Out Boy
6. Anxiety - Megan Thee Stallion
7. Rocket Science - Meet Me @ the Altar
8. Hell and Back - Tonight Alive
9. Spotlight (New Regrets) - Patrick Stump
10. To Be Alive - Rina Sawayama
Bonus: My House - Beyoncé cause once you've summoned all the good energy you can tell the bad vibes to get tf up out your house.
I hope you remember you're important to all of us. I'm gonna reiterate to you what I had to tell myself: There are people in your corner who are happy to know and support you on your journey thru life and are cheering you while you reach for your dreams. Anytime you question why we choose to care about you so much know that the answer is because you're you. You're Kevin Moon and you're a swell guy who brightens people's day just by existing. Thank you for being a delight and cheering me up throughout the year and especially this month when I needed it most. You mean the world to me and I'm rooting for you in 2024 and beyond~ 🙆🏾♀️🎊🎉✨️ Love ya Kev 💛
P.S. I wanted to point out the parallels of both of us celebrating the release of old songs around the same time. Beyoncé officially released Grown Woman the same week that Fall Out Boy released Pavlove which was a demo bonus track off their album Folie à Deux for it's 15th anniversary. Big week for both of us lol.