03 Monday May 2021
The Blowing is the third mini album by Highlight. It was released on May 3, 2021 with “Not The End” serving as the album’s title track.
Tracklist:
1.”Not The End (불어온다)”
2.”Wave”
3.”Hey Yeah (밤이야)”
4.”Sorry (미안)”
5.”Disconnected”
6.”Surf”
OVERALL RATING: 4½ stars
03 Monday May 2021
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Following on from a clutch of successful teaser singles released over the last six months, Emma Stevens is set to release Light Year, her fourth studio album, on April 30th.
The album is a beautiful eclectic collection of twelve songs in true Stevens style about hope, love, loss and humanity and includes collaborations with Grammy award winner Charlie Midnight (Billy Joel, Cher, Joni Mitchell, James Brown) and Pete Woodroffe (Simply Red, Melanie C, Joe Cook).
The title track, Light Year, has a powerful message about feeling distant and removed – something many of us will relate to after the events the last twelve months – its fragile melody, thought provoking lyrics and exquisite string arrangement will give you goosebumps!
Meanwhile, Jump In and Forever are two stand out punchy pop tracks with a strong energetic heartbeat – a nod to 80’s synth pop combined with Stevens’ lustrously pure vocals and trademark ability to write an irresistibly catchy tune.
Another change of pace and another stunning string arrangement hail I Still Miss You – a raw tearjerker of a song Emma wrote about the loss of her Mum and how she continues to miss her even as the years roll on.
In playful mood, The Cappuccino Song, already a huge hit in China, is another slice of mighty infectious pop which has become a firm favourite with live audiences even before the song has been released here. Emma says of the new album;
“The songs all mean so much to me, I really hope they resonate with the people who hear them. It was such fun to experiment with new styles of production. There are some tearjerkers on this album, but there are also some really high energetic pop tunes. It was great to let my imagination run wild.”
Stevens has been releasing a new track from the album each month since September, a new approach which she hoped would give fans something to be excited about each month during these challenging times. Emma also released Lockdown Lullabies – gentle acoustic rearrangements of some of her favourite songs, including Coldplay’s Yellow – catching the ear of the band’s manager who described it as “Absolutely beautiful”.
Tracklist:
01.Jump In
02.Forever
03.The Grass Is Always Greener
04.On a Day Like Today
05.The Rain Fell on Haikou
06.Light Year
07.The Cappuccino Song
08.Goodbye Goodbye
09.Panic Room
10.I Still Miss You
11.You Can Do Magic
12.Keep Dreaming
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
03 Monday May 2021
Posted in Musica
Not in Chronological Order is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Julia Michaels. It was released on April 30, 2021, by Republic Records.
Tracklist:
1 All Your Exes
2 Love Is Weird
3 Pessimist
4 Little Did I Know
5 Orange Magic
6 Lie Like This
7 Wrap Around
8 History
9 Undertone
10 That’s The Kind of Woman
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
03 Monday May 2021
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“Dancing In Your Living Room” is the EP by the singer Sigrid.
Release Date: 2021
Tracklist:
01.Don’t Feel Like Crying
02.Sucker Punch
03.Don’t Kill My Vibe
04.Schedules
05.Strangers (Jonas Blue Remix)
06.High Five (Hazers Remix)
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
03 Monday May 2021
Beautiful Night is the fourth mini album by Yesung. It was released on May 3, 2021 with “Beautiful Night” serving as the album’s title track.
The music video for “Phantom Pain” was pre-released on April 23, 2021.
Tracklist:
1.”Beautiful Night”
2.”Phantom Pain”
3.”Corazón Perdido (Lost Heart)”
4.”Fireworks”
5.”No More Love”
6.”Like Us (이렇게 우리는)”
7.”A Letter in The Wind (바람결에 날려 보아요)”
OVERALL RATING: 4½ stars
03 Monday May 2021
“Say Yes” is the new digital single by the singer Nissy (Takahiro Nishijima).
Release Date: 2021.04.30
Tracklist:
1.Say Yes
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
03 Monday May 2021
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Guess Who (stylized as GUE?? WHO) is the fourth mini album by ITZY. It was released on April 30, 2021 with “마.피.아. In the Morning” serving as the album’s title track.
Tracklist:
1.”마.피.아. In the Morning”
2.”Sorry Not Sorry”
3.”Kidding Me”
4.”Wild Wild West”
5.”Shoot!”
6.”Tennis (0:0)”
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
03 Monday May 2021
“Last Dance (Prod. GroovyRoom)” is the fourth digital single by (G)I-DLE. Made in collaboration with the platform UNIVERSE, it was released on April 29, 2021.
This single marks the first as a five-member group; Soojin was not present for its recording due to her remaining on hiatus from bullying scandals.
Tracklist:
1.”Last Dance (Prod. GroovyRoom)”
OVERALL RATING: 4 stars
03 Monday May 2021
After a year since voice artist/artist Yukari Tamura released her previous album, she is now ready with her new album. The album will feature 12 new songs from her own private label “Cana aria”.
Release Date: April 28, 2021
Tracklist:
1.Exactly
2.キャラメル
3.ちょっとだけワルイコ
4.Pink Pygmalion
5.Never Let You Go
6.Pandora & Chimera
7.それは奇跡なんかじゃない
8.私だけMissing
9.Umbrella Sign
10.ケセラセラ
11.花火
12.Tremolo Mellow
OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars
03 Monday May 2021
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Spring 2021 brings an exceptional record, the first solo album by Rachele Bastreghi, released on April 30th (Warner Music Italy).
It’s called PSYCHODONNA, it has been written and worked over the last two years and co-produced by Rachele herself together with Mario Conte. In many ways it is a surprising, free and liberating album in which Rachele “lays bare”, perhaps for the first time showing her soul and her sensitivity.
“It is my journey of overtime, of the moon and isolation, of poetry and distortion, of illuminated sunrises and chaotic awakenings. It is a necessarily free song, made up of contradictions, of love and dismay, of sweetness and nerves. It’s a conscious dance in the mud “, explains the Bautelle singer.
Tracklist:
01.Poi mi tiro su
02.Lei
03.Not for me
04.Come Harry Stanton
05.Penelope (feat. Silvia Calderoni)
06.Due ragazze a Roma (feat. Meg, Chiara Mastroianni)
07.Psychodonna
08.Fatelo con me
09.Resistenze
OVERALL RATING: 3½ stars
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