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Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I haven't been well and didn't manage to finish it yesterday. :) Last year I started a new series on the blog called Random Albums, where I feature an album I own. The first one was Teedra Moses' debut album Complex Simplicity . You can see it here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/09/random-albums-teedra-moses-complex.html Note: It was just over a year ago now and I haven't done another post in the series yet! I plan to get back to it in 2026. :) Complex Simplicity was originally released in August 2004 in the US (but not till June 2005 in the UK). Teedra released a 15th anniversary edition of the album in September 2009. Last year was the 20th anniversary. Now she has brought out a new version of the album called COMPLEX SIMPLICITY (REIMAGINED), in EP format. It was released on 12th November. Teedra says it features re-imaginings of songs she wrote at a much younger age  and is a thank you to fans.  She also says that wh...

This week's video is Deliler, the brand-new single by Turkish Belgian singer Ayshe . It's been a long time since I've listened to her music or featured her on the blog! I just came across the video the other day. :) Deliler is a Turkish pop song and I think the title translates as "Crazy" in English. It was released on 30th November.     Follow Ayshe on Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/akinnnayse/   Want more Turkish music? Check out my Turkish Songs post from earlier this year:   https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/07/turkish-songs.html  

Christina Aguilera (one of my favourite singers) recently did a live performance. She performed My Favorite Things from the classic musical The Sound of Music  (originally released in 1959) and the 1965 film , live from the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France.  The song is the first single from Christina's  upcoming Christmas special , which will be in American theatres on 14th and 21st December. The new album is called Christina Aguilera: Christmas in Paris and is being released to mark the 25th anniversary of her holiday album My Kind of Christmas (released in October 2000). My Favorite Things was released on 26th November.     Watch the trailer for Christmas in Paris here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFVLmS71l2E&t=1s   Listen to the original version of My Favorite Things in a scene from The Sound of Music here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0IagRZBvLtw   Plus, here are a couple more songs which sampled My Favorite Things: ...

This week's video is Reputation by American singer jxden . His real name is Jaden Hossler and his stage name (written in lower case) is prounced like his real name  ("Jaden"). jxden started his career as a social media influencer, posting videos on TikTok, where he became very popular. This led to him joining talent agency Talent X and the Sway House , a collective of TikTok stars. In February 2020, jxden kicked off his music career by self-releasing his debut single Comatose. He was then signed to DTA Records (owned by drummer Travis Barker from the American band blink-182 ) , in partnership with Elektra Records and released several more singles that year. In October 2020 he signed a deal with Warner Chappell Music . jxden released his debut studio album Tell Me About Tomorrow in July 2021. The following June he brought out two singles, (Beautiful Boy and Even in the Dark) and the EP 28 (Songs for Cooper)  in memory of his late friend Cooper Noriega , who had died e...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a post featuring some Asian Dance in Public videos (dance covers of Asian songs performed in public). It was a follow up to my first post in February . You can see the More Asian Dance in Public Videos post here (plus a link to the first post): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/11/more-asian-dance-in-public-videos.html There were a few T-pop (Thai pop) videos I came across which didn't make the post, so I'm featuring them today. :) [TPOP IN PUBLIC | ONE-TAKE] 4EVE - 'Hot2Hot' DANCE COVER | DOUBLE R. SQUAD from SINGAPORE First up is a dance cover of Hot 2 Hot by Thai girl group 4EVE . The single was released in March 2024. The cover is performed by DOUBLE R. SQUAD, a dance cover team based in Singapore. The team was founded in 2015, with the goal of showcasing their "many flavours and variety".  The video is a "one-take" (meaning it was filmed all in one go) and was uploaded in September last year. It was filmed in ...

This week's video is Boss by German singer  Gina Alice . Her full name is Gina Alice Redlinger and she was born in Wiesbaden, Germany, to German-Korean parents  and raised in Frankfurt . She started playing the piano when she was 4 and  went on to appear on the German TV programme Klassik Kids aged 13, as a piano soloist, with the Berlin National Youth Symphony Orchestra and conductor Rasmus Baumann . She has studied at the  Academy of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt and the Hamburg University of Music . Gina Alice has collaborated with the Chinese orchestras the Shenyang Symphony Orchestra and the Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra . In 2021, she was named a Steinway artist and she also released her debut album Wonderworld in November that year. As well as playing the piano, Gina (who is married to Chinese pianist Lang Lang ) is a singer. Her songs include River of Memories for the Chinese version of the Disney film Frozen 2 and When You Wish Upon a Star from P...