#arts for dairo

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Blep!!

I wanted more art of my poke-fusion taur sona, so I got this really cute art from @felisrandomis !

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Dairo Vargas

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Nigerian Music - History associated with Nigerian Music

Your music of Nigeria includes many different types of Folk and famous music, some of which might be known worldwide. Varieties of folk music can be related to the thousands of of ethnic communities in the country, each using own techniques, resources, and songs. Small is known about the place's music history just before European contact, even though bronze carvings dating back to to the 16th together with 17th centuries have been completely found depicting pros and their devices.

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Nigeria has been identified as "the heart from African music" for the role in the improvement of West Africa highlife and palm-wine music, which combines native rhythms by means of techniques imported with the Congo for the enhancement of several widely used styles that were distinctive to Nigeria, such as apala, fuji, jùjú, highlife, and Yo-pop. Subsequently, Nigerian music players created their own varieties of United States hip hop popular music and Jamaican reggae. Nigeria's musical results has achieved essential acclaim not only with the fields of persons and popular new music, but also Western fine art music written by composers such as Fela Sowande.

Polyrhythms, in which a couple of separate beats tend to be played simultaneously, undoubtedly are a part of much of conventional African music; Nigeria is no exception. A African hemiola form, based on the asymmetric tempo pattern is an vital rhythmic technique through the entire continent. Nigerian beats also uses ostinato rhythms, in which a rhythmic pattern is done again despite changes within metre.

Nigeria offers some of the most advanced producing studio technology around Africa, and provides tougher commercial opportunities to get music performers. Ronnie Graham, an historian who specialises inside West Africa, has got attributed the achievements of the Nigerian audio industry to the nation's culture-its "thirst designed for aesthetic and materials success and a voracious appetite for life, enjoy and music, [and] a massive domestic market, significant enough to maintain artists who play in regional 'languages' and experiment with native styles". However , politics corruption and uncontrolled music piracy with Nigeria has hampered the industry's advancement.

The 1950s, '60s and '70s

Subsequent World War II, Nigerian music begun to take on new applications and techniques, among them electric instruments brought in from the United States and additionally Europe. Rock NO roll, soul, in addition to later funk, have become very popular in Nigeria, and elements of these kind of genres were included in jùjú by performers such as IK Dairo. Meanwhile, highlife ended up slowly gaining within popularity among the Igbo people, and their own style soon identified a national target market. At the same time, apala's Haruna Ishola was being one of the country's largest stars. In the beginning to mid 1970s, three of the most significant names in Nigerian music history ended up at their top: Fela Kuti, Ebenezer Obey and California king Sunny Ade, as you move the end of that times saw the start of Yo-pop and Nigerian reggae.

Although popular versions such as highlife along with jùjú were presents itself the Nigerian stock chart in the '60s, customary music remained wide-spread. Traditional stars bundled the Hausa Serta Maraya, who was consequently well known that he had been brought to the battlefield during the 1967 Nigerian Civil War to help you lift the comfort of the federal troopers.

We are an entertainment and pop culture website. Our platform is focused on offering you the best and latest updates on the market when it comes to the entertainment industry, both in Nigeria and well beyond that.

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"Our Waning Love album art trailer 謝明諺&スガ・ダイロー Minyen Hsieh & Suga Dairo a new little one" を YouTube で見る

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Welcome Back, Mary Ward Planet!

With a new team of fantastic journalists and artists, we are excited to bring to you our new initiatives

By Karissa Cruz and Ysmael Mendoza

Throughout the month of October, Teacher Supervisor Mrs. Powell and Editor-in-chief Karissa Cruz interviewed many candidates for the Planet’s executive positions. Together, they chose a diverse group of students across all grades for the 2022-2023 Mary Ward Planet Executive Team. Some are previous Planet members and others are brand-new additions to the team. Rounding off the Editors-in-chief is Ysmael Mendoza who joins Karissa as Co-Editor-in-Chiefs. To start off with our section editors, our World Issues editor is Shauri Taylor. The Planet’s Life section editor is Erika Nanquil Munoz.  Next is our WACT section editor; Emmanuele Reyes.  Justin Mikhail Espidido follows as our Sports section editor for this year. Our last section editor is  Angela Lin, for Community. This year’s Planet’s Redactrice is Drea Abungin. Our Planet Relations is Franchesca Dairo and our Planet Webmaster is Joshua Crisologo. The Creative Spaces section editor for this year is Katrina Ross Rodriguez, while this year’s Art Editor is Bianca Daganato. Finally, our Junior Editors for this year are Fynley Clarete, Aby Villasis, and Daphne Da Costa. We are all extremely excited to be the Planet executives for this year and are looking forward to showing you what we have in store!

