UPDATE and Weekly Playlist 4/18/16

Hey guys long time no "see". Once again I apologize for being so M.I.A lately on here. If you have been following me for awhile you guys know that I am currently working part time as a social media consultant as well as going to school full time to get my masters in rehabilitation and mental health counseling. And trust me when I say that I am not trying to make any excuses here, my schedule right now is just all over the place but bear with me as I will try to get better especially with summer rapidly approaching. I want to thank those who have stuck around and continue to give me your love and support. There are no words to express how much I appreciate and love you all. If you guys want to keep updated on my life please follow me on Instagram (szhao91) and Twitter (@TheRisingSunxo). I post on both pretty often. 

Now here is a little weekly playlist for you guys! I hope you enjoy! 
xoxo Si 

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All of these songs are also available through Spotify

I like to make my playlists on YouTube so everyone can have access to them. 

1.) Heart Attack (Snakehips remix)

Flight Facilities Owl Eyes

2.) Be Great-Intro

Kevin Ross Chaz French

3.) Gangsta

Kat Dahlia

4.) Habits of My Heart

Jaymes Young

5.) Unwell (Matchbox 20 cover)

Leo Mancini

6.) Never Forget You

Zara Larsson MNEK

7.) Super Hero

Lunafly

8.) Your Love is a Song

Switchfoot

9.) Untitled 08

Kendrick Lamar

10.) One Dance

Drake, Wizkid, Kyla 

First Weekly Playlist of 2016

Back at it again! Here are some tunes I have been jamming to! 

LISTEN WITH ME

Sorry

Rick Ross & Chris Brown

Without You 

Parachute

One Grain of Sand

Ron Pope

Gimme What I Want

Keri Hilson

Everglow

Coldplay

Anything for You

Ginette Claudette

Middle

DJ Snake & Bipolar Sunshine

Whisky

Marian Hill

Freedom

Akon

Big Pimpin'

Jay-Z

Weekly Playlist 9/22

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1.) About You

Trey Songz

2.) Same Old Love

Selena Gomez

3.) Hide & Freak

SoMo & Trey Songz

4.) Drive You Home

Parachute

5.) Meant to Be

Parachute

6.) I Will Not Take My Love Away

Matt Wertz

7.) Gibberish

MAX & Hoodie Allen

8.) Me Against The World

2PAC 

9.) Atlas Hands

Benjamin Francis Leftwich

10.) Life Goes On

2PAC

Weekly Playlist 6/23/15

Come Jam w/ME

1. Figure 8- Maliibu N Helene

2. Flex- Rich Homie Quan

3. Justin Timberlake Medley- Kurt & Max Schneider + Victoria Justice

4. Carried Away- Passion Pit

5. Mercy- Musse

6. Love Like That- Jason Derulo ft. K. Michelle

7. Bright- Echosmith

8. Serve It Up- Trey Songz

9. Ukiyo- Hermitude

10. I'm Yours- Ron Pope

Weekly Playlist 5/28/15

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1.) Blessings - Big Sean feat. Drake & Kanye West

2.) Black Skinhead - Kanye West

3.) Flight - Lifehouse

4.) League of Mine Own - Samantha J

5.) Work This Body - Walk The Moon

6.) Throw it Back - Aer 

7.) All We Have - The Royal Foundry

8.) Mercy - Muse

9.) Delilah - Florence + The Machine

10.) Baby's In Love - Jamie Foxx feat. Kid Ink

Weekly Playlist 3/18/15

Come Jam With MEEEEE

1.) Ghost - Halsey (Lost Kings Remix)

2.) The District Sleeps Alone Tonight - The Postal Service 

3.) Stiches - Shawn Mendes 

4.) To Be Alone With You - Sufjan Stevens 

5.) Institutionalized - Kendrick Lamar

6.) Weight Of Love - The Black Keys

7.) Your Style - Troy Ave 

8.) Losing My Religion - R.E.M 

9.) Otis- Houndmouth 

Weekly Playlist 2/23/15

This is what I have been listening to this last week trying to keep myself sane from grad school midterm exams :(((

Whether you are sane or not come and listen with me!

1. Where The Sky Hangs: Passion Pit

2. Califormula: Blackbear

3. I See Fire: Ed Sheeran

4. That Girl: Pharrell 

5. Intro (Alt-J Cover): Louie and Patrick

6. Life Ain't Easy: Mac Miller

7. Luven Me: Nelly

8. Go Out: Blur

9. River: Ibeyi

10. A Way To Say Goodbye: Seven Lions

Weekly Playlist VALENTINE'S EDITION '15

I'm not a huge fan of Valentine's Day never have been. It just seems kinda pointless and commercialized. It puts so much stress on couples each year that they forget the whole point of the holiday which is to celebrate LOVE. If you love someone you should be able to express you love to them  EVERYDAY and not wait for that one day a year. Plus Valentine's Day candy tastes like butt. But when all else fails you can always turn to music. So whether you are single or have that someone special turn up the stereo and enjoy! Happy V-Day everyone! 

