MUSIC

There’s something about French, right? It’s such a beautiful language and I wish I could speak it fluently. Maybe I should improve my French learning some songs, like “Amour Plastique” by Videoclub. “Je me perds dans tes yeux / je me noie dans la vague de ton regard amoureux”, which means I get lost in your eyes / I drown in the wave of your amorous gaze doesn’t even sound cheesy!

Videoclub is an electro-pop duo formed by Adéle Castillon, actress, youtuber, and singer, and Matthieu Reynaud, singer and composer.

I find this song refreshing, and the video, too. Sometimes you just want to listen to a carefree song that you can sing softly.

“Firestarter” by The Prodigy is the song of the week. Because it’s one of the greatest, most unforgettable songs of the ’90s. I still remember the first time I saw the video of this song. At the beginning I found it kind of scary, then totally cool. The Prodigy were one of my favorite bands when I was a teenager and I still love their songs so much.

“No Surprises” by Radiohead is the song of the week. This song is twenty-one years old and it seems incredible but, after all, good music never ages.

“No Surprises” is part of the soundtrack of a film I’m not going to see (because it’s about a group of boys who strive to become members of the camorra), “La Paranza dei Bambini”, which recently premiered at Berlin Film Festival. The trailer is often aired by Italian radios and tv channels, so I’ve been accidentally listening to this song a lot but I’ve always loved it.

It’s beautiful that Lil Peep‘s music is still alive. Another song by the late singer and iLoveMakkonen has been released and it features Fall Out Boy, a band I like a lot.

The song is titled “I’Ve Been Waiting” and it’s the song of the week.

“Swan Song” by Dua Lipa is the song of the week. I usually listen to the radio a lot and this song is on heavy rotation now. I like it a lot and I find it kind of relaxing.

“Swan Song” is part of the soundtrack of “Alita: Battle Angel”, a film directed by Robert Rodriguez and written and produced by James Cameron, starring Rosa Salazar, Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Ed Skrein, and many other actors. The film was released two days ago in the United States.

In the video, directed by Floria Sigismondi (I love her works, she directed great videos, like “The Beautiful People” by Marilyn Manson) and Dua Lipa plays the role of the female character of the film, a cyborg warrior. And she looks pretty stylish, I love her chunky necklaces. 

Last November Bob Sinclair and Robbie Williams announced they teamed up and Williams revealed their collaboration could happen because the families of the two musicians go to the same French school so they got to know each other and decided to make a song together.

That’s how “Electrico Romantico” happened.

Weezer just released an album of covers titled “Weezer (The Teal Album)”, which features huge successes of different music genres from different decades. “Take on Me”, a 1984 song by Norwegian band A-ha, is one of the songs the band covered.

A-ha was one of the most famous and successful bands of the ’80s and “Take on Me” is their most famous song. The video was directed by Steve Barron and it took four months to make, because of all the hand-drawn drawings. But the big work paid off. In 1986 “Take on Me” won six MTV Video Music Awards and it’s still considered one of the best music videos ever. 

Here’s Weezer’s cover of “Take on Me”.

And here’s the video of A-ha, which have more than 824 millions view. If Youtube existed back in the ’80s this video would have billions of views, for sure.

“I’m Still Here” by Sia is the song of the week. This song is aired very often by one of my favorite radios and I could listen to it on repeat. The lyrics are so beautiful. “Lost youth where we did wrong” are words that make me think so much.

In case you didn’t know, Sia teamed up with Repetto, the iconic brand that makes shoes, accessories and athleisure taking inspiration from the world of classical ballet. The result is Repetto by Sia, a collection of three ballerinas named Sophia. You can see them at the feet of the sketched version of Sia, in this audio video of “I’m Still Here”.

The song of the week is “Somewhere Only We Know” by Keane, which I recently searched on YouTube after listening to the beautiful, even sweeter cover by Renée Dominique. The song is from Keane’s first studio album “Hopes and Fears”, released in 2004.

A comment under the video of this song drew my attention. It says “% porn, 0% bad word, 100% talent”. So true. 

Danish musician MØ teamed up with American indie band Foster the People to produce a new version of the singer’s song “Blur”, from her latest album “Forever Neverland”.

MØ is the stage name of Karen Marie Aagaard Ørsted Andersen, a musician and producer whose music has been defined “electro with guts”. Foster the People is an American indie band formed in Los Angeles in 2009.

The video of “Blur” has been directed by Lauren Sick. MØ sports a couple of pretty stylish outfits, those over the knee glitter boots can’t go unnoticed and I also love the chain belt. And the way MØ’s moves. The black dress with balloon tulle sleeves is cool, too, with its ’80s vibes. Mark Foster from Foster the People makes a printed unbuttoned shirt worn over a white tank look kind of cool.