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Today's video is Nothing To Say by Nigerian American singer  Adanna Duru . It's her latest single and was released on 11th March. Her most recent EP was stuck in a record deal, which came out in September 2024. Nothing To Say is a stand-alone single. It's a chilled R'n'B love song. Please note that it contains explicit lyrics! :)       Want more Adanna? Check out these links:  Music video for Put It Down feat. Mannywellz (one of my favourite songs from last year):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/02/weekly-music-video_21.html   Lyric video for WILL SMITH, with MNEK (released last Nov):  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nu_WIh5KTD4    

Sorry the 2nd post is later again this week, I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :) Last month I started a mini series called K-pop Comebacks, featuring the comebacks of K-pop groups during 2026. The first one was about BLACKPINK and you can see it here:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/03/k-pop-comebacks-blackpink.html Today I'm focusing on BTS (one of the most popular Korean boybands ). They debuted in 2013 and are a 7-member group, made up of leader RM, formerly known as Rap Monster (real name Kim Nam Joon), SUGA (Min Yoon Gi), Jin (full name Kim Seok Jin), j-hope (Jung Ho-seok), Jimin (Park Ji Min), V (Kim Tae Hyung) and Jungkook (Jeon Jung Kook). * Since then, the boys have been very successful, not only in South Korea but internationally. They are probably one of the most well-known K-pop bands worldwide.  In June 2022, the group took a break while the members served their  mandatory military service in Korea and have also been concentrat...

This week's video is LUVAGIRL by American singer Coco Jones . It's her latest single and was released on 23rd March. LUVAGIRL is Coco's first release of 2026 , following her debut album Why Not More? which was released in April 2025 and the digital special edition Why Not More? (More!) which came out last August. The track sees her in her "luva era" (as she describes it) after  getting engaged to American basketball player  Donovan Mitchell last summer. It's a love song reminiscent of early 2000s R'n'B . This is the official music video and there's also a lyric video.      Watch the lyric video here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Lhs1WEjloo   Coco fan? Check out this post: Music video for On Sight from Why Not More? (released in April 2025), plus links to more of her music:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/05/weekly-music-video_21.html      

Last year I wrote two posts sharing K-pop in Public (dance covers of Korean songs performed in public places) covers of older songs by girl groups. Today I'm doing a round-up (or more like a "mini round-up", lol) of past posts featuring girl group classic covers, plus a couple of new videos. :)   K-pop in Public- Girl Group Classics:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/06/k-pop-in-public-girl-group-classics.html K-pop in Public Dances Round-up (features a cover of  HELLO VENUS' Sticky Sticky by OnePear from Australia):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/08/k-pop-in-public-dances-round-up.html K-pop in Public- More Girl Group Classics: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/09/k-pop-in-public-more-girl-group-classics.html Dance Videos Round- up 2025 (includes a cover of AOA's Miniskirt by KPOC from the US): https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/12/dance-videos-round-up-2025.html   And now here are a couple of  new videos. :)    [KPOP IN P...

This week's video is DMC by Myles Lloyd , GEMINI , Karencici and JUNNY . Myles is a Canadian R'n'B singer-songwriter from Montreal. He is an independent singer, and released his first song Step Down in August 2017 and his debut album Goodbye in September 2019. His other albums include Forever Yours (2022) and WHAT MORE CAN I SAY ? (2024). His recent singles include Closer, Grapevine and Voodoo. DMC is a newer version/remix of Drive Me Crazy, which Myles originally released in November 2024. A music video premiered in July 2025.  For DMC, Myles teamed up with South Korean R'n'B/alternative artist GEMINI, Chinese American singer Karencici and fellow Canadian singer-songwriter JUNNY. GEMINI (real name Kim Jae-Min)  debuted in 2020 , appearing on   Jay Park's  and Cha Malone's  record label H1GHR MUSIC's  compilation album [HIGHR : BLUE TAPE]. * He went on to sign with record label AT AREA and released his debut single Going. To date he has released 4 EP...

