Music Recommendations (Jan. 6, 2017) + Welcome 2017!

Guess who totally fell off the face of the planet & didn't post a day #25 for the countdown? I'm always super busy on Christmas Eve and with Christmas itself being on Sunday this year I was busier than usual that day. I kept thinking about it, but the further away it got from day 25 the less I wanted to post anything lol. Whatever, the post was just supposed to be a Merry Christmas message anyway. Woo hoo? But anyway, it's now 2017! Thanks to anyone who read any of my posts last year! I think starting the year off with a music recommendation post is a great idea (especially cause I found a super duper awesome song today & I just had to share it with the world lol)

Broods - Free

This song is SO GOOD. Oh my gosh. Where has this song been in my life in the 10 months it's been on YouTube and my not knowing about it? I love this type of music and I really need to check out their album....after I get through the other pile of albums from 2016 I still haven't listened to yet.

Speaking of 2016 albums....this is just an aside it has nothing to do with anything tbh....was anyone else super disappointed with Britney Spears' Glory album? All I see is praise for the thing but I thought it was her worst album since In The Zone (which also seems to be super praised but again I don't really care for it). Really there wasn't a single song on the album I really cared for, usually there's at least one or two songs I like off of pop albums but Glory was just bad.

Neptunica - Alive (ft. Matt Defreitas)

Woooo EDM awesomeness! It's not often I like a song from Trap Nation (I'm more into MrRevillz type music), but this is amazing.

Rev. from DVL - Vampire

You'd think with Kanna Hashimoto centering them that they'd be more of a cutesy type group but I love that they've got that more H!P-ish style to them. The English bits are a little weird in the song but it's still super catchy. Another totally random side thought, the day before their company posted this I became a vampire in Skyrim. I thought it was amusing.

Gang Parade - Plastic 2 Mercy

This song shocked me. I do not like BiS or it's 20,000 clones/sister groups. I don't like the "alternative idol music" because it's usually just bland rock/alt with the terrible nasally idol singer voice over top and it's so off putting. At least with pop/dance numbers the music can mask the terrible singing but it does not suit rock music in the slightest. It's why I was so surprised that this is a dance track and not a rock song. I wouldn't call this song a favorite or something I'd play a lot, but it's cool to hear a song like this from one of those BiS clone group things. However they're related.

Honey Spice - Don't Let Me Go

This is a pretty typical idol pop dance track, but these girls have a lot of potential in my opinion so I'd love to see more people listen to them/know about them. Their voices also aren't completely terrible for a super indie group.

25 Days Of Christmas Countdown Day #20: Top Non J/Kpop 2016

Yeah yeah I know I missed a day. This is the busiest week of the year for me and this isn't a top priority so I'm unconcerned. I also missed a day last year so it matches lol. Last year this one was known as "Top Western" but I don't like that because there's way more music out there than just stuff from Western countries (and I really really wanted to include that G.E.M. song in this so I made it work lol). I actually haven't listened to that many albums this year from any country or genre. I just haven't really had the time. I want to, and I have a HUGE list of things to get to, but I just haven't yet. That's why most of my list is just main singles and such because I haven't had the chance to delve into albums where usually there's better songs than the singles. This is also going to be an unranked list. It's going to go over 10 songs on purpose & I don't want those restrictions on this list. I'll do it alphabetically by last name/stage name/group name/whatever you get the picture.

Sabrina Carpenter - On Purpose

Sofia Carson - Love Is The Name

Daya - Sit Still, Look Pretty

Fifth Harmony - The Life

G.E.M. - 死了都要 ‧ 愛

Ariana Grande - Touch It

Olivia Holt - Phoenix

JoJo - FAB (ft. Remy Ma)

KOLAJ - Into You (ft. Eric Nam)

Krewella - Broken Record

Zara Larsson - Ain't My Fault

Little Mix - Shout Out To My Ex

Neon Hitch - Please

Pentatonix - Hallelujah

Peter Possession - Have You Here (ft. Matt Pardus)

Samra - Miracle

Sia - Move Your Body

Lindsey Stirling - Hold My Heart (ft. ZZ Ward)

The Weeknd - Starboy (ft. Daft Punk)

Music Recomendations (December 4, 2016)

Am I allowed to do two posts in a day? I don't think I've ever done that lol. Well, I'm actually avoiding working on some things and was thinking how I haven't done anything like this recently, so why not! Since I haven't done it in so long, I'll just explain the purpose of this kind of post. Essentially, I love music and I can't stand how there's hardly any type of blogs out there that have just a list of songs to listen to. I'm lazy, just give me lists! So I figured why not do that sometimes on my blog? Unfortunately I haven't really been keeping up with that, but I still want to do it every once in a while. What I do is just list some songs, link their videos, and maybe give a little blurb about what the song is like. So...onward to music!

Park Ki Ryang - Hustle (ft. Mechilling) (2016)

This is such a bad song to start out with because no one's going to want to look at the rest because of my terrible music taste lol. Okay, this song is kinda bad, but it's a guilty pleasure type of song. Catchy, mindless, dancey. Great as a distraction in my opinion.

Lindsey Stirling - Hold My Heart (ft. ZZ Ward) (2016; from the album Brave Enough)

Violins & dance music? Yes please! Best song on her new album from the singles I've heard so far. I love when she teams up with vocalists.

Playback - Playback (Areia Remix) (2016)

Is a remix cheating? I actually disliked the original, but I heard this two days ago and I'm just obsessed with that instrumental. Props to the remixer because wow it's one of the best pieces of pop music ever.

JoJo - FAB. (ft. Remy Ma) (2016; from the album Mad Love)

If you're not big into songs with a lot of swearing, don't listen to this one. This type of song isn't usually my thing, but it's just so catchy and attitude filled. Love it! The rap is slowing growing on me too (not a rap fan at all).

Predia - Kindan no Masquerade (2017)

Predia's newest single! I'd say that if you're mainly a K-pop/Western pop person, this is probably a good group to get started on if you want to look into J-pop. They have amazing vocals and their music is modern dance pop.

Peter Possession - Have You Here (ft. Matt Pardus) (2016)

It's probably pretty clear what type of music I prefer huh? The instrumental is so awesome.

Sabina Ddumba - Not Too Young (2016)

Discovered this from YouTube a couple of days ago. Pure pop perfection. Love it.

Dear Kiss - Shiny Shy Girl (2016)

Okay final one. I semi-like this. It's an okay J-Pop song. BUT I just found out that Nonoko from Galette recently joined this group!!! AHHH *Excited dancing* I love her & I'm looking forward to following Dear Kiss. Saki Shishima who left Galette early this year is also in this group. Hoping Yui Komori will come along too because she & Nonoko were my favorite Galette girls and I'd love to see them stick together.

Hope you enjoy!

Song Recommendations (June 1, 2015 Edition)

Wasn't planning on posting another recommendation list yet, but this was spurred by the first video on the list.

Melanie Martinez - Pity Party

Can we all just agree with calling this the English language song of the year? It's SO AMAZING. Her earlier songs are cool too but this is just the next level. Her album is supposed to come out in August & I'm super excited to get it.

Miss A - Love Song

A GOOD K-pop album track?! Have I been transported back to 2012? Seriously though. This should have been the lead song.

Tomomi Itano - Gimme Gimme Luv

I have never liked a song by her until this one. She really seems like a younger version of Namie Amuro and it would be cool if she could become the next big female soloist.

Steve Aoki - Back To Earth (ft. Fall Out Boy)

Fall Out Boy + EDM = Love.