Tuesday, 15 August 2017
Sunday, 18 June 2017
Wednesday, 15 March 2017
Ray BLK - Patience (Freestyle)
UK Talent.
That eclectic mix that defines Britain. The starkness/punchiness that tends to be liked in the UK mixed in with the sultriness of American RnB and a softened high hat of the Trap sound. Same with the voice, punchy and sultry. Soulful like the days of Soul 2 Soul and Lauryn Hill. Not to mention the awesome awesome video with this. In the hairdressers that most black girls in the UK have been to, where technique isn't as important as the outcome (the warm up straigheners racks have got a LOT of black girls in a zone of terrified nostologia) mirroring the songs message of "Don't worry about how I do my thing for now, I'll have my time to shine soon" with the right type of rewards (longevity). Stay tuned to this girl!
Wednesday, 24 August 2016
K. Flay - Dreamers
This is how extraordinary it is with this woman. I don't listen to lyrics like AT ALL, HOWEVER, with this woman I feel like I know her inside turmiol, her thoughts. They way she writes them aren't the angsty exxagerated type, the "oh I'm so poetic and in pain and the suffering artist, woe is fucking me". Her songs I more like "oh so since we got onto the topic, this is how I feel about life..." as if you giuys hit it off a party that was quite good and walked back on your way home together, but ended up becoming distracted on the way home to sit in a dark field with the one spliff she was meant to smoke herself after coming back from the party. She is so matter of fact about her fears and annoyances with ehr straight forward lyrical delivery but still has a tint of coy or shy youthfulness in her voice like she is almost embarrassed to tell you how she really feels. An great juxaposition to her usually chilled out but melodic instrumentals which means I am here to have a good time and literally wallow in my sorrows my 2 stepping or nodding it out... no feel pity me but more so I feel bad right now and I don't mind if you do too. Her slowed down/spaced out near minialistic instrumentals almost allow you to take time to wallow and reflect in the time between each beat and space out if need to be. It's almost like I'm expecting when I go to see her on the 6th of Sep (which I am HAPS about) I'm expecting to see nodding heads and smiles but really inside wondering if they are going through issues themselves or are they similar in the sense to me that I literally am there for the instrumental (usually) then I'm out. Her medolic instrumetnals but the sad lyrics are almost teasing you like how can you feel this way but you're still rocking out to a tune, Can't be that serious then? That is what K.Flay doess, you don't know if she is making a self deprecating joke to hide her true feelings as well as to make herself feel better. You can't laugh but you giggle nervously because you know somewhere you feel the same exact way.
People who always have something negative to say usually wear me out bit here is something so pure, honest and matter of fact, not going to make a wordsmith out of me with k. flay lyrics and sound. That is what makes her so relatable to me. Instead of spending time to decipher, her lyrics are literally a mirror to my own thoughts right now that appears in a monet of calm, such as on the bus, in the shower etc. (especially poignant when I found her by searching into Youtube "I HATE EVERYONE" on a particularly bad day which led me to my angsty, fun anthem, We Hate Everyone). "I thought if I was smart, I would make it far but I'm still at the start" K. Flay whispers in the song Blood In The Cut to a graduate who is wondering if her last year three years were a waste of time and if selling her soul was worth it all.
I want to think she is cheesy, I want to tell her shut up and get over it. But how can I when I feel the same as much of her lyrics and her music allows me to sway at my own pace? How?... If Meg Myers is the angsty, fuck right off side of me then K. Flay is the "sighs, what was I doing then... hold on... what AM I doing?".
I want more songs where I can literally dance out my sorrows please. I want more songs where I can look at my problems and scoff at them as right now I am having a good time listening to an instrumental. I want more songs where they are upbeat enough to sway to but slow enough for it not to be such an effort to move my body as my body- and my mind- are tired. Tired. But just like K.Flay, I will try to look at it with a light heart.
Is K.flay the new voice of the middle class Millenial? I don't know but she is definetley voice that reflects me.
Sunday, 10 April 2016
Sunday, 26 April 2015
Girl Power (Favourite Female artists or the girls I stan for)
It has been a very much while I know since my descention into kpop was hella intense and that was all I fucked with for a while. Kind of because western music to me was all sounding very similar and boring me and K-pop has so much drama going on with so many giving you good opinions about it you can hardly get bored of it. I didn't want to turn this into a kpop blog because there are blogs out there that are doing a way better job than what I would commit too but... Still, I am not planning to stay a while but I just wanted to make a post screaming the praises of girls that I adore. That made me believe in Western music and the girls I have come to stan in the Eastern world to the full extent to the point I actually stan them as in I would give up a rent in order to see them. I love them and you are going to too.
