Hey guys!
Hope you’re all having a great Bank Holiday weekend! I visited Southwark Park on the weekend and it’s become one of my favourite parks – the Ada Salter Garden is stunning and I can’t wait to visit in a few weeks’ time when the wisteria has fully bloomed! Today I’m going to share a playlist of the songs I’ve listened to during April.
Demi Lovato FINALLY dropped her seventh album ‘Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over’ at the beginning of April, and if you haven’t heard it already, you’re seriously missing out! ‘Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over’ is an incredible and I absolutely LOVE every single song on the album. While songs like ‘Anyone’ and ‘Dancing With The Devil’ really highlight Demi’s powerful vocals, a number of the tracks on the second half of the album show a softer side to her voice (e.g. ‘The Art Of Starting Over’ and ‘Melon Cake’). The album is best played to in order, as it takes the listener on a journey from mid-2018, when Demi relapsed, to her relationship with Max Elrich (who she sings about in ’15 Minutes’), and to 2021, when Demi is the happiest she’s been in a long time (‘Good Place’). There are also a few collaborations on ‘Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over’, with Sam Fischer, Saweetie, Noah Cyrus and Ariana Grande. It’s so hard to decide which songs from the album are my favourite, as they’re all so amazing, but the standout tracks are definitely ‘Dancing With The Devil’, ‘Met Him Last Night’, ‘Lonely People’, ‘Easy’ and ‘Melon Cake’.
When I’ve taken one of my rare breaks from listening to ‘Dancing With The Devil…The Art of Starting Over’ on repeat, I’ve also enjoyed new music from various other artists, such as Years & Years, Beth Crowley, Doja Cat, Marina, Twenty One Pilots, Julia Michaels, Olivia O’Brien, Lauren Jauregui, Aly & AJ and Savannah Outen. ‘Starstruck’ by Years & Years is a song I can’t get enough of – it’s so catchy and makes me want to get up and dance! Savannah Outen’s new song ‘What Are We’ is also amazing – if you haven’t heard of Savannah Outen, she’s basically a YouTube singer who kinda sounds like a mix of Christina Aguilera and Demi Lovato. Doja Cat’s latest collaboration, ‘Kiss Me More’, is also worth mentioning. She’s teamed up with SZA and it’s such a good song!
I can’t not include ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ from this month’s playlist! Taylor has been super super busy throughout the pandemic: while she was recording ‘Folklore’ and ‘Evermore’, she was also working on new versions of her earlier albums. ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ is the first rerecorded album Taylor released. The original album was released way back in 2008 and includes songs like ‘Love Story’, ‘You Belong With Me’ and ‘Breathe’. ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ comprises of exactly the same songs, albeit with some unreleased tracks from “The Vault” (e.g. ‘You All Over Me’, ‘Mr Perfectly Fine’ and ‘Don’t You’). All of the songs on ‘Fearless (Taylor’s Version)’ sound exactly the same as the originals, although there are some minor changes in terms of breaths. My favourite songs are more or less the same on both versions of ‘Fearless’: ‘Love Story’, ‘You Belong With Me’ and ‘Fifteen’.
In addition to all the new songs that were released this month, I’ve also rediscovered some of my fave throwback hits from the 2000s, thanks to TikTok! Some examples are ‘Dumb’ by Tich, ‘Scandalous’ by Mis-Teeq and ‘Cliche’ by Christina Grimmie.
