Year 8 End

Here's the year end masterpost. This doesn't include any extra links in individual posts, just that one set song. To make this post not tediously long, I've forgone a numbered list and opted for paragraphs of 50 songs to each (except for the last one). 

Canadian Please – gunnarolla & Julia Bentley | My Heart Will Go On – Celine Dion | Fools – Lauren Aquilina | Cringe – Matt Maeson | Help! – The Beatles | The Adults Are Talking – The Strokes | If You Know That I'm Lonely – FUR | This Is The Life – Amy Macdonald | Boot Scootin’ Boogie – Brooks & Dunn | I’m Falling In Love – Wildflowers ft Emmi | Dear August – PJ Harding & Noah Cyrus | I Love You More – Avery Anna | That Funny Feeling – Bo Burnham | Thank You Anxiety – Avenue Beat | Gym Song – HONEYMOAN | John Hughes Movie – Maisie Peters | Say We’re Sorry – Loving Caliber | Wake Up in the Morning – Siine ft. Zorro | No Lullaby – SIAMES | Saturday – Twenty One Pilots | Honeypie – JAWNY | Take My Time – Junior Senior | Bailando – Paradisio Ft Maria Garcia & Dj Patrick Samoy | Call On Me – Eric Prydz | What Is Love – Haddaway | Our Time Has Come – Carnie Wilson & James Ingram | Don't Go Breaking My Heart – Elton John and Kiki Dee | Sinnerman – Nina Simone | My Prerogative – Bobby Brown | A-O-K – Tai Verdes | You Gotta Be – Des’ree | Lean on Me – Bill Withers | Let Me Drown – Orville Peck | First Burn – Hamilton | Candy Store – Heathers: The Musical | In Love With You – Zachary Levi | Whatever Happened to Saturday Night – The Rocky Horror Show | You're the One That I Want – Grease | Omigod You Guys – Legally Blonde: The Musical | Potential Breakup Song – Aly & AJ | Aimed To Kill – Jade LeMac | Nocturnal – MOTHICA | The Rumbling – sIM | Wicked Ways – Halestorm | My Little Secret – Citizen Soldier | Is Everybody Going Crazy – Nothing But Thieves | Do I Wanna Know – Arctic Monkeys | Victorious – The Score | Warriors – Imagine Dragons | Red – McFly 

LongMa – Nini Music | Artemis – Lindsey Stirling | Roadgame – Kavinsky | Don’t Mess With Me – Brody Dalle | Come On People – Ben LaVain | City Never Sleeps – Tourism | Round and Round – Gym and Swim | Average Joe – Oscar Scheller | Pretty Little Lies – Jeremy Shada | W.I.T.C.H – Devon Cole | Cheryl Cole – Parachute | Hypnotic – Zella Day | Purple Sun – Cannons | Save Myself – Ashe | Call Me – Gabrielle Aplin | Head on Fire – Griff X Sigrid | Do Whatever You Like – Hallman | My Exes – Snake City | Passive Aggressive – Loving Caliber | Anxiety – Mindme | Numb Little Bug – Em Beihold | Empire – Beth Crowley | Used To Be – Arrows To Athens | Counting Blue Cars – Dishwalla | All Or Nothing – O-Town | Because You Loved Me – Celine Dion | Oh My God – Adele | LOUD – Sofia Carson | Don't Let Me Get Me – P!NK | Psycho – Taylor Acorn | Static – The Wrecks | Everybody Get Up – Five | Pretty Fly (For A White Guy) – The Offspring | Shake Your Coconuts – Junior Senior | Goody Two Shoes – Adam Ant | It’s Still Rock And Roll To Me – Billy Joel | Hello, Goodbye – The Beatles | Don't Stop – Fleetwood Mac | You're My Best Friend – Queen | When I See You Smile – Bad English | As Innocent Looking As Candy – Night Moves | Sweet FA – Peach Pit | My Smile Is Extinct – Kane Strang | Deepest Darkness – Ocean Alley | Dive Deep – Andrew Belle | Sorrow – The National | Neon Lights – Pim Stones | I Used to Care – Louyah | Daniel – Bat For Lashes | When I’m Small – Phantogram

