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Last year I wrote several dance themed posts and now here is my first one of 2025! :) The single Bad Girls Like You by Swiss/Thai rapper and singer Tobii has been a hit in recent months. It was released last September and is an R'n'B song with a mixture of Thai and English lyrics. Bad Girls Like You has also become a popular in the cover dance world, with quite a few dance covers ( Dance in Public ). The trend likely started after Thai dance studio MINIZIZE choreographed a dance version in September. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IF1ZLiEZg And here is the full dance version:     Tobii also teamed up with MINIZIZE for a dance performance of his latest single X Mas Love . And now here are some dance covers of Bad Girls Like You. Some of them are listed as Dance in Public and others as T-pop (Thai pop) in Public .   TOBII- 'BAD GIRLS LIKE YOU' | MINIZIZE DANCE COVER- C.A.C First up is a cover by CAC Official, a dance group from Vietnam. This is ...

This week's video is Criminal (Over You) by Indonesian singer Afgan and Vietnamese American singer thủy . It's Afgan's most recent single and from his mini album/EP Sonder, which was released last June. Afgan describes Sonder as a global mini album and it's a follow-up to his previous English language mini album Wallflower (released in 2021). thủy's latest EPs are wings (written in lower case, like her name), which came out in October and take me on a D8, which came out on 16th December. Her recent singles include cloud 11 and fairy godmother.  Criminal is the 3rd single to be released from Sonder, following on from Shallow Water and Escape featuring South Korean based, American rapper and singer Jessi (released in February and June 2024 respectively). It's a pop/R'n'B song and was released in November.   Read more about Sonder here: https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/jakarta-and-singapore-in-the-spotlight-as-afgan-s-sonder-asia-tour-rolls-in   Want ...

A couple of years ago I shared my favourite songs of 2022. Then I did the same last year, so I thought I'd make it an annual tradition! You can see my previous posts at the links below: Favourite Songs of 2022: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/favourite-songs-of-2022.html Favourite Songs of 2023: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/favourite-songs-of-2023.html And now  here are my fave songs from 2024! :)   Back in April, I wrote a post with my current favourite songs. So rather than repeating myself, I'll link it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/04/current-favourite-songs.html A few of them had come out at the end of 2023. And here are more songs I liked last year. :)  LE SSERAFIM- EASY Korean girl group LE SSERAFIM released their 5th Korean single EASY in February. It was very popular and inspired a lot of K-pop in Public dance covers (see below!). LE SSERAFIM was formed in 2022 and currently consists of 5 members- leader Kim Chaewon, Sakura...

Today is New Year's Day, so this week's video is NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR'S by Katy Perry ! It's from her latest album 1432, a deluxe edition of her 7th album 143 (released back in September). 3 singles were released from the original version, WOMAN'S WORLD, LIFETIMES and I'M HIS, HE'S MINE featuring American rapper and singer Doechii . 1432 came out on 20th December and contains 4 extra tracks- I WOKE UP, HAS A HEART, NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR'S and OK. I'm not sure if NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR'S is an official single but this is the visualiser. It's a dance/pop song and the video was uploaded on 20th December.     To watch the video for I'M HIS, HE'S MINE, visit my New Music Releases post from October: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/10/new-music-releases.html And stream/buy 1432 here:  http://katy.to/1432 Happy New Year! :)  

We're coming to the end of 2024, so here is my annual round-up of the best posts from the year! :) You can see my previous Best Of posts (dating back to 2016) at the links below:  2016's Best Of:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/best-of-2016.html 2017's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/best-of-2017.html 2018's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/best-of-2018.html 2019's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/12/best-of-2019.html 2020's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/best-of-2020.html 2021's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/best-of-2021.html 2022's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/best-of-2022.html 2023's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/12/best-of-2023.html   And now here is 2024's! :) Music  I carried on my tradition of sharing some new music for the new year:  New Music for 2024: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-music-for-2024.html More New Music for 2024:...

Hope everyone had a good Christmas! (Or any other festival you celebrated.) :) This week's video is on a Thursday instead of the usual Wednesday, because yesterday was Christmas Day.   This is The Test, the latest single by Singaporean singer Gen Neo . It's from his new EP Push&Pull, which was released on 8th November.  Push&Pull is English language and mainly R'n'B style. Gen calls it both an album and an EP. I suppose it's kind of in the middle, since it consists of 8 tracks.  The first 3 singles to be released were Tell The Truth, Like I Do and ONTW (released in August, September and October respectively). I like most of the songs but my favourites are Ain't The Same and I Wanna Know. The Test is the focus track of the EP. It's an R'n'B and soul ballad that "explores an intimate and sensual conversation between lovers". In the video (which premiered on 7th November) Gen plays the piano as the sun sets, before setting it on fire! ...