Estrella__Rose

Hello, my dear followers and those who just go by! I didn't post any music as part of Against The System last week. But now I am back, and I want to tell you about the third song from the band's EP called "Before The Rise". It's called "Right Here, Right Now".
          
          If you discovered my books at least 2 years ago, you could've thought that the name of the song seemed very familiar to you. And you are right because "Right Here, Right Now" was based on the soundtrack for "The Broken Hearts Story", Book 2 of "Stronger Together" book series. These two versions are not the same. This is a fully rewritten version adapted for the style of my band. When I was working on writing songs for them, I knew for sure that I wanted to choose 2-3 songs and rewrite them specifically for ATS. And in the end, "Right Here, Right Now" became the first victim of my experiment.
          
          "Right Here, Right Now" is about the men themselves, but it's mainly about them being willing to keep moving and reaching for their goals, no matter which barriers they meet in their way: someone's protests or judgement, any other problems, or attempts to shower them with mud or just spread hate. The book series "Stronger Together" tells a lot about these guys running into failures and moments when their effort might not be worth it. They heard them calling them worthless and talentless and saying they'd never gain success. They heard them persuading them to stop doing this and to do something better. Something good. But our guys are not the type who give up so easily. If they decide to reach something, even hundreds of mountains may stand in their way. They'd move them all. Using their Superman power as well as a desire and unbreakable unity that helps them be strong and keep moving. To records, to victories, to spite all parasites. :)
          
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJNpd6zD_pM
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qw9B86t_k78
          
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/413553058-against-the-system-music-without-limits

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! This week, I decided not to post any music related to my music project Against The System and to return to the soundtracks for the books from my book series "Stronger Together". Yes, even though I am fully focused on ATS, I'm not going to abandon the music from the books. And this time, I want to introduce you to the song called "Travel To Forever", which is a soundtrack for the book "The Criminal Diaries".
          
          This is a wedding song. I plan for it to play at the double wedding of two couples of the lead characters. To be clear, it's performed by the groomsmen and the bridesmaids when the brides walk down the aisle. You don't need to expect a deep meaning for this song because this is a simple song about the birth of a new family before the eyes of crying guests. Originally, the song was sung in a male vocal only, but then I generated a female vocal for it and added it as backing vocals. Well, I actually wanted to make separate female solos, but honestly, it didn't sound good. Thus, by doing what I did, I didn't make it worse and kept my original idea of a duo song.
          
          By the way, I can say that I have like 4-6 tracks for every book that are still waiting for publication. And after the last song is released, as well as the remastered versions of some songs, I am going to shut down the project Soundtracks for "Stronger Together" because I gave my everything to it and wrote songs about everyone and everything so that I have nothing else to add. But since I publish soundtracks much more rarely than before, this project will be ongoing for a long time alongside the project Against The System, for which I will be writing brand new songs. But we will talk about all of this when the time comes.
          
          Thank you for your attention!
          Have a nice day!
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          Travel To Forever (English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwJhCGzEFyA
          Lyrics: https://www.wattpad.com/story/369110799-stronger-together-song-book

Hello, my dear followers and those who just go by! Last week, I released the debut song of Against The System, my virtual band that was born from the pages of my book series Stronger Together. But now I am ready to publish a second song – one of five songs that will be included in an EP called Before The Rise. The new song of my band is called Gravity.
          
          Gravity is a song about unity, which these guys have even if everything is broken and falling apart. No matter how hard gravity drags them down, they remain a team and can survive any catastrophe. Just like it happens in the books of the "Stronger Together" series – their enemy just needs to get a bad thought about one of them so that the others rush to jump like goats and show their brilliant skills of wit. Of course, the lyrics turned out to be kind of simple, I spent like 1 hour writing this song and wasn't absolutely happy with the result at first. But when I generated music for it, I saw that the song was actually pretty cool, and everything wasn't so bad, in my personal opinion. And yeah, don't pay attention to the fact that the acoustic intro may have some kind of gypsy (there's a show that some grandmothers of women in my country that they watched with pleasure, including my own grandma haha), but then it starts to sound more rock.
          
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOf6-EroBtw
           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0OjgZJq4hU
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/413553058-against-the-system-music-without-limits

I've been busy working on the project that is a part of my book series "Stronger Together" for two or three months. But today it's time for my virtual band to debut officially with their first pre-debut song called Rebels In Action. Both English and Russian are available now on ATS's YouTube channel, the lyrics are written and translated by me personally. The song is published in my new work called "Against The System: Music Without Limits", not in the song book with soundtracks.
          
          Rebels In Action is not just a song about a riot, it's a track about four ordinary men who decided that they'd no longer let anyone decide who they are, what they should do, and how they should live. The debut song of the band is about an attempt to challenge the society without a fear of not meeting expectations of the world and doubts and to start to write their own story – uncensored, without attempts to soften something. They are who they are – sassy, bold, a little foolish. And these dudes are not to change to please someone.
          
