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Hold It Down

**Hold It Down** is MIA GLADSTONE’s second studio single. It was released in late winter of 2017. It’s the third track on her first studio EP, GROW.Lyrics

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Bringin' all the drama

Plant bad seeds just like a farmer

Giving me a headache

Let me roll my marijuana

Throw me into conversations

Do me the dishonor

I'm focusing on elevation

Livin' in Nirvana

**Chorus**

Hold it down tonight

Get your mind alright

Don't play double sides

All the trends will die

**Post-Chorus**

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

**Verse 2**

I'm an innovator

Fuck a standard education (Fuck it)

Sittin' through a lecture

That's the root of my frustration (Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah)

People catching on me

Yeah, they likin' what I'm saying

Swear they tryna clone me

Use my thoughts for entertainment

**Chorus**

Hold it down tonight (Hold it down)

Get your mind alright (Get, get your mind, get, get your mind)

Don't play double sides (Don't play, na-na-na-na-na)

All the trends will die

**Post-Chorus**

Hold it down tonight

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Hold it down tonight

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

**Bridge**

Hold it down, project the light that makes you proud

And when it shines you know you found the vibe

Hold it down tonight, trust your own insight

The cheap and petty talk will not survive, no,mno

**Chorus**

Hold it down tonight (Hold it down)

Get your mind alright (Get, get your mind, get, get your mind)

Don't play double sides (Don't play, na-na-na-na-na)

All the trends will die

**Post-Chorus**

Hold it down tonight

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

Hold it down tonight

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh

Whoa-oh-oh-oh-oh, oh, oh

## Music Video

* Hold It Down (Official Music Video)
* Hold It Down (Official Teaser Trailer)

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* Alex Fitts - producer
* Sam Gladstone - drums
* Jonathan Degen - horns
* Michael Ferranti - horns
LIFEOFTHOM

**Thomas "Thom" (surname unknown)**, known professionally as **LIFEOFTHOM**, is an American rapper. He is featured on MIA GLADSTONE's 2022 song SLOW GROW. They have also collaborated on other songs such as F1 Savannah and 2011.

## Life and Career

Thom was born in New York. He began his music career by releasing his debut extended play onto SoundCloud in 2017.

GLADSTONE and Thom first collaborated on the SoundCloud-exclusive song F1 Savannah in 2018. They later collaborated on the song SLOW GROW for GLADSTONE's 2022 album LOOPY. In 2023, they co-released 2011 as a single.
Wonderful Way

Wonderful Way is an unreleased song by MIA GLADSTONE. It has been performed live at multiple shows, including Okeechobee Festival 2022.

## Lyrics

**Intro**

Mmm, mmm

Mmm, mmm

**Verse 1**

It’s a beautiful day

And we doing okay

Got the sun on our side

A lemon tree for the shade

Pick up the door

Had a blunt on the floor

Now I think it escaped

Cause I can’t smoke anymore

**Pre-Chorus**

I don’t try to understand

Why these things don’t go as planned

You don’t have control over nothin’ you’ve been told

So you gotta let it go, just flow, flow, flow

**Refrain**

Like ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

Like ooh, ooh, ooh-ooh

La da da di da da

Ooh la da di da

**Chorus**

It’s a wonderful way

That you brighten my day

From the digital age

To the look on your face

Talkin’ to me

Show the people the way

You won’t turn them away

You know we all make mistakes

**Outro**

I love you, oh

I love you

I don’t need you to love me too

If I love you, you

I love you (mmm, mmm)

I love you (mmm, mmm)

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
LonelyAsFck

**Lonely As Fuck**, stylized as **LonelyAsFck**, is MIA GLADSTONE's eleventh studio single. It is the third track on MIA GLADSTONE's second studio EP, GROW.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

I don't go outside, don't ask me why

I'm cooped in my room

Don't question, assume

Rival in the sky revealed at night

Encaptures my view

Don't speak on the moon

**Chorus**

I'm only human, I'm so stupid, I'm no cupid

If you see him, can you pass along the message

That I'm lonely as fuck

Maybe throw me a buck or two

Or someone who can settle my mind's eye

And please me 'til sunrise

**Verse 2**

I don't go outside, don't ask me why

I'm trapped in my mood

Expending my youth

Bottled deep inside my pride so I can hide

My doom and recluse

No guests, I refuse

**Chorus**

Displays are useless

My delusions, overrule 'em

If you see me acting foolish, I'm not using

I'm just lonely as fuck

I'm fed up tryna act tough

I cannot lie no more

Or disconnect from what I want

I'd call you, but I'm too insecure

## Trivia

* The song was first teased on Gladstone’s Instagram on July 8th, 2018.

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
EMPATHY

**Empathy**, stylized as **EMPATHY**, is MIA GLADSTONE's fifteenth studio single. It was released in late spring of 2022. The song features Matt Martians. It is the third track on LOOPY.

## Background

> I started [making EMPATHY] three years ago in my basement after my friend Daniel called me and told me the benefits of 432 hz healing frequency. I decided to try and make a song in that frequency, EMPATHY was the result.
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Gladstone announced the release of EMPATHY, her first single since the release of CYCLE/S, on April 29th, 2022. She states that with this release, her one and a half-year hiatus from releasing music comes to an end. On May 2nd, Gladstone released a short teaser trailer for the song and announced that the song would feature “one of [her] all time favorite artists”. On May 5th, Gladstone revealed that the artist was Matt Martians. This is Gladstone’s second song to feature another artist, with GEEKIN’ as the first.

The opening of the music video featured the unofficial first episode of Gladstone’s Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations series.

## Lyrics

**Intro (Spoken)**

Hello, I’m Mia Gladstone, world-renowned life coach and creator of the Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations. I’d like to welcome you to your personal divinity. The source is in you, and you, and you! (Distorted) Additional charges may apply. And here are our sponsors…

**Verse 1, *Mia Gladstone***

I'm so important, I swear

Who that bitch you treating like an enemy?

