Exhale 30 Day Song Challenge [DAY 25]

[Roxxy]

Hi Exhale!

So yesterday, I asked for songs that inspire you to move forward in life and y'all brought out  the inspirational tunes, for sure.  I appreciate everyone who made an effort in writing and/or explaining why the song is important to them. That's really my goal for this show. For all of us to get to know each other, understand one another, and to reflect and understand ourselves in the process.

Here are all the inspiring tunes that made the cut!

Listen to this compilation when you feel stuck in life and need to move forward! I love you all! This compilation is for all of you who need a little push. 💛🧡💜

A song that inspires you to move forward in life

Today is a weekend so i'm gonna make things really challenging and cause we're down to our last 6 episodes. Remember to be a good sport and that we are all doing this for fun. Ok? 

Let's start!

 

DAY 25: SHARE A STORY or EXPERIENCE that is tied to a song.

* Entries without a story will not be accepted

 

*** ONE SONG PER EXHALER.

*** You can not repeat a song you already entered in previous days

*** You may use a song already posted by your fellow Exhaler. 

TEEHEE 💛🧡💜
Roxxy

[Roxxy]

Shy Guy - Diana King 💛🧡💜

So there's this guy that I had a crush on.  He's the older brother of one of my girl friends.  I had this huge crush on him and I know he probably knew and he would always try to make a pass at me  but i'm always like you're my friend's brother so  So yeah it was his birthday and the party was at their house.  And cause everyone knows that we like each other  it's kinda like normal that people tease us whenever there's like a get together.  That night, we kept eyeing each other and like I kept catching him looking at me throughout the entire evening.  so I was like ohhh someone wants to play.  The music was all 90s, by the way. One of my girl friends got the mic and started singing along to Jennifer Paige's Crush  and cause a lot of people know that I sing, it was inevitable that they would ask me to do one song.  His friends kept teasing me to do it for him since it was his birthday.  And I was like sure whatever. In my mind I was like F it i'm gonna getchu.  Usually I would sing like a really sweet or poppy pop song but then this song suddenly played and I was like  I love this song  and I don't know what came over me but really it was just the alcohol in my system  cause I was already tipsy then so yeah I grabbed the mic and started singing along and tried my best but I can only sing the refrain and the chorus.  Like my inner ******** jumped out like for real.  I gave him a lap dance  i was grinding  i was humping him  it was the most *****ish moment of my entire life. And I even gave him a kiss on the cheek at the end of the song.  so blah blah blah blah blah we hooked up that night.  So now I can't hear this song and not think of him and what happened that night.

[RadicalOptimism]

(You Drive Me) Crazy - Britney Spears

After initially trying not to include Britney songs in my daily choices, I realized that I shouldn't exclude her since she's my favorite artist. Most of her songs always occupy my year-end Spotify playlists, so it's more honest of me to include her songs than try to avoid them. It's finally my time to feature my all-time favorite song after skipping out on previous entries. 

(You Drive Me) Crazy has always been my favorite song since I first heard it when the album first came out. I fell in love with the track even more after the Stop! remix was released and had fond memories of it playing everywhere. When my boyfriend and I first started dating, we spent a week in Hollywood. We decided to meet up with my sister and her girlfriend to go to The Abbey (a gay bar in West Hollywood). After many drinks and calling it a night, my current boyfriend and I went to sit outside to wait for an Uber to pick us up. We talked about what a fun night it was, and he turned to me and said, "olive juice." I was pretty drunk, so I said, "I love you too." Then out of pure coincidence (You Drive Me) Crazy (Stop! Remix) started playing. I remember going like "ohhhhhh shhhhhiiiiiii this is my jammmmmmm" and grabbing his hand to lead him back into the bar cause I was not about to miss my song. So yeah, after many years of it being my all-time favorite Britney song and song in general, it's nice to have this story tied to it making the song even more special to me. 

[RadicalOptimism]

9 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

Shy Guy - Diana King 💛🧡💜

So there's this guy that I had a crush on.  He's the older brother of one of my girl friends.  I had this huge crush on him and I know he probably knew and he would always try to make a pass at me  but i'm always like you're my friend's brother so  So yeah it was his birthday and the party was at their house.  And cause everyone knows that we like each other  it's kinda like normal that people tease us whenever there's like a get together.  That night, we kept eyeing each other and like I kept catching him looking at me throughout the entire evening.  so I was like ohhh someone wants to play.  The music was all 90s, by the way. One of my girl friends got the mic and started singing along to Jennifer Paige's Crush  and cause a lot of people know that I sing, it was inevitable that they would ask me to do one song.  His friends kept teasing me to do it for him since it was his birthday.  And I was like sure whatever. In my mind I was like F it i'm gonna getchu.  Usually I would sing like a really sweet or poppy pop song but then this song suddenly played and I was like  I love this song  and I don't know what came over me but really it was just the alcohol in my system  cause I was already tipsy then so yeah I grabbed the mic and started singing along and tried my best but I can only sing the refrain and the chorus.  Like my inner ******** jumped out like for real.  I gave him a lap dance  i was grinding  i was humping him  it was the most *****ish moment of my entire life. And I even gave him a kiss in the cheek at the end of the song.  so blah blah blah blah blah we hooked up that night.  So now I can't hear this song and not think of him and what happened that night.

