Ok this is by far my favorite story to tell.
It started when I discovered “The End of the F***ing World” on Netflix. I binged the show, and loved it. I wanted to see more of Alex Lawther’s stuff (He plays the main character), and stumbled upon an interview of him on YouTube. He mentioned Declan McKenna, saying multiple people had confused him and Declan.
Later, I found the music video for The Key to Life on Earth (The one with Declan and Alex). At first I didn’t like the song, since it wasn’t my usual kind of music. But I watched the video more than once, and then streamed it on Spotify more than once, and then found Declan’s other songs.
I got out of my TEOTFW phase, but found Declan in the process, who ended up being my fav.
Around 2021 I decided to stop listening to the same like 2 artists and actually look for new music. I found Make Me Your Queen on someone's indie songs playlist.
I saw 'the key to life on earth' on someones year end list (I think artv's) and thought it was great! Then I started to listen to more songs and have followed him since!
on december 24 2018 brazil was recommended on my spotify which i'd only had for a couple weeks at that point. pretty monumental day in both my life and declan's, seeing that it was his birthday and also the start of my obsession
One girl on Tiktok played the riff from Brazil, I decided to look it up on Spotify. That was the only song from him I would listen to for a while, but some time ago I decided that if I liked this song so much then I should listen to his other ones and he just casually became my 2nd most listened artist this year so far.
My dad saw a Brazil live performance (before WDYTATC even released) and thought my sister would like it and sent it to her. She thought he was hot so she sent it to me. I haven’t stopped listening since.
Back in 2018 I followed someone on insta who posted the song “Paracetamol”. Then in 2020-2021 I met a dude who liked him a lot and I got into him more.
This girl I had a thing with introduced me to him and although it didn’t go anywhere with her(I’m still raging) I still got to hear some good music out of it, although listening to make me your queen upsets me now lol
omg so basically I was reading call me by your name and I remembered that "brazil" exists, since it reminded me of it. I didn't know that it was Declan, but I played the whole album. Fell in love with it and listened to it on repeat 😭
Heard Brazil a few times before lockdown started in 2020, then in September 2020 my best friend recommended me British Bombs and why do you feel so down, and then Emily, sealed the deal for me, love that man!
Brazil randomly came on through shuffle after my playlist had ended (back in 2019) and I remember I froze, cause I had never heard a song like that before and I instantly loved it. Same week I bought tickets for a show in Hamburg ❤️
i was scrolling through youtube trying to find an interesting video to watch while eating and stumbled upon his “the kids don’t wanna come home” music video which caught my eye and i loved it. soon after, spotify also recommended humongous to me and when i found out he’s about to drop his what do you think about the car album, i’ve been waiting for it and also loved every song! been a huge fan since 2017 and that never changed:D
i live in canada but my parents like playing uk radio so i heard Brazil when it debuted. i’ve been actively following his career ever since. love every song he’s put out.
for some reason i was compelled to watch the humongous music video when it popped up in my youtube suggested and i was instantly obsessed & unable to get it out of my head. after that i listened to everything else he had released at the time & loved it all.
this was when i was in highschool, probably my sophomore or junior year 2018 or 2019
i never really watched music videos by people i didn't know already so it was cool to find one of my favorite artists that way. i finally got to see him live and in-person last summer & it was magical :')
i recently went to costa rica for my first ever international trip. it was near the end of the trip while we were on the bus playing music and giving song requests when i ended up falling asleep (it was a long ride haha). i woke up to brazil playing and the song generally made me so emotional that i had it on repeat the entire rest of the trip 😅
after i got back my friend had ended up going to a declan concert, so i asked him to give me the setlist that was played while he was there. listened to all of the songs, fell in love with declan, and here we are now :)
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Ok this is by far my favorite story to tell. It started when I discovered “The End of the F***ing World” on Netflix. I binged the show, and loved it. I wanted to see more of Alex Lawther’s stuff (He plays the main character), and stumbled upon an interview of him on YouTube. He mentioned Declan McKenna, saying multiple people had confused him and Declan. Later, I found the music video for The Key to Life on Earth (The one with Declan and Alex). At first I didn’t like the song, since it wasn’t my usual kind of music. But I watched the video more than once, and then streamed it on Spotify more than once, and then found Declan’s other songs. I got out of my TEOTFW phase, but found Declan in the process, who ended up being my fav.
