Lately, I've been obsessed with this British artist. Birdy is her name. Think of her music as Adele meets Taylor Swift.

Fun fact: Birdy says she writes her songs not based on stories but on feelings. She's clearly talented and produces quality music. Her soft, piano style is lovely. Songs I recommend are “Wings”, “Skinny Love”, “People Help the People”, “The A Team”, and “White Winter Hymnal.”

Kind of like Taylor Swift, she puts excellence in the details and has good taste. Her music videos are well done stylistically. Here's one of my favorites, People Help the People. I like the black and white that gives it an artsy feel. Wings is also good.

She also has good album covers. I love this one with this pastel, washed-up aqua background and cute outfit. The combination is just 👌

Birdy is also known as the British version of Lorde. I can see them having similar personalities, at least as far as their celebrity profiles go. Although I like Lorde as a person, I don't really like her music as much but Birdy's music is great.

Birdy is one of those artists who prove that you can become a successful musician simply by remaining professional and obviously, having good music. Her classiness earns my respect.

How I didn’t discover her music until this year is beyond me. I had heard of her name before but was apparently too busy listening to Taylor Swift to bother listening to her. Now I play Birdy on repeat. And Taylor Swift basically removed all of her music on Spotify...lame.

That is all.

The Blogger

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You know, I've been wondering, who's the Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn of our generation? Emma Watson? Julia Roberts? Anne Hathaway? Meryl Streep? Jennifer Lawrence? Emma Stone? Angelina Jolie? These were all good possibilities, but none of them seemed to fit perfectly.

Then yesterday, I had a stunning revelation. The next Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn is not an actress, but in fact, a musician. And that musician's name is Taylor Swift.

You see, in order to be as iconic as Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn, you have to be famous and successful but most importantly, you need an iconic style. Simply fame and success isn’t enough. Julie Andrews, Liz Taylor, Laura Bacall and many others were extremely famous and successful in their time, but you don't see people putting up paintings of them in their rooms. No, all the girls today hang up pictures of Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. And no one in the future is going to have pictures of Meryl Streep, Angelina Jolie, Emma Stone, Julia Roberts, Anne Hathaway, etc. on their walls, no matter how many Oscars Meryl Streep gets or how many children Angelina Jolie saves.

Taylor Swift's style is iconic, in addition to her immense success and fame. Just like how Audrey Hepburn, thanks to Breakfast at Tiffany's, and Marilyn Monroe, with her memorable quotes, are the epitome of old Hollywood style. I mean, a lot of actresses today have great style and wear beautiful clothes (I especially love Jennifer Lawrence's white dress pre-Hunger Games) but their fashion choices are not iconic. Taylor Swift's style is iconic because it's classy, unique and it’s got character, such as her flawless red lips and curly hair. Many girls admire her style, which will stand out in the test of time with her perfect country style turned fairytale turned city chic. Taylor Swift is also extremely popular and though many people have different opinions about her, she is generally well-respected. Most people like her or at least are neutral about her.

I'm going to make a prediction. I bet 50 years from now everyone is gonna have pictures of Taylor Swift on their walls. She already has several album covers that would make great posters for a future teenager's room. They probably won't even know what her music sounded like but they'll know that Taylor Swift had great style. Just like how a lot of people today probably have never watched a single Marilyn Monroe or Audrey Hepburn movie, yet they have posters of them in their homes and talk about how great they are.

That is all,

The Blogger

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