You don't seem to notice when you look at me (Ahh)

I'm so important, I swear

Who that bitch you treating like an enemy? (Ahh)

You don't seem to notice how you're keeping me blue (Ahh)

(Blue, blue, blue)

(Blue, blue, blue, blue)

**Verse 2, *Matt Martians***

Nighttime, is the right time

Let's just run through the garden

Open your heart to the other side

Tenderly (just so tenderly)

Just take a peek (just take a peek)

At happiness (at happiness)

**Verse 3, *Mia Gladstone***

Ring, ring, hit the dial tone

Quick, blink and you find home

Without me there

I sleep 'til the time goes

We meet when my eyes close

You never talk, talk

**Outro, *Mia Gladstone***

Take a walk outside

And you just might find our worlds collide

I’ll be following your essence

And I'm swallowing your lessons

I'm attracted to your empathy

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* Matt Martians - vocals (feature), writing
* Kazi - producer
* Aja Grant - producer, piano
* Reef Mckeithan - drums
* Elton Chung - mixer
* William Alan Harris - special thanks
William Alan Harris

William Alan Harris is an American filmmaker and director. He directed MIA GLADSTONE’s EMPATHY music video and the to-be-released TALKING ONLINE and OPEN LETTER music videos.

## Life and Career

William Alan Harris was born on December 22nd, 1998 in Orlando, Florida. He later moved to Savannah, Georgia to attend the Savannah College of Art & Design, studying advertising. He began to make and direct advertisements, short films, and music videos in early 2017.

In May 2022, Harris made and directed the music video for Gladstone’s song EMPATHY. In June 2022, Gladstone announced that Harris would be making and directing another music video, which was later revealed by Belis to be for TALKING ONLINE. In August 2022, it was announced that Harris would be making the OPEN LETTER music video.

## Trivia

* In January of 2018, Harris created a video art gallery called The Jolly Archives.
WHEN I THINK TOO MUCH I GET SICK TO MY STOMACH

**When I Think Too Much I Get Sick To My Stomach**, stylized as **WHEN I THINK TOO MUCH I GET SICK TO MY STOMACH**, is a song by MIA GLADSTONE. It is the ninth track on LOOPY.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

When I think too much

I get sick to my stomach

I roll up a blunt

Suck it deep then I plummet

I try to hold on (Thinkin’ of you)

To the places I’ve come (Thinkin’ of you, ooh)

**Chorus**

Pink and blue

Follow through

Call on you

Do do do (Thinkin’ of you)

Take a peek at you (Thinkin’ of you)

Twistin’ like a tool (Thinkin’ of you)

Talk it through

Follow suit

Subtle move

In the mood (Thinkin’ of you)

Take a peek at you (Thinkin’ of you)

Pretty as a jewel (Thinkin’ of you)

**Verse 2**

Don’t think too much

It will swallow you up (Thinkin’ of you)

Breathing and brunch, honey

Follow your gut (Thinkin’ of you)

Listen to your intuition

Don’t take intermission

Thinking can make or break you

Life gives you water [?]

Straight from your father’s well

Drink from the faucet

And bathe in the mosh pit

**Bridge**

Pick you like a fruit

Eat you with a spoon

Read you like the news

A solid afternoon

I miss you like the moon

**Outro**

Shallow waters

Dip in or glide away

I’m waitin’, I’m waitin’, I’m waitin’ for you

Violents seas

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
Baby Don’t Worry

**Baby Don't Worry** is MIA GLADSTONE's ninth studio single. It was released in spring of 2020. It is the second track of MIA GLADSTONE's first studio EP, GROW.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Might not be true to you

That shit fulfills me

Recording in my sleep

Faded off papers

Tobacco kills all your savings

Medical cannibas calming

Cannot afford my prescription, oh

**Chorus**

Baby

Don't worry, oh

**Verse 2**

Don’t be embarrassed, babe

Live life too carefully

Miss opportunities

Protecting yourself from nothing

Nobody out there is watching

Look after your back, have caution

Don't let it keep you from stardom

**Chorus**

Baby

Don't worry, oh

Baby, oh

Don’t worry, oh

**Bridge**

Put all your worries behind you

Your glorious soul moves

So beautifully when you are free

To paint you a picture

You're gold like the summer

When you let your guard drop

Feel sweet release

My pride is overdue

Took years of staying mute

Ain't share my point of view

Underestimated

Every time I contemplated

Sharing what consumes my mind

My reservations kept me tied, oh

**Chorus**

Baby

Don't worry, oh

Baby, oh

Don't worry, oh

## Music Video

* Baby Don’t Worry (Official Music Video)

## Trivia

* The song was recorded in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY.

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* Alex Fitts - producer
* Joshua Karpeh - flute
I FEEL FINE

**I Feel Fine**, stylized in all caps as **I FEEL FINE**, is the fourth track from MIA GLADSTONE’s sophomore studio extended play, CYCLE/S.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

It's that time that creeps up every night

I tell myself to resist the temptation

Of inflating how I'm feeling

But I can't dismiss these thoughts

They make me sick

I think I forgot how dialogue starts

Now I'm in the dark

I'm swallowing my heart

**Bridge**

Thoughts are invisible

Words are too broad

You are the pinnacle

I'm just a part

**Verse 2**

You make me feel so out of sorts

I don't speak a lot

Sifting through my thoughts I can't ignore

And it brings me down

It brings me down

How can I stand for that?

How can I stand for that?

How can I stand for that?

How can I stand for that?

**Verse 3**

I'm steady falling back

Unsettled

On set holding back my inner mental

Pull myself along so I don't come across alarmed

We all playing roles and ain't nobody hold their own

Ain't nobody special

No, not me don't settle

Wanna feel your flesh though

Can I backwards pedal?

