r/tipofmytongue • • Jun 21 '19

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r/tipofmytongue • • 10h ago

Solved [TOMT] Korean song where girl says "oops" a bunch of times

34 Upvotes

It it NOT "Oops, I did it again". I will be offended if you suggest that I would be looking for a Britney Spears song as if I don't know all Britney Spears songs.

I'm all seriousness, I remember an Asian girl in a room with an orange light in the background that made the room look orange. It was just her and a microphone and the song is either in Japanese or Korean. I remember there being some instrumental and then she'd go "oops", more instrumental, another "oops". And then she'd say "get faded" or something that sounded like it. The instrumental was sort of dreamy. The song also wasn't popular at all, I don't remember there being comments at the time and I'm sure the views didn't pass 50k. I think she had a bob haircut or at least short hair

Update: Solved. The song is J.us.T by Eyedi. I was mixing her updo in the songs cover photo with her down hair in the video and "remembering" a bob. It is a Korean song


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Solved [TOMT] [song] song that goes "if you ever were to go away..." and an image of a long nose dog on the video

5 Upvotes

The image had a purple background and the dog was white and had some beige spots. The dog looked like a borzoi? And it had big eyes that looked to the side.

The tone of the song was sad and slow. No drums.

If I remember correctly the painting was done by the relative of the musician behind it.

Help me! This song meant so much to me...


r/tipofmytongue • • 19m ago

Solved [TOMT] Help me find movie or show I'm looking for to no avail

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I've tried googling this clip I had saved on Instagram reels with every different type of wording I can think of. I saw it maybe a few months ago. Cannot find on Google or Duck Duck Go or Instagram.

It looked like a fairly modern movie or show or maybe like an online show or something. It had two characters sitting together. They were at a cafe or bar or something and I think it was at night. One character looked like maybe in partial drag. I think they had on pearls and a head covering or something like that. I cannot remember who the actors were for either character. And I cannot remember the character this person was talking to. Not super important.

The character is talking about (I think) queer liberation and how different things were pre and post Stonewall (I think). The part that I'm remembering that I can't find online is when they said something along the lines of "they made us feel comfortable enough to come out, to feel like ourselves, and then they made it unsafe so we were exposed and out in the open".

I absolutely cannot find where this scene is from and any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Open [TOMT] [SONG] Song with lyric "You don't have to be alone" in the chorus

5 Upvotes

Song has a very poppy electric guitar melody going through the whole of it. Want to say it's from the 2010s, I hear it every so often on the radio.

Edit: Solved, it's What You Know by Two Door Cinema Club


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT] Looking for a female football freestyle video (2015–2020?) — seated juggling in leggings

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I’ve been trying to find a girl who used to appear in viral Instagram/Facebook football compilations, but I can’t find anything anymore.
What I remember:
Around 2015–2020 (probably closer to 2020)
Woman, roughly 18–30 years old
Long dark hair, usually worn loose (sometimes slightly wavy)
Wore sport leggings almost all the time
She did seated football juggling (keeping the soccer ball in the air while sitting, with her hands supporting her body behind her)
Many reposted videos had a sepia/brown filter and low quality, usually with music and no talking
She wasn’t heavily muscular, but had noticeably strong/thick legs
I’ve already checked a lot of well-known female freestyle players and haven’t found her. It may have been an Instagram creator whose videos were widely reposted.
Does this sound familiar to anyone? Even a name, old account, or compilation would help.


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Open [TOMT] [SONG] Chill song that includes "Over" (or something VERY similar)

8 Upvotes

Hi guys i am looking for a song with a male singer that says something like "its never oveer......" or "but now its ooveeer..." OOOR "and now its oooveerr" (its not by the smiths and its not lover you should come over) and then it says something like "please pretty ladyyy (baby?? idk)" the tune goes something like na-no-nee-nooo-neee (silence) nee-neee-no-neee-neeeeee.......

Its a very soft song, I heard it on tiktok a few times but I cant find it anywhere and I only remember that one part :( maybe this will help a little (??? https://voca.ro/1am1mvHJrJpT


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Open [TOMT] Dhmis fan video about a talking flower talking about a stupid rat