Touch My Body – Mariah Carey | Plastic Love – Mariya Takeuchi | King Of My Heart – Sub-Radio | Sticky – The Maine | World’s Smallest Violin – AJR | Missing Piece – Vance Joy | Make You Mine (Put Your Hand in Mine) – PUBLIC | I’m In Love With You – The 1975 | Hymn For The Weekend – Coldplay ft Beyonce | Dancing With Strangers – Jeremy Shada | Paper Crown – Alec Benjamin | Fear That Closes The Heart – Partner | See You Later (Ten Years) – Jenna Raine | WYD Now? – Sadie Jean | Do All My Friends Hate Me? – Mckenna Grace | Moon and Back – Alice Kristiansen | Fat Funny Friend – Maddie Zahm | Angry Woman – Ashe | Black Hole – Griff | Could’ve Just Left Me Alone – Alexa Cappelli | Thought About That – Noa Kirel | This Hell – Rina Sawayama | Thunder – Gabry Ponte x LUM!X x Prezioso | Take It Home – Mabel | Follow Me – Sam Feldt & Rita Ora | I'm not Pretty – JESSIA | Kiss Me – Dermot Kennedy | City Of Angels – Arrows To Athens | I’m Not Okay – Citizen Soldier | Take It All Back 2.0 – Judah & the Lion | Bii Biyelgee – The HU | Hold On – Roosevelt | Short Court Style – Natalie Prass | Can I Call You Tonight? – Dayglow | Are You Bored Yet? – Wallows ft. Clairo | No Going Back – Yuno | The Queen of Fiji – Crywolf | When the Night is Over – Lord Huron | Until I Found You – Stephen Sanchez | Chapel of Love – The Dixie Cups | Downtown – Petula Clark | One Fine Day – The Chiffons | Why Do Fools Fall In Love – Frankie Lymon & The Teenagers | Dancing with Myself – Nouvelle Vague | Why Me? – Big Bad Voodoo Daddy | Flower – Moby | Informer – Snow | In The Mirror – The Interrupters | El Dorado – Stellar | Think I’m Crazy – Two Feet 

Tip Toe – Jason Derulo ft French Montana | I Like To Move It – Reel 2 Real feat. The Mad Stuntman | Satisfaction – Benny Benassi | Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom!! – Vengaboys | Captain Jack – Captain Jack | Dragostea Din Tei – O-Zone | Get Ready For This – 2 UNLIMITED | Express Yourself – Madonna | Josh – Peach PRC | Feelings – SHY Martin | Your Issues – DYLAN | A Little Work – Fergie | The Story – LeAnn Rimes | It's All Coming Back to Me Now – Celine Dion | Borders – Kalandra | Faded Like A Feeling – Tegan and Sara | Hurricane – Cannons | What’s In The Middle – The Bird and the Bee | Never Gonna Not Dance Again – Pink | If It Ain’t Love – Lucas & Stave and 4 Strings ft Lagique | Shalala Lala – Vengaboys | The Hamsterdance Song – Hampton & the Hamsters | The Chipmunk Song – Alvin and the Chipmunks | The Most Wonderful Day of the Year – Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer | Baby, It's Cold Outside – Frank Loesser and Lynn Garland | White Christmas – Michael Bublé ft Shania Twain | Santa’s Coming For Us – Sia | Christmas Without You – Ava Max | Title – Meghan Trainor | Participation Trophies – MADELLINE | Not Sad Anymore – Clara Mae | For The Last Time Once Again – Sine | I Don’t Even Like You Anymore – Anna Clendening | I’m A Mess – Avril Lavigne & YUNGBLUD | Sorry About Your Parents – Icon For Fire | Hypnotized – Set It Off | Go To Hell – Letdown | To Tell You the Truth – Written By Wolves | While Your Lips Are Still Red – Nightwish | Snow Waltz – Lindsey Stirling | Walts Masquerade Suite – La Scala Philharmonic ft Daniel Harding | Devil’s Trill Sonata – Amsterdam Sinfionetta ft Ray Chen | Canon in D – Tritonia Music | Toccate In Fugue in D Minor – Rousseau | Crescendo – The Piano Guys | Letters From The Sky – Civil Twilight | We Don’t Have To Dance – Andy Black | Wenceslas - Gnome | Thunderstruck – AC/DC | We Are the Champions – Queen 

The One Moment – OK Go | I Won't – AJR | Sorry To Your Next Ex – Haiden | Someone Else’s Problem – Ruel | Tripping Over Air – Aiden Bissett | Say You Don't Want It – One Night Only | Dare You To Doubt Me – The Script | Revolution – Bastille | Someone Else – ClockClock | Ghosted – Jeremy Shada | If He Wanted To He Would – Johnny Orlando | It’s Alright – Mother Mother | All Eyes On Me – Bo Burnham | Starting Line – Luke Hemmings | What I Like – Dan Olsen | How Do I Say Goodbye – Dean Lewis | In The Stars – Benson Boone | Pointless – Lewis Capaldi | Dear God – Shaun Farrugia | I’m Never Getting Over You – Gone West | Never Knew A Heart Could Break Itself – Zach Hood | Carry It Well – Sam Fischer | Mess – Noah Kahan | Love To Lose – Sandro Cavazza and Geogie Kiu | The River – Axel Johansson | The End Of The Night – Danny Avila | Forever – Gryffin & Elley Duhe | Sorry To Me Too – Julia Michaels | Back In Vogue – AleXa | Ray of Light – Madonna | Psycho – Maisie Peters | Everything To Everyone – Renee Rapp | I’m Here – Sarah Cothran | It’s Ok If You Forget Me – Astrid S | Fingers Crossed – Lauren Spencer-Smith | Superhuman – Bishop Briggs | Doomsday – Lizzy McAlpine | The Fixer – Brent Morgan | Bridges – Calum Scott | The Good Parts – JP Saxe | Swan Upon Leda – Hozier | Phantom – Of Monsters and Men | Unaware – Bella Taylor Smith | Pretty Little White Lie – Sally Wallick | If I Died Last Night – Jessie Murph | I LUV U – Mia Rodriguez | Dirty Thoughts – Chloe Adams | SOLD – Lana Lubany | Nothing Else Matters – Tulia | Like a Prayer – Madonna 

