NewYearsDayProject | a song a day blog

  Last month TWS kicked off 여름방학 (summer vacation) with the lead single to their second mini album Summer Beat!   Peaking at # 125 on Korea’s Gaon chart “ hey! hey! ” wasn’t a successful single to follow “ Plot Twist ,” their number 2 hit. But Pledis Entertainment ’s conceptual optimistic teen boy band may not have me interested in the daily life of the boys in the band,” I’d certainly like to find out what composers of the song were listening to inspire the pop-punk guitar riff that appears throughout the song, especially noticeable at the beginning. I’m not sure what made this song flop in Korea--maybe the guitar, maybe the overly optimistic sound in dark times--but I think that “hey! hey!” deserves another taste. On the surface, it seems like a fizzy throw-away track, but I think more is going on. I WANT TO CRY OUT OUR DREAM FROM THE WORLD’S PEAK. Opening with a ten-second guitar riff sets “hey! hey!” immediately in the past--or maybe a future when guitar music has actually made a

Last December, Billie Eilish began to lose a number of fans from an article in which she simply told her truth. She told Variety in November of last year, “I have deep connections with women in my life, the friends in my life, the family in my life. I’m physically attracted to them. But I’m also so intimidated by them and their beauty and their presence.” In December, Eilish confirmed that statement was, in fact, a coming out. In December she confirmed with Variety ,  asking, “‘Wasn’t it obvious’? I didn’t realize people didn’t know.” Following the confirmation of her queer identity, Eilish began to lose Instagram and X followers. CLOTHES ON THE COUNTER FOR YOU. Two weeks ago, Billie Eilish released her third album, Hit Me Hard and Soft , following up 2021’s Happier Than Ever . Even after cutting ties with a minority of homophobic followers, her meteoric star power had the album predicted to debut at #1 on Billboard ’s 200 Album Charts , but the reigning queen atop the charts, Ta

Both Taylor Swift and Adele love the album format. This love for the format made both artists resistant to streaming platforms in the mid-’10s. In 2014, Swift removed her music from Spotify to protest the platform’s payment of artists. She didn’t add her music to Apple Music until 2015 and resubmitted her music to Spotify in 2017. Adele fought Spotify to turn off the default setting of albums to be on “shuffle.” She wrote on Twitter (now X) “This was the only request I had in our ever[-]changing industry! We don’t create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended.” IT'S NO SECRET THAT THE BOTH OF US ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.  In 2015, Adele was arguably one of the biggest artists. After struggling with writers’ block to follow up her 2011 breakthrough sophomore album 21 , the singer released 25 . The album was only released in stores and only the album’s singles were availab

  Last year, the charts were filled with mostly the same multi-platinum stars, making it a rather boring year in pop music. There were a few break-out hit songs. One of the most interesting breakthroughs was Mitski ’s “ My Love Mine All Mine ,” a slow, moody track that sounded almost like it was transported from the ‘50s. The song didn’t make my top 23, but I think it deserves an honorable mention. That’s what I’m posting today, my honorable mentions and a reason why they didn’t make the list. Then I'm going to post my #2 song of the year. I'm always discovering songs from years past, so always take this list with a grain of salt. “ Speed Drive ” by Charli XCX , “ Choose Your Fighter ” by Ava Max , “ I’m Just Ken ” by Ryan Gosling , or maybe “ What Was I Made For? ” by Billie Eilish . I didn’t blog about any of these songs. I prioritized songs I blogged about, but the Barbie soundtrack was excellent. “ ceilings ” by Lizzy McAlpine . This song would be in my Top 5, but I disqua