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Art Wynwood in Miami about a month ago. I saw beautiful art with beautiful people and it was just lovely. There was art from all over the world, ranging from the US to Korea, and, although it was a small place, it felt like I traveled all around! All credit goes to the respective artists, which were all just as amazing. 

An. http://adherir.tumblr.com/

Hi! I’m Anabel and I love languages and rain. Poetry is life saving.

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María

Amalia De Miguel - numeesland

Co-founder & Editor-In-Chief. Vocals/Screams/Guitar at The Numees. Trying to be someone in the fashion industry.

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The night Barcelona was turned into Badlands

March 7th, 2016. A normal Monday on Planet Earth. However, Barcelona welcomed people from every corner of Spain (and from everywhere, basically) with only one purpose: seeing Halsey live. This 21-year-old musician from New Jersey who is succeeding in the whole wide world performed that night before three thousand people in Sala Razzmatazz. Two hours before opening the doors, the line surrounded the block and a second round was about to be started.

Doors opened right at 19h, and an hour later, BØRNS hit the stage with his song Seeing Stars in order to create an atmosphere full of good vibes and energy in the room. His happy songs followed this first one, like Dopamine, 10,000 Emerald Pools or American Money. His performance ended with Electric Love, his most known song and the one everyone encored and danced like there was no tomorrow.

BØRNS left the stage and now it was time to wait for Halsey. The waiting did not take a lot, and the combination of a nicely-designed playlist (with artists such as Twenty One Pilots, The 1975 or The Wombats) and Halsey’s punctuality made time pass by quickly.

Everyone in the room, leaded by Halsey, started singing Gasoline. They all knew that it was going to be a night to remember, so they sang their lungs out, reaching the point where anyone could think Razzmatazz was going to fall down. Hold Me Down, Castle and Strange Love followed, and a devoted audience put their hands in the air to the rhythm of Haunting. Although the concert was almost cancelled due to Halsey’s almost inexistent voice (you could notice when she talked), she did her very best and sang every single word as if she was alright.

If there is something to highlight about Halsey’s performance is the beautiful representation of her music in a visual spectacle full of colors, patterns, shapes and images which, in combination with her sound, brings you to a different reality, the dystopian universe around which the concept of the album is created, the one that she calls ‘Badlands’. If you go to one of her concerts, you will definitely visit Badlands, like it or not. And it is a surreal and magical place that you will never want to leave.

Halsey brought confidence, sensuality and happiness to the stage, and she was always showing her gratitude to the people that brought her where she is. She constantly said that her fans are everything to her, and she asked for several ovations for her band, her fans and for BØRNS. This union of a fearless attitude and love is what will make this girl go far.

The end of the concert arrived with a song that is now an anthem, New Americana, and the crowd sang along every single word of it. Halsey was suddenly gone, but she appeared singing her very last song of the night, Young God. Everyone was a bit confused and surprised, because the show had only taken 65 minutes for 15 intense songs.

All in all, it was a radical experience. I have been to a lot of concerts and I have rarely felt the connection I felt that night with a vocalist. Sometimes it is not just the lyrics or the music, but the attitude you have on stage and the chemistry with the audience. And Halsey has all of it with her.

Patricia C. patriciacabeza.com

I'm a 20-year-old filmmaker and photographer from Granada, Spain. You will find me filming, in a concert, traveling, taking pictures, or everything at once. I believe in humanity and consider myself a hardcore feminist.

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“Sierra Nevada”

Alba. Aiwe. Ember. https://instagram.com/lilailas/

18 springs. Alba is said to be afloating in a sea of self doubts without a life preserver in sight. She is from Huelva, a little town located in the southwest of Spain. She do love photography, languages, music, literature and travelling.

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Alessia Cara

Let me introduce you to Alessia Cara. She’s 19, from Canada, and is singing the official anthem for introverts who are not into the party scene.

“I don’t think there’s ever been a hit song about a party being lame” Taylor Swift told Alessia. (Taylor Swift did in fact interview Alessia. And it is glorious. You need to watch it). Here is such a hit, and it made me curious as to what else I could find in Know-It-All, her debut album.  

As a whole, the album has a conceptual vibe to it, based on the title. All of her lyrics are portrayed from a confident point of view. She knows what she wants, the risks of love, and manages to turn what would be considered a love song (I’m Yours) into almost a brawl towards the guy.

/Some nerve you have, to break up my lonely and tell me you want me/

How awesome are those lyrics?  It is such a refreshing point of view, and it can make anyone feel confident in their decisions. It may not be one of the most solid or award-worthy albums in your collection, but that’s not what matters sometimes. Sometimes you just want to listen to something fun and light. Plus, the quirky lyrics are the cherry on top.

My personal picks from the album are Outlaws (I feel like her unique voice shines even brighter here), I’m Yours (as I said before, such an original concept for a love song) and Stone (sweet, guitar, slow, right up my street).  

Now, I don’t really agree with the “role model” concept, and I definitely do not like that the word is so easily thrown around. However, Alessia delivers a message that I truly wish I had listened to when I was a teen. When I listened to Scars to your Beautiful, I couldn’t help but think “Wow, where were you when I needed you?” Yes, there are plenty of self-love anthems but I had never felt such a personal connection with one before.

