Monday Music
Monday Music: Filipino Heritage Month edition
June 28, 2021By: Charlene Aviles, Peak Associate June is Filipino Heritage Month, a time to celebrate the cultural diversity in the Philippines and honour those who fought for the country’s independence from Spain and the United States. Music is an essential part of Filipino culture, as reflected by the harana, the tradition of suitors courting Filipinas through serenades. This playlist features songs about love’s risk, commitment, and the honeymoon phase. Regardless of how you decide to celebrate Filipino Heritage Month, I hope these songs inspire you to continue learning about Filipinx culture. “Everlasting” by Albert Posis [caption id="attachment_118576" align="alignnone" width="297"] Image courtesy…
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Monday Music: Songs to question your gender to
June 21, 2021By: Carter Hemion, Staff Writer and Genderfuck With gender in the spotlight this Pride Month, music often reflects the experiences we have as gender-diverse and questioning people. These artists express their complicated relationships with gender, and sometimes that is just…
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Monday Music: Empowering anthems by queer artists
June 14, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Humour Editor As Pride Month starts to wind down, it’s important for those of us in the LGBTQIA2S+ community to continue celebrating our resilience and courage. These songs, all by artists who identify as queer, are anthems…
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Monday Music: K-bops for what is hopefully the last COVID summer
June 7, 2021By: Yelin Gemma Lee, Peak Associate I have come to the realization that, since the second global rise of K-pop, the general public believes that South Korea only produces generic-sounding, unfathomably good-looking pop groups like Blackpink and BTS. Don’t get…
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Monday Music: Songs that are not just for Asian Heritage Month
May 31, 2021By: Marco Ovies, Features Editor “Off the Rails” by Wallice [caption id="attachment_118265" align="alignnone" width="300"] Image courtesy of Wallice[/caption] Coming hot off the heels of her 2020 hit “Punching Bag” is Wallice with another coming-of-age bop. “Off the Rails” is punchy,…
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Monday Music: Songs for the relationship you never had
May 24, 2021By: Sara Brinkac, SFU Student With increasingly difficult barriers appearing when trying to score a date, a friendly (socially distanced) smile or wave is now enough to instigate an entire series of fantasies. To aid all my single friends out…
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Monday Music: The five stages of getting ghosted by group project members
May 17, 2021By: Jennifer Chou, SFU Student Content warning: if you choose to search up the songs and read the lyrics, some of them reference death and violence. Have you ever wanted to scream in anger and frustration because of a group…
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Monday Music: Frolicking under cherry blossoms in the sun
May 10, 2021By: Petra Chase, SFU Student After months of gloomy weather — and so much time cooped at home slouched in front of a screen that the real world has started to look pixelated — spring has finally arrived. The baggage…
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Monday Music: You’re the protagonist of a dark academia novel
March 29, 2021By: Kyla Dowling, Staff Writer and Alliteration Aficionado If you’re anything like me (and for your sake, I really hope you’re not), the only thing getting you through university is pretending that you’re the main character of a dark academia…
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Monday Music: Tunes for when you don’t feel like leaving the house
March 22, 2021By: Dev Petrovic, Staff Writer Everyone has those days where leaving the house is just not the mood. Whether you’ve decided to stay home to get stuff done or decided you’d rather not experience the realities of our current state…
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