Hi Kev!
Believe it or not, this is already my 16th attempt of writing you a letter, which is kind of significant, I guess, cus it’s your number.
This letter was written across 2 months already, maybe even 3, so it might be messy or might sound disconnected at some parts.
Hi, I missed you. It has probably been 6 months or more since my last letter? I’m sorry :< I don’t want to bore you with excuses but honestly, I could only write when I had room to breathe from my current job and right now, I do, because I’m on a 4-hour flight with no internet, hence no one at work could reach me.
I actually got to download movies on Netflix, but due to my super short attention span, I can’t sit through an entire movie unless it’s really really really got me hooked. The latest one that I watched on the plane fully are probably Love at first sight, Anyone but you, and a rewatch of Catching fire. Probs not the films you’d expect, haha! The ones that I can’t seem to bring myself to finish on the plane are Dream (IU & PSJ), Are you there God, it’s me Margaret, and Don’t worry darling (though for this one it’s mostly because it’s got raunchy scenes in it and I fly economy so I don’t really have much of personal space to watch it safely lol)
I just went and checked my last letter for you and it was me crying about not being able to watch The Renaissance film, only for me to end up watching it in the cinema on its very first day of premiere worldwide lol It was super super fun! I got to watch it with my workmates including celina! I’m not sure if you remember but you viewed my vlog about it on Instagram hahah, tagged you because I wanted to share my experience, beyhive to beyhive, you know? hehe
I watched with colleagues and celebrated post-rwt film w some shots :> then you debuted your solo instagram! what a time 🤍
That feels so long ago now when I think about it.. so many things happened in both of our lives since then that I just want to sit down and do a catch up with you hahah I'm really sorry it took me this long to send a letter here :< work is krazy
Anyways!!
COWBOY CARTER ❕❕
I have.. so many thoughts but words are not my strongest suit as I have told you so many times before. ㅠㅠ
One thing's for sure though: this is another album wherein the word 'masterpiece' is an understatement And i have it on repeat (especially the ya ya to amen run 😔✋)
ok let's get into my initial thoughts that i compiled during the first listen
• for the first 15min of listening to the album i only had ameriican requiem on loop cus i couldnt move on from that first track it was crazy the vocals were crazy i didnt expect to like it this much !!!
• that first track is seriously already such a ride that when blackbiird started playing i still couldnt get over ameriican requiem
• ending that first track with the title of the last track? art
• ameriican requiem ... possibly is my fav album opener among all her albums.. POSSIBLY!
• cried in the protector and no joke, i sent a long ass message to my mom (whos not much of a beyhive) telling her to listen to the song cus the lyrics "even tho ik someday ur gonna shine on ur own, i will be ur projector" reminded me of a certain memory from my childhood and that i love her so much and that im grateful shes my protector ㅠㅠㅠ also rumi yesss!! 6.6m monthly listeners, get that bag! jk
• remember the part before bey says "welcome to the renaissance" in her tour? in the film? thats what reminds me of when i heard the intro of my rose for the first time. i love the lyrics tho :< kind of a good reminder to love yourself, all and whole :>
• btw that whole entire verse towards the end of my rose? thats me to you 🫶🏼
• the first smoke hour is so cool seriously these interludes are so so cool it feels like i really travelled back in time and that im in my old pickup truck with a barely working radio
• also john taught me sumn abt the lyrics in smoke hour! the radio station is called KNTRY bc in the US commercial radio, stations begin with K when they’re west of the mississippi river (like texas is) so it’s a play on radio station names but it looks like country. pretty cool tbh
• bodyguard tho 👀 it's kinda giving dynasty first few seasons (which im not even sure if u watch.. maybe not hahah) but this one's sensual i see u, plastic off the sofa's southern distant cousin (also her vocals in the line "oh honey honey" oh beyoncé i cant)
• dolly p always brings a smile to my face now whenever it comes on bc HEY HONEY BEE ITS DOLLY P! and the comparison between jolene and becky w the good hair 😭✋ oh, so good
• cried real tears to bey's jolene, no kidding (some colleagues told me they didnt like her version which confused me a lot like wym.. its so good?! her vocals??) ALSO THE CHOIR AT THE END? kind of reminded me of tbosas too but thats me w the whole album tbh
• no one can sing this version of jolene as good as beyoncé, the depths and levels of her vocals when she sang "me and my man crossed those valleys, highs and lows and everything in between" and "like tumbling weeds" and "seeds" in "cant dig up our planted seeds" INSANE
• also learned stevie wonder and dolly parton both worked on the album and for the track jolene .. wow krazy
• i'd say daughter surprised me the most hahah i didn't expect it to be macabre bc of its title but i am loving it and living for it, all the religious references? oh im sooo here for it SHE SAID IMMA TAKE YALL TO CHURCH W THAT BRIDGE oh so good, SO good what on earth !! btw as soon as i listened to this i knew this would be one of ur top tracks (u said it was but not sure if it still is today!)
