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This week's video is Bad Girls Like You (English version) by Swiss/Thai rapper and R'n'B singer Tobii and featuring Malaysian girl group DOLLA . Tobii's full name is Tobias and started recording music at 19, living between Thailand and Switzerland. He released the EP Midnight in summer 2020 and then his music career really took off in 2021, after the release of several successful songs such as Thinkin' Bout You, Question and Kwan rak mi ngay ("Love is not easy" in English) featuring hip hop artist Jigsaw Story .* Tobi then moved to Thailand and in 2023 was signed to Def Jam Thailand . He made his official debut with Def Jam at the festival Rolling Loud Thailand 2023.  Tobi's music is mostly Thai, with some English lyrics. His hit singles include Taew Nee Antarai (released in 2023) , Sexy Girl and Bad Girls Like You (both 2024). He also released the Christmas single X Mas Love in December.  The original version of Bad Girls Like You came out last Septe...

In the past couple of years I've written round-ups of live performances I've shared on the blog. You can see them at the links below:  Live Performances Round-up: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/03/live-performances-round-up.html Live Performances Round-up 2023:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/07/live-performances-round-up-2022-2023.html   Since we're now in 2025, I thought I'd share some more posts from the past couple of years, plus some new performances! :)   My 2023 live performances post, which features Filipina singer Denise Julia with bum 2 me , Singaporean singer Gen Neo's Losing Game Guitar Ver. and South African singer Tyla with Water:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/09/live-performances-2023.html My Afropop Round-up 2022-2023 post includes a live performance from Kenyan singer Karun. She sang her single Only You for music platform COLORSXSTUDIOS:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/11/afropop-round-up-2022-2023.html Eu...

Today's video is WhatsInIt4Me (What's In It 4 Me) by American singer Skylar Simone . It's her latest single and was released last November. WhatsInIt4Me is an upbeat R'n'B song. The chorus is inspired by Busta Rhymes and Mariah Carey's 2003 single I Know What You Want (one of my Top 10 Mariah songs !). :) Please note that the song contains explicit lyrics. :)      

Time for the first C-pop Saturday post of the year! If you're new to the blog, it's my semi-regular series sharing Chinese music that I started back in 2018 . My last post was in September , so it's been a while!    WayV- FREQUENCY In December I shared the music videos for both the Korean and Chinese versions of FREQUENCY, the latest single by WayV , in my New Music Releases post. They are the Chinese sub-unit of Korean boyband NCT and sing in Chinese (Mandarin) and Korean. FREQUENCY is the title track from the group's 6th mini album, which was released last November. Watch the videos here (scroll down): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/12/new-music-releases.html   Ozone- Looking at the Crescent Moon/New Moon Dance Performance Video In my latest Asian Groups post, I featured the Taiwanese boyband Ozone (as well as Thai girl group 4EVE). One of the songs I shared is New Moon (or the Chinese title which is something like Looking at the Crescent Moon Together, whi...

This week's video is Call Of, the new single by Cape Verde born French singer Ronisia . It was released on 24th January.  Ronisia's most recent album is era 24, which came out in November 2023, but Call Of isn't on the album. It's a French language R'n'B song.     Ronisia fan? Check out this post: Music video for her 2023 single C'est toi: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/11/weekly-music-video_15.html  

A couple of weeks ago I wrote a post sharing some new music for 2025. You can read it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/01/new-music-for-2025.html   Today I'm sharing some more new releases from various genres. Please note that some of the songs contain swearing/explicit lyrics. :) Sukriti and Prakriti Kakkar- Aa Zara Indian twin musical duo Sukriti and Prakriti Kakkar's new single Aa Zara (released on 24th January) was this week's Weekly Music Video. Watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/01/weekly-music-video_29.html   JoJo- Ready To Love American singer JoJo recently released the single Ready To Love. It's one of the latest singles from her new EP NGL, her 5th, following on 2021's trying not to think about it . The EP title stands for "Not Gonna Lie" and it came out on 24th January. NGL is mainly R'n'B and consists of 8 tracks including previous singles, lead single Porcelain, plus the "stripped down" version...

