This came up on my YouTube recommendations and I thought I'd review it for my blog. The song is completely strong with Mitchell Tenpenny impressing to no-end with his awesome vocals. He has been making waves in the country music industry, with "Drunk Me" becoming his most popular song to date, although I reckon with his voice, he'll have a big hit sometime soon. Once again, YouTube just knows the sort of music and videos I want to watch as I recently went through a break-up (as I explained in my Instagram post and yesterday's review of ÊMIA's "Selfish"), and it still hurts, even though I know it was for the best. Mitchell Tenpenny's "Broken Up" is a fired-up track that is full of so much emotion, that this track just speaks to me on so many levels.
The accompanying music video is absolutely brilliant, they've captured the story of the song in the entirety of the scenes. The opening scene engages the audience from the start making us wonder what happened, and then the narrative unfolds with intercuts of a performance piece from Mitchell Tenpenny that shows off his passion and energy for the song itself. It captures the entire vibe whilst also satisfying people with the cracking of the mirror and the glass panels in the photo frames. I could so watch this again and again!
I came across ÊMIA, real name Anh Le, when I was given the opportunity to premiere her music video for "If You Can't Take The Rain" on CelebMix and I also managed to interview her. That experience turned me into a fan and I've been following her ever since. She dropped this music video a few days ago and also recently released a new single with Imfinenow, titled "Hurt By You", which you should so check out. Her vocals are amazing and she makes addicting music you can't quite get out of your head - we're sure you'll be a fan in no time and you'll be playing her music over and over again. She's got huge star potential and I truly believe she has an incredible future ahead of her.
"Selfish" speaks to me in volumes as I recently been through a break-up (check out my Instagram post about it), and I'm slowly learning to love myself and to be selfish now. The lyrics are so powerful in this, especially "I put you above me and everyone else, The things that I’d do or I didn’t, You were in my decisions" literally describes me in every relationship I've been in but, as plenty of other songs have stated (including JoJo's "Man"), I need someone who will put me first for a change, and right now that's me, not anyone else. Let's all follow in ÊMIA's footsteps and be a bit more selfish.
Once again, she blows me away with her awesome voice and she easily floods the song with much-needed emotion that touches every listener's heart. The music video has been filmed during quarantine and she nailed it! Looking fierce and selfish (in the best way) throughout whilst knocking out the great choreography by Christabelle Tan, ÊMIA is full of confidence and emotional strength. She even edited the video herself, whilst Caroline Lazar shot the visual. Look out for ÊMIA in the coming years and listen to her music because I can't get enough of her songs!
He's back! Bryson Tiller is gearing up to release a brand new album in the coming months, titled Serenity, and it will be his third studio album. Doing what he does best, Bryson Tiller has dropped a unique track that really allows him to shine in every way, "Inhale" is one special song and it has already made an impact with this music video trending on YouTube, which is how I came across it.
Directed by Ro.lexx, the video captures the essence of a relationship in just a few scenes, from the text to the bedroom scene to the looks they give each other when they're sitting outside. It's such a mood as a whole, totally grabbing the attention of the viewers and fully giving them a fly-on-the-wall-experience. As a whole, there's not a whole lot going on, but their ability to convey all in just those few scenes gives us all we need to know. A clever and interesting concept that totally works with the song.
Well, this was a nice surprise to come across for this week's new release music video review. "Midnight Love" by Jindi featuring Smylie is an infectious reggae track that I really haven't been able to get out of my head since the minute I heard it. Jindi truly managed to blow me away with his awesome vocal on this track, whereas Smylie brings the dancehall flavour that adds the extra spice that is needed. This collaboration is something different, fresh, and exciting, giving us a tune we will definitely listen to many times over.
The accompanying music video is really visionary, with a chilled-out opening scene which sees Jindi in Dubai calling Smylie in Harare, Zimbabwe, where the latter invites the former to come and visit. The viewers watch on as Jindi visits Zimbabwe and showcases the beautiful locations and the people that they meet. Some of the scenes are breath-taking, and both artists nail the performance side of things giving us perfect energy that just adds to the song, overall.
ROBBED! Oh yes she was, Manila Luzon was absolutely amazing on RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 4 and totally deserved the crown but one slip up meant she ended up in the bottom two and was sent home and I've never been more disappointed - apart from when Shangela didn't make it into the top two during All Stars 3 (which totally explains the ending of this music video)! I adore this song when I first heard it back when Manila Luzon's album Rules! was released. Yet, this music video has just made me love the song, even more, drag queens as animated characters are literally the best thing ever - I loved Netflix's Super Drags and World Of Wonder's DragTots... We need a long-running animated drag queen TV series - someone commission it already!
What's not to like about this? Both Manila Luzon and Latrice Royale are drag queen extraordinaires and how they haven't won RuPaul's Drag Race, yet, I'll never know - I'd so throw in Shangela and Raven into this mix too as they also deserve to win (and Jujubee, although she's currently in the running to win All Stars 5). There is literally so much detail in every single scene that every time I watch this I see something new. Manila Luzon and Latrice Royale look total-fire, and I am living for their looks throughout, and Shangela looks like a star at the end of the video too. I love how Naomi Smalls is the hostage and she's even being gagged with the lipstick that sent home Manila Luzon. I love the small details too such as the car's pedals saying "Shantay" and "Sashay", the smoke bombs saying "All T" and "Shade", the news is called "News 96" instead of "Club 96". It's so amazing and I hope we get to see this drag queen art animation style again, maybe Manila Luzon will do a continued storyline in a new music video? - Oh, how we can only hope. Thank you, Chaos Emporium Inc, for creating this awesome music video!