Shake Your Booty – KC and the Sunshine Band | Copacabana – Barry Manilow | Smooth Criminal – Michael Jackson | I Saw Her Standing There – The Beatles | One Day – Lovejoy | Sad Happy – Circa Waves | I'd Rather Dance With You – Kings Of Convenience | Stuck In my Head – Significant Others | Scar – Ashton Irwin | On Ne Vit Qu’Une Foir – Sidione | C'est La Vie – Siine feat. Frank Moody | Toss A Coin To Your Witcher Remix – Jaskier | Life Like You – Blame Candy | Forever Endeavor – Moxy The Band | Perfect – My Darkest Days | High School Never Ends – Bowling For Soup | Silhouette – KANA-BOON | I’m Too Pretty For This – Claire Rosinkranz | Good 4 U – Olivia Rodrigo | Homecoming – Hey Monday | Come Home – Tonight Alive | Talk – Against The Current | Boyfriend of the Year – Bellah Mae | She’s All I Wanna Be – Tate McRae | Carry On – Kygo & Charlie Puth ft Dua Lipa | Watercolor – Forester | ‘Til I Found You – Jeremy Loops | Don’t Give Up On Me – Andy Grammer | Dance All Over Me – George Ezra | We’re Gonna Be Drinking – Dartagnan ft Candice Night | Redhead – Caylee Hammack ft Reba McEntire | It Matters To Her – Scott McCreery | Just Do It – Houses On The Hill ft. Emmi | Dirty Looks – Lainey Wilson | Jude's Song – Connor Price | Wrote You A Letter – Candelion ft. Cody Francis | Falling In Love At A Coffee Shop – Landon Pigg | Memory – Sam McGovern | If You Love Her – Forest Blakk | Number One Fan – Zach Hood | Cold At The Altar – Chris Klafford | Wish You’d Miss Me – Chase Wright | All The Right Moves – OneRepublic | Million Pieces – Bastille ft the Chamber Orchestra of London | Magic – Lindsey Stirling ft David Archuleta | Shipping Up To Boston – Mia & Ally | Cinderella Snapped – JAX | Meet You In Hell – Jade LeMac | Cold-Blooded – Beth Crowley | Devil Doesn’t Bargain – Alec Benjamin

Into Your Arms – Witt Lowry ft Ava Max | Arcade – Duncan Laurence ft Fletcher | I’m Not Dead yet – Mike Posner | Rescue Me – OneRepublic | I’ll Be Waiting – Cian Ducrot | All Is Said And Done – Gamma Skies | Over Her Over Here – Lauren Weintraub | Survive On My Own Mind – Ashley Kutcher | You Set My World On Fire – Loving Caliber | Fall into You – Houses On The Hill | People Like Me – Lauren Weintraub | When I Look Back – Dylan Marlowe | Rest In Peace – Taylor Austin Dye | Hey Cowboy – Devon Cole | Gave It Back Broken – Callista Clark | No One Is Alone – Into the Woods | Ohio – Wonderful Town | My Favorite Things – The Sound of Music | Waving Through A Window – Owl City | Beauty School Dropout – Grease | Beautiful – Heathers: The Musical | Cell Block Tango – Chicago | Dammit Janet – The Rocky Horror Show | Mamma Mia – Mamma Mia! | Magic Carpet Ride – Steppenwolf | For Your Love – The Yardbirds | My Silver Lining – First Aid Kit | You’re Not Alone – Allison Russell ft Brandi Carlile | Weak Days – Lauren O’Brien | I Believe in You – Michael Bublé | Sad Summer – Lachie Gill | What A Man Gotta Do – Jonas Brothers | Shape Of You – Ed Sheeran | Wellerman – Nathan Evans | Work Song – Hozier | Midnight – Toby Sebastian ft Florence Pugh | Right People Wrong Time – Lachie Gill ft Elaskia | All For You – Cian Ducrot | Memories – Hannah Goodall | Villains Aren’t Born – Peggy | Nerve – Victoria Nadine | Kiss Me – Sixpence None the Richer | Everywhere – Michelle Branch | Fly – Hilary Duff | You Just Didn’t Like Me That Much – Leanna Firestone | Lovers Hurricane – Selin | A Letter To Everyone Who’s Hurt Me – Chandler Leighton | When You Lose Someone – Nina Nesbitt | I Remember – Forest Blakk | Run With Me – Calum Scott | No Promises – Shayne Ward | Remember When – Wallows | Skinny Skinny – Ashton Irwin | The King – Rosendale | Growing Sideways – Noah Kahan | This Is How I Learn To Say No – Emerline | Not All Men – Morgan St. Jean | Labour – Paris Paloma | Drama King – Ballah Mae | Perfectly Broken – BANNERS | Some Kind Of Heaven – Sleeping At Last | Happier Than Ever – Kelly Clarkson | Again – Flyleaf | Call Me When You’re Sober – Evanescence | Dead Girl Walking – Heathers: The Musical

Year 8, Day 365

Hey guys. Today's song is Dead Girl Walking from Heathers: The Musical.

