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Island Vibes!

It's already mid-August and summer is going by fast! Last month I wrote a post called Vibes for Your Summer, which you can see here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/07/vibes-for-your-summer.html


And today I'm sharing more summer themed videos to celebrate the season, this time featuring island and beach vibes! :) 

 

First up, you can see a few beach/island themed videos in my Top 10 Summer Songs post (written back in 2016), including Paradise by one of my fave rappers, LL Cool J and featuring Amerie,  (No. 1 on the list), Rock The Boat by the late Aaliyah (No. 3), Do It Again by Pia Mia and featuring Chris Brown and Tyga (No. 9), and Fifth Harmony's All In My Head (Flex) featuring Fetty Wap (No. 10).

See the post here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2016/08/top-10-summer-songs.html

 

My 2019 post Songs for Summer featured several songs, including two with videos filmed on islands- Korean girl group TWICE's  2016 Dance The Night Away (where the girls are shipwrecked on a desert island) and Korean boy band WINNER's 2017 ISLAND: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/08/songs-for-summer.html


Note: WINNER are currently celebrating their 10th anniversary as a group. Visit YouTube for info on their 10th anniversary project: https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/winner10thanniversary

 

Cassper Nyovest feat. Boskasie

South African rapper Cassper Nyovest's single Move For Me was a Weekly Music Video back in 2019. It features singer Boskasie , and also stars Casspar and his love interest (model Jessica Burciaga) on an exotic getaway!

Watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2019/11/weekly-music-video_27.html

 

Hawaiian Hula

Last summer I shared a video 2 minute hula routine. It was taught by Lynn from iHula Hawaii and filmed on the beach in Hawaii. Watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/08/2-min-hula-on-beach-video.html

This month it was the one-year anniversary since the fire in Lahaina, which was devastating for the local community. I'm thinking of them as they continue to recover. :)


W.i.S.H- Headrush

A couple of weeks ago Indian girl group W.i.S.H's latest single was a Weekly Music Video. The video features lots of beach vibes! Watch here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/08/weekly-music-video.html


Dinah Jane- Ocean Song

In May Dinah Jane (full name Dinah Jane Hansen; a member of American girl group Fifth Harmony turned solo), released the single Ocean Song. It showcases her Polynesian culture- she has Tongan and Samoan heritage (as well as Fijian and Danish).

In the description box on YouTube, Dinah shares that Ocean Song started out as a love song but evolved into a personal prayer to her ancestors.

The song is nice and relaxing, and it's great to see the Polynesian dancing in the video. :)

 


Watch the music video for Dinah Jane's brand- new single Road Less Traveled here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-L0qxsobYVc


HYOLYN- Wait

And finally, here is Wait, the video that inspired this post! It's the music video for the new single from Korean singer HYOLYN (real name Kim Hyo-jung or Hyo-jung Kim in Western terms). She is a member of K-pop girl group SISTAR and its sub-unit SISTAR19. While the main SISTAR group disbanded in 2017, SISTAR19 (consisting of Hyolyn and Bora) made a comeback in January this year, with their single No More (Ma Boy).

Wait is a digital single and came out on 12th July. It's Hyolyn's first solo single in a year, her previous single being This Love with Korean Canadian rapper Paul Blanco (released in July 2023). It's a mixture of Korean and English lyrics.

The video was released 12th August and features Hyolyn on "Wait Island". It was filmed on an island in the Philippines. Perfect island vibes!

Click "Subtitles/closed captions" on YouTube for English subtitles! :)

 

 

Hope you liked the post and that if (like me) you're not going on holiday this summer, you can feel inspired by the island scenes. Have a good rest of the summer (or winter for those in the Southern Hemisphere)! :)

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