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Hello You Lovely Lot!

It's that time again, time for you to all hear the music I've bee loving! For some reason I've been a bit funny with music this week. Normally I add songs to my monthly playlists every few days but for some reason for most of February I didn't add many and got really bored of the ones that were on there. I eventually added to it and fell in love with the last few songs and haven't listened to the first half of this playlist in a while. However, either way, they were songs I loved in February.

Here's the playlist from this time last year...

Geek in the Pink - Geek in the Pink (Single) - Jason Mraz
The Sound - The Sound (SIngle) - The 1975
PILLOWTALK - PILLOWTALK (Single) - ZAYN
No Words - #3 (Deluxe Version_ - The Script
Call Your Girlfriend - Body Talk - Robyn
Boy Without A Car - Wake Up (Deluxe) - The Vamps
Hymn For The Weekend - A Head Full Of Dreams - Coldplay
Somebody Else - Somebody Else (Single) - The 1975
Wrapped Around Your Finger - Don't Stop (EP)- 5 Seconds of Summer
Army - Delirium (Deluxe) - Ellie Goulding
Bitter Sweet Symphony - Urban Hymns - The Verve

and so, without further ado, let's move on to this year!

F.E.A.R. - Music Of The Spheres - Ian Brown

My Dad actually got me in to this. he showed me the music video and pointed out that the lyrics always spell 'FEAR'. For example, the first line is 'For Each A Road' and so on and so on, you get the idea. I just think it's super clever. It's also just a rally good song even if that wasn't a thing.

Favourite Lyric : 'Forget everything and remember, for everything a reason'

Feeling A Moment - The Singles - Feeder

I have liked this song for a few years and this is one of the only few songs I know. Dad got me in to them again and after discovering that I would actually be going to see them live at the end of March I decided to delve a bit deeper in to their music. I ended up just falling back in love with this song because I think it's incredible. I think I might even cry when i ehar it live, but I do that with most concerts.

Favourite Lyric : 'Don't ever feel that you're alone, I'd never let you down'

Misery Business - RIOT! - Paramore

I was never a huge Paramore fan when i was a kid, I only knew two songs which I did love but I don't know why i never fell head over heels for them. I reckon I was trying to be cool at that age and Paramore didn't seem cool? I don't know. Either way, Dodie (doddleoddle on YouTube) did an acoustic mashup with her friends quite a while ago and this was one of the songs that was included. I always forgot to look around for it but eventually I did and I loved this song so much!

Favourite Lyric : 'She's got it out for me but I wear the biggest smile'

Drink Up - a girl a bottle a boat - Train

I was listening to old Train songs a while ago and discovered they had new music. I was obsessed with this song but a few days but it still deserves it's place here. Train just write some of the catchiest songs I have to say. I have yet to really listen to the rest of the album so maybe a review is in order? I don't know. Either way, this is pretty good!

Favourite Lyric : 'I got memories on tap, drink up'

Must Get Out - Songs About Jane - Maroon 5

I really miss the old Maroon 5 I have to say. I found this on a playlist called 'Singing Loud in the Car' by Zoella. I hadn't heard this song but it is from the same album as the old classics like She Will Be Loved. I think this is just such a lovely song and it's probably the one I used to play most from this playlist.

Favourite Lyric : 'There's only so much I can do for you after all of the things you put me through'

People Keep Talking - People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen

I think i said this in my last playlist post but I go through phases with Hoodie Allen. I'm currently not in a phase and haven't listened to him in a while but this was one of the songs I used to love when I went through my phase in February. I think I literally used to have this on repeat. It wasn't one that I had heard before because I hadn't listened to this album too much before February. However, I think it's become a staple in the list of Hoodie songs that I love

Favourite Lyric : 'I never may get that cover of the Rolling Stones, didn't fit the vibe they were going for'

F*** Apologies - Mad Love. - JoJo ft Wiz Khalifa

If I'm going to be honest, I really don't like this song anymore. It was one of those songs that I played again and again until I got sick to the back teeth of it. It came out a while ago and Natalie made me listen to it. I loved it but forgot all about it until February. I do however, still like the message that it gives off. It's not always necessary to say sorry if someone has done you wrong. Feel like I can relate to that quite a bit.

