I have another H.E.R. review for you guys. This time it's about a remixed version of her song Focus from Vol. 1 featuring DJ Envy and Chris Brown. The Focus (remix) was released on April 30, 2018. H.E.R. and Chris Brown harmonize together on the chorus of the song singing, Me-Can you focus on me?/ Baby, can you focus on me?/ Me-Me/ Can you focus on me?/ Baby, can you focus on me?" Then Brown exchanges his verse with, "What is this a joke?/ You know I get this money/ So, I guess you can't complain (mm)/ You don't have to be alone/You been running through my mind all day/ Baby, I just want you to let up (ohh)/ Maybe I been a little selfish, I should do better (yeah)". H.E.R. then begin to closes out on the outro saying, "Baby, focus/ Can't you see?/ I just wanna love you, baby/ Look me in the eyes". I love the remixed along with the original version of this song. H.E.R. and Chris Brown sound really good together. I was not expecting this collaboration, but now I'm so happy that it did. Y'all know that I am a huge fan of H.E.R. I could get used to her music because it's so relaxing to your ears along with her smooth, sultry voice. You don't know what you're missing. I give this song a 10/10 Make sure that you listen to Focus (remix) on SoundCloud and Google Play.
Here are the links for it: https://soundcloud.com/iamhermusic/focus-feat-chris-brown-dj-envy https://play.google.com/store/music/album/H_E_R_Focus_feat_Chris_Brown_DJ_Envy_Remix?id=Bfuawpshmyuhpv4l6djg3powgye&hl=en_US
If you don't know who Childish Gambino is, then you will after you have read this review about his new song called This Is America along with the music video. Childish Gambino, whose real name is Donald Glover, was on Saturday Night Live on May 5th as the host and musical guest for the show. When he performed this song on SNL, I was like, "This is a really good song. I think I'm going to listen to on YouTube". And the special effects for the performance that he did were amazing. You can go and watch his performance of "This Is America" by clicking on the link you see below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1xkLqd1wd
So, I listened to This Is America on YouTube and I love this song. I have never listened to Childish Gambino's music before. The opening of this song starts off with a choir singing, "Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah/ Yeah, yeah, yeah, go, go away/ Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah". On the bridge, Gambino, with background vocals from rapper Young Thug, talks about how some people are willing to sell themselves just to get ahead, therefore becoming numb to the physical and mental suffering that they face around them singing, "We just wanna party/ Party just for you/ We just want the money/ Money just for you/ I know you wanna party/ Party just for me/ Girl, you got me dancin' (yeah, girl, you got me dancin')/ Dance and shake the frame/ We just wanna party (yeah)/ Party just for you (yeah)". Then the track begins to take a aggressive turn with the lyrics, "This is America/ Don't catch you slippin' up/ Don't catch you slippin' up/ Look what I'm whippin' up/ This is America (woo)/ Don't catch you slippin' up/ Don't catch you slippin' up/ Look what I'm whippin' up". Childish also talks about gun violence and the police saying, "Look at how I'm livin' now/ Police be trippin' now/ Yeah, this is America (woo, ayy)/ Guns in my area (word, my area)/ I got the strap (ayy, ayy) / I gotta carry 'em/ Yeah, yeah, I'ma go into this (ugh)/ Yeah, yeah, this is guerilla (woo)". After I listened to the song, I watched the music video on Vevo. You can watch this video either here or on YouTube.
The video, if you watch it closely, make some political statements about Black America and the culture that we live in. It starts out with a guy sitting down to play the guitar while a shirtless Childish Gambino stands with his back turned to the camera and begins to dance behind the man sitting in the chair. He also shoot him along with the choir members in the following scene possibly making a reference to gun violence. and then, in the next scene, Gambino continues dancing, but this time with little children as he distracts himself from all of the chaos that's going on around him. It ends with Gambino seen running away from the police as the video turns into black. This is also reminding some people of the popular running scene from the movie "Get Out" created by Jordan Peele.
H.E.R. Vol. 1 is the debut extended play by R&B singer H.E.R. It was released on September 9, 2016 by RCA Records. If you already know about H.E.R. from my previous blog posts on When A ThinkBubble Bursts™, good for you. If not, then keep reading about this mysterious new artist.
