fact or fiction

Is it a fact or is it merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the lesser known truths in the music universe.

d4vd: The Rise of David Anthony Burke, Beyond Rumors and Viral Searches
The internet moves fast. In the age of TikTok trends and overnight fame, artists like David Anthony Burke, better known as d4vd, have emerged as powerful voices in the music industry. But along with fame comes another side of online culture: viral misinformation.
By KAMRAN AHMAD5 months ago in Beat
Cheap Leather Friends...
“Maybe I should just let my phone die…” I thought to myself as I made my way across the foyer of my apartment. Exhausted, slightly burnt out, slightly irritated because it only takes one fucking idiot to fuck the entire course of traffic up. It usually takes a special kinda idiot. It’s exactly 8:37PM as I have finally…finally entered my home.
By Paulina Pachel6 months ago in Beat
Europe Sizzles Under Record-Breaking Heat as Wildfires Rage Across the Continent
Europe Sizzles Under Record-Breaking Heat as Wildfires Rage Across the Continent Temperatures soar past 43 °C in parts of France as red alerts, mass evacuations, and climate concerns grip southern and eastern Europe
By Ahmad Mustafa6 months ago in Beat
How to Approach a Girl Respectfully and Confidently
Meeting someone new can feel intimidating, especially when you're interested in them romantically. The truth is, “picking up a girl” isn’t about having the perfect one-liner or mastering some magic technique. It’s about being confident, genuine, respectful, and emotionally intelligent.
By Moments & Memoirs7 months ago in Beat
🪞Top 10 Selves You Had to Become (Just to Survive)
We live in layers. Not lies — layers. Versions of ourselves we shape to fit into families, friendships, timelines, systems, scenes.
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
🏙️ Top 10 Buildings You Remember from Dreams (But Never Existed)
Some buildings only exist when you close your eyes. You’ve walked their halls. You’ve opened their rusted doors. And yet they can’t be found on any map.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Beat
🫧 Top 10 Emotions You Can Only Feel Once
There are emotions you can name: sadness, joy, fear. And then there are the others. The ones that only show up once. They don't announce themselves.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Beat
🚪 Top 10 Liminal Spaces You’ve Felt But Never Named
Liminal spaces aren’t just empty buildings. They’re moments. Feelings. Crossroads between what was and what’s next. You’ve felt them before —
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
🧠 Top 10 Uncanny Emotional States (That Ambient Music Can Simulate)
Not all feelings fit on a chart. Some emotional states aren’t joy or sadness or anger. They’re strange. Uncanny. They whisper instead of scream.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Beat
🌙 Top 10 Feelings You’ve Had But Could Never Explain
Some emotions have names. Others don’t. They arrive suddenly — in the middle of a song, a silent hallway, a glint of sunlight on tile —
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat
🚪 Threshold Music: Soundtracking the Liminal Self
There are places that don’t belong anywhere. Hallways. Waiting rooms. Parking garages at 3AM. They’re in between locations—transitory, uncanny, emotionally unspecific.
By Yokai Circle7 months ago in Beat
📵 The Aesthetic of Disconnection: Why We Romanticize Being Unreachable
You’ve seen the images: A flip phone glowing in the dark A lone figure walking under orange streetlights A hotel room with the curtains drawn
By The Yume Collective7 months ago in Beat