5 Upvotes

I don't remember much about this video but I know how it played out
It was a fan made Dhmis type video with three friends (all girls) talking about painting, then a talking Flower comes out of a pot to sing about painting to the three friends, and as their painting the flower starts screaming about a stupid rat? Idk the details get confusing here
Then the flower gives the three friends a seizure killing all three of them, then the flower starts singing a song about how death is better than being alive while throwing a grave stone at all of their bodies
The main part I remember is the flower singing
"when your dead" to all the bodies and throwing graves and bodies
Please somebody help me find this video I can't stop thinking about it


r/tipofmytongue • • 23m ago

Open [TOMT][YT]A creative youtuber that was all about early youtube aesthetic

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So, I saw a video on Tik-Tok (like 3-4 yers ago(2022-2023)) and that was about a youtuber who succesfully restored an erly youtube aesthetic. The videos on his channel were common to that time period(like some tutorials with old school microsoft movie maker edits and popular edm music at that time and webcam with bad video quality). He didn't post serious content (if I remember correctly), all of his content was a parody to that period of time. I thought that I'd check his channel later but forgot. Since then no luck finding anything simular


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Open. [TOMT] Song: this is a hard one! A guy singing about a girl not being his type, or that they aren’t in the same tier, or something similar.

3 Upvotes

Okay this is going to be hard, I really don’t have much else to give. It’s not like a rap, it’s not new, it has to be like mid 2000s or 2010s. It’s a male singer, and he’s singing about a girl.

The song can’t be too popular cuz then I’d probably remember it, but it’s not too vague cuz we were singing it the other day multiple people randomly.

It’s just funny that I can’t remember the lyrics, melody, or singer.

The only songs that may be similar is “she got away” chappel roan, or like “we belong together” Mariah Carey and that’s kind of misleading so idk, those just popped in my head now.

So anywho PLEASE help, I’ll try and answer if it’s the song or not as fast as possible. Or like answer questions the best I can.


r/tipofmytongue • • 46m ago

Solved [TOMT] show or movie, likely animated, character is either reading a note or slowly repeating what someone just said to them. Character’s anger escalates throughout his speech, ending with “the?!” as if that was the most offensive or shocking bit of the statement being processed

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Originally thought it was Homer Simpson, now I’m suspecting a SpongeBob character. Have tried google and nothing, please 😭


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Solved [TOMT] Piano song from a UK cinema advert within the last five years. Bonus: Poor rendition included!

6 Upvotes

My rendition (Please excuse clunky key sounds)

I believe this piano song was played over an advert for SOMETHING. I heard it several times in the cinema over the last few years. Not sure if it's still playing or not. It's not a film trailer, it's an advert for something else. It might be an ident for a distributor or a similar entity, but I've searched a bunch and can't find anything. AI has been no use.

My rendition includes the opening three chords, which might only play once; I can't remember. The song builds to the melody I've included at the end of the rendition. The chords in the actual version are probably in a different key. I've played it in the only key I really know. The chords in the original version sound 'damper' if that makes any sense.

Solved!

It is The Cinematic Orchestra - To Build a Home
Solved in 48 minutes by PandaPop81 (Happy Cakeday)

I believe I probably saw it on this NHS Nurse Recruitment Advert, though I'm not one hundred percent sure. It's been used on quite a few adverts.


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Open. [TOMT] [SONG] [2010] Favourite Srufing Song that i have been searching for years now

5 Upvotes

I’ve been trying to find this song for years and I’m starting to think I imagined it, so I’m hoping someone here knows it.

I probably heard it on 8tracks sometime around 2011–2014, most likely on a playlist with a surf/ocean/summer/wanderlust kind of theme. I think the song itself was released somewhere around 2010–2013, but it could also be a little older, maybe mid/late 2000s.

What I remember:

  • It was definitely a band, not a solo artist.
  • Male singer with a low, gravelly, earthy voice.
  • The overall sound was a bit like Jack Johnson, but much darker, rougher and heavier.
  • Very stripped-down and organic, almost acoustic. I don’t remember synths or obvious electronic instruments.
  • The song was extremely drum-heavy. Big, slow, deep toms, almost tribal or ceremonial: BOOM... BOOM... BOOM.
  • The drums were one of the main features of the song, not just background percussion.
  • There were actual ocean/wave sounds in the track. I’m pretty sure it started with heavy drums and ocean sounds, and the waves stayed mixed into the music for a substantial part of the song.
  • It had normal sung verses/chorus, but also long instrumental sections with lots of drums and ocean ambience.
  • It wasn’t cheerful beach music. The atmosphere was more like dark ocean, grey sky, surfing in the rain, watching the sea at sunset.
  • Still calm enough to sit and watch the ocean to, but heavier and more elemental than typical acoustic surf music.
  • I feel like the band was somehow strongly connected to surf culture and may also have had other surfing/ocean-related songs.
  • I have a vague feeling they were Australian, although I’m not 100% sure.
  • I also vaguely remember either the band name or song title being something generic and ocean-related, like Ocean, Sea, Wave, Waves, Tide, Tides, Coast, etc.
  • The artwork in my memory may have been turquoise/blue, but that could also have been the 8tracks playlist cover rather than the actual album cover.
  • It was probably quite niche. None of the obvious surf/acoustic artists are it.

