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Late Summer Vibes!

We're moving into mid-August and late summer, so before the season is over, I'm sharing some summer themed songs/videos! :)

I've written several summer themed posts over the years. Here are 2024's:

Vibes for Your Summer!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/07/vibes-for-your-summer.html

Island Vibes!:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/08/island-vibes.html  

 

Similarly to last year, I struggled a bit to think of a title for the post, lol. I've called this one Late Summer Vibes. 

 

Afgan feat. Jessi- Escape

In June 2024, Indonesian singer Afgan released the single Escape. It was the 1st single from Sonder, his 2nd English language mini album, which also came out in June. Escape was preceded by Shallow Water (released in February 2024) and followed Criminal (Over You) featuring American singer thá»§y (released this January).

For Escape, Afgan teamed up with South Korean based American rapper Jessi, whose 2017 single Down featured in my More Summer Songs post back in 2018. The upbeat pop song is about escaping somewhere far away with your lover and the video (which was filmed in Bali) is full of summery, road trip vibes!

 


 

 Addison Rae- Diet Pepsi

While not strictly a "summer song", Diet Pepsi by American social media star turned singer Addison Rae was released a year ago and the sexy video has laid back, summer vibes!  I don't think I actually heard it until October (when I saw the music video on TV). It was too late to include in a summer post then, so I'm featuring it in the 2025 post!

Addison's full name is Addison Rae Easterling and her parents are businessman and actor Monty Lopez and Sherri Easterling. Like their daughter, they are also social media personalities.

Addison initially found fame through TikTok in 2019, having started out uploading dance videos.  She soon reached over 1 million followers and joined The Hype House (a collective of TikTok collaborators which is now dissolved). She went on to sign with talent agency WME in January 2020.

In March 2021, Addison released her debut single Obsessed. It didn't do very well and she concentrated on other ventures, such as launching a beauty line and acting in the teen comedy He's All That.

However, after several of her unreleased songs were leaked online, she released her debut EP AR in August 2023. It had a more favourable response than her debut single. 

After featuring on the remix of British singer Charli XCX'sVon Dutch in March 2024, and teaming up with Charli again for the single Lucifer on British record producer A. G. Cook's album Britpop, Addison took another shot at a solo music career. She released Diet Pepsi (her debut major label single) on Columbia Records in August 2024. It was received much better than Obsessed and is considered Addison's early breakthrough.

Diet Pepsi was the lead single from Addison's debut self-titled album which came out this June. To date, 5 other singles from the album have been released- Aquamarine, High Fashion. Headphones On, Fame Is a Gun and Times Like These.

Diet Pepsi is a synth-pop and alternative pop song, which has drawn comparisons to music by Lana Del Rey (who has a song called Cola!). It's about the "immortal feeling of being young and in love". The music video stars Addison and American actor Drew Van Acker as lovers. 

Personally, I prefer "normal" Pepsi to diet  but never mind, lol.

 


 

Listen to/buy Addison (the album here): https://addisonrae.lnk.to/album

 

For more on Addison visit these links: 

Official site: https://www.addisonrae.com/ 

Official TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@addisonre 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/addisonraee

YouTube channel:  https://www.youtube.com/@AddisonRae

 

Maro- All I Got

Lebanese singer Maro's latest single All I Got was a Weekly Music Video last month. It was released in May (late spring) but both the song and video are a good fit for summer, with Maro travelling through sunny, desert landscapes (I'm guessing in California?).

Watch it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/07/weekly-music-video_23.html


HYOLYN- YOU AND I

Last year I featured HYOLOYN's WAIT in my Island Vibes! post (see above). (It was actually the inspiration for the post!) The Korean solo singer (also a member of now disbanded K-pop girl group SISTAR and its sub-unit SISTAR19) released the single in July 2024 and it was a perfect fit for the summer. 

For summer 2025, HYOLYN has released the digital single YOU AND I. It came out on 15th July and is a K-pop/Afrobeats song, with a mixture of Korean and English lyrics. The music video features beaches and tropical scenes. As people in the comment section on YouTube have mentioned, it was filmed in the Philippines, like WAIT.

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

 


 

Also check out the DRIVE ver. video (more summer road trip vibes!): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yHoMycIPf9E

 

Plus, visit the Island Vibes! post to see the music video for WAIT: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/08/island-vibes.html


 

The Kid LAROI- HOT GIRL SUMMER

Finally, here is Australian rapper and singer The Kid LAROI's latest track HOT GIRL SUMMER (released on 25th July). It was this week's Weekly Music Video and I thought it was a good way to round off this post!: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/08/weekly-music-video.html

 

Hope you enjoyed the post! :) What summer songs have you been listening to?

How is your summer going? (Or winter, depending where you are?) Here in the UK , the weather has been varied, somerims hot, sometimes cooler. We're supposed to have another heatwave soon. Anyway, at least we can enjoy summer vibes through music, even when the weather's not so great!


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