This song marks the official end of all the songs I've had saved for my blog (minus some Christmas ones). I know I usually say this at the end of the year of my blog, but this time I truly don't know if I'll be coming back, which is why I was making such a push to get all the saved songs out there this time. It'll really depend on where my headspace is when and if I come back, and honestly if I even have time. I have so many half finished projects that have been on the backburner and it's about time for me to get those done, so we'll see how much I can accomplish in the next couple months. If this does end up being the end I just want to say thanks for taking this journey with me, I hope you had a good time, and keep putting your listening ears out there and finding new gems.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 364

Hey guys. Today's song is Call Me When You're Sober by Evanescence.

Evanescence is an American band, active since 1995 with the current members being Amy Lee, Tim McCord, Will Hunt, Troy McLawhorn and Emma Anzai with past members including Ben Moody, David Hodges, Will Boyd, Rocky Gray, John LeCompt, Terry Balsamo, and Jen Majura. The group was started by Lee and Moody who met at a Christian youth camp where they were both kind of the odd ones out.They started playing gigs, and selling their EPs, released in 1998, 1999 and 2003 and their early demo from 2000, at their shows which earned some local radio play and built their local following. They were signed in 2001, releasing an album in 2003, followed by another in 2006. After the tour for the album in 2007, Lee took a break, then came back and was writing her next album in 2010, that was released in 2011. In 2014 their label sold their masters, leading to a lawsuit from Lee for their unpaid royalties, and ended with them being dropped from the label. Lee started focusing on solo stuff in 2015, but was also still working with the band, touring in 2016. They released an album in 2017, followed by a tour. They had another hour that was released in 2021 followed by touring in 2022 and 2023 so they're still going strong. This is one of their older songs, but if you're interested you should go check out some of their newer stuff.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 363

Hey guys. Today's song is Again by Flyleaf.

Photo by: Razvan Orendovici

Flyleaf is an American band, active from 2002 until 2015, then again since 2022 with members including James Culpepper, Sameer Bhattacharya, Jared Hartmann, Pat Seals, and  Lacey Sturm with one past member in Kristen May. Originally they went by the name Passerby, releasing three EPs before getting meetings with labels in 2004, leading to them being signed. They started recording another EP, then had to change the band name for legal reasons, and became Flyleaf. They released four albums, with the first released in 2005, and another in 2009 and 2012, with other EPs in between. Sturm stepped down as vocalist from the group in 2012, being replaced by May for their album in 2014. She stayed until 2016, then left the group, followed by the entire group going on a hiatus and focusing on their other interests. Their social media went active again in 2022, featuring Sturm back as the singer, so I guess we'll see what happens next. Until then, enjoy this song.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 362

Hey guys. Today's song is Happier Than Ever sung by Kelly Clarkson.

Photo by: VagueOnTheHow

So I'm featuring Kelly Clarkson today, but the song is actually a cover of a Billie Eilish song. Kelly does a lot of covers, always has and I think she does a great job at them. If I hadn't read the comments I never would have known this wasn't one of her songs, as it's the version I heard first, but you can listen to Billie's version of it here. I will admit to liking Kelly's more, but I would be remiss if I didn't give the original its proper dues. And honestly they both feel like they fit different situations and different moods. So now you can listen to both and check out the differences. Enjoy!

Peace.

Year 8, Day 361

Hey guys. Today's song is Some Kind Of Heaven by Sleeping At Last.

Sleeping At Last is a musical project active since 1999 by Ryan O'Neal, with past members being Chad O'Neal and Dan Perdue. They started out as a locally known band, independently released their album in 2000, and opened for other bands like Plain White T's before earning the attention of Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins fame. He helped them get signed to a label in 2002. Their next album was released in 2003, followed by a lot of touring. By 2006 they were no longer with a label and released their third album independently. Chad O'Neal left the project in 2008, then the other two released their next album in 2009. In 2010 they started a Yearbook project, releasing a couple songs in an EP each month for a year, going into 2011.  Later in 2011 Dan Perdue also left the project, leaving Ryan as the only member. He released an EP in 2012 followed by the announcement of another series of EPs with four released in 2013, and two released in 2014.  He announced Atlas Year 2, which was more of those EPs in 2015 with one released in 2015, two in 2016, one in 2017, and one in 2019.  He released another EP in 2020. Then in 2021 he announced the Year 3 of the Atlas project would be going on so he's still going. So go check those out if you're curious.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 360

Hey guys. Today's song is Perfectly Broken by BANNERS.

