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Hello You Lovely Lot!

Another year, another playlist. I am so glad I started doing these because it's just so easy to then find songs I want to listen to! A lot of these songs were added quite late because I haven't listened to too much music this month?! I don't know why! Some of these songs are old songs too, there isn't many new ones or new discoveries.

Here's what I was listening to last year...

The Girl is Mine - The Girl is Mine (Single) - 99 Souls
Stevie Knows - Never Been Better - Olly Murs
Army - Delirium - Ellie Goulding
Lovestruck - Meet The Vamps - The Vamps
Same Old Love - Revival - Selena Gomez
Hands To Myself - Revival - Selena Gomez
Youth - If You Leave - Daughter
Focus - Focus (Single) - Ariana Grande
Stitches - Handwritten - Shawn Mendes
WILD - Blue Neighbourhood - Troye Sivan
Never Forget You - Never Forget You (Single) - MNEK & Zara Larsson
Are You Gonna Be My Girl - Get Born - Jet
Grown - Get Weird - Little Mix
Drops of Jupiter - Drops of Jupiter (Single) - Train
Fix You - X&Y - Coldplay
Heroes - Heroes - David Bowie
Under Pressure - Hot Space - Queen & David Bowie
Stop and Stare - Dreaming Out Loud - One Republic
Last Nite - Is This It - The Strokes
The Sound - The Sound (Single) - The 1975
All Star - All Star Smash Hits - Smash Mouth

I can promise that this months playlist is nowhere near as long as that! Either way, here it is...

Details in the Fabric - We Sing. We Dance. We Steal Things. - Jason Mraz & James Morrison

I haven't listened to this song much this month but I found it right at the end of last month and so right at the start of the month I put it on the playlist. I found this song when I was in a really bad way and it got me through some tougher days. It's so simple and beautiful and makes me cry most of the  time. I haven't felt so sad that I've had to listen to it this month which i guess is a positive! However, I do love it and I'm glad I found it!

Favourite Lyric : 'If it's a broken part replace, if it's a broken arm then brace it, if it's a broken heart then face it'

Those Days Are Gone - Night Driver - Busted

I LOVE this song. When this album first came out I wasn't sure because obviously it's different to old Busted. Yet the more I listen to it the more I love it. When they first put up a link to this song I thought that it was going to be just like old Busted because it starts with just a piano and them. I got so excited and then half way through it turned in to something more electronic and to begin with I was a bit gutted because as we all know I love a sad song. The more I listened to it the more I fell in love. Putting these sad lyrics to a cheerful beat means I find myself dancing around to thought of letting people and memories go because those days are gone.

Favourite Lyric : 'It's a lonely place without you here. I wish that you would just reappear'

Castle on the Hill - Castle on the Hill (Single) - Ed Sheeran

I am a huge Ed Sheeran fan and so when he brought out not one but two singles I went wild. This is my favourite of the two because it's a bit more my style I guess? Ed Sheeran never fails to write good songs and this blew me away. I also love the video and I won't even lie, it made me cry the first time I watched it. Now the songs makes me cry if I'm in the right mood. It just makes me think about going home and seeing all my friends!

Favourite Lyric : 'Driving at 90 down those country roads, singing to 'Tiny Dancer''

Shape of You - Shape of You (Single) - Ed Sheeran 

This is the other single that he brought out and to begin with I wasn't sure about it. It's just not the music I would usually listen to but I gave it a go because it's Ed Sheeran. I slowly but surely came around and realised that it's a brilliant song. He announced a tour and I'm hoping to get tickets because I can just imagine how good this will be when it's played live!

Favourite Lyric : 'We talk for hours and hours about the sweet and the sour and how you family is doing ok'

Dumb - Straight Outta Oz - Todrick Hall

I used to love this album and this was one of my favourites. When I was driving back to Liverpool I was looking for albums that I had downloaded because I didn't have any data and this was one of them. If you know nothing about this album then basically it's songs written about Todricks life and they all have a Wizard of Oz theme which I think is SO clever. I rediscovered my love for this song this month and the lyrics are really clever too. If you haven't heard any of these songs then there's a visual album on YouTube which is amazing!

Favourite Lyric : 'Tweedledum is what they call it if you ask Alice'

If I Had A Heart - Straight Outta Oz - Todrick Hall 

It's not hard to see how this one links with The Wizard of Oz. This is such a beautiful song that I actually wasn't sure if I liked when I first listened to it. I'm not quite sure if its like a heartbreak song, a sassy song or a love song? Either way it's gorgeous.

Favourite Lyric : 'This heart was paper thin, but it will never break again'

Are U Having Any Fun? - Happy Camper - Hoodie Allen & Meghan Tonjes

I go through stages with Hoodie Allen and I speak all about him in my January favourites but basically this is one of the times where I can't get enough of him. I used to not like this album and so that was the reason I went off him the last time but I was just listening to 'James Franco' (which is also great but I can only find it on YouTube, what's that all about?). Then YouTube does that thing that it does and takes you on to other videos and this is one of the videos I ended up on. I think this video is so clever, it's like a game? I think it's based on GTA but I'm not 100% sure. Either way it got me hooked on the song!

