Katy Perry is known to be the sugar popstar. She’s a 2010’s sex symbol with a childlike personality and became famous for her witty lyrics and colourful world, which most of her music videos represent. In high school, I was a huge Perry fan. I even attended the California Dreams Tour in Montreal with my best friend. I’ll never forget the moment Katy was singing “Thinking of You”. She was floating over the crowd and I saw her looking over my bff and I. We were both holding our flashy signs and screaming our lungs out. We could tell she noticed us because we were the only crazy loud voices with signs in our section. It was a special 2-min victory for 16 year-old me. Anyway, here are what I believe to be the best music videos by the California Queen.
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Golden Hour by Kacey Musgraves
It’s that one-of-a-kind album that is just so great to listen to: you never get tired of it. No wonder why Golden Hour won the Album of the Year Grammy Award in 2019. It’s so relatable from the first song to the last one. Musically and lyrically, it’s so simply pure and clever, a beautiful pop and country blend (something Taylor Swift kind of failed to do on Red). Kacey Musgraves nailed the art of writing about the joys of love and life while also being aware of their downs. Favourite songs: “Lonely Weekend”, “Oh, What A World”, “Love Is A Wild Thing”, “Happy & Sad”, “Velvet Elvis”, “Wonder Woman”, “High Horse”, and “Golden Hour”.
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Two summers ago, I planned a photoshoot with a fashion influencer I hadn’t seen in three years. She was telling me how nice the pictures I had recently posted on Instagram were. She looked pleasantly surprised. When I thanked her for the compliment, she asked me, “How are your pictures nicer? Did you buy a new camera?” I happily replied, “No, I became a better photographer.”
For the longest time, I feared not improving as a photographer. Sometimes, it is difficult for me to say that I am a professional photographer because, first, hello imposter syndrome, and second, I don’t take photos for a living. I only do it for my family and friends, for artistic purposes, or simply for fun. But I’ve come a long way since my first photoshoot. What makes a good photographer, you wonder? Here are a few things I learned.
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A poetic story. Let me know what you think!
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This year is quite a strange one for everyone across the globe. Our worlds are changing drastically on so many levels: culturally, socially, politically, financially, and most importantly, healthily.
One of the traditions I’ve kept over the years is to travel to a particular place every year. My plans this year have been cancelled, but I decided to be creative: I don’t need to travel physically, but I can travel back in time. As a matter of fact, I thought, why not write about some past trips and take my readers with me?
MARIA MAGDELEINA 