Arm Tattoos

Florence Welch

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Florence Welch added the words “Always Lonely” above the eye on the back of her left arm in May 2018.  The phrase seems to be a lyric from her upcoming album High as Hope as she has been selling “Always Lonely” t-shirts in one of the album pre-order packages. Her feelings of loneliness are one of the central themes of the album though it’s not all negative. She wrote in a press release:

“There’s a lot of love in this record, loneliness too, but a lot of love.”

Regarding lead single “Hunger,” she says:

“This song is about the ways we look for love in things that are perhaps not love, and how attempts to feel less alone can sometimes isolate us more. I guess I made myself more vulnerable in this song to encourage connection, because perhaps a lot more of us feel this way than we are able to admit. Sometimes when you can’t say it, you can sing it.”

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Album Independence Lyrics Sadness Simple Lettering Upper Arm Writing

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Julia Michaels

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Julia Michaels got this tattoo below her left elbow in December 2017 and it’s still somewhat of a mystery.  It looks like the bust of a statue with its hair in a bun.  The face is totally flat with no facial features and a crude smiley face is drawn on.  It’s a similar theme to the faceless woman on her bicep which is about the feeling of anonymity that she felt was still writing songs for other artists to sing.  The cartoonish face makes us think that this tattoo is about putting on a fake happy face and hiding your real face and emotions from the world.

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Forearm Outline Smiley Face

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Lynn Gunn

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Lynn Gunn got this tattoo on the inside of her right arm following PVRIS’ concert in Houston, TX on October 1, 2017.

The design that she had inked is one of over 200 chapter headings that illustrator Aubrey Beardsley created for the 1893 book Le Morte d’Arthur which tells the tales of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table. This book was the first commissioned work in Beardsley’s short career. Although he died at only 25 years old, Beardsley’s art lives on an iconic example of the Art Nouveau style.

Lynn’s tattoo is true to Beardsley’s style of using only black and white without any gray for a very graphic look.

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Art Bicep Blackwork Illustration Line Drawing Portrait

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Avril Lavigne

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Avril Lavigne added this tattoo of a switchblade knife on her left forearm in November 2017.  Knives and daggers are common tattoo motifs. We don’t know yet whether there’s a personal story behind or if it’s simply a display of toughness.  Avril has rebounded from a struggle with Lyme disease that left her bedridden for months so we already know she’s tough!

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Black-and-Gray Dagger Forearm Knife Michael Kortez Toughness Traditional

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Julia Michaels

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Radio host JoJo Wright arranged a date with Julia Michaels to get tattooed live on air on November 21, 2017. The iHeartRadio DJ brought one of his personal favorite tattoo artists Mikey Montoya to the 102.7 KIIS FM Los Angeles studios to tattoo him and Julia. Both of them planned their tattoos independently and they don’t match or even relate at all — JoJo got a Mickey Mouse/Jack Skellington mashup.

Julia’s tattoo says “protagonist + antagonist” representing the duality of life. As a songwriter she views everything through the perspective of stories. The protagonist is the main character in a story while the antagonist is someone who gets in the way of the protagonist achieving their goals. Antagonists can be evil villains, but they can also be ordinary people minding their own business whose own goals conflict with the protagonist’s. We are all sometimes the antagonist in other people’s life stories, often without realizing it, when we get a job or an award or even a boyfriend/girlfriend that they wanted for themselves.

She says that this tattoo “is basically me just embracing both sides of my personality.”

This tattoo marks the beginning of Julia began actively working on her second full sleeve. Up until this point the only tattoo on her left arm was the piano which she has had since 2012. But in the following months she covered her whole forearm.

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Cursive Duality Forearm Literature Mikey Montoya Writing

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Malu Trevejo

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Malu Trevejo got her biggest tattoo yet in February 2018 — and of course she livestreamed the whole process.  The 15-year-old social media star got seven lines of text on her upper left arm featuring a poem by Erin Van Vuren.  Her tattoo says: “I will not be / another flower / picked for my / beauty and left / to die. I will be / wild, difficult to find, / and impossible to forget.”  It’s about wanting to be more than just a pretty face and wanting to have a real impact on people.

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Beauty Cursive Noe Inkside Poetry Quote Upper Arm Wild Child Writing

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Ash Costello

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Ash Costello has a tattoo on her right forearm of two hands holding a heart and crown. The design comes from traditional Irish Claddagh rings. The hands represent friendship, the heart represents love, and the crown represents loyalty. Claddagh rings have historically been used as engagement and wedding rings, and Ash got the tattoo shortly after her March 2018 engagement to Jimmy Trigger.

Blackwork Crown Forearm Friendship Hands Heart Irish Love Loyalty Outline Silhouette

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Cierra Ramirez

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Cierra Ramirez appeared at Wango Tango on June 2, 2018 with a never before seen tattoo on her arm. The fresh ink is of the French saying “La Vie en Rose” which means “Life in Pink.” It is an analogy for seeing things optimistically, as through rose-colored glasses. The words are tattooed in thin capital letters on the back of her upper right arm.

French Inspirational Optimism Serif / Typewriter Upper Arm Writing

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