Favourite Lyric : 'Might become a chef the way these motherfuckers grilling me, meanwhile I got every Will Smith CD'

So Close to Happiness - Happy Camper - Hoodie Allen

This is a new discovery for me because after I discovered that I liked 'Are U Having Any Fun?' and that it was from this album I thought I would give some more songs a go. I have yet to listen to the whole album but this is one song I found that I loved. I don't know what it is about Hoodie Allen that I love so much but I think this song is one of my favourite songs by him even though I've only just found it.

Favourite Lyric : I guess I'm scared if I accomplish all my dreams then the only thing left to do would be to talk about me and I don't wanna do that

All About It - People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen & Ed Sheeran

Now I loved Hoodie Allen way before this song and so when i saw it I went crazy because obviously, I love Ed Sheeran. Hoodie's song are just so catchy and even though it's not the music I would usually listen to and is so far from everything else I love, there's just something about it!

Favourite Lyric : 'I just wanna leak shit...what?...not literally leak shit, wanna push the music through the speakers'

Movie - People Keep Talking - Hoodie Allen

I feel like there's not too much more I can say about how much I love Hoodie Allen because this is the fourth song of his that's on this playlist. This is one song that i never used to listen to but for some reason last year I started to love it more and more and recently it's come back! With Hoodie I tend to listen to the songs I know when I fall back in love with him again and after last year this was definitely on the list!

Favourite Lyric : 'These other rappers are like how come they can't get to where I did? Vring Vring, here come Johnny homie I'm shining


So there you have it everyone! Another monthly playlist done and dusted!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

I can't believe that it's only one month until I've been doing these playlists for a whole year! I think when it gets to next month I might go over my 2015 September playlist in comparison to 2016?

ANYWAY, let's get on with August and all the songs I've been loving this summer...

Treat You Better - Treat You Better (Single) - Shawn Mendes

I won't lie to anyone, I love Shawn Mendes and the fact that he's like around my age just baffles me. I don't listen to this song as much as I used to but right at the beginning of the month it was all I would play. I just think it's so sweet and also so catchy and I really ought to listen to more of his music because I think he's incredible!

Favourite Lyric : 'Any girl like you deserves a gentleman'

Don't Mind - Don't Mind (Single) - Kent Jones

I first heard this song on all those musicallys, or whatever they're called, that all the kids are doing nowadays (I sound like a grandma, fantastic) and I thought it was catchy and then eventually I found it on Spotify. To be honest, we all know it's not the best song but it is juts so catchy that you can't help but dance to it...

Favourite Lyric : 'She said 'Pardon my French'. I said 'Bonjour Madame'

Dumb - Straight Outta Oz - Todrick Hall

I didn't like this song when I first heard it and I just played my few faves off this album. I sat down and listened to the whole thing one day and this one is so good and possibly one of my favourites now. When you really listen to the lyrics it's so clever and I just applaud Todrick so much.

Favourite Lyric : 'Ones with the worst talent are the worst payed anyway'
                             'Be the leading man if I was less gay? If I was a woman would you try to give me                                  less pay?'
                             'The proof is right there though, it's not fair though, but they swear 'no, what does                                 he know? He's just a Scarecrow'
                             'Tweedledum is what they call it if you ask Alice'

Dancing On My Own - Dancing On My Own (Single) - Calum Scott

The first time I heard this was on the radio and it literally made me cry. I welled up with tears. I just think that this is so beautiful. Then I found the stripped down version where it was just a piano and Calum and I cried even more. Such a beautiful rendition of Robyns song, tears all the time.

Favourite Lyric : 'Stilettos and broken bottles. I'm spinning around in circles'

Dry Your Eyes - A Grand Don't Come For Free - The Streets

We all remember this tune, right?! What an absolute classic. I found it again when I listened to Zoella's 'GOLDEN OLDIES' playlist (which I would totally recommend). I used to love this song so much when it was first released and I still love it as much now. I only know the chorus but you know, I'm getting there.

Favourite Lyric : 'It weren't supposed to be easy, surely'

Too Good - Views - Drake ft Rihanna 

I don't like Drake. I never really have done. BUT THIS SONG. I remember hearing it in the kitchen at work and just being like 'ok yeah I don't mind this'. So I searched it when I got home and listened to it over and over again for weeks. When it came on when I was out with Natalie we went crazy. So I will give it to Drake, this is a good song.

Favourite Lyric : 'And I hope you can take it, I hope you can take it'

Good Grief - Good Grief (Single) - Bastille 

I must admit that I've liked this for a few months but I've only listened to it when it's come on the radio. This month was the month I finally pulled it together and searched for it on Spotify. I've always liked Bastille even though I don't know every song. I remember them playing 'Pompeii' at our prom (cringe) but it always makes me happy. This one is just as catchy as the others and I can't wait for the album!

