{"id":4807,"date":"2015-03-28T19:37:04","date_gmt":"2015-03-28T23:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=4807"},"modified":"2015-05-30T22:19:51","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T02:19:51","slug":"random-smiles-are-fun-week-13-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=4807","title":{"rendered":"Random SMILEs are Fun (Week 13 &#8211; 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;m really behind on my music charts&#8230; like a few months behind. I&#8217;m behind on lot of things, but anyways&#8230; &gt;.&lt; Because of that, I decided to make this SMILE completely random and just included whatever song I landed on ^^ Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ella_Henderson\" target=\"_blank\">Ella Henderson<\/a>&#8216;s Ghost<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/ellahenderson\/ghost.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>) came up first, and I have to say, I&#8217;m only half in love with this song. The chorus is <em>amazing<\/em>, but the rest is just so-so. I don&#8217;t know, it&#8217;s kind of like two songs stuck together in some places :\/ Either way, this was her first single, and I look forward to seeing more from her in the future. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tA8AfQaUnXM?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Epik_High\" target=\"_blank\">Epik High<\/a>&#8216;s Born Hater<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/colorcodedlyrics.com\/2014\/10\/epik-high-epighai-born-hater-feat-beenzino-verbal-jint-mino-bobby-and-b-i\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Korean)(warning: explicit) came in second. If you&#8217;re into hip-hop\/rap and looking to get to know artists from around the globe, this song is definitely for you. It features a total of <em>seven<\/em> Korean rappers, including my personally favorite: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tablo\" target=\"_blank\">Tablo<\/a> (first up in the MV). And, even if you don&#8217;t like the rapping, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/DJ_Tukutz\" target=\"_blank\">DJ Tukutz<\/a> delivers (yet again) with an amazing beat.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3s1jaFDrp5M?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>In third place is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Leah_McFall\" target=\"_blank\">Leah McFall<\/a>&#8216;s Home ft. Will.i.am<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/leahmcfall\/home.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>). While the music video and Leah&#8217;s fashion sense are not for me (to each their own), I like this song quite a bit. The Will.i.am verse was a little cheesy (he looked so disinterested lol), but her voice reminds me a bit of <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katy_Perry\" target=\"_blank\">Katy Perry<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/hfoDQHr7HGI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Faun_%28band%29\" target=\"_blank\">Faun<\/a>&#8216;s Walpurgisnacht<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/walpurgisnacht-walpurgis-night.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(German), in fourth, takes us down an entirely new musical path. This is medieval sounds and pagan imagery at it&#8217;s best. Even if this kind of music isn&#8217;t your thing, the music video is worth a watch simply for the beautiful imagery.  <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U10ftE4XQvo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Fifth and last for this week is <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Eleni_Foureira\" target=\"_blank\">Eleni Foureira<\/a>&#8216;s Anemos Agapis<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/lyricstranslate.com\/en\/anemos-agapis-wind-love.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>)(Greek). I really managed to pick a bunch of different songs didn&#8217;t I ^^ Anyways, this is another visually stunning music video. It works really well with the song and delivers an emotional punch even if you don&#8217;t understand the lyrics. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wPvlK0q-mt8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Well, that&#8217;s it for this week! If you have any suggestions for future SMILEs, please leave a comment below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So, I&#8217;m really behind on my music charts&#8230; like a few months behind. I&#8217;m behind on lot of things, but anyways&#8230; &gt;.&lt; Because of that, I decided to make this SMILE completely random and just included whatever song I landed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=4807\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[68],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}