Our main goal for this year is to rebrand. We want to make our blog and our Instagram account look more modern and more appealing to fellow students and teenagers. As you can see, our blog is outdated and needs some renovation. As a result,  a major part of our rebranding plan is to renovate the blog by updating our executive team, finding a better way to showcase our previous issues and changing up our aesthetic. Our Art Editor is going to create a new header and logo, while our Planet Webmaster is in charge of renovating the blog. We really want to grow our blog and the first step is renovating. Additionally, we are putting more focus on our Instagram account as well. The same logo for the blog will be used as our new profile picture for our Instagram account; @mw.planet. Along with our Planet Relations, we want to create aesthetically pleasing Instagram posts to draw people in and promote our work! We will also be using our Instagram account to promote many fun and engaging projects, so stick around for those! Overall, with this rebrand, we want to bring you a new Mary Ward Planet and expand our team’s amazing work to an even more amazing audience!

Now that we’re finally back to a completely in-person year, we decided to give the paper a chance to truly shine. Some exciting things that we have planned include a section in our Creative Spaces for writers and editors to share their own personal short stories/essays, in addition to a Reddit-themed section in Creative Spaces. Our newest feature called “Am I in the Wrong” is inspired by the new segment by Words from Ward, and story submissions will be open to all Mary Ward students. Students are encouraged to anonymously submit stories where they felt that they were in the wrong. We will be accepting submissions until November 21st, so submit your stories as soon as possible! In addition to our physical issue initiatives, another one of our goals is to introduce streeter interviews with different Mary Ward students on our Instagram, as well as create tri-annual news recaps on the happenings throughout our school community. 

Overall, our plan for this school year is to bring new initiatives to our award-winning newspaper, recognized by the Toronto Star, to help give back to the students. All students are welcome to contribute by writing an article or submitting creative pieces to our creative space submission box! For any questions, comments, concerns or suggestions, please feel free to message us on our Instagram account, @mw.planet. We’re so excited for you to see what we have in store for our upcoming issue this December. See you soon!

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Oh

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the ~OCTPs~

you know the drill, they belong to me and @estroboscopios <3

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ancient greece immortals (WIP)

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Amazing paintings from London based painter Dairo Vargas @dairovargas at https://dairovargas.com/ "Memories", mixed media on canvas, © Dairo Vargas

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Non-binary pride!!!

Got this amazing art of Dairo showing her pride from Sparkle-Dog on FA! c:

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Dairo Vargas

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DAIRO VARGAS / LOS LLEVO DENTRO

DAIRO VARGAS / LOS LLEVO DENTRO

Decía Adorno que las heridas que en el arte causa la abstracción sólo pueden curar cuando se intensifica la misma, ya que así impide que los fermentos conceptuales se contaminen de realidad empírica: el concepto se convierte en parámetro. El colombiano VARGAS así lo ha entendido e interpretado, dejando que los remolinos, superposiciones, vuelos, confrontaciones, diálogos, sean una concertación…

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The World’s Spotify Wrapped

The biggest albums released in 2021 and Mary Ward Students’ Opinions

By Franchesca Dairo and Karissa Cruz

This past year, you understood the assignment, and so have these musicians! We’d like to present to you the biggest albums of 2021, along with a couple of opinions from Mary Ward students. 