**Chorus**

I feel fine

I feel fine

I don't care bout a single thing

Lows and flares riddle my routine

I'm not on edge

I will pledge

I'm okay

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* Danny Shyman - producer, writing
GROW (EP)

*Not to be confused with Grow (Song) or SLOW GROW.*

**Grow**, sometimes stylized as **GROW**, is MIA GLADSTONE’s debut studio extended play, as well as her first studio project. It was released in the summer of 2019. All songs (with the exceptions of LonelyAsFck and Feel It) were singles prior to the album’s release.

## Background

> "I see GROW as just one big positive affirmation. The message is definitely love, which sounds like a cliche but that’s what it is – it’s an EP about self-acceptance and trying to have empathy for people. We need to come together in times like these."
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Gladstone released her second studio single “Hold It Down” on December 1st, 2017. Gladstone’s brother, Sam Gladstone, co-wrote and performed drums for the song. Gladstone released her third studio single “Revolutionize” on February 6th, 2018. She then went on to release studio singles “Lavender” on March 15th, 2018 and “Don’t Look At Me” on May 18th 2018.

On July 12th, 2018, Gladstone was featured in another bbno$ song, “pennies up”, for his debut studio album “bb steps”. She then continued on to release studio singles “Grow” on November 2nd, 2018 and “Love U” on February 22nd, 2019. Gladstone teased the music video for her 2017 single “Hold It Down” on March 27th, 2019, and the music video was released on April 3rd, 2019.

On March 8th, 2019, Gladstone released studio single “It’s Too Late”, a cover of Carole King’s song of the same name in her own style. She then released studio single “Baby Don’t Worry” on April 24th, 2019 along with a music video on May 8th, 2019. The song was co-produced with Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums. On May 31, 2019, Gladstone was featured in another Yung Gravy song, “Charlene”, for his debut studio album “Sensational”.

On August 8th, 2019, Gladstone announced the release of her debut EP, “**GROW**” with a self-recorded live acoustic version of her song “LonelyAsFck”. “**GROW**” EP was released on August 21st, 2019. A music video for the lead single “Grow” was released on September 26th, 2019. A music video for “LonelyAsFck” was released on October 29th, 2019.

## Track List

1. Grow
2. Baby Don’t Worry
3. Hold It Down
4. LonelyAsFck
5. Feel It
6. Love U
7. Revolutionize

## Music Videos

* GROW (Official Music Video)
* GROW (Official Animated Video)
* Baby Don’t Worry (Official Music Video)
* Hold It Down (Official Music Video)
* LonelyAsFck (Official Music Video)

## Credits

* Mia Gladstone - vocals, writing, producer
* Alex Fitts - producer
* Sam Gladstone - drums & bass
* Michael Ferranti - horns
* Jon Degen - horns
* Joshua Karpeh - flute
Feel It

**Feel It** is the fifth track from MIA GLADSTONE’s studio debut extended play, Grow.

## Lyrics

**Verse 1**

Love is you, and you is love

You're blessed, not from the one above

'Cause you, yourself, are god and son

A legend, you're a champion

Gather your ideas and run

Collect your thoughts, decide upon

Your fate, you can control it, babe

The captain, you can lead the way

**Pre-Chorus**

Do you feel it, baby? Mmm (Ooh)

Oh yeah, do you feel it, baby? Ooh (Ooh)

**Chorus**

Make me something special, baby

Am I worth the trouble?

Hey, do you deserve a medal?

'Cause I'm too much, I won't settle

**Verse 2**

Beautiful, electric

But promote your inner self to front

Embrace who you intend to be

Eliminate you fears and see

Higher power, frequency

Remove yourself from your body

Appreciate your energy

Just from the visuals you see

**Pre-Chorus**

Do you feel it, baby? Mmm (Ooh)

Oh yeah, do you feel it, baby? Ooh (Ooh)

**Chorus**

Make me something special, baby

Am I worth the trouble?

Hey, do you deserve a medal?

'Cause I'm too much, I won't settle

Write me something real

From the high, I'll catch your feels

Tell me, do you love me still?

Reveal the truth, do not conceal

**Bridge**

We thriving in the sun

Let's stop competing for the taking

I don't care for all the visions

That exploit earnest opinions

I'm singing for the people

Weeding out corrupt and evil

If you with the new ideals

Then let's unify our equal

(Fee-eee-eel)

**Chorus**

Make me something special, baby

Am I worth the trouble?

Hey, do you deserve a medal?

'Cause I'm too much, I won't settle

Write me something real

From the high, I'll catch your feels

Tell me, do you love me still?

Reveal the truth, do not conceal

## Credits

MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
Unreleased Demos

This is a masterpost of all known unreleased music and demos by MIA GLADSTONE, along with the dates they were teased across Gladstone’s social media. This list will be updated if/when these songs release.

## Confirmed

* “BITCHES AT THE MALL!”
* ”Crack My Code” (made with Max Gladstone)
* ”Cyclops” (made with Sam Gladstone)
* "DAZE" (featuring Yung Lee Roy) [available on SoundCloud]
* "favorite thing" [available on SoundCloud]
* "FUCK JOE BIDEN" (made with Flwr Chyld)
* ”HOT AS FCK!”
* "Ideal" [available on SoundCloud]
* "I'm Not Scared Of The Dark Anymore"
* "MAYBE ME"
* "Number One" [available on SoundCloud]
* ”Psyche Buzzin’”
* ”Smile”
* ”Speakerphone” (made with Danny Shyman)
* ”Stuck in New Jersey”
* ”Tits Grow In The Winter”
* "when u come over <3"
* ”Wonderful Way”
* "YOU'RE GETTING OLDER" (possibly featuring Killkurt)

