Get To Know: Pia Mia Perez

Pia Mia Perez or best known Pia Mia has been around for a while but its only recently her name has been heard on Music Channels and Radios world-wide. This is all thanks to her latest single 'Do It Again' featuring Chris Brown and Tyga. Pia Mia has been branded as Kylie Jenners best friend, but I thought it was time to do a post so you's can get to know Pia Mia as an individual and not just as Kylie Jenners best friend!

Pia Mia was introduced to Chris Brown's manager and record executive Abou 'Bu' Thiam in 2013. She began working on material with producer Nic Nac and has since entered a relationship with him, including a cover of Drake's 2013 single "Hold On, We're Going Home". Later in 2013 Pia Mia's music video for Red Love, her debut single from her first extended play The Gift, was uploaded to her Vevo channel. On December 23, 2013, Pia Mia released The Gift online for free. This was later shortened and released on ITunes.

Pia Mia began working on her debut album in 2014, and as of May 2015, she has recorded over 100 songs for the album. On May 4, 2015, Pia released "Do It Again" as the lead single from her debut studio album. The song, which featured vocals from Chris Brown and Tyga, became Mia's first charting song. It has reached No. 71 on the US Billboard Hot 100 Singles chart, No. 19 on the Rhythmic Songs chart and No. 70 on the Canadian Hot 100. 

Check out the video here: Pia Mia- Do It Again

More About Pia

Birth name: Pia Mia Perez

Born: September 19, 1996 (age 19), Guam, United States

Genres: Pop, R&B

Occupation(s): Singer, model

Instruments: Vocals, piano, guitar

Years active: 2009–present

Labels: Interscope

So there you go! I hope you got to know Pia Mia a little better.

Sarah x

New Songs I am Loving

Hey Guys!

I've been lacking in the blogging department recently and honestly I just haven't been bothered to get back into it. But today is a new day, I am finally motivated to do plenty of things and getting back into blogging is definitely one of them!!

So of course I am back with a music post and while I was gone plenty of new songs have surfaced. I am going to give you guys my top 10 new songs of right now.

10/ Walk The Moon- Shut Up and Dance

I came across this song while flicking through the music channels and I thought the music video was super weird. I flicked past but now, as I listen to the song more and more, I am falling in love with it. It has an indie kind of tune to it, which I love of course, and it is quite a fun song.

9/ Rita Ora- Poison

Rita Ora is just amazing and I love her so much. Since watching her on the Voice UK I have grown a keen interest on Miss Ora and her music. She's just so fun! This song is quite a dark song, but you know it is wrote from the heart and I love it.

8/ Ciara- I Bet

I've never been a fan of Ciara but I do really like this song. Again, like Poison, this song is a song wrote from the heart and I just love how honest it is. 

7/ Hilary Duff- Sparks 

Growing up Hilary Duff was my everything. I loved her in Lizzie McGuire and I wanted to be her in the Lizzie McGuire Movie. When I heard Hilary was making her way back into the music industry I was over the moon. Having bought all her singles and albums when I was younger, I'm sure you can just imagine how happy I was when this song popped up on the music channels. 

6/ Nicki Minaj- The Night Is Still Young

I am secretly obsessed with Nicki Minaj! I love all her music and I even have a secret jam out to The Pink Print when nobody is home.  The night is still young is my favourite song from the album.

5/ Jessie J- Flashlight

I had the privilege of getting to see Pitch Perfect 2 on Friday and I am in love with this song from the movie. Not going to lie, I prefer the Bellas version to Jessies but of course that is just my opinion.

4/ Shaggy- I Need Your Love feat. Mohombi, Faydee, Costi

I heard this on my local radio station and the fact Faydee is in made me way too excited. I found Faydee 3/4 years ago through the Janoskians and I have followed his music career ever since. I love this song and it is perfect for summer.

3/ Nathan Sykes- Kiss Me Quick

NATHAN!! Anybody who knows me, knows I used to love The Wanted so damn much. I met them, bought all their albums and seen them in concert a few times. Nathan was always my favourite and I am so proud of him to be going solo. This guy has a serious voice and I can see him doing very well.

