The Chosen One

In another life

(Closeups under the cut)

Shake it

I just think women

LOOK

No one warned me.

I started Kaleidotrope expecting simple fluff and I came out with literal, weeping tears and my heart melted.

I need to process.

Goodnight.

Brb, I need to reread about a chaotically mouthy runaway with the survival instincts of a literal goldfish that finds his high-key disfunctional yet loyal and trusting family through a sport he has more love and dedication for than, like, his own life.

Seeing how the first episode of The College Tapes came out today, here's the instagram time line from what we have now cause I really have nothing better to do with my life.

Will update as timeline goes on. . .

(Spoilers: after Bright Sessions and College Tapes)

The Time Line

JAN

8th

ADAM: at the public library cause school is opened (our nerd 😔)

CALEB: he's working out before school starts

11th

CALEB: hanging out with Mark at the bar for tacos

13th

ADAM: reminded he's going to yale

18th

ADAM: he's in a radio room. Probably a radio host of sorts or just plays the music. Caleb liked this pic. The aesthetic is: neon.

19th

CALEB: Caleb is a simp for the gym

20th

ADAM: at library. In fiction sections between "bo -> bu"

CALEB: Caleb is doing weight stuff. Adam liked this 👀 he can do 160.

21st

CALEB: reminded he going to Boston Uni.

24th

CALEB: he's having chai and made a pokemon reference. God they're both nerds.

25th

ADAM: pic of books, which in order are: the bone clocks, the house of leaves, the boy who was raised as a dog, the psychopath test, no country for old men.

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ADAM: he's got coffee or tea? Then plays Harry Styles "To be Lonely" ( :( ). Then "Cherry " Now he's back on campus. And back in the radio shack. He's got tea. Caitlin made Adam some ramen. And he's reading Harry Potter.

CALEB: went on a run, BU is nice when it's chill (so no people around), watching titanic with his sister, working out, night run, reading Harry Potter.

FEB

3rd

ADAM: still at the library. (I aspire to love a place that much.)

5th

ADAM: his radio desk is "scattered and beautiful" but definitely not refering to himself.

8th

CALEB: Caleb is sitting on a curb after or during a party? I actually can't tell what the pic is but there's a thing that's engraved with a dragon looking thing. Special book? Flask? Flask of tea?

12th

ADAM: LIBRARY STACKS (that's it, just the header thing pointing up to where the library stacks are)

14th

ADAM: rainy on Valentine's Day and Adam "feels that" (please get your boyfriend back)

16th

CALEB: Caleb took a run and took pics of squirrels. They're fucking phat.

27th

ADAM: just pic of campus, sunset

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ADAM: he's at a concert but from where he is he might be part of the back stage crew? Or just to the side where the audience is allowed? But it looks like he's on stage? Then a pic of campus. The pic of CDs. Radio mic. Than concert (he's in the crowd or stage crew in the back? ). Don't know which concert event, but one of the songs/artists I recognize is the one who sung "hang ups."

CALEB: plays To Be So Lonely by Harry Styles (:(), playing games with the bois, football game, outside a party with his tea, at Quincy Market, Valentine's Day (sucky day so he eat treats [they've def broken up]), date night with our bro Mark, and movie night

MARCH

4th

ADAM: "goodnight. Finally" with pic of a church at night. Kinda creepy? What's going on Adam? (Only thing he posted in March) (is this where the bell goes off?)

9th

CALEB: reading HP with his sis

10th

CALEB: Caleb painted with Chloe. Put down feelings. Kind of a lot of colours, which makes me feel he's going through a bit. Quite a bit of Blues, red, white, and some green, but not much. . . :(

28th

CALEB: Caleb be paying games.

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ADAM: late at school studying, then text that says "bad brain night" in faded text with the song "break my heart" by Benny Blanco plays ( :( ), then a candle lit with the song "Modern Loneliness" by Lauv plays, and oh my god 😭 he baked his birthday cake. And he bought trick candles. But he baked his cake. He baked his cake. . .