## Snippets

* ”2 Bitches At The Core” Demo, 1/23/2022 (made with Michael Ferranti)
* ”Baby I could never let you go” Demo, 9/9/2017
* “Bitch I am the pinnacle of freedom” Demo, 10/3/2019 (made with LifeOfThom and Chelsea Reject)
* “Day into night” Demo, 8/25/2017 & 5/20/2022
* ”Do you talk to me all the time cause you just wanna fuck me?” Demo, 9/11/2019
* “Don’t get in your own way!” Demo, 1/8/2022 (made with Charlie Myles)
* ”Don’t Worry” Demo, 8/6/2017 (*not to be confused with* Baby Don’t Worry)
* "Efforts and desires" Demo, 11/6/2023
* ”High” Demo, 11/3/2018 (made with Frank G)
* ”I could go on” Demo, 3/16/2022
* “I look in your eyes and they tell me what you won’t” Demo, 6/13/2022 & 6/17/2022 (made with Matt Martians)
* ”I’m on the rise” Demo, 2/21/2015
* ”I’m stuck behind my eyelids” Demo, 1/1/2022 (made with Karl MarXs)
* “In Due Time” Demo, 9/6/2015
* ”Jams” Demo, 5/24/2016 & 5/25/2016 (made with Marco Foster)
* ”Liberate the wonder” Demo, 2/26/2022 (made with Oscar Scheller, possibly featuring Adam Ness)
* ”Lie with you” Demo, 9/5/2018 & 9/17/2018
* ”Off topic” Demo, 9/6/2020
* ”online existence” Demo, 1/26/2019, 3/15/2022 & 7/21/2022
* ”Queen of Weird” Demo, 9/28/2017
* ”Roll The Windows Down” Demo, 9/13/2017 & 3/15/2022
* ”Sacrifice” Demo, 7/20/2022
* "Scypher" Demo, 9/29/2023 (made with Monte Booker, AMARAH, & teej)
* ”Separation” Demo, 9/1/2015
* "Starting problems" Demo, 12/21/2023 (made with FRGN-SPECIMEN)
* ”Sunset” Demo, 1/28/2020
* ”Take a walk on a sunny day” Demo, 1/11/2022
* ”Take your flight” Demo, 1/23/2020 & 4/19/2022
* ”Tell me where u wanna go” Demo, 3/15/2022 & 5/4/2022, & 9/1/2023
* ”Tumeric latte” Demo, 1/5/2021
* ”Tunnel vision” Demo, 5/20/2022
* ”U need a ride?” Demo, 1/17/2022
* ”Untitled” Demo, 1/5/2021
* ”Untitled” Demo, 2/26/2021
* “Untitled” Demo, 7/25/2021
* ”You don’t think about no one but yourself” Demo, 2/20/2018
* ”Your love is not typical” Demo, 5/9/2022
Psin

**Psin** was a Mongol warrior who also served the khan Temur-i-Lang (Timur). He was part of the detachment that discovered the plague's toll in Europe. His whereabouts were unknown after the death of Temur.

## Relationships

* Bold Bardash (comrade)
* Temur-i-Lang (leader)

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Puntsok**, while his next incarnation was **Prithvi**.
UHMEER

**Amir Mitchell-Townes**, known professionally as **Uhmeer**, is an American rapper and actor. He is featured on MIA GLADSTONE's 2022 song CORPORATIONS.

## Life and Career

Mitchell-Townes was born on September 8th, 1999 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Jeffrey Allen "Jazzy Jeff" Townes, a DJ and record producer. He began his acting career in 2014, best known for portraying Isaiah 'Zay' Babineaux in the Disney Channel series Girl Meets World. He retired from acting in 2020 to focus on his musical career.

In 2022, he was one of the two artists featured on Gladstone's song CORPORATIONS for her album LOOPY.

## Trivia

* Mitchell-Townes also starred in films The Flip Side and Puzzled, and television series Person of Interest and Power Book.
The First Years

World History: c. 2030 - 2088

**The First Years** is the tenth and final story of *The Years of Rice and Salt*.

## Summary

In China, Bao Xinhua joins the revolutionary movement led by his friend Kung Jianguo. They manage to successfully overthrow the Chinese government, but Kung is assassinated on the cusp of their victory.

Deeply depressed by this, Bao leaves China and begins traveling the world. He eventually marries a colleague, Pan Xichun, and has two children with her. During this time, he also accepts a diplomatic position in Myanmar. Eventually though Bao's wife dies, and he begins to wander the world once again; he spends some time studying under a comrade from his younger years, the revolutionary Zhu Isao.

In his later years, Bao moves to Fangzhang and begins teaching history and the philosophy of history. After many years of this, he meets a young student of his named Kali.

## Main Characters

* Bao Xinhua
* Kung Jianguo / Kali
* Zhu Isao
* Shi Fandi
* Pan Xichun
* Zhao Xinhua
Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations

The Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations series was a series of shorts created by MIA GLADSTONE and William Alan Harris. These shorts were used to promote Gladstone’s third studio project LOOPY.

## Background

The Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations series was first introduced on May 6th, 2022 in Gladstone’s music video for EMPATHY. Gladstone, playing a fictional alternate version of herself, introduces herself with a distorted, high-pitched voice as a “world-renowned life coach and creator of the Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations.”

In Episode 1 of the Expert’s Guide, Gladstone tells the viewer how to “blossom into the person they dream of.” In Episode 2, Gladstone guides the viewer through repeating a set of positive affirmations. In Episode 3, the final episode, Gladstone teaches the viewer a modified version of the Wim Hof breathing technique.

Outside of these episodes, Gladstone appears in all of the music videos for LOOPY. In the TALKING ONLINE music video, Gladstone has been hired by an unnamed company to give a speech through a Zoom call. Gladstone’s character does not make a direct appearance in the SOCIAL MEDIA music video, but is referenced throughout. In the OPEN LETTER music video, Gladstone appears to have become the president of the United States by using the “power of positivity.”

In a short called The Story of LOOPY (or LOOPY story), Gladstone is talking to another version of herself who has been trapped in a pink box dimension (a reference to her basement studio called PINK BOX STUDIOS!). She states that she was banished to the box by the plastic reptilian gods because her power of positivity became too overwhelming. This is later followed up by the OPEN LETTER music video, in which trapped-Gladstone escapes from the pink box dimension using the power of positivity, Texas, and newfound loopiness.