Favourite Lyric : 'Honestly, I was just about to pick up the phone...and then I realised that I didn't do nothing wrong'

Act My Age - People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen

This is another one that I hadn't heard before February but after I fell in love with other songs on the album I decided I would listen to the whole thing. I think when it turns to March I forget all about the songs from the months previous playlist because I haven't listened to this in weeks! I think Hoodie just comes up with such catchy songs. He's not anything like the music I usually love but I love him all the same.

Favourite Lyric : 'I liked her pic on Instagram, one day she hit me back'

Who's Laughing Now - Who You Are - Jessie J

I think I will always love this song but in February I really rekindled my love for it. I feel like I can relate to it quite easily so maybe that's why I feel such a strong connection towards it. I haven't listened to any new Jessie J stuff (if there even is any new stuff?). I went through a phase a few years ago of loving her and I even went to see her perform live once! In my opinion this is one of her best songs and a song I loved it throughout February.

Favourite Lyric : 'Have you forgotten how you would make me feel when you dragged my spirits down?'

Car Radio - Vessel - Twenty One Pilots

I first heard this on a FineBros video, not that I remember which one. I really liked it but didn't bother to look for it on Spotify. I then heard it when I was waiting for Busted to come on stage and I knew I had to find it when I got home. So that's exactly what I did and throughout February I loved it. I don't know many TOP songs, only the ones that have been in the charts (also I know Goner thanks to Doddleoddle). However, songs like this make me think I should listen to them more because I love this!

Favourite Lyric : 'My lungs will fill and then deflate'

Little Lion Man - Sigh No More - Mumford and Sons

I had never really listened to much Mumford and Sons but I obviously knew of them (as I think most British people do). I'm not even sure what type of music you would class it as...country? Folk? Pop? Who knows?! However, I know that I love this song. It's so very sweet but also completely heartbreaking at the same time. I think this might just be one of my favourite songs ever, it's THAT good. Towards the end of February I remember getting slightly bored with the songs on my playlist but this was one that stood the test of time.

Favourite Lyric : 'It was your heart on the line, I really fucked it up this time...didn't I my dear?'

You Don't Know Me - You Don't Know Me (Single) - Jax Jones ft Raye

Me and Jack were obsessed with this song for a while and would sing it around the house all the time. I think my obsession with it first started when i was dancing to it with my friends from English Literature and we were meant to be doing work. After that we went mad for it. It's totally different from the music I normally go for but honestly I would listen to it on repeat again and again and I couldn't help myself.

Favourite Lyric : 'Do you want a drink? Nah, thanks for asking.'

Human - Human - Rag'n'Bone Man

I think that this man is incredible. I was listening to another one of his songs, skin, the other day and I was amazed. He is just something else. I think I was quite late with liking this song because he had already won a BRIT before I even knew it, does that mean I was late to the party? I need to give the other songs on this album a listen because if they're all similar to this then I'm sure I would enjoy them!

Favourite Lyric : 'I'm only human, I make mistakes'

ghost - the morning (all of the songs) - Lewis Watson

Now. I bloody love Lewis Watson. I think he might even be my favourite singer/songwriter. He writes the most beautiful songs and this is one I found recently. I can't remember if I knew this before. Basically he got rid of all of his old albums from Spotify to release this, hence why it's called 'all of the songs'. It contained all of the albums, including his newest one at the time 'the morning'. Ghost is from that album. I didn't really listen to that album when it came out for whatever reason so, with the release of his new album (review coming soon), I found it and this.

Favourite Lyric : 'I float by unnoticed by the one I loved most, the one I held closest'

So there you have it everyone! I know it's late but those are all the songs I really loved throughout February!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

So, it's that time of month again and I tried to put this off as long as possible since my first post was the review of the Little Mix album but here we are, let's get started!

You Gotta Not - Glory Days - Little Mix

I've done a whole review of this album if you want to know what I really think of this. All you need to know now is that I love this and it is one of my favourite songs from the album!