1. Meg Myers
So I heard the Hucci remix to Desire. I was going through a dark time (when am I not) and Red Light by F(x) woke me up to a beast in me that lay dormant for so freakin long and I realised my calling in life and what I should be doing with their comeback which caused me to a go on a rampage for trap and dub songs since my flatmate turnt me into someone who *looks* for music again. Not to also mention, I had an epiphany for rock music esp. heavy rock since my pole dancing juices started. My intense vibe that I got from the song which I hardly ever got from any songs anymore led me to search up the original artist. Searched her up on soundcloud, not yt which I am eternally thankful for and was blown away by her music to the point of actual tears. Meg Myers music makes me feel like.... that crazy chick inside me that wants to rip everyone throat out (hypothetically OF COURSE) and at the same time make me cry for people to leave me alone. Like she ahs that desperate thing that I love in songs. Songs that also try and disguise themselves as artistic, hurt ridden songs but really and truly deep down inside you can tell the song is a cry for help. Don't ask questions. Anyway, Meg Myers is phenomenal and a beauty and insane in every way that you can think of and she needs to come to London so Meg if you are reading this FUCKING COME ALREADY.
2. K. Flay
A rapper from.... A rapper who is white but doesn't try her utmost hardest to buy into the bravado makes a refreshing sound. Add this in with her lyrics riddled about her depression and her 75% hip hop/ 25% rock hybrid ambient sound causes her to become a miracle. Her songs give you the same feeling as when you feel depressed but she is like a safe friend that you can share your feelings too. I love K, Flay and she needs to come to London because her music bangs and her lyrics are relatable. That is all. So here I am going to introduce you to the song that introduced her to me, her most poppy song by a long shot and an amazing one at that. Brash and in your face but super fun. Fun Angst. Who would have thought?
(Fun fact: I found this song but typing into Youtube 'I hate Everyone' because again... Iw as having a bad day ¬__¬.)
3. FKA Twigs
As someone who shares a somewhat similar upbringing to her, raised in Gloucestershire for a large amount of her early childhood, being the only black in the village (or town or one of 50 anyway) and then moving to South London, I think I can understand her or at least her influences. In the West Country, there is this impending sadness around you as there is fucking nothing to do. Nothing. No chaos or constant movements like in London but obvs you don't realise it at the time. The constant empty space void of feeling and emotion and vast green landscape along with the simple but stepford wives-ish style that the people here somewhat adopt makes it very easy for someone from this landscape to dream to not bore yourself into oblivion. Lot's of space to dream. Lot's of time and patience to drag things out, whether your life, your thoughts or your music. The super chilled in a English way of course that is evident in the West country has allowed the likes of Trip Hop a.k.a Massive Attack, Portishead which is actually a place, mate I didn't know that until I saw a bus going there and the likes, to develop. I may give West Country a bad rap but the sombering vibe that the West country gives can be quite lush at times. FKA twigs is a product of her environment. Sounds, spaced out and calm like the West Country but closely layered, metallic, loud, claustrophobic and somehow functioning like London. Often using sounds to punch into the still atmosphere, leaving you to fill out the spaces which can be just as satisfying in the auditory sense than being told how to listen, she often contorts sounds and makes them into a hypnotic soundtrack rather than makes a 4 bar rhythm hoping to get people to two step (nothing wrong with two steps, I love two steps, I do.). I also want to say, to fully fully appreciate her music, please try to catch her live because I felt like I was in a trance/ritual, beats and drums and sounds galore and I am sure this bitch knew that I was onto her mass inundation of trying to throw us all into the dark side and subconsciously sell our souls to the devil and that is why this bitch looked and smiled at me. FKA reminds me of Aztec warriors, my inner tribal goddess, Aliens, a Never Ending Story and Anime (but the Steins Gate/ Ergo Proxy kind) all wrapped into one and it is insane. Like seriously. How does one?... Anyway, I am going to show you a song of hers that has actually made it into my top all time ten songs.
Wonderful.
Song reminds me of whenever I feel like I want to disappear with someone.
4. Beyonce
You know the deal.
This song reminds me of a time I was very wanting a husband and reminds me of times I wondered through my home at night on nightly walks and it was a sad time but what a sound track to this. Song reminds me of MK Ultra and dancing in a slinky minimalistic dress with my husband on a beach in Dubai as well as 1st year of uni.