## Episodes & Appearances

* EMPATHY (Official Music Video)
* TALKING ONLINE (Official Music Video)
* SOCIAL MEDIA (Official Music Video)
* Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations: Lesson 1
* Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations: Lesson 2
* Expert’s Guide to Positive Affirmations: Lesson 3
* The Story of LOOPY
* OPEN LETTER (Official Music Video)

## Trivia

* On December 20th, 2022, Gladstone confirmed on her Instagram story that one of her “alter egos” is named Luna Ripple. However, it is unclear which character she is referring to.

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - co-creator, actress
* William Alan Harris - co-creator, director
Trent the HOOLiGAN

**Trenton Moulton**, professionally known by his stage name **Trent the HOOLiGAN,** is an American singer-songwriter and rapper. He is featured on MIA GLADSTONE’s 2022 single SOCIAL MEDIA.

## Life and Career

Trent was born in 1998 or 1999 in Atlanta, Georgia. At the age of five, Trent and his family moved to Florida where they lived until he was fifteen when they moved to North Carolina. In that year, Trent began rapping professionally. He released his first album in 2018.

In 2016, Gladstone made her first feature in Trent’s song Purple People. In 2017, Gladstone was featured on “Crayon,” in 2018, Gladstone was featured on “Awkward,” and in 2019, Gladstone was featured on “Blue.”

On September 10th, 2022, Gladstone announced the release of single “SOCIAL MEDIA,” which was to feature an unknown artist. The artist was later revealed to be Trent the HOOLiGAN, and the song was released on September 14th, 2022 as the third single for LOOPY.
K

**K** is one of the leading souls that serve as the protagonist of *The Years of Rice and Salt*. Their moniker is **The Rebel**, and their dominant trait is **Action**.

## Incarnations

**Kenpo**: They are a Tibetan villager who died in an avalanche that left them trapped inside their home with no escape. They tried to dig their way out, though it was ultimately futile.

**Kyu**: He is a young African boy who was castrated and enslaved by Chinese sailors. This led him to begin planning to kill the Chinese Emperor.

**Kokila**: She is a young Indian girl who was an apprentice to the village dai, Insef. She avenged the death of her friend Bihari by killing her husband and father-in-law, and was in turn executed for this.

**Kya**: She is a tiger living in the Indian jungles who saved Bistami from death. However, after coming too close to his village, she was caught in a tiger trap and killed.

**Katima**: She is an Islamic sultana who founded her own progressive town in Firanja. She was chased to the far north by her brother-in-law Said Darya, who thought she was a heretic.

**Kheim**: He is a Chinese naval admiral. He manned the first (accidental) exploration of North and South America, making contact with both the Miwok (Native Americans) and the Inca.

**Khalid Ali Abu al-Samarqandi**: He is an alchemist who attempted to fool the Khan by turning lead into gold, later having his hand cut off as punishment. He later studied many physical phenomena (such as gravity) and documented them.

**Honowenato**: He is a Native American chief and the leader of the Hodenosaunee. He partnered with the foreigner Fromwest in order to help protect his people and their land. His name means "Keeper of the Wampum."

**Kang Tongbi**: She is a poet and thinker on Confucianism and Buddhism. She and her husband Ibrahim explored many different topics in their written works, with these gaining much noteriety centuries later.

**The Kerala of Travancore**: He is a high-ranking ruler in Travancore who institutes many revolutionary concepts. He rescued the Ottoman doctor Ismail ibn Mani al-Dir in the hopes that his medical knowledge would lead to further advancements.

**Kiyoaki**: He is a Japanese man living in Yingzhou who worked as a servant. He joined a growing revolt against China's growing dictatorial rule over the globe.

**Kuo**: He is a major officer in the Chinese army. He was killed by a rogue bomb, with his spirit haunting his partners Bai and Iwa.

**Kirana Fawwaz**: She is a history teacher and women's rights activist.

**Kung Jianguo**: He is one of the leaders of the modern Chinese revolution. Although his efforts were successful, he was ultimately assassinated shortly afterwards.

**Kali**: She is an Indian history student who joined one of Bao's classes.
S

**S** is one of the leading souls that serve as the protagonist of *The Years of Rice and Salt*. Their moniker is **The Corrupt Leader**, and their dominant trait is **Laziness**.

## Incarnations

**Sidpa**: They are a Tibetan villager who died in an avalanche that left them trapped inside their home with no escape.

**Shen**: He is the owner of a restaurant in China along with his wife I-Li. He burned to death after his restaurant was lit on fire by one of his slaves, Kyu.

**Shastri**: He is the headsman of an Indian village, as well as Kokila's father-in-law. He was poisoned to death by his daughter-in-law due to stealing land, goods, and money from their village.

**Said Darya**: He is the caliph of Al-Andalus, as well as Katima's brother-in-law. He persecuted Katima for being a "heretic" to the Islamic faith.

**Shen**: He is a sailor in Kheim's fleet of ships who followed him as he explored the Americas.

**Sayyed Abdul Aziz Khan**: He is the khan (ruler) of Samarqand and Bokhara. He humored Khalid by listening to his lectures on physical phenomena, though forced him to focus on those that could be weaponized.

**Straight Arrow**: They are a Native American member of the Hodenosaunee.

**Shih Tongbi**: He is Kang Tongbi's youngest son. His "soul theft" was what lead to the monk Bao's death.

**Selim the Third**: He is the sultan caliph of Constantinople. He escaped underground in order to flee from Travancore's attacks (directed by the Kerala himself).

**Shen**: He is a general for the Chinese army, as well as Kuo, Bai, and Iwa's superior officer.

**Sururi**: She is a Zott seer living in Nsara. She ran a business where people would pay her to speak to the souls of their dead friends or relatives.

**Shi Fandi**: He is a Chinese revolutionary soldier. He was executed for the crime of raping and killing an imprisoned woman.
CHANGE THE CHANNEL

**Change the Channel**, stylized as **CHANGE THE CHANNEL**, is MIA GLADSTONE's thirteenth studio single. It was released in autumn of 2020. It is the first track on MIA GLADSTONE's second studio EP, CYCLE/S.