BANNERS is the stage name for Michael Joseph Nelson, a British musician active since 2015. His debut single was released under the moniker Raines before switching to this one for his second single later in the year.He was signed in 2016, releasing his debut EP the same year. He released another EP in 2017, followed by his debut album in 2019. After touring a bit for the album he released four more EPs in 2020 and another in 2021. I'm sure we'll be seeing more from him soon and I honestly can't wait for that.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 359

Hey guys. Today's song is Drama King by Bellah Mae.

Alright no official bio for today because this is new new. Usually I say how long the channel has been up, which this one has been active since 2013, but she has been releasing singles on it since 2022. She's a British musician, and as of now has her music up on YouTube and Spotify, and I don't believe she's been signed yet, but she definitely has the potential to be great in the industry. I've included the acoustic version of this song because I enjoy it the most, but you can also listen to the original one here. So I hope you enjoy and keep an eye out for her in the future.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 358

Hey guys. Today's song is Labour by Paris Paloma.

Paris Paloma is an English singer active since 2020 with the release of debut single, but she had been writing her own songs since she was a preteen. She was signed with a manager in 2021, then signed with a label in 2022. This song was her first official song with the label and based on the theme of it has made a huge impact on people, debuting in the top ten of Billboard’s Hot Alternative Songs. And before she had even finished the song she has been teasing the lyrics on TikTok, so it's not surprising how popular it became once released. I knew immediately when I heard this song that I needed to include it, so I really hope you listen and that it hits for you as much as it did for me.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 357

Hey guys. Today's song is Not All Men by Morgan St Jean.

So Morgan St Jean is an American singer. She's been interested in music her whole life, joining choir in school and then going on to be in a music program at USC. She's been active since 2015 when she released her first single through Spotify and has continued releasing music since. She released an EP in 2022, which included this song. Of this song, she said that when #notallmen was trending on Twitter, she was so offended by it that she went into the studio with an idea and wrote the chorus of this song. She posted it to TikTok, where she originally didn't have any followers, but it ended up going viral overnight. I could explain exactly why the hashtag was so infuriating, but the song really says it all perfectly, so listen to the song and especially the words to understand. It's a very important message, and one I fully support because even when I was in junior high wearing bulky shirts that completely hid my figure and with a fucking backpack, I was being catcalled by creeps within a block of my school. Sure not all men are like that, but it's pretty damn hard to tell the difference these days. She released more stuff since then, including an EP in 2023 so check that out if you're interested.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 356

Hey guys. Today's song is This Is How I Learn To Say No by EMELINE.

EMELINE is Emeline Herreid, an American musician and actress. She started out early in life, getting in musical productions starting with playing the lead role in Annie put on in the All Children's Theater in Rhode Island. She officially started her career in 2013, which is when she was cast in her first independent film. She also started to release her music, under the moniker of Emeline Easton. She has continued releasing music under that name up into 2016, before switching to EMELINE with her releases in 2017. Also in 2017 she performed for the Boston Women's March for America, filming the music video for her song Hush in a documentary style with footage from the event. She has continued to release music, with this one being uploaded to her YouTube channel only a year ago, so if you like the sound of it, go check out her other stuff.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 355

Hey guys. Today's song is Growing Sideways by Noah Kahan. 

Noah Kahan is an American musician active since 2017. He started doing music stuff at 17, working with a school friend as a producer which gained the attention of his current manager and the notice of songwriter Dan Wilson, whose worked with a lot of big name artists. After high school he deferred his acceptance to Tulane University in favour of pursuing his music career, getting sign in 2016 and releasing his first single in 2017. He released another single in 2017, to lead up to his EP released early in 2018. In 2019 his released his debut album, which is where this song is from. He released another EP in 2020, followed by his second album in 2021. He did some touring in 2022, along with releasing singles to lead up to his third album released later in the year. I'm sure we'll be seeing more from him soon, since he's been releasing stuff pretty consistently, so keep a lookout for that if his stuff is to your style.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 354

Hey guys. Today's song is The King by Rosendale.

Rosendale is an American musician active since at least 2015. While the only bio I have for him is from his official website, I still don't know much about him, but he has been signed already so I'm sure we'll have a fair amount of music from him coming out. As of now he has released a debut EP from 2017 and two albums, one in 2021 and another in 2022. This is a new find for me, but I really like this song and it eloquently displays what is a toxic generational cycle. Give it a listen and you'll see what I mean.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 353

Hey guys. Today's song is Skinny Skinny by Ashton Irwin.

So Ashton Irwin is an Australian musician active since 2011. Now as some might have already figured out, this is another band member of Seconds of Summer that also now has a solo career. As I mentioned on a different post, the group started with Luke Hemmings posting covers to YouTube, then inviting friends Calum Hood and Michael Clifford to join, with Clifford then reaching out to Ashton Irwin and there the group was formed. As a band they released four albums, the first in 2014 and the most recent from 2020. Irwin's solo career also started in 2020, since with lockdown for the pandemic there were no plans as a band. So he created and released his debut solo album in 2020. He released a single in 2022 so he's still going if you want to look it up. This song specifically deals with body image issues which is nice to see from the male perspective because that is usually undervalued as a problem in society. I hope you check it out.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 352

Hey guys. Today's song is Remember When by Wallows.

