MAGNIFIQUE: a sawatari shingo fanmix

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i originally assembled this in 2016 or 2017 and got permission from ropponging on twitter (rip) to use their fanart as the cover on 8tracks (2x rip). re-sharing the mix here because i'm still proud of it and it's full of bangers. the only song on here that isn't from my personal library is track 13 - at the time it was recommended to me as a shingo song and i couldn't disagree.

one of the things that fascinates me most about shingo's character is the tension between the cool&self-confident image he tries to project (fake it 'til you make it) and his desperate need for attention&validation. whether it's something npd-adjacent or he's attention-sexual or something else, it doesn't matter. one thing that does matter is how yuuya sees him and understands him in a way nobody else does. i love dartshipping and i love you, sawatari shingo.


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1. pansy division - total entertainment [lyrics]
if you leave it up to me / it's total entertainment

2. queen - let me entertain you [lyrics]
if you want to see some action / you get nothing but the best

3. barenaked ladies - it's only me (the wizard of magicland) [lyrics]
they say you'll never love another 'till you love yourself / well brother, i'm in love with everyone i see

4. aztec camera - the crying scene [lyrics]
life's a one-take movie and i don't care what it means / i'm saving up my tears for the crying scene

5. franz ferdinand - stand on the horizon [lyrics]
how can i tell you i was wrong / when i am the proudest man ever born

6. guster - lightning rod [lyrics]
the gods are threatening / but i will return an honest soldier

7. deerhoof - bad kids to the front
you don't know / what song i could sing inside

8. jens lekman - are birthdays happy? [lyrics]
once i was a bully / i couldn't stand weakness in somebody's side / to understand it fully / you gotta be haunted by the same black dogs as i

9. k.d. lang and the reclines - luck in my eyes [lyrics]
gonna walk away from trouble with my head held high / then look closely you'll see luck in my eyes

10. sharyn scott - i'm a pioneer [lyrics]
you can't be a hero hiding underneath your bed / got to live the life you create inside your head

11. backstreet boys - everybody (backstreet's back) [lyrics]
am i original? (yeah!) / am i the only one? (yeah!) / am i sexual? (yeah!) / am i everything you need?

12. pansy division - pretty boy (what's your name?) [lyrics]
everybody seems to look your way / everybody wants to know your name

13. panic! at the disco - emperor's new clothes [lyrics]
if it feels good, tastes good / it must be mine / heroes always get remembered / but you know legends never die

14. charisma - magnifique [lyrics - scissor sisters covered it but this is the original]
are you ready for this? / the question is can you take it? / and would you know what to do if you had it?

bonus track not included but feel free to add it to your copy of the playlist: mark ronson - uptown funk (and/or uptown's back, mashup by rapther)