{"id":5711,"date":"2015-12-12T23:32:44","date_gmt":"2015-12-13T03:32:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2015-12-13T01:35:03","modified_gmt":"2015-12-13T05:35:03","slug":"a-smile-near-the-end-week-50-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5711","title":{"rendered":"A SMILE Near The End (Week 50 \u2013 2015)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow wow! 50 SMILEs! Only 2 more until the year is over! I&#8217;m surprised I&#8217;ve held out this long haha xD Anyways, since it&#8217;s nearing the end of the year, the music world is abuzz with all sorts of &#8220;best of 2015&#8221; lists. Since I very rarely listen to the radio, and am thus out of the loop on most mainstream songs, I decided to take a look at a few. Enjoy!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Tumblr\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a> posted their <a href=\"http:\/\/yearinreview.tumblr.com\/post\/134752308872\/most-reblogged-songs\" target=\"_blank\">Top 20 Most Reblogged Songs<\/a> (not sure how they even track that&#8230;) and I only recognized 5 (1, 4, 11, 12, 19)&#8230; well, 6 if you count knowing about <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Rihanna\" target=\"_blank\">Rihanna<\/a>&#8216;s Bitch Better Have My Money<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/rihanna\/bitchbetterhavemymoney.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>) but never having actually heard the whole song. So, I took the time to listen to it now. While it&#8217;s not to my taste, I can definitely see why it became so popular. (Warning: video is NSFW.) <!--more--><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/B3eAMGXFw1o?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fuse_%28TV_channel%29\" target=\"_blank\">Fuse<\/a> also did a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fuse.tv\/2015\/12\/the-20-best-songs-of-2015\" target=\"_blank\">20 Best Songs of 2015<\/a> list, of which I only knew <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Big_Bang_%28South_Korean_band%29\" target=\"_blank\">Big Bang<\/a>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=1CTced9CMMk\" target=\"_blank\">Loser<\/a> at #16 (#18 was Rihanna&#8217;s song above). I did recognize several of the artists though, just not the particular songs listed, such as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Little_Mix\" target=\"_blank\">Little Mix<\/a>&#8216;s Black Magic<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/littlemix\/blackmagic.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>). Now, as a Pagan, I&#8217;m not exactly thrilled about the whole &#8220;magic&#8221; cliche bs in all this, but aside from that, they are a talented group of girls.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MkElfR_NPBI?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Taking a look at the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/List_of_Billboard_Hot_100_top_10_singles_in_2015#cite_note-1\" target=\"_blank\">List of Billboard Hot 100 top 10 singles in 2015<\/a>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fetty_Wap\" target=\"_blank\">Fetty Wap<\/a>&#8216;s Trap Queen<\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/fettywap\/trapqueen.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>) is in the lead with 25 weeks in the top ten (when you exclude any holdover songs from 2014). This was what they call a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sleeper_hit\" target=\"_blank\">sleeper hit<\/a>; it fit into it&#8217;s genre while still being broad enough to attract the general public &#8211; the music video fits that same vine as well. It&#8217;s still not something I would regularly listen to though xD<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i_kF4zLNKio?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>While not exactly an exclusively 2015 list, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCHXTwE_2Uk9ry2aK3TqHz6Q\" target=\"_blank\">TheMusic25&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ktWNcL7qoC0\" target=\"_blank\">YouTube&#8217;s Most Viewed Music Videos (December 2015)<\/a> showcases which videos have the most views to date. Because I know most of them, I skipped around until I found one I didn&#8217;t and landed on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Wiz_Khalifa\" target=\"_blank\">Wiz Khalifa<\/a>&#8216;s See You Again ft. <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Charlie_Puth\" target=\"_blank\">Charlie Puth<\/a><\/strong> (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.azlyrics.com\/lyrics\/wizkhalifa\/seeyouagain.html\" target=\"_blank\">lyrics<\/a>) at an impressive #4 (btw, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Psy\" target=\"_blank\">Psy&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9bZkp7q19f0\" target=\"_blank\">Gangnam Style<\/a> still leads by over 1.1 <em>billion<\/em> views!). Anyways, this is a nostalgia-driven song (no pun intended) and serves as a beautiful memorial piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Paul_Walker\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Walker<\/a>.   <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RgKAFK5djSk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>What were some of your favorite songs this year? Leave them in the comments below, and be sure to include any suggestions you may have for an upcoming SMILE!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow wow! 50 SMILEs! Only 2 more until the year is over! I&#8217;m surprised I&#8217;ve held out this long haha xD Anyways, since it&#8217;s nearing the end of the year, the music world is abuzz with all sorts of &#8220;best &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/?p=5711\">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-5711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-smiles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711","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=5711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.novadestin.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}