5 most listened to songs for the month :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=avFq9errZCk
2. SUGAR- MAROON 5
As all Maroon 5 songs go, they get popular really quickly. Their music is pure marketing genius. It is fun, young, peppy, lyrical, and what not. This song goes like " Sugar, you're sweet ", which isn't like an art work of lyrics, but it's pop and so so so much fun.
The video was THE thing. I have been a Maroon 5 fan forever. The video is Maroon 5, gatecrashing weddings and singing for them. For the first 5 times one watches it you are just amazed how sweet the thought was to make the day of random strangers on their wedding. But then logic kicks in. How do they get in without no one noticing? Not that anyone would say no to Maroon 5 performing at their wedding, but won't they be suspicious? How do you get past security, even if you're Maroon friggin 5? And how is it so well choreographed? Then you realize, maybe, just maybe, the video is a choreographed thing, and you burst your bubble.
Other than the bubble bursting, I actually fell in love with the song. How I wish that the video was actually true, but nevertheless it is an amazing song to sing along to in your high pitch nasal voice. All is good.
Sometimes, reality isn't as pretty and dreamy. It doesn't have to be perfect always. You can find the good in the normal. Find joy in the ordinary. Sing Sugar in the highest Ariana Grande pitch and let it be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg
3. ELASTIC HEART- SIA
Elastic heart is not the peppy or groovy kind of song. I actually don't have an adjective to what it actually is. It is just really addictive. The thing with Sia's music is that, her voice is so peculiar that you end up paying attention to that and not the lyrics. Am I the only one who thinks that? Maybe. But her voice is really nice. It is okay to be distracted. When you actually pay attention to the lyrics they are really meaningful.
I love this quality in artists when they take their musical brilliance and make it even better with an artistic video concept. Sia directed this video, and it is brilliant. The girl in it is the same one from her Chandelier video, Maddie Ziegler, with Shia LaBeouf the actor from Transformers series who had a bad anger phase with jail time. It's sad that the bad phase is what we identify him with, we humans are very weird that way, we hold onto bad things.
Anyways, the video is crazy, creepy, weird, and a complete work of art. Now certain people took it as mildly pedophilic as it was a girl and a man scantily clad in a cage. But that is just their misunderstanding of the expression of art. I assure you, Sia definitely didn't want to send a message of pedophilia.
As humans, we are skeptical. We don't accept change easily or warm up to strange things. If that strange person or thing, does something too strange we kind of run away from it, because we aren't too sure how to deal with it, and well we don't want to know how to deal with it. That is just too much work. Too much to deal with. We fight it. We fight with our own selves too, because our self-defense system doesn't let us take risks. But risks are intriguing, and we want to take them. Weird strange things or people grow on us. We might not like them, but there is a good possibility that we will end up liking them, and getting used to them. When they leave, it hurts. And you don't want anyone to see you at your weakest. A relationship is a two way road. You might think someone is weird. They might think you are. We are all weird humans in our own special way. We are all vulnerable deep down, but that is okay, that makes us human. When a relationship flourishes, and you want to go somewhere, but the other person can't and not because they don't want to, but because they can't. At that point, we realize, to hell with weakness, we want the world to see us at our weakness. We want to show our pain. Because, sometimes, expressing our pain is the only way to show that we care.
That was quite a rant, and my take on the brilliance that the video is in words.
We are all weird humans. Being scared of the unknown is okay. Being hurt is okay. We all move on, things pass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZGAExj-es
4. YOU ARE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE- SIA
Sia has kind of taken over my music player this month. We all just have those months, where one artist just takes over our lives for a while and we listen to their music OVER and OVER again. Simplicity is the most delicate quality. You take a simple idea and it can touch hearts too. We have all the fashion brands in the world, with all the latest trends, styles, make up techniques and what not. I am not saying that it is a bad thing. It is okay to like Fashion. It is a creative outlet. But too much of something is always bad.