CALEB: game night with Sadie, on the subway, working out, his painting in progress, he's cooking a breakfast meal (eggs, bacon, and pancakes), and "workouts and distractions."

(Gonna come out and say it, think our boy is going through it.)

APR

1st

CALEB: took a run again. Pic of a baseball field.

7th

ADAM: coffee is his child

CALEB: Caleb is studying law? And a (c)hecklist.

13th

ADAM: he's got an internship in London. He gonna see Shakespeare. Caleb liked the post.

20th

ADAM: in library, textbooks colourful

CALEB: wash your socks, Caleb.

21st

CALEB: Caleb on the train, doesn't know what to do with his life

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ADAM: omg, I think he was flipping through his Shakespeare book with the caption: London.

CALEB: only pic of a book he's studying with. Same pic of "(c)hecklist." (Seeing how it's both on his story and on his page, it might have meaning? Or that we're just seeing him study psych? At least something with "case studies")

MAY

5th

ADAM: pic of staircase for "no reason"

ADAM: same day, posts about a statue and says "get yourself a man that reads." Ouch. It hurts not to see them together.

CALEB: our boy is studying for psychology and humanities

6th

ADAM: he's part of Yale broadcasting company.

CALEB: lit protein powder

8th

CALEB: Caleb is trying to be okay with change

:(

9th

CALEB: thinking thoughts :(

10th

CALEB: he played quidditch

16th

CALEB: his bday! 21 years old now I guess. Going to hang out with Frankie and Sadie? However they are. Apparently 20 was rough :(

21st

ADAM: the day he leaves for London. On the plane, having tea and reading What If It's Us

22nd

ADAM: The River of Thames that by our door doth pass. . . It's a Shakespeare quote about the river

23rd

ADAM: pic of London bridge or just a bridge there

25th

ADAM: food where he quotes Murder, She Wrote

ADAM: sex, coffee, and rock n roll (ref to what Caitlin said). At Kingly Court, Beak Street W1. Soho grind.

26th

CALEB: Caleb is working out again. Lift your cares away

27th

ADAM: pic of some place prob important.

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ADAM: udon noodles, tech board, vid of sky where we says he and Caitlin are done with finals and he's one step closer to going to London babyyyy (he's excited and god I'm so happy for him, but sad that Caleb isn't in his life for it), went home to surprise his mom, SONG: you're not the only one (this was on the playlist he made for Caleb. Doubt it has anything to do with him tho). And now he's headed pour London.

CALEB: in the library with a little ghost emoji, and he finished his finals of junior year (so end of his third year). He excited.

JUN

1st

ADAM: pic of Shakespeare theatre. He crying over it.

CALEB: he got an internship! At the AM I assume.

16th

ADAM: London matches his mood? Idk what his mood is, but the pic is black and white and it's kind of cramped. Hope you're doing alright boo.

26th

CALEB: he needed to get away so he went on a lake (his lake house? Believe his family has one.)

27th

CALEB: camp fire

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ADAM: vid of seagulls with him saying "mine mine mine", British museum pics, one specific about watches (he wouldn't sell his watch which I'm pretty sure is the one he got for his bday that was his grandfather's. I swear that watch has some importance, maybe the only thing that tells time correctly? Ancient artifact? Something that the Order might be interested in?), than a pic of Guinness.

CALEB: only one and he's on a lake. Caleb needs his alone time.

JUL

13th

ADAM: he's having tea with a friend. Don't know who.

CALEB: run/hike in Saugus

28th

ADAM: best summer of his life. Caleb posted "🙌" on it

CALEB: almost done the lit powder

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ADAM: he's on Earl Courts Road (don't think it means much, just us knowing he's in London). Watermelon Sugar playing with a guard moving to the beat on loop. He's having sushi on a "really nice evening." And a juicy string of text messages between Caitlin and him (+captioned: Caitlin@ is a monster):

C: YOU DID. Didn't you? Adam. Adam. Answer me, Adam! A: ...maybe. C: Well done, you. A: stahp C: Where are my details? I need details. I'm bored. A: ooooommmmggggg.

