Flashback Friday Song of the Day - Malibu - Miley Cyrus

Our first Flashback Friday of summer jams isn't really a jam, but definitely a summer song.  Haven't heard this one in awhile.  Here's Miley and Malibu...

Song of the Day - Nothing Breaks Like a Heart - Mark Ronson, Miley Cyrus

Here's a really nice song from back last November that I'd overlooked here, though it's been in my regular rotation ever since then.  Nice tune! Here's Nothing Breaks Like a Heart...

Hump Day Song of the Day - Come Get It Bae - Pharrell Williams, With Miley Cyrus

Here's a funky lil jam the went highly overlooked a couple of years ago.  Check out Pharrell and Miley on Come Get It Bae...

Flashback Friday Song of the Day - Younger Now - Miley Cyrus

For this Friday's flashback we delve into the recent past and Miley Cyrus' last album.  She had taken a turn back towards her country roots and I found it to be really nice, especially the album's title cut, Younger Now, which you should check out below...

Best of 2017 Song of the Day - Younger Now - Miley Cyrus

One of my favorite songs of 2017 is this, the second single from Miley Cyrus' Younger Now album.  Virtually all of the songs on the record show off a newer, more mature side of the talented young songstress, and this song set the tone for that.  Simply beautiful!  Check out Younger Now...

Best of 2017 Song of the Day - Malibu - Miley Cyrus

The year 2017 was an especially nice year for 25 year-old Miley Cyrus, who created a newfound sound that is much more mature than her previous efforts.  Several nice tunes have come off Younger Now, and this beautiful, melancholic tune is one of the best.  Check out Malibu...

Song of the Day - Jolene - Miley Cyrus

I was going through some saved links and I came across this one from way back and I must've saved it for a reason, probably to post it here.  Apparently, in 2012, Miley posted some videos of herself performing several cover tunes from her own backyard and called it...what else?  The Backyard Sessions.  Here the young singer covers a 1973 hit of her godmother's, Dolly Parton's fabulous Jolene.  Enjoy!

New Music Fridays: August 18th, 2017 - The Week's Hottest New Tracks

Hello and welcome back to John's Music World New Music Fridays.  This is an above-par week for new music, with some great new dance tracks that are immediately likable on first listen, as well as some new Miley Cyrus, The Vamps, and of course, the Biebs.  Check out this week's picks...

Friends - Justin Bieber, featuring Bloodpop

It's been awhile since Justin Bieber has put anything out on his own, though he's been doing just fine singing along on other artist's songs.  Well, this week Justin releases a brand new single with Bloodpop that's more of the same great pop/dance/R&B we've come to know, with pleasant melodies nice vocals, and an easy to learn chorus.  Take a listen...

Younger Now - Miley Cyrus

The new Miley just released the third single from her upcoming album of the same title, and like the previous two, Malibu and Inspired, this one's a ballad with beautiful melodies and equally beautiful lyrics and vocals.  Check out the tender Younger Now...

Water Me - Lizzo

My favorite new release of the week is fast, funky and it's got a whole lotta positivity going on.  Oh yeah, this one, by full-figured singer Lizzo, is a fun three minutes of funk that got me on the first listen.  Check it out...

Gold - Camden Cox

Yet another funky dance track released this week, Camden Cox's Gold is nothing but.  Very likable, a lot of fast-moving fun with some nice boom-y beats.  Take a listen...

Can't Resist - Halogen, feat. Adriana Gomez & Lub X tpf

I told you this week's picks are full of hot new dance tracks and this one, by Halogen, is another bass-driven dance floor filler with nice dueling vocals between Adrianna Gomez and Lub X tpf.  Very hot tune! Take a listen... 

So there you have it, my top five new music picks for the week.  As always, I hope that you've found something here to whet your appetite for new music, and actually these aren't the only good songs to come out this week.  Here's a list of honorable mentions that I am sure you can find on YouTube if you so choose:

Gravitation - Petit Biscuit

Heatwave - Amber Mark

What We Do - Aexcit

Wicked Ways - Saba Abraha

Check them out...they'er all worth a listen!

