As part of my drive to tweet more about music in 2021, I shall be launching a weekly series of posts called “Will’s World of Pop Weekends” or #WWW. Every Saturday, I shall share a track that I love, old or new, from across the globe.
1) meets The Channel Tunnel of tunes - @AyaNakamuraa teams up with Stormzy for ‘Plus Jamais’ #WWW
2) 10 YEARS OLD!!! Is Mr Saxobeat by @StanAlexandra the biggest banger ever? I would argue yes. #WWW
3) So I've recently discovered a thing called Q-Pop and it's just Check out @XCIofficial
4) @MohammedAssaf89 has won Arab Idol AND has been the subject of an Oscar-shortlisted biopic
5) This came on shuffle whilst I was running the other day and I was all like, "WOW CLASSIC!" @sistarsistar
6) The inaugural Ghanaian track on my show (link in bio) @darkovibes & @IamKingPromise team-up with 'Inna Song (Gin & Lime)' #WWW
7) You guys looking for some Hungarian hip-hop? I'm your man. #WWW
8) Does anyone else remember flicking through the channels in 2004 and discovering Kerrang? Good times. Yes, I was 6. #WWW
9) Ever wondered what Sheena Easton's 'Strut' would sound like in Cantonese? The answer is Anita Mui's 'Bad Girl'! #WWW
10) This thread has reached double digits! Hooray! To celebrate here's @IsBlancheBailly, one of Central Africa's biggest stars #WWW
11) bop @Ihab_Amir #WWW
13) @BrainStorm_LV aka Prāta Vētra were the first band from the Baltics to play @glastonbury and once gifted Mick Jagger a saxophone for his birthday
14) @raisa6690 is one of Indonesia's biggest singers and once performed the national anthem before a METALLICA concert in Jakarta #WWW