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Tag: Pop Culture

  • Music | Loving Lately #1

    Music | Loving Lately #1

    (Kinda) new feature klaxon. Since discovering it’s perfectly acceptable for me to plug in my headphones and just work at my desk at my job, I’ve been cycling through entire albums Spotify pretty much every day now. Inspired by the snippet reviews from my lovely friend Jennie, here are some of my favourites.

    Citrine EP, Hayley Kiyoko
    About: Refreshingly Queer melodic synth pop
    Favourite track: One Bad Night
    Thoughts: Like sipping cloudy lemonade from a mason jar on a Summer evening. Youthful. Hopeful.

    Honey, KAYE
    About: 80s inspired indie-pop
    Favourite track: Porcelain
    Thoughts: Utterly infectious pop music at its finest, #AsianExcellence at its best

    In Loving Memory Of When I Gave A Shit, LOLO
    About: Rough and ready Millennial soul
    Favourite track: No Time For Lonely
    Thoughts: Brutally honest, self aware songwriting at it’s most heart wrenchingly finest (also wins the prize for favourite album title of all time)

    I Am Bones - AIM - WIld World

    I Am Bones, Joe Brooks
    About: Soothing acoustic indie
    Favourite tracks: Dandelion Hair
    Thoughts: Heart-warmingly familiar breath of fresh air. Welcome back Brooks!

    AIM, M.I.A.
    About: Politically charged yet gloriously mellow, modern trip hop
    Favourite track: Bird Song (Diplo Remix)
    Thoughts: A much more introspective album than previous ones but it’s M.I.A. so it packs a powerful lyrical punch

    Wild World, Bastille
    About: Electo-infused alt rock
    Favourite track: Send them off!
    Thoughts: All the best bits of Bad Blood with more guitars, trippy samples & underlying lyrical darkness

    Have you listened to any of these guys? Let me know what you think in the comments!

    Ria

  • Revisiting Bridget

    Revisiting Bridget

    I was about 12 when the first Bridget Jones movie came out.

    Aside from vaguely remembering the ‘All By Myself‘ scene and Geri Halliwell’s official single, I don’t recall much about it at the time. Shoot forward a couple years and I’ve obviously since watched the film in full multiple times, I know all the references. It’s only now, however, in my mid-twenties, also a working woman, also single, that I think ‘Wow…Now, I get it.’

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  • Books | What Harry Potter Means To Me

    Books | What Harry Potter Means To Me

     

    *Disclaimer there are NO Cursed Child spoilers in this post! You are safe!

    But yes, it’s no coincidence that a Harry Potter post has been timed with the release of the play script of Harry Potter and the Cursed Child.

    I realise all of you know I’m a Harry Potter fan. I shout it pretty loudly when I get the chance but I don’t think I’ve ever delved into the topic too much. So we’ll start at the very beginning.

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