tessa barcelo

🏳️‍🌈🫀📚 || she/they || fantasy writer with a penchant for the dramatic || indie musician || technically lost a grammy nomination to taylor swift ✨ ||

[Bookish Songs Collective @BookishSongs]

Our Iron Widow inspired EP “Empress of Nightmares” is out everywhere now! Featuring 5 tracks written for @XiranJayZhao ‘s amazing book ✨

[gio 🍉 viinas @gioomaria]

HI! So my friends and I over at @BookishSongs made an entire EP dedicated to @XiranJayZhao 's IRON WIDOW series and it's officially out today!
Please go show it and Xiran love! We put our whole hearts into this.
https://t.co/miJbiuYJTn

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

@gioomaria gio ily

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

I forgot this app exists for a while, but I’m releasing a song inspired by Shadow & Bone this week, and you can pre-save it now! https://t.co/A5pyPuqGfo

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

After two whole years, I’m back in the querying trenches 🫣

[Bookish Songs Collective @BookishSongs]

“Burn It Down,” an EP inspired by Iron Flame, is out now! 🔥🐉 https://t.co/sTpdY6ghpM

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

My new song “Villains,” about Basgiath War College, is out now with @BookishSongs Iron Flame inspired EP “Burn It Down.” Listen now! 🔥🐉 https://t.co/j2jpjGUhYF

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

you know the cerulean sweater monologue from The Devil Wears Prada? that’s how i feel when someone says something isn’t political

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

An exchange I had on Nov. 6:

Guy: How are you?
Me: I’m doing as best as I can.
Him: Oh, do you have a lot of homework?
Me: … have you looked at the news 🤨

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Just read this.

[Jim Stewartson, Decelerationist 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇺🇸 @jimstewartson]

Just read this.

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

one country’s election should not impact the entire world the way this one will. 161M people could vote but 8.2B will feel the consequences.

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

@gioomaria 😇

[tessa barcelo @tessabarcelo]

diving back into the querying space after 2 years is terrifying 🙂‍↕️

[Bookish Songs Collective @BookishSongs]

so the answer is 4… 😅

[Bookish Songs Collective @BookishSongs]

Unfortunately we will no longer be attending Once Upon a Con. Please see our Instagram for more information: https://t.co/RoKcAXijdE

[Bookish Songs Collective @BookishSongs]

So far we’ve announced 2 Xadence songs on the Iron Flame EP… how many do you think we wrote? 👀🔥

[gio 🍉 viinas @gioomaria]

One thing I love about Tessa's style is how the storytelling really shines through the lyricism and musicality which is PERFECT for Lucy Gray, the song's muse! It's one of my favorite Tessa songs yet

[gio 🍉 viinas @gioomaria]

9. All Fall Down by Tessa Barcelo
Tessa produced this as well as wrote it because they are a multi-talented genius. This song is so dynamic and sincerely FUN to listen to.

[gio 🍉 viinas @gioomaria]

3. Much Worse Games to Play by Tessa Barcelo and Kaya Hass
THOSE! HARMONIES! This was the first single off the album and really was a perfect introduction. Kaya and Tessa's styles meld so seamlessly together. MWGTP has this building intensity that immerses you so fully