On "Losing", the singer talks about being in a relationship with someone that she knows is not going anywhere. The song begins with her estranged lover with her singing, "My ambition is attractive/ My aggression isn't passive/ I promise with you/ The butterflies in my stomach are active", and then she starts to act desperately for her lover with the lyrics, "They're dancin', I'm feelin' static/ Wanna get closer like magnets/ Your company, I've been feinin'/ I think I've turned to an addict/ I don't get high/ But lookin' in you eyes, I'm lifted/ Can we make this tradition?/ Your kisses make all my doubts go away". On the chorus, H.E.R. sees her romance her lover like her love for music saying, "You only show me love/ When it comes to the music/ It's like when I feel lonely/That's when you start actin' choosey/ I don't wanna keep playin' theses games/ 'Cause I feel like I'm losin'/ I don't wanna keep playin' these games/ 'Cause I feel like I'm losin'/ What we doin'?/ What we doin'?/ What we doin'?".
Wait For It contains a sample of "Say Yes" by Floetry as H.E.R. talks about the celebration of two lovers coming together with the lyrics, "Uber on the way, my phone is chargin'/ He keep callin'/ I wanna pick it up, but I keep stallin'/ I feel some type of way/ It's late at night, and babe/ I ain't get dressed for nothin'/ I ain't put this dress on for nothin'/ So, I'm comin', baby". On the chorus, H.E.R.is singing to her lover saying, "Wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, yeah/ I'ma need you to wait for it, wait for it, wait for it/ Baby can you wait for it, wait for it, wait for it?/ Baby can you wait for it? Wait for it".
Facts is about addressing a lover's reliability and consistency in a romance. H.E.R. is saying that she doesn't care about "fiction" or "opinions" when it comes to having complexities for a relationship with so-called emotional turmoil. Just as long as she's with her man, that's all that matters to her the most singing, "Facts/ You were the one I was missing/ The opposite of fiction/ And that's facts/ Ooh, it's a given/ I don't care 'bout opinions/ And that's facts, facts/ And that's facts/ You were the one I was missing".
U is about the singer dealing with being stressed and confused because she cares too much when it comes to her man who only thinks about himself, not her. The first verse begins with, "Right now my head is a mess/ Thinking 'bout you got me stressed/ You're just so hard to impress/ Every time that we go out/ You do something to show out/ Played the fool, but I know now/ I always worry 'bout you/ I only tell you the truth/ I'm not like those other girls/ I don't be acting brand new/ Every time that we go out/ You do something to show out/ Played the fool, I know now". Then she mentions that him and her were supposed to be a couple and that she only wants him singing, "It could be "U.S."/ There's too many letters / But it's only you, only you/ Only, only, only you, only you".
On "Focus", H.E.R. is desperately trying to get her lover's attention to her singing, "Me-Can you focus on me?/ Baby, can you focus on me?/ Babe-/ Hands in the soap/ Have the faucet's running/ And I looking at you/ Stuck on your phone/ And you're stuck in your zone/ You don't have a clue", and then she admits that she's not willing to give up on him with the lyrics, "But I don't wanna give up/ Baby, I just want you to get up/ Lately I've been a little fed up/ Wish you would just focus on/ Me- Can you focus on me?/ Baby, can you focus on me?/ Me-Me".
Jungle is a cover song that was made famous by Canadian rapper Drake for his mixtape "If You're Reading This, It's Too Late". This track also contains a reference to "68" by Gabriel Garzon-Montano in the hook. H.E.R. talks about a break from a long-term relationship that she was in. Now single, she is using this break to focus on her music singing, "I'm not ashamed at all/ Still findin' myself, let alone a soulmate, I'm just sayin'/ Feel like we on in the same, our relationship changed/ That or it never existed/ Whenever they say somethin' bout us, you listen".
Pigment is a piano ballad track that serves as the last song on Vol. 1. The singer finds herself dealing with feelings of a one sided relationship. Her partner isn't really a savior, but that's the only thing that's holding her back saying, "Because it's clear I'm getting bigger/ I know you visualize my figure/ I was the one that made you look/ At your old girl and reconsider/ You see me in that black dress/ On the first date/ And I'm causin' frustration in your mind/ Only in the best ways/ Secretly I'm anxious, 'cause the thirst have never been mutual/ It's unusual/ That someone like you thinks I'm beautiful/ It's beautiful, yeah/ What we have is beautiful". On the original version of this song, it only lasted one minute and twenty-six seconds. So, here is the extended version of Pigment just for you guys.
I had just listened to Vol. 1 by H.E.R. on SoundCloud yesterday and I fell in love with the beautiful music project. From the production to the beat and lyrics of each song, I knew that H.E.R. is a really talented artist with a smooth R&B voice. She is definitely a singer that you do not want to go to sleep on. Ever. I rate H.E.R.'s Vol. 1 a 10. I can't wait to listen to Vol. 2 on SoundCloud when I get a chance! H.E.R. is my new favorite artist along with Jhene Aiko, FKA Twigs, and Tinashe.
