It's now December and you can finally play all the Christmas songs you've been aching to hear listen to all year. I personally love listening to Christmas songs; they are so positive and uplifting. I've listed all my favourite Christmas songs below so that you can add them to your own playlist. I've tried to include a few that you may not have heard of before, as I know how a lot of playlists have the same Christmas songs.
1. All I Want For Christmas Is You - Mariah Carey
This is without a doubt my most favourite Christmas song. I always have it on repeat throughout December, and in fact I'm listening to it right now. I just love Mariah Carey's voice.
2. Last Christmas - Wham!
This has long been one of my favourite Christmas songs.
Can you believe it's already November?! Where has this year gone?! I hope you all had a great Halloween - I personally didn't do anything special since I'm more into Christmas and I couldn't really be bothered to organise anything, but I did watch loads of films, including Teen Witch and Life After Beth.
Anyway, today I will be sharing my October Playlist. It's about time I did another monthly playlist, don't you think? I haven't done one since the end of August! There are so many good songs out at the moment, and I've listed some of them below. Enjoy!
1. Million Reasons - Lady Gaga
2. Body Moves - DNCE
3. Starving - Hailee Steinfeld & Zedd
4. Scars to Your Beautiful - Alessia Cara
5. Fake It - Bastille
6. Mercy - Shawn Mendes
7. Closer - The Chainsmokers & Halsey
8. Hurts - Emile Sande
9. Kids - One Republic
10. Take Me Down - The Pretty Reckless
I'm absolutely loving Bastille, DNCE and Shawn Mendes at the moment! Lady Gaga's new songs are great too - they're different to her previous songs, but in a good way! How amazing is Emile Sande's voice?!
As my Tune Tuesday posts tend to be about recent songs, I thought I'd do something a bit different this week. I recently created a Spotify playlist dedicated to my favourite songs from childhood films and musicals, so it seemed like a good idea to share them with you.
1. Defying Gravity (from 'Wicked')
2. Popular (from 'Wicked')
3. My Favourite Things (from 'The Sound Of Music')
4. So Long, Farewell (from 'The Sound Of Music')
5. Sixteen Going On Seventeen (from 'The Sound Of Music')
6. Let It Go (from 'Frozen')
7. Memory (from 'Cats')
8. I See the Light (from 'Tangled')
9. This Is Me (from 'Camp Rock')
10. Greased Lightnin' (from 'Grease')
11. Summer Nights (from 'Grease')
12. We Go Together (from 'Grease')
13. Hopelessly Devoted to You (from 'Grease')
14. Once Upon a December (from 'Anastasia')
15. What Dreams Are Made Of (from 'Lizzie McGuire: The Movie')
16. Part Of Your World (from 'The Little Mermaid')
17. Colors Of the Wind (from 'Pocahontas')
18. A Whole New World (from 'Aladdin')
19. Once Upon a Dream (from 'Sleeping Beauty')
20. Over the Rainbow (from 'The Wizard Of Oz')
Yes, I know I included 'Let It Go'. I loved it at first, and then it got a bit annoying since it was played so much, but I do love Idina Menzel's voice, and Demi Lovato's version is incredible too! I've loved the songs I've included from 'The Sound Of Music', 'Grease', 'The Little Mermaid', ' The Wizard Of Oz', 'Pocahontas' and 'Aladdin' since I was like 5! I can pretty much recite the lyrics to all of these songs, particularly 'Over the Rainbow', 'Once Upon a Dream' and 'Hopelessly Devoted to You'.
Of course, there are so many other songs I could've included on here, such as those from 'The Lion King', 'Beauty and the Beast' and 'Mary Poppins', some of my favourite Disney movies. I definitely need to sit down and rewatch these films and musicals!
What are your favourite songs from musicals and Disney films?
It's been soooo long since I last posted a Tune Tuesday post! But I've decided to FINALLY return to this feature and share my summer playlist! It's a bit late, considering it's almost the end of August, but oh well!
1. WILD - Troye Sivan and Alessia Cara
Troye Sivan is brilliant! I first discovered him at SitC two years ago when I heard Happy Little Pill.
2. Chasing Shadows - Matt DeFreitas
I heard Matt DeFreitas singing in the open mic room at SitC this year and I immediately went on Youtube to discover more of his covers! Chasing Shadows is an original song by Matt.
3. Heathens - Twenty One Pilots
I recently discovered Twenty One Pilots and I've had this song on repeat ever since!
4. Stressed Out - Twenty One Pilots
Another song I love by Twenty One Pilots (and the first song I heard by them!).
5. Ride - Twenty One Pilots
Can you see a theme running through this playlist?! Btw, you have to check out Alex Aiono's cover - it's amazing!