I'd never heard the song before, but loving the image I'm getting 

[OnlyBeyonce]

Beyonce "4" album was released before my last exam of my University course so this song remind me that period

 

[Roxxy]

7 minutes ago, CrazyButItFeelsAllright said:

I'd never heard the song before, but loving the image I'm getting

You probably think i'm a ho now.

[Roxxy]

3 minutes ago, OnlyBeyonce said:

Beyonce "4" album was released before my last exam of my University course so this song remind me that period

What is this

[Adriannn]

The day I left my parents home to start University at 18, I cried my *** off to this song.

[Towelney]

I loved listening to this as a kid (still do).  When I got home from school, I’d have this playing as I did homework and such. Lady Gaga was the first artist I became a fan of, actually. 

[Towelney]

1 minute ago, Roxxy said:

You probably think i'm a ho now.

We been knew 

[RadicalOptimism]

3 minutes ago, Roxxy said:

What is this

He's like 

[blackoutbixxh]

 Summer 2015, my three best friends and I went to Vegas for the first time, and it was honestly the best experience of my life. We spent the hot days partying by the pool, and the nights were even better. We went to a different night club every night, of course spending one evening with Britney. We were unstoppable. It seemed like nothing else in the world mattered besides us. This song was big at the time and always seemed to be playing. We decided that it would be our Vegas theme song. Now whenever I hear it I’m reminded of one of the best times of my life... all of the amazing memories I made with my best friends 

[RadicalOptimism]

1 minute ago, blackoutbixxh said:

 Summer 2015, my three best friends and I went to Vegas for the first time, and it was honestly the best experience of my life. We spent the hot days partying by the pool, and the nights were even better. We went to a different night club every night, of course spending one evening with Britney. We were unstoppable. It seemed like nothing else in the world mattered besides us. This song was big at the time and always seemed to be playing. We decided that it would be our Vegas theme song. Now whenever I hear it I’m reminded of one of the best times of my life... all of the amazing memories I made with my best friends 

[Blackout2006]

If you are a Gen-Z and the “Title” era wasn’t part of your childhood, are you truly a Gen-z? 
I still remember dancing to this song in the corridors of our older house, and to act like Meghan trainor I would wrap a towel around my head like her and dance like CRAZY . I can’t believe I am just 14, and I desperately miss being 7 or 8 years old

[Roxxy]

1 minute ago, blackoutbixxh said:

 Summer 2015, my three best friends and I went to Vegas for the first time, and it was honestly the best experience of my life. We spent the hot days partying by the pool, and the nights were even better. We went to a different night club every night, of course spending one evening with Britney. We were unstoppable. It seemed like nothing else in the world mattered besides us. This song was big at the time and always seemed to be playing. We decided that it would be our Vegas theme song. Now whenever I hear it I’m reminded of one of the best times of my life... all of the amazing memories I made with my best friends 

COME THRUUUUUUUUU

I had faith in you and you didn't let me down.  

[Blackout2006]

2 minutes ago, blackoutbixxh said:

 Summer 2015, my three best friends and I went to Vegas for the first time, and it was honestly the best experience of my life. We spent the hot days partying by the pool, and the nights were even better. We went to a different night club every night, of course spending one evening with Britney. We were unstoppable. It seemed like nothing else in the world mattered besides us. This song was big at the time and always seemed to be playing. We decided that it would be our Vegas theme song. Now whenever I hear it I’m reminded of one of the best times of my life... all of the amazing memories I made with my best friends 

Omg I remember singing this and cheap thrills constantly in 4th grade

2013-2016 was amazing

2020 was so close to being the best year since then..but China happen

[Itachi]

We were never lovers but something close to that. He was like a brother, a confidant, a boyfriend, a best friend, all wrapped in one. But we ended up drifting apart when I wanted to be clear with what we have, because he wanted us to remain the same - ambiguous but spontaneous. So when we both moved on and I started seeing other men, I can't help myself comparing them to him. Even the slightest gestures of other guys remind me of him, and I guess he is someone I will never truly move on from, because even our "break-up" was ambiguous.

This was our song, and it will forever haunt me with his memories.

 

[Exaholic]

I’m so annoyed I picked Alanis’ “You Oughta Know” earlier in this challenge as it literally tells a story of my first relationship and would have been my choice. I do have other options I suppose...

[redacted statement]

I think I've talked about this like 1989 times already, but whatever...  So, I went to an exchange program in Ireland. There was this really cute Romanian guy that I had a crush on. He was this really intelligent looking dude that listened to classical music. My crush was so big that my dramatic *** thought about him while listening to "Gorgeous" 24/7 because the lyrics were super relatable at the time. Like, now I realize how cringe my behavior was, omg. Cute but still super cringe. I'm lowkey mortified every time I think about it. 

Also, I got really drunk and told his big brother that I liked his little brother. Not sure if he told him, though.  Also, on the final day we did one of those games where you write everyone's names on separate sheets of paper, pass them around and write what you think about each person anonymously. Well... On his paper, I wrote, "I hope I didn't creep you out or anything. You're cute." WHAT WAS I THINKING?!  And then I remember being jealous when he was put in a group with one of my friends. Talk about being a total drama queen, omg. 

[Towelney]

4 minutes ago, Blackout2006 said:

If you are a Gen-Z and the “Title” era wasn’t part of your childhood, are you truly a Gen-z? 
I still remember dancing to this song in the corridors of our older house, and to act like Meghan trainor I would wrap a towel around my head like her and dance like CRAZY . I can’t believe I am just 14, and I desperately miss being 7 or 8 years old

I wish I was 14 again lol