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Today's video is Masterpiece by LNGSHOT . They are a Korean boy band formed in 2025 by  MORE VISION , Korean American rapper and singer Jay Park's record label. The group name comes from the term "long shot" meaning something that doesn’t have a high chance of working out. The group consists of 4 members- Ohyul (full name Kwon Oh Yul), Ryul (Kim Ryul), Woojin (Jung Woo Jin) and Louis (Louis Elliot Jihn Jourdain/Kim Li Ho).* LNGSOT released their pre-debut mixtape 4SHOBOIZ MIXTAPE in November last year and their pre-debut single Saucin' December. They made their official debut in January this year, with the single Moonwalkin' and EP SHOT CALLERS. LNGSHOT's music is a mix of K-pop, hip hop and R'n'B. To date they have released one more EP (Training Day) and another mixtape (4SHOBOIZ Vol. 2: 4SHOVILLE; a collaboration with Jay Park) in March and May respectively, plus several music videos for other songs, including FaceTime, Never Let Go, 4 SHO SHO wi...

I've previously written two posts featuring couples' dances. You can see them at the links below: Dance Videos- (Mostly) Couples Edition! (also features one group dance):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/07/dance-videos.html Dance Videos- Couples' Edition 2!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/05/dance-videos-couples-edition-2.html The last one was in May 2025, so I thought it was time for another one. :)    Tobii - Tap Tap | DANCE PERFORMANCE  BY KDC STATION | Thailand. In August, I shared a dance cover of Thai/Swiss rapper and R'n'B singer Tobii's  single Tap Tap (released in April) in my Dance Videos post. There is another one originally performed by Thai performance collective onefourofive that has inspired quite a few other dance covers. However, this dance performance is performed by KDC STATION from Thailand and was choreographed by AOOMSRI. It features both female and male dancers.  Visit the post to watch it (scroll down): https://star...

Today's video is Don't Rush Me by British singer Sissy Ford . It's her latest single and was released on 30th September. Don't Rush Me is an R'n'B song co-written by Sissy and Eritrean R'n'B singer Robeal Yohannes aka Wauve , who also worked on the music. It's about setting personal boundaries and taking things slowly in a relationship .   The music video features Sissy and dancer Keira Chalmers, who is performing a choreography by Selina Chrysostomou.     

Last month Indonesian girl group no na  released their debut album. It's called island girl and came out on 18th September. Like the group's name, the album title and all the song titles are written in lower case. Since debuting in May 2025 with the single  shoot , no na have become successful both within Indonesia and internationally. Their debut album follows the release of several more singles and their first EP  orchids (lullabies)  which came out in July last year. island girl consists of  15 tracks (including the singles work, rollerblade, honk! and star,  and is a  mixture of pop and R'n'B and influences from the members' Indonesian heritage . The first half is more Indonesian inspired and the second half moves into 80s style pop and R'n'B. The album was preceded by 3 singles- work, rollerblade and honk! which were released earlier this year. Two more singles were released last month- speaker freaker the long son g (a medley of songs from isl...

This week's video is IRONIC by MARQUISE . Her full name is Marquise Jadenipit Auramornrat and she is a Thai singer-songwriter and dancer.  MARQUISE's uncle is Jettamon Malayota, who fronts one-man Thai pop band  PENGUIN VILLA . She got her own start in music in 2023 when she became a contestant on The Debut: Dream Academy , the talent show run by South Korean entertainment company HYBE and American record label  Geffen Records , with the purpose of forming an international girl group.  She was one of 20 finalists (the only representative from Thailand) and made it through to the final but didn't make the group, which went on to become KATSEYE .  She went back to Thailand to continue her training and also featured in the Netflix docuseries Pop Star Academy: KATSEYE in 2024. Random fact: MARQUISE was named after the marquise cut of a diamond because her family owns a jewellery business. Jadeinipit is her first name (inspired by the gemstone jade) but she g...

In the past I've written a couple of posts about international girl groups. You can see them below: International Girl Groups:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/04/international-girl-groups.html More International Girl Groups:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/11/more-international-girl-groups.html   The first post featured Angolan group Afrikanas and Thai group G-TWENTY, and the second one featured South African group Girl Chat and Thai group Wizzle. I haven't come across many African girl groups in general, so I was excited to discover Nigerian girl group MYST recently! :)  Described as a Nigerian Afro-pop girl group, MYST is a trio made up of Mira,  Sucré and Trella. They come from different states/areas (Mira is from Lagos,  Sucré is from  Abuja and Trella is from Port Harcourt) and were originally solo artists before forming the group.  They  connected in interesting ways - Mira met  Sucré's  aunt in a BTS Army grou...