Favourite Lyric : 'So get drunk, call me a fool, put me in my place'

Girls Like - (Girls Like Single) - Tinie Tempah ft Zara Larsson

I feel like this is mine and Natalie's song. She introduced it to me and now I'm in love. I remember it coming on when we were on our night out and she knew like all the words and I didn't know any so I made it my mission to listen to it the next day and I've been in love ever since. I feel like Tinie Tempah is someone I will always like because he released so many songs that were like the soundtrack to my childhood. Is that normal?

Favourite Lyric : 'What's the code to your WiFi again?'

Into You - Dangerous Woman - Ariana Grande

I've never really been a big Ariana Grande fan either to be honest but I LOVE this one. I kind of avoided it to begin with but not on purpose. I saw loads of covers of it and I just wouldn't watch them because I was like 'I don't even like Ariana Grande'. I can't remember when I first started to think 'yeah this is actually quite good!' but I know that I'm glad that I did have that epiphany!

Favourite Lyric : 'Tell me what you came here for cause I can't, I can't wait no more'

This Is My Version - Covers - Conor Maynard

I don't even try to hide it any more, I love Conor Maynard. As much as I love all his covers, his original songs are still my favourite and this is no exception. I think he has such a beautiful voice and this song is just as beautiful. I love the fact that it's more slow when usually he does faster ones. Just a massive yes from me basically.

Favourite Lyrics : 'I don't wanna feel like this anymore, this is my version of heartbreak'

Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - Eye To the Telescope - KT Tunstall

A few weeks ago I was creating a throwback playlist and I found this when Iw as sifting through all the songs I used to love. I don't know many KT Tunstall songs but this is always a classic and one that everyone knows, even if they don't know the words. I think that this will always be one of my favourite songs. Dad likes to show me a video of her performing it and using a loop pedal all the time, he thinks it's the best thing ever, I mean she is great, but there's only so many times you can watch a video

So there you have it everyone! All the songs that I loved last month!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x

Hello You Lovely Lot!

I do apologise about this being the second playlist post in a row but I wanted to get these out of the way so that next month I won't be behind!

This playlist is relatively short because I've been at work quite a lot so taking time to sit down and discover new music hasn't really been something I've had time to do.

I Did It All - I Did It All (Single) - Vince Myers

I actually heard this on a Harry Styles edit (not soz) and I fell in love with it. I don't even know why I just think it's so catchy! I have loved it for the whole month and have yet to be bored of it.

Favourite Lyric : 'I hope that you fall in love and it hurts so bad'

Girls Talk Boys - Ghostbusters Soundtrack - 5SOS

I LOVE this. It sounds so different to regular 5SOS stuff and I just fell in love with it the second I heard it. It's so catchy and I have yet to watch the video but I'm sure that's great too.

Favourite Lyric : 'I know we're young and people change and we may never feel the same'


Stuck In A Moment You Can't Get Out Of - All That You Can't Leave Behind - U2

I don't remember how I found this. I think I was looking for 'Sweetest Thing' maybe? I've loved this song for years and I had forgotten just how much I loved it. So I fell in love with it all over again this month!

Favourite Lyric : 'There's nothing you can throw at me that I haven't already heard'

Cruel - Cruel (Single) - Snakehips & ZAYN

Now, I'm not normally the biggest fan of Zayn's music. It's just not me. I'm not his biggest fan in general to be honest. However, I can't deny that this is catchy.

Favourite Lyric : 'Who do you love?'

She Falls Asleep, Part 2 - Wonderland - McFly

I saw a video of Tom playing this on piano whilst he was rehearsing for the McFly tour (WHICH I AM SO EXCITED FOR) and it reminded me how much I love this. It's easily my second favourite McFly song (because if you've been reading my blog for a while, you know what my first favourite is). I think this song is just so beautiful I'm in awe. When I see it live I'm going to cry like a baby.

Favourite Lyric : 'Lying very still, on the floor, by the door, but it's lucky she was hoping that you would come back for more'

We Don't Talk Anymore - Nine Track Mind - Charlie Puth & Selena Gomez

Can I just say, what a brilliant album name? I heard this when I was on my way to a pub to get something for work and the minute I got home I played it again and again and now I'm obsessed. I LOVE IT.

Favourite Lyric : 'I overdosed, should have known your love was a game'

Green - Straight Outta Oz - Todrick Hall & Perez Hilton

I LOVE this album. I might do a whole review on it. I think it's amazing but when I first listened to it I wasn't a fan of all of the songs. This was one of them. However, the more I listened to it through July the more I loved it and now it's one of my favourites!

Favourite Lyric : 'How much can you flaunt it? How much do you want it?'

SO, we're finally all caught up with the playlists. So now you know what I listened to in July!

Thanks For Reading!

Becky x