If you are too into the idea of looking better and not the whole creative outlet that Fashion provides, it becomes problematic in a self derogatory way. You end up with body image issues and lose the essence of being YOU. Like the song says, You might wear Chanel clothes and all that jazz but unless you are happy on the inside and it reflects as a smile, you are never fully dressed and ready. That smile, changes the world.
Like the famous Free Hugs campaign, the video has a bunch of kids, going all over town with posters with nice compliments making random strangers smile. There is joy in making someone you don't know smile. People you know, you know their likes and dislikes and it is awfully easy to make them happy, but someone you have never met, that is a challenge. The concept of the video is extremely cute.
Where ever you go, take that smile with you. It warms your heart, and others heart as well. Warm and cozy things are nice. Like socks and hot chocolate on a cold night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKjJ6DQF7xY
5. BUDAPEST- GEORGE EZRA
But for you Oooooooo Ooo ooOooooo I'd leave it all.
Budapest is on the top of my Wanderlust list. So So gorgeous. Coming back to the song, It is an adorably cute song. Not in a teenage-y way, more like an adult version. The lyrics are borderline love-bug bitten. But the music is nice. And George Ezra has a beautiful voice.
Sometimes in life, it is hard to believe that someone would leave their acres of land, golden grand piano and Castillo (what is a Castillo? Spanish word for Castle. Ooooh.). But it's okay to be skeptical, it is only human to do so. Give people a chance. Don't get someone to leave it all for you, because that is unfair. But let them surprise you. People can surprise you in the most unexpected ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrLPs3_1Fs
Now if you get bored with all the music, Special gift:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdDElVMlpU
I used to LOVE that show.
Hope that made you smile.
Always wear your helmet and seat belt.
Fin.
(Random Order)
1. ILOVEMAKONNEN (FEAT. DRAKE) - TUESDAY
This is the kind of song that you groove to while driving. I am not a big fan of rap or too much hip hop, but this track is just too groovy and fun that it becomes a perfect on the road kind of song.
We all thank god that it is Friday, when it is Friday, because that means the weekend is here. Yes, because everyone loves the weekend, I do too. Food for thought, why don't we do something that we actually like, that the working week doesn't feel that bad. Do something you like. Get the club going up on a Tuesday.
2. SUGAR- MAROON 5
As all Maroon 5 songs go, they get popular really quickly. Their music is pure marketing genius. It is fun, young, peppy, lyrical, and what not. This song goes like " Sugar, you're sweet ", which isn't like an art work of lyrics, but it's pop and so so so much fun.
The video was THE thing. I have been a Maroon 5 fan forever. The video is Maroon 5, gatecrashing weddings and singing for them. For the first 5 times one watches it you are just amazed how sweet the thought was to make the day of random strangers on their wedding. But then logic kicks in. How do they get in without no one noticing? Not that anyone would say no to Maroon 5 performing at their wedding, but won't they be suspicious? How do you get past security, even if you're Maroon friggin 5? And how is it so well choreographed? Then you realize, maybe, just maybe, the video is a choreographed thing, and you burst your bubble.
Other than the bubble bursting, I actually fell in love with the song. How I wish that the video was actually true, but nevertheless it is an amazing song to sing along to in your high pitch nasal voice. All is good.
Sometimes, reality isn't as pretty and dreamy. It doesn't have to be perfect always. You can find the good in the normal. Find joy in the ordinary. Sing Sugar in the highest Ariana Grande pitch and let it be.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09R8_2nJtjg
3. ELASTIC HEART- SIA
Elastic heart is not the peppy or groovy kind of song. I actually don't have an adjective to what it actually is. It is just really addictive. The thing with Sia's music is that, her voice is so peculiar that you end up paying attention to that and not the lyrics. Am I the only one who thinks that? Maybe. But her voice is really nice. It is okay to be distracted. When you actually pay attention to the lyrics they are really meaningful.
