^$AFRAID_*

It's ridiculous, but lately I've been afraid, very afraid, that the new National album and the new Foals album will leak without me being one of the first to find out about it! It's silly, I know, but I keep checking their Last.fm profile site to see if I read about someone in the shoutbox saying the albums have leaked! This is not the way things should be, gettin this excited for a leak instead of the actual physical release, but I can't help it

These two editorials are genius. Love them both, just look!

Shot by by Aneta Bartos

















By Stephen Ward








Via Fashion Gone Rogue

Felt good being back in school and talking to other people other than my brother or parents! I'm still amazed sometimes by how kind people can be, especially 'cause I do still feel people perceive me as a weird kid because of the way I dress sometimes, the hair and them plugs! :) It's good to know a lot people are able to see through appearance and care more about the inside than the out. Thanks!

Wow, I really REALLY like this new Nelly Furtado song, can't wait for the actual song, not this demo version, and the new album. It's been a while she put out some music that really got me excited! Good to have her back :)

4 DAYS TO FOALS!!!!! Can you believe it?!!! After all this time, I'm gonna see them :p

^/GIRLFRIEND IN THIS CITY&'

These days Miss Furtado is no longer my main priority of interest (trying to marry a certain Pat Pat is) so forgive me for not having found out about this really cool new song from my all-time favourite songbird


Nelly Furtado - Girlfriend In This City (New Song 2010)
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She keeps changing styles, love it. I was afraid she would stick with the style of Loose because of its success, but instead she stays true to her creative self. I know she always likes to push herself and try out new things and head into unexpected directions. good for her. I'm liking this song. Makes me feel all nostalgic. Oh Nelly how I love thee so and always will :D Too bad she already got married and has a kid, but that should not stop me

Never forget those days when you looked so stunning with those hoop earrings! :DD



Read a review of your album in a magazine before ever even hearing you sing. Then saw your video come by at this music video request channel and after called to the channel myself and requested to see it in full. Loved you since then.

Record company says the song is still a demo and rather has people don't hear it and it won't be spread further on the internet, but I don't care. Good songs need to be shared :D
New album Lifestyle will come out this year, summer I believe, I'm looking forward to it.

>+NO INTERNET AT HOME>*

I don't have internet at my place right now 'cause apparently, yes APPARENTLY, 'cause he didn't even bother to tell me, my neighbour has moved out already! I knew he was leaving in September but not when exactly. But he manages my internet connection and now that it's not working anymore, plus his toothbrush and all of his other stuff are gone, I can only assume that he has offically left.
So I'm at my parents' place, typing awayyyyyyyyy :)

Nelly Furtado's Mi Plan has leaked which has brought me into a very pop music kind of mood with the result that I'm downloading Lily Allen's last album right this moment. I never really listened to her first one but I did enjoy the singles Smile as well as LDN. And lately her songs have been making their way into my ears each time I turn on my parents' TV and arrive at such TV channels like MTV and the Dutch music channel TMF. There's just no denying that she writes cool songs with good fun lyrics and I just love her accent and the way she sings. So I'm going to have a good listen to her in the upcoming days.

I've been watching movies including 12 Angry Men and Romulus, My Father. 12 Angry Men was good but not that great that I would say it's one of the best films, if not, the best film ever made. A lot of people on Imdb seem to find it the best film ever, but I have to disagree. Not that it isn't good, but the best film ever, no way. NOOOOO WAY. Romulus is a very nice drama with great performances by Eric Bana and the young Kodi Smit-McPhee, who's pretty stellar for his age.

I've been reading as well. Yes. :) After finally finishing Balzac's Le Père Goriot (Father Goriot) some weeks ago I started reading Aravind Adiga's The White Tiger and I'm loving it. That's one huge advantage of my internet not working at home, 'cause I've been reading in the morning both yesterday and today. Much better to start the day with than surfing around on the net and finding myself going from one site to the next, which is what I'm doing right now :D It's such a fun book. I have a feeling the story will take a really dark turn. I'm already excited to continue reading!

I had not taken any pictures for quite a while even though I went on a lot of day trips with my mum last week. But just the other day when I was in Den Haag I happened to take this one. It was a very bright day and the sunlight was hitting the buildings in such a nice way. It looks a bit futuristic. I like it a lot.

^&PRETTY>)

Nelstar's Mi Plan's album cover. Love that she's keeping that same Nelly Furtado font with each album.

%@MANOS AL AIRE+}

My love for Nelly Furtado has always been huge and still is even though I don't listen to her as much as I used to. She got a new single out and here's a clip of her in the studio. It's a promo and she speaks in Spanish. Her new album is entirely in Spanish as well. Her next English album will probably come out somewhere in 2010. For the Spanish album she has worked with a lot of talented people including Julieta Venegas who has mentioned she worked on two songs from the album. Nelstar recently shot the video for Manos Al Aire which involves jeeps and army prints. :)
Manos Al Aire is out tomorrow or today, I'm not sure. But I already heard it and it's very Folklorish and less Loose. I love the music on this track. The instrumental must be amazing. I have to say I do prefer Nelly singing in English and at times the Spanish feels a bit forced. Anyway it's a cool song. Good chance you'll be hearing it often on the radio this summer together with Shakira's new track which comes with wolf sounds and lots of heavy breathing. It will probably be a smash hit. Some parts remind me of her Dónde Están Los Ladrones? days and those days prior to it. In contrast to Nelly she's doing both an English as well as a Spanish version.

_>NELLY SNIPPET}+

I'll always love Nelly even though I long for those Whoa, Nelly! days to come back. Had nothing against Loose though, loved it. But now after the trip-hop/pop, the banjo, and the Timbaland beats, seems she's going for a more pop/rock sound and of course it's in Spanish 'cause she's doing a full Spanish album next which is something she has wanted to do for a very long time. Song is out June 29! Here's a preview of Manos Al Aire:

"}FURTADO + MORRISON = HIT SONG)_

I have completely fallen for this song called Broken Strings. It's a duet between the always lovely Nelly Furtado and James Morrison coming from Morrison's latest album Songs For You, Truths For Me. You would think it's a ballad, but it's very up-tempo and I can easily imagine this song being remixed into a club song. It's incredibly addictive and I wouln't be surprised if they end up releasing it as a single.

>.GIVE IT A CHANCE: SANTOGOLD - SANTOGOLD!~

As with Robyn Santogold isn't exactly one of those artists I would immediately go crazy for. Though in contrast to Robyn Santogold is far less pop, instead mixing a lot of different styles reaching a sound which is similar to that of M.I.A. in its freshness. So far I happen to really like her album with its catchy beats and Santogold's different sounding voice. The album is out for a while already and got rave reviews, but at that time I didn't feel to hop along onto the band waggon and rather went along on my owm path discovering new music by myself even though looking at the album cover, which has a strame of gold coming out of Santi White's (her real name) mouth, got me pretty excited. Now some weeks later I thought I'd give it a try and I'm glad I did. I like artists who mix a lot of different styles and at times Santogold's debut reminds me of Nelly Furtado's Whoa Nelly! which is still Furtado's besta nd most daring work to date. It's a pity most people now only seem to know her from the Loose era. Hopefully Santogold keeps moving on in the same direction of her debut for her follow-ups.