          I spent a lot of time thinking of the idea of creating this music project, but I couldn't find the courage to do this and didn't understand which direction they should've moved. The band's concept was unclear for the time being and changed several times: at first, I planned to make them another pop boyband singing sweet songs of love, but then I decided to go on a different side. So, Against The System used to be a pop rock band, a punk band, and an alt rock band. But in the end, I decided on the concept with the help of ChatGPT that gave me really excellent ideas and helped me improve them. Just like in my books, the slogan of ATS is that they go against the rules and stereotypes and do what they think is right. They are so called rebels who go against the system, in short... And by the way, I also decided to call their fans Rebels.
          
          https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmC18q9SdXw
          https://www.wattpad.com/story/413553058-against-the-system-music-without-limits

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! I know I disappeared from sight for a while and wasn't gonna show up at all. So, in order for you not to think I'm not active anymore, I wanna publish one of the soundtracks from my book series "Stronger Together". I spent a lot of time choosing what to post, but in the end, I decided that my next song would be a little sad. I want to introduce you to "Mature Love", a soundtrack from "The Sins Of The Past". Book 1 from the series I mentioned before.
          
          This song tells us a story of a character who is not the lead. It's about the recurring character – a woman who lived a wild enough life when she was young, and she's committed lots of sins. They are the reason why she still has to pay for them, even if it's been almost 20 years since the day she did the worst thing in her life. "Mature Love" is about this woman's love for a man who literally pulled her up from the bottom and became a shoot of the sun in her life. The one who didn't care what she did in the past and loved her for what she was. Their relationship started at a mature age and wasn't what the younger characters of this story had. It's much quieter, deeper, and more true. It seems like two lonely people met each other, gave a loyalty pledge, and should've lived happily ever after. But alas, fate had different plans for this couple. They weren't destined to be together. And the woman thinks that's the cost of her sins and the life she lived at her young age.
          
          Thank you for your attention!
          Have a nice day!
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          Mature Love (English): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sp5O6ztFgco
          Lyrics: https://www.wattpad.com/story/369110799-stronger-together-song-book

Hello! I haven't been too active lately, but believe me, I did have something to do. But we will talk about it later. And now I want to talk about the new song of mine. I didn't actually plan to do this, but then I recalled that my debut song "Help Me Breathe" was going to celebrate its second anniversary (you can listen to this song on my YouTube channel). And so, I am ready to introduce you to the song called "Toxic Closure" that became a soundtrack for the book "The Lost And Forgotten Memories". I wrote this song back in the summer last year alongside more tracks that I still want to publish.
          
          In "Toxic Closure", I broach the topic of happiness of freedom from a toxic relationship, which the hero of the song is madly happy to end. It tells us about how it got him exhausted rapidly and brought him to a certain boiling point. To the moment when he realised that he was done with it! When the hero finally managed to find the strength to break this vicious circle, ignore the one who was sure that she would press on him again and again. He managed to break free before a certain toxic poison destroyed the victim. Though it's sometimes madly hard to do it for one or another reason: love, an addiction, fear, affection, or anxiety. And after this, the hero didn't break down. He didn't withdraw into himself after the pressure he was put under. He became much stronger. He learned to understand people. He broke contact with those who didn't prove their loyalty with no regret. And he started to appreciate freedom much more. So much that it became a problem to some extent. However, next to the right version, even a fear of losing control of your life and ending up at the mercy of someone who loves to assert themselves at the expense of others can go away slowly, so that the person can feel beloved and happy.
          
          Toxic Closure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y6bI5rZeha0
          Lyrics: https://www.wattpad.com/story/369110799-stronger-together-song-book

So, it's been really long, but here it is, the FINAL CHAPTER of "The Criminal Diaries". "Finally!" – that’s what the characters would say if they were standing in front of me. To be honest, it’s a little sad to finish this project, which I’ve given so much energy and effort to, but which also helped me get through a hard time during its writing process. "The Criminal Diaries" is now my favorite work ever, and I can say that it’s strong, mature, bold, and candid. Though I didn't plan this book to be as heavy and depressing as it turned out. It just happened that way. I wrote and thought, and came up with something that might cause an explosion on the spaghetti factory on your head.
          
          So, what’s next? Do you think I’ll wrap up the "Stronger Together" series just because this book was planned as the last one? Nope, you're wrong! No, I’m not putting a dot in the series' history and forgetting about it once and for all. Vice versa, I’d like to continue developing the "ST" universe, despite the opinion that you'd better focus on something new rather than hang on to the old. Yes, "The Criminal Diaries" is currently the last book in the series, but who knows, maybe I’ll wake up one morning and think, “I need MORE!” five or seven years from now. For example, between writing "The Lost And Forgotten Memories" (2016) and "The Criminal Diaries" (2024), eight years passed. I also don’t exclude the possibility of writing some spin-offs to tell the stories of other characters from the series. Maybe there will be alternative stories that explore things that never happened in the main books. Or just some short stories that are connected with the series but not included in the main plot. Right now, my main focus is on the music from the "Stronger Together" universe. I still have many tracks waiting for their moment to shine, and I’ll be releasing them one by one.
          
