J. Danielle

music is what language would love to be, if it could

Saudade is a Portuguese word that can be roughly defined as a feeling of melancholy, nostalgia or yearning for something that is beloved but not present. There's no perfect translation, but one of the closest English expressions of the word I've ever seen is Billie Eilish's Tiny Desk performance.

You'd think the Los Angeles-born singer invented the... See more

We’re inclined to leave them unencumbered by a definition, to preserve their ability to shift shapes.