december

We’ve put together a Spotify playlist for your Christmas party/last-minute Christmas shopping/Boxing Day hangover. Do we really need to explain this any further? “The Pop-piest Christmas Playlist Ever” is divided into three acts; starting with the Divas, featuring the likes of Mariah Carey, Whitney Houston, Destiny’s Child, and Kelly Clarkson, before moving on to the Geeks, namely Pentatonix, Tori Kelly, Taylor Swift, Straight No Chaser, and Glee, and ending with the Classics, icons such as Tony Bennett, Celine Dion, Michael Bublé, and icons-in-the-making Ariana Grande and Lady Gaga! 25 tracks for 25th December. Merry Christmas!

So after just one day of teasers on Twitter, Snapchat, and Instagram, pop’s Soprano princess Ariana Grande has dropped “Christmas & Chill“, her second holiday EP after 2013’s “Christmas Kisses“. The latest compilation is a six-track effort, featuring completely original material (if you think she’s about to cover “All I Want For Christmas Is You” anytime soon…). Here’s the thing: I love Ariana. Sure she might not be the best at diction, and she relies on a talented group of songwriters and producers, but come on… THAT VOICE. Her regular abuse summoning of her four octaves is reason enough for making her our karaoke…