Sam Smith - new era singer!!!

Sam Smith - Lay me down

    If you haven't heard of Sam Smith singing live, your life is meaningless. In my opinion, he is the greatest singer in the world! I'll express my thoughts later. But first, let's take a look at the feats he has achieved. Cooperating with Naughty Boy - "la la la" in 2012, Sam smith let the music industry know his existence. La la la has won him a number 1 single and 2 international awards. 

    After the popular single, he released his debut studio album, in the lonely hour, which got him nominated for 6 Grammy Awards. In the end, he got 4 of them! It's a very impressive feat for someone who has only released one album. After that, his career has flourished and he won tons of awards. 

    personally, I think Sam Smith has the best voice. His live performances are ALWAYS better than his album. It's pretty rare in the time when we get autotune, almost impossible. And his singing on stage seems so effortless like he doesn't need to sing hard at the high pitch. 

    So, if you haven't heard his song before, you must check the link below.

    If you have already known him, you probably can't stop listening to his song now:)

Sam Smith - stay with me

Sam Smith - I am not the only one

Christina Perry - the most underated singer

Christina Perri - Distance f.t Jason Mars

    Some of you may have heard of  "a thousand years", the theme song of twilight. But many people don't know it was written and sung by Christina Perri. Christina was born on the east side of US in 1986 and then moved to Los Angeles, married and making music videos for the living. However, she divorced 18 months later. Depressed and lonely, she moved back home to heal, in which she wrote Jar of Hearts.

    Soon she got better and moved back to Los Angeles, waitressing at Cafe during the day and recording at night. In 2010, her friend sent Jar of Hearts to a snow choreographer. After the exposure on the show, Jar of Hearts peaked at number 17 on hot 100 and sold 100000 copies within a month. Then she signed a deal with Atlantic Records on July 21, 2010 and published two albums after.

    I believed the divorce has a great impact on her writing style, for the lyrics she wrote are the most beautiful I've ever seen and best describe the bittersweet, hope and pain in a relationship. In Jar of Hearts, " You're gonna catch a cold. From the ice inside you soul. So don't come back for me. Don't come back at all." the lyrics say a hurt man's roar to the old lover. 

    

    In Human,"I can hold my breath. I can bite my tongue. I can stay awake for days if that's what you want. Be your number one. I can do it. I can do it. I can do it. But I'm only human. And I bleed when I fall down. I'm only human. And I crash and I break down. Your words in my head, knives in my heart. You build me up and then I fall apart. 'Cause I'm only human, yeah" it describes the powerless when the two of you have different thought. With her soft and mature voice, these songs accompanied me through my hard time. So, if you have some bad mood and need to release some pressure, you can check the videos below. 

    Despite she has made some house-hold songs, her name is still not well-known. Christina Perri is currently working on her third album and I personally hope it will catch people's attention and give her the honor she deserves.

    Friendly warning: Don't listen to her songs when someone around you if you don't want them to see you cry.

Jar of Hearts

human

a thousand years

reference resource: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christina_Perri

    

Alan Wlaker - supernova in music industry

Alan Walker - faded

    This week, I'm going to introduce another singer who doesn't show their face,Alan Walker. Unlike Sia, no matter how hard I tried, I can only found a picture of him being interviewed and showed his eyes.

    Despite the fact that Alan Walker is only 19, his music has gained a lot of attention. He was born in England and moved to Norway with his parents. He didn't have any musical background at first. When he found interest in making music, he started to learn music production by watching videos on Youtube.

    Although Alan Walker studied all the skills by himself, his "first" MV, faded, has got 700 million views. Let see how he achieve such a feet. At first, Alan Walker made electronic music out of interest. Then he released fade, without human vocal, via NoCopyrightSounds. 

    Soon the video became the most viewed in the channel. After that, he released faded, a version featured female vocalist Iselin Solheim, and the song had topped the chart in different countries soon after. ( the song you are listening right now)

    In June 2016, Alan Walker released his second single, sing me to sleep. Faded is truly a masterpiece in the realm of electronic music. Personally, however, I think sing me to sleep is even better!!!! Because faded has been over-listened by me. So I highly recommend you listening both of them. (link is down below)

    Alan Walker rocks the world by only two songs. I think we can look forward to what he will bring us next.

Alan Walker - sing me to sleep

Alan Walker - fade (NoCopyrightSounds)

reference resource:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Walker_(producer)