That First Fall

Hola fellas! Greetings for an ass-kicking year! After days high on celebrations, love, hugs, sweets and unbearable relatives, we are slowly easing our way back into our humdrum existence. I hope you all are doing well with sticking to your new year resolutions because in case you aren’t, now would be the time I reveal my alarming penchant for ‘I told you so’ (Yes mate, I am looking at you).

Speaking of routines, do you remember that time not long ago when life wasn’t quite this um…, boring? When everyday held the promise of endless LMAO moments surrounded with your people. Yesh I am talking about those glorious days of high school. The place where we made a helluva memories, met friends who became family and just had about the best time of our lives. Not to mention the good ol’ teenage crush that we all seemed to catch like the flu at one point or another.

Oh, every day, she found a way out of the window to sneak out late

Crush. There’s something to be said about this wildly underrated common-sense-wrecking ball. That slight flicker of interest that boils and bubbles to a full grown infatuation. That person who can give you a very athletic stomach flip with the additional symptom of sweaty palms, all with a bored glance in your direction. Someone who makes your already muddled head go a bit more fuzzy and the sight of whom turns your feet into jelly while your cheeks decide that they are actually beetroots (gosh!).

Giving you the feels of those olden times, here’s a song that will make you close your eyes and smile. Then walk straight into a pole (and break your nose). Eastside is a song by American record producer Benny Blanco and American singers Halsey and Khalid. It was released on July 12, 2018 as Blanco’s debut single.

We can do anything if we put our minds to it
Take your old life, then you put a line through it
My love is yours if you’re willing to take it
Give me your heart ’cause I ain’t gonna break it

Those who have heard the song (I hear ya homies!) know what an absolute ear candy this song is. For all those who haven’t heard it, this song follows the bittersweet course of young love and the pressures of life that slowly tear us apart. It’s a beautiful ode to that first love that made us feel alive and changed us forever. The video of the song is equally mesmerizing and brings about strong bouts of nostalgia. It shows the significant moments from the lives of Halsey and Blanco and will have you reeling in its magic long after.

Time to say goodbye. Listen to this melody and you can thank me later. If you have any tunes you want me to cover, let me know in the comments section. Until next time!

xoxo