5. Azealia Banks
Bad Bitch. Clever and brings out the camp gay man a.k.a me in me. Me and my friend use to always proclaim how much we wanted to live in the 80s and 90s but mainly late 80s due to mainly the dance tracks they had coming out. I had a legit time when I couldn't listen to Party by Beyonce without being in near tears because I wanted to be in the 90s so much. This chick came in with her 90s dance throwback galore, reminding me of days of the early 90s gay clubs that I wasn't born for. Sass, attitude and sleekness is what AB music gives me even though sometimes, she doesn't do the same. Clever lyrics to and you know how difficult it is for me to grasp lyrics in any songs. Top 5 song by far.
Song reminds me of my sudden want to go to NYFW, a time when my idea and image of this type of music was pure and all about being fucking fancy while interning at vogue in new york before I associated this song with people in Dalston and my intense love for Big Bang at the time (which hasn't waned btw) and how everything to me was just sleek Fashion with a capital F.
6. Jazmine Sullivan
I don't know what it is about her music exactly? but she has this old school hip hop vibe to her that reminds me of when I use to listen to hip hop and it use to bring me to a time where it was like bleak NY I use to think of. She also has a desperation in her songs. The real deal though is her VOICE.
Not hip hoppy at all but reminds me of Sleeping Beauty and it's freaking beautiful
7. 2NE1
JUST WATCH. THANKS.
8. Perfume
JUST FUCKING WATCH
9. Morning Musume
I love Morning Musume, and I don't know exactly why. Their music is kickass and these little girls can perform. Don't @ me. If I was in Jpop group, I would be in MM.
10. Early/ Ignorant Art era Iggy Azalea.
I know I should hate her guts but her music was so good. Understated from the bottom gradualness. It wasn't was chill melodic trap pop that made you feel like you were peaking into a Floridian working class chilling with her boyfriend about to get ready to go to the car park where some Fast and Furious race was going to happen but at the same time being so damn refined and classy and her accent hadn't morphed to the intense imposter accent that it is today. I loved me some Iggy for the fact that she was not as fuck, her style was phenomenon AND on top of that she had some amazing instrumentals.
11. MAMAMOO
Last but certainly, definitely not least. My new baes added to my roster. Mamamoo is jazz and stage presence personified. These girls can sing and they are such a joy to watch, these girls actually look like the fully enjoy performing, esp Hwasa. Their voices are phenomenal and Moonbyul can flow to rass, Did I mention they can sing? 50s jazz and 60s soul is their foray and I live for it
So those are my baes, my loves, my wifes and my mentors. I love these girls for their strong styles and what they do. Unique flavours and executed well.
1. Meg Myers
So I heard the Hucci remix to Desire. I was going through a dark time (when am I not) and Red Light by F(x) woke me up to a beast in me that lay dormant for so freakin long and I realised my calling in life and what I should be doing with their comeback which caused me to a go on a rampage for trap and dub songs since my flatmate turnt me into someone who *looks* for music again. Not to also mention, I had an epiphany for rock music esp. heavy rock since my pole dancing juices started. My intense vibe that I got from the song which I hardly ever got from any songs anymore led me to search up the original artist. Searched her up on soundcloud, not yt which I am eternally thankful for and was blown away by her music to the point of actual tears. Meg Myers music makes me feel like.... that crazy chick inside me that wants to rip everyone throat out (hypothetically OF COURSE) and at the same time make me cry for people to leave me alone. Like she ahs that desperate thing that I love in songs. Songs that also try and disguise themselves as artistic, hurt ridden songs but really and truly deep down inside you can tell the song is a cry for help. Don't ask questions. Anyway, Meg Myers is phenomenal and a beauty and insane in every way that you can think of and she needs to come to London so Meg if you are reading this FUCKING COME ALREADY.
2. K. Flay
A rapper from.... A rapper who is white but doesn't try her utmost hardest to buy into the bravado makes a refreshing sound. Add this in with her lyrics riddled about her depression and her 75% hip hop/ 25% rock hybrid ambient sound causes her to become a miracle. Her songs give you the same feeling as when you feel depressed but she is like a safe friend that you can share your feelings too. I love K, Flay and she needs to come to London because her music bangs and her lyrics are relatable. That is all. So here I am going to introduce you to the song that introduced her to me, her most poppy song by a long shot and an amazing one at that. Brash and in your face but super fun. Fun Angst. Who would have thought?
(Fun fact: I found this song but typing into Youtube 'I hate Everyone' because again... Iw as having a bad day ¬__¬.)