SOUR

Photo via FAU University Press

To say that Olivia Rodrigo has made splashes with her debut in the music industry is an understatement. This 19-year old singer-songwriter and actress has broken records left and right and is now nominated for seven Grammys for her debut album, Sour. Her first single, “Drivers License”, was the most listened-to song of 2021 and the longest-running number-one hit according to Billboard Global. Filled with gut-wrenching lyrics accompanied with influences from pop, acoustic and even punk, listeners fell in love with her relatability as she pulled heartstrings and brought back nostalgia. Some of her other popular works include “Good 4 U”, “Traitor” and “Deja Vu”. Her album touches on themes about heartbreak, betrayal, and jealousy. Olivia’s album also resulted in a great deal of drama surrounding her past relationships, but her album was so much more than the controversies surrounding it. She’s reaching new heights for young artists, and though it’s brutal out here, Olivia has a bright future ahead of her. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“I think SOUR is so much more than the drama surrounding the release and ‘Drivers License’. It presents a raw and honest microcosm of teenage life in an era where we don’t know how to feel or what to think because of the immense amount of societal pressure placed on us. Olivia touches upon this beautifully in this album with songs like ‘jealousy, jealousy’, ‘enough for u’, and ‘brutal’. In addition, the storytelling that occurs in this album is complex and rich — take for example ‘Hope that ur ok’ and ‘traitor’. Someone, please give me tour tickets. Overall this album received six butterflies.” (Andy, 12)

“‘Traitor’ is my favourite song from the album because I can sing my heart out” (Kym, 12)

30

Photo via Wikipedia

People have waited a long time for this album, and Adele did not go easy on us. After 6 years, Adele made her comeback with the moving and acclaimed 30, her fourth studio album. Released on November 19, 2021, the album sold 692,000 copies in its first week in the U.S and became the first album released in over a year to sell a million copies in the U.S. This album incorporates a multitude of genres, including pop, jazz, soul and rhythm and blues, paired with Adele’s outstanding vocal performance. Adele has previously mentioned that her album was written to explain her choice to divorce her husband, Simon Konecki, to her 9-year-old son, Angelo. Along with divorce, this album talks about her motherhood and scrutiny of fame, while also incorporating themes of heartbreak, guilt, acceptance, love and hope that listeners can relate to. However, as Adele has stated, this album was hers: it shares her side of the story as she goes through stages of self-destruction, self-reflection, and self-redemption and hope. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“I liked it because she hasn’t released an album in a while and she sang beautifully” (Charlize, 11)

“It’s one of my favourite albums that she released because it is relatable and when you listen to the songs, they can make you very emotional” (Aijay, 11)

“I loved the album and was really surprised that she can still sing that well (after 6 years)” (Angel, 10)

Certified Lover Boy

Photo via Soundcloud

Drake may need to pipe down with all the great music he’s putting out this year! Marking yet another successful album in his career, Certified Lover Boy earned a whopping 744 million streams worldwide. Released on September 3, 2021, CLB topped the 200 chart at first place for five non-consecutive weeks. Featuring pop and rap themes about relationships and success, the Torontonian artist set the bar high for rappers across the world. Drake really did get a fair trade for his hard work as his most popular song from the album, “Way 2 Sexy”, became a commercial success. In fact, it was elected to be the recipient of the People’s Choice Award for “Favourite Collaboration Cong”. Seeing Drake work tirelessly from the bottom to where he is now is truly inspiring for us fellow Torontonians. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“It’s a bop.” (Anita, 12) 

“Good job for representing Toronto!” (Fiona, 12)

“I love Drake. His album is so catchy!” (Mariel, 12)

“I like all the songs in that. I’m a diehard Drake fan!” (Mark, 12)

RED TV

Photo via Taylor Swift Wiki - Fandom

We are now watching it begin again. Taylor Swift released her highly-anticipated re-recording of the popular album, Red. Released on November 12, 2021, the album comprises 30 songs, featuring tracks from the deluxe version and never-heard-before songs. Gaining public and critical acclaim, the album was praised for Swift’s vocals, the production, the new tracks and the vivid songwriting. The album also received commercial success and broke many records, including the most single-day streams for an album by a female artist on Spotify. As Swift has stated, Red (TV) is an album about heartbreak, but also includes themes of love, life, loss, and healing. Swift’s crown jewel is the 10-minute version of “All to Well”, which is a fan-favourite and considered one of Swift’s best songs. The song came featured with a short film and became the longest song ever to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100. Seeing Taylor Swift’s achievements with a rerecording is something that we will remember all too well. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“I love that Taylor is remastering her old iconic album and it makes me feel nostalgic. You really can’t hate Taylor Swift, there’s always gonna be one song that you like.” (Fiona, 11)

“Outstanding. Life-changing. The lyrics are so devastating that I shaved half my head.” (Clara, 11)