/ She has dreams to be an envy, so she’s starving / You know, “covergirls eat nothing” / She says “beauty is pain and there’s beauty in everything” / “What’s a little bit of hunger?” / “I could go a little while longer”, she fades away / She don’t see her perfect, she don’t understand she’s worth it / Or that beauty goes deeper than the surface

I can only hope that this song reaches thousands of young girls who lose themselves whilst on the journey towards reaching society’s beauty standards. Plus, Alessia is such an easy-going, authentic girl that watching her interviews makes you wish she was your older sister. It even happens to me and I am older than her.

As a conclusion, I can assure you that we are going to hear more from Alessia Cara. I truly encourage everyone who has never listened to her to start with Here, and if you are already into the song, to give Know-It-All a spin. Let’s support authentic women who refuse to live their lives under labels and conforming to the cookie-cutter music industry.

Judith. www.twitter.com/jdtth Just your average twenty year old pizza lover, somewhere in between Madrid and Mallorca. Loves indie, pop, punk, books, minimalism and anything related to cats.

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It's still cold in/outside.

And here I am, throwing stones to see how the water sweeps away everything in its path.

They disappear

as silence gets rid of millions of spoken words;

as the waiter does not throw on purpose a cup of unfinished coffee;

as stolen kisses take that worthwhile gesture from a face;

as water drops remove dull colours of an old umbrella;

as two lovers run like a bat out of hell;

or as bees carry some pollen to give life to the spring.

And you also,

you take a story with you that ended up between the stones that I was throwing to the river to see how they were going away…

Alba. Aiwe. Ember. https://instagram.com/lilailas/

18 springs. Alba is said to be afloating in a sea of self doubts without a life preserver in sight. She is from Huelva, a little town located in the southwest of Spain. She do love photography, languages, music, literature and travelling.

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martyr

1. It isn't your first time in my apartment and you look so cold have you been getting up to other guy while I wasn't after you? I'm so sorry I don't know how many times I said I'd let them down but you know I can't, they always find me and I can't decline their offer they are the only ones I can't and I can't even fixate my mind in a place which isn't between your thighs and now I am talking again too much I might explode. (go to 6)

2. In fact I never understood what's the point of seeking for a real god or answers between reciprocation and self-consciousness when everything seems to be falling apart between our fingers and I think it doesn't really matter, right? I think I should buy a new pair of shoes because mine look pretty torn up. (go to 5)

3. My heart is pounding in my chest and I can't even breathe, princess can you pass me again some tea? (go to 2)

4. I'm bloody tired of hearing you say that xanax will make us last longer. (go to 8)

5. You went on a trip, you are too far gone, I should leave. (go to 10)

6. Please don't live in your own head while we are tangled in my bed. (go to 13)

7. - silent - (go to 12)

8. Would you give me a kiss if I ask you for one? Why don't you say anything? (go to 11)

9. We've been through a lot lately and I can't help but think about what would have we done with each other if we never met and I think I would probably be getting high and counting my days to die. My veins would have been crystal and meth, my hair would have been angel dust from your wings, my blue devils already chased me and my bag full of hearts. I never knew how I was to feel cherished until I saw you but I'm supposing I'd never had the guts to tell you I loved you and we never met but god bless I'm not as mad as they've told you. I feel so high I think I love you, don't you mind? (go to 14)

10. So what's the matter if I lied to you? Your hair smells like vanilla but your lips taste like acid and my head might be a mess but if I'm not mistaken your jaw was sculpted by Michelangelo and your body is exactly the same as Proserpina and I am so jealous there have been too many men who have touched you and sculpted you as their masterpiece and have seen you before but I'm no artist and I am scared I'll break the epitome perfection as if it is made with marble yet you feel as cold as your representations and sculptures why have you been this cold so far I'm making too many questions and you should hate me for that. (go to 7)

11. I never asked you to do that. (go to 9)

12. Doesn’t our relationship sound epicurean to you? As a matter of fact I feel you are a goddess and I feel immortal while I’m by your side and I’m here to worship you, why don’t you let me be your lover why don’t you let me make you again? (go to 4)

13. Ok. (go to 3)

Arielle https://instagram.com/rxxm.e/

Seventeen hopeless romantic in love with pop punk and modern art attempts to save the world and finds out so much to do, but it’s ok ‘cause whatever forever.

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In all honesty i think you're gorgeous but ridiculous and i constantly want to punch you but i can't help these feelings of love and i just really want to wake up next to you but you might be interested in someone else and knowing it feels like i'm being smothered but it's alright i guess it's fine to feel like i'm lost under a storm and it's alright to know you are the storm i just don't have an umbrella or somewhere to go i just kinda wander around and wait for you to show something but i'm under your weather

An. http://long–exposures.tumblr.com/

Hello! My name is Anabel and I’m a 15 yr old Venezuelangirl who currently lives in Florida, loves cows, sunsetsand coffee, reading and art.