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Songs for Summer

3 years ago I posted about my Top 10 Summer Songs and last year I did a follow up post called More Summer Songs. You can read them both at the links below:

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/08/top-10-summer-songs.html

https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/more-summer-songfs.html

Now summer seems to be going fast and it's already August so I'm sharing some songs to enjoy for the rest of the summer.  :)

 

Janine- Vacation

I featured this in my New Music Releases post in June. Since it's called Vacation it's very appropriate for this time of year! It has a nice, chilled summer vibe. Listen here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-music-releases.html


The Wanted- Glad You Came

British/Irish boyband The Wanted released Glad You Came in July 2011. It was the 2nd single from their album Battleground and reached No. 1 in both the UK and Ireland, as well as being in high chart positions in other countries. It's their most successful single. I remember it was played constantly that summer! lol.



Lana Del Rey- Summertime Sadness

Maybe summer gives you a sad vibe instead of a happy one? In that case you might like Lana Del Rey's Summertime Sadness! Summer is my favourite season and I get down in winter, but I know for some people it's the other way round. :)

American singer Lana (real name Elizabeth Grant) released her debut self titled album digitally in early 2010 (back then she was known as Lana Del Ray rather than Rey), but it had a limited release since her record label was reportedly unable to fund it. Her breakthrough came with the 2011 single Video Games and she went on to release her 2nd studio album Born to Die in January 2012. 

To date she has brought out 2 more albums, Ultraviolence (2014), Honeymoon (2015) and 2017's Lust for Life; and several EPs including 2012's Paradise and Tropico (2013). Her singles include Born to Die, Summertime Sadness, National Anthem, Ride, West Coast, Lust for Life (with Canadian singer The Weeknd) and Doin' Time.

Lana  released Summertime Sadness in June 2012, the 4th single from her 2nd studio album Born to Die. It was very popular in Europe, reaching No. 1 in several countries. A remixed version was released the following summer and it also did very well.


Watch the video for the Lana Del Rey vs Cedric Gervais remix here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akhmS1D2Ce4

 

Lana's latest album Norman F**king Rockwell is due out on 30th August. Keep up with her at these links:

Official site: https://www.lanadelrey.com/

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

Cory Lee- Lovers Holiday

Canadian singer Cory Lee (whose full name is Cory Lee Urhahn and is also an actress) released Lovers Holiday in 2007. It's from her second album Sinful Innocence. Her other albums are What a Difference a Day Makes (2005), Hot Pink Heart- Part One (2012) and Hot Pink Heart- Part Two (2013). She also has an EP called Cruel Intentions & Fashion Show, released in 2012. Cory is probably best known for The Naughty Song, which was used for the American TV series The L Word.

I bought Lovers Holiday years ago and really liked it at the time. I hadn't listened to it for ages but thought it would be good for this post, since it's about going away on holiday. Although it's about going with a lover, if (like me) you don't have a lover you can still enjoy the song!



I haven't heard much of Cory in recent years, but she's still releasing music. Her latest song is MAN UP which came out in January: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sg-7Qd3T87c

 

Follow her at the links below:

Website: https://thefashionset.net/

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

FB: https://www.facebook.com/coryleemusicpage/ 


TWICE- Dance The Night Away

Korean girl group TWICE brought out the single Dance The Night Away in July last year. It's from Summer Nights, the reissue of their 5th EP What Is Love? The video features the girls shipwrecked on a desert island, so a good one for summer!



WINNER- ISLAND

Finally here's a K-pop boyband video also with an island theme! Originally a 5 member group WINNER was formed in 2013. Tayhyun (full name Nam Tae-hyun) left in November 2016 and the band currently consists of 4 members- Yoon/Seungyoon (full name Kang Seung-yoon), Jinu/Jinwoo (full name Kim Jin-woo), Mino (Song Min-ho) and Hoony/Seunghoon (Lee Seung-hoon).*

 To date they have released 2 Korean studio albums, 2014 S/S (2014), EVERYD4Y (2018) and one Japanese, Our Twenty For (2018); 3 single albums and 2 EPs (all Korean). Their latest release is the EP WE which came out in May. Their singles include Empty,  Really Really, Love Love Me, Everyday, Millions and the latest, Ah Yeah.

ISLAND is from the 2017 EP Our Twenty For and was released in August 2017.


For more on WINNER check out these links:

Kprofile: https://kprofiles.com/winner-members-profile/

YG site (Korean language): https://ygfamily.com/en/artists/winner/main

Official Japanese site (Japanese): https://ygex.jp/winner/live/

Official FB page: https://www.facebook.com/OfficialYGWINNER/  (Korean/English)


Hope you like the post! :) What are your fave summer songs? How is your summer going? It's gone rainy and really windy in the UK this weekend (especially on the south coast where I live), but hopefully it will get nicer again soon! Hope you're having a good summer (or winter depending where you live!) :)


PS. If you'd like summer inspiration, check out my Summer Round-up + Inspiration post over on my other blog: https://livingseasonal.blogspot.com/2019/07/summer-round-up-inspiration.html


*These are Korean names so the surname/family name is first.

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