CALEB: ngl, worried for Caleb guys. First story: *black background with white text of: I hate this. Second: *black background with grey vertical text of: getting away again.* Third: just a game headset. Which, not as intense as the last ones. But my dudes. I just want this mans to be happy.

AUG

13th

ADAM: last day in London. He had a great time. Had nights in pubs and made new friends.

24th

ADAM: starting school soon. Had weird issues with planning classes (something fishy happening with that as EP 1 shows. Time is out of whack in Yale)

CALEB: school starting again, he welcome first years. He jokes the staircases change, making it hard to navigate the school. Again, a joke but I hope this actually happens.

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ADAM: last week in London. Has emojis of Shakespeare stuff. That's it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

CALEB: nothing. Should we be worried?

SEPT

17th

ADAM: back at broadcasting. Someone in a hood is in the background smiling.

CALEB: working out again

19th

CALEB: games with the besties (Sadie and Frankie)

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30th

CALEB: pizza with the gang (Sadie, Frankie, and Ben) [around 7:00 PM]

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30th

CALEB: "morning" at a cafe [around 8 AM]. Run with Ben [around 2:00ish PM] (qui est Ben, la? edit: Ben is Caleb's new child)

->PRIVATE STORY "Love ending an already intense day with a super intense, very unexpected, totally not completely heart shaking phone call 😳" [around 8:00 PM]

*note: the Adam who called Caleb is not Adam of Wednesday, he is midnight Friday Adam.*

ADAM: drinking wine with Caitlin, caption being "Caitlin@ said stress and drinks" [around 6:00 PM]

->PRIVATE STORY: "I definitely, definitely, definitely should be working on my senior essay. But what if I just finally watched season two of umbrella academy instead, that's work right?" With a gif of Klaus saying "Shakespeare had no idea what it was like to be me."

OCT

3rd

CALEB: pic of autumn trees with the caption: "Fresh air. Clearing my head. Quick trip home. Walking around with Alice.🤙"

5th

CALEB: *pic of what looks like a staircase you'd make for a play currently being built.* It's captioned: "Building sets because we are the mighty set builders 🔨" He tagged Frankie. [Around 5 PM]

18th

CALEB: *pic of a cup of tea and a wooden table* captioned: "Sup Dr. Bright?" [Around 11:49 AM]

*note: during EP 7 when they meet with Dr. Bright, before going to the AM."

19th

ADAM: *just a pitch black screen that is glitching out* it's captioned: giberish with lots of X's

21st

ADAM: pic of burnt toast captioned: "I am very tired 😑"

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1st

ADAM: just a pic of the library [around 5:57 PM]

*note: when Adam wakes up at midnight he thinks it's 4:30 PM. So is this conscious Adam or some awake-but-asleep Adam posting?*

->PRIVATE STORY: *pic of keyboard* “spending the whole day in the library to work on an essay after barely sleeping because you’re scared you’re never gonna find love again is healthy coping, right? 🙃” [at around 2:49]

*note: about 9 and a half hours before the end of Ep 1.*

*note note: Adam, you’re breaking my heart.*

CALEB: *pic of ice cream* "oh hey hi very stressed thanks" [10:05 PM]

2nd

ADAM: just a picture of a chair in the radio shack [around 7:34 PM]

*note: the party should be happening tonight yet he's not there (yet).*

->PRIVATE STORY: we hear parts of EP 1 in his story. He took a video about 5 secs before we hear the electro noises that has him running away from the building. I honestly can't tell what he was video taping in the video but obviously he's trying to get the "skull and bones" ceremony. [Around 12:08 AM]

CALEB: video of Caleb driving in the rain [around 7:06] Pic of his food at the burger place [around 9: 52 PM]