## Lyrics

**Chorus**

Be on your way

Don’t think about it

Why would you wait

Your silly little thoughts

Complicate the simple little life

You create

**Refrain**

Just be good to yourself

Please be good to yourself

Yeah

**Verse**

Get bored change the channel

Without you there to see it

That don’t mean it don’t show

Earth it moves and it rolls

Round nobody revolves

If you here or you go

It gon rotate and flow

No switching on em

But you never stuck on the same channel

Take yourself out the tunnel

Pick your shit up, relocate

Dominate inner battles

Who said you gotta settle?

Peddle for who, for what?

You'll lose your touch

Its time to transform your channel

**Chorus**

Be on your way

Don’t think about it

Why would you wait

Your silly little thoughts

Complicate the simple little life

You create

**Refrain**

Just be good to yourself

Please be good to yourself

**Bridge**

Get it poppin any day

Sweat no options, know your fate

Do the honor, flip the page

Who you stuck on pull you down the funnel

Be a lover, humbly

Avoid the fuckery

Innovate

(and I stay hydrated, aye!)

**Chrorus**

Be on your way

Don’t think about it

Why would you wait

Your silly little thoughts

Complicate the simple little life

You create

**Chorus (Repeat)**

Be on your way

Don’t think about it

Why would you wait

Your silly little thoughts

Complicate the simple little life

You create

## Music Video

* CHANGE THE CHANNEL (Official Music Video)

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* Danny Shyman - producer, writing
* Josh Charow - director & editor
* Vidal Davis - mixer
Languages of Pacardia

Modern English and Tcathan are the two lingua francas of Pacardia, but many other languages are spoken as well.

other popular languages: Japanese, Old English, Latin, Spanish, Aurolingua, Damakata, Pacardi Marquesic

### Germanic/Theedish

* Modern English
* Tcathan/Chathan\*
* Old English
* Dutch
* German
* Nordic languages
* Proto-Germanic

### Italic/Romance

* Aurolingua\*
* Latin
* Spanish
* Italian
* French

### Celtic

* Old Druid language\*
* Proto-Brythonic

### Hellenic

* Ancient Greek
* Modern Greek

### Japonic

* Japanese
* Damakata\*

### Chinese

* Mandarin
* Southern Min
The Haj in the Heart

World History: c. 1570s - 1580s

**The Haj in the Heart** is the second story of *The Years of Rice and Salt*.

## Summary

Kokila is brought into the world by the dai Insef in an Indian agrary village. Insef finds an abandoned girl, Bihari, and Kokila befriends her. Kokila's father arranges her marriage to another man, Gopal; her new father-in-law (Shastri) and brother-in-law (Shardul) abuse their power as headmen of the local villages.

Bihari is impregnated by Shardul, and when she dies giving birth to the child, Kokila takes her revenge by poisoning Shastri and Shardul; she is then executed.

Kya, a female tiger, helps a young man find his village, and later befriends him. But the villagers see her as a threat and kill her.

The young man (Bistami) is a wandering Sufi scholar from Ahmadabad. He travels to Agra and Fatehpur Sikri, the newly-founded capital by Emperor Akbar. Bistami befriends the Emperor but he is disliked by many in the court. Through intense fast and prayer, he succeeds in having a metaphysical experience.

Emperor Akbar has Bistami ostracized by sending him on hajj to Mecca. There, he studies with other Persian-speaking Sufis, chief among them Ibn Ezra, a scholar who is interested in the material world. However life there does not reach the emotional and spiritual climax of the initial pilgrimage. Also, Bistami feels the threat of Akbar extending to Mecca. With the Sufis, he travels to Maghrib and to al-Andalus, a rich land which is being repopulated since the plague left it empty.

Bistami and Ibn Ezra join a caravan led by the sultan Mawji Darya and the beautiful but enigmatic sultana Katima. They settle in the ruins of an old frank town and create the city of Baraka. During this time, Bistami grows closer to Katima, and agrees with her progressive views on Islam and gender equity. When the sultan dies, and Katima continues to rule, the sultan's brother Said Darya and more traditional Muslims chase her out with Bistami and Ibn-Ezra in tow. They move up north and found the city of Nsara, but are persecuted until they ultimately die in an avalanche.

## Main Characters

**First Incarnation**

* Bihari
* Kokila
* Insef
* Shardul
* Zaneeta

**Second Incarnation**

* Bistami
* Kya / Katima
* Ibn Ezra
* Said Darya
Pyidaungsu

**Pyidaungsu** was a trusted assistant to the Kerala of Travancore. He helped him with his social and cultural developments in the Indian League.

## Relationships

* Kerala (leader, work partner)
* Bhakta (work partner)
* Ismail ibn Mani al-Dir (work partner)

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Pao**, while his next incarnation was **Peng-ti**.
Lavender

**Lavender** is MIA GLADSTONE's fourth single. It was released in spring of 2018.

## Lyrics

**Chorus**

Lavender, yellow

Facing blunts to start the day

Body language tells me stay

But your mind is somewhere else

**Verse 1**

I don't wanna give no more

Boy you know my legs so sore

Crawling after you on fours

The way you fool with my head

Wish it was girls in your bed

Cause it’d be more simple

But I can't let you go

**Verse 2**

And I know the way you be on other girls

Begging for pics in underwear

You want it if she poppin with the blonde hair

White slim thick, right (see you)

And I know if I came at you

For breaking the most simple rule

Don't go hit her line if she with my crew

You’d be so confused

Cause you warned me first

But baby that don't mean that it doesn't hurt

Shows me all along you just wanted her

I was just a filler why'd you waste my time?

Wish I knew that you were someone else

**Pre-Chorus**

Still got hope for you somehow, somehow, somehow

You a bad thing but I'm still down, still down, still down

Hit my phone when no one else around, around, around

I'm guilty, I'm a fool but I'm too proud, too proud, too proud

**Chorus**

Lavender, yellow

Smoke these blunts to keep the mellow

Coughing and it echoes

When sobriety arises so divided

You can’t just slide in

Need drugs to hide it

Gets too authentic

Don’t know if you meant it

Love is magnetic

Your heart was rented

Did you forget it?

