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  • MAGDALENE Music · 2010s

    Magdalene is the second studio album by English singer-songwriter FKA Twigs. Released on 8 November, 2019, by Young Turks, it is her first project since her EP M3LL155X (2015), and first full-length record since LP1 (2014). The album features a sole guest appearance from American rapper Future. FKA Twigs produced th...

    After-hoursLonging
  • Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future Film · 1970s

    Ivan Vasilievich: Back to the Future is a 1973 film from Soviet Union, associated with Leonid Gaidai. It keeps a wider cinema field of scale, memory, and regional contrast in view without reducing the title to a bare metadata shell.

    After-hoursMemoryLonging
  • Mirai of the Future Anime · 2010s

    Mirai of the Future is a 2018 anime title tied to Mamoru Hosoda and Masakatsu Takagi and Japan. It keeps the animated field legible through atmosphere, genre range, and exact-title recall.

    FolkloreIdentitySurveillance
  • Snow Crash Books · 1990s

    Within the Metaverse, Hiro is offered a datafile named Snow Crash by a man named Raven who hints that it is a form of narcotic. Hiro's friend and fellow hacker Da5id views a bitmap image contained in the file which causes his computer to crash and Da5id to suffer brain damage in the real world. This is the future we...

    PowerMemoryMigration
  • Kino's Journey Anime · 2000s

    After running away from the grim future that awaited her back in her home country, a young girl takes upon a new name and identity—inspired by the man who sacrificed his life to help her escape. Alongside her newfound companion, a talking motorcycle, the two find themselves a new home in the forest—where lives an el...

    MigrationIdentityNature
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