Without further ado, here’s my April 2021 playlist:
- Anyone – Demi Lovato
- Dancing With The Devil – Demi Lovato
- ICU (Madison’s Lullabye) – Demi Lovato
- The Art Of Starting Over – Demi Lovato
- Lonely People – Demi Lovato
- The Way You Don’t Look At Me – Demi Lovato
- Melon Cake – Demi Lovato
- Met Him Last Night – Demi Lovato ft Ariana Grande
- What Other People Say – Sam Fischer with Demi Lovato
- Carefully – Demi Lovato
- The Kind Of Lover I Am – Demi Lovato
- Easy – Demi Lovato with Noah Cyrus
- 15 Minutes – Demi Lovato
- My Girlfriends Are My Boyfriend – Demi Lovato ft Saweetie
- California Sober – Demi Lovato
- Mad World – Demi Lovato
- Butterfly – Demi Lovato
- Good Place – Demi Lovato
- Sunset – Demi Lovato
- Kiss Me More – Doja Cat ft SZA
- What Are We – Savannah Outen
- Sabotage – Bebe Rexha
- Starstruck – Years & Years
- Chosen Family – Rina Sawayama with Elton John
- Save Your Tears – The Weeknd with Ariana Grande
- 2:30 – Nicole Jaskot
- Problems – Hey Violet
- Storm Chaser – Beth Crowley
- Shy Away – Twenty One Pilots
- Purge The Poison – MARINA
- Sociopath – Olivia O’Brien
- Anywhere Away from Here – Rag’n’Bone Man & P!nk
- LazyBaby – Dove Cameron
- Don’t Need Nothing – Aly & AJ
- Symptom of Your Touch – Aly & AJ
- Hard 4 Me 2 Love You – Sinead Harnett
- Dumb – Tich
- Scandalous – Mis-Teeq
- Finish Line – Yasmin
- Runaway – Devlin, Yasmin
- Ass Back Home – Gym Class Heroes ft Neon Hitch
- Get Back (ASAP) – Alexandra Stan
- Cliche – Christina Grimmie
- Habits (Stay High) – Tove Lo
- Sad To See You Happy – Olivia Lunny
- I’m not Pretty (Remix) – JESSIA ft Bebe Rexha
- Love Line – Shift K3Y with Tinashe
- Look Who’s Cryin’ Now – Jessie Murph
- Fearless (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Fifteen (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Love Story (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Hey Stephen (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- White Horse (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- You Belong With Me (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Breathe (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift ft Colbie Caillat
- Tell Me Why (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- You’re Not Sorry (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- The Way I Loved You (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Forever & Always (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- The Best Day (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Change (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Jump Then Fall (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Untouchable (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Come In With The Rain (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Superstar (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- The Other Side Of The Door (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- Today Was A Fairytale (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift
- You All Over Me (Taylor’s Version) – Taylor Swift ft Maren Morris
- Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) – Taylor Swift
- We Were Happy (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) – Taylor Swift
- That’s When (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) – Taylor Swift ft Keith Urban
- Don’t You (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) – Taylor Swift
- Bye Bye Baby (Taylor’s Version) (From The Vault) – Taylor Swift
- Brutus – Emma Blackery
- Twisted Fantasy – Kara Marni
- I Don’t Like You – Dynamyte
- I Can’t Trust Myself – Sarah Close
- Dirty Laundry – Parson James & JoJo
- Montana – Daya
- Found My Friends – Hayley Kiyoko
- Temporary – Lauren Jauregui
- Venus Sunrise – Lia Maria Johnson
- Without You (Miley Cyrus Remix) – The Kid LAROI & Miley Cyrus
- transparent soul – WILLOW ft Travis Barker
- Do My Thang – Alli Fitz
- All Your Exes – Julia Michaels
- Love Is Weird – Julia Michaels
- Pessimist – Julia Michaels
- Little Did I Know – Julia Michaels
- Orange Magic – Julia Michaels
- Lie Like This – Julia Michaels
- Wrapped Around – Julia Michaels
- History – Julia Michaels
- Undertone – Julia Michaels
- That’s The Kind Of Woman – Julia Michaels
So there’s my very very long April 2021 playlist! I wasn’t expecting to include so many songs but April was such a great month for music! What artists have you been listening to recently? I’d love to hear any recommendations!
Serena
I love your playlist! I’ve also been loving Demi’s new album this month too, it’s definitely one of her best yet! Her vocals sound incredible and I’m so happy for her for all that she’s overcome! Taylor Swift, Julia Michaels, Olivia O’Brien & Rina Sawayama were some of my other favorites that you mentioned! I’ll have to check out the others I haven’t heard yet! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Sounds like we have a really similar taste! Thanks for commenting!
I loved what other people say so I definitely need to check out the rest of the album! I’m such a taylor fan so obviously Fearless (Taylor’s Version) featured very highly for me too! I cant wait for all her other rereleases
Beautiful playlist! Demi’s different this time and I liked her song and doc!
xoxo
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