**Verse 3**

And I know the way you be on other girls

'Spin dat ass around baby make it twirl’

Tell her you could take her to another world

Talkin all that talk but

You still be

All up in my life like you were last week

Other girls declined now you callin me

I got news for you I ain't no plan B

**Outro**

You need space to grow

Go off feed your soul

Get it on your own

## Trivia

* The song was originally released as a SoundCloud exclusive on January 24th, 2017 before being published to streaming services, meaning that this song is, by technicality, Gladstone’s first officially released single.

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing
* Julian Avila - producer, mixing/mastering
The Years of Rice and Salt

**The Years of Rice and Salt** is an alternative history novel published in 2002. In the 14th century, the Black Plague decimates Europe; This leads to the Muslim, Indian, Chinese, and Native American civilizations leading world history through hardships, wars, discoveries, and revolutions.

## Synopsis

**Book 1 (Awake to Emptiness):** From a Europe deserted by plague to Africa and China, the journeys of a Mongol warrior who meets an African boy who plans to kill the Chinese Emperor.

**Book 2 (The Haj in the Heart):** One incarnation in rural Mughal India; then the journeys of a Sufi scholar from Mughal India to Akbar's court, to Mecca, and to Europe being repopulated by Muslims.

**Book 3 (Ocean Continents):** Circumstances bring a Chinese war fleet to land in America, Native Americans end up contracting illnesses, and Incas end up getting shot at by the gold-thirsty Chinese.

**Book 4 (The Alchemist):** Between the Khan's demands and their own inclinations, Samarqandi scientists make a series of discoveries and inventions that amount to an Islamic Renaissance.

**Book 5 (Warp and Weft):** A ronin that escaped the Chinese invasion of Nippon (Japan) raises the more democratically-inclined Hodenosaunee League (Native Americans) against the Chinese and Muslim colonists.

**Book 6 (Widow Kang):** Against the backdrop of civil unrest and war between Muslims and Chinese at the Chinese border, two souls' discussions spawn a multitude of books on history, comparative religion, poetry, and philosophy.

**Book 7 (The Age of Great Progress):** Industrialization leads the South Indian League to large conquests, wealth, and knowledge; Against the great forces of Islam and China, Travancore (India) seeks allies: the Hodenosaunee or the Japanese Americans.

**Book 8 (War of the Asuras):** During the Long War and the military campaigns in China and India, three Chinese officers wonder whether this is the real world or the bardo.

**Book 9 (Nsara):** In a Firanja still recovering from the Long War and in great social crisis, especially in women's rights, two women fight for the foundation of an impartial scientific council that could save the world.

**Book 10 (The First Years):** Following the Chinese revolution towards more equity, a Chinese man wanders across continents, wonders at history, and grows old in a world where justice starts becoming a reality.
Ideal

**Ideal** is the third of four unreleased songs by MIA GLADSTONE. It can be found exclusively on MIA's SoundCloud.

## Lyrics

**Chorus**

Oh, I cannot even begin to explain

The way that you're fuckin’ with my brain (ooh)

Subtle hints that I'm throwin’ your way

Only show me all the more oblivious you can be

Oh baby please play nice with me

Don't tell me it was never that deep

I'm not about all of that

I never caught feels

So why you inviting me back

Actin’ like we got something real?

Dont play me (No no no no no no no no no no no)

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals
* Matt Engels - producer, mixing/mastering
* Sam Gladstone - bass
Bhakta

**Bhakta** is a Buddhist abbess and nurse in one of the converted hospitals in Travancore. She assists the doctor Ismail in explaining his medical knowledge to the other nurses.

## Relationships

* Kerala (friend)
* Ismail ibn Mani al-Dir (friend)

## Trivia

Her past incarnation was **Bao Ssu**, while her next incarnation was **Hu Die**.
Ibrahim ibn Hasam al-Lanzhou

**Ibrahim ibn Hasam al-Lanzhou** was a Muslim scholar who attempted to reconcile the teachings of Confucianism and Islam. He also helped the widow Kang Tongbi make sense of her dreams of past lives.

## Relationships

* Kang Tongbi (wife)
* Shih Tongbi (step-son)
* Unnamed Daughter

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Iagogeh**, while his next incarnation was **Ismail ibn Mani al-Dir**.
Nsara

World History: c. 1999 - 2002

**Nsara** is the ninth story of *The Years of Rice and Salt*.

## Summary

Budur is a young woman in her father's harem in Turi; she later escapes to Nsara with her aunt Idelba.

Idelba is a scientist who formerly studied physics, and now studies radioactivity and nuclear reactions. She attempts to assemble an international scientific community that will be able to discuss and handle these discoveries, and so the world will not be brought into another catastrophic war.

Enrolling in a local university, Budur meets Kirana, a history teacher and activist for women's rights in Islam. Budur experiences the rich social life of Nsara, a city at the center of social, cultural, and scientific discoveries.

After her aunt's death, Budur takes over her, working alongside Idelba's nephew and research partner Piali. She also dabbles in archeological work, as the field had been experiencing a massive surge. She manages to convene the scientific community and shares Idelba's findings, with the scientists all agreeing to never use this knowledge to create nuclear weapons.

After all this, however, social protests and general unrest within the country weaken the government's rule; a military coup then tries to take over and establish a police state. Luckily, a Hodenosaunee naval fleet arrives to defuse the tensions and force the military government out.

## Main Characters

* Budur Radwan
* Kirana Fawwaz
* Idelba
* Madame Sururi
* Piali
* Zainab Shah
Prithvi

**Prithvi** was a young man living in an Indian village. After his father and brother were poisoned to death, he put their killer (his sister-in-law, Kokila) to execution.