3rd

ADAM: *black screen* captioned "but like wtf i don't have words 😡" [around 12:16 PM]

-> PRIVATE STORY: pic of a bunch of laundry machines side by side in a basement looking room, but with rectangular windows above the laundry machines. The windows look like it might be morning, but it could just be the lights. He captions it with: "fucking over this night full of ghosts" [around 1/maybe 2 AM]

*note: this throws me off. We know Adam and Caleb's night in the rain happened at 3 AM, so was this before that? Why was he in the laundry room if not to dry Caleb's stuff. Maybe I'm missing something. Or over thinking it."

5th

ADAM: [at 5:18 PM] in the background there is a bookshelf, but the main focus is the top of his laptop where you see his tabs. The one of importance is the tab for Yale University.

*note: could be Adam investigating*

8th

CALEB: just protein powder pic.

9th

->PRIVATE STORY: *screenshot of Spotify* captioned: "lol fuck you Spotify for sending me down memory lane just when I need that the least but also this playlist still kinda slaps." What's playing is P!ATD "Emperor's New Clothes" on "Adam's Halloween Mix"

*note: Caleb and Adam listened to the album Death of a Bachelor when they were together (in the time it's set, I believe that's when the album came out).*

12th

CALEB: *pic of fall leaves on probably a brick ground of sorts* It's captioned: "lunch with Sadie's@" [around 12ish]

13th

CALEB: uh, just a pic, no caption. The pic is looking upwards, so he's mostly showing stage lights on the ceiling with an orange ladder taking up most of the right, from top to bottom. [Around 5:57-6:00 PM]

14th

CALEB: *park and the sun is rising* captioned: "Running on my own I guess" [around 8 AM]

15th

->PRIVATE STORY: *multicoloured screen background* captioned: "mark's@ call me back dude are you dead???" [around 4PM]

Then pic of a row of shops/restaurants near a street called Jerusalem [around 8/close to 9PM]

*note: from Google map stalking, Calleb is located on 115 Salem St, Boston at La Famiglia Gioiorgio Ristorante. From Boston Uni, that's about an 11 min car ride, and 24 bus/train ride. Don't know if that makes any of a difference but. Here yah go."

17th

-> PRIVATE STORY: *paper with "sodalis sodalus" written on it with other doodles blurred out in the background* captioned: "why do I even try 🙃" [around 2 PM?]

*note: the different symbols are probably what make up the entire symbol that's on the envelope and bandana. Also, I think this happens in EP 6, though I don't know exactly at which part, perhaps during fight*

18th

ADAM: *a close up of a mug* captioned: "catching up with mom" [Around 10 AM].

Then [Around 6:00 PM]: a dark blue background just glitching out.

-> PRIVATE STORY: *paper with "∅ Salt Body" written on paper, as well as "???" and the medical intertwining swirl symbol thing I'm forgetting the name of* [Around 2:00 PM].

Then another update at [Around 4:00 PM]: *pic of inside a car, specifically car door, captioned: "what if I just opened this door and roll myself out of this car would that be an overreaction to what just happened" with an Elmo on fire meme in the bottom left corner of the story.

CALEB: *pic of a hallway (probably the AM)* [Around 1:00 PM]

Then his next story: a dark blue background just glitching out [Around 6:00 PM]

*note: both Caleb and Adam have the same glitchy story at around the same time*

21st

CALEB: pic of just a sheet above of him. There's an emoji that says "First place / Pillow Fort" [Around 1:00/2:00 AM]

->PRIVATE STORY: black background but playing "Time Warp" from Rocky Horror Show with a caption that says "really trying to find some humor in this situation" [Around 12:00 AM]

23rd

->PRIVATE STORY: black background with just a caption of "finally. peace." [Around 3:20ish PM]

