Since 2013 is just around the corner, I would like to bid goodbye to 2012 by commemorating some great moments that were created this year (I know, I'm so sweet). Since music has been a supportive friend of mine this 2012, and I enjoy making my own lists... here is my own list of top 12 songs of this year! May we all have a safe, healthy, and wealthy new year!!
12. Feel Again
- Is it just me or does it really resemble the tune of Dog Days (by Florence and the Machine)? It effortlessly sends me to some European town whenever I listen to it.
11. Diamonds
-Being an avid Rihanna fan that I am, a Rihanna song has to be on this list. This is
the song that I've been singing the most these past three months. This song is also my ultimate jam in the car!
10. Little Things
-All One Direction songs are catchy. What makes this song extra special is that it is written by the genius Ed Sheeran.
09. Anna Sun
-One of those songs that make me pump my fist instinctively just upon hearing its first five seconds. This song was the song that I usually listened to last summer, whenever I walked from the Skytrain station down to Main Street on the way to Evergreen. This song carries with it a bag of colourful summer memories: summer school, meetings with my co-"architects", watching the London Olympics 2012, and spontaneous decisions to treat myself with Oreo McFlurry. Definitely my 2012 summer soundtrack!
08. Thinking About You (Tori Kelly)
-I like Frank Ocean's version, but Tori Kelly's is just.. unbelievably timeless. I give its lyrics a letter grade of A+, too!
07. We Are Young
-A song that never fails to lift up my spirit. My mum also likes this song. She even sings along with it whenever she hears it (although she sings it with wrong lyrics: "tonigggghhttt, we are oneeeee")
06. Payphone
-A song that my friends and I kept singing every day at lunch break during last two months of the previous school year! Hahaha this song carries a lot of fun memories with it -- good times!
05. Call Me Maybe
-Probably the most overplayed/overexposed song of 2012 (Gangnam Style is the reason why the word "probably" is in there). Although this song was excruciatingly annoying for me at first, I learned to love it.
04. Somebody That I Used To Know
-Another song that seemed annoying to me at first, but ended up being one of my most favourite songs ever. This song has powerful lyrics, too (personal favourite: you can get addicted to a certain kind of sadness)! Phillip Phillip's and Elise Testone's duet of this song was the ultimate reason why this song eventually ended up as one of my favourites.
03. Some Nights
-Another summer song of mine! The harmony and melody of this song are the reasons why I might have this song ingrained in my memory. It is just so fresh and so unlike any other pop song today.
02 Let Me Love You
-One of those songs that make you forget whatever you're doing and effortlessly takes you to a fun, carefree dimension for four minutes! The fact that 10th place has, so far, been its highest place on the Billboard chart makes me question my faith on the world's music taste.
01. Titanium
-I don't think I will ever get tired of listening to/singing this song. Powerful music video, epic melody, and relevant lyrics. What more can I ask for?