3. FKA Twigs
As someone who shares a somewhat similar upbringing to her, raised in Gloucestershire for a large amount of her early childhood, being the only black in the village (or town or one of 50 anyway) and then moving to South London, I think I can understand her or at least her influences. In the West Country, there is this impending sadness around you as there is fucking nothing to do. Nothing. No chaos or constant movements like in London but obvs you don't realise it at the time. The constant empty space void of feeling and emotion and vast green landscape along with the simple but stepford wives-ish style that the people here somewhat adopt makes it very easy for someone from this landscape to dream to not bore yourself into oblivion. Lot's of space to dream. Lot's of time and patience to drag things out, whether your life, your thoughts or your music. The super chilled in a English way of course that is evident in the West country has allowed the likes of Trip Hop a.k.a Massive Attack, Portishead which is actually a place, mate I didn't know that until I saw a bus going there and the likes, to develop. I may give West Country a bad rap but the sombering vibe that the West country gives can be quite lush at times. FKA twigs is a product of her environment. Sounds, spaced out and calm like the West Country but closely layered, metallic, loud, claustrophobic and somehow functioning like London. Often using sounds to punch into the still atmosphere, leaving you to fill out the spaces which can be just as satisfying in the auditory sense than being told how to listen, she often contorts sounds and makes them into a hypnotic soundtrack rather than makes a 4 bar rhythm hoping to get people to two step (nothing wrong with two steps, I love two steps, I do.). I also want to say, to fully fully appreciate her music, please try to catch her live because I felt like I was in a trance/ritual, beats and drums and sounds galore and I am sure this bitch knew that I was onto her mass inundation of trying to throw us all into the dark side and subconsciously sell our souls to the devil and that is why this bitch looked and smiled at me. FKA reminds me of Aztec warriors, my inner tribal goddess, Aliens, a Never Ending Story and Anime (but the Steins Gate/ Ergo Proxy kind) all wrapped into one and it is insane. Like seriously. How does one?... Anyway, I am going to show you a song of hers that has actually made it into my top all time ten songs.
Wonderful.
Song reminds me of whenever I feel like I want to disappear with someone.
4. Beyonce
You know the deal.
This song reminds me of a time I was very wanting a husband and reminds me of times I wondered through my home at night on nightly walks and it was a sad time but what a sound track to this. Song reminds me of MK Ultra and dancing in a slinky minimalistic dress with my husband on a beach in Dubai as well as 1st year of uni.
5. Azealia Banks
Bad Bitch. Clever and brings out the camp gay man a.k.a me in me. Me and my friend use to always proclaim how much we wanted to live in the 80s and 90s but mainly late 80s due to mainly the dance tracks they had coming out. I had a legit time when I couldn't listen to Party by Beyonce without being in near tears because I wanted to be in the 90s so much. This chick came in with her 90s dance throwback galore, reminding me of days of the early 90s gay clubs that I wasn't born for. Sass, attitude and sleekness is what AB music gives me even though sometimes, she doesn't do the same. Clever lyrics to and you know how difficult it is for me to grasp lyrics in any songs. Top 5 song by far.
Song reminds me of my sudden want to go to NYFW, a time when my idea and image of this type of music was pure and all about being fucking fancy while interning at vogue in new york before I associated this song with people in Dalston and my intense love for Big Bang at the time (which hasn't waned btw) and how everything to me was just sleek Fashion with a capital F.
6. Jazmine Sullivan
I don't know what it is about her music exactly? but she has this old school hip hop vibe to her that reminds me of when I use to listen to hip hop and it use to bring me to a time where it was like bleak NY I use to think of. She also has a desperation in her songs. The real deal though is her VOICE.
Not hip hoppy at all but reminds me of Sleeping Beauty and it's freaking beautiful
7. 2NE1
JUST WATCH. THANKS.
8. Perfume
JUST FUCKING WATCH
9. Morning Musume
I love Morning Musume, and I don't know exactly why. Their music is kickass and these little girls can perform. Don't @ me. If I was in Jpop group, I would be in MM.
10. Early/ Ignorant Art era Iggy Azalea.
I know I should hate her guts but her music was so good. Understated from the bottom gradualness. It wasn't was chill melodic trap pop that made you feel like you were peaking into a Floridian working class chilling with her boyfriend about to get ready to go to the car park where some Fast and Furious race was going to happen but at the same time being so damn refined and classy and her accent hadn't morphed to the intense imposter accent that it is today. I loved me some Iggy for the fact that she was not as fuck, her style was phenomenon AND on top of that she had some amazing instrumentals.
11. MAMAMOO
Last but certainly, definitely not least. My new baes added to my roster. Mamamoo is jazz and stage presence personified. These girls can sing and they are such a joy to watch, these girls actually look like the fully enjoy performing, esp Hwasa. Their voices are phenomenal and Moonbyul can flow to rass, Did I mention they can sing? 50s jazz and 60s soul is their foray and I live for it
So those are my baes, my loves, my wifes and my mentors. I love these girls for their strong styles and what they do. Unique flavours and executed well.
Saturday, 29 March 2014
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