rebecca: Harry Styles

Hello You Lovely Lot!

It's been a while hasn't it? I'm going to do a whole other blog post on where I am right now (as in, mentally, physically I'm sat in bed...). However, it is that time again! These are my favourite blog posts to write and usually the ones I will write without fail so that's why my blog is bloody full of them. I've been writing these for nearly two years now, so lets have a quick look at May 2016 and what that playlist had on it!

People Help The People – Birdy – Birdy

I Love Me – Thank You – Meghan Trainor

R U Crazy/Labs Swing Version - R U Crazy/Labs Swing Version – Conor Maynard

Hair ft Sean Paul – Hair – Little Mix

Cake By The Ocean – SWAAY – DNCE

She Falls Asleep / Part 2 – Wonderland – McFly

Teenage Dirtbag – Summer – Frank Hamilton & Wheatus

You’re Such A – HAIZ – Hailee Steinfeld

Love Myself – Love Myself – Haille Steinfeld

Mom ft Kelli Trainor – Thank You

Don’t Go Alone – Don’t Go Alone – Bry

A-Punk – Vampire Weekend – Vampire Weekend
Me Too – Thank You – Meghan Trainor – Thank You
Used To Love You – This Is What The Truth Feels Like – Gwen Stefani

Go Do – Go – Jónsi

I Was Here – 4 – Beyoncé

Shooting The Moon – Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky // Extra Nice Edition – OK Go

Champagne Problems – Thank You – Meghan Trainor

Woman Up – Thank You – Meghan Trainor
This Is What You Came For – This Is What You Came For – Calvin Harris & Rihanna

Animal – Habits – Neon Trees

I can assure you all that this month is nowhere near as long as that! So lets get started...

From The Ritz To The Rubble - Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not - Arctic Monkeys

I don't know why i suddenly fell in love with this again? I think this is possible my favourite song by The Arctic Monkeys. It's just so so catchy and I will always love it. They will always remind me of the year that I thought I was really cool because I'd just learnt to drive and I was drinking a lot. I was someone that deep down I knew that I wasn't. However, despite that, I will always look upon that summer fondly and how I've grown (for example, I've gone from drinking Smirnoff Ice to Gin...so that's a step up).

Favourite Lyric : His way or no way, totalitarian

Somebody Else - I like it when you sleep, for you are so beautiful yet so unaware of it - The 1975

I've spoken about this song more than once on this blog. I fall back in love with it every now and then, not that I ever fall out of love with it! I just forget about it for a while. I can relate to this song a lot more at this point in time which is sad I guess? However it does mean that the songs means a lot more and that is probably why it came back in to my life this month.

Favourite Lyric : Our love has gone cold, you're intertwining your soul with somebody else

Sweet Creature - Harry Styles - Harry Styles

Now of course you will be getting a review of this at some point. I had been so busy with exams that I just didn't have time to write one. When I first heard this I was about to go out but I had to have a little cry at how beautiful it was. It's not my favourite on the album but it was one of the only two out at the time I added it to the playlist! I do love it though, one of the most beautiful songs I ever did hear.

Favourite Lyric : Two hearts in one home

Passionfruit - More Life - Drake

Now, I am not a Drake fan, it's just not my type of music but I can appreciate that he's good. However, I heard this somewhere and I thought it was good, then I heard it again in a taxi and I knew I had to find it on Spotify straight away! I think it will always remind me of summer because when I heard it, it was boiling hot. Maybe I should listen to the rest of the album and see what i think, but for now, I love this.

Favourite Lyric : You got issues that i wont mention for now cause we're falling apart.

Slow Hands - Slow Hands (Single) - Niall Horan

I hadn't listened to This Town in such a long time so when I heard that Niall was coming out with a new song I didn't know how to feel. However, I think that this is incredible. I won't lie, when I first heard it I was a bit unsure but after listening a few more times I fell in love. The beat is so good and of course Niall's gorgeous voice. Lovely stuff Mr Horan.

Favourite Lyric : No chance that I'm leaving here without you on me

leaving blues - Torch Songs: Leaving Blues - Lewis Watson

I found this song by accident because I went to listen to Lewis and Spotify comes up with playlists of the best of each artist and the cover for it included the album cover for this which I had never seen before. I found it and discovered that it's a cover of a Bombay Bicycle Club song. I think it is absolutely incredible. I listened to the original but I think I have just got so used to Lewis' voice singing it that it sounded odd to listen to someone else. This is a song I can sing my heart out too and maybe even have a little cry, should I be in the mood.

