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Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to finish it yesterday. :)   Back in in 2019 I wrote a blog post featuring songs from Head in the Clouds II, the 2nd album by 88rising. You can read that here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/songs-from-head-in-clouds-ii-album.html   I thought it would be cool to expand on that by featuring more artists from the record company, so that's what today's post is about. I decided to split it into two posts because I was behind with posting. :)  88rising (also written as 88⬆) is an American mass media company founded by Sean Miyashiro in 2015. It primarily represents Asian artists, both from America and Asia. 88rising's enterprises include a record label, video production and clothing companies. The record label mainly works with hip hop and R'n'B rappers and singers. To date there have been two compilation albums featuring 88rising artists, Head in the Clouds, released in July 2018 and Head in the Cl...

Today's video is Idiot by Kosovar (Kosovan Albanian singer Era Istrefi . It's her latest single and is an Albanian language song (with the odd English line). The video premiered on 29th December. Era fan? Check out these posts: Includes her hit single Bonbon, plus more Albanian music: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/09/albanian-music.html The music video for  TKRKT, released in spring 2022: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/08/weekly-music-video_17.html 5AM with Buta, released in Nov: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/11/weekly-music-video_30.html  

Last week I shared some new music for the new year, specifically Bollywood/Asian music. You can see the post here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-music-for-2023-bollywoodasian.html This week I'm featuring some more new music, this time in various genres. :)   Gen Neo feat. DeVita- Like California This past week's music video was Like California, the new single by Singaporean singer Gen Neo and featuring Korean singer DeVita. It came out on 10th January. See the post here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/weekly-music-video_18.html   Jhoome Jo Pathaan Arabic Version (Pathaan) Next up is the Arabic version of Jhoome Jo Pathan, from the upcoming Bollywood film Pathaan (starring Shah Rukh Khan, Deepika Padukone and John Abraham). I featured the original Hindi version of Jhoome Jo Pathaan (and wrote more about the movie) in last week's New Music post: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/01/new-music-for-2023-bollywoodasian.html The Arabic version is s...

Today's video is Like California, the new single by Singaporean singer Gen Neo and featuring Korean singer DeVita . It is Gen's first collaboration with a female R'n'B artist under the Korean hip hop and R'n'B entertainment company/record label AOMG . Gen started his career in South Korea and has released music mainly in Korean and Chinese (Mandopop aka Mandarin language pop). He is now moving into the English music scene, having previously released 3 all-English singles- Blame it On Me , RELAPSE and In The Morning in the past months. DeVita's releases include her EPs Crème (2020) and American Gothic (2022), and the 2022 singles Eat Your Heart Out, Buddy Kane! and BTBT, her collab with Korean rapper and singer B.I (formerly the leader of boy band iKON ), American rapper Soulja Boy . Like California is a contemporary R'n'B dance track. In the YouTube description box, Gen says that he wants listeners to "be able to feel the wind rushing by as on...

It's a new year, so here is some music to start off 2023! :) For the past few years I've done several posts featuring new music for the new year, in varying genres. You can read 2022's at the links below:  New Music for 2022- Bollywood:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-bollywood.html New Music for 2022- Various: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/new-music-for-2022-various.html   Today I'm sharing some new Bollywood, K-pop and C-pop! :) Note: Although Bollywood is South Asian since it's Indian, I tend to feature it separately to East Asian music. That's why I've written "Bollwood/Asian in the post title.   Jhoome Jo Pathaan Song from Pathaan First up is Jhoome Jo Pathaan Song from the new Bollywood film Pathaan . The video premiered on 22nd December but we're only halfway into January and the movie is due out later this month, so I'm including it! :)  Pathaan sees superstar Shah Rukh Khan (also sometimes writ...

This week's video is Kyaa Baat Hai 2.0 from the new Bollywood film Govinda Naam Mera (My Name is Govinda). It's a comedy crime thriller about the title character, backup/background dancer Govinda Waghmare (played by Vicky Kaushal ) who wants to divorce his "hotty" wife Gauri ( Bhumi Pednekar )  to be with his "naughty" girlfriend Suku ( Kiara Advani ). Things get even more complicated when there is a murder! It was released on 16th December, through Indian video on demand service Disney+ Hotstar .  Kyaa Baat Hai is a remake of the song Kya Baat Ay by cricketer turned singer and actor Harrdy Sandhu , which was released in September 2018. The new version was recreated by Tanishk Bahchi and is sung by Harrdy and Nikhita Gandhi . I think Kya Baat Ay/Kyaa Baat Hai translates as something like "You are extraordinary/amazing" in English. The subtitles on YouTube translate that line in both versions as "Everything about you is extraordinary" and...

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I wasn't able to get it finished yesterday. :) It's a new year so it's time for my annual Best Of post! Here is a round-up of 2022's posts. :) I wasn't able to get it finished before the end of the year, so I'm posting it today instead. You can see my previous Best Of posts at these links: 2016's Best Of:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/12/best-of-2016.html 2017's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2017/12/best-of-2017.html 2018's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2018/12/best-of-2018.html 2019's:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/12/best-of-2019.html 2020's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2020/12/best-of-2020.html 2021's: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/01/best-of-2021.html Music As with previous years, I wrote a couple of posts sharing new music for the new year. There were two this year, similar to 2021: New Music for 2022- Bollywood:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.co...

 Time for the first Weekly Music Video of the year! :) This is lose you (stylised in lower case), a duet by Nigerian singer and record producer CKay and French singer Ronisia .  CKay (real name Chukwuka Ekweani) is a popular singer who is best known for his 2019 single Love Nwantiti. He started out in a group called cre8tive music and then launched a solo career, releasing the promotional single Bad Musician Bad Producer in May 2016 and singing to the Nigerian record label Chocolate City . He released his debut EP Who the F*ck Is CKay in September 2016. CKay's breakthrough hit in Nigeria was the single Container, which came out in March 2018. He released his second EP CKay the First in August 2019. The second single from the EP was Love Nwantiti which was released at the same time and did very well in Nigeria, going on to become a hit abroad in places such as the UK, mainland Europe, Latin America and Australia. There is also a remix called Love Nwantiti (Ah Ah Ah,) featuring...