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Season 4 of the reality show Unexpected is currently showing in the UK, and also Season 9 of Teen Mom OG just started, so today I'm featuring both shows on the blog. There is a round-up of previous posts, plus info on the new series and some updates.  Note: If you're not familiar, both shows follow pregnant teens and their lives as parents. Teen Mom is a spin-off of 16 and Pregnant and there is now a franchise which includes the shows Teen Mom 2 , Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant , and international versions such as Teen Mom UK .  Unexpected is TLC's version. A new season of 16 and Pregnant was also on recently (the first since 2014!) so I'll share my post on that too.  :) Teen Mom  Here are the previous posts on Star Sparkle:  Teen Mom Round-up (features posts up to Jan 2019): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/01/teen-mom-round-up.html TM: Young Moms Club:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/04/teen-mom-young-moms-club.html 10 Years of Teen Mom: htt...

This week's video is Catch A Vibe by Karun. Her full name is Karun Mungai and she is an alternative R'n'B musician and songwriter based in Kenya. She started out in the Nairobi hip hop group Camp Mulla and also attended the Berklee College of Music in America.  Karun launched her solo career in 2014 with the release of her debut album Sun & Moon. She also brought out the EPs Indigo in 2016 and The Glow in 2019. Her songs include Interlude (Sun) which was featured in the American TV show The Resident, Need U the Most, Roses with Ukweli of East Africa Wave , Make Believe featuring Blinky Bill and Glow Up. She is also an emPawa100 Artist (part of Mr Eazi's emPawa intitative , which featured her 2019 single Glow Up.  Catch A Vibe was released in December. For more on Karun visit these links: Spindity article: https://spinditty.com/genres/The-Biography-of-Karun-MungaiKenyan-Songstress-and-Former-Camp-Mulla-Member Official site: https://www.karunmusic.com/ YouTube channe...

Sorry there was no second post last weekend, I wasn't feeling well. :)   Recently I wrote two posts featuring new music for 2021. You can check them out below: New Music For 2021- Part 1: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-music-for-2021-part-1.html  New Music For 2021- Part 2: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/new-music-for-2021-part-2.html Now here is some more new music that came out during February, from a variety of genres. :)   Ariana Grande feat. Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion- 34 + 35 Remix First up here is the remix version of American singer Ariana Grande's single 34 + 35. The original single is from Ariana's 6th studio album Positions and came out in October. You can find it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/11/new-ariana-grande-album.html The remix features singer Doja Cat and rapper Megan Thee Stallion and was released on 12th February. Please note that since 34 + 35 is about sex it contains explicit lyrics! The video is also...

Today's music video is Alone by Hong Kong singer (and member of K-pop boyband GOT7 ) Jackson Wang . It's a Chinese language song (with a few English lines!) and was released on 30th January. The song is about keeping going in life, even though you've been struggling and feeling alone. Click "Subtitles/closed Captions" on YouTube to see English subtitles! :)   Want more Jackson? Check out these posts:  OKAY music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/11/weekly-music-video_29.html Includes BULLET TO THE HEART: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/c-pop-saturday.html Features DWAY!, and I Love You 3000 from MIRRORS, plus GOT7's You Calling My Name: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/new-music-releases.html   100 Ways video:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/05/weekly-music-video.html   Includes Should've Let Go, his collaboration with JJ Lin:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/01/c-pop-saturday.html    

This week's video is Doucement, the new single by French singer Ronisia . It came out on 22nd January.  Doucement translates as "Slowly" in English, and is a pop/R'n'B song with a good beat.  For more music by Ronisia visit these posts Music video for her single Désolée: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/weekly-music-video.html Atterrissage video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/08/weekly-music-video_26.html  

 Time for the first dance videos post of 2021! Today I'm sharing a variety of dance styles. :)  How to Do 5 Basic Afrobeat Legwork in 12 MINUTES- Presh Okosi First up is some African dance. This is a 12-minute tutorial by Nigerian dancer Presh Okosi , where she teaches us how to do basic Afrobeat legwork. It's beginner friendly. The video was uploaded last May. Presh hasn't had any new videos on her channel since last summer, but you can find some of her older videos in these posts: Features popular African dances from 2019: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/dance-videos.html 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.html AfroHouse FootWorks: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/10/world-dance-videos-round-up.html Features a 5 dances from Nigeria video by Presh and a Poco dance tutorial by RevsVEVO:...

Today's video is CHALO by Celina Sharma. She is an 18-year-old Australian singer with Indian and Italian heritage, currently based in the UK. Celina started out by sharing song covers on TikTok and was then signed to British record label Virgin EMI at 16. She went on to release the debut solo single Lean On with rapper Emiway Bantai . She has also released insecure,  and remix with Bollywood playback singer Asees Kaur . Her latest single is Girls Like You with British group Rak Su . CHALO came out in January last year, and I think it was actually about a year ago that I first discovered it! It took me a while, but I'm featuring it today. :) I think that Chalo is Hindi for "Let's go".  Follow Celina at the links below: Official FB: https://www.facebook.com/thecelinasharma/ YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYKVswVaa1Ei5-dq0ZYpgfg Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/celina_sharma/