Favourite Lyric : I miss you indefinite

The Night We Met - Strange Trails - Lord Huron

I was revising whilst listening to a chill Spotify playlist that I can't remember the name of now. This came on and immediately I knew that I had heard the song before. I had listened to the playlist for a few days at this point so I just presumed that I knew it from there. However, when the chorus came I knew that it was from '13 Reasons Why'. I can also relate to this a bit more after this month, but I do think it is a lovely song in general.

Favourite Lyric : I had all, and then most of you, some, and now none of you

Kill The Director - Proudly Present...A Guide To Love, Loss & Desperation - The Wombats

I bloody love The Wombats. My friend Melissa played them to me in college and ever since then I have been obsessed. This is possibly my favourite song by them and also a song I can highly relate to. I think it's just super catchy and also quite comical (but also not funny because my life is like a shit rom-com and that's not funny in the slightest). A song that will truly stay with me forever.

Favourite Lyric : No I don't care about the soaps...though I'm acting like I'm in an Eastenders episode OR Carrots help you see much better in dark, don't talk to girls, they'll break your heart OR This is no Bridget Jones (I love all of the lyrics in this)

The Cave - Sigh No More - Mumford & Sons

I don't know why I've become obsessed with Mumford & Sons recently?! This is the third song of theirs that I have discovered and fallen in love with. I think maybe it's just something different. I also like the fact that the lyrics to this are actually quite depressing but the tune is rather upbeat. Love a good juxtaposition.

Favourite Lyric : The harvest left no fruit for you to eat, you cannibal, you meat-eater OR I will not hear what you have to say cause I need freedom now

Ever Since New York - Harry Styles - Harry Styles

I think that this is my favourite song from the album. I loved it ever since I saw him perform it on a TV show over in America. I think that it is beautiful song writing and if Liam Gallagher is right and his cat can write something better then I would LOVE to hear it. I love the guitar and I love the lyrics and I love Harry Styles.

Favourite Lyric : Almost over, had enough from you

From The Dining Table - Harry Styles - Harry Styles

As we can tel, this is the time when the album came out. This is another one of my favourites. It's the last song on the album and I was waiting for a really sad ballad because we know I love those. Mr Styles did not disappoint and provided us with this beauty. I may have even cried the first time I heard it, it wouldn't surprise me. I also think I nearly flew out of my seat at the lyrics at the beginning. Either way, this is such a lovely song.

Favourite Lyric : Comfortable silence is so overrated

Kiwi - Harry Styles - Harry Styles

This is another one of my favourites, for some reason my other favourite Carolina is not on this playlist?! This is exactly what I expected from the album and I was so glad to hear it. My dad brought me up on a lot of the music that Harry was brought up on so I had a feeling that I would love the album if he was going to write music that was influenced by all of that. Turns out I was right. I also want to know if this is a true story?! Think about it every time I listen to it, which is quite a lot.

Favourite Lyric : When she's alone she goes home to a cactus in her black dress, she's such an actress

Wisdom Teeth - Sleep Is for the Week - Frank Turner

Recently I went to a Frank Turner festival called 'Lost Evenings'. It was four nights at The Roundhouse in Camden, which is an incredible venue by the way, and he played a different set each night. Night Two (I think?! Or night Three?) was 'Sleep Is for the Week' in full. Before I went I had never listened to this album but when he played this song I burst in to tears. Last month was hard and I feel like this song may sum it up? Obviously this is a from a guys point of view so I feel like it's an explanation in some ways? ANYWAY, yeah this is just really beautiful and the lyrics and incredible. Probably one of my favourite Frank Turner songs now!

Favourite Lyric : Every time I repeat the line that 'the faults not mine and I wasn't unkind', the worst part is that I've got nothing else to say

A Decent Cup of Tea - Sleep Is for the Week - Frank Turner

This is a song that I loved when i was wallowing in my own self pity. However, it is such a beautiful song. It is so stripped back, just Frank and his guitar. Sad songs just capture my heart so much, it's just pure, raw emotion and maybe that's why? Also I tend to be moody quite a bit and sadder songs make me much calmer and sometimes you just need a good cry to make yourself feel better, no?

Favourite Lyric : She cries in to her tea, that she's desperately lonely

Poetry Of The Deed - Poetry Of The Deed - Frank Turner

A slightly more upbeat Frank song here. I put Frank on shuffle whilst I was revising not too long ago and this came on. This is another album that I hadn't listened to too much, although i do know a few songs because this is the album with a few of the classics on. This is not a song that coms under that category though! I feel like this is classic Frank Turner and it was very motivational whilst I was revising, so that's always good!

Favourite Lyric : We're exactly what this country needs

So there you have it everyone! There are the songs that I was LOVING last month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

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REVIEW : Made In The A.M.- One Direction (Blogmas Day One)

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Hello you lovely lot!