Your Way is a standalone single by R&B singer H.E.R. that was released on February 4, 2017. The track contains a sample from "Come Over" by Aaliyah featuring Tank. It's about the singer referencing to the relationship with her lover as she speeds throughout the West Coast in a effort to desperately reach them. The intro begins with, "(Baby I wanna come see you/Said I really wanna come see you/ Don't you worry 'bout a thing/ Just wanting to hold you/ Baby I wanna come see you/ Said I really wanna come see you/ Don't you worry 'bout a thing/ Just wanting to hold you)", and sings on the first verse, "Boy, you've been lurking in my mind/ And you know it wasn't long before/ I had a feeling this was right". Then the bridge talks about H.E.R. speeding down the U.S. Route 101 (also known as El Camino) at 12:01 singing, "Speeding down the 101/ It's about 12:01 am/ Wanna spend some one on one time with you/ And I ain't even gotta front/ I could never get enough/ We can do whatever you want to do", and then goes on the hook with the lyrics, "You can have it your way/ Your way/ Your way / So, I'm coming your way/ Your way/ So, you can have it your/ Have it your/ Have it your way". The song ends with the singer changing her mind about their romance and begins to start having doubts about him with lyrics like, "Maybe I'm going too far/ I should just stay in my car/ Maybe I'm losing my mind/ I'm running all of the lights/ Wondering what we are/ We are, we are, we are".
I love Your Way by H.E.R. and hope that she continues to release more songs like this one. 10/10 for Your Way is what I'll give it. Listen to Your Way on SoundCloud and YouTube. Here are the links for it:
Have you ever tried making your very own IPhone charger? Well, my friend, now you can do just that. I'm going to show 16 DIY IPhone chargers that you can make right at home. So, here is the list of DIY chargers that you can start trying out today:
1. DIY Giant EOS Phone Charger
FimoKawaiiEmotions has a video for how you can make a giant EOS phone charger that actually works for your IPhone.
2. DIY Nutella Phone Charger
Here is another video by FimoKawaiiEmotions but this time it's about how to create a Nutella phone charger using an old Nutella jar.
3. DIY Baby Lips Lip Balm Phone Charger
Check out KimspiredDIY's video in which she teaches you on how to make a Baby Lips phone charger and lip balm at the same time. Isn't that cool?! A lip balm and a phone charger in one. That is amazing.
4. DIY Starbucks Phone Charger
Karina Garcia has a video about how you can make a Starbucks phone charger using a Starbucks cup. Definitely give this one a try if you're a fan of DIY Starbucks ideas.
5. DIY Coca Cola Phone Charger
I know that this looks weird, but KimspiredDIY shows how to charge your phone with coca cola using this DIY Coca Cola phone charger.
5. DIY Chocolate Phone Charger
Watch this video by 2 Cats & 1 Doll on how to make a chocolate phone charger or a power bank for your phone. This project is easy to do and it's made with recyclable items.
6. DIY Nail Polish Phone Charger
Did you know that you can charge your phone with a nail polish bottle? KimspiredDIY has the video for you on how to make a nail polish phone charger that is super easy for anyone to do.
7. DIY Bubblegum Machine Phone Charger
You can use a Bubblegum machine to charge your phone and it actually works. Watch this video by KimspiredDIY to see how it's done.
8. DIY Chanel Phone Charger
YouTuber Hayley Williams has a video for a Chanel phone charger that you can watch and make right now.
9. DIY Harry Potter Book Phone Charger
Here is another vid by 2 Cats & 1 Doll showing you how to create a phone charger using a Harry Potter book. I have never seen nothing like this. You'll guaranteed to love this idea once you make it.
10. DIY Peanut Butter Phone Charger
Aira Tran can teach you how to make a peanut butter phone charger? Are you kidding me?! You can charger using peanut butter? OMG!
Make this unicorn horn charger with Joseph Anthonii and be amazed about how this all comes together to this very magical unicorn DIY idea.
13. DIY Donut Charger/ Holder
This donut charger/ phone holder is so cute. JENerationDIY can show you step-by-step on how to make a donut charger/ phone holder that looks good enough to eat.
14. DIY Taco Charger/ Holder
Another video by JENerationDIY regarding a DIY taco charger/ phone holder. Just try to not to eat your phone charger and holder while you're at it.
15. DIY Oreo Phone Charger/ Holder
Lindssey Lew has this Oreo Phone charger and holder that you can make yourself. I think I might check this tutorial out later on myself.