6. Bury It - CHVRCHES and Hayley Williams
I literally love anything with Hayley Williams, and since CHVRCHES is great too, this is one of my favourite songs I've been listening to this summer.
7. Don't Let Me Down - The Chainsmokers and Daya
So I'm not that keen on the dance element to this song, but it is just so catchy and it's the perfect summer tune! Daya is amazing! And she's only 17!!!!! (I mean, she does look really young but still...)
8. This Is What You Came For - Calvin Harris and Rihanna
Does anyone else think that this doesn't really sound like Rihanna? I was surprised when I found out she was the singer! This is another song I've had on repeat all summer.
12. Send My Love (To Your New Lover) - Sam Tsui, Madilyn Bailey, Alex G and Kurt Hugo Schneider
This song was originally by Adele, but I have to be honest, I'm not that keen on it. However, the cover done by Sam Tsui, Madilyn Bailey, Alex G and Kurt Hugo Schneider is just incredible!
13. Wiser - Madilyn Bailey
Madilyn Bailey is one of my favourite Youtubers and her song Wiser features on her debut original songs album.
14. Into You - Ariana Grande
Another catchy song!
What songs would be on your Summer playlist? Let me know in the comments!
Can you believe that it's almost 2016?! I swear, it still feels like 2012! As it's my last Tune Tuesday of this year, I thought I'd share my favourite songs of 2015!
1. See You Again - Wiz Khalifa - Charlie Puth
2. Drag Me Down - One Direction
3. Perfect - One Direction
4. Love Myself - Hailee Steinfeld
5. Bad Blood - Taylor Swift
6. Wildest Dreams - Taylor Swift
7. Shake It Off - Taylor Swift
8. Want To Want Me - Jason Derulo
9. Fight Song - Rachel Platten
10. Can't Feel My Face - The Weeknd
11. Hello - Adele
12. Sorry - Justin Bieber
13. What Do You Mean? - Justin Bieber
14. Where Are U Now - Justin Bieber, Skrillex & Diplo
15. Should've Been Us - Tori Kelly
16. Confident - Demi Lovato
17. Locked Away - R. City ft. Adam Levine
18. On My Mind - Ellie Goulding
19. Ignition / Do You - Phoebe Ryan
20. Jealous - Nick Jonas
21. New Americana - Halsey
22. Flashlight - Jessie J
Yeah, I know, it's a bit long...but there are so many songs I love this year! What would be on your list? Let me know!
You may have noticed that I haven't done any Tune Tuesday posts for a while (since the beginning of September to be precise - not as long ago as I thought, but still). I have be meaning to, but I keep getting sudden sparks of inspirations for other posts. I finally sat down on Sunday afternoon and drafted this post. I've discovered some great songs recently and thought I'd share them with you.
1. Pyramids - Noonie Bao
Noonie Bao isn't a singer many people are familiar, but her song 'Pyramids' is so catchy!
2. White Houses - Vanessa Carlton
All this time and I've only ever heard ONE song by Vanessa Carlton ('A Thousand Miles' of course)! That is just so crazy! 'White Houses' is another good song by Vanessa Carlton - I don't know why 'A Thousand Miles' is her only well-known song.
3. Sober - Selena Gomez
I don't particularly like Selena Gomez, but her two latest songs ('Sober' and 'Good For You') are quite catchy.
4. Locked Away - R. City & Adam Levine
Anything with Adam Levine is bound to be great, right?
5. Love Myself - Hailee Steinfeld
Love this!
6. WILD - Troye Sivan
Great song!
7. Bad For Me - Megan & Liz
A bit of an old song, but doesn't stop me from liking it!
8. Stole the Show - Kygo & Parson James
Love love love!
9. Better When I'm Dancin' - Meghan Trainor
My favourite song by Meghan Trainor! It's brilliant!
10. On My Mind - Ellie Goulding
Very catchy! She's definitely done something to her lips though, it's kinda annoying. Just leave your lips as they are people!
What songs would be on your playlist for this month? Let me know in the comments!
Hope you all had a great bank holiday! I'm back with the second part to my Youtubers You Should Check Out post. As many singers and bands are being discovered through Youtube, I thought I would share some of my favourites, some of whom you may have heard of, others who are completely new.
1. Ollie Sloan
I recently discovered Ollie Sloan through Sweetly Shan's blog. He has a good voice.
2. MAX
I'd be surprised if you haven't heard of MAX - he has so many followers and it's clear why - he's amazing! I love his covers, as well as his original songs (Gibberish is so catchy!).
3. Alex G
Alex G is definitely one of my favourite Youtube singers. Her voice is amazing!
4. Tay Watts
5.Jasmine Thompson
Got this song on replay!
6. Alex Goot
7. Sam Tsui
Another famous one.
8. Ricky Dillon
I love this! So catchy!
What Youtube singers do you like? Have you heard any of the ones I've mentioned?
