Hello! My name is Britney Michelle Bogan. I am a current sophomore at Converse and I'm majoring in History with a minor in Secondary education. My plan is to teach high school history. Preferably World/European history because that is my favorite. Fun little fact, all of middle and high school my dream was to go to flight school and become a pilot for commercial airlines. It wasn't until I came to Converse that I was inspired by a professor to go into teaching. I grew up here in Spartanburg with my one older sister who attends Coastal Carolina for graduate school. I have two small rat dogs (chihuahuas) named Scooter and Bella. I have a cat but I’m not actually sure what her name is because everyone calls her something different.
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A current song/artist I like right now is Ceilings by Lizzy McAlpine. I love so many of her songs, but this one is my current favorite. She released her debut in 2018 and released her first album in August 2020. She gained a lot of attention when she blew up on tiktok June 2020 with her unreleased song "You ruined the 1975." Lizzy has grown so much since 2020, going from just a couple thousand monthly listeners to now over 7 million. In 2022 she was featured in a single with John Mayor. She also recently released a new single for the soundtrack in the new drama series that just released on the 3rd “Dear Edward.” You can really see the growth in her music from her first released single to her now full albums. Her song “Ceilings” continues to gain more listens everyday reaching 47 million total listens and still growing.
A song that means a lot to me is Colorblind by Counting Crows. I have a special attachment to this song because it's one of my moms favorite songs and she used to play it all the time when I was growing up. Even today she plays this song all the time and I know it’s a special song she will continue to play years and years from now. It was also the first song I learned to play on the piano because I wanted to be able to play it for her. It just makes me smile and think of my mom whenever I listen to it which is why it’s important to me. It's a song I could listen to a million times and never get sick of.
Some music I don't really connect with is Taylor Swift's new album "Midnights". Which is a little frustrating because I love Taylor Swift but there wasn't a single song on her new album that I connected with. Maybe it's because I'm too nostalgic and she's branching off into a different type of music. I’ve tried listening to this album a couple of different times thinking maybe a different mood will make me like it. However I always find myself skipping through the songs because I’m not interested in them.
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I think you've introduced me into a new artist I feel in love with the first song. I like how her voice is south throughout the song and how the song change meters.
ReplyDeleteHonestly I didn't know how I was gonna feel about the second song you talked about at first but I was pleasantly surprised. I really enjoyed the calm melodic feel and the orchestral background was very satisfying. My music taste can tend to get kind of fast paced and aggressive at times but this song was a nice change in tune and I really enjoyed it.
ReplyDeleteI LOVE the beat of the second song you talked about. It sounds like something I could just lie down somewhere and read a book. I can agree with you on not liking Taylor Swift's new album. I have noticed since she has changed the music she makes I haven't been liking her as much anymore. I still have some of her older CDs but the new stuff just isn't appealing to me anymore.
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