“Red (stolen version) should’ve been album of the year in 2012, but now, Red (TV) should be the album of the century! Red (Taylor’s Version) is so good that even if you’ve never been in a relationship, it makes you feel like you’ve been through it all... and remember it all too well.” (Jerril, 12)

Donda

Photo via Cascade

On August 29, 2021, Kanye West released his tenth studio album, Donda, which was one of the biggest albums of 2021. Incorporating hip hop, gospel, trap, rap and rock; Donda was acclaimed for being vulnerable, broken, and self-reflective. However, it did receive mixed reviews from critics regarding its cohesiveness and the long runtime. Donda broke the record for the most first-day streams for an album in 2021 on streaming platforms. It debuted at number one on the US Billboard 200 after five days and became his fastest album to reach one billion streams on Spotify. Themes in Donda included religion, fame, life, and personal growth. Donda is nominated for “Album of the Year” and “Best Rap Album” at the 2022 Annual Grammy Awards, with “Jail” and “Hurricane” nominated for “Best Rap Song” and “Best Melodic Rap Performance”. His honest and vulnerable tracks demonstrate his journey of personal growth that will inspire listeners. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“It’s good, I guess. I listened to it once and it was pretty good” (Fiona, 12)

“I like ‘Praise God’ a lot from his album, but that’s mainly it. CLV is better” (Mark, 12)

“The entire album was powerful because it had triumphant music, a powerful orchestra and insane vocals!” (Fahad, 11)

Happier than Ever

Photo via Pitchfork

After listening to this album, we are in love with Billie Eilish’s future. With alternative, indie pop and even edgy themes incorporated into this album, Billie showed a new side of her talent. Released on July 30th, 2021, Happier than Ever marks Billie’s second-ever best-selling album. This album and its cover track earned seven Grammy nominations at the 2022 award ceremony, standing as one of the biggest albums of 2021. In just the second week, the album received 59 million streams. One of its most popular songs, “Happier than Ever", was praised by listeners. Featuring beautiful vocals and heart-wrenching writing that puts the listener into Billie’s position, this album features some of her most vulnerable pieces, further highlighting her growth as an artist and as a person. Furthermore, Billie was one of the only three female artists to create an album that stayed at the top of Rolling Stone’s top 200 list for over a week. Her album goes to show that, like “Halley's Comet”, Billie is a shooting star. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“I liked Happier than Ever because it’s different from the music content Billie has created. Her album documents her fears and traumas and still manages to sound astonishingly self-assured about herself and her music.” (Pia, 11)

“I liked Happier than Ever because I feel like a lot of teenagers can relate to the lyrics of Billie Eilish’s songs. Also, her voice is heavenly.” (Rand, 11) 

Call me if you get lost

Photo via Crack Magazine

Consider us #Blessed. Tyler the Creator released his critically acclaimed sixth studio album, Call Me If You Get Lost, which was released on June 25, 2021. Consisting of 16 songs, Tyler showed his versatility in music and incorporated genres of hip hop, pop, jazz, soul and reggae. He integrated themes of romance, self-awareness, heartbreak, nostalgia, and growth. In its opening week, Call Me if You Get Lost gained 153 million streams, while 55,000 copies of the album were sold. Debuting at number one in the U.S. Billboard 200, this album was nominated for “Best Rap Album” at the 2022 Grammys. The album cover, which features a character named “Tyler Baudelaire”, is believed to be homage to the French poet, Charles Baudelaire, whose work is regarded by critics as a representation of the themes and nature of Tyler’s music. 

Here are some opinions from Mary Ward students:

“I listen to this album every day and it makes me feel super hyped! Some of the talking points in the song are really funny” (Fiona, 12)

“I loved the album, I loved the beats to the songs, and I’m excited to go to the concert on March 11!” (Jasmine, 11)

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1 & 2: Dairoe & Alice speaking to their SOs (NOT PICTURED)

3: just RAW, it’s Them

4: gothified @estroboscopios Lynne

5, 6: my OCs from that one emoji mashup meme fskjf (Dairoe, Imelda, Mamoru, Alice, Malmal, Kei, Quincy and RAW in that order)

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some doodles from a gay roleplay 🌊

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Amazing paintings from London based painter Dairo Vargas @dairovargas at http://www.dairovargas.com/ "Deconstructed", © Dairo Vargas