Song of the Day - Malibu - Miley Cyrus

I never came to the beach , or stood by the ocean

I never sat by the shore, under the sun with my feet in the sand

But you brought me here and I'm happy that you did

'Cause now I'm as free as birds catching the wind

I always thought I would sink, so I never swam

I never went boatin'; don't get how they're floatin'

And sometimes I get so scared of what I can't understand

But here I am, next to you

The sky's more blue in Malibu

Next to you, in Malibu

Next to you...

Well I'm back from my little adventure in the woods of Pennsylvania, and like most any trip away from home, there are certain songs that will forever remind me of this fun and relaxing time.  I spent a good portion of my weekend laying out by the pool, and that time was accompanied by a great selection of music, which included several recent Songs of the Day.  Miley Cyrus' Malibu was one of those songs, and it was during this weekend that the very essence of this beautiful song gripped me whole.  If you were to ask my friend Sonny what song would remind her of this weekend, I'm pretty sure she'd say that this was the one, too!  Check out Malibu... 

Song of the Day - Malibu - Miley Cyrus

Guess what?  Miley's back, and she's sounding so good on this sweet tune.  The song's been released complete with video, too!  Check out Malibu...

Song of the Day - Come Get It BAE - Pharrell Williams, feat. Miley Cyrus

I had totally forgotten about this fun, funky tune until I heard it last night at a club.  Too bad it never became a big hit for Pharrell because it is really fun.  Check out Come Get It BAE... 

Unoriginal, Narcissistic, Low Life Nicki

I thought I was watching the Jerry Springer Show!  In case you haven't seen it, Nicki Minaj got all Springer at the VMA's last night after accepting an award for Best Hip-Hop Video, calling out host Miley Cyrus for supposedly trashing her in the press.

And now, back to this b**ch who had a lot 

to say about me in the press the other day.  

Miley, what's good?

The reference that she made happened during an interview Miley had done in which she was asked about Nicki's complaint that she was snubbed for Video of the Year, saying that "if your video celebrates women with very slim bodies, you will be nominated for vid of the year...Black women influence pop culture so much, but are rarely rewarded for it."

Cyrus alluded in the interview that the complaint was more about herself than at the bigger issue at hand.  "I don't respect your statement because of the anger that came with it...You made it about you. Not to sound like a bitch, but that's like, 'Eh, I didn't get my VMA."

Well to me, the whole thing just embodies what is wrong with the music industry and society in general, and I won't be buying any more Nicki Minaj songs anytime soon.  First of all, the amount of narcissism that exists today...freaking ego!!!  I'm sorry Ms. Nicki, but Miley was right in her response.  Referring to the Artist to Watch Award, which Cyrus lost in 2008, she shot back, "Whatever.  Because it's no big deal!  It's just an award, and I persevered!"  Really!

Aren't pop stars supposed to be role models?  This is what our kids have to look up to?  The head wagging and calling someone out live, on stage.  And all because she said something negative about you.  Boo hoo!  Suck it up Nicki.  You wanna be in the spotlight, and carry duffle bags every time you go to SunTrust, you gotta be able to deal with compliment and criticism.  You wanna change how people look at black women?  Don't portray the very embodiment of what people ignorant people think about them.  

And as for the music...I'm sorry, but Anaconda is not your best work by far.  In fact, it;s like a lot of other stuff out there in the entertainment industry nowadays: unoriginal!  That song is just Sir Mix-a-Lot copied, with a couple of Oh My God! Look at her butt's.  Really?  Again, as a woman, you're portraying yourself way differently than you want to be treated.  And you're a freaking millionaire, too!  God, there is no justice in the world, when someone like you with a modicum of talent gets to walk around living it all easy breezy objectifying women using an unoriginal song and then wanting to be rewarded for it.  Ugh, if there's any justice in the world, karma will bring you back as a much lower form of life the next time around...   

Oh, and you can check out the exchange on Rolling Stone.   

Song of the Day - Come Get It Bae - Pharrell Williams, featuring Miley Cyrus & Tori Kelly

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Here's a down home funky groove from Pharrell Williams that I completely missed last year. Thanks to Spotify, I've been lucky enough to find gems like this one, which features an uncredited Miley Cyrus and Tori Kelly on backup vocals. It's one of those tunes that ya love the first time you hear it. Check it out...