Wallows is an American band active since 2017 and made up of Dylan Minnette, Braeden Lemasters, and Cole Preston. They've been a band together since they were teens, but they've gone through a few different names before settling on Wallows and releasing music in 2017. Originally they were known as Join the Band, with a fourth member named Zack Mendenhall, then the three of them changed the name to Feaver and played at Warped tour in 2011. After that they went by The Narwhals, releasing an EP in 2014, then officially became Wallows in 2017, releasing an EP in 2018. They then had an album released in 2019, another EP in 2020, and another album that was released in 2022. So if you're curious go check that out.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 351

Hey guys. Today's song is No Promises by Shayne Ward.

Shayne Ward is a British actor and musician active since 2005 when he auditioned for and won the X Factor. Afterwards he released his debut album in 2006, then had to have surgery for vocal chord nodules (which was successful) before touring in 2007. He released another album in 2007, followed by more touring in 2008 then spent 1009 working on his third album to be released in 2010. In 2011 he joined the cast of Rock of Ages performing in the Shaftesbury Theatre in London. He contract ended in 2012, then in 2014 he joined the cast of Jeff Wayne's Musical Version of The War of the Worlds on their arena tour. He released his next album in 2015 and then joined the cast of Coronation Street. It earned him some awards for his appearances and his contract was extended until he chose to leave the show in 2018. In 2019 he starred in a movie, then as of 2022 was planning to release a compilation album and was working on some new stuff as well so I guess we'll see that when it comes out. For now, enjoy this song.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 350

Hey guys. Today's song is Run With Me by Calum Scott.

Photo by: Ben P L

Calum Scott is an English musician active since 2013. His career started with a win on a talent competition for a regional newspaper. Afterwards he joined a Maroon 5 tribute band and toured around the UK. By 2014 he formed a new duo along with John McIntyre called The Experiment, releasing their debut single the same year before the group broke up. In 2015 both he and his sister auditioned for Britain's Got Talent. His sister went first and was fully rejected by the judges, but Calum received not only a standing ovation, but a golden buzzer from Simon Cowell. He came in sixth overall. After the show he released his cover of his audition song independently in 2016 and it slowly rose to fame. He then signed with a label and did a number of TV spots, then teamed up with Brazilian artist Ivete Sangalo for a single that became the official song for the Summer Paralympics in 2016. He released another single in 2017, followed by his debut album in 2018. In 2020 he did a musical documentary following the making of his next album. Then in 2021 he released three EPs and a couple singles leading up to the release of his second album in 2022. I've featured him before and I really enjoy his stuff so I hope you do too.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 349

Hey guys. Today's song is I Remember by Forest Blakk.

Forest Blakk is a Canadian musician active since at least 2015 which is when he released his debut single. He released another song in 2017, followed by his first EP in 2018. He released his second EP in 2020, and another EP in 2022 and was also nominated for a Juno Award that year. This song was from his most recent EP so it's one of his newest songs for you to check out. He's a new find for me, but I like his stuff and I hope to see more from him in the future.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 348

Hey guys. Today's song is When You Lose Someone by Nina Nesbitt.

Nina Nesbitt is a Scottish singer active since 2011. She started on YouTube with a cover of a Taylor Swift song. After that she started adding her own songs. She met Ed Sheeran and asked him for advice as an aspiring artist, and after playing a song for him got invited to support him on tour, then was invited onto another tour for Example. So far she's released three albums, one in 2014, another in 2019 and the most recent in 2022. She also has a couple of EP's. I've featured her before so you should already know one of her songs, but I do hope you listen to more because she's a really good artist. 

Peace.

Year 8, Day 347

Hey guys. Today's song is A Letter To Everyone Who's Hurt Me by Chandler Leighton.

There is no official bio, so I'm working on the assumption that I have the right person and this is true, but I may be wrong so give me some leeway. So Chandler Leighton is an American artist that has been active since at least 2013, posting videos on YouTube of her singing and playing guitar. Then in 2015 she auditioned for American Idol and got a yes from all the judges, but I don't think that ended up leading to anything. She started releasing official videos for her songs in 2021, and has since been signed, so that could also be marked as a beginning for her, and I hope I see more from her because this song is... too real. And great. Give it a listen.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 346

Hey guys. Today's song is Lovers Hurricane by Selin.

Selin is a Turkish musician, although she is based out of the UK. She's been active since at least 2011 which is when her YouTube channel went up and has videos from then up to today of her singing, although she got her breakthrough in 2021 with the popularity of one of her bilingual singles. She makes a point of writing music in both English and Turkish, and although she doesn't seem to have any albums, she has released multiple singles and collaborated with a number of artists. So if you like this song, go check out her other stuff because it's great.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 345

Hey guys. Today's song is You Just Didn't Like Me That Much by Leanna Firestone.

Leanna Firestone is an American musician active since at least 2016 when she started posting covers on YouTube. Her popularity really comes though from TikTok, as it seems to happen with most artists nowadays, which she started posting to in 2020 and now has more than half a million followers. She released an EP in 2021 and released her debut album in 2022 so you can check that out if you like what you hear. This song specifically seems to be a single, but was also released in 2022. I'm sure we'll see more in the future so keep and eye out.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 344

Hey guys. Today's song is Fly by Hilary Duff.

So Hilary Duff is an American actress and singer active since 1993, although she first got into music with the release of her debut album in 2002. That was a Christmas album, the in 2003 she released her second album, which was a more standard one. She released three more albums, one in 2004, 2007, and in 2015. She also released music in collaboration with her sister Haylie Duff in the past. 2015 is about the time when her music career ended, although she is still technically active. Most of the songs from her that I know are ones that were used in movies and TV shows she's been in, and this one is no exception being from the movie Raise Your Voice. Although they do this weird thing in a lot of her movies where they autotune or switch out part of her singing which is just unnecessary considering she is also a singer. If you've seen some of the more musical filmography you probably know what I'm talking about. Anyway I'm sure most of you know who Hilary Duff is and have seen her in something, so hopefully you'll enjoy this.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 343

Hey guys. Today's song is Everywhere by Michelle Branch.

Photo by: Alaina Buzas

Michelle Branch is an American musician active since 1999. She was into music her whole life, but she really got started when she moved to homeschooling during high school to focus on music. Her parents helped find her gigs around the area, and paid for her to release her own album. At the end of 1999 she sent two of her songs into the Rolling Stones website, which got her the attention of Hansen who invited her to open for a couple of their shows in 2000. She produced her first album in 2000, and it was released through and independent label. She got signed in 2001, also releasing her first major album the same year and that is actually where this song is from. She released her next album in 2003 which didn't do as well as the other one, but still earned her a Grammy nomination for Best Female Vocal Rock performance. From 2004 until 2007 Branch focused on her duo (which was officially formed in 2005) that was formed with her and Jessica Harp called The Wreckers. They released an album in 2006 before eventually splitting to focus on their solo careers. She's released two albums since coming back to her solo career, with one in 2017 and another in 2022, along with some singles in the interim. So if you like what you hear go check out some of her newer stuff.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 342

Hey guys. Today's song is Kiss Me by Sixpence None the Richer.

I've been showing you a lot of newer artists recently so I wanted to stick in here one that's been around for a bit longer. So Sixpence None the Richer is an American alt-rock band active from 1992 until 2004, then again since 2007 with current members being Leigh Nash, Matt Slocum, Justin Cary, and Rob Mitchell. They had a decently long list of past members too so I'm not going to list them all. The name is a very odd one, but it comes from a book by C. S. Lewis called Mere Christianity. They have released six albums over their career, with four being released before they disbanded in 2004. When they came back in 2007, they released an EP, then a Christmas album in 2008 before getting signed again. They did some touring then started working on an album in 2010 that was released in 2012. There was some more touring in 2016, but nothing reported since, so we'll see if that changes. This song is from their 1997 album, and has been used in lots of pop culture stuff so you probably know it even if you don't know the group, so hopefully this gives you a little nostalgia jolt like it did for me.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 341

Hey guys. Today's song is Nerve by Victoria Nadine.

Victoria Nadine is a Norwegian musician active since 2019 when she released her debut single. She gained a pretty big following through social media, and did some performances around Norway. Then in 2021 she was a participant in the North Vision Song Contest, which is essentially a YouTube version of Eurovision run by a broadcasting company. Victoria Nadine represented Norway in the 37th competition, placing in the top six in ranking. She's done more singles, with a couple up on YouTube including this one from about six months ago, so if you like what you here, go check out her other stuff.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 340

Hey guys. Today's song is Villains Aren't Born by PEGGY.

This song is such a mood, I love it. So PEGGY is relatively new and because of the simplicity of the name and not being a big name I can't find much information that I know for sure is about her other than the Spotify profile she has. So I know she is a young indie artist and has a couple of singles out already with a debut EP scheduled to be released sometime this year. And she is already signed so hopefully we will see more form her in the future because this song has been living rent free in my mind since I found it. Hope you enjoy it and check out her other stuff.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 339

Hey guys. Today's song is Memories by Hannah Goodall.

Hannah Goodall is a British musician active since at least 2019, although her YouTube channel has been up since 2017. She has a couple singles dating back to 2019, and has what looks like an independent album that she put out in 2020. She's was a couple of different awards in 2022, but is still relatively new in the industry, but she has a lot of potential. So keep an eye out for her.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 338

Hey guys. Today's song is All For You by Cian Ducrot.

Cian Ducrot is an Irish musician active since 2018. He was musically active before joining the industry, attending the Royal Academy of Music as a classical flautist, but after a trip to LA, he left school and returned home to pursue his career as a pop artist. Using the skills of production he used while in school, he released a mixtape in 2020. He was signed to a label afterwards, releasing his debut single in 2021 followed by the release of an EP later that year. He released some more singles in 2022 and was a supporting act on Ed Sheeran's tour. I really like his music so hopefully an album is upcoming, but we'll have to wait and see.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 337

Hey guys. Today's song is Right People Wrong Time by Lachie Gill featuring Elaskia.

