The YOMYOMF Archives of Lauren Lola
Originally published on May 18, 2018 It’s been a minute since new music has been heard from Judith Hill; the last time being back in 2015, when she dropped her debut album, BACK IN TIME. But now, it looks like new tunes from this soulful singer are on the horizon. Hill released a funky new …
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Originally published on March 8, 2018 Just in time for International Women’s Day, rapper Ruby Ibarra drops her much anticipated music video for her song, “Us.” The track, featuring Rocky Rivera, Klassy, and Faith Santilla, comes off of her 2017 album, CIRCA91. It is an anthem aimed to support and uplift the girls and women …
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Originally published February 2, 2018 Now before we get into it, no, this is not a music video for the upcoming film adaptation of the Kevin Kwan novel of the same name. Rather, CRAZY RICH ASIANS is a song inspired by the novel. It is rapper DANakaDAN’s second single off his album, ESCAPE FROM LA, …
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Originally published on January 26, 2018 It’s been six months since the death of Linkin Park’s Chester Bennington. The rock music scene was shaken up by the tragedy last July, after he died by suicide at the age of 41. Apart from family, friends, and fans, no one has had to deal with his passing …
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Originally published on August 22, 2017 Sundance winner GOOK is finally starting to be made available for everyone to see. The brainchild of Justin Chon that takes place during the L.A. Riots was released last Friday in Los Angeles and will be made available in several other cities across the country this Friday. In honor …
POI E and WINDOW HORSES are very different works that are connected by the shared experience of re-connecting with one’s roots through the arts; whether that be through music like in the former or poetry with the latter. It’s for this reason, along with all that make these two films the individual works they are, that I will be recommending them both to anyone and everyone whenever I can.
Being of Filipino, Puerto Rican, and Jewish descent and growing up in Hawaii, a lot of people often mistook him for being black and white. Living life in the “gray zone” was especially difficult when he was attempting to break out into the music industry, for music executives more often than not were unsure of how to label him.
Drifting Back Around 