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My gosh, it's 2019. The year of promise. For a lot of diet-mad, twitter-positive people anyway. Hey, not that that's a bad thing...I'm just not a New Year's person. I've got to admit, I make little goals for the year in my head, but overall I'm pretty pessimistic about the whole shebang. You know me.
So, as it's January, and I haven't done one of these in a while, I thought I'd let you guys know what I've been listening to. I've talked about my terribly narrow music taste before, but I'm gonna reiterate it. For someone who claims to be so in touch with music, I really do not listen to a lot of it. I don't really go looking for songs, or ever tell myself to try a new album. I'll pick up new songs from moments in TV Shows, or on YouTube suggested videos. Wow, I am lazy, maybe I should be making some resolutions...Sorry for being even more weird than usual, this is becoming a bit of a ramble! At least that gives you guys an indication as to what I'm like in person...I also think I should mention, this playlist of mine is definitely a bag of allsorts. For some strange reason, it works. It's the soundtrack to my life right now.
Without further ado, here is my January Jukebox! Click this link to listen to all of these songs on YouTube!
This Year's Love - David Gray
Oh my gosh, this song. I genuinely put this on, close my eyes, and imagine dancing with (insert your crush/significant other/celebrity fantasy here). It's such a beautiful beautiful song, so simply put together and it really plays on my emotions. When the chorus hits with that minor chord, I freaking well up. I've listened to it so many times now, expecting at some point to get tired of it - but I don't think that's happening any time soon.
Maria - West Side Story
Well, this may just be one of the most beautiful love songs in existence. The way Tony sings about this wonderful, enchanting moment - when he first sees his love, Maria - it's breathtaking. The emotion and passion that this is sung with...is only something I can aspire to with my own singing. You can tell that this is such a defining, enormous moment for Tony - he is transfixed by Maria and this song captures that so damn well.
California Dreamin - Sia
I don't know why, but this song makes me feel all 2000s. It's something about that intoxicating beat and how hypnotic Sia's voice is. This one I don't really connect with the lyrics, it's the track and the melody that really get me - it's so croony and dramatic and majestic. I love.
Shallow - Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper
If you follow me on Twitter, you'll know that since August, I have not shut up about A Star is Born. That movie broke me even before I saw it. Listening to the soundtrack destroyed me alone. And Shallow, being probably the most well known track from the movie, is fittingly my favourite song from it. It's charted all over the world for a reason. Lady Gaga and Bradley Cooper, singing as if to the love of their lives, their voices melding so perfectly together, the guitar riff in the background so beautiful, the lyrics positively insane. This song is unmatchable. Within one listen, I knew it had instantly inserted itself into my favourite songs folder. I could go on and on about the little details I love about this song. Bradley's projection, the hollowness of his voice. The reverberation of the piano when it kicks in at Gaga's verse. The soft, country sound to Gaga's usually authoritative voice...and then how it transcends into her well-known powerful range. THAT musical break. THAT VOICE. I am a Little Monster through and through, but listening to Shallow made me truly proud to be. I'm, falling...in all the good times, I find myself longing. Pure lyrical genius.
Shotgun - George Ezra
From Shallow to Shotgun! This is arguably the song of last year's summer - I can definitely remember vibing to it in my friend Penny's car on a sunny day in September. George Ezra is just wonderful. I mean, listen to it, go on. How can you not get up and dance? I've recently (don't laugh) been watching a few dance tutorials so I don't look like the elephant that I am if I am ever required to dance, in any situation, and I've been using dem dance moves...whenever I'm alone. I have dignity, people.
Clown - Emeli Sande
Oh, wow. Emeli Sande. Do I even need to say anymore? This song is so emotional - it is really directed at someone, and I especially love how delicate her voice is on that iconic chorus. The bridge makes me cry - this is definitely one I put on when I'm sad. I'm going to try and learn this on the piano, because I'd love to be able to cover it!
Wherever You Are - 5 Seconds of Summer
Okay, what would a playlist of mine be without a 5SOS song? This is one of the OGs, one of THE BEST SONGS EVER (fight me). Man, I could listen to this over and over again, and spoiler alert: I do. It just evokes so many emotions. From that first guitar riff, right to the very end, I am in tears. a) Luke Hemmings' fetus voice. Just Luke Hemmings to be honest. b) Calum in the bridge. c) YOUUUUUU, WHEREVER YOU ARE, YOUUUUUUU, WHEREVER YOU ARE. This would 100% be the song that breaks me if I ever get lucky enough to go to a 5SOS concert and they decide to play it.
Why Won't You Love Me - 5 Seconds of Summer
Ah, on the off chace Wherever You Are didn't break me, Why Won't You Love Me would definitely do the job. Any day. Of all the songs on this list, this is the song I definitely connect to the most. In terms of melody, lyrics, pure passion - I feel like it's been written for me. Or maybe for my wattpad characters, but hey, that's the same thing. I love this song beyond comprehension. I turn this on, and I feel a bit transcendental. The basis of it is so simple, and so easy to relate to. Why won't you love me? I cry listening to this one too (as you can see, there is a pattern here). It has that unique quality of being a heartbreaking, emotional song that brings up all of your feelings, and at the same time being a song you can bounce to, bump your head to, probably even slow-dance to. The chords are so beautiful. The song is so beautiful. This is one I'll keep with me forever.
I Dreamed A Dream - Glee
An absolute classic. I know this song moves a lot of people. I used to be very obsessed with it in Year 9, especially this incredible duet between two powerful, insane singers in their own right: Lea Michele and Idina Menzel. I don't think I need to say much about the song itself - it's undeniable. The loss of hope, the beauty of the orchestra that puts it all together...just amazing.
Sorry - Halsey
This song is an unsung hero. Halsey is brilliant, but this was a gem of hers I hadn't discovered until a few months ago, and I'm obsessed with it. I feel as though this is a topic in music that hasn't really been explored, and I'm so glad Halsey did, because she did it so wonderfully well. For those of you haven't heard it (what are you waiting for?), the song describes someone apologising to their lover, for not believing that anyone could fall in love with them. I guess this song hits me especially hard because I have a lot of insecurities about my own relationships - the lyrics really explain it in a way that I have never been able to. The whole idea of not knowing how to return love, how to return friendship and hurting the other person in the process. It's incredible.
My first post of 2019! I hope you've enjoyed it! Hopefully this won't be my last for a while - I am going back to uni in a few days and I have exams...which I should probably start revising for...but I think I've really rediscovered my love of writing this holiday. I've been jotting things down, getting all of my feelings out. And I think it really does help me. It takes me away from how overwhelming things can be sometimes. Writing on wattpad is really rewarding to, because I get to construct a world, explore character's feelings, and cheesily, learn things about myself through the stuff I write. Hopefully I can carry on blogging and helping myself that way.
Love, and Happy New Year kiddies,
SS xx