Favourite Lyric : 'Is that what you call flirting? You gotta not'

Broken Piano - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

I love Frank Turner and this is one of my favourite songs by him. I think it's just so beautiful and when the drums come in it just gets me EVERY time. I think Frank is just absolutely amazing and as I'm seeing him twice this month I thought it was only right that I rekindle my love for him. This is my favourite album by him too and every song on it is incredible, this is just especially incredible.

Favourite Lyric : 'As I stroked those broken keys, you did not join in harmony'

Anymore - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

Another song from the amazing album. We all know I love a sad song and this is the epitome of sad. It's about realising you aren't in love with someone anymore and being able to walk away from it. Sometimes I find it hard to listen to this just because it makes me so sad but it just too good for words. One of the most beautiful songs I've ever heard

Favourite Lyric : 'Not with a bang, but with a whimper'

Oceans - Ghost Stories - Coldplay

I'll be honest I hardly listen to this Coldplay album and I don't know why I just seem to forget it because it has some amazing songs on it. It's one of their best albums in  my opinion so I really should listen to it more. A while ago I rediscovered it because Lewis Watson did a gorgeous cover of this. This song doesn't really make much sense to me but I still love it and I think it really shows off Chris' beautiful voice

Favourite Lyric : 'Meet me in blue sky, meet me again'

Polaroid Picture - Tape Deck Heart - Frank Turner

This is another one of my favourite Frank Turner songs. I just think it sums up that you have to remember the little things because things can change so fast. This one is a little more rocky than the other two in this playlist but still just as good and deserves its place here.

Favourite Lyric : 'Let go of the little distractions, hold close to the ones that you love' OR 'Remind yourself that everything changes but there was this time when things were ok'

When You Love Someone (Acoustic) - When You Love Someone (Single) - James TW

I think i found this by accident? However, either way there was a time when I listened to ti non stop. I think this song is just so innocent and perfect. James' voice is beautiful and the song is emotional. It's just a lovely calm one to listen to when you're in bed or just on a rainy day when you're sat inside listening to the rain (because we all know those are the best times, lets be honest)

Favourite Lyric : 'We didn't raise you up like this now did we?'

I Am Disappeared - England Keep My Bones - Frank Turner

I think this is my favourite Frank Turner song ever. I think i first heard it live and I fell in love. It is just so incredibly beautiful. There's a bit in it that goes 'and on the worst days when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tonnes' and it was me and Dad sat in the car on the way home. I was going through quite a rough patch and had been for a while and he pointed at me and sang it and I nearly burst in to tears there and then. It is such a special song to me and when I see him next week I wish for nothing more than for this to be on the setlist. What an incredible song.

Favourite Lyric : 'And on the worst days when it feels like life weighs ten thousand tonnes' OR 'I can get up, shower and in half an hour I'll be gone' OR 'A car pulls up and Bob's driving' OR 'these rivers of tarmac are like arteries across the country' (SO MANY FAVES)

Don't Wanna Know - Don't Wanna Know (Single) - Maroon 5

I used to love Maroon 5 when I was little because there was just something different about them and I remember being quite disappointed when I first started to hear their new stuff because it was so similar to what I was hearing in the charts and that's not what I expected from them. However, I found this song on my recommended and played it and was obsessed straight away! I also love the video for this because it's a Pokemon Go kind of thing. Also Adam Levine is gorgeous, enough said

Favourite Lyric : 'The more I drink, the more I think about you'

Novels - Calm & Normal - Rusty Clanton

I first heard this when Dodie Clark did a cover of it with Rusty himself on her YouTube channel and I fell in love. I would play the video again and again because I couldn't find it on iTunes. Then for whatever reason I just thought I would look on Spotify and there it was. I think it is such a gorgeous song and has made me shed a tear many a time. Rusty just has one of the most beautiful voices and writes incredible songs such as this one

Favourite Lyric : 'Someday I won't have to wait for you'

All Night - All Night (Single) - The Vamps

I heard this for the first time when I was driving in my friend Maddy's car with my other friend Markie and it came on and I was just humming along, Then Maddy goes 'this is The Vamps isn't it?' and I was just like 'what?!'. If you know me or have read my blog before you might know that I love The Vamps and I couldn't believe that this has skipped under my radar for so long! It's not what we usually hear from The Vamps but I do love it!