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :) The 90s and 00s were the era of girl groups in the West, in the US and the UK in particular, with groups like En Vogue , the Spice Girls , Destiny's Child , Atomic Kitten , Sugababes ,  Mis-Teeq and Pussycat Dolls dominating the charts. In the years since, girl groups (along with boybands) have largely faded away and there are predominately solo singers. In other parts of  the world, especially Asia, girl groups have remained popular. You'll see this in the K-pop industry particularly. I have often featured Korean girl groups on the blog and also from other Asian countries in my Asian Groups series in recent years. (The series covers both female and male groups.)  I've also written a couple of  posts about international girl groups  (African and South East Asian). Some of them are older groups though.  There are a few exceptions in the West, such as Fifth Harmony ...

Today's video is MOVE ON, the new single by Kosovar (Kosovo Albanian) singer Era Istrefi . It came out on 8th March ( International Women's Day ) and is her first release of 2026. MOVE ON was written by Era herself and is a mostly Albanian language song, with the occasional English line. It's in the style of her signature brand of pop and dance with reggae influences.      Want more Era? Check out this post:  Music video for AMA DO LOVE X HADJE (released last October), plus links to more music:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/10/weekly-music-video_22.html

Jennifer Lopez (one of my favourite singers) has been celebrating the 25th anniversary of her 2nd studio album J.Lo. It was released on 16th January 2001 in the US (22nd January in the UK) and is one of her most successful albums to date. I'm a bit behind with this post about it but never mind! :)  This has turned into quite a long post, so I'm splitting it up into two parts. Here is Part 1! :)   The anniversary comes after her other album milestones- the  20th anniversay of her 3rd album This Is Me...Then in November 2022 and the 20th anniversary of her 4th album Rebirth  in March 2025. To celebrate the J.Lo anniversary, Jennifer released a 25th anniversary edition which features one new song (Crazy (Nobody Else), exclusive tracks only previously available on international editions and a new remix of Play (Trixie Mattel Remix). The album's title is a reference to Jennifer's nickname J.Lo, given to her by fans. Its music style is  primarily dance-pop, La...

This week's video is Lullaby Remix by  JayDon and featuring Paradise , Jay Park and LOUIS of LNGSHOT . American singer JayDon released the original Lullaby (a smooth R'n'B song) in February 2025 as the lead single from his debut mixtape Me My Songs & I, which came out in October 2025. Other singles from the mixtape are I'll Be Good, The Way You Move and Jealous Of The Moon. JayDon's latest single is FLAMED UP (a stand-alone single) which was released last month. For the Lullaby remix, JayDon and singer Paradise (who is the son of American record producer L.A. Reid ) teamed up with American rapper and singer Jay (who has Korean heritage and is a K-pop turned K-R'n'B and hip hop artist) and LOUIS from Korean boyband LNGSHOT. So it's an American/Korean collaboration, which is cool! :)  Lullaby Remix was released last November. Another remix called Lullaby (mega remix) followed in December. It features singer Usher , who co-owns JayDon's record ...

This week's video is by Homewrecker by American singer sombr . It's his latest single and was released on 5th February.  Homewrecker is described as an upbeat pop song about an emotionally unavailable love interest . It's a stand-alone single, not from his debut album I Barely Know Her (released last August). The music video features sombr, American influencer/social media star and model Quenlin Blackwell and American actor Milo Manheim (the son of actress Camryn Manheim ).            

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :) 2026 is shaping up to be the year of K-pop  comebacks, with several popular groups reuniting (including two of the biggest internationally known groups BLACKPINK and BTS , so I thought I'd feature them in a miniseries. :)   First up is girl group  BLACKPINK . Since debuting in 2016, the 4-member group (made up of JENNIE, LISA, JISOO and  ROSÉ) has been very successful, both in Korea and around the world. In recent years the girls have concentrated on their solo careers . Their individual contracts with YG Entertainment (one of the biggest South Korean entertainment companies/record labels) expired but they  continued to work with YG for group activities and embarked on the <DEADLINE> world tour last summer, which lasted until this January.  Now the members have reunited for their first release since 2022's BORN PINK (their second studio album), an EP also c...

