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Hi Hello! I hope you are all having a great week thus far :) Apologies in advance for the length of this... I just had a lot to tell you all lol 😹

As always I want to start by thanking each and every one of you for being a part of this community. Honestly, this journey has been my saving grace this year. You have created a safe space where I've felt I could really be my authentic self and feel joy even through the times when I didn't think that was possible. I haven't said this in a while, but it is so important to me to always highlight that I'm so honored that you have not only joined this community, but have chosen to support it financially. I just cannot express how grateful I am; it truly means the world to me. 🥹🖤

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In truth, I’ve felt like I've been failing you all a bit. I haven't been able to be as active in giving updates, providing more detailed upcoming schedules, or engaging as much in the community chats and comments, etc., because I've barely been keeping up with just the content creation. While logically I recognize that life happens and I was 100% doing the best I could, given not only the time constraints of my other responsibilities, grieving, etc., but also my autoimmune illnesses and chronic pain have been REALLY flaring since early this summer, which has amplified everything and is taking a significant physical toll on me. Which frankly I kinda hate to even admit, because my default is to push through silently, but I promised myself when this community started coming together that I would be as honest and transparent with you all as I could be, because I know how much seeing others experience similar things as me, helps me normalize my own experiences and not feel so alone in it. So, in case any of that resonates with you, you're definitely not alone. 🫶🏻While I cannot promise I have it all figured out, especially with the current unpredictability with my health, I can say that I am feeling much more confident now that I have been able to spend some dedicated time mapping out the next two months🙌🏻

Last update, I said there was one more sidequest video I had already filmed that would be coming, but then I promised we would get back on track with the hip-hop/rap journey, i.e., meaning the sidequests would not take up our typical drop days [Thurs/Sun]. However, I did need to move a couple things around, so there will be one this upcoming Sunday, but I hope you can forgive that, because that along with some other things coming up (more on that in following bullets) have made quite a bit of progress getting back to how I was mapping things out earlier this year which is exciting and also a big sense of relief for me🙌🏻

In my previous update, I also mentioned that there will be a few livestreams instead of traditional reaction posts scattered in to help get me a little ahead again. That way, I can get back to posting * bonus * drops again. To further expand on that, there will be a couple of livestream "weeks" scattered over the next couple of months to achieve it. I have them scheduled to be like Thursday evenings and Saturday mornings (CST), that way hopefully some of you who are international who haven't been able to join the livestreams can :)

I plan to post these updates bi-weekly. Also, as you probably noticed in the title of this post, I'm testing out the 'Salem's Coven' name to replace 'All-Access Members' just because it isn't dependent on knowledge of any one artist, unlike some of the other options that I also loved.

Lastly, regarding the schedule included in these updates, for now most of the * bonus * drops will probably not be listed on the schedule, as they are dependent on things going accordingly to my content creation planning, but as I get more ahead and feel more confident in the day they will go live, I will start including them more 🫶🏻

Planned Upcoming Schedule-

Today, Thursday, October 30th = Introduction to OutKast

Sunday, November 2nd = The Life of a Showgirl Acoustic + Songwriting Voice Memos

Thursday, November 6th = * LIVESTREAM - Flower Boy "Documentary"

Saturday, November 8th = * LIVESTREAM - FLOWER BOY: a conversation

Tuesday, November 11th = * bonus * Nardwuar vs. Kendrick + TDE Cribs

Thursday, November 13th = Flower Boy MVs + Lives

Sunday, November 16th = Flower Boy Tiny Desk

As always, thank you for all the love and support, and I hope you have a great night or day wherever you are 🖤 - Vambie

Comments

Lee

Thank you for being so open and thoughtful as always. Your physical and mental health is most important and content is always second to that. I appreciate all the hard work and care you put into this and I hope the absolute best for you always.

algorerhythm

What Lee said. I've said it before but you don't need to stress about having to change plans occasionally. It's pretty extraordinary that you always post a rigid schedule for a couple of weeks in advance, other people I've supported on Patreon just dropped something when they had something to drop and that was cool too. You go above and beyond and I think I can speak for most of us when I say that early access plus some bonus videos every month is more than enough for the 5 bucks we voluntarily pay to support you. Knowing in advance what's coming when is a nice bonus and we appreciate it, but it's not something you owe us, especially when we all know what you've been dealing with. The quality of your reactions and the nice community is what we're here for.

Eric Napier

Serious question: is there a PO Box or general delivery address to send you Capri Sun?

MrDavis

Salem's Coven is a great name! I've never had a patreon creator be this transparent to their community. I know all too well about the tolls of mental and physical pain. Your personal wellbeing is far more important than content creation. The grief process takes time and you've lost so much in such a small period. I hope that you and your family are doing well 🙏🏾

microwavey

Hey, thanks for the transparency, and don’t even worry about it. Life waits for no one, and if you need more time to grieve, record, or even just bring yourself back to a healthy baseline, you deserve it. As a healthcare worker and someone who was grieving just a month ago, don’t push yourself when you haven’t had the time to breathe. You’ve done plenty for your free and paid subscriber base alike! Thanks for the update, wishing the best for you and your family alike 🙏

Kelsey

Outkast today!! Yesss you should add some Little Simz in there 👀 Sometimes I Might Be Introvert is beautiful and will blow you away. Appreciate how thoughtful you are for your community but your health always comes first, do what you gotta do! You've been pumping out videos rapidly for months now so we have plenty to catch up on or revisit ❤️

Vambie_Reacts

bahaha I'm actually considering that, not going to lie lol