Today's video is Aa Zara, the new single by Indian singers Sukriti and Prakriti Kakar . The twins (also known as SuPra) are playback singers for Bollywood films and also release their own music. Aa Zara is a Hindi language pop song with Afrobeat rhythms. I think the title translates as "Come a Little" or something similar in English. Let me know if you know the correct translation! :) Sukriti and Prakriti describe the song as a "sultry anthem of desire, love and longing" and say that it was originally made on a rainy day in 2023. The video for Aa Zara is the first music video on the twins' channel and it premiered on 24th January.   Want more Sukriti and Prakriti? Check out these posts: Music video for Kya Say?, their 2022 single with Badshah (plus links to a couple of their Bollywood songs: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2023/03/weekly-music-video_22.html Video for Hum Aaye Hain from the 2023 film Ganapath: Hero is Born, which Prakriti sang the female v...

Here is my first Asian Groups post of 2025! I started this series (which showcases groups from various Asian countries) back in March 2023 , so nearly two years ago now!  My last post in the series was in September , so it's been a while, lol.  Today I'm featuring Thai girl group 4EVE and Taiwanese boyband/boy band Ozone . *   4EVE 4EVE were formed in Bangkok (Thailand's capital city) in 2020, through the reality survival TV show Girl Group Star . They are signed to Thai record label XOXO Entertainment (who also manage boyband ATLAS ). The group consists of 7 members- Mind (real name Atitaya Tribudarak), Jorin (full name Jorin Khumpiraphan), Taoom (Benyapa Unjit), Hannah (Hannan Rosenbloom), Fai (Nattaya Buttura), Punch (Tipanan Nilsiam) and Aheye (Korranid Laosubinprasoet).  Hannah is Laotian-American (she has a Laotian mum and an American dad), but born in Thailand, later moving to Laos as a child. Punch is half Chinese and half Thai, and from Thailand.  4EV...

This week's video (or audio) is IT'S TRUE by Nigeran singer and record producer CKay and featuring  Canadian dancer, actress and singer Nora Fatehi . It's from CKay's latest album project EMOTIONS, which was released in October.  EMOTIONS follows CKay's debut album Sad Romance (which came out in 2022) and is a fusion of Nigerian and international music. CKay (who is known as "Africa's Boyfriend") says that the album is about "vulnerablility and growth" . Singles from EMOTIONS include WAHALA featuring Nigerian rapper and singer Olamide , IN MY BED and ADDICTED featuring Nigerian highlife band The Cavemen. . For IT'S TRUE, CKay teamed up with Nora, who has Moroccan heritage and is known for her dancing (in particular belly dancing). She began her acting career by appearing in Indian films ( Bollywood and South Indian ), both for item numbers and acting roles, and is based in India.  Last February, Nora signed a record deal with Warner M...

Sorry this week's post is later; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :)   It's a new year, so time for some new music! Since 2017 I've been writing posts sharing new music releases for the new year. You can see 2024's at the links below: New Music for 2024: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/new-music-for-2024.html More New Music for 2024:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/02/more-new-music-for-2024.html   So here are some new releases from a variety of genres. :) KARD- Detox First up, some K-pop! This is Detox, the latest single by Korean mixed gender/co-ed group KARD . It was actually released in December but I thought I'd include it. :) The group released their 7th mini album Where To Now? Part 1: Yellow Light last summer, along with the singles Tell My Momma and SPIN.  Detox is a stand-alone/non-album single but it may be intended for Part 2 of Where To Now? in the future. Detox is a pop/dance song about "detoxing" from all t...