This week's video is Blink by Corbyn Besson and TZUYU (of  TWICE ).  Corbyn is a solo singer and former member of American boyband Why Don't We , who officially disbanded last year. He started out by sharing music online and after his popularity grew, he released his debut solo single The Only One in December 2014. His second single Marathons followed in 2015. He joined Why Don't We in 2016. Corbyn's other singles include Love Me Better, Don't Run, Tied Up and SUMMER with American singer Jeremih . He just released his debut EP HEAD FIRST on 16th January. TZUYU (full name Chou Tzu-yu or Tzu-yu Chou in Western terms) is a member of Korean girl group TWICE . She is originally from Taiwan but moved to Korea in 2012 to train as a K-pop idol and went on to join the group. TZUYU made her solo debut in September 2024 with the EP abouTZU. The lead single Run Away was her first No. 1 single on the Billboard Taiwan Songs chart. Blink is an electronic R'n'B funk son...

Time for the first C-pop Saturday post of the year. If you're new to Star Sparkle, it's my semi-regular series (which I started in 2018 ) sharing Chinese music. Today I'm sharing a selection of pop and R'n'B songs released in the past few months. :)    DOLLA feat. Elva Suyan- MWAH! Malaysian girl group DOLLA teamed up with Malaysian rapper Elva Suyan for the Chinese version of their single MWA! The original single was released in May 2024 and is a mixture of Malay and English lyrics. The Chinese version came out last November. This is the official lyric video. It's a mixture of Chinese and English lyrics, and the Chinese lyrics were co-written by Elva.      Watch the music video for MWA! here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Q_OrWI2egA And I also featured a live performance of the song in my recent Asian Girl Groups' Live Performances post:  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/01/asian-girl-groups-live-performances.html     WayV- Eter...

Today's video is break   by American singer  Jhené Aiko . It's her most recent single and was released last November. break is a gentle R'n'B song with chilled vibes. The video is relaxing too.    Jhené is also set to release a new version of her 2nd album Trip (originally released in 2018) on 18th April, as part of Record Store Day. It will be coming out on picture disc for the first time.   Want more Jhené? Check out this post: Visualiser/audio for guidance (2024):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2024/07/weekly-music-video_31.html      

Sorry the 2nd post is later this week; I didn't manage to get it finished yesterday. :) During the past couple of years I've shared quite a lot of dance videos. I plan to feature more in 2026, so here's the first one of the year! Here are some Dance in Public (dance covers of songs performed in public places) videos. :)   [DANCE IN PUBLIC] 'SAXO LOVE' - TOBII | TADA TEAM DANCE COVER & CHOREOGRAPHY First up, some  T-pop (Thai pop) in Public . Swiss/Thai rapper and R'n'B singer Tobii's songs have become popular in the cover dance world in the past couple of years and I've featured covers of his songs Bad Girls Like You ,  Hotel Lobby and most recently Saxo Love . Here is another cover of Saxo Love, which was released in June last year. It's performed by TADA TEAM, a dance team from Hanoi University in Vietnam.  The dance was originally performed by Thai dance studio MINIZIZE (it was choreographed by  Earth_prompen ). (MINIZIZE have also previ...

This week's video is Thong, the new single by American singer Justine Skye . It follows her last single YAP, which came out last October.  During 2025, Justine took a new direction with her music, moving into dance from R'n'B which was also reflected by her prior singles Oh Lala (a dance/R'n'B song) with Haitian Canadian music producer and rapper  KAYTRANADA  and dance track Bitch in Ibiza (both released last summer). Thong was released on 13th February and is from Justine's upcoming EP CANDY, due out on 27th March. She describes the EP as her new dance project and it also contains the previous singles Oh Lala and YAP.   Also check out the music video for YAP (plus links to more music from Justine):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/11/weekly-music-video_12.html  

It's Valentine's Day, so today's post is love themed! Here is a round-up of some previous posts on the blog relating to love and romance, plus a couple of  songs I haven't posted. (Not every single post featuring a love song because there would be too many!) lol. :)   My Favourite Love Songs  Back in 2022, I wrote a post just before Valentine's Day featuring my favourite love songs. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2022/02/my-favourite-love-songs.html   Coco Jones- On Sight American singer Coco Jones released the single On Sight in April last year. It's a smooth R'n'B song, with a music video that sees Coco become fixated on potential love interests! It was a Weekly Music Video in May 2025: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/05/weekly-music-video_21.html   LONA-  VÌ YÊU ANH ( Dance Version) In April 2024 I included Vietnamese singer  LONA's single  Vì Yêu Anh (Dance Version) in my V-pop Music and Dance 2023-2024 round-u...