Here are my thoughts on some of the songs that have been released recently:
1. Marvin Gaye - Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor
This is brilliant. Both Charlie and Meghan have amazing voices!
2. This Summer's Gonna Hurt - Maroon 5
Maroon 5's new song is ok, but it's not as good as some of their other songs.
3. Don't Be So Hard On Yourself - Jess Glynne
I quite like this :)
4. Around The World - Natalie La Rose
I much prefer Somebody. I guess it's ok to dance to, but I don't think I'll be listening to it otherwise!
5. Body Talk - Foxes
Yay, Foxes have a new song out! :D I love this!
6. Get Stupid - Aston Merrygold
This is Aston's first single since JLS split up and I love it! It's so catchy! Reminds me of Bruno Mars with a bit of Michael Jackson thrown in, not sure if that's just me or...?
7. We Broke The Sky - Alexa Goddard
Amazing! Songs like this should get more recognition! So much better than a lot of the songs in the charts at the moment!
8. Fire N Gold - Bea Miller
She's 16? What?! Reminds me a bit Ellie Goulding and Against the Current. I think Bea will go on to be really successful.
9. Hearts On Fire - Cimorelli
Cimorelli's covers are great, and I like their original songs too. This is a good song and the lyric video is lovely. Can't wait to see the actual video!
I've been listening to a lot of covers on Youtube recently and thought I thought I'd share my favourite ones!
1. Counting Stars - Hannah Trigwell (OneRepublic)
This is such a beautiful cover! Hannah is definitely one to look out for!
2. Bad Blood - Cimorelli & The Johnsons (Taylor Swift)
I'd never heard of The Johnsons before watching this video, but I quite like them. Not to mention they're cute too! You should check out The Johnsons' Youtube channel and covers of FourFiveSeconds and Sugar.
3. Bad Blood - Alex G & Laura Evelyn Cai (Taylor Swift)
Alex G is one of my favourite Youtubers. I just love her covers! She has an amazing voice! I'm not familiar with Laura but she's good too!
4. Want To Want Me - Cimorelli (Jason Derulo)
Yep, another cover by Cimorelli! I'm pretty much obsessed with Jason Derulo's Want To Want Me, and this cover does not help! How amazing are Lisa and Lauren's voices?!
5. Want To Want Me - Megan Davis & Kyle Nachtigal (Jason Derulo)
Just incredible!
6. Cheerleader - Landon Austin & Jon D (OMI)
The vid is...odd! But I love Landon and Jon's voices so I don't suppose that matters!
7. Love Me Like You Do - Tanner Patrick & Rajiv Dhall (Ellie Goulding)
Perfect!
8. Love Me Like You Do - Kait Weston & Katherine Hughes (Ellie Goulding)
Kait and Katherine deserve so much more recognition! This cover is great!
9. Better Have My Money - Kelly Clarkson (Rihanna)
I actually think Kelly Clarkson sings this song a lot better than Rihanna!
10. Elastic Heart - Ella Eyre (Sia)
Sia and Ella Eyre are both undoubtedly incredible singers, and Ella's cover of Elastic Heart just proves it!
11. I Want You To Know - MAX & Alyson Stoner (Selena Gomez)
Wow, Alyson has come along way since Cheaper By The Dozen! I've only recently found out that she sings too!
12. Sunburn - Caroline Marquard (Ed Sheeran)
I was actually searching for covers of Uptown Funk (as you do!) when I came across this. It was on the Youtube suggestions section so I thought I might as well give it a listen. I hadn't actually heard of Caroline Marquard, and I haven't listened to Ed Sheeran's original version of Sunburn yet, but Caroline has a lovely voice and it sounds like a good song.
13. Uptown Funk - Fifth Harmony, Jasmine V, Jacob Whitesides & Mahogany Fox (Bruno Mars & Mark Ronson)
I just love this! It's so fun! However, I do think that Ally was singing a bit too high at the beginning!
14. Take Me To Church - Sofia Karlberg (Hozier)
I'll be honest and say I'm not really a fan of Hozier. But it's undeniable that Sofia's is breathtaking!
15. Ignition / Do You...Mashup - Phoebe Ryan (R. Kelly / Miguel)
These two songs may not be from this year, but Phoebe's mashup / cover is by far one of the best covers on this list! I always find myself singing along!
16. Where Are U Now - Ocean Avenue (Skrillex & Diplo with Justin Bieber)
One word: Amazing! I like the unexpected bit at the end - you'll see what I mean if you give it a listen! :p
17. Flashlight - Megan Nicole (Jessie J)
Love the video (and the song, of course!). It's so original.
18. Flashlight - Bethany Mota (Jessie J)
In terms of vocals, I'd have to say I prefer Bethany Mota's cover of Flashlight. However, they're both amazing!