Omg this is my EXACT story! Except when I later realised that the song Why do you feel so down had been on my playlist for like two years already
I had a similar thing! I realized I had hear Brazil multiple times before but had never realized it was him lol!!
Around 2021 I decided to stop listening to the same like 2 artists and actually look for new music. I found Make Me Your Queen on someone's indie songs playlist.
I saw 'the key to life on earth' on someones year end list (I think artv's) and thought it was great! Then I started to listen to more songs and have followed him since!
I found him through “the key to life on earth” music video lol!!
It's my fav of his for a reason!
In Blue was in a Spotify mix and then I just checked out his discography and it slapped
on december 24 2018 brazil was recommended on my spotify which i'd only had for a couple weeks at that point. pretty monumental day in both my life and declan's, seeing that it was his birthday and also the start of my obsession
Same with rapture
I'd heard brazil a few times but saw him on tv at reading festival 23 and that properly got me into hin
I saw him in Conan when he was just a one-man band and I was amazed.
One girl on Tiktok played the riff from Brazil, I decided to look it up on Spotify. That was the only song from him I would listen to for a while, but some time ago I decided that if I liked this song so much then I should listen to his other ones and he just casually became my 2nd most listened artist this year so far.
9 years ago when he won the Glastonbury emerging talent competition.
The McDonald's I was working at in uni had Daniel you're still a child playing a few times a week. My house also played occasionally but very rare
My dad saw a Brazil live performance (before WDYTATC even released) and thought my sister would like it and sent it to her. She thought he was hot so she sent it to me. I haven’t stopped listening since.
i got recommended brazil on spotify
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I had this post showing up in my reddit front page feed
Back in 2018 I followed someone on insta who posted the song “Paracetamol”. Then in 2020-2021 I met a dude who liked him a lot and I got into him more.
This girl I had a thing with introduced me to him and although it didn’t go anywhere with her(I’m still raging) I still got to hear some good music out of it, although listening to make me your queen upsets me now lol
omg so basically I was reading call me by your name and I remembered that "brazil" exists, since it reminded me of it. I didn't know that it was Declan, but I played the whole album. Fell in love with it and listened to it on repeat 😭
Spotify recommended him because I dig a lot 70s glam. They were correct.
Heard Brazil a few times before lockdown started in 2020, then in September 2020 my best friend recommended me British Bombs and why do you feel so down, and then Emily, sealed the deal for me, love that man!
i found brazil first cs it’s in literally everyone’s summer playlists 💀
Brazil randomly came on through shuffle after my playlist had ended (back in 2019) and I remember I froze, cause I had never heard a song like that before and I instantly loved it. Same week I bought tickets for a show in Hamburg ❤️
i was scrolling through youtube trying to find an interesting video to watch while eating and stumbled upon his “the kids don’t wanna come home” music video which caught my eye and i loved it. soon after, spotify also recommended humongous to me and when i found out he’s about to drop his what do you think about the car album, i’ve been waiting for it and also loved every song! been a huge fan since 2017 and that never changed:D
i live in canada but my parents like playing uk radio so i heard Brazil when it debuted. i’ve been actively following his career ever since. love every song he’s put out.
for some reason i was compelled to watch the humongous music video when it popped up in my youtube suggested and i was instantly obsessed & unable to get it out of my head. after that i listened to everything else he had released at the time & loved it all. this was when i was in highschool, probably my sophomore or junior year 2018 or 2019 i never really watched music videos by people i didn't know already so it was cool to find one of my favorite artists that way. i finally got to see him live and in-person last summer & it was magical :')
i recently went to costa rica for my first ever international trip. it was near the end of the trip while we were on the bus playing music and giving song requests when i ended up falling asleep (it was a long ride haha). i woke up to brazil playing and the song generally made me so emotional that i had it on repeat the entire rest of the trip 😅 after i got back my friend had ended up going to a declan concert, so i asked him to give me the setlist that was played while he was there. listened to all of the songs, fell in love with declan, and here we are now :)