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American singer JoJo (full name Joanna Levesque) has just released the deluxe version of her 4th studio album good to know (title written in lower case). The original album was released back in May and contains 11 tracks on the physical edition, and 9 on the digital version. The two extra songs are the intro Bad Habits and the outro Proud. JoJo also brought an acoustic version of the album in July. The deluxe version came out today (28th August) and features 6 new songs- Kiss, What U Need, Love Reggae featuring Tinashe , a new version of Lonely Hearts featuring Demi Lovato , X (1 Thing Wrong and In Your Room. Read more about the Deluxe edition here: https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/9441052/jojo-deluxe-edition-good-to-know-demi-lovato I didn't like the original good to know as much as JoJo's previous albums, but I had a few songs I liked. My two favourites are So Bad and Gold, and I also like Man and Think About You. Visit this post for the So Bad and Gold audios:

Today's video is Atterissage, the latest single by French singer Ronisia . It was released in July and the video is perfect for summer.  Atterissage translates as "Landing" in English.  Check out the video for Ronisia's single Désolée here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekly-music-video.html

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :)   Back in 2017 I wrote a post featuring female K-pop solo stars. You can read that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/04/k-pop-female-solo-stars.html Well, now it's the turn of the boys! I've mentioned before that I've known more Korean groups than solo singers, but since getting more into K-pop in recent years , I know more solo singers now. I've had this idea for a while (I keep a list of blog post ideas), but for some reason it's taken me a while to get around to it, lol. Anyway, here are some male K-pop solo stars I like. :) Note: Korean names are written with the surname first, although some artists (such as Jay Park) have theirs written in the Western way.   Rain (Bi) Rain (also known as Bi which is Korean for "rain"), whose real name is Jung Ji-Hoon, is one of Korea's top solo stars. In addition to being a singer, he is also a dancer and a

Today's music video is Levitating (The Blessed Madonna Remix) by British singer Dua Lipa and featuring Madonna and Missy Elliot . The remix was done by American DJ and producer The Blessed Madonna . It's a pop dance song and I think it's the first single from Club Future Nostalgia: The Remix Album, set to be released on 28th August. Dua's 2nd album Future Nostalgia came out in March and contains the original version. Levitating was released on 14th August. Dua's boyfriend American model Anwar Hadid (brother of Gigi and Bella ) features in the video. Madonna doesn't make an appearance though!                                                         Watch the official lyrics video for the original version of Levitating here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WHuBW3qKm9g   Dua fan? Check out these posts:  Last Dance music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/03/weekly-music-video_23.html More Dua lipa Videos: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/04/more-d

Back in July I did a New Music Releases post featuring some new music for early summer. You can check that out here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-music-releases.html Now we're in August and in late summer, so here is some more music from various genres to enjoy this season! :) Kristian Kostov- Thinking First up is Thinking, the latest single from Bulgarian Russian singer Kristian Kostov ( Bulgaria's 2017 Eurovision Song Contest entry ). It's from his new EP Mood (English language), out now. Check out more songs from Mood below: Honest music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/03/weekly-music-video_11.html Includes the lyric video for Things I Like: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/07/new-music-releases.html NIKI- Lose This is Lose, a new single from Indonesian singer NIKI (full name Niki Zenfanya). It's from her debut album, MOONCHILD, due out on 10th September. The first single from the album was Switchblade, released in April. Lose c

This week's video is Aiipo Rangeela from the Tollywood (Telugu language) film Beautiful (2019. The movie which is also known as Beautiful- An Ode to Rangeela, is a romantic drama and was released on New Year's Day (1st Jan). It stars Parth Suri and Naina Ganguly as a couple who deal with the woman becoming more successful than the man. The playback singer is Uma Neha and the music was originally composed by Ravi Shankar . The video came out last December. This isn't the full song.   Watch the trailer here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5CjuJpsTws   Want more Tollywood? Check out these posts: Tollywood Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/tollywood-round-up.html Telugu and Tamil versions of The Karma Theme from U Turn:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/weekly-music-video.html   And for more South Indian music videos subscribe to Zee Music South on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLsSLka8jODBozvi5VTQeaQ

In the past few months or so I've been coming across K-pop in Public dance videos on YouTube. They are dances to Korean pop songs performed by dance groups (some are listed as K-pop in Public Challenge). Since I've previously done general and Bollywood specific dance posts, I thought today it would be cool to do one featuring K-pop dances. :) (KPOP IN PUBLIC) KARD- Dumb Litty Dance Cover by DARE In my first Dance Videos post of the year I featured a cover of K.A.R.D's Dumb Litty by Australian dance group DARE Crew Official. Watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/dance-videos_24.html Kill This Love cover by B-Wild Official  In April I shared Vietnamese dance team B-Wild's dance to BLACKPINK'S Kill This Love. Visit this post to watch it:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/dance-videos.html   DUN DUN by EVERGLOW Dance Cover- RISIN' And last month I featured a cover of EVERGLOW's DUN DUN by French dance group RISIN':  https://star

Today's video is Boyz by Nigerian singer Yemi Alade . It's her latest release and came out in June. Boyz is a catchy song with a good beat. The video feaures British Nigerian singer Seyi Shay , who is hanging out in a club with Yemi admiring the men there! Yemi fan? Check out these posts: Features her hit song Johnny:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/10/african-music.html Includes Go Down: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/01/new-music-for-2018-part-2.html How I Feel music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/06/weekly-music-video_36.html Issokay: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/09/weekly-music-video.html Oga: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/weekly-music-video_44.html   Includes Shekere, her collaboration with Angelique Kidjo: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html