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! We’re almost at the finish line – the last but one Chapter 49 of "The Criminal Diaries," is now available for reading. It's quite short and focused on our newlyweds, who have sent all the guests home to rest after such an eventful day and have gone off to spend their first marriage night together. A night they’ve been waiting for a very long time. Honestly, I spent a lot of time wondering whether this chapter was even necessary, since it’s dedicated entirely to romantic moments like “I love you, I want you.” Moreover, it was originally really long, and there were a lot of details. Especially after I added scenes with the second couple. But actually, when I finished working on "The Lost and Forgotten Memories", where, I can remind you, the wedding chapters were originally supposed to be, there was no wedding night scene at all. I wrote it because another couple, who got married in the early version of "The Sins of the Past," had one (though that scene wasn’t always in it). Nevertheless, after thinking a lot, countless edits, and removing some moments with no regret, I decided to keep it after all.
          
          I can hardly believe that I’ll be publishing the final chapter of this book next week. It feels like just yesterday I decided to write it, spent over a year working on the overall concept, and waited for the moment when I could finally dive into working on it. And now we're getting close to the moment when another one of my “tomes of Brazilian-level drama” is coming to an end. You can check out my other works and explore the books from the "Stronger Together" series to get a clearer idea of who is who. I’ll be waiting for you on April 28th – the day the final chapter of "The Criminal Diaries" is released. I will be waiting for your thoughts on this story, to which I’ve given more effort and energy than ever before.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries

Hello, my sweet estrellitas! The closer we get to the finale of "The Criminal Diaries", the less I have to say about the remaining chapters and what happens in them. And honestly, there is no need to get deep into detail because everything can now be summed up in just a few words. The characters begin celebrating the marriage of two loving couples. The men have officially gotten the right to have their girls in the eyes of the law, while the girls can now proudly wear their beautiful wedding rings and have their husbands’ last names in official documents. By the way, what do you think about women changing their last name after marriage? Do you think it’s something they must do? Or are you more flexible about it, believing that true love depends on completely different things?
          
          To be honest, the entire book turned out to be so dark and emotionally heavy that these lighthearted chapters stand out a lot against the overall tone. I would even say they don’t match the general concept of the story. But on the other hand, life isn’t only about negativity, and there’s positivity in it, too. Maybe there isn't always a lot of it, but it’s still there. And after everything the characters have gone through, I believe that they do deserve to relax, have some fun, enjoy life, and focus on what really matters to them. While working on the "Stronger Together" series, I always imagined the whole story as a TV show. Like a soap opera that our moms or grandmothers or even we ourselves, ladies, could never miss when new episodes were out. And even though I personally prefer older, time-tested stories (especially those from the ’90s and 2000s) much more, I still find inspiration in modern films and series as well. So if you look closely, you might catch glimpses of things that once inspired me in my work. Or maybe not…
          
          Thank you for your attention! Have a nice day!
          Love, Estrella Rose.
          
          Wattpad: https://www.wattpad.com/story/395134099-the-criminal-diaries

Actually, I can publish two songs for Chapter 47 from my book "The Criminal Diaries" that I released today. But now we will talk about just one of them - "All That Remains". I consider this song one of my favorites, and I was waiting for the moment to publish it. And it's one of the tracks, working on which was much easier than most of them – I wrote it super fast and didn't spend too much time generating it in Suno, even though it was hard to choose between several good variations. However, there are still some issues. But we can all close our eyes to me having two left hands and the fact that pasting pieces from different versions of songs is obviously not my thing?
          
          By writing this song, I showed that the male lead character, who was a little crazy throughout the book, especially in the middle of the story, stopped running from his past and stopped denying everything that gave him a strong psychological trauma. He used to prefer to pretend that it didn't happen to him and tried so hard to suppress his feelings related to that trauma, but now the man tries to accept it and learn to live with what can't be fixed. He doesn't say everything is forgotten, everyone is forgiven, and everything is in the past. He is in the process. He just started it, and now it's a matter of time. Nevertheless, now the lead male character wants to learn to live with his nightmare from the past and face it bravely. Because... Before he let himself (to be clear, before someone "helped" him) come back to the roots, his relationships with people hadn't been good due to his mistrust and expectations of some bad tricks. There were many problems... There was much suffering... But he's gotta move on and think about his life. The guy does understand it, and he is ready to do this. Of course, with the help of those he loves and is afraid to lose to death.
          
          All That Remains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40midRRrznM
          Lyrics: https://www.wattpad.com/story/369110799-stronger-together-song-book