#BEDM 25: Music Love & 1D in Barcelona

Hello hello!

Clearly I'm not keeping up with the challenge and I'm sorry about that, but as I said, college and other things are keeping me so busy I barely have time to breathe. Anyway, seeing as it's Saturday and I've got some time off that I should use to study for my finals, I thought I could join in today. After all, today's topic is music - how could I miss that!?

It's hard for me to pick a music genre I love the most as I listen to almost all kinds of music. I've got my all time favourite artists, who have been the same ever since I started listening to decent music, but I'm always up for a new discovery. Sometimes I just feel like listening to the songs that are on the radio at the moment (pop hits, basically) whereas other times I get tired of every song I've ever listened to and I need to find new stuff. Lately I've been loving The Lumineers, Passenger and Macklemore (what a mix, eh?), but my top albums are still the same.

Radio:ACTIVE - McFLY (2008)

As I've probably mentioned before, McFly is my favourite band and somehow I feel so mean choosing just one of their albums! Radio:ACTIVE, though... This album is freaking great. It's got a rockish vibe to it and the lyrics are so amazing that after all this time they still blow my mind. 

Listen to The Last Song by McFly here: x

Sweeter - Gavin DeGraw (2011)

Ever since I started watching the tv show One Tree Hill (which, if you follow me on twitter, you will probably have seen me quoting), I fell in love with the guy who sings the intro, Gavin DeGraw. It surprises me how underrated this album is, because for me it's brilliant. It surprises me how underrated HE is. He's got such an unique voice and he is just genius.

Listen to Run Every Time by Gavin DeGraw here: x

In Case You Didn't Know - Olly Murs (2011)

Olly Murs was one of these artists I found accidentally and I instantly fell in love with him. Again, you win me over with an unique voice, being different from anything I've heard before. This album makes me smile like a fool. It sounds... like happiness. 

Listen to Dance With Me Tonight by Olly Murs here: x

Sunshine State Of Mind - We The Kings (2011)

The title says it all, doesn't it? I love this album for the same reason I love In Case You Didn't Know: it makes me happy. It makes me feel better. Again, We The Kings is an amazing band and they're so underrated. I can tell you know they're amazing live and I've had the opportunity to meet the lead singer, Travis Clark, and he is easily one of my favorite people in the world. There's light in him just like there's light in this album. *how cheesy am I*

Listen to Over You by We The Kings: x

Fearless - Taylor Swift (2008)

One day, four years ago, my fifteen year old self was in class waiting for the professor to arrive when she absemindedly started singing Love Story, which had just come out. Suddenly she heard somebody singing along and when she turned around, she couldn't help herself from fangirling, "Oh my god! You like Taylor Swift?!" "Yeah! I mean, I LOVE Love Story!" "Me too!!!" I'd seen that girl around, but I don't think I'd ever talked to her. That girl is now one of my best friends, and Fearless takes me back to that time when we first met. :)

Listen to Love Story by Taylor Swift here: x

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And that's my Top 5! I'm thinking about starting a series called Music Finds or Music Crushes of the Month or something like that. It'll have to wait until I'm done with finals though, because I'm starting next week and I'm already going crazy.

By the way, I thought this would be a good topic to say I went to see One Direction on Wednesday in Barcelona and it was so much fun! They put up a really good show to be honest and I thought I'd die among 12 year old girls screaming their names, but nope! I survived and I enjoyed it an awful lot. Actually, not only did I go to the show, but me and my friends decided to stalk them a bit because hey, how many times can you see a band that's so famous worldwide in your city?

We didn't see much outside the venue though, but here's my week in pictures. (We did see Niall Horan and Harry Styles peeing. No pictures of that, I'm afraid. Sorry.)

I'll start posting regularly as soon as I can. Have a lovely weekend!

Tania

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