{"id":5358,"date":"2013-10-17T00:00:01","date_gmt":"2013-10-17T05:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5358"},"modified":"2013-10-15T21:55:48","modified_gmt":"2013-10-16T02:55:48","slug":"sweet-songs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=5358","title":{"rendered":"Sweet Songs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m totally channeling my inner 16-year-old here, but I&#8217;ve been fascinated by these songs lately.\u00a0 The first one, &#8220;Royals,&#8221; is by <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Lorde\">Lorde<\/a>, who is really 16 and lives in New Zealand.\u00a0 She&#8217;s sort of taken the music world by storm recently, and her work seems different from the usual fare.\u00a0 When I first heard this song, I wished it was on the radio when I was a teenager.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nlcIKh6sBtc\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And the irony of a young girl singing about real teenagers who aren&#8217;t famous isn&#8217;t lost on anyone.\u00a0 You can read more about her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.psmag.com\/culture\/cool-lorde-trouble-talented-teenagers-68113\/\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/2013\/07\/24\/lorde-interview_n_3644831.html\">here<\/a>.\u00a0 And here&#8217;s a pretty video of Lorde describing herself, too.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aREk3XH8aGg\" height=\"480\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I also ran across this song by <a href=\"http:\/\/lilandmad.com\/\">Lily &amp; Madeleine<\/a>, a pair of teenage sisters, and I like it, too.\u00a0 They remind me of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=1471\">First Aid Kit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/q3Wm5pV30tc\" height=\"360\" width=\"640\" allowfullscreen=\"\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>And I finally jumped on the Miley Cyrus bandwagon, at least for this headshot-only version of &#8220;We Can&#8217;t Stop.&#8221;\u00a0 I love <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/The_Roots\">The Roots<\/a>, and their talent brings out the best in anyone, I think. 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