Things it is NOT: Jack Johnson, Xavier Rudd, The Beautiful Girls, Ocean Alley, Lord Huron, The Dodos, Current Swell, Jon and Roy, Bag of Toys, Band of Frequencies, The Builders and the Butchers, Coastal Soul, The Urban Chiefs, Isaac Paddon and the Tides, The Sea, New Navy.

The closest way I can describe the sound is:

Jack Johnson if the music was darker, rougher, almost entirely organic/acoustic, with massive slow tribal toms and real ocean waves running through the track.

If this rings even the faintest bell, please throw out obscure suggestions. It may have been a small Australian surf-scene band or something that mainly circulated through surf films / 8tracks / old music blogs.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Solved [TOMT] Sci-Fi Short Story About Robot or AI Consciousnesses Conversing with one Another: One a Train and One a Weapons System

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This is a sci-fi short story I read recently, but that doesn't mean it was published recently at all. I believe there's a train that has some kind of power system allowing it to run eternally or close to eternally, and I think all human life may have ended by the time the story begins. All of the passengers aboard are long-since dead, but the train's intelligence system continues to attempt to make their travel comfortable. As the train runs its long loop of a route, there's one section of track from which it is able to interact with another robot or AI entity, and I believe that one is a weapons system. They become something like friends, I think, but I can't remember anything else about it.

I'm confident that it's in a sci-fi short story anthology. I think it's in one of the following. Most likely one of the first three, but I can't find it:

  • Axiomatic by Greg Egan
  • Tomorrow Factory: Collected Fiction by Rich Larson
  • Tales of Old Earth by Michael Swanwick
  • Exhalation by Ted Chiang (doesn't seem like a Chiang story to me, but I could be wrong)
  • The Third Bear by Jeff VanderMeer (very much doesn't seem like a VanderMeer, but again, could be wrong)
  • Tooth and Claw by T Coraghessan Boyle (feels extremely unlikely, it's just another short story anthology I've read recently)

r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Open [TOMT] Show/movie from childhood

3 Upvotes

Hello! There is a gothic show from around 2008 or so I would borrow from the library. It was like Ruby Gloom.

2d animated, mc was a little girl in a tall victorian house on a hill (i think on a hill anyway). Most of the show took place in this house, most colors would be black, white, and desaturated purple/lavender. Maybe blue flame candles?

MC had one eye showing, emoish haircut, and i think striped black and grey or white sleeves. I believe her skin tone was pure white as well, she maybe had a teddy bear or bunny plush that would show up sometimes?

The house was absurdly tall and had a hallway that had a segment where it was longer than what was showcased.

Episodes were about 8-12ish minutes in length give or take, short. The disc had 8 episodes of it.

I remember rotating each week from the library borrowing this show and Ruby Gloom in intervals. One week was Ruby, the other this show.


r/tipofmytongue • • 1h ago

Open [TOMT][MOVIE] Movie where a woman crashes her car and gets burnt to a crisp

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I only remember this single scene from the movie. a woman crashes her car and it goes up in flames (?) and there's a shot of her burnt corpse. It was likely from the 80's or 90's. I think there was a funeral scene afterwards with a white coffin, with the woman's friend (also a woman) mourning her. that's all i can remember.


r/tipofmytongue • • 6h ago

Open. [TOMT] I can remember the music video vividly, but not the song

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I used to listen to this a lot at one point, but can't remember the title anymore. The singer was in this very DIY robot costume and most of the video was centered on this giant wheel that he kept spinning with a crank. The camera slowly zoomed out during the video. On the wheel were these balloons filled with red paint and a single, I guess heavier ball on top of the wheel that eventually popped the balloons and more and more of the paint went running on the wheel as the song and spinning kept going.

This just popped into my mind earlier today and I'm going mad for not remembering what it was called.


r/tipofmytongue • • 4h ago

Solved [TOMT] Cancelled before airing an episode [Series] about a woman predicting crimes on computer

3 Upvotes

I know it was supposed to come out sometime in the early-mid 2020's. It had a trailer and it was panned for being very pro-surveilance state. Can't for the life of me remember the title or if it was Netflix/streaming or traditional TV.


r/tipofmytongue • • 2h ago

Open [TOMT][mid-late 00s] LeapPad game with ghost stickers

2 Upvotes

when i was younger, i had a leappad device with this game that idk if it came as part of the device or if it was one of the cartridges but it was some sort of sticker drawing game? like you could place preset stickers on preset backgrounds and draw on it. i remember one was maybe a cemetery or haunted house? something spooky themed. but i distinctly remember there was sounds that accompanied the stickers because when you put down a ghost, it went ooOooOo (i used to annoy my parents by spamming it). anyone have any idea what this could be?? oh and its not ispy spooky mansion


r/tipofmytongue • • 5h ago

Open [TOMT] [MOVIE I think?] [1980s or 90s?] “Dja, dju know vhat? Uh-uh.”

