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Summer Songs Round-up

Today is the first official day of summer of the Northern Hemisphere. It's the Summer Solstice (also known as Litha) which occurs around 21st June every year. If you're interested in reading more about it check out this Litha + Summer Inspiration post over on my other blog The Seasonal Life: https://livingseasonal.blogspot.com/2020/06/litha-summer-inspiration.html

For the past few years I've done posts featuring summer songs, so this year  I thought I would do a round-up of previous blog posts plus share a couple of new ones. And later on in the summer I'll probably do a new post. Although this summer is likely to look different to previous ones, due to the coronavirus pandemic, and resulting lockdowns/quarantines and restrictions still in place in many countries, hopefully we can still enjoy it.

So here's the round-up and I hope the songs get you inspired for summer. :)





My recent New K-pop Releases post features Chung Ha's Be Yourself, which is the song for the new Sprite Korea summer campaign: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/new-k-pop-releases.html

emPawa Africa & Mr Eazi 's I No Go Give Up On You has a nice, summery vibe: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekly-music-video_17.html


RIRI, KEIJU (prod. Nariaki Obukuro)- Summertime

Last May Japanese singer RIRI released the EP Summertime and the lead single of the same  name was used in an advert for the Japanese sunscreen brand Anessa. She teamed up with rap artist KEIJU (of hip hop crew KANDYTOWN) for the Japanese language track which was produced by Nariaki Obukuro.



Julia Wu- Summertime (Julia Wu Remix)

There is also a remix version by Australian born Chinese singer Julia Wu which was released last June. It's an English and Chinese version.

I can't post the music video directly on the blog but here's a preview:







Hope you like the post. :) Happy Summer! (Or Happy Winter to those in the Southern Hemisphere)!
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