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Fangirl Friday: Paul McCartney

This is part two: electric boogaloo. I've written about Paul McCartney several times on my blog as he is my ride or die celebrity crush. I wrote about him in 2020 in "Casually Screaming About Paul McCartney" and the very first "That Time..." post was about the conspiracy that he died in 1966 and was replaced with an imposter.

I thought the first Fangirl Friday of 2023 could be about the man I never shut up about.

Shockingly, I've had my current laptop for a little over a year, but I didn't have any photos of him on it, so I had to download some photos from my phone. Yes, I have a designated Paul McCartney album on my phone. I will not be accepting criticism at this time.

I explained in the "Casually Screaming" post about how I became a fan, so I won't get into that. This past December made an entire decade I've been in love with him. Never in a million years would I have thought my ride or die celebrity crush would be a man 55 years older than me. It's much more than a "oh hot celebrity" kind of crush, because I actually got into old man Paul before I even touched young Beatle Paul.

This man has gotten me through some of the darkest times in my life. I used to keep a photo of him in my school notebooks to look at whenever I was having a rough day. Not only has this man helped me with his music, but he is also one of my biggest muses. I've written so much with his music as a backing track. I've also created one of my favorite original characters inspired by him. I also wrote cringey RPF back in 2014 about him. Some that is still on Wattpad under my old pseudonym.

For the 10th anniversary of when I fell in love with this old man, I posted ten songs of his that I love on Tumblr. They're not my top 10, just 10 random songs throughout his career I love. Though, honestly a few of those songs would be on the top 10 list. If anyone is interested, I might rank my top 10 Paul songs and write about them in a post. It'll just be his solo work because picking just 10 songs from his entire 60+ year career would be near impossible for me.

As nerdy or weird as it sounds, my love for him grows every year. I would love to one day see him perform live. The ultimate dream is to meet him and tell him how much he means to me, but that's just a dream I doubt would ever happen.

While my love for him has become meme-ish and it's become my brand, I genuinely do love him. He is one of my heroes that I admire with the most love and respect my little heart can produce. It's one of those I love him so much it hurts type loves. It's a parasocial one-sided love. Man has no idea that I exist, but that's okay. Though I used to cry about it when I was fifteen. I was overdramatic. I'm still overdramatic, but with different things. Like fictional characters.

I wish I could more easily find my OG Instagram posts about Paul from 2013-14 so I can show how cringey and dramatic I was about this man just because looking back on it, it was hilarious. I am still in horror that former Wings member, Denny Laine follows me, but I hope the old cringe is too old and far for him to ever stumble across.

Without making this post too long, I'll end it here. A decade long love that continues. Here's to the last ten years and here's to the next ten and more!

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