Favourite Lyric : 'Can you wake me up before you leave?'

F.U. - Glory Days - Little Mix

This is another one that is on the whole album review so you can go over and read that to find out my full opinion. However, I do really love this song and I remember seeing the little teaser on Instagram and just being SO excited, it definitely lived up to the hype I'd created for myself

Favourite Lyric : 'I don't wanna be friends, no'

Sick of Losing Soulmates - Intertwined (EP) - Dodie

I have loved Dodie for years from her YouTube channel and when she first put up this video I cried for ages. I can't even relate to this song really because I haven't ever really had a serious relationship. Maybe you could take it about friendship I guess? However, either way, Dodie will always be one of my favourite people and this will always be one of my favourite songs. It is so incredible and so beautiful and I even learnt to play it on my guitar but can't get through it without crying which just shows you something

Favourite Lyric : 'Which path will we take cause we both know a break does exactly what it says on the tin?'

Boys Will Be Boys - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps - The Ordinary Boys

I downloaded a playlist full of 'Indie Hits' and this was on it and for whatever reason I just fell in love. I can't listen to it without thinking of that time that Preston stormed off 'Never Mind The Buzzcocks' though (does anyone else remember that?! what a brilliant episode). I just love songs that make you feel happy and weirdly enough this is one.

Favourite Lyric : 'We've had girls that have broken our hearts'

I Luv U - How To Get Everything You Ever Wanted In Ten Easy Steps - The Ordinary Boys

This is a very sweet song and I did know it before I went through The Ordinary Boys' songs on spotify but I just became obsessed with it over this month. I think it's a weird song that makes me feel happy and sad at the same time? Is that even possible? It's quite an unconventional love song and maybe that's what I love about it.

Favourite Lyric : 'I love you, you know that...don't you?'

That's My Girl - 7/27 - Fifth Harmony

This song will always remind me of Natalie now. She's been through some tough times that I obviously won't go through but just know it was hard. However, every single time she got knocked down I watched get back up on her feet and dust herself off and this song just sums up how proud of her I am. That's all I can say really!

Favourite Lyric : 'Get mad independent and don't you ever forget it'

24K Magic - 24K Magic (Single) - Bruno Mars

This was another one I fell in love with in Maddy's car. it came on and I hadn't heard it before but Markie and Maddy were singing along to it in the front seats and ever since that moment it's been a song that has not left my head. I used to love Bruno Mars but he kind of left my radar after 'Doowops and Hooligans' but this song has got him back on it a little bit so fair play.

Favourite Lyric : 'Showtime, guess who's back again?'

When (Live) - Intertwined (EP) -  Dodie

Another Dodie song and so I won't go in to the same explanation about how I found Dodie but I remember that when she uploaded this I didn't listen to it for a few days for whatever reason but I'm so thankful I did. It's one of the only songs on this playlist that I could still listen to gain and again even though it's pretty much all I listened to in November. When I was feeling a bit low at the start of last month it was just something I always had on and I think it will always be a song I can go back to.

Favourite Lyric : 'I'm sick of faking dairy entries, gotta get it in my head, I'll never be 16 again'

Power - Glory Days - Little Mix

This is obviously another one that you can see the full review of if you look at my other blog post but I will tell you that this is my favourite song off this album, I just think it's amazing and that's all I can say!

Favourite Lyric : 'HOOOOOLD UP......my turn'

Those Days Are Gone - Night Driver - Busted

I will be putting up a review of this album soon but this is probably my favourite song from it. When I first heard this I thought it was going to be like old Busted songs just because the start of it sounded so much like one but I was wrong. It changes after a while and for a bit I wasn't sure how I felt about that because I was such a big fan of Busted but this has really brought me round. I don't know what it is about it but I think it's incredible

Favourite Lyric : 'I wish that you would just reappear'


So there you go! My favourite songs of last month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky