It has been too long since my last update! I meant to post this exact same post up earlier, actually, but things have been kind of crazy with me lately. Last weekend I took a trip to what I consider my second hometown to visit friends (friends who are staying, and a friend who has since returned to Korea), and then this week I started back at the 9-5 day job that I had before I went back to university, which involved turning my sleeping schedule nearly upside down. So needless to say, it has been a bit of an adjustment, and this blog kind of fell by the wayside for the past 11 days. Boo!
Anyway, on to the song spotlight for August! I have decided that from now on, I will choose both one "foreign" pick, as well as one "domestic" pick, because I realized that if I didn't? There would be a whole lotta kpop posted here. And contrary to popular belief, I don't just listen to kpop! (I swear!)
Pick number one is by Xiah Junsu, a member of JYJ, who I have been a fan of for nearly seven years now. The song is called "You Are So Beautiful" and is featured on the Scent of a Woman OST. This song is gorgeous, with Junsu's unique vocals, as well as overall lyrics and arrangement. Love it. Definitely one of my favourite releases of the summer.
My second choice, the "domestic" (or English language choice) is a song that I didn't particularly listen to a lot to in August, per se, but one that I discovered in August, and have been listening to a lot more lately, haha. And that is "Titanium" by David Guetta, featuring Sia. I first discovered Sia about
three years ago after watching her performance of "Soon We'll be Found" on David Letterman, and was taken to her voice right away. It has a really interesting quality to it in the fact that it is very distinctive -- there is no way that you could mistake her for another vocalist. This song is a really interesting mash-up of electronic sounds and Sia's trademark style. It's not really a mix that I would have ever really thought would work, but it totally does in this case.
Actually, it was somewhat difficult to pick the second choice for this month, because I don't have any set criteria in place for determining the song spotlight, and well :p I am not quite as enamored with it as I am my first pick. But in any case, I think that it is a good listen and definitely an excellent addition to my iTunes library.
I can't believe that August is over and that September is also nearly halfway finished! In a way I am looking forward to it, because it means that I can start baking again (yay for more posting material for this blog!), but at the same time I am in mourning for summer as the days grow shorter and the nights chillier. :(
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