• im never moving on from daughter that was insane
• spaghettii came on and i instantly thought of that one dancing jayz gif
• we're back with the religious references in alligator tears, i love it.. also all the symbolisms in the lyrics here.. "high tides in the city, im in too deep" "you and your alligator tears works me over and through"
• just for fun is such a mood rn cus im so tired of work and the line "heres to hoping ill fall fast asleep tonight and ill just need to get through this.." "and i just, i need to get through this, oh just getting used to it" Speaks to me rn 😔✋
• i badly need a live stage of miley and bey singing ii most wanted actually that'd be a dream come true esp if i get to see it w my own eyes and ears.
• also do u ever just cry bc u havent found the person u can feel this way about, like ii most wanted's lyrics? oh u have? oh its just me who hasnt? ok ok 😔✋
• levii's jeans is so good i forgot post malone's on here and full on thought it was ed sheeran at first 😭 mb mb postie ANYWAYS its so good aaaa ok see i told u i suck at words but i Love this song this is also in my top 6
• ok flamenco get it!! i feel like this one has a sister also in bey's discography but i cant seem
to pinpoint which.. would u have an idea hahah
• ya ya my #1 track since first listen and still is now but along with tyrant ! i need the full live performance of this and the choreography from bey and if she ever performs this (which i know she will) i need to be there to witness it im not kidding
• ya ya to oh louisiana's TRANSITION !!!!! krazy !!!
• btw the ya ya dance by raynedre is what should go the most viral challenge for that track fr the other ones are not giving as much !!
• riiverdance EVERYONE GET UP LETS DANCE
• why is this part so cute and also so satisfying to listen to like the vocals.. ugh so good "day i met u i remember everything i wrote it down" 😔
• ii hands ii heaven is kind of no angel's sister.. but i havent seen anyone else say this so maybe thats just me !
• *adds ii hands ii heaven to my wedding playlist for future reference* oh and im hiring a whole choir to sing it 😁.. no but seriously i cant wait for the day i finally have fallen in love and can sing this song about someone
• ii hands ii heaven into tyrant is krazy as well i wanna say the holy trinity of transitions in cowboy carter is riiverdance to ii hands ii heaven to tyrant BUT THERES ALSO YA YA TO OH LOUISIANA so like.. just a really insanely beautiful run with seamless transitions 😮💨😔✋
• tyrant my favorite too !!! come on!! this one i really had to stand up and release the dance bc damn
• sweet ★ honey ★ buckin' is also on my #1 spot yes they are multiple tracks on that spot, i mean this track is krazy wdym its a song that kinda has 3 songs merged into one ?!
• btw it took me over 2 hours to get thru the whole album 😭 double the time of its run lmao
• before i read the articles, i accidentally had renaissance play after cowboy carter finished so YES i heard that SEAMLESS perfect transition from amen to im that girl so it makes perfect sense when bey said she initially thought of putting out cowboy carter first 😭✋ im crying
that's it!! and then beyoncé showed up in japan to meet fans and i was crying in the car when it happened 😁
no but seriously this album is insane, beyoncé is insane. it's true this album does not have any of the genres we usually know at all, the genre is beyoncé that's it. not a single genre is enough to describe what cowboy carter is 😮💨
im not sure what ive written on here i dont have time to edit this anymore so hahah thank u for reading, kev.
run down of my fav transitions in bey's discog btw (not that u asked)
homecoming holy trinity:
hold up ➡️ countdown ➡️ check on it
lemonade holy trinity:
sorry ➡️ 6in ➡️ daddy lessons
renaissance holy trinity:
cuff it ➡️ energy ➡️ bms
cowboy carter quad:
riiverdance ➡️ ii h ii h ➡️ tyrant ➡️ shb
🤍🤍🤍
oh and btw!! just in case it's been really such a while and you've forgotten who i am, hii im trish! should have started the letter with that first um not sure if you'd remember but i used to send u letters containing artworks and my thoughts about them, u called me artsy deobi, i make kevin exhibits, and im also a beyhive !! um what else would help u remember me... cant think of anything else other than that im sorry!! if u still dont rmb, thats super fine its no biggie no pressure !!
see you soon, kev!! thnks again for reading until the end im sorry for spamming abt cowboy carter hahah
ily!! 🫶🏼
- trish
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