Ok. So. Here we go. I have been waiting for this album for such a long time and I have listened to all the teasers and kept so up to date and IT’S FINALLY HERE. I’m currently on a train back to Nottingham and I promised myself that I was going to save this album for the train journey so that when I wrote this blog post it would be like first impressions. However, I was awake at midnight on the 13^th and got a notification telling me that the album was out and I couldn’t resist. So I have already listened to the album but I’m still going to do a review, obviously. In hindsight, it’s probably good I didn’t listen to it for the first time on the train because many tears were shed, and when I say that, I literally sobbed as my friend Natalie can tell you.

So, we better get on with it!

Hey Angel

As soon as I heard this I said to Natalie ‘it sounds like Robbie Williams’ and it does. If you listen to the beginning of ‘Millennium’ by Robbie and then the beginning of this. BANG. You’re welcome. I love this one, it’s not what I was expecting, I think I was expecting a bit of a slower song and one that would make me cry but I think it’s a brilliant start to the album

Favourite Part : ‘I come alive when I hear your voice, it’s a beautiful sound, it’s a beautiful noise’

Drag Me Down

Obviously I’d heard this before the album came out and I’ve even heard it live twice. I was at Natalie’s when I first heard this song and she waited till I was awake (even though it came out about three hours before I did actually wake) until she listened to it. Best friend award goes to her (round of applause for you there Natalie). I still love this one which shocks me because when it first came out I played it again and again and again and again and…you get the idea. Normally when I do this I get sick of the song pretty quick, but this has yet to happen with this one!

Favourite Part: Harrys little twiddly bits…clearly.

Perfect

Now as you probably already know, I’ve heard this before too. I also heard this live which was such a surprise because I didn’t think they would add it to the setlist permanently. I have already written about this song on my ‘October Playlist’ post but I do love it.

Favourite Part: ‘and if you’re looing for someone to write your breakup songs about…baby I’m perfect…BABY WE’RE PERFEEEEEECT’ and so on…

Infinity

I think this was in my ‘October Playlist’ post too and as I said on that, I didn’t like this when it first came out. I thought that the verse was juts a bit dull and a bit lacking but I did enjoy the chorus. Now I love this and I especially love it on in the shower so I can sing my heart out, but not in my University Flat because you can hear everything. Not sure they need my rendition of this one.

Favourite Part: When Harry goes ‘INFINITAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYY’ in the last chorus. You can quote me on that.

End of The Day

When I first heard this and realized the chorus went in to half-time I was so confused. It sounds like two different songs and I just couldn’t work out the tune in my head! However, I have now got it in my head and I think it’s a lovely little song! The chorus does get stuck in my head from time to time though which is a bit annoying but I guess it’s the sign of a good tune!

Favourite Part: ‘You’re the one that I want at the end of the day…’ OR ‘and when the city is sleeping, you and I can stay awake and keep on dreaming’

If I Could Fly

This is the first one on the album that made me cry and if I’m being honest, I didn’t really stop from here on in. I just think this is a beautiful song and it’s the lyrics more than anything…and maybe Harry’s voice? I feel like it’s a continuation of ‘Half A Heart’ and I LOVE IT. The boys all sound amazing on this (and every song on the album, of course). I sent so many snapchats of me crying to Natalie whilst I was listening to this and if I wasn’t on the train right now, I would probably be crying. I am just very proud of One Direction.

Favourite Part: ‘For when you’re lonely and forget who you are…’ OR ‘I can feel your heart inside of mine I FEEL IT, I FEEL IT’

Long Way Down

I’m not really sure how I feel about this one at the moment. It doesn’t grab my attention like the other ones do but I can see that it’s a lovely song! I think it also reminds me of something by Robbie Williams but I haven’t decided what. I think this will definitely grow on me the more I listen to it and it will be probably be one of my favourites by the time the next album comes out (which is a long time away *SOB*).

Favourite Part: ‘Now it’s just too late to turn around’

Never Enough

I LOVE THIS. I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOVE IT, I LOOOOVE IT. Ok, so I quite like this one. I remember hearing the leaked bit of this and thinking it was the most amazing thing I’d ever heard in my life but they’ve made it even better since I heard that and I think it’s probably my favorite song at the moment, let alone of just the album! It’s just so different to anything I’ve ever heard them done. I think this is the first song that really shows how mature this album is and how much One Direction have changed over the past years.

Favorite Part: The ‘COME ONNN’ after the chorus, love it.

Olivia

It’s taken me about 24 hours to realise how much I love this song but know I realise how amazing it is, I listen to it SO much. I’m sure my little cousin Liv is chuffed because she loves a bit of One Direction. She makes me feel way too old to love them because she’s 13 or 14 and she likes them too. However, life goes on, I love Harry Styles too much to be embarrassed so it’s fine. This is so catchy and I remember Liam uploading that tiny like 10 second clip of it and I wasn’t sure what to think. However, now I know exactly what to think, I think it’s amazing.

Favourite Part: ‘This isn’t the stain of red wine, I’m bleeding love..’ OR ‘I love you, I love you, I love, I love, I love Olivia’ OR the whole chorus OR the bit where Louis basically screams the chorus (so many favourites).

What A Feeling

I think this one is so funky but it’s not one of my favourites. I feel like it sounds like a disco song but there you have it! Not that there’s anything wrong with that. I think again, this one will have to grow on me but I can appreciate that it’s a good song and is very catchy!

Favourite Part: ‘What a feeling to be a king beside you somehow, I wish I could be there now’

I Want to Write You a Song

I cried at this one too, I won’t lie. I think it’s mainly because Harry wrote it and that makes any song more emotional in my eyes, although I think Harry could flip his hair and I would cry. This is so beautiful and I would love to know who it’s about (it’s secretly about it but you know, trying to throw you off the scent…ha…ha…ha…why doesn’t Harry love me). I love the fact that this is just so slow and quiet, it’s beautiful. I can’t write anymore because I’m on this train and I would like to keep my dignity by not sobbing

Favourite Part: “Oooo, everything I need I get from you, Oooo, giving back is all I wanna do’

Temporary Fix

This is probably my second favourite on the album and I knew that from the second I heard the teaser. This is also not what I expected from the boys at all but I’m so glad that they decided to put it on the album. Also, can we talk about the fact that Harry doesn’t really sound like Harry here? His voice sounds a lot deeper and raspier and I don’t know why but I do love it. Makes me go weak at the knees, I wish I was joking. I love a bit of rock so this is right up my alley to be honest with you. I love the fact that One Direction are getting a bit cheekier with lyrics too and are no longer singing about the fact that looking at the ground makes me attractive (no offence lads, WMYB is a right banger…just…you know…soz).

Favourite Part: 'We can moan in the darkness, let me touch you where you're hottest' (KILL ME NOW)

Walking In The Wind

This is my dad's favourite on the album. When I played it to him he said "This is the best one you've played me so far". He did also think 'What Makes You Beautiful' was written by Ed Sheeran though so I wouldn't take his word for granted. It's probably one of my favourites on the album though and Natalie told me that it made her cry because she thought of Zayn so now it makes me cry because I think of Zayn. Thanks Natalie. I think it's just so beautiful and one I could listen to again and again.

Favourite Part: 'AWOOOOO we had some times didn't we, AWOOOOOO we had some good tricks up our sleeves'...that's definitely how it goes.

Wolves

This one doesn't sound like I first expected it to even though I'd heard the teaser for it. I think I just expected it to be faster? I love it anyway, it's probably one of my favourites on the album. I love the lyrics and also Harry sounds amazing, although Harry always sounds amazing so I'm not sure if that's really a valid point. I love the meaning behind this song and I just think it's so different to their previous stuff but I think I'm saying that about nearly every song on this album, but the boys are right, they've matured.

Favourite Part: 'I aint up for debating, aint enough for the taking, you got the whole world shaking'

A.M.

I cried when i first heard the teaser for this, is that sad? I just thought it was so lovely and it had Harry in it, so you know, I think that's a legit reason to be honest. I still think this songs is just as lovely although it doesn't make me cry anymore (ha...ha...anyway). I just love the lyrics and I think it's a nice break from all the up tempo ones, as lovely as they are.

Favourite Part: 'You know I'm always coming back to this place'

Love You Goodbye

I didn't mind this one when I first heard it but I wasn't crazy about it. Now I am most definitely crazy about it. I think it's just such a beautiful song and Harry singing the chorus gets me every time. I totally don't put this on in the shower and sing it like I've been in this situation (which I haven't by the way). So, anyway. I think this is probably another one of my favourites on the album even though it wasn't to begin with. It has grown on me without a doubt.

Favourite Part: 'My hearts already breaking baby go on, twist the knife'

History

I'm not 100% sure how I feel about this one, I used to love it when I came out but now I can compare it to the album I don't think I like it as much as I used to. I love the fact it's about the fans and I also love that the claps in it are fans clapping. I don't love that i wasn't invited but you know, my time will come. I think this one will have to grow on me again because I'm so obsessed with all the new songs I'm hearing rather than the ones that have been out for a few days. I do think this song is very sweet and I can appreciate how amazing it is.

Favourite Part : The bit where it's all quiet and they sing the chorus, lovely stuff.

So, there you have it! That's my opinion on the boys new album! Overall I think it's the best albums o far but I usually say that to be honest with you. I think the boys have really matured and this album proves it. I LOVE UT.

Thanks for reading!

Becky x

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