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Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Walk the city
All alone
All I see
Hearts of stone
Ain’t it pretty
So unknown
All the lights
Watch them
Glow

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv4b...

#soundscape #citylights #undergroundmusic #nightcore #latewalk #melancholy 🩵🌃🎶🌠

January 15, 2026 at 1:18 AM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

For Southwest Contemporary I spoke with genderfluid artist Summer Young on their desert inspirations, creating non-binary armor, fabric sculptures & the stunning blues of cyanotype

#queerart #writing #desertart #southwestcontemporary #cyanotype #nonbinary

southwestcontemporary.com/summer-raine...

Sprung from Suburbia, Summer Raine Young Seeks Inherent Queerness of a Desert City

In cyanotypes and soft sculptures, Summer Raine Young maps queer elements of Phoenix, from dilapidated signage to their own body.

southwestcontemporary.com

January 8, 2026 at 8:45 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Y2K
So ended
Got crooks
In the chaos
So bended
I put love
In a grave
So cemented
Now I’m back
With a
Vengeance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAi9...

#Y2K #NYE #vaporwave #dreamcore #atomic #digicore #futuregarage #electroclash 🩵👾💥🎶

December 31, 2025 at 8:47 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

It’s been a
Long December…

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V8W...

#countingcrows #dreamcore #coversong #90score #canyons #undergroundmusic #alongdecember 🩵🏜️🎶🌠

December 25, 2025 at 7:19 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Pronouns

www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHAq...

#nonbinary #vaporwave #undergroundmusic #enbyartist #pronouns #genderfluid #dreampop 🩵⚧️🌠🎶

December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

In the midnight
Swear I got the
Power
I feel alright
Though I survived
The tower
I feel like
I’m ready for
My flowers

www.youtube.com/watch?v=OFmx...

#midnightmusic #flowers #vaporwave #futuregarage #undergroundmusic #dreampop 🩵🪻🌷🪷🌠

Flowers

YouTube video by ROY

www.youtube.com

December 18, 2025 at 12:37 AM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Take a picture
Maybe
It will last
Hold on
Cuz
Life goes
Fast

www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCLN...

#dreampop #triphop #takeapicture #nostalgia #chillwave #musicsky 🩵📸📻✨

December 7, 2025 at 11:02 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

DOUBLE THAT BAG

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_v0...

#vaporwave #animation #dreamcore #money #undergroundmusic 🩵💰🪽🎶

December 5, 2025 at 7:59 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Do the deserts
Miss the rain?

www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKPN...

#dreamcore #soundscape #everythingbutthegirl #missing #desert #vaporwave 🩵🏜️🪻🎶

December 3, 2025 at 7:52 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

For PHOENIX Magazine I wrote about vital Indigenous spaces in the Arizona desert. From petroglyph rock drawings, to current Two Spirit Pow Wows celebrating gender expansive peoples. These Indigenous spaces hold much wisdom to respectfully learn from

www.phoenixmag.com/2025/11/21/7...

www.phoenixmag.com

November 21, 2025 at 8:27 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

& it’s one more day
Up in the canyons
& it’s one more
Night in Hollywood
It’s been so long
Since I’ve seen
The ocean
I think
I should

#alongdecember #vaporwave #countingcrows #hollywood #dreamcore 🩵🏜️🌊🎶

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_V8W...

One More Day [Official Visualizer]

YouTube video by ROY

www.youtube.com

November 17, 2025 at 9:15 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Double that
Double the
Bass
Double that
Double that
Grass
Double that
Trouble that
Pass
Double that
Double that
Bag
Gimme
Double that
Bag

#vaporwave #dreamcore #synthwave #animation #enbyart #undergroundmusic #doublethatbag 🩵🎶🕊️💰

www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_v0...

Double That Bag [Official Visualizer]

YouTube video by ROY

www.youtube.com

November 11, 2025 at 8:28 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

On a late night
Call u up
When it feels
Like life’s
So rough
Even when
I’m in my cups
You never
Treat me
Tough

www.youtube.com/watch?v=7IIb...

#nightcore #dreampop #latenight #enby #triphop #lofimusic #deep 🩵🌌🎶⚡️

November 7, 2025 at 9:48 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Bluer than
The ocean
Bluer than
The sky
Bluer than
The notion
That were all
Gonna die

#vaporwave #ouija #lofimusic #blues #enbyart #dreamcore #nightcore #darkambient 💙🌌⚡️🎶

www.youtube.com/watch?v=acul...

Blue Without U [Official Visualizer]

YouTube video by ROY

www.youtube.com

October 31, 2025 at 10:59 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Trouble ahead
Trouble behind
Go to the side
It’s alright
You can
Take your time

www.youtube.com/watch?v=teLg...

#vinyl #vaporwave #triphop #enby #undergroundmusic #trouble 🩵📻🎶💋

October 29, 2025 at 1:24 AM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Y2K
So ended
Got crooks
In the chaos
So bended
I put love
In a grave
So cemented
Now I’m back
With a
Vengeance

www.youtube.com/watch?v=kAi9...

#Y2K #slushwave #vaporwave #dreampop #nonbinary #atomic 🩵🎶💥👾

October 25, 2025 at 10:57 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Is this how it goes
10,000 years
Of longing

#newagemusic #lofi #soundscape #undergroundmusic #dreamcore 🩵☁️🎶🌌

www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uPj...

How It Goes

YouTube video by ROY

www.youtube.com

October 22, 2025 at 10:01 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

Won’t catch me
Slipping
They built an
Altar
So I give them
New religion

www.youtube.com/watch?v=VwTp...

#nightcore #vaporwave #triphop #dreamcore #undergroundmusic #slipping #darkambient 🩵🌌🎶⚡️

October 18, 2025 at 8:43 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

For PHOENIX Magazine I wrote about thriving queer spaces in the desert, from LGBTQIA+ indie Film Festivals, to art parties @brickroadcoffee.bsky.social & more

#writing #queerart #desertart 🩵⚧️✍️✨

www.phoenixmag.com/2025/10/16/7...

7 Queer-Friendly Spaces to Support this Phoenix Pride Month

For more than 50 years, PHOENIX magazine's experienced writers, editors, and designers have captured all sides of the Valley with award-winning and insightful writing, and groundbreaking reporting and design.

www.phoenixmag.com

October 16, 2025 at 10:22 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

I’ve been thinking
How all the
Stars
Align***

Honored to be featured on this cosmic synthwave track by my sibling Fury Young !

www.youtube.com/watch?v=2ytD...

#synthwave #vaporwave #cosmicsounds #indiemusic #siblings 🩵🌠🎶⚡️

October 15, 2025 at 10:15 PM

Royal Young

@royalyoung.bsky.social

How am I only
Finding out
Everything ends
How am I only
Finding out
We were more
Than just friends
Getting closer now
That light round
The bend

#vaporwave #lofimusic #happyagain #futuregarage #undergroundmusic 🩵🎶🌠🪷

www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GcR...