2/ Little Mix- Black Magic

I wouldn't consider myself a fan of Little Mix. I do however, like their music and I wouldnt change the channel when they come on. Black Magic is a very catchy song and I just love the video.

1/ Charlie Puth- Marvin Gaye feat. Meghan Trainor

Charlie Puth is definitely one to watch out for. I, myself love him and his style of music and Marvin Gaye was the perfect second release after his smash hit first single, See You Again. Keep your eyes open for Charlie Puth.

See you all on Friday

Sarah x 

New Band Alert! Kingsland Road.

L-R Connor, Josh, Matt, Thompson and Jamie.

Who remember these cheeky chaps from The X Factor (UK) 2013? Well if you don't remember them, or you are completely oblivious as to who they are let me give you a run down. 

Kingsland Road (originally Kingsland) are an English boy band formed in 2012. The band was originally made up of Matt Cahill, Joe "Connor" Conaboy, JJ Thompson, Jamie Scott and Josh Zaré. They finished in ninth place on the 10th of The X Factor in 2013.

Kingsland Road released their debut single "Dirty Dancer" in August 2014, and this will, hopefully be followed by their debut album in January 2015.

Kingsland Road's debut album is scheduled for release in January 2015. Their debut single "Dirty Dancer" was released on 10 August 2014 and debuted at number 85 on the UK Singles Chart.

On 7 October 2014, it was announced that Kingsland Road had signed a record deal in the United States.

On 22 October 2014 the band announced via their internet site that Jamie Scott had quit because "the boy band life isn't really for him". The band was left with Matt, Connor, Thompson and Josh.

Lets talk about the remaining boys:

Matt Cahill: 

Birthday: August 29, 1988 (26)

Where is he from? Gloucester, England

Before Fame: He was performing on YouTube before he was invited to join Kingsland Road by Josh Zaré and Joe Conaboy.

Joe "Connor" Conaboy:

Birthday: March 20, 1994 (20)

Where is he from? Warwickshire, England

Before Fame: He played for Bilton Ajax, a junior football club, before leaving home at 16 to pursue his singing career.

JJ Thompson:

Birthday: June 10, 1991 (23)

Where is he from? Coventry, England

Before Fame: He was invited to join the band after Josh Zaré and Joe Conaboy discovered him on YouTube.

Josh Zaré:

Birthday: February 28, 1993 (21)

Where is he from? Maidston, England

Before Fame: He knew fellow Kingsland Road member Joe Conaboy previously from college. Together they scoured YouTube and invited Matt Cahill, Jay Scott, and JJ Thompson to join the group.

So there is another boy band for you guys to check out!

Here is their single Dirty Dancer:

Until Friday

Sarah x

Music Mondays: R5

Hello Everyone!

My first post was about a new upcoming band so I decided I would keep the trend going. This week I'm talking about R5. 

R5 consists of Rocky, Ross, Riker, Rydel and Ratliff (Ellington). Ellington is the bands family friend and obviously the rest are all brothers and sister. They band are based in Los Angeles, California. 

In 2010 they released their EP Ready Set Rock. It wasn't until February 2013 when R5 really started getting places. This was when they released their second EP, Loud and then in September 2013 they released their album Louder. 

Check out the lead single: Pass Me By

The Band

Ross Lynch- You might recognise Ross from Disney Channels 'Austin and Ally'. Ross is the lead singer and plays the guitar.

Riker Lynch- Another Lynch actor! Riker is known for his role as Jeff in Glee. He plays the bass in the band and is also lead singer.

Rocky Lynch- Rocky hasn't acted but he plays the guitar and also takes lead vocals along with Riker and Ross.

Rydel Lynch- Being the only girl in the band Rydel plays the piano and takes backing vocals but she did take the lead on the song Love Me Like That.

Ellington Ratliff- Ellington is the bands family friend. He is the drummer and takes backing vocals with Rydel.

Check out R5's latest song Forget About You

See you guys on Friday.

Sarah x

Music Mondays; Last Night

Hello Guys!