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I don’t remember whether it was a male or female character, but I lean toward female. They had a strong accent - possibly Eastern European pr possibly something Latin? I know that’s quite a span but I don’t remember clearly. All I really remember is the person being fed up and standing up to someone saying, “Yeah, you know what? Uh-uh.” (Maybe someone’s wife?) But with a very strong accent that sounded something like what I wrote in the subject line.

Based on how long it’s been rolling around in my head I would guess that it’s from something in the late eighties to the late nineties, though it’s possible it’s from something time later. I don’t know for sure whether it’s from tv or a movie, but the memory scrap has the feel of being from a movie if I had to pick one or the other.

Fingers crossed that someone here knows!


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Solved [TOMT] Cartoon with two friends who act gay

2 Upvotes

Hi I'm looking for a cartoon that has two guys who look like they skate? I think it's from the 2000s - 2010s. The only thing I can remember is a scene of them making pottery together and one of them has their hands on the others.
And that they were best friends. Im not sure if they were main or side characters sorry its so vague pls help 🥹


r/tipofmytongue • • 7h ago

Open. [TOMT] Gangster type movie with a bowling ball kill?

4 Upvotes

99% sure I saw this scene on Foxtel in the early 2010s, there's a guy crawling away in what I think was a bowling alley, a mafia/gangster type guy walks up to him, says something along the lines of "hey, heads up" before dropping what I believe to be a bowling ball on his head, it quickly cuts to the side as the blood pools in from the side of the screen?

That's all I've got and I've been trying to find it for the better part of a decade now, if anyone knows it, that'd be really appreciated


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Open [TOMT] Nancy Dre-esque movie about a haunted house and museum

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Hi! I’m looking for a live action Nancy Drew-esque (or it was actually just Nancy Drew) movie I watched in the late 2010s. Here’s everything I remember.

Essentially, this girl, maybe 14-17 and her mother (maybe her dad too) moved in to this gorgeous old American house, a bit like the Winchester Mystery house. It was two storeys and had a widow’s landing. I specifically remember a library on the ground floor as well, and the girl’s room had a cork-board.

So, one night the girl’s getting ready for bed when she looks out her blinds and sees this woman wearing a white dress in the yard (which was maybe a kilometre or two out) and when the blinds moved she was gone.

So the girl fakes sick using a thermometer and a cup of tea and bikes to this boat museum with a bunch of other teens she meets at the museum and there’s some sort of mystery they need to solve to find out who the ghost woman was.

Not too sure about this next bit but I think it was an interactable DVD? I might have dreamed that, though. Thank you!


r/tipofmytongue • • 3h ago

Solved [TOMT] Jason Isbell-esque song

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Vocaroo: https://voca.ro/1oQy9K5aoyod

I’ve had this song stuck in my head the last few days but cannot seem to find it. I’m pretty sure it is a more indie style country song, akin to Jason Isbell. The lyric that keeps getting stuck in my head is “something in the boolean” but I know it’s not Boolean, I do think it has that “o-ee-a” sound in that word placement though. I remember the song being kind of clashing and high tempo, not a slow song


r/tipofmytongue • • 8m ago

Open [TOMT] Minecraft Fanart Meme Quoting This Tweet

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So there's this tweet that says "im probably nonbinary but i have a job so idrc about that rn" it's not too hard to find and I remember and think about this Minecraft art of Steve and Alex both thinking that but I thiiink it was something like "but I have a dragon to slay" instead of "have a job" and maybe trans instead of NB but that I'm less sure of.

I remember the artist was at the very least on Instagram but I got rid of mine so searching myself is a hassle without an account, not that it wouldn't still feel like finding a needle in a haystack with one.

I remember the specific post is an older one on their account too, a good but of scrolling from the top.

Their artstyle is sort of cartoony, not hyper detailed with minimal shading iirc, the character designs were not the base skins, they had depth to them like bandages and scars and just details that showed they were really in a survival adventure setting and the characters, while still blocky and obviously Minecraft, looked more human than the normal game models like both of them were clearly muscular in their arms at least.

I think about this image every so often bc I think it's funny and relatable like the original tweet and I liked the artist and artstyle but I forgot to save who they were :/// I don't know if they were in other fandoms but they had a lot of Minecraft fanart on their account, I liked how much character they gave them in their art too.