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This little bop showed up in my Spotify Release Radar Friday and I’ve been loving it ever since. Younger me saw Jesse McCartney as totally basic especially when he was on that show “Summerland.” However, I’ll never forget that he defined my high school senior year with “Leavin'” I’m all for this. He’s still got it.
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It didn’t take long for trolls to bombard Ariana’s Instagram after learning that Mac Miller had passed away from an overdose this week. The couple had broken up earlier this year with her alluding that it had something to do with his drug usage. She moved on to Pete Davidson and Mac Miller continued to support her wishing her happiness. It seemed like the two of them were both moving towards a positive direction until the news of his passing came up. People were quick to point fingers and blame Ariana, but that’s unfair. Then after the news came out, people blamed her again for not putting out a statement right away. Can we just let this girl grieve on her own terms? It doesn’t help that Ariana has to go through this and is also still recovering from her PTSD that arose after the Manchester incident at her concert. Yesterday, she shared this post. A black and white photo of Mac likely taken by her with her feet in view. Her comments are disabled, as no one needs to judge her for this, and there isn’t a caption because this photo says it all.
There are certain moments in life where you hear something that you’re never gonna forget. I just recently re-introduced Kevin to music and had played Maggie’s “Give a Little” to him in the car. As much as I love this song, I’ll never forget watching the moment that Pharrell discovered Maggie, essentially leading the world to discover Maggie. It’s somewhat of a lengthy clip, but it’s worth watching. You can see the exact moments where he is absolutely stunned by her in different parts of the song. Not long after this, Maggie released more songs and then did the festival circuit. She was becoming a fan favorite, but this is where she started. I love moments like these.
It pains me a little to even write this post because I do not support The Chainsmokers in any way. What I am still in support of though is music videos. MTV didn’t do a stellar job of bringing back TRL and even then it felt like more interviews than music. There are many artists and bands these days that don’t even bother to make a video. Maybe they’ll reduce it to what some people call a “lyric video.” A quick Google search of the song would tell you that, but okay. Out of curiosity and because I like Camila Mendes, I watched the video she’s featured in for The Chainsmokers – Side Effects. Her dance moves were charming, the song is upbeat and you don’t see the duo at all. Score! She makes kind of awkward dancing actually pretty cool and that’s one of the reasons why I love it.
Is this not the perfect song to say goodbye to our summer? Let’s be honest, it never really started in San Francisco, but it’s fine. We’re fine. In this video, you might spot a cameo by Riverdale princess Camila Mendes! Turns out the two are friends from college.
Is anyone already listening to “Sweetener?” I just pulled it up on Spotify and already I’m feeling like her first few songs are very different from her last albums especially early on in her career. I’m willing to give this a fair shot though! I’d be interested in hearing what everyone’s favorite songs are afterwards.