16. DIY Emoji Phone Charger/ Holder
If you love emojis, then check out this video Megan Weller on how to create an emoji phone charger/ holder.
Here is the link for some of the YouTube users' channels that you can subscribe to:
Have you heard of EOS? EOS is a natural lip balm with ingredients like Vitamin E, shea butter, and jojoba oil can help to moisturize your lips for lasting hydration. It also comes in different colors and scents. EOS stands for Evolution of Smooth. Celebrities like Demi Lovato, Miley Cyrus, and Kim Kardashian have all used EOS lip balm. But, do you know that you can use your old EOS containers to create fabulous DIY projects? I'm going to show 13 DIY Ideas that you can use with an EOS container. So, here is the list for you:
1. EOS Pencil Sharpener
Check out this video by Karina Garcia for an EOS pencil sharpener. All you need is a hot glue gun, an EOS container, a pencil sharpener, and some other supplies. This is perfect for back to school and it's also a cool way to trick your friends.
2. EOS Nail Filer
Here is another video by Karina Garcia regarding an EOS Nail Filer. This idea is really cool for when you don't have a nail filer or if you want to just amp it up a little bit with an EOS.
3. EOS Beauty Products
GlitterForever17 has a video in where she shows you how to make a lip gloss, beauty blender, nail polish, galaxy eyeshadow and eyeliner using different EOS containers. I love her videos and her personality. She is really good friends with Karina Garcia.
4. EOS Watermelon Earphone Holder
There is a YouTuber by the name of Aira Tran and she has a tutorial on how to make a watermelon EOS earphone holder. You can use this to wrap your earbuds around the EOS so that they won't get detangled when you go to put them on. Also, check out her EOS Nail Polish video below.
5. Mini EOS Snow Globe
Check out HelloMaphie's video on how to make this adorable snow globe with an EOS. This is such a creative idea by her. I love it!
6. EOS Soap
Did you know that you can make soap out of an EOS container? In this video, GlitterForever17 teaches you how you can make your very own EOS soap.
7. EOS Candle
Learn more about how to make EOS candles by YouTuber rosaliesaysrawr.
8. EOS Solid Perfume
In this video, DIYlover shows you how to make solid perfume with an EOS. That's right. You can make solid perfume by yourself using an EOS lip balm container.
9. EOS Speaker
BellezzaBeauty03 has a thing where you can turn your EOS lip balm container into an IPhone speaker. You can watch her video right here and she'll show you how it's done.
10. EOS Night Lights
I love KimspiredDIY! Her DIY videos are amazing! Definitely check out her EOS Night Lights video.
11. Edible EOS
You can now make your own edible EOS treats with the help of GlitterForever17. Yummy!
12. EOS Flower Jelly Lipstick
Karina Garcia will show you how to make a flower jelly lipstick all with the use of an EOS lip balm container.
13. EOS Mascara
I always save the best for last. This EOS Mascara by Karina Garcia is so cute and you are guaranteed to love this along with her other EOS ideas that I had just posted.
Here are the links to some of the YouTube channels that I forgot to mention above:
I'm doing a review of H.E.R.'s My Song. So, who is H.E.R. actually? H.E.R., whose real name is Gabi Wilson, has been on the music scene since 2016 after she released her first extended play title H.E.R. Vol. 1 on September 9, 2016.
You can purchase or listen to Vol. 1 on Spotify and ITunes. Here are the links for it:
H.E.R. is an acronym that stands for Having Everything Revealed. She wants to remain anonymous because she wants to know her by her music and not by her looks or what she wears.
My Song was released on December 29, 2017. It is a piano driven ballad song that refers to her relationship with someone special. She talks about wanting to "sing her song" for her lover singing on the chorus with, "Let me sing my song/ Don't wanna be alone / I know that when I listen/ I find what I've been missing/ Right here in my heart". On the second verse, "When the weight of the world is on my shoulders/ You would take the pain away (take the pain away)/ Through the storm the sun still rises/ With you by my side I'm not afraid", H.E.R. is referencing to how she had to carry the weight of the world on her shoulders, but with the help of her lover, she is finally free and no longer has to live with that burden ever again. I think that this track is so beautiful. From the lyrics to the piano playing in the background, I love H.E.R. so much now that I'm actually a fan of her music. I would this song a 10/10. So, I want everyone to go and support H.E.R. and become a fan of this hidden gem just like me. Listen to My Song on Amazon, YouTube, ITunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud. Here are the links and the audio for this track:
