Joey Batey - Blog Posts

in order to get my calligraphy skills better I wrote down the entirety of Farewell Wanderlust because i have too much time on my hands

they way you win is by having Jaskier the longest. Lambert once had him for six months, and no one has been able to beat that because Geralt has figured out their little game, so he makes sure to get to Jaskier as soon as possible

One year, as a prank on Geralt, everyone at Kaer Morhen decided to play a game they called "Pass the Bard."

The game starts in spring when one person has to locate Jaskier before Geralt does. They then travel with Jaskier until they encounter another witcher, whom they pass the Bard to.

The objective is to keep Jaskier away from Geralt for as long as possible.

The transition between Elsa’s Song and Pray is DIABOLICAL WHAT DO YOU MEAN I GO FROM SOBBING OVER. SAD LOVE STORY TO SCREAMING "GOD MADE ALL MAN IN HIS IMAGE HONEY IM IM NO MAN" IN SO LITTLE TIME

I see people talking about Joey’s voice, or Madeleine’s voice but we never talk ABOUT HOW WELL THEY COMPLIMENT EACH OTHER, they both have incredible range and that makes for fantastic vocals they can go from Welly Boots to Farewell Wanderlust in a single song, thats so UGH i love them

The witcher fandom is so lucky to have joey batey and 3/4 of them don't even realise it. Like, he put so much love into playing Jaskier. He's read the books numerous times, wrote Jaskier's songs, collaborated to help write Jaskier and Radovid's romance in s3 to make sure it was done properly, supports his co-stars and praises them, helped mahesh jadu when he first accepted the role of Vilggefortz because mahesh hadn't read the books yet, and through it all he remains constantly humble and doesn't like compliments. The man lives and breathes his job and we are so damn lucky.

GUYS- JOEY CONFIRMED THAT THE TWO MEN IN A TENT JOKE FROM PRUNING SHEARS IS THE SHERLOCK AND WATSON JOKE IM DYING

Source: https://youtu.be/u2LeEK5XJiQ?si=AkKIKAJrPIRxHmVV

Time stamp is 13:40 ish

The way I would give up my first born to see the Amazing Devil live is wild

Its weird to think that there was a time in my life where I didn’t know what the Witcher was, or even the Amazing Devil. Like i cannot physically imagine my life without those two fixations at this point

Regarding the Man or bear question

Guy: Would you rather be stuck in the woods with a man or a bear?

femme: Bear.

Guy: ok

*In the woods*

femme: *sees a man in a white wedding gown, singing like a faerie* *looks at him weird bc wtaf is a man doing in the woods dressed like a runaway bride*

Bear: Oh don't worry, that's just Joey Batey, he does that sometimes.

‘“Where have you been?” She’ll whisper’

MADELEINE WHISPERING WHILE JOEY SINGS ALTERED MY BRAIN CHEMISTRY

Why I love the Song of the Seven:

Reason 1. Joey’s voice has so much range in it, from his growls and his harmonies

Reason 2. HOLY SHIT

Reason 3. It is a big ol fuck you to the government

Reason 4. WE WILL RISE

Reason 5. OML

Guts, I had a thought; a Geregis fic inspired by That Unwanted Animal-

I love sneaking the Amazing Devil references into my fanfics, it’s a lil treat for the TAD bitches and it’ll go right over the heads of the not TAD bitches

Every time I listen to Battle Cries I have an existential crisis on whether I should sing Joey's part or Madeleines part

"Dear heart it's me, it's me, you don't need to pretend to be someone you're not, cause it's not like I've never heard you fart and snore" I MIGHT CRY GUYS IDK

The softness in Joey's voice during Fair. That's it. That's the post.

I have decided that existence is too much, im void ima sit in bed under my weighted blankie and listen to tad

"But to a woman by the end you'll kneel and plead cause I'm more than what my mum told me to be." Joey really said "fuck yeah feminism" and I loved it.

Welp, time to listen to Ruin on full blast again

Whoever said The Amazing Devil is meant to be listened to in cheap earbuds/headphones wasn't wrong because DAYUM I think I just had a religious experience.

I haven't been able to get this video out of my head for ever

Welly boots continues to alter my brain chemistry

Nothing like listening to TAD and making up scenarios in your head bc why wouldnt you

The tail end of this video, just Madeleine's high note for the last "love run" of the album sends CHILLS down my spine, I want to inject this video into my bloodstream

Still not over Joey's strained vocals during the final chorus of the Horror and the Wild

Sometimes you just gotta listen to Little Miss Why So on full volume

I'm re-entering my Ruin phase where I exclusively listen to Ruin (album) for weeks at a time and I'm HYPED about it

Has anyone else gaslit themselves into thinking Joey's layered voice in Extraordinary Things is actually Radovid singing with Jaskier?

THAT part of New York Torch Song

Listening to a TAD album at night is like "ah yes, let me have some mental breakdown on top of the sleep deprivation"