Hello, and welcome!
Thank you for joining ATRL's Holy Trinity, let's get started! 23 of you stand before me, but after our
first challenge / preliminary round, 18 of you will remain as the official Holy Trinity cast. As for your task...
TheMeTrinity personal • self-descriptive • individual
This challenge should come rather naturally, for it's all about you! In three autobiographical songs,
you must describe yourself, everything "you". The intention of this challenge is to decide who has the
most interesting palette to bring to the game, and, eventually, The Holy Trinity, so make sure you
encompass yourself as not only a person, but an ATRL member, as well as you possibly can.
Because 24 of you signed up, 6 of you will be eliminated after this preliminary challenge.
TIPS
▲ Don't be monotone! Choose a good variety of different genres. Add lots of color.
▲ Dress to impress! Choose something that might be a risk. Go out on a limb for "you"!
▲ Stand out! Highlight the facets of your taste that you can't find just anywhere.
collin's "Me" Trinity
Ke$ha ▼ Crazy Beautiful Life
Ke$ha is central to my life and music taste for more reasons than one. Cheap, enjoyable pop has never clicked with me more, and it has become a genre that I have come to respect and enjoy thoroughly throughout my years. This one in particular not only connects to me but my loved ones and all that surrounds me; it shows me that music can affect you in many ways and also those around you.
Sevyn Streeter ▼ It Won't Stop
This song is representative of multiple things that are crucial to my connection with music. I'm always venturing into new genres and cross-cultural things, I enjoy making connections with different genres outside the traditional ones I usually do. R&B has been my latest fascination, and this song perfectly encompasses everything I enjoy in that type of music. This song also broadcasts my personal affinity for up-and-coming female stars, which is what brings many of us to ATRL in the first place. I wouldn't know about this if it wasn't for ATRL.
James Blake ▼ Overgrown
This song represents many things I find to be sincere and hold near and dear. It's representative of the emotional connection I make with music. The artistic expression blended with simplicity is something I find very attractive in music. It's important to me that music is always changing and people are always finding new ways to do things. It's what keeps it most interesting, what inspires me, and what keeps me loving music. Soft music connects the most with my soul, as well.
I expect y'all to develop a style to your own taste and liking! Just make sure to provide
either a link or a YouTube video to each of your three song choices. While we wait for everyone to
get their entries in, Katie and DripDrip's trinities will also be posted - stay tuned!
But before those, here are the "Me" trinities from The Holy Trinity in last season.
The lyrics honestly shocked me when I first heard the song. It seemed
to have perfectly described me. This might sound like a fabricated
story, but I've always had this sort of fake "act" up back in those
middle school days. I surrounded myself with fake friends and
acted like a total bitch just to fit in. When I heard this song, it
truly connected to me and helped me realize that it's best
to be just yourself.
My interpretation on this song is that it's about a passive person who's
generally quiet and likes to keep their thoughts to their self. I
absolutely love how relaxing the song is and the lyrics are a pretty
accurate description of (the real) me.
This song is my absolute favorite from Mariah and this song
represents my love for vocals. If a song has good vocals, I'm bound
to take a listen to it with an open mind. This song is a perfect
representation of that because there's no catchy beat that'll
get it stuck in your head and the lyrics didn't really connect with me;
but it's her vocals that made the entire song for me.
e437
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Originally posted by e437
1.Kelly Clarkson - Dark Side
So, as I am a huge Kelly fan I wanted to include one of her songs in my first challenge. I think it describes the best way how I have a dark side (that I am afraid to show), like everyone and if you show it to someone and trust them, but they may betray you in any possible way. I know that maybe it's not the exact meaning of the song, but that is what it means to me. The video is about Kelly trying to enter in the dark side of everyone and being the one they should count on.
2. Skylar Grey - Invisible
I think I know like two songs of Skylar or something, but I found this one very touching to me. It's about feeling/being invisible and being insecure some times about it and do some things to get noticed and that you will regret in the future. The video describes the best my feelings about loneliness and getting noticed and Skylar tries everything to get noticed but she is not noticed.
3. Coldplay - Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
I'm not a Coldplay fan, but I found this song really good to describe me. It may sound like a self-empowerment song in the last lyrics, but I don't find it like this comparing the song to the others. It's about me because I like to sing my heart out whenever I feel hurt and I love the metaphor between the tears and the waterfalls, which I find pretty true. The video also shows this with colors and everything to describe the best any sentiments.
There's this bittersweet melancholy that I can greatly relate to with So Happy I Could Die. The song represents the fear of addiction yet describes the surreal feeling that comes from it. When you're drunk, there's little to no care of your surroundings. Inhibitions are lowered, expectations go out the window and the only care in the world is to have fun. The eery production only adds to the mystique and other worldly vibe, almost like the haziness one experiences while under the influence. Sometimes, I find myself wanting to escape reality by getting drunk and just letting go but in the back of mind, I know it doesn't solve all my problems and this happy place I bring myself to is only a temporary solution.
The song is about liking someone who doesn't like you back and I think we've all been there at one point, but what really struck me was that if I reversed the situation, the song probably has closer connection to me and my fear of love. I have on many occasions distanced myself in a relationship because I was afraid to commit and love the other person. So instead of being the heartbroken, I became the heartbreaker Cher beautifully sings about and even mentions that one day it'll be your turn to go through what you put the other person through.
There aren't many words in the song except for a few lines at the very beginning. A male voice is heard talking about not being afraid of dying but after he has finished speaking, there's a silent moment and although you hear nothing, the official lyrics include this unheard of line: "If you can hear this whispering you are dying. I never said I was frightened of dying." The fear of death has always been something in the back of my mind, whether it's my own or someone else's. Even though there are no words, the vocals go up and down, illustrating the struggles we go through life, all of it leading to our death. By the end, you realize that words are not needed to understand what the song represents and you know there's nothing to fear because death is imminent and instead look forward to the "Great Gig in the Sky".
Entries are due to me, via PM, by January 8th, 10PM EST
Ughs brings up so much memories... will work on mine tonight. It will definitely be different from last season because I feel myself as a person changed as well as my musical taste
Hey guys, unfortunately what I thought was gonna happen came true. Due to school being a big pain in the butt I won't have time to spend much on ATRL and if so it would mostly be lurking. I can't participate anymore in this game because I know it requires a lot of hard work from my past experience from the first season and if I can't give it my 100% then I'd rather not participate. Thank you Collin for making a great game and I wish good luck for all the contestants!!