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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...

Today's music video is Godsent by AGUM and featuring i.amsolo . AGUM is a singer-songwriter originally from Uganda but now based in Sydney, Australia. (I think her full name is Hannah Agum.) She describes her music as "redefining  soul with a timeless voice and raw, heartfelt storytelling".  AGUM has toured as a background singer with Australian singer and actress Delta Goodrem and Australian singer Jessica Mauboy . She was a finalist in the Needle in the Hay Competition 2024 and featured om Australian TV programme  triple j's soul ctrl . Her singles include Fragile Heart, Say It, OUTGROWN, Makes Sense and Godsent. Godsent is AGUM's latest single and was released on 24th January. It's an Afrobeats/soul song and features Australian producer/artist i.amsolo.     For more on AGUM visit these links: Personal FB page (no Follow option but she has some public posts):  https://www.facebook.com/hannahagum/   Official TikTok:  https://www.tiktok.com/@agu...

Last month I wrote a post featuring some new music for the new year. You can see it here: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/01/new-music-for-2026.html Now we're in February, so here are some more new releases, from various genres. :)    Pia Mia- Underneath Guam born singer Pia Mia brought out the single Underneath on 29th January. It was  originally released unofficially 10 years ago but has now been officially released. (Perhaps inspired by the current social media trend "2026 is the new 2016" !) Underneath is an R'n'B song with sexy lyrics! The original version was only 1 minute, 55 seconds but this one is a bit longer at 2 mins, 4 secs. There's only an audio currently.     B Young- Playdoh British rapper and singer B Young released his latest single Playdoh on 30th January. It was this week's Weekly Music Video: https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2026/02/weekly-music-video.html   ZAYN- Die For Me Next up is some brand-new music from ZAYN (real na...

This week's video is Playdoh, the new single by British rapper and singer B Young . It's been a while since I've heard music from him. His most recent album was ESC which came out in November 2024 and he released several singles that year. However, I recently discovered that he did bring out a few singles last year- Only U in July (plus an acoustic version), Foreign in September and In My Bag in October. Playdoh was released on 30th January. It's an R'n'B/hip hop song with a good beat and sexy lyrics!     Want more B Young? Check out these links:  Live Performances 2023-2025 (features a live performance of his 2024 song ATTENTION from ESC, plus links to more music):  https://starsparklex.blogspot.com/2025/02/live-performances-2023-2025.html Official audio for Foreign:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5EPMXWyQz7c Official audio for In My Bag; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=co8hZYIVGlc