LISTEN ALONG WITH ME

1. Blank Space: Alex Blue (cover)

2. Hey Lady: The New Velvet

3. I Want It That Way: Backstreet Boys

4. Back at One: Brain McKnight

5. Valentine: David Choi

6. Two is Better than One: Boys Like Girls

7. Iris: Sleeping With Sirens (cover)

8. Unexpectedly: Jason Chen

9. Wedding Dress: Taeyang (Korean song)

10.What Hurts the Most: Rascal Flatts

11. I'm Yours: Jason Mraz

12. Lucky: Jason Mraz & Colbie Calliat 

13. Thinking Out Loud: Ed Sheeran

14. One Wish: Ray J 

Weekly Playlist 1/19/15

FIRST PLAYLIST OF THE NEW YEAR! ENJOY :D 

LISTEN ALONG WITH ME (CLICK)

1.) COLLIDE (FEAT TYGA)- JUSTINE SKYE 

2.) ALL ABOUT IT (FEAT ED SHEERAN)- HOODIE ALLEN

3.) LUCY- OLIVVER 

4.) GHOST- HASLEY 

5.) PRAYER IN C- LILLY WOOD & THE PRICK 

6.) PROMISES -WIZ KHALIFA 

7.) REMEBER YOU (FEAT THE WEEKND)- WIZ KHALIFA 

Weekly Playlist- 11/10

LISTEN W/ME :D 

1. The Heart Wants What It Wants

2. Gods And Monsters- Lana Del Ray

3. Blank Space- Taylor Swift

4. Poison- Bell Biv DeVoe

5. Open Wide- Calvin Harris ft. Big Sean

6. Outside- Calvin Harris ft. Ellie Goulding

7. Where Do Broken Hearts Go- 1D

8. What Did I Do- Foo Fighters

9. Fall in Love 2Nite- Prince & Zooey Deschanel

10. Day Drinking- Little Big Town

Weekly Playlist- HALLOWEEN EDITION: BLOGTOBER OCTOBER 23, 2014

Welcome to another special edition weekly playlist. In honor of Halloween, I decided to dig out some spooky tunes. Some of these may seem already very familiar. So get yourself a bowl of sweets and enjoy.

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1. Halloween (movie) theme- Tyler Bates 

2. This is Halloween- Nightmare Before Christmas

3. Sweet Dreams- Marilyn Manson

4. Thriller Micheal Jackson

5. Running With The Devil- Van Halen

6. Highway to Hell- AC/DC

7. Ghostbusters- Ray Parker Jr.

8. Monster Mash- Bobby Boris Pickett & The Crypt-Kickers

Weekly Playlist: 90s Boy Band Edition- BLOGTOBER OCTOBER 11,2014

I thought for this week's weekly playlist I mix it up a bit and go back to the 90s and pull up some of my favorite boy bands. This definitely takes me back to my childhood and makes me wonder why we don't have these awesome bands today lol. Enjoy :D

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1. Tearin Up My Heart- NSYNC

2. I Want It That Way- Backstreet Boys

3. Truly, Madly, Deeply- Savage Garden

4. This I Promise You- NSYNC

5. Show Me The Meaning of Being Lonely- Backstreet Boys

6. I Swear- All 4 One

7. Back Here- BBMak

8. Faded- Soul Decision

9. Girl You Know It's True- Milli Vanilli

Weekly Playlist 8/26

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1. Right Time Right Place- Olly Murs 

2.) R.I.P- Rita Ora ft. Tinie Tempeh

3.) Why Even Try- Theophilus London ft. Sara Quin

4.) Troublemaker- Olly Murs ft. Flo Rida

5.) A Drop in The Ocean- Ron Pope

6.) Animals- Maroon 5

7.) Best Mistake- Ariana Grande ft. Big Sean

8.) Beekeeper's Daughter- The All American Rejects 

Weekly Playlist 8/18

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1.) Rehab- Rihanna ft. Justin Timberlake

2.) All Night Longer- Sammy Adams ft. B.o.B

3.) Bang Bang- Jessie J., Ariana Grande & Nicki Minaj

4.) The Illest- Far East Movement ft. Riff Raff

5.) Cherry Bomb- The Runaways

6.) Ain't No Mountain High Enough- Marvin Gaye & Tammi Terrell

7.) Gasoline- Troye Sivan

8.) Back On The Map- Kacey Musgraves

Music Review (Weekly Playlist 8/6 SPECIAL)

ANDY GRAMMAR's MAGAZINES OR NOVELS

As I was searching for songs for this week's playlist, I stumbled upon this new album from Andy Grammar on Spotify. I can't really say I am a huge fan of Andy. The only song that people know him for is "Keep Your Head Up" and other than this song he really isn't that well known in the music industry today.

