Chantal Elizabeth

I haven't written a music blog post in ages, so I thought that it was about time that I'd update you on some of the songs that I have been loving at the moment. There haven't been that many songs over the last few months that I've been that bothered about however very recently 3 songs have had me clicking the play button more than once recently, which in my book means that they are going to be huge hits with people (if they haven't charted yet). These songs are all from huge artists including Katy Perry, DJ Khaled & there's a comeback from Paramore which is very exciting, especially if you were a huge fan of them back in the day.

Let's start with Katy Perry's Swish, Swish. I feel like Katy Perry has gone in a new direction with this album as it sounds a lot more like a dance album rather than a pop album and so far I'm loving the results of this experiment! I like her other songs she's released so far (Chained To The Rhythm & Bon Appetit) however I like this song the best as it's sure electronic/dance music and I think we need this kind of upbeat music right now the most what with everything that's been going on lately and if it's one thing music can do it's that it can provide some escapism from the horrible things that go on in the world and this track will sure make you feel great!



Now DJ Khaled is an artist that I'd heard of but I don't think I've ever listened to one of his songs before, but when I'm The One came on one of the Spotify playlists I was instantly hooked. It has Justin Bieber on vocals which makes the song even better in my opinion as I feel his voice nowadays suits that R&B sound to it and it would be a great song to listen to when you are getting ready to go on a night out as it's mid tempo so you can bop along to it (lol bop does anyone ever say that word, probs not but I still like it ha). It's a tune!



Paramore was not a band that I was obsessed with as a child/teenager however even I love their new comeback song Hard Times and even the video is really great. The band is singing in this really colourful and almost neon room and there are cool effects in it too, the look of the video is very late 80s/early 90s and that makes me very happy. I'm pretty sure this song has already been a huge hit and if not it will be for sure. It's a song that really puts you in a great mood which contradicts to the title of the song actually, but I really do think that it's a perfect comeback song for them-it's a different style for them as it's very Pop in style but I feel this will bring in a new audience for them which is what every artist wants when they release new music.

I feel like I haven't done a That's A Tune post in aaaaages, but today I'm back with another one and we are now on number 40 which is a bit crazy, but I still like posting about them so I'm not going to stop haha. Today's post is about another Culture Club song. I've been listening to a lot of 80s music and whenever I do that I seem to go on a Culture Club listening splurge. Their songs are just so great and George's voice is stunning! About six or so months ago I discovered a song by them that I never heard before called Move Away which I then found out was from their 4th album but I never listened to that one before. Personally I'm not keen on the other songs on the album but this one is amazing! It's catchy, it's got great lyrics and it just sounds very stereotypical late 80s which I love! It's just a song that makes you feel really happy and ready to go, it's probably a good song to put on first thing in the morning to wake you up too haha.

So it's time for another That's A Tune  and this week I have a cracking song for you. Shut Up And Dance is by a band called Walk The Moon and I don't think I've ever been obsessed with a song as much as I have with this one. It's a fun, high energy feel good song that's so uplifting, it just makes you want to get up and dance around like crazy and once you know the words you won't be able to stop singing it either. Check it out here:

Hi everyone! Hope you are all well. This week's That's A Tune is dedicated to the one and only Ed Sheeran who recently released his new album 'X' (pronounced Multiply). I bought the deluxe edition as soon as I could on the day it came out and I have been hooked since. I simply love all the songs on it. Most of the songs I'd say are slow or mid tempo, but there's a few that are a bit more upbeat like 'Sing' and 'Don't' which are fab!

I can't pick one favourite song as I love them all but the songs I find myself listening to the most are 'One', 'Don't', 'Thinking Out Loud' and 'All Of The Stars'.

'One' is such a relaxing song with beautiful lyrics to it and it's the first song that I could not get out of my head. 'Don't ' is a song that I find ridiculously catchy so I always end up singing it after I hear it as it has an incredibly cool beat to it. 'Thinking Out Loud' in my opinion is the most stunning song on the whole album. The lyrics are so honest that the song symbolises true love through the lyrics and it's musically captivating as well. I instantly liked 'All Of The Stars' as you can easily relate the lyrics to the film and book of The Fault In Our Stars which the song was written for.

I hardly ever buy albums that much any more, especially as CDs, so you know that an artist must be special if you would much rather buy the actual hard copy of an album. Also the art work inside this album is insanely cool. I particularly love the image of the cat wearing Pharrell's famous hat which is drawn really well and you wouldn't see that if you got the downloaded version of it.