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Today's music video is Godsent by AGUM and featuring i.amsolo . AGUM is a singer-songwriter originally from Uganda but now based in Sydney, Australia. (I think her full name is Hannah Agum.) She describes her music as "redefining  soul with a timeless voice and raw, heartfelt storytelling".  AGUM has toured as a background singer with Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem and Australian singer Jessica Mauboy . She was a finalist in the Needle in the Hay Competition 2024 and featured om Australian TV programme  triple j's soul ctrl . Her singles include Fragile Heart, Say It, OUTGROWN, Makes Sense and Godsent. Godsent is AGUM's latest single and was released on 24th January. It's an Afrobeats/soul song and features Australian producer/artist i.amsolo.     For more on AGUM visit these links: Personal FB page (no Follow option but she has some public posts):  https://www.facebook.com/hannahagum/   Official TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@agu...

Last month I wrote a post featuring some new music for the new year. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-music-for-2026.html Now we're in February, so here are some more new releases, from various genres. :)    Pia Mia- Underneath Guam born singer Pia Mia brought out the single Underneath on 29th January. It was  originally released unofficially 10 years ago but has now been officially released. (Perhaps inspired by the current social media trend "2026 is the new 2016" !) Underneath is an R'n'B song with sexy lyrics! The original version was only 1 minute, 55 seconds but this one is a bit longer at 2 mins, 4 secs. There's only an audio currently.     B Young- Playdoh British rapper and singer B Young released his latest single Playdoh on 30th January. It was this week's Weekly Music Video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/02/weekly-music-video.html   ZAYN- Die For Me Next up is some brand-new music from ZAYN (real na...

This week's video is Playdoh, the new single by British rapper and singer B Young . It's been a while since I've heard music from him. His most recent album was ESC which came out in November 2024 and he released several singles that year. However, I recently discovered that he did bring out a few singles last year- Only U in July (plus an acoustic version), Foreign in September and In My Bag in October. Playdoh was released on 30th January. It's an R'n'B/hip hop song with a good beat and sexy lyrics!     Want more B Young? Check out these links:  Live Performances 2023-2025 (features a live performance of his 2024 song ATTENTION from ESC, plus links to more music):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/02/live-performances-2023-2025.html Official audio for Foreign:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EPMXWyQz7c Official audio for In My Bag; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co8hZYIVGlc

Here is the first Asian Groups post of the year! (It's been quite a while since my previous one in September last year!) If you're new to the blog, it's a series featuring groups from Asian countries. Today's post is about Thai girl group VIIS . :) The group is signed to Thai record label GNEST and originally consisted of 5 members- Atom (real name Pariya Piyapanopas), Cheers (Kotchaphan Kitkrailard), Plaifah (full name Plaifah Siraacha), Tara (Anantara Gibson) and Sonya (Sonya Proud Beeson).  Some of the girls had previous experience in the entertainment industry before debuting. Cheers was a contestant on The Voice Kids Thailand in 2019 and Plaifah became a member of girl group TRIXX (now inactive) which was formed on the reality show The Next Boy/Girl Band Thailand in 2019. Atom started out as an actress in the web series Social Death Vote . Atom announced that she was leaving last month , due to health reasons. She has still take part in group activities int...

Today's video is X by Chinese singer and rapper Lexie Liu . It's from her latest EP TEENAGE RAMBLE which came out last October. While Lexie started out making Mandopop (Mandarin language Chinese pop), hip hop and R'n'B music, in recent years her style has been more electropop, particularly on her debut solo album The Happy Star (released in 2022).  X is more of a return to "basic" pop and I do prefer it to the electropop personally. I liked her early Chinese rap/hip hop music best, such as Sleep Away ,  OUTTA TIME featuring KILLY and Bygone from her 2019 EP 2030.  X follows Lexie's previous singles POP GIRL and LIKE U (released in March and July 2025 respectively). It was released in October 2025, just after the EP came out.     Stream/buy TEENAGE RAMBLE here:  https://lexieliu.lnk.to/teenage-ramble   Or listen to the EP/watch the music videos on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXqcPvUIzRQ&list=OLAK5uy_n4iZ7jmTzlyM2tRQNFv5vGZen84c9...

It's a new year and so time for my annual post featuring new music! I started this back in 2017 (writing posts sharing new music at the beginning of the year). You can see 2025's at the links below: New Music for 2025:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-music-for-2025.html   More New Music for 2025: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/02/more-new-music-for-2025.html   And now here's some new music for 2026! It's mostly Asian artists but a variety of genres. :)   The Kid LAROI- BACK WHEN YOU WERE MINE First up, some new music from Australian singer and rapper  The Kid LAROI . He released his 2nd studio album BEFORE I FORGET on 9th January. It's the follow-up to his 2023 debut THE FIRST TIME, which originally came out in November 2023 and was also released as a deluxe edition in August 2024. LAROI initially planned for his 2nd album to be called WATCH THIS! and released several singles intended to be on it- APEROL SPRITZ , ALL I WANT IS YOU , HOT GI...