His new album Magazines or Novels I was pleasantly surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Now I can't say that I am totally in love with Andy Grammar, but the songs on this album are quite catchy and fun to listen to. His stuff is quite on the mainstream level however after listening to Fancy play over and over the last month this was definitely a nice change.

Andy's voice and songs are very Maroon 5 esq. so if you are a fan of Maroon 5, you might enjoy Andy.

His album contains 12 songs the ones highlighted are some of my favorites from the album

1.) Honey, I'm Good

2.) Back Home

3.) Pushing

4.) Forever

5.) Holding Out

6.) Remind You

7.) Masterpiece

8.) Sinner

9.) Red Eye

10.) Blame it On the Starts

11.) Kiss You Slow

12.) Co-Pilot

You can listen to the full album for free on Spotify or purchase on iTunes for $7.99

Weekly Playlist 7/29

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1.) Love Lost- Mac Miller 

2.) Love Someone- Jason Mraz

3.) Show Me What I'm Looking For- Carolina Liar

4.) Black Widow- Iggy Azalea ft. Rita Ora

5.) 3005- Childish Gambino

6.) Don't- Ed Sheeran

7.) I'm Not Over- Carolina Liar

8.) It Was Always You- Maroon 5 

9.) Runaway- Self

10.) I Believe In You- NSYNC & Joe

Weekly Playlist 7/16

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1.) Don't Tell Em- Jeremih ft. YG

2.) Touchin, Lovin- Trey Songx ft. Nicki Minaj

3.) Yonce- Beyonce 

4.) Kissed You Goodnight- Gloriana

5.) Foreign (Remix)- Trey Songz ft. Justin Bieber

6.) Photograph- Ed Sheeran

7.) Break Free- Ariana Grande ft. Zedd

8.) Maps- Maroon 5

9.) Everything I Didn't Say- 5 Seconds of Summer 

10.) No One Else Like You- Adam Levine

Weekly Playlist 5/19

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1.) Wiggle- Jason Derulo ft. Snoop Lion

2.) Problem- Ariana Grande ft. Iggy Azalea

3.) Scene One- James Dean & Audrey Hepburn- Sleeping With Sirens

4.) With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear- Sleeping With Sirens (Acoustic)

5.) Let's Take A Ride- Justin Timberlake

6.) Not a Bad Thing- Jason Chen Cover

7.) Bubblegum- Jason Derulo ft. Tyga

Current Music Obsession (Weekly Playlist 5/1 SPECIAL)

I have never been a fan of country music but lately I have been OBSESSED with...

 Dan + Shay is a duo composed of Dan Smyers and Shay Mooney. Unlike other country artists, Dan + Shay take on a more modern approach to the country genre. It is very happy and refreshing music.This album has 12 songs ALL are which amazing, the songs I highlighted are some of my favorites.

1.) Show You Off

2.) Stop Drop + Roll

3.) 19 You + Me

4.) What You Do To Me

5.) Can't Say No

6.) First Time Feeling

7.) Nothin' Like You

8.) Somewhere Only We Know

9.) Parking Brake

10.) I Heard GoodBye

11.) Party Girl

12.) Close Your Eyes

You can listen to the full album now on iTunes, Spotify and YouTube

Weekly Playlist 3/10 Spring Break Edition

SPRING BREAKKKKK!!! (Click to Listen) 

1.) Country Girl- Luke Bryan 

2.) California Girls- Katy Perry ft. Snoop Dog 

3.) Kokomo- Beach Boys 

4.) Lay Me Down- Dirty Heads ft. Rome of Sublime 

5.) Summer Paradise- Simple Plan ft. Sean Paul 

6.) Temperature- Sean Paul 

7.) No Sleep- Wiz Khalifa 

8.) Last Night (Vegas)- Breathe Carolina

9.) Too Fucked Up to Call- 2AM Club 

10.) Come Back Home- The Icarus Account 

11.) Margaritaville- Jimmy Buffet 

12.) Safe and Sound- Capital Cities 

13.) Demon Dance- Surfer Blood 

14.) If So- Altas Genius