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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...

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished. :) In June I wrote a K-pop in Public post (dance covers of Korean songs in public places) called Girl Group Classics. It featured dance covers of classic songs by girl groups. You can see it here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/06/k-pop-in-public-girl-group-classics.html I thought today I'd do a follow-up sharing more girl group classics! :)  [KPOP IN PUBLIC] EXID - 'Up & Down' | DANCE COVER BY T-DOLLS First up, here is a cover of UP&DOWN (also written in lower case) by EXID . They are a  3rd generation K-pop group ( just about ) debuting in early 2012.  After 6 years, EXID announced that they were going on hiatus indefinitely when it came to group activites in South Korea (due to some members leaving their agency  Banana Culture . However, they continued to release music in Japan. In 2022, the girls made a comeback to commemorate their 10th anniversary, going on tour...

Today's video is Thanking You for Breaking My Heart by New Zealand singer Janine  (full name Janine Foster). It's from her new album Pain and Paradise, which was released on 22nd August. I think it's her debut studio album, since she has previously released EPs/a mixtape. Janine started working on the album before the pandemic and then reworked the songs after going through a difficult time, including losing her dad. She called it Pain and Paradise  because she believes that both things can co-exist . Pain and Paradise is a mix of more upbeat R'n'B/pop songs and ballads . It contains 16 tracks, including older singles such as Best Thing (one of my fave Janine songs), Broke Me Down, If I Call, Saved Me and Meet Me, and more recently released songs like Fit and Make You Proud (a song dedicated to Janine's dad). Thank You For Breaking My Heart  (Track 7 on the album) follows recent releases Make You Proud and Happy. It's a gentle song about being thankful for ...

Sorry there was no 2nd post last week; I didn't manage to get it finished in time. :) A couple of months ago I wrote a post about the solo careers of the members of Korean girl group BLACKPINK . It ended up being quite a long post, so as with similar posts, I split it up into two parts. Part 1 covered JENNIE and   ROSÉ,  and you can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/07/blackpink-girls-solo-careers-part-1.html Now here is Part 2 featuring LISA and JISOO. :)   LISA 6 months after  ROSÉ,  the group's main rapper LISA (real name Lalisa Manobal, formerly Pranpiya Manobal) made her own solo debut (the 3rd member to do so). She released her debut single album LALISA in September 2021 .  The single album  became the best selling album by a female soloist at the time and broke the record for the  highest first-week sales for a female K-pop soloist, which was previously set by  ROSÉ (see Part 1). In turn,  LISA's reco...