->PRIVATE STORY: *gif of one of the guys from The Road To El Dorado banging his head on a wall (shown below)* with a caption: "someone please tell me to stop refreshing a certain someone's instagram and assuming / I'm not on their close friends list even though they're not on mine, so why would I be on theirs???" Plus another caption of: "there has to be something better to do with my Friday night" [Around 12:00 PM]

25th

CALEB: he posted a song which is Kina | Get You To The Moon (feat. Snøw). He specifically captions the lyrics "you helped me fight when I was giving in" [Around 4:00 AM]

->PRIVATE STORY: so. It's a close up pic of the playlist paper with the playlist Adam made for Caleb for when he went on away trips for football. It's captioned: "thought cleaning out my desk would be a good distraction and looks like I was wrong about that 🙃🙃🙃" [Around 2:00 PM]

*note: so Caleb left Adam's and went back to Boston.*

->PRIVATE STORY: he posted a song, The Beatles | Help!, with the caption: "what do you do if you get a voicemail a week late and the voicemail is mostly just static but the fact that there's even a voicemail to begin with is. . .

anyway Caitlin's@ please come home"

*note: at first I assumed this was Caitlin's voicemail maybe calling for help, but it's def Caleb's voicemail. Shame it didn't go through, might have been an opening to communicating 😔 and also Caitlin is def kidnapped" [Around 5:00 PM]

29th

->PRIVATE STORY: another song post, this time Andrew Belle | Replace Me. He adds a caption of "feeling some kind of way tonight" [Around 1:00 AM]

*note: the pining in their instagram song posts are real. (Which, you know, makes sense considering that music/playlist was a way of communicating their feelings and bonding with each other) But Adam is really out here posting a song about someone never going to be able to replace them 👀*

30th

->PRIVATE STORY: pic of his dash board with a caption of "getting back on the road, probably a dumb fucking idea, but sometimes you just have to follow your gut" [Around 3:00 PM]

*note: shits about to go downnnnnnnnn.*

So, the Olivia Rodrigo track list video quite literally showed each track title in order. I want to go over them cause I just love that she did that.

The Track Titles:

Here's how the teaser video relates to each one:

All American Bitch (0:00)

In this case, there isn't much that Olivia does but walk into the room. I feel this song might refer to Olivia calling herself the "All American Bitch," perhaps referring to how others have perceived her after Sour. Thus, her presence is the reference.

But I would like to add she does drink a coke, and in the video revealing the title tracks she uses them to curl her hair. Coke might be used here as imagery considering it's such a well known brand in America (and world wide but I digress). So much so there's a term called Cocacolonization, "refers to the globalization of American culture (also referred to as Americanization) pushed through popular American products such as soft drink brand Coca-Cola," [1]

I also found by googling All American Bitch a Girls episode titled "American Bitch." This might be reaching, but the episode deals with a controversial author with sexual assault allegations and the main character who is a writer. I haven't watched the show so I'm taking Vox's word here when they say the episode is about an older man taking advantage of a younger woman who somewhat wanted approval of said man, to only be disappointed that he's exactly what people called him out for being [2].

Bad Idea Right? (0:05)

As opposed to the previous track, this one is pretty straight forward. It's really the only track that was correctly guessed by everone.

After drinking her coke and walking to her vanity, she writes on the mirror "bad idea right." Simple as that.

Vampire (0:11?)

Considering this the albums lead single, I don't think she hints at it in the video. The closest thing being that she closes the blinds, however, that happens after what I think is how she hints at the fourth track.

Lacy (0:08)

This one is hard to tell since it's blurry. But she takes out some object, or what I'm going to say is cloth and or bra, from one of her boxes. She sets it on the side bed table beside the lamp. I'm going to say it's some form of lace considering the title of the track is called Lacy.