I love this quality in artists when they take their musical brilliance and make it even better with an artistic video concept. Sia directed this video, and it is brilliant. The girl in it is the same one from her Chandelier video, Maddie Ziegler, with Shia LaBeouf the actor from Transformers series who had a bad anger phase with jail time. It's sad that the bad phase is what we identify him with, we humans are very weird that way, we hold onto bad things.
Anyways, the video is crazy, creepy, weird, and a complete work of art. Now certain people took it as mildly pedophilic as it was a girl and a man scantily clad in a cage. But that is just their misunderstanding of the expression of art. I assure you, Sia definitely didn't want to send a message of pedophilia.
As humans, we are skeptical. We don't accept change easily or warm up to strange things. If that strange person or thing, does something too strange we kind of run away from it, because we aren't too sure how to deal with it, and well we don't want to know how to deal with it. That is just too much work. Too much to deal with. We fight it. We fight with our own selves too, because our self-defense system doesn't let us take risks. But risks are intriguing, and we want to take them. Weird strange things or people grow on us. We might not like them, but there is a good possibility that we will end up liking them, and getting used to them. When they leave, it hurts. And you don't want anyone to see you at your weakest. A relationship is a two way road. You might think someone is weird. They might think you are. We are all weird humans in our own special way. We are all vulnerable deep down, but that is okay, that makes us human. When a relationship flourishes, and you want to go somewhere, but the other person can't and not because they don't want to, but because they can't. At that point, we realize, to hell with weakness, we want the world to see us at our weakness. We want to show our pain. Because, sometimes, expressing our pain is the only way to show that we care.
That was quite a rant, and my take on the brilliance that the video is in words.
We are all weird humans. Being scared of the unknown is okay. Being hurt is okay. We all move on, things pass.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWZGAExj-es
4. YOU ARE NEVER FULLY DRESSED WITHOUT A SMILE- SIA
Sia has kind of taken over my music player this month. We all just have those months, where one artist just takes over our lives for a while and we listen to their music OVER and OVER again. Simplicity is the most delicate quality. You take a simple idea and it can touch hearts too. We have all the fashion brands in the world, with all the latest trends, styles, make up techniques and what not. I am not saying that it is a bad thing. It is okay to like Fashion. It is a creative outlet. But too much of something is always bad.If you are too into the idea of looking better and not the whole creative outlet that Fashion provides, it becomes problematic in a self derogatory way. You end up with body image issues and lose the essence of being YOU. Like the song says, You might wear Chanel clothes and all that jazz but unless you are happy on the inside and it reflects as a smile, you are never fully dressed and ready. That smile, changes the world.
Like the famous Free Hugs campaign, the video has a bunch of kids, going all over town with posters with nice compliments making random strangers smile. There is joy in making someone you don't know smile. People you know, you know their likes and dislikes and it is awfully easy to make them happy, but someone you have never met, that is a challenge. The concept of the video is extremely cute.
Where ever you go, take that smile with you. It warms your heart, and others heart as well. Warm and cozy things are nice. Like socks and hot chocolate on a cold night.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKjJ6DQF7xY
5. BUDAPEST- GEORGE EZRA
But for you Oooooooo Ooo ooOooooo I'd leave it all.
Budapest is on the top of my Wanderlust list. So So gorgeous. Coming back to the song, It is an adorably cute song. Not in a teenage-y way, more like an adult version. The lyrics are borderline love-bug bitten. But the music is nice. And George Ezra has a beautiful voice.
Sometimes in life, it is hard to believe that someone would leave their acres of land, golden grand piano and Castillo (what is a Castillo? Spanish word for Castle. Ooooh.). But it's okay to be skeptical, it is only human to do so. Give people a chance. Don't get someone to leave it all for you, because that is unfair. But let them surprise you. People can surprise you in the most unexpected ways.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VHrLPs3_1Fs
Now if you get bored with all the music, Special gift:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSdDElVMlpU
I used to LOVE that show.
Hope that made you smile.
Always wear your helmet and seat belt.
Fin.