So this weekend I've been trying to get back into the blogger chats on twitter, to meet new people and get my blog name out there. May I also say, the blogging community are the loveliest people I have met.

The Vamps!

I realised it was time to do a 'my favourite song post', and Last Night is definitely my favourite tune at the moment. Listening to this song every morning gives me the boost to get up and have a positive day! I used to watch The Vamps do covers all the time on YouTube and now that they have brought out a 3rd tack makes me quite proud. 

Enough of my rambling, lets talk about the song. The Vamps describe themselves as an 'Acoustic-Driven Indie Pop Band' and that's what this song gives out. Brad (the lead singer) has a killer voice, which makes this song sound amazing. All their songs have a similar sound to them but this one is very, party tune. I have a wide taste in music so I wouldn't consider myself picky, but this song definitely tops off any song I have heard in the past year.

The video shows us how much of a good time these boys can have. They're genuine teenagers and obviously are up for a laugh. When I first seen the video I was quite jealous that I wasn't in because honestly it looked like the we're having an amazing time. It even features a couple of lizards. 

Check out the boys other videos:

Wild Heart

Can We Dance

See you guys on Friday!

Toodles,

Sarah x

Have you hear some of their music? What's your favourite song?

Music Mondays: Shawn Mendes

 

*pictures taken from google.

Hello Everyone!

Okay, to start off my second edition of Music Mondays I'm am writing about they young and beyond talented Shawn Mendes.

At only 15 Shawn is known around America for his phenomenal voice.His voice is so soft and sweet that it actually makes you feel like he is just there with you singing. Shawn puts up covers on his youtube account, his most recent being Ed Sheeran- Give Me Love.

Shawn is from Pickering, Ontario and he said that he started singing in school and now he does it for fun. (Check out his interview on Honest Blue for more.)

Not only does Shawn sing, he is also part of the Magcon Tour and uploads videos on vine quite a lot.

Shawns Twitter: @ShawnnMendes

Shawns Vine: @ShawnMendesA

Shawns Keek: ShawnMendes

I apologise for an extremely short post but I just wanted to get Shawn's name out around the world because he is crazy talented and personally he deserves to get big.

See you guys on Friday.

Toodles 

Sarah x

 

Music Mondays: 5SOS

I'm back!

Okay, so after taking a long break from blogging I decided it was time to get back on the saddle and start all over again. I have taken quite a lot of time to come up with regular posts that take away from the typical beauty, fashion and lifestyle posts every week. I am starting off my first post with Music Mondays as today is Monday. Basically every Monday will be a new post on all things Music, from new covers I find on YouTube to new songs I have found over the week, and I will share my opinion about the covers, artists or songs.

Let's get into the first instalment of Music Mondays.

As you can tell from the title I will be talking about 5 Seconds Of Summer (5SOS). I found these 4 Australian boys around this time 2 years ago when a girl from school shared their Teenage Dirtbag Cover on my Facebook timeline. I pretty much fell in love with them after that video. 5 Seconds Of Summer are a indie/rock band which I really like because I kind of like that style of music along with many other genres.

The Band

Luke Hemmings: Luke is the youngest in the band. He's 17 years old and has an amazing voice. He's take the lead vocals and also plays the guitar in the band. Luke is also pure Australian. 

Calum Hood: Calum is the second youngest. He just turned 18 and also takes lead vocals with Luke and plays the Bass. Calum is half Kiwi (New Zealand) and half Scottish.

Michael Clifford: Michael is also 18 and plays guitar and also takes vocals. Michael is English, Scottish, Irish (yay), German and Australian.

Ashton Irwin: Ashton is the oldest(19). He's the drummer of the band and also takes vocals. Ash is Australian and American.

            

These boys are crazy and are typical teenagers. They've also went on to achieve amazing things including, touring with One Direction in the U.K, U.S and Australia. They currently have their own headline tour in the U.K that began yesterday and their first official single comes out on March 23rd.

Why not give the new single a listen?

Thank you guys for reading this and I am so happy to be back in the blogging world.

Until Friday,

Toodles

Sarah x 

*pictures above taken from google.