My Music Preferences

My name is Alycia Rebolledo and I'm a transfer student from Spartanburg Methodist College. This is my first year at Converse as a Junior. I love singing, and I joined my first choir in fourth grade. In high school I began to come out of my shell and perform solos. When I moved from California to South Carolina, I went back into my shell when I started at my new school. I did choir at the new school, but never took the opportunity to advance.I quit choir when my senior year of high school started because I didn't have room for it in my schedule. I still love to sing, but not for an audience.

Music has been an important factor in my life because every time I went to another school I felt lonely. It comforted me when I didn't want to burden my family with my problems. An album I find myself returning to is Melodrama by Lorde. To be more specific, I loved the song Liability. She talks about people coming into her life and leaving. She takes ownership of her flaws and doesn't blame people for not wanting to deal with her chaos. Her lyrics are comforting and make me feel like it's okay to be imperfect and still love yourself even when others pull away from you. 
  





 
An album I enjoyed over quarantine was Ungodly Hour by Chloe x Halle. The album had a variety of songs that filled each mood I had over quarantine. There were fun songs that lifted my spirits and songs that made me feel like it was okay to be upset and overwhelmed. I remember first discovering Chloe and Halle when they were doing Beyoncé covers on YouTube, and I remember thinking they were so young and talented. Over the quarantine, they did performances from home that were always better than their last performance. Their personalities shined through in each performance and each one is still enjoyable even if its the same song they performed last time.








A song I didn't enjoy would have to be Yummy by Justin Beiber. The lyrics made me cringe and left me with images in my mind I never wanted to imagine. The song is annoyingly repetitive and by the time the song is over you never want to hear the word yummy again. I've never been a fan of Justin Beiber and always felt his music was overhyped. Some of his music is tolerable, but songs like Yummy should have never left the studio. He also gives off bad energy to me and reminds me of people in high school I didn't like. 


Comments

  1. Bayley RobinsonAugust 29, 2020 at 9:36 AM

    I really could connect with "Liability" by Lorde. I sometimes feel like I am a liability too when it comes to my friends and family, so I withdraw myself from people whenever I go through something.

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  2. Cristina LeonAugust 30, 2020 at 10:50 PM

    Liability by Lorde is such a beautiful song that shows a lot of vulnerability. Her expressions and body language tells a story that the lyrics don't. It was my first time hearing this song and it shows that many people like me push everyone away. So they won't be able to see what is going on in their life when something big is going on. 

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  3. Terri JAugust 31, 2020 at 8:56 PM

    I haven't heard that many Lorde songs, but I've enjoyed the ones that I have. Her voice is so soothing even when the topics she's discussing aren't. I also frequented the Ungodly Hour album during quarantine, especially Forgive Me. I didn't enjoy Yummy either. Personally, I think that the music video and the visuals that its marketing team kept associating with the song were not it.

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  4. Grace MontgomerySeptember 2, 2020 at 3:21 PM

    I really love the song liability by lorde and really anything by her, she is such amazing vocalist it literally gives me chills. Also yummy by Justin definitely does not sit well with me as well.

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  5. Zelena J HullJanuary 6, 2021 at 11:25 AM

    What do you think about the current music scene? A lot of popular artists in the hip-hop and pop sphere are now being accused of being industry plants. What role do you think this plays in the release of songs that would normally not do well if they weren't backed by money?

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