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Ryan Tedder is Producing The Brazilian Pop Star Anitta's New Album "Girl From Rio".
After releasing her new single Girl From Rio on April 30th, the Brazilian pop star Anitta presented her new song to Today Show, NBC, and Jimmy Kimmel Live, ABC. Fusing traditional bossa nova with trap melodies, the single pays tribute to Brazilian women and samples the '60 hit "Garota de Ipanema" ("The Girl From Ipanema"). The lyrics of the English-language track show a fewer glamourous Rio than the one delivered by Bossa Nova to the world in 1962. Girl From Rio has a great summer vibe where Anitta presents her perception of her hometown.
By Fred Costa 5 years ago in Beat
A Generation of Angst. Top Story - May 2021.
In 1985, I was about 14 years old and in the eighth grade. Where I come from, we have Junior High schools, so I spent three years in Junior High, seventh, eighth, and ninth grade. Looking back there were some of the most angsty and defining moments of my life.
By Michelle Devon5 years ago in Beat
An Exploration of Teenage Love: The Playlist
As a teenager, it's hard navigating the difficulties of relationships. Often, young men and women idealize the idea of being with someone, never fully comprehending the concept of spending every waking moment with someone who should be your best friend. Even now, it's hard for me to comprehend that concept. I often still want to jump into things without thinking, but I like to think I'm getting better at recognizing when certain connections are working and when others are not. Many songs have stuck with me over the years that have influenced my experiences with love in one way or another, and these are those songs.
By Jamie Lammers5 years ago in Beat
Fun Times At Vanity High & Afterwards
L$D - A$AP Rocky This song was peak senior year me. It describes my most intimate thoughts and private emotions. Teenage me was a whole mess that couldn’t really think of anything past that for the most part. It just describes where my mind was at. It describes everything I ever wanted and couldn’t have at this time.
By A. Marie Graham5 years ago in Beat
Oh! The Misunderstanding of Being a Teen!
1975. Gen X: I am one of those like they don’t make them anymore. High school. I hated it. Loved learning but hated the people: students and teachers alike! What a bunch of idiots, mean spirited persons were they! I was their sacrificial lamb.
By Sylvie Gagné5 years ago in Beat
10 Songs of Teen Angst
blink-182's fourth full-length studio album, Take off Your Pants and Jacket, contains all the juvenile dick jokes you expect coming from an album with such a title. Love or hate blink-182 (I love them), it cannot be denied that their catalogue has some serious hits (one of these tunes will make an appearance on this list today).
By Justin Moore5 years ago in Beat
Alternative Angst
During my high school days teenagers liked clearly defined categories and placing people in them. In a world where you were either popular or you weren’t, you could be a metalhead or a hip hop head but not both I was a 'blerd' ahead of my time. I had friends from different backgrounds and I didn’t easily fit into one category. My musical tastes were as eclectic as I was and because people couldn’t pigeonhole me I became “that weird black guy”. It wasn’t long before the teasing and ostracising took its toll, causing me to be withdrawn and depressed. With a divorced and overworked mother and shouting siblings, home wasn’t exactly a safe haven either.
By Dasilva Arthur5 years ago in Beat
If Nothing Else, I Was Creative
The year 2000 should have destroyed the world as we knew it. At least, that's what a lot of people believed and told me as 1999 drew to a close. As if Y2K wasn't terrifying enough, imagine knowing that your coveted "teen" birthday took place in that year. It was dramatically fated.
By Dani Banani5 years ago in Beat
