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Today's video is ferrari by American singer-songwriter  Jessica Baio . Originally from California and now based in Utah, Jessica started out by posting songs on YouTube as a pre-teen and teenager. Her covers went viral and she has since been working on original music. In March 2023, Jessica released her debut EP catalyst (written in lower case like most of her single and album titles) and her 2nd EP petals followed in January 2024. In November last year she released her debut album UNSAID. Her other singles include if i never , trust issue s,  he loves me not, he loves me not , love me less and her latest, accident , which was released on 24th October. In addition to singing, Jessica runs the joint YouTube channel Sam & Jess, with her husband TikTok star Sam Jose . The couple got married in November 2020 . ferrari was released on 26th September. It's included in a playlist on YouTube called accident, so it may be part of an EP along with her latest single, acciden...

Halloween (or Hallowe'en,  the alternative spelling which I like) is coming round again, so it's time for my annual post! :) It's next Friday (31st October). I also celebrate the pagan festival Samhain on the same day.  I've previously written two round-ups featuring past spooky things and past posts on the blog. The first one was in 2016 and the second in 2020. You can see them at the links below: Hallowe'en Faves + Round-up:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/10/halloween-faves-round-up.html Hallowe'en Round-up 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/10/halloween-round-up-2.html So since it's been 5 years since my last one, this year I'm doing another round-up of the Halloween posts after 2020, plus featuring some new things.   First, here are the posts from 2021 onwards:  Spooky Videos for Hallowe'en!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/10/spooky-videos-for-halloween.html Selection of Hallowe'en Treats!: https://starsparklex.blogsp...

This week's music video is AMA DO LOVE X HADJE by Kosovar singer Era Istrefi . It's her latest single and was released on 15th October.  The release follows Era's other releases in 2025- CARBON2000 in March, MILLION $$$ MAN in April and Kitty with Albanian rapper and singer Noizy in June.  It's actually two songs, Ama Do  Love and Hadje, both mainly Albanian language, with a few English lyrics. Hadje is more of a dance song. My favourite is Ama Do Love, although I like both. :)     Era fan? Check out these links: Music video for Lonely with Butrint Imeri (released in 2023):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/weekly-music-video_10.html Video for Kitty, her previous single with Noizy:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7LU6CIDS38

Back in February, I wrote a round-up of posts on the blog featuring live performances from the past couple of years (2023-2025). You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/02/live-performances-2023-2025.html Today I thought I'd share some more live performances from this year. :)   First up, here are the posts shared on the blog since February:   Eurovision 2025 Favourites (the 2nd of my annual Eurovision Song Contest posts; the 1st one featured music videos):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/05/eurovision-2025-favourites.html Mariah Carey 20th TEOM Anniversary- Live Performances (features a live session of songs from MC's The Emancipation of Mimi album, to celebrate the album's 20th anniversary): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/06/mariah-carey-20th-teom-anniversary-live.html C-pop Saturday (my most recent C-pop Saturday post includes a live performance of Baby by Karencici):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/06/c-pop-saturda...

Today's video is EYES CLOSED by JISOO X ZAYN . Korean singer JISOO (real name Kim Ji-soo) who is also a member of K-pop girl group BLACKPINK , and British singer Zayn (full name Zayn Malik), a former member of British boyband One Direction , have teamed up for the duet, which is the first time they've worked together.  The collab follows Zayn's new solo single Paying 4 their Sins, which was released on 16th September.  JISOSO's most recent releases are tracks off her debut EP AMORTAGE, which came out in February (see my BLACKPINK Girls' Solo Careers- Part 2 post for more on that; link below). EYES CLOSED is an English language pop song about the beginning of new love . It was released on 10th October, through JISOO's own record label BLISSOO and Warner Records .     Fan of JISOO and/or Zayn? Check out these links:   JISOO:  BLACKPINK GIRLS' Solo Careers- Part 2 (the 2nd part of my series, featuring LISA and JISOO):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/...

Time for another instalment of my semi-regular series C-pop Saturday! Today I'm sharing some Chinese pop,R'n'B and dance. :)   MEME- Wei Xian Ren Wu First up is Wei Xian Ren Wu by Taiwanese girl group MEME (also written as ME ME). It consists of 5 members- Xiao Feng,  Xiao Ti, Strawberry and An Ru. I believe their Chinese name is a homophone of "secret", which, according to info on their  YouTube channel , "evokes a sense of mystery and reflects the members' commitment to innovate and bring unpredictable surprises to their audience" through their work.  Please note: I used Google Translate, so I hope this information is accurate! :) MEME debuted in June 2024 with the single MY BLACK EYES. To date they have released two more singles- Seaside Tour in February this year and Tian Kong Qing Niao (Bluebird in the Sky/Sky Bluebird) in April. Individual members have also released songs.  The title of this song is written in Chinese but I think that the Roma...

This week's video is A COLD PLAY, the latest single by Australian rapper and singer The Kid LAROI . It's said to be a break-up song, coming after LAROI and his girlfriend of over a year, Canadian singer  Tate McRae , broke up in July. A COLD PLAY comes after LAROI's previous singles HOT GIRL SUMMER (which at the time was referred to as a break-up anthem) and SHE DON'T NEED TO KNOW  (released in July and August respectively). It will be on his upcoming second album , reportedly due out next month . The single was released on 5th September and 3 weeks later, Tate released her latest single  TIT FOR TAT . Fans have speculated that Tate is hitting back at LAROI  in the song. The music video was uploaded on 26th September and features an emotional LAROI.     The Kid LAROI fan? Check out these links:  Music video for HOT GIRL SUMMER: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/08/weekly-music-video.html SHE DON'T NEED TO KNOW video:  https://www.youtube.com...

After sharing some K-pop in Public last week , this week I thought I'd feature more dance from another genre- Indian! :) Almost a year ago, I wrote a post called South Indian Videos, which was a selection of music and dance from a couple of South Indian film industries,  Tollywood (Telugu language) and Kollywood (Tamil language). You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/11/south-indian-videos.html One of the videos was a dance cover of Chuttamalle, the 2nd single from the Telugu film  Devara- Part 1 , which was released in September 2024. Part 2 was confirmed on the 1st anniversary of the film's release. There were 4 singles from Devara in total- Fear Song, Chuttamale, Daavudi and Ayudha Pooja. For more on the movie, check out the South Indian Videos post linked above, or click here .    Daavudi | Devara Dance Cover | Tyzan Rohan This is a dance cover of Daavudi, the 3rd single from the film, which came out in September last year. The playba...

This week's video is The Way You Move by American singer JayDon . His real name is JayDon McCrary (his previous stage name was J.D. McCrary) and he started out as a child actor, appearing on a couple of episodes of American TV series K.C. Undercover  in 2015 and going on to voice Young Simba in the 2019 remake of The Lion King .  In January 2018, JayDon released his official debut single Inviting All of You, going on to become the youngest solo artist  to sign with Hollywood Records (part of Disney Music Group ) that summer. He also released the single My Name in August and his debut EP followed in April 2019. Last year, JayDon changed his stage name from J.D. McCrary to his birth name JayDon and released his first single under that name in November, Ah! Ah! featuring American rapper 310babii .  This March, aged 17 (he's since turned 18) he signed to singer Usher and record producer  L.A. Reid's  record label mega , in partnership with music executiv...