Le Sigh

If there's any one person I could be for a day, it would surely be Charlotte Gainsbourg:
gentle demureness, impeccable style, and unbelievable heritage a perfect French girl makes.
Charlotte recently released her second album in which she collaborated with Beck, and I have yet to get my hands on it. Flaunt wrote a wonderful piece about Charlotte's inspiration and why this record is so different from her first.

"The Magnetic Resonance Imaging machinery engulfs the patient in alarming sounds that spin in circles, flashing past the ear drum, appearing above and below in almost marine-like fluctuations, as if replicating a life lived inside a clamourous alarm clock on the verge of malfunction-underwater."
"But with those sounds... when I first thought about putting them in a song, it was more about the energy and the wildness of it, and the disturbances, of course. But there was also something very agitated that I liked. It didn't frighten me. It wasn't to talk about that fear."

So in conclusion: le sigh.
Can't wait to hear the record and pretend to be French for a short while...

{via Refinery29 and Flaunt Magazine}

Digital Goodness

I bet if you thought hard about it, you could probably guess what piece of digital delight I'm throwing up this week... Lady GaGa's new video for Bad Romance, of course!! Honestly, friends, I'm not the kind of person who gets starstruck or terribly excited over celebrities, at least not since I was 12 and fanatic for the Spice Girls. Until now. Lady GaGa rocks my socks and continues to blow my mind with every new song/video/outfit!
Love. her.

This song/video has been playing on repeat in my head for, oh, at least 36 hours now and has yet to get old. I don't see this obsession ending anytime soon, and I'm in for the long-haul! I hope you see the horrific creativity and beauty in this video that leaves the words psycho or genius on critics' lips... you're turn to decide:



p.s. The McQueen Claw and stiletto are to die for!! So amazing.

{Sidenote: it's a little strange how many different things she's promoting in this video... my count has 8 different product placements throughout the video: Apple iPod Classic, Parrot speakers by Starck, Nemiroff Vodka, HP beat Computer, Wii Remote, Carrera sunglasses, GaGa for HeartBeats by dr.Dre earbuds, and of course Alexander McQueen fashions. Knowing GaGa and that everything is deliberate, I wonder what the point of this is? I'd definitely say that product placement in 'art' is truly a Bad Romance...}

Life's a Song: Sing along

Sorry I disappeared this week! I've been having some connectivity issues and needed a few days to get my life back on track, so I took advantage of the little opportunity.

I have a really strong connection to music, maybe because I don't express myself very well and music always says what I can't. The past few days I've really become attached to these two songs, not so much because they say what I can't, but because of what they say to me.


Good Charlotte's "March On"



Joshua Radin's "What if You"

Welcome to the soundtrack of my life :)

{image via Le Fashion}

Happy Friday!

Another week has come and gone, which, for most of you means a much-deserved weekend of relaxation! I haven't exactly 'earned' a weekend seeing as I don't do much during the week, but I'm particularly looking forward to this weekend because I'm going home to visit family in Nashville! It's been two months since I've seen my family and much longer since I've actually been home. Oddly enough, I like distance driving because it gives me a chance to listen to newly-acquired music without the distraction of, well, life.

This trip I'll be taking in the musical talents of Kings of Leon, Maximo Park, Biffy Clyro, and Metric -- a eclectic group to say the least! Right now I'm just hoping for some decent driving weather since we've been having a rainy week, so *fingers crossed.*

I hope you all have a lovely weekend and I'll see you Monday!
{image via FYSB}

Garfunkel & Oates

If you love musicals {like myself}, you've probably wondered at some point what song you and your friends would belt out during life moments like telling a guy you only want to be friends, receiving the worst present you never wanted, or talking to your pregnant friend... no? Only me? Well, Garfunkel & Oats are to the rescue with their hilariously funny tunes that say what we're all thinking. Joanna featured Pregnant Women are Smug on Smitten this week and I couldn't resist sharing!

Here's a little taste of their all time, most disliked songs:


Love it!