## Relationships

* Shastri (father)
* Unnamed Mother
* Shardul (brother)
* Gopal (brother)
* Kokila (sister-in-law)

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Psin**, while his next incarnation was **Peng**.
Grow (Song)

*Not to be confused with GROW (EP) or SLOW GROW.*

Grow is MIA GLADSTONE's sixth single. It was released in late winter on 2018. It is the first and title track of MIA GLADSTONE's first studio EP, GROW.

## Lyrics

**Intro**

I know

Baby, I'll grow like a flower

Yeah, yeah

Oh yeah, yeah, yeah

**Verse 1**

Baby, I grow like a flower

I'm like the sweetest of sour

I got the flow like a shower

Come pick my brain for an hour

Pinnacle of all power

I hold my ground like a tower

The cynical I empower

I came to stay, I'm no coward

**Chorus**

I'm so divine like universal love

I'm so divine like universal love

**Verse 2**

I get bigger and stronger

Da-ba-di-do-bi-da-di-do

I fear my passion, no other

I couldn’t lose, I'm a lover

I tell the truth, but I stutter

Know what to choose, I don't hover

No, no, no, no, no, no

Oh yeah, yeah

Da-da-da-da-da-da

**Chorus**

I'm so divine like universal love

Oh whoo

**Bridge**

My oh my, I'm miles high

I rise above the sky, transcend this life

**Chorus**

I'm so divine like universal love

I'm so divine like universal love

**Outro**

You're so divine

Just close your eyes

Expose your light

You're so divine

Just close your eyes

Expose your light

## Music Video

* GROW (Official Music Video)
* GROW (Official Animated Video)

## Trivia

* Gladstone stated that “Grow” was her favorite song to write [thus far] because “it really just flowed out of [her]” and that it “felt like the beginning of a new phase.”
* Grow was sampled by “SLOW GROW”, another song of Gladstone’s, nearly four years after its release.

## Credits

* MIA GLADSTONE - vocals, writing, producer
* Sam Gladstone - writing, bass
* Jay Mellow - mixer
* David Lai - mastering
* Michael Ferranti - horns
Bahram al-Bokhara

**Bahram al-Bokhara** was a metalworker and Sufi disciple who assisted his father-in-law Khalid with his research experiments.

## Relationships

* Khalid Ali Abu al-Samarqandi (father-in-law, friend)
* Iwang (friend)
* Esmerine (wife)
* Laila & Fazi (children)
* Sayyed Abdul Aziz Khan (enemy)

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Butterfly**, while his next incarnation was **Fromwest**.
Kang Tongbi

**Kang Tongbi** was a poet who wrote about the suffering of women around the world. After marrying the Muslim scholar Ibrahim, she helped him with his attempts to reconcile Confucianism and Islam.

## Relationships

**Family**

* Kung Xin (former husband)
* Ibrahim ibn Hasam al-Lanzhou (current husband)
* Unnamed Sons
* Shih Tongbi (son)
* Unnamed Child
* Xinwu Ssu (adopted son)

**Household Workers**

* Pao (servant)
* Zunli (servant)

## Trivia

Her past incarnation was **Honowenato**, while her next incarnation was **Kerala**.
Iagogeh

**Iagogeh**, whose name means "**The One Who Hears**" or "**She Who Hears**" was the wife of chief Honowenato. She similarly listened to the foreigner Fromwest's pleas to the Hodenosaunee, and later picked out a wife for him.

## Relationships

* Honowenato (husband)
* Fromwest (friend)
* Tecarnos (niece)

## Trivia

Her past incarnation was **Iwang**, while her next incarnation was **Ibrahim ibn Hasam al-Lanzhou**.
I-Chin

**I-Chin** was a Chinese doctor who accompanied Admiral Kheim on his war fleet. He taught a young Miwok girl, Butterfly, how to speak her language, and learned some of hers' in return.

## Relationships

* Kheim (superior officer)
* Peng (crewmate)
* Butterfly (crewmate)

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Ibn Ezra**, while his next incarnation was **Iwang**.
P

**P** is one of the leading souls that serve as the protagonist of *The Years of Rice and Salt*. Their moniker is **The Wanderer**, and their dominant trait is **Humility**.

## Incarnations

**Puntsok**: He is a Tibetan vilalger who narrowly escapes the avalanche that devastates his village.

**Psin**: He is a Mongol warrior who led Bold's small group of soldiers. He also fled (to unknown places) after their leader Timur was killed.

**Prithvi**: He was a young man living in an Indian village. After his father Shastri and brother Shardul were poisoned by his sister-in-law, Kokila, he became the new village headman and punished the killer.

**Peng**: He is a sailor in Kheim's naval fleet. He decided to stay with the Miwok people, even as he unknowingly spread more smallpox among them. He later traveled farther east across the continent, helping to teach the Native Americans how to combat this disease.

**Paxtakor**: He was one of Khalid's servants. He faithfully served his master, helping to aid in his research experiments.

**Pounds the Rock**: They are a Native American member of the Hodenosaunee.

**Pao**: They are Kang Tongbi's head servant. They were very close to their mistress, especially so after she began sleep-walking due to her feelings of grief.

**Pyidaungsu**: He is the Kerala's close assistant and friend. He helped to aid him during his conquests and cultural advancements within Travancore.

**Peng-ti**: She is a young Chinese girl fleeing with her infant daughter, Hu Die.

**Piali**: He is Idelba's nephew and research partner. He aided her with her research into nuclear weaponry (especially bombs), and later assisted his cousin Budur Radwan in her own studies.

**Pan Xichun**: She is a diplomat from Yingzhou, as well as Bao Xinhua's work partner and wife.
Iwa

**Iwa** was an officer in the Chinese army during the Long War. After his major Kuo died, he began doubting whether he was still alive, or dead and fighting in the bardo.

## Relationships

* Kuo (comrade, friend)
* Bai (comrade, friend)

## Trivia

His past incarnation was **Ismail ibn Mani al-Dir**, while his next incarnation was **Idelba**.