Jamie's Music Blog

You'd have to be living under a rock to have not heard the Latin pop hit " Despacito". The song by Luis Fonsi Ft. Daddy Yankee dominated the Latin pop charts for the majority of 2017 and reached the top of American and European charts not long after. Though Despactio's  mainstream success was largely thanks to one Justin Bieber covering the song. Nevertheless, on the 5/08/2017, Despactio became the most viewed video in YouTube history, reaching over 3 billion views. This undoubtedly makes Despacito one of the biggest songs of 2017, and possibly even the decade. It has marked the way for more Latin music to come through into the mainstream music scene, which could possibly be  a major turning point in music history and I definitely think we will begin to see more diversity in mainstream music because of songs like Despacito. However, mainstream music isn't completely ready to become bilingual and multicultural. For example, " SUBEME LA RADIO" by Enriq...

I bet you weren't expecting to hear a song like this on your local radio this year. But "Redbone" by Childish Gambino (AKA Donald Glover) has been blowing up your radio for the past month. It's everywhere you go and everyone seems to like it, but why? It's like nothing else on radio at the moment with its mix of psychedelic funk/soul and contemporary R&B. You'll be hard-pressed to find a person who knows what the song is about or more than 10% of it's lyrics (except for avid chart-stalkers like myself). The song currently charts at No.14 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No.8 on the Shazam chart and we can only expect the song to reach peak position in the near-distant future. As already mentioned, the song has a unique sound with lots of contradicting dynamics which make for a brilliant listening experience. It's got a calm, laid-back "Sunday song" vibe, but there is actually a deep intensity to it and utilizes silence to effectively in...