Balled of a Homeschool Girl (0:13)

I think this one is fun. In the video, after putting the curtain up, she takes out the yearbook. We get a better image of it near the end when the camera pans into her typewriter. We see the "Class of" and "Book Club" pages. I know before I thought titles of the track might be called such, but evidently that is not the case. It was alluding to the fact that she probably never even got a yearbook. I feel all the pictures in these pages are just her. It's clear in the "Book Club" page, but in the "Class Of" it's kinda hard to tell. But it is clear that some pictures are duplicates, so I wouldn't be surprised if it's just different pictures of Olivia herself.

This is also neat considering it builds upon the Sour Prom. I believe Olivia has said this album is kinda a continuation of her previous album, or at least growing up a bit since it.

In any case, I'm really interested to see what this one's about. I feel like it could be a genuine ballad, but the title makes me think she's being a little sardonic (perhaps both). Frankly, I feel this entire album is more cynical. But that's a different deep dive for another time.

Making the Bed (0:16)

Continuing on to the sixth track, after reading the yearbook, Olivia makes her bed.

(Honestly, I feel like I should have guessed this for how obvious it is.)

Logical (0:19)

This one is another hard to tell one. But after making her bed, Olivia goes to unpack, taking out something that kinda looks like a board game box. It's hard to tell what it's called, but I know some people thought the name at least started with an 'L.' It would seem the name on the box is 'Logical.'

Additionally, if it is supposed to be a board game box, the theme of the song could be using games as symbolism and using/not using logic to win them. Perhaps in (toxic) relationships.

Get Him Back (0:20)

Oh, I kinda really love this one.

Olivia puts letters on her bed, then in her bed side table. You can't tell what's written on them then, but in the video where she releases the title tracks, there's a cut to the letters. Each one has "Olivia R., 258 Get Him Back Drive, Los Angeles, CA" written on them. I just really like how the video builds upon the previous.

I also wonder if it builds upon Drivers License considering the use of an address and perhaps driving to it. But I also don't want to bank on that since these themes don't immediately need to relate to one another.

Love is Embarrassing (0:23)

(True.)

In the video, she starts reading a book with hearts on it. You can't tell what the title of the book is, but the use of hearts kinda signifies the relation. Could also refer to romance books.

Also, in the title track release video, at (0:10) there's a flash to a few books. "Love is Embarrassing" is one of them, which Olivia proceeds to take. Furthering the theory that is the book she is reading.

I'd like to mention here as well the other book titles. I feel these are on theme to what will be touched upon in some of her songs (and perhaps even the vibe and sound of the album: cheeky, a little angry, sarcastic, and reflective).

The Grudge (0:25)

I'd say the second closest title people got to guessing is "The Grudge." Olivia writes on a piece of paper, "Now I have a grudge," which was many of our guesses. I feel this will probably be a lyric within the song, if not the chorus.

Pretty isn't Pretty (0:27)

Another hard one to tell. She unpacks what seems to be a makeup bag and unloads what's inside. This song might reflect beauty standards.

Teenage Dream (0:33)

Now, this one might be off. But Olivia brings out a cake and starts eating some of it. I can't really tell, but some people think there's candles shaped as '19' on them. I feel this song might be about leaving her teenage years, maybe reflecting back on them, the highs and lows of it all. Perhaps getting ready for a new chapter.

And after that, the camera starts to pan on Olivia and her typewriter. There are other things people pointed out, such as the 'Obsessed' shirt, the paper with 'Stranger' written on it, the skateboard and whatever is painted on that, plus the sticker on the guitar case. These probably relate to lyrics to the songs.

But just to put it out there, there's a poster in the wall near her vanity. There's a theory it might hint at bonus tracks [3]. I'm more inclined to think not, but it certainly would be cool if so and potentially these things are actually other track titles.

Bibliography

[1] Cocacolonization

[2] American Bitch

[3] Bonus Track Theory

Good lord this tomb is full of shitposts 😳😳 pt 1/pt 2

“Snow is laughing at something Bunce has said. None of them notice me, so I let myself stare longer than I should. It only makes things worse. I pathetically long for him to smile at me like that.”