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Italia @[email protected] · 2026-04-27 · 18:42 UTC

https://www.europesays.com/it/463671/ È morta Nedra Talley Ross, l’ultima delle Ronettes: con lei si chiude un’era della musica #baby #band #be #BeMy #BeMyBaby #breve #carriera #chiude #cugine #Entertainment #epoca #estelle #girl #GirlGroup #group #indimenticabili #Intrattenimento #IT #Italia #Italy #morta #Musica #my #MyBaby #nedra #NedraTalley #NedraTalleyRoss #particolare #phil #PhilSpector #pop #relazione #ronettes #ronnie #RonnieSpector #ross #RossUltima #spector #talley #TalleyRoss

#talleyross #talley #spector #rossultima #ross #ronniespector

Jonathan Emmesedi @[email protected] · 2026-03-27 · 00:32 UTC

🧵 2/2

...a source of inspiration for "Blue Flame":

Estelle - American Boy [Feat. Kanye West]
https://youtu.be/Ic5vxw3eijY?si=vkayrzllXp_qEpzY

I'm not posting this on account of a belief on my part that I am revealing to Kpop fans a hitherto little known connection between the two songs.

On the contrary, I, who learnt of this link only recently, probably belong to a minority of "Blue Flame" listeners who have long been unaware of 'American Boy".

Two thoughts occur to me.

In the first place, I find myself wondering -- and not for the first time -- how much my not having paid much attention to western popular music in recent decades has shaped or even distorted my understanding of Kpop.

In addition, I ask myself what the comparison of my response to the two songs shows me about my love for Kpop.

Part of the spell that Kpop continues to exercise on me must lie in the performance dimension, that dimension including not just the group's singing, but the dancing, styling and so on.

Some will dismiss this as a shallow fixation on "visuals", but I actually feel that aspect is one of Kpop's great strengths and attractions as a popular art form.

#Kpop #UKMusic # WesternPop #Estelle #AmericanBoy

#kpop #ukmusic #estelle #americanboy