Seeking insp. from the Bonkai fam for a fic I’m writing: If Bonnie were to make Kai a mixtape of songs to ‘catch him up’ on what he’d missed while imprisoned/in hell, what are the quintessential bangers she’d include?? According to TVD timelines he’s indisposed from May 1994 – sometime 2012/2013 and then in hell from June 2013-Feb 2018.
I’m trying to think of what Bonnie would see as the classics of those years. Tunes I’m thinking of including:
– SZA, Anything (just because it’s my insp for the fic)
– Tal Bachman, She’s So High (because of obvi parallels haha)
– TLC, No Scrubs (because it’s a fkn classic and just imagine King of Grunge Malachai Parker having to listen to such a bop)
– Just a classic era trawl of what Bonnie would have grown up with – Destiny’s Child, The Killers, Rihanna…?Help pls!
So as a black girl from a small town, as weird as it sounds most of the music I remember hearing was hip hop & RnB (thatvwas the radio station my mom tuned into) so this is based on that. Im basically just namimh songs tbat sere big anf Bonnie would remember.
The rest of the 90s:
● Nothing But a G Thing
● Next episode
● Anything Tupac before he died, especially the hits that became bigger when he died like California Love (I remember theyvdont having quite a resurgence in 2003-4ish.
● Same with Biggie, their deaths were pretty influential in the music world from what I remember
Early 2000s:
● 50 Cent, pick any hit but especially off the album The Massacre
● Beyonce, you mentioned Destiny’s Child, well mention the break out star who would be later referred to as Queen in the present era.
● Pharrell, again any one of his hits but especially the ones he’s featured on.
● Mr. Me Too by Clipse, also yoes in to Pharrell but it’s also a musi video Kat Graham was in so that could be a fun tie in.
● Since You’ve Been Gone by Kelly Clarkson, I remember that being pretty inescapable as a kid.
● Complicated by Arvil Lavigne, also pretty inescapable.
● Umbrella by Rihanna, play every 15 fucking minutes on the radio in 2007
● Crank That by Soulja Boy, also completely inescapable.
● pretty much just look at a list of Now CD’s tracks
2010-present:
● Just Dance and Poker Face by Lady Gaga
● OMG by Usher
● Tick Tock Kesha
● Baby by Justin Beiber, use that to annoy him until it annoys her
● Day N Night Kid Cudi
● Like a G6 by Far East Movement
● Say Ahh by Trey Songz
● Sexy and I Know it and Party Rockers Anthem by LMFAO
Imma stop there since I’ve pretty much listed songs I remember in middle school and his school which actually match up with the years Bonnie was in school.
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