Today's video is Attention by Zhayna. She is from Jamaica and describes herself as a recording artiste, singer and songwriter. Her singles include Runaway, I Love the Way and her latest, Spend Some Time/ Outside, which just came out this month. She has also done collaborations such as Love Me, We Move and White Line. Attention is a sultry R'n'B/reggae song which was written by Zhayna. It was released in November.     Also check out the music video for her latest single, Spend Some Time/ Outside (video premiered on 6th January): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZQkERd3sUc   For more on Zhayna visit these links:  Official FB page:  https://www.facebook.com/zhaynafrance Official YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Iamzhayna

Last year I wrote several dance themed posts and now here is my first one of 2025! :) The single Bad Girls Like You by Swiss/Thai rapper and singer Tobii has been a hit in recent months. It was released last September and is an R'n'B song with a mixture of Thai and English lyrics. Bad Girls Like You has also become a popular in the cover dance world, with quite a few dance covers ( Dance in Public ). The trend likely started after Thai dance studio MINIZIZE choreographed a dance version in September. You can watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6IF1ZLiEZg And here is the full dance version:     Tobii also teamed up with MINIZIZE for a dance performance of his latest single X Mas Love . And now here are some dance covers of Bad Girls Like You. Some of them are listed as Dance in Public and others as T-pop (Thai pop) in Public .   TOBII- 'BAD GIRLS LIKE YOU' | MINIZIZE DANCE COVER- C.A.C First up is a cover by CAC Official, a dance group from Vietnam. This is ...

This week's video is Criminal (Over You) by Indonesian singer Afgan and Vietnamese American singer thủy . It's Afgan's most recent single and from his mini album/EP Sonder, which was released last June. Afgan describes Sonder as a global mini album and it's a follow-up to his previous English language mini album Wallflower (released in 2021). thủy's latest EPs are wings (written in lower case, like her name), which came out in October and take me on a D8, which came out on 16th December. Her recent singles include cloud 11 and fairy godmother.  Criminal is the 3rd single to be released from Sonder, following on from Shallow Water and Escape featuring South Korean based, American rapper and singer Jessi (released in February and June 2024 respectively). It's a pop/R'n'B song and was released in November.   Read more about Sonder here: https://www.bandwagon.asia/articles/jakarta-and-singapore-in-the-spotlight-as-afgan-s-sonder-asia-tour-rolls-in   Want ...

A couple of years ago I shared my favourite songs of 2022. Then I did the same last year, so I thought I'd make it an annual tradition! You can see my previous posts at the links below: Favourite Songs of 2022: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/12/favourite-songs-of-2022.html Favourite Songs of 2023: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/01/favourite-songs-of-2023.html And now  here are my fave songs from 2024! :)   Back in April, I wrote a post with my current favourite songs. So rather than repeating myself, I'll link it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/04/current-favourite-songs.html A few of them had come out at the end of 2023. And here are more songs I liked last year. :)  LE SSERAFIM- EASY Korean girl group LE SSERAFIM released their 5th Korean single EASY in February. It was very popular and inspired a lot of K-pop in Public dance covers (see below!). LE SSERAFIM was formed in 2022 and currently consists of 5 members- leader Kim Chaewon, Sakura...

Today is New Year's Day, so this week's video is NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR'S by Katy Perry ! It's from her latest album 1432, a deluxe edition of her 7th album 143 (released back in September). 3 singles were released from the original version, WOMAN'S WORLD, LIFETIMES and I'M HIS, HE'S MINE featuring American rapper and singer Doechii . 1432 came out on 20th December and contains 4 extra tracks- I WOKE UP, HAS A HEART, NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR'S and OK. I'm not sure if NO TEARS FOR NEW YEAR'S is an official single but this is the visualiser. It's a dance/pop song and the video was uploaded on 20th December.     To watch the video for I'M HIS, HE'S MINE, visit my New Music Releases post from October: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/10/new-music-releases.html And stream/buy 1432 here:  http://katy.to/1432 Happy New Year! :)