New Music Releases

We're now properly into autumn (or spring, depending where you live) so here are some new music releases for the new season!  :)

Gen Neo- Why We Waiting

First up is Why We Waiting by Gen Neo.  His full name is Liang Gen Rong, and he is from Singapore. Gen Neo attended the Berklee College of Music in the US, and then started his career by moving to South Korea and becoming a producer and composer. He set up the production team Noize Bank, along with Canadian singer Henry Lau (former member of Super Junior-M turned solo singer), Isaac Han and Neil Nallas.

Gen has produced music for many artists including his friend Henry, boyband GOT7, girl group f(x) and Super Junior. In 2015 he debuted as a singer in Korea, with the single Think About Us. In late 2016 he returned to the Mandopop (Mandarin language Chinese pop) market, and released his debut EP Dimensions the following August. 

Gen's music is a mixture of K-pop, Mandopop and R'n'B. His singles include On My Own with Amber Liu of f(x), Missing You featuring Tracy Wang, Come With Me, Will You Won't You featuring Fei (member of now disbanded girl group missA), Over You, Mine with Sam Rui and his latest, Why We Waiting.  He has also worked with Casper True on the single Body.

Why We Waiting is a Mandarin language R'n'B song, with some English lyrics. Casper True co-wrote the song. It was released on 7th September. This is the audio.

Update 20/1/24: The audio/video has now been made members only, which is a shame! Here's the link if you're a member of Gen's YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3LXDN1OV_uU

And here's an unofficial upload (with Thai subtitles!):

 

You can also listen to it on Spotfy: https://open.spotify.com/album/4kkbcOk4vYpHYOZUgUkFsb

 

Watch the official visualiser for Body here (3rd video): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/c-pop-saturday.html

 

For more on Gen Neo visit these links:

BAMM Official page: http://bammofficial.com/artist/koops-island-2/

Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/genneo1/

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

 

Justin Bieber feat. Chance the Rapper- Holy

Next is Holy, the new single from Canadian singer Justin Bieber. It features Chance the Rapper and the video premiered on 18th September. Justin and Chance previously worked together on the single Confident.

Justin latest album is Changes (featuring lead single Yummy) which was released back in February.  On the YouTube page it says that Holy signals the start of a new era for him. I look forward to hearing more of his new music! :) 

 

Jennifer Lopez & Maluma- Pa Ti + Lonely

Here are two new releases by one of my favourite singers, Jennifer Lopez! She's teamed up with Columbian singer Maluma for the Spanish language song Pa Ti (For You ) and Lonely, which is a mix of Spanish and English.

Jennifer and Maluma are co-stars in the upcoming film Marry Me (due out next February) and both will be featured on the soundtrack. So, we get two songs in one and a video of nearly 9 minutes with a connected storyline! 

My favourite out of the two is Lonely. The video premiered on 24th September. Please note that Lonely is explicit. :)

J.Lo fan? Check out these posts: 

Happy 50th Bday J.Lo!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/07/happy-50th-bday-jlo.html

Features Baila Conmigo (J.Lo version): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/10/new-jlo-and-jojo-music.html

 

Prefer Maluma? Visit this post to see the video for Clandestino, his 2018 song with Shakira: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/07/new-music-releases.html

Dua Lipa feat. Da Baby- Levitating

Finally, here is a brand-new release- the original version of Dua Lipa's single Levitating. In August she released the Blessed Madonna remix which features Madonna and Missy Elliot.

This version features American rapper and singer DaBaby. The video just premiered today. 

Watch the Blessed Madonna Remix video here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/weekly-music-video_19.html

Hope you liked the post! What are your current favourite new releases?