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The other week I did a post sharing some new music for 2021. I'm doing a couple of posts like previous years.  You can read Part 1 here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-music-for-2021-part-1.html Now here is Part 2. :)   Mr Eazi feat. J. Balvin- Lento Nigerian singer and producer Mr Eazi has teamed up with Colombian singer J Balvin for the song Lento.  It's sung in a mixture of Spanish, English and Yoruba which is a cool mix! It was also inspired by Merengue singer Elvis Crespo's song Suvamente .  Lento means "Slow" in English. Lento is Mr Eazi and J Balvin's third collaboration together, but their first actual single release. It actually came out in early December, but the music video was uploaded on 22nd Dec. Since we're still in January, I thought I'd share it today!  There's also an official dance video which you can see here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dfsj1YtiTNc   Fan of Mr Eazi? check out these posts: Skintight with Ef...

This week's music video is Harrom by German born, Kosovo-Albanian singer Dhurata Dora . It came out last month. Harrom is an Albanian language song. I think the title translates as "Forget me" in English. You can find an English translation of the lyrics here: https://lyricstranslate.com/en/harrom-forget-me.html-4     For more Dhurata visit this post featuring her Jake Jake music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/08/weekly-music-video_21.html Also here is a direct link to the Jake Jake video, since the original was removed from YouTube: https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x6n8msw   Find more Albanian music at the links below: Albanian Music feature: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/09/albanian-music.html Dy Zemra by Butrint Imeri and Nora Istrefi, plus links to more songs:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/weekly-music-video.html

Time for the first C-pop Saturday of 2021! It's become a "semi-regular feature since I started it in 2018 , because I tend to only do a few posts a year, lol. So, here's a selection of new Chinese music. :) Gen Neo- HOLD BACK Last week I featured Singaporean singer Gen Neo's new single HOLD BACK in my first New Music for 2021 post. It's from his first mini album AD ADTRA. Visit the post to listen: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-music-for-2021-part-1.html Jolin Tsai- Sweet Guilty Pleasure Next up is a new song from Taiwanese singer Jolin Tsai . (Or new-ish since it came out in December!). It's about sex basically, and the video features an unusual love story. According to the translation of the Chinese (thanks Google!), it's a dark fairy tale mermaid prequel. YouTubers Mr & Mrs Gao appear in the beginning. Sweet Guilty Pleasure is from Jolin's 14th album Ugly Beauty, which was released back in December 2018. The video premiered on 16t...

This week's music video is THERE FOR YOU by Nigerian singer Simi and British rapper and singer Ms Banks . It's from Simi's latest EP RESTLESS II, which was released back in October. THERE FOR YOU came out in December.    Listen to RESTLESS II here: https://platoon.lnk.to/RESTLESSII   And for more Simi check out these posts: I Dun Care music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/08/weekly-music-video_22.html Doyin with Mr Eazi:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/weekly-music-video_25.html Follow Ms Banks at these links: Official Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/msbanks/ Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/msbanks94/

It's a brand-new year (hopefully it will be better than the last one!), so here is some new music for 2021! I've done this feature for the past 3 years.  You can read 2020's posts here (plus see links for 2018 and 2019's posts): New Music for 2020- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/new-music-for-2020-part-1.html New Music for 2020- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-2.html New Music for 2020- Part 3:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html   Like last year, I'm writing a couple of posts. Some of these are actually from late last year because we're only just in January,  lol.   Britney Spears- Swimming in the Stars This is Swimming in the Stars, a new song by American singer Britney Spears . It was released in early December and is from Britney's new album Glory (Deluxe Vinyl), out now. It's the deluxe version of her 2016 album Glory. Swimming in the Stars is a laid...

Today's music video is Dy Zemra by German born Albanian singer Butrint Imeri and featuring Kosovar singer Nora Istrefi . It was released last September.  It's an Albanian language song, and I think it translates as "Two hearts" in English. (At least according to Google Translate!).   For more music by Butrint, visit these links:  M'kke rejit music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/01/weekly-music-video_22.html Features  Për një dashuri with Ermal Fejzullahu: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html His latest single Phantom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfbNwtOauCU    And for more Albanian music check out these posts: Albanian Music feature: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/09/albanian-music.html Era and Nora Istrefi- Nuk E Di video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/05/weekly-music-video.html Melinda- Karma: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/weekly-music-video_8.html Elvana Gjata- Me tana:...

The popular American reality show 16 and Pregnant is back! The series, which follows pregnant teen girls on their journey to giving birth, originally aired in 2009. It spawned the hit spin-off shows Teen Mom (now Teen Mom OG) and Teen Mom 2 , plus the short-lived Teen Mom 3 and then more recently Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant . There have even been international versions including Teen Mom UK and Teen Mom Australia . 16 and Pregnant went on hiatus in 2014 after 5 seasons. However, it's now back featuring 6 new girls. The show premiered in the US in October, but it's just started here in the UK. The first episode was Wednesday. S6 follows the stories of Madisen Beith, Rachelle Perez, Kasmonyae Harris, Camryn Fields, Madison Everhart and Kali Colette.    Madisen Beith 17-year-old Madisen lives with her dad and family friend in Heben Springs, Arkansas. She has a difficult relationship with her mum. After getting pregnant, she chose to leave high school rather than be sent to a sc...

This week's video is Make it Hot by Jamaican/American trio Major Lazer and Brazilian singer Anitta . Major Lazer was founded in 2008 by American record producer Diplo , and British DJ Switch . When Switch left, he was replaced by Jamaican American DJ Walshy Fire and Trinidadian DJ Jillionaire , and the duo became a trio. Jillionaire also left and was then replaced by American DJ and record producer Ape Drums . Major Lazer's music is electronic dance mixed with various genres, including reggae, dancehall and house. To date they have released 4 studio albums- Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do (2009), Free the Universe (2013), Peace Is The Mission (2015) and Music Is The Weapon (2020. In addition, they have brought out one compilation and several remix albums and EPs. They also have an animated TV series based on them! The group have collaborated wth many arists, and their hit singles include Lean On with DJ Snake and MØ , Who Am I with Katy B and Craig David , Cold Water w...

Time for the first post of 2021! Hope everyone had a good New Year. :)  I'm starting off with a couple of new K-pop videos. My last post just focusing on K-pop was in June , so it's been a while!  Note: Click "Subtitles/closed captions" on all the videos to see English subtitles! :) BoA- Better First up is Better by veteran singer BoA . It's from her 10th album, also called BETTER, and was released on 1st December. BoA is one of the most popular Korean solo stars (she is also well known in other Asian countries),  and  celebrated 20 years in the music business last summer!  The BETTER album is BoA's 20th studio album (10th Korean language). The title track single also came out on 1st Dec. For more BoA, check out her 2019 Christmas song Starry Night (I know Christmas has gone, but maybe you're missing it already!): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/12/christmas-songs-2019.html KAI- Mmmh This is Mmmh, the debut solo single of KAI ( real name Kim Jong-i...