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Today's video is We by American singer Justine Skye . The song is from her 3rd studio album Space and Time (a collaboration with record producer and rapper Timbaland ) which just came out on 25th June. We is a slow jam with a relaxing vibe. This is a live performance with Vevo and was uploaded on 18th June. Check out the lyric and music videos for Twisted Fantasy (feat. Rema), the first single from the album, here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/05/weekly-music-video.html   Listen to Space and Time at the links below: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3FsgJirEdTynPXLGvct53E YouTube:  Space and Time YouTube  

Back in 2019 I did a post rounding up the Afropop posts on Star Sparkle. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/afropop-round-up.html Since then, I've shared more African music so today I'm linking to the posts written in the past almost two years (after the first round-up in September 2019). :)   Mr Eazi and Simi- Doyin (Nigerian):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/09/weekly-music-video_25.html Burna Boy- Omo (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/weekly-music-video_13.html Features Bado by Vanessa Mdee and Rayvanny (Tanzanian) and Maybe Baby by Tolani (Nigerian): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/new-music-releases.html Cassper Nyovest feat. Boskasie- Move For Me (South African): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/weekly-music-video_27.html Includes Shekere by Yemi Alade and Angélique Kidjo: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/02/new-music-for-2020-part-3.html Tiwa Savage- Attention (Nigerian):  https://sta...

This week's video is Come Alive by British rapper and singer B Young . It's from his new album Differences, due out this month. Come Alive is a laid-back song with summer vibes! It was released on 17th June. 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    Want 2 video:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/04/weekly-music-video_22.html

It's been a while since I did a K-pop post (apart from the K-pop in Public- Boys' Edition! post , the last K-pop videos one was in January ), so today I'm sharing some new Korean releases! :)   MONSTA X- GAMBLER First up,  here is boyband MONSTA X's new single GAMBLER, which is the first release from their 9th Korean mini album One Of A Kind. Member Shownu is currently taking a break from the group due to health issues, so MONSTA X will promote the new mini album as a five-piece. GAMBLER was released on 1st June.   Read about One Of A Kind here: https://www.nme.com/reviews/album/monsta-x-one-of-a-kind-gambler-review-2954132   Ex-member Wonho also has a new release, the single Ain't About You featuring American singer Kiiara . Watch the video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lqKXq-_32z8     EXO- Don't fight the feeling Next is Don't fight the feeling, the new single from fellow boyband EXO . It came out on 7th June and is the title track of th...

This week's video is The Purge by Dutch band Within Temptation . It's quite a while since I've posted anything by them. I don't always follow their music that closely, but their last album was 2019's Resist and I don't think they've released that many singles since then. The band is doing an online show called The Aftermath- A Show In A Virtual Reality on 8th and 9th July. Visit their site to learn more about it: https://www.within-temptation.com/ The Purge came out last December.     Want more Within Temptation? Check out these posts: Angels music video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/06/weekly-music-video_19.html Paradise (What About Us?) with Tarja Turunen (ex- Nightwish ):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2014/01/weekly-music-video_8.html Aquarius (my favourite song!): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2013/08/weekly-music-video_14.html   Within Temptation concert (2012):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2015/07/within-tempation-concert.h...

Back in March I did my first post featuring Chinese dance in public. I've previously shared a variety of dance videos and written posts dedicated to K-pop in Public ). You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2021/03/chinese-dance-in-public.html Dance covers of songs in public places have become really popular in the last few years, K-pop ones in particular. But there are also C-pop and V-pop in Public covers too, as well as general dance ones. The dance I shared in the Chinese post above was performed by Vietnamese dance crew YNG. I noted at the time that they also do Vietnamese pop dance covers, so today I'm featuring one! :) (VPOP IN PUBLIC CHALLENGE) Sáng mắt chưa- Dance cover & Choreo by YNG This is a dance cover of the 2019 single Sáng mắt chưa? (Are You Seeing Clearly?)  by Vietnamese singer Trúc Nhân . The video was uploaded in August 2019.    Watch the music video for Sáng mắt chưa? here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDhx4ejrPPA Visit YNG's ...

Today's video is Lovers In The Night by Seori . Her birth name is Baek Sohyun (surname/family name written first) and she is a Korean indie singer who started out by uploading covers to YouTube. She debuted under artist collective ATISPAUS in May 2020 with the EP ?depacse ohw (written in lower case), which is mostly Korean language. The title is "Who Escaped" backwards! She has also released two English singles, Trigger and Lovers In The Night. Seori collaborated with Jae of Korean group DAY6 last September on the single It Just Is, and she just teamed up with K-pop boy band TXT for 0X1=Lovesong (I Know I Love You). Her 3rd single The Long Night is due out soon and the music video will premiere tomorrow (UK time). She is also signed to American company 88rising , which I believe she is releasing her English singles under. Lovers In The Night came out in April. This is the lyric video.   I originally came across the lyric video but I just saw the official music video on S...

A year ago, when we'd all been going through a stressful time in the world, I wrote a post called Chillout Songs. I shared the music that helps me to relax. You can read it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/06/chillout-music.html As things still continue to be stressful in 2021 (although perhaps slightly better), I'm sharing more chillout music today! :)    A.CHAL- Pink Dust Last year I featured Pink Dust by the Peruvian American singer A.CHAL as a Weekly Music Video. The song has a laid-back vibe and the video is slightly "trippy"! You can watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/09/weekly-music-video_16.html   Jhené Aiko I recommend basically anything by Jhené Aiko for chillout vibes! In last year's Chillout Music post I linked to several of her songs and also featured the music video for Magic Hour. Here are a couple more of her songs.   Surrender feat. Dr. Chill This is one of my fave Jhené songs of the last year and features vocals...

This week's video is Vou Arriscar by Chelsy & Nsoki. They are an African/Portuguese music duo and they sing in Portuguese. Chelsy Shantel is Portuguese-Angolan and was born in Lisbon, Portugal. Nskoi was born in Luanda, Angola, but grew up in Cuba and later lived in America. They were both successful as solo singers before getting together as a duo. Chelsy and Nsoki's hit songs (individually) include Meu Anjo (My Angel), Bye Bye, Kuxe ki sta Errado and Played out Record. Their style of music started out as Kizomba and Ghetto Zouk , but includes other styles such as ballads and Afro-pop. In late 2020 the two got together to record a duet for the compilation album Kizomba da Boa. They enjoyed working together so much that they wanted to continue, so formed a duo! They have since brought our two singles, Vou Arriscar and Leave The Door Open, a cover of the song by Bruno Mars, Anderson .Paak (Silk Sonic) . Vou Arriscar ("I Risk" in English, I think) is their first si...