Lyrical Titles

Album Challenge returns! It will run during the month of May (though entries will be accepted afterwards).

The challenge is to take an album of your choice and for each song, write a fic, using a lyric from the song as the title. This is a low-stakes, personal challenge, of course; there's no penalty for not finishing or running late.

The AO3 collection can be found here. If the collection name doesn't appear in the dropdown when posting your fic, you can either use the Post to Collection button, or manually enter LyricalTitlesAlbum2025. Even if the drop-down doesn't find it, it will be added to the collection without trouble.

Rules, Guidelines, and FAQ:

All works must be your own and not previously posted.
All works must use either the title of the song or a portion of its lyrics as the work title.
Works have a minimum wordcount of 100 words.
Please indicate the album name, song title, and artist in each entry for this challenge. You're not required to link to the song, but feel free to do so if you want!
Work text should be under a cut or linked offsite. Please indicate any warnings in your post.
You can begin working on the fics at any time, but please don't post them until May.

What kind of works are allowed?

All fandoms and original work are allowed. Works must be your own and not previously posted, but do not need to be exclusive to this event - they can also be used as entries for concurrent events. This is a writing focused event, and there is a minimum wordcount of 100 words, and no maximum wordcount.

What kind of music is allowed?

Any genre of music is welcome. For this challenge, songs used should all be from the same album.

How many fics do I need to write?

That's up to your choice of album! There's no minimum or maximum length, so you can set the pace of this challenge. A small EP, a big compilation album, or anything in between, is all permitted.

Do the songs/lyrics I pick need to be in English?/Can I translate non-English lyrics?

You can use songs from any language. Titles/Lyrics may be in their original language, or you may translate them if you wish. For that matter, works can be in any language as well.

There's an instrumental song on the album, can I still use it?

Since both lyrics and titles of songs are allowed as the work titles, an instrumental song can still have a work written for it. If you don't think you can make that title work, however, you can skip that song.

Someone is already doing the album I wanted to do, do I need to pick something else?

No, multiple people can use the same album.

Do I need to post in the same order as the songs on the album?

You can if you want to! But it's not required.

Do the lyrics need to be incorporated into the work? 

No, this event is focused on titles, lyrics do not need to be used in the work itself.

Have fun!

Any questions, comments, or suggestions? Please don't hesitate to ask below! Feel free to tell everyone what album you're planning on using, if you want!