Shonalika (they/them)

Powderpaint playing fast n' loose with chords and gender

and if youre new to us, hi, we're powderpaint! transgenders making hi-NRG synthpop (apart from the single we just dropped which is like goth and post-punk but it still goes hard)

pls check us out!! 🙏✨

powderpaint.bandcamp.com/music

YouTube video by Powderpaint Wait

it’s here!!!! presenting the ‘wait’ music video in all its gay goth glory 📹🌈🦇

give it a watch!!! if you like it please share and leave us your comments or a bandcamp review we love seeing what you think 💕💕💕

youtu.be/CFsDxIts3p8?...

that's so kind!! more to follow soon I hope

(sorry for mad delayed response I'm never on here)

YouTube video by Shonalika Shonalika - Maggot (Official Music Video)

IT'S HERE: ‘MAGGOT’ music video crawls onto YouTube today 🐛🐛🐛

we poured our hearts souls teeth and eyelids into this and think it really shows!! ✨

go check out the full video NOW on YouTube!!!

(and ofc if you like it pls like share subscribe etc it helps so much 🖤🖤🖤)

youtu.be/ObDQFTWq2Bc

me lying on a table on my back in a greenish trench dress held in at the waist by a corset belt. to one side are a pair of elaborate wire candle holders and a dodgy-looking bowl of fruit. I am wearing black lipstick and black sclera lenses, and my head is turned towards the camera. fake blood and maggots spill out of an implied wound on my chest, but the image is (imo) very pretty

IT’S FINALLY HERE!! horror-infested goth club banger ‘Maggot’ crawls onto steaming platforms and bandcamp 🐛🐛🐛 linktree in bio ~

shonalika.bandcamp.com/track/maggot

almost lost friends making them look at the cover art (not pictured) but imo this was worth it 🖤

music video coming SOON!! 👀

so glad you liked it! <3

You’re very welcome! 😊

genuinely one of the best playlists I've ever made imo. ONLY included stuff that I really like, not just anything underground (plus the flow is perfect pls don’t shuffle this 🙏🏼)

if you particularly like an artist don’t forget to search them on bandcamp today and send some £££ their way!!! 🖤

🚽🦇Gothic Toilet Circuit🚽🦇 Playlist · Shonalika · 49 items · 14 saves

presenting for your discovery this bandcamp friday:

🚽🦇Gothic Toilet Circuit🚽🦇

open.spotify.com/playlist/3du...

exclusively artists <10k monthly listeners (minus one collab I think that’s allowed), also gayer and transer and womaner and browner than your average goth playlist because obviously

That’s amazing!! Thank you ^^

hey thank you!! really appreciated your thoughts on the last thing (jan Lute had to jump in and translate for me cos I think you and the other person were talking slightly too high level for me lol) but it was super cool :) hope you enjoy ^^

YouTube video by Shonalika Learning The Language Of Good

NEW VIDEO: Learning The Language Of Good

on learning toki pona and why it is in fact Good

youtu.be/YBNAumF3o_E

thank you!!

if you're waiting for the day when you can talk about a bunch of rich powerful men safe in the knowledge that the majority of them don't do morally abhorrent things on the daily I've got some real bad news

it’s not that there isn’t a time and place for those discussions, but it’s like the popular consensus is if a person has allegations they become nothing BUT their allegations and the only time you are allowed to discuss that person is in the context of their allegations

christ this has been bugging me lately. every time I reference more than like five people I'll get several comments like 'um... didn't x do y bad thing 🤔'

A) I don't know everything about everyone I'm discussing, I'm talking about their music

B) I'M TALKING ABOUT THEIR MUSIC

thank you!!!

ni li pona mute tawa mi <3

someone said this place was different to mastodon but then logged in and immediately saw someone posting about how great libraries are, so this place is in fact exactly the same as mastodon

hazel, a white fem with shaggy brown hair sitting at a table on a rooftop cafe, wearing a mustard yellow tank top and brown corduroy trousers. she is flashing a peace sign at the camera and smiling

black and white photo of hazel, white fem with shaggy brown hair, with sunglasses on top of her head, wearing a turtleneck jumper with a necklace, looking at the camera with an intrigued expression

not done an introduction yet so hello!!

im hazel (they/she), british tran (pray for me), aspiring musician, amateur photographer, professional mess. i like steely dan, disasters, the colour yellow, and all of your pretty selfies. im in a gay synthpop band called powderpaint. let's be friends!!

pona tawa sina! ^^

NEW MUSIC VIDEO: 'PALi PiNi'

hey if you liked my last highly niche and obscure video, here's a darkwave/EBM-y song in toki pona

happy halloween 🎃

youtu.be/S81bNIK4MaE

screenshot showing where someone has shared my video on race issues in the goth subculture on the r/goth subreddit. comments have been locked and the post has been removed by moderators

moderators of r/goth decided to demonstrate the issues raised in the video so uh

any extra shares to counterbalance would be appreciated thanks ^^;

Really appreciate that, thank you so much! 🖤

thumbnail of a close-up on a millitary-style goth with a pale face and black lipsticks, snarling and saluting the camera. text reads '... yes, this scene has a problem'

NEW VIDEO - Goth Is White: Pallor, Prejudice and Purity

presenting my nichest-sounding video yet

this one might get some people’s backs up!! please approach with good faith and be prepared for some discomfort 🙏🏼

youtu.be/knrnIY8snKk

NEW VIDEO: UPDATE + Books 2023

yes it’s very late apols life got very in the way but we're back we're doing things until we crash again

t.co/kPGkun5Y3w

I’m so glad it helped!! Good luck 💜

you’re very welcome! <3

this is SO SO SO good, strong recommend for anyone with even the remotest bit of interest in thrillers or why people like them (it's worth the 3+ hour runtime trust me just watch over several days like I did)

yeah tbf most people so far are being quite chill and engaging normally but the ones from the rabid fanbase are hilariously wacky. I think my favourite so far is someone who seemed to be accusing me of not being gay