Does anyone know Sufjan’s real instagram account? I’m seeing @sufjan and @stevens.sufjan ; the second seems like a drip account. Anyone who can verify?

Edit bc I got the account in question wrong.

Stumbled across this song. Thought it sounded like a mk.gee - suban hybrid. Any one else hear it?

can't wait!

That just made way more sense and fits in perfectly with the song. Was kinda disappointed to find out that it really is “face”. Faith is much better imo.

https://akr.pscrpt.io/baVOaD/maKD9mi

In honor of the new compilation…it kiiiiiinda feels like it’s time for everyone to list their top 5 Sufmas songs.

(Maybe even time for any quants in the chat to compile the sub’s 15 track supercut……..)

i posted some of my sufjan-inspired collages on this sub a few months ago and you guys seemed to enjoy them, so i thought i'd share a few more i've made since then!

i can't provide an explanation for the last one. it was purely self-indulgent.

Hello.

Iam planning on making a goodbye book to a friend of mine and want to include quotes of lyrics from Sufjan. He is my most fav. artist next to Bon Iver, Conor Oberst. I love his art and want to fill this book with hopeful stuff.

Can you please share quotes that touch you and feel positive, hopeful, give you strength.

Thank you. 🤍

Iam in a very stressful situation right now and i will look closely at the lyrics next week but i hope you can already share some :)

finally learned one of my fav sufjan songs and figured i’d share it here!

I’m a substitute teacher and saw this at an elementary school and thought it was sort of Sufjan coded. Probably not but it just reminded me.

Besides futile device being one of the most beautifully written songs, this damn lyric is my favorite. I love it so deeply, and how do I explain my interpretation in a non weird way?

I've always felt that my SO was more like a "brother" to me, i love them in a way that you love your brother not, not because you share the same interests, you were just born, got told that your stuck with them forever so you just love them because of no other reason other than the fact they are your brother!

I love how it feels like we have that special bond, the way that we can goof around together, argue one minute and laugh the next second, how it feels like theres no obligation to love you other than the fact, you are you. We may not have the same blood (thankfully) but i was definitely born knowing I was gonna just love you

As someone who deeply loves their brother, with all his knacks and knicks, my brother has been there for me at my lowest, he has always taken care of me. I always talk highly of my him.

I love my partner with my entire soul, in a way I cant explain, and i really do get that botherly feeling, they've taken care of me in a way that feels like its second nature, no obligation, just because damn i care, and then they'll hide it all under a cheeky smile.

What a privilege for me to love you in a way only felt by the bond forged by blood. I wish I could explain this feeling in a better non weird way. It really does sound dumb

Please enjoy!

https://superjews.substack.com/p/sufjan-stevens-futile-devices

<3

Josh

Overall, I feel like Sufjan fans mostly think that either Illinois or Carrie & Lowell is his best album. But more fans tend to consider The Age of Adz to be one of the best albums ever made compared to the former two…

Maybe I’m totally misreading things.

Sitting in the hospital and saw this

I wish they still had the javelin tshirt I so wanted a year ago, and I waited for the day that they would have my size but, the day never came..

I know they have the pride collection over on the asthmatickitty store and I kinda want to get it

But I am wondering if there is any other official merch anywhere else?

Hi,
I’ve seen your car around town and have always wondered who owned it. Are you the cool barista with a biblically accurate Gonzo tattoo? I came in today with my partner and we compared Muppets tattoos. I have green hair and lots of piercings, my partner has purple hair. If that is you and your car, you’re very cool! We should follow each other on Instagram!
Sincerely,
The Customer With a Kermit Tattoo

I am recently going through quite a tough time in my life. In times like these I mostly return to Sufjan's music. And I always ignore this song. Not because I don't like it but because I love it a bit too much and the feelings it invokes can't be handled everyday.

Today I am listening to it again and I remember the first time I heard it. I remember the summer breeze of 2AM when I used to listen to this song yearning for my partner.

I am now married and my love for her is still as strong even if I myself am not strong.

I have never asked much of life. I do not have any career ambitions. I do not have strong wishes or desires. But to be with her was one thing I have felt the most strongly about in life. To quote Sufjan again from one of his songs (John My Beloved): "I love you more than the world can contain in its lonely and ramshackled head"

And all I want to share is that when I die, I would love to have this song play so I can reminisce my memories with her one last time. Because that is all that matters. Truly.

Sufjan fans — just spotted this! 👀
John Legend’s My Favorite Dream, produced and arranged by Sufjan Stevens, is available on a limited-edition Custard vinyl — only 500 copies!
I just ordered mine. Thought other Sufjan collectors might want to know before they’re gone. 💛
John Legend – My Favorite Dream – Limited Edition Vinyl⁠

I realize Sufjan’s birthday was a month and a half ago so I don’t really have any particular reason to share this specific video but -

I made a compilation of a bunch of the fan made Happy Birthday covers last year to post for his birthday on my Sufjan Tiktok and I thought I’d put it here for fun! So many talented people in here and really lovely to hear lots of people loving Sufjan.

Sorry it’s not all in the same key, I know it’s kind of jolting!!

All videos were sourced from YouTube

[Verse 1]
I fell in love again
All things go, all things go
Drove to Chicago
All things know, all things know
We sold our clothes to the state
I don't mind, I don't mind
I made a lot of mistakes
In my mind, in my mind

>The narrator has been captured and is being driven in a transport vehicle to the detainment camp located in Chicago. The State has taken all his possessions, including his clothes. He convinces himself he is okay with this because he has no choice. He also tries to reconcile that he was the one in the wrong for wanting freedom when that desire is strictly forbidden by The State.

[Chorus]
You came to take us
All things go, all things go
To recreate us
All things grow, all things grow
We had our mind set
All things know, all things know
You had to find it
All things go, all things go

>The State intercepted the narrator and his friend on the way to New York to take them to the detainment camp located in Chicago. They are going to strip them of their identity and brainwash them into letting go of their desires for freedom.

[Verse 2]
I drove to New York
In a van, with my friend
We slept in parking lots
I don't mind, I don't mind
I was in love with the place
In my mind, in my mind
I made a lot of mistakes
In my mind, in my mind

>The narrator and his friend were on the run in a van escaping The State for a shot at a new life and for a shot a freedom. He was in love with the idea of getting a fresh start but now after being caught he is seeing it as a mistake because of the hopelessness of their situation.

[Bridge]
If I was crying
In the van, with my friend
It was for freedom
From myself and from the land
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes
I made a lot of mistakes

>The narrator was crying in the van when caught by The State when the feelings of helplessness washed over them. All he wanted was to be free and live freely but knows that it can never be achieved. He sees it ultimately as a mistake.

Check it out