We featured Lachie not too long ago, but we'll go through it again. Lachie Gill is an Australian musician active since 2022 when he auditioned for The Voice Australia and joined Rita Ora's team. He won the competition, and afterwards starting releasing some singles in 2022 and another one in 2023. He's still relatively new in the industry, having been a PE teacher and an Australian Football League player previously, but he has a lot of potential, so keep an eye out for him. As for Elaksia, that is the stage name for Kelly Griffith, and Australian musician active since at least 2018 when her debut single was released and got featured in a couple TV shows. Her next song was released in 2020 and (prior to the pandemic) she also supported multiple artists on their tours. She has another single from 2021 and from 2022, so listen to those if you like what you hear in this one.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 336

Hey guys. Today's song is Midnight by Toby Sebastian featuring Florence Pugh.

So Toby Sebastian is the stage name for Sebastian (Toby) Pugh, who is an actor and musician active since 2008. As you might have already guessed from the name Florence Pugh is his sister, who is also an actress active since 2014. They also have two other sisters who are/have been actresses, so clearly a very talented family. Sebastian got his start as a contestant on Orange Unsigned Act in 2008, although he didn't end up winning. He did get a record deal, leaving school to record an album which he released in 2013. He did some acting in 2012, including for a movie called Barely Lethal in which he included five songs for the soundtrack. He was also on Game of Thrones in 2015, then was in a movie and starred in a biopic in 2017. In 2019 he released an EP, and has been releasing singles pretty consistently since then. For Florence, her career is mostly focused on acting, but when it comes to music, she had been posting covers on YouTube as Flossie Rose from 2013 until 2016, during her early acting career. The next vocal thing she did was this song with her brother, released in 2021. She has the potential for more though, since for her role this year in A Good Person, she also wrote and sang two songs for its soundtrack. So I guess we'll see what's next from both of these siblings.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 335

Hey guys. Today's song is Work Song by Hozier.

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Hozier is Andrew Hozier-Byrne, and Irish singer whose been around since 2008. He was part of a choral ensemble called Anúna starting in 2009, and he toured with them internationally. He released his debut EP in 2013 and it became huge. He released his second EP in 2014, followed quickly by his debut album. He did some performances in 2015, but then kind of disappeared from the music scene until his next EP in 2018. His second album was released in 2019, followed by a worldwide tour and some festival performances. In 2020 he did a lot of fundraising, livestreaming for the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children and performing at the RTÉ Does Comic Relief Special for pandemic relief. He announced his next album in 2021, and an EP was released this year with another one on the way later in the year. Enjoy!

Peace.

Year 8, Day 334

Hey guys. Today's song is Wellerman by Nathan Evans.

You guys have no idea how long this has been sitting there for me to showcase it, but I could never find a good spot to slip it in. So Nathan Evans is a Scottish singer active since 2020 when his renditions of sea shanties went viral on TikTok, which led to other people joining in and creating something amazing. I've included this reaction video showing a bunch of the additions of people and also this remix version that I think is great as well. The popularity earned him a record deal and they released an official cover of the song (which I'm featuring today) along with some other songs in 2021. He released his debut album in 2022 so you should go check that out if you're interested. As for this sea shanty, the story is based on the 18th century whaling industry where the crew is waiting for the wellerman (which were the employees of the Weller brothers who would bring provisions to the whalers. It you're curious look up the history of the industry, and check out some other shanties while you're at it.

Peace.

Year 8, Day 333

Hey guys. Today's song is Shape Of You by Ed Sheeran.

Photo by: Eva Rinaldi

I've featured Ed Sheeran before and I'm pretty sure that everyone knows who he is by now so I'm going to go through this fast. He's always been musical, singing from an early age and playing both guitar and cello. He also was a theatre kid, joining the production of Frankenstein through Youth Music Theatre UK in 2007. He started recording music in 2004, releasing some stuff independently then started playing gigs with his friend Michael Rosenberg (aka Passenger) in 2006. In 2008 he moved to London and started playing there, then in 2009 he began to study music at the Academy of Contemporary Music only to leave to support Just Jack. He released an EP in 2009, then in 2010 he toured with Example and released another EP before starting to post on YouTube. He released two more EPs in 2010 and one in 2011 before he gained mainstream success and was signed. Since then he has released six albums with the first from 2011 and the most recent released this year. Obviously recently there has been lots of news about Ed Sheeran because of the lawsuit filed against him by the heirs of Ed Townsend over plagiarism of the song Let's Get It On. First off: I've talked about it before that you can't copyright chord progressions because chords are similar in almost every song in every genre, so Ed Townsend does not have private rights to a chord just because the song it was used in became iconic. Also I have a huge problem with it being the heirs of this person making a stink, because it's clearly just a cash grab over something they were never involved in, but now feel entitled to. So I'm glad Ed Sheeran won, because something like this setting a precedent in music and legal cases like this would have killed music and the music industry completely. We seriously dodged a bullet with this one so it's good to shout it out today.

Peace.