April Favorites

Hi World!

It's a little late, but it's that time of the month again!... not the one you're prolly thinking of, but to clarify, it's monthly favorites time! I had a lot last month, so let's get started.

Artist

Beyonce

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I've always had mad respect for Beyonce. Her stage presence is like no other and her voice is incredible. However, I've never really listened to her music other than her most popular songs like, "Irreplaceable," "Halo," and "Single Ladies." After my sister announced that she was going to go to a Beyonce concert in May (I'm very jealous), she decided to try and familiarize herself with Beyonce's discography, especially the songs on "Beyonce" and the recently released "Lemonade." As a result, I've bought a number of her songs on iTunes and plan on purchasing many more. Queen B has some incredible ballads and just kickass songs in general. I've really enjoyed listening to more of her music.

Honorable mention: Rihanna

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On a different note, I've listened to a lot more Rihanna in the past than I have Beyonce. She's really great too. But seeing as I listened to a number of Beyonce throwbacks like "Irreplaceable," I managed to find and listen to throwback Rihanna songs like "Unfaithful," "Take A Bow," and "California King Bed" too. Again, I'm all about those ballads.

Slay, queens.

Song

"Love On Top" by Beyonce

Back to Beyonce, this song is such a jam. I've had it on repeat since I bought it on iTunes. Her multiple key changes throughout the song show off her amazing vocal range and it's such a fun song to sing and dance along to. You best believe I've danced around in my room to this song countless times. It's also an excellent tune to lip-sync to. My cousin, who loves Beyonce more than anyone I've ever known, always sings this song during karaoke at family parties. It's her go-to song and now I understand why. Take a listen and bless your ears! It's also a fun, feel-good song to strut to class to. Lord knows I've done it many, many times.

Honorable mention: "I Get To Love You" by Ruelle

"Love On Top" is an great upbeat love song, while this one just tugs at the heartstrings. It's so beautiful. A perfect wedding song. I'd love to be able to feel the kind of love that's described in this song towards someone in the future. Hopeless romantics, where you at? I discovered "I Get To Love You" when it was playing on "The Vampire Diaries" during a scene between Stefan and Valerie in season 7, episode 18. Ruelle's voice portrays a certain grace and serenity and it makes me feel nice things. Chills. This song was on repeat throughout the month as well, especially late at night, and ugh, let me warn you, it may bring you to tears. Happy tears, I hope. *sniffles*

Website

BuzzFeed

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Oh my goodness, BuzzFeed is so much fun. My sister has been OBSESSED with this website for forever now. Whenever I'd see her on the computer, she would have 15689489489 tabs open and I never understood why... until now. I do BuzzFeed quizzes every day and check out any articles that catch my eye. I actually learn a lot from what I find here. Highly recommend. The quizzes are great to play and then compare your results with other people. I particularly love to compare my results on the astrology quizzes with my friends.

Social Media Account

@solo_in_europe on Instagram

My friend Austin spent about three weeks backpacking in Europe, travelling solo, and it was definitely one of my favorite parts about April. He Instagrammed basically everything he saw and it was All. So. Cool. His posts were very much the highlights of my day. I would normally wake up to his posts. Like I would literally be excited to sleep so that I could wake up and see what else he got up to while I was sleeping. Sometimes, he would post like seven at time. I wasn't even mad. I was like, keep it coming dude! I want to see everything!

He went to numerous cities including Venice, Florence, Athens, and Edinburgh. His pictures were actually really good. Not to say that they wouldn't have been, but I was pretty impressed by his photography. One of his sisters pointed this out in the comments of one of his posts and I very much agreed with her. His family members commenting on his photos was both hilarious and adorable. I'm so proud of him for going on his trip (it was a long time coming) and also very jealous. The wanderlust was too real last month. Thanks, Austin. I really want to study abroad now (which ain't a bad thing). Anywho, I'm just really glad he decided to make an Instagram and allow his friends and family to live vicariously through his pictures. He hasn't posted much since his trip ended, but you can check him out on Instagram and view the snapshots of his European adventures.

YouTube Channel

Leroy Sanchez

My friend Rachel introduced me to Leroy Sanchez one day when she texted me saying that she liked his cover of "The Feeling" by Justin Bieber feat. Halsey. Since that day, I've been obsessed. That night, I watched video after video on his channel. I continue to listen to his covers while I do homework. His originals aren't bad either. "Little Dancer" is really cute. His voice is incredible. I mean he can do some awesome vocal runs and just make songs sound so pretty. He's Spanish. He's got blue eyes. He's good-looking AND talented. How? Just how. His cover of "The Feeling" was the first one I watched of his and I do really like it. But I also like the other cover he did with Jessica Sanchez for "1+1" by Beyonce, among others. He also does covers in Spanish too and they're beautiful too. He's just great.

Dance

Remember how I mentioned that I really liked dancing and loved choreography? Well, my siblings have been finding and watching dance videos on Twitter and YouTube, but one choreographer that stood out to them was Matt Steffanina. They introduced me to his channel and I am so glad they did (thanks, sibs!). His dance routines are awesome and are so much fun to do. I've currently learned the choreo to "Worth It" and "Work From Home" by Fifth Harmony as well as the routine for "Slow Motion" by Trey Songz. The "Slow Motion" choreo is definitely one of my favorite dances by Matt. His recent Justin Bieber choreo are all really cool too so I'll prolly try and learn those soon. Maybe you'll see me dance to some of these routines on my Instagram one of these days. I've been having so much fun learning choreo and dancing all the time. It can get exhausting though. After like two runs of a routine, I'm winded. But again, it's so much fun for me.

Side note: I've been watching this year's season of "The Amazing Race" and although I'm rooting for Tyler Oakley and Korey Kuhl, I wouldn't be that mad if Matt and Dana won.

What were some of your April favorites?

xx

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