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Today's music video is Be the One (Remix) by British singer Sinead Harnett and featuring Col3trane . The original Be the One can be found as an interlude on Sinead's debut album Lessons in Love, released last September. The remix came out on  on 20th March and is a nice, chilled out song. (Good for this current time when we could do with relaxing!). :) She also just uploaded a piano instrumental: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fQ4OekSl2FE And for more Sinead check out these posts: Music video for Unconditional from her EP Chapter One: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/weekly-music-video.html Body audio and video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/weekly-music-video_11.html Pulling Away feat. Gallant: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/weekly-music-video.html

American singer Alina Baraz has just released her debut album. It's called It Was Divine and came out  yesterday (24th April). The album was originally due out on 5th May but was brought forward . Thank you Alina! :) It Was Divine contains 16 tracks including singles To Me, Morocco featuring 6LACK and More Than Enough, and Endlessly and Off The Grid featuring Khalid which I think are promotional singles. The theme of the album is losing and finding both love and yourself. Read more about it here: https://www.okayplayer.com/music/alina-baraz-it-was-divine-debut-album.html My favourite songs are Morocco, To Me and The Beginning, and I like most of the others including Frank, Off The Grid, More Than Enough, Endlessly, Gimme The Wheel featuring Smino and Until I Met You featuring Nas. It's a good album overall, with a chilled, dreamy vibe. Here are some of my faves. Most of them are lyric videos but I will update as and when there are music videos released. :) To Me Thi...

This week's video is Want2, the latest release by British rapper and singer B Young . The video was uploaded on 19th March and the single is available to stream and download now. I like the chilled vibe. Please note that the song is explicit. :) For more B Young check out these posts: 079ME music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/weekly-music-video_25.html Features Gucci Demon:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/new-music-releases.html Includes Wine: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html  

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week, I was planning to post yesterday but didn't get it finished in time.  :) I've done several posts about true movies (films featuring real life stories) in the past, but there are quite a few I haven't featured. Since the others are called Top 10 True Movies, More True Movies and And More True Movies!,  I admit I'm struggling to think of a new title! So today's post is just called Selection of True Movies, lol. Check out the previous posts below:   Top 10 True Movies: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/05/top-10-true-movies.html More True Movies:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/07/more-true-movies.html And More True Movies!:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/and-more-true-movies.html Trigger warning: As with the other posts, most of the films are based on crimes (often murder or abuse) and I realise these are difficult subjects, so read with caution if you're sensitive to these type of fi...

Today's music video is Bimar Dil from the Bollywood film Pagalpanti ("Madness" in English). The movie which was released in November is  about a unlucky trio of friends Raj ( John Abraham ), Junky ( Arshad Warsi ) and Chandu ( Pulkit Samrat ) who want to prove that they are not the losers people think they are. Along with their girlfriends they hatch a "get rich quick" scheme while involves gangsters' money! I haven't seen it and it doesn't have good reviews, but I like this song, lol. It is an action/comedy so it won't be taking itself completely seriously. If I see it in future I'll let you know what I think! :) The playback singers for Bimar Dil ("Sick  Heart" or maybe "Heartsick" would be a better translation!) are Asees Kaur and Jubin Nautiyal . It's a remake of the original Tera Bemar Mera Dil from the 1989 film ChaalBaaz . I think this scene is from when the group finds an abandoned house. The ghost woman is...

It's been a while since I've featured some Japanese music (apart from MIREI's English music in a recent Weekly Music Video ), so I thought it was time for some J-pop! I've called the post "New (ish) J-pop Videos because some songs are older. :) FAKY- NEW AGE First up is NEW AGE by girl group FAKY . It was released in November and was co-written by my favourite singer Koda Kumi ! If you click "Subtitles/Closed Captions" while viewing on YouTube you can see English subtitles. :) Check out FAKY's latest release half-moon here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKqh8N_pt-I Koda Kumi-  Bassline ~ 20th Year Special Full Ver ~ Speaking of Koda Kumi she is celebrating the 20th anniversary of her debut!  (I am actually a little confused because I've read that her debut single TAKE BACK  was released in December 2000, but the celebrations started last December. In this article it also states that the single came out in Dec 1999.  Reg...

Today's music video is Karma by Kosovan American singer Melinda . Her full name is Melinda Ademi and she was born in Kosovo , then grew up in New York. She launched her career by appearing on Season 12 on the reality singing series American Idol and released her debut single Purr in 2015. She sings mainly in Albanian but also in English. Karma was released in December. It's an Albanian language song but there is a swear word in English! (I always try to let people know in case they don't like explicit songs or they're watching around kids etc.). :) For more on Melinda visit these links: Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-TkhwYkQitPvJ0GV0IJeKA Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/MelindaOfficial/ Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/MelindaAdemi/ Want more Albanian music? Check out these posts: Albanian Music: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/09/albanian-music.html  Era and Nora Istrefi- Nuk E Di video: https://stars...

I felt inspired to do another dance video post today, so here it is! My regular belly dance classes are unfortunately no longer running, so I haven't been dancing as much. And also with the coronavirus lots of classes have been cancelled for the time being, so now is a good time to catch up on our dance skills at home! :) Popular Afro/Africa Dances of 2019 (DANCE TUTORIAL)- Presh Okosi Let's start with some African dance. This is a video uploaded in January by Nigeran choreographer Presh Okosi where she teaches you some of the most popular African dances of 2019. Now I know we're in 2020 now but never mind! I'm sure some of these dances are still popular! The video includes the poco and kafo dances. For more African dance visit these links: Presh videos: Features an African/Afrobeats beginners tutorial:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/dance-videos.html Includes 5 basic Afrobeat moves: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/07/dance-videos....

This week's video is Morocco by American singer Alina Baraz and featuring rapper/singer 6LACK . It will be on Alina's upcoming album It Was Divine, due out in May. ( JoJo has a new album due that month too, so it's something to look forward to!). This is an audio and it was uploaded on 9th March. If there's a lyrics and/or music video in future, I'll update the post. :) Also check out More Than Enough, another audio from It was Divine that was uploaded on 26th March: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5aItbT_CZqE Visit her official site to listen to/pre-order the album:  https://www.alinabaraz.com/ Want more Alina? Check out these posts: Feels Right music video:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/06/weekly-music-video_19.html Features Trust audio (I bought this song on iTunes last month): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-2.html Or if you're into 6LACK visit these posts: 6LACK Link-up: https://starsparklex.b...