My blog has been a mix of both written word and sound.
Let me share you the sound bits then.
Below is a collection of "sounds", mostly from abroad in Singapore when I had this damn beautiful piano to sing along to and a more recent recording. The trend is clear; your girl's a Swiftie. The list below is out of order because I feel like if you listened to it this order, you'd get a lot of contrasting experiences.
Feel free to listen to it out of order as well. :)
Appetizer:
Ed Sheeran ft. Taylor Swift - "The Joker and the Queen" [3/6/2022]
This song is super sweet, brought me so much joy throughotu my time in Singapore. Whenever I shared it with folks, it makes people want to waltz. Especially, a certain Miss Neha Gupta out on the Sky Garden, waltzing her ghost partner. It's easy on the ears, as is my voice. I remember listening to this song and thinking, "I can totally sing this." And woah did I want this too. To be somebody's queen ;).
Lighter Appetizer:
Sylvia Plath - "Bath" [4/11/2022]
Sylvia Plath is a literary god. I loved every word I've ever read. This woman makes me quiver. I feel the urge, the need to read aloud everything she's every written. "Bath" is silly beans and the best of beans, but may there be no bath after it.
Experimental:
Taylor Swift - "Carolina" [7/2/2022]
My "gooOOOoooh!" in this one really shines bleb :P. Could not stop replaying this song for weeks -- it's too badass in a sad white cowgirl way. This song is so good with build up. Singing it, you start with whispers and you get louder and louder until the ending when the facts drop. Experimental because it's not quite sad. It's got a sad fighter vibe, which makes it the perfect track for "Where the Crawdads Sing" movie that just came out. Time to sin.
Main Dish:
Imagine Dragons - "Whatever it Takes" [3/5/22]
This is my badass bitch song in the club. Whenever I'm in pain, I belt this out. Healed. If there was a character development arc for me, which right now, yes, it's totally happening -- this is it. I truly feel like Lionel Messi, like I'm Messi training for World Cup 2026 in HOUSTON TX HOUSTONNNN. Or all the League games I played to this song on repeat. Carrying everyone so hard. :)
Except I'll do whatever it takes to carry HARDER. :D
2nd to last dish:
Taylor Swift - "All Too Well" [1/30/2022]
Have always wanted to sing this song when I first heard it in 2012. Took it out on the piano on this one. And damn is it so descriptive. All the attitude changes, key new details. Music can inform movies too because it felt like I was in one, every time I bop to this. My suitemates of Singapore can attest to what happens in our small living room when this song gets on. PfT. Hahahaha. And that's the memory I will always have with this song. Not that I was a little sad singing it. But that's the thing about meeting the people who will become your really good friends -- they force you to make new memories with things that had once made you feel something different.
Hearing this song makes me feel warm instead now. How could us girls not dance, belt out every word like poetry written for us?
Dessert:
Hospital Playlist - "Aloha" [1/30/2022]
Closest thing to dessert I could give you. This is my walk-down-the-aisle song! I've had this opinion for a year now and though I can't sing it yet, I can play it and play it at my wedding, all short thick legs pressing the foot pedal and serenading someone for the rest of my life. :) Unless there's divorce heh. #normalizedivorcesdespitethefactyouserenadedthefuckoutofhimforyears
But by then, I'd be singing. I want to sing and play in front of everyone I love. "Aloha" is not just a clear-cut love song [though, yes, technically it IS]. It's a song about the celebration of life and all the people who make you want to sit down, cheer with a glass of wine, and dream about that beautiful future you'll have ahead together. My kids shall play with your kids. heh.
The End:
Well you've made it to the end of my noises!!! My sounds!
I hope you enjoyed and might come back for more. :)
Your girl,
Ngoc
P.S. I'm in DC. Listening to a younger version of myself sing and god is it nostalgic. I'll be back in Houston soon folks! :)
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