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It was only 6 months ago that American singer Ariana Grande released her last album Sweetener, but now she's back with a new one! thank u, next (written in lower case), her 5th studio album, came out on 8th February.

Ariana released Sweetener last August  and started working on thank u, next in October. At the time she'd been undergoing some difficulties in her personal life, such as the death of her ex-boyfriend rapper Mac Miller in September an her break-up with fiance comedian and actor Pete Davidson in October. (Her previous album was recorded after the terrorist attacks at her Manchester Arena concert in May 2017).

The album, which broke UK chart records when it debuted at No.1 on the UK official albums chart, consists of 12 tracks, including singles thank u, next, 7 rings, break up with your girlfriend, i'm bored, promotional single imagine, needy and NASA. The first single from thank u, next was the title track which was released in November and reached No. 1 in sev…

Today's video is Outside by Nigerian singer Burna Boy featuring Swedish/British singer Mabel. It's from his mixtape also called OUTSIDE which was released last year. It's an audio and was uploaded on 25th January.

Note: On the video itself Mabel isn't credited but she is listed on the official track listing. :)





Burna Boy also featured on the remix of Mabel's song Finder Keepers (along with Kojo Funds and Don-E) from her debut mixtape Ivy To Roses. Listen to it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0faQ2HXwV-U


Want more Burna Boy and/or Mabel? Check out these links:

Burna Boy- On The Low: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/weekly-music-video_9.html

Mabel:

One Shot: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/09/weekly-music-video_12.html

One Shot remix: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/weekly-music-video_26.html

Includes Don't Call Me Up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/02/new-music-for-2019-western.html


Plus: Vote for Mabel for British Breakthr…

Time for the first C-pop Saturday of the year! I started it last April and planned to make it a regular feature, but only ended up doing it 3 times. Never mind, I can do better this year! lol.


Lexie Liu- Nada

First up is Nada by Lexie Liu. It's a mixture of Chinese (Mandarin, I think) and English Nada is the Spanish for "Nothing" and is about Lexie "taking over the world like it's nada".

It was uploaded to YouTube on 18th December and is from her new EP 2030, which was released on 1st February.





Lexie Liu feat KILLY- Outta Time

Here's another one from Lexie. This song is called Outta Time and features Canadian rapper KILLY. It's also from 2030 and was uploaded on 1st Feb, the same day as the EP came out. Both songs have an R'n'B/hip hop vibe.



Listen to 2030 on Spotify here: https://open.spotify.com/album/70vO4w3jAucW4yacH22RAy



Fei feat Jackson Wang- Hello

This is Hello by Fei (full name Wang Feifei), a former member of Korean/Chinese girlband mi…

This week's video is Born Again by American singer Tiffany Young.  Her real name is Stephanie Young Hwang, she's Korean American and is probably best known as a member of K-pop girl group Girls' Generation (and the sub group TTS). She made her solo debut in May 2016 with the EP I Just Wanna Dance and single of the same name. She went on to release 5 more singles- Heartbreak Hotel featuring Korean rapper Simon Dominic, Remember Me (from the 2017 film Coco), Over My Skin, Teach You, Peppermint and Born Again.

Born Again is the fist single from Tiffany's upcoming 2nd EP Lips on Lips, due for release on 22nd Febuary. (While Born Again is an English, I Just Wanna Dance is a mix of Korean and English, so not sure if Lips on Lip[s will be similar).  It came out on 25th January.



For more on Tiffany visit these links:

Official site: https://tiffanyyoung.com/

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/Tiffanyyoungofficial/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tiffanyyoungofficial/

Sou…

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I planned to do it yesterday but wasn't feeling well. :)

I've been doing a series of posts about new music for 2019. I previously featured new J-pop and new K-pop. You can see these posts here:

J-pop: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-music-for-2019-j-pop.html

K-pop: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-music-for-2019-k-pop.html

We're mow two months into the new year but there's more music to cover, so today I'm focusing on new Western releases (UK, America etc.)


ZAYN- Satisfaction

British singer ZAYN or Zayn (full name Zayn Mailk)'s new video for Satisfaction was released on YouTube on 9th January. It's from his new album Icarus Falls.



Read more about the story behind the video here: https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/zayn-malik-satisfaction-video-watch-777015/

And visit this post for more songs from Icarus Falls: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/new-zayn-album.html


Mabel- Don…