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Hey guys, it's Conan, and welcome to another favorites video!
This is the second installment of the summer favorites series.
I guess there'll be one more installment? Actually, UCLA starts really late,
so I guess most of you guys will already be in school by the time September comes around. Anyways,
this is the second installment of all the things that I like during summer. As you could probably assume, this summer has a lot more
downtime than during the normal school year, so I've kind of been wasting a lot more time and discovering a lot more things.
So my list is a little bit more of like a diverse catalog than normal. Before we get started,
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two month trial. Thank you, Skillshare! Let's get into my fashion favorites. First up is this blue crop top
tee thing. So this is actually a women's shirt. As you guys know, when I go thrift shopping
I look in both the male and female section because sometimes you find things like this. From here
you can't really tell, but what I really love about it
is it has this kind of tall neckline, and obviously it's made for women so it's this kind of interesting
cut that you don't really see in male clothing very often.
It's definitely more of, like, a fall piece, so I haven't worn it much during this summer.
But I'm super glad that I found it,
and I can't wait to wear it when it starts getting cold in California. Or colder. It doesn't get cold often in California.
But I love it.
It just has this kind of cool, vintage style that I haven't seen in clothing in a very long time. Next up are these vintage
sunnies. These are...
very pretentious.
These are Prima eyeglasses from Eye Buy Direct, but I put a black tint on them, that way they're sunglasses.
They kind of make me feel
like a
rude
Parisian? Or maybe like a grandmother who has a fountain at her house?
I've been seeing glasses like this a bit more in social media lately,
but I haven't seen it much so I want to make it a thing because I love them;
I think they're super sick. The site that I got them from, Eye Buy Direct, always has sales.
So if they're not having a sale right now, just like, wait a bit and I guarantee you could probably get these for a lot cheaper. I just love them. Very vintage. Very...
"shishi." Next is this shirt and this shirt. They are these kind of like, striped golfer tee type t-shirts.
I see shirts like these in thrift stores all the time.
They're always
around, and they almost always seem to be in primary color so I always end up picking them up anyways.
No matter even if I have ones that are already exactly like this. About the past month
I got this one and this one, and I just love the way they look. They're very school boy vibes,
and that's kind of like, one of the aesthetics that I have, so I just feel like they're really cool.
Something about stripes like these just really evokes a kind of Americana style, and I'm really into that. Last fashion favorite.
I'm only going to show you for
0.3 seconds because I kind of don't want you guys to get used to seeing this until it's in something, but.
Basically, I got this really cool jacket. It was in my last vlog, if you want to see it for more than 3 seconds,
but I don't want you guys to get used to seeing it because I bought this jacket
specifically for my music video, for my single that's coming out in August. I talk about it in every video because I'm like, crazy
excited about it, but I bought that for that. So I want you guys to act shocked when you see it.
I just had to show you guys because it's super amazing.
I don't want you guys to see it that much, but I just showed it in my last video,
so I don't know why I'm being secretive. I just, just let me —
Just let me do my thing, okay? Next up are my music faves. First on the list is a band or artist
Named the Japanese House. I just found them about a week ago, and
I'm absolutely obsessed with all their music. It just blew my mind. Their music style is very unique.
It's not really like anything I've heard in the music industry at the moment. It's definitely very
calming? But I think the best word I can use to describe it is very contemplative. Like, it
just feels like thinking? And it's the type of music that I listen to while I'm driving around at night. It's super dreamy.
It's really hard to explain in words.
I would totally check them out if you're into kind of alternative music. Next up is the song Drew Barrymore by Sza.
I actually had to look up how to say her name because it's S-Z-A. Something about the tone of this song is just
so
interesting and so different. Sza's music in general is really freaking cool. She released an album a couple months ago,
I would say? And I just got around to listening to it, and all the attention she's getting right now, she totally deserves.
She's making incredible music. And the song Drew Barrymore, specifically, is kind of like, the perfect
breakup song, I'd expect. I've never been through a breakup, and I'm not going through one right now,
but I just feel like it's the perfect song I would want to listen to while I'm breaking up.
She's a badass lady,
and I feel like I'd let her punch me in the face. Her music makes me want to punch someone in the face, too.
It, it's just — I don't know. It's — Just listen to it. Next up is a song named idontwannabeyouanymore by
Billy Eilish. You guys already know how much I talk about Billy Eilish.
She's just a great artist. Definitely one of my favorite artists the past year. Every single song she releases blows my mind.
She's almost
Completely genre-less; like, every single song is very different. The only running theme, really, is her voice,
which is very beautiful, by the way. I'm actually seeing her live in October. (Excited.)
idontwannabeyouanymore is pretty melancholy,
but I adore the tune. It kind of has remnants of like, 50's crooner music?
And I think my favorite part of all of her music, ever, is her lyrics. The lyrics are always
so smart,
and I wish I had come up with all of them. If you haven't checked her out after I've mentioned for like, five times, get
on it! I'm obviously telling you she's good,
so why aren't you listening to her? Next up is a song named New Rules by Dua Lipa.
I've loved her for a very long time, since Be the One. I don't have much to say about this song.
It's a massive bop of a song. It's also a song that makes want to punch a boy in the face, like punch an
f-boy in the face. And the music video is super creative and super
fantastic, and you know I love music videos. So just check it out.
Just do it. Last step are my entertainment favorites. First on my list, with an overwhelming
dance, is the movie Baby Driver.
I watched Baby Driver in the theaters 3 times. That may be normal for some people,
but I am not the type of person who watches a movie more than once, and
definitely not the favorite person who watches a movie more than once in theaters.
But I watched it 3 times, which is proof of how much I freakin' loved this movie. The movie is about this guy named
Baby, who is played by Ansel Elgort. And in the movie he is a heist driver.
He basically helps criminals escape after robbing banks by driving them into safety, basically. The whole movie is about
his life,
and how he got to the place that he was now, and
kind of how he escaped the crime world. And he falls in love in it, so that's always good. Gotta have a love plot.
I'm going to admit the movie is definitely violent, so if you don't like blood, if you don't like seeing people getting shot,
then I wouldn't suggest watching it. But one of the things I love about this movie is how
artistic the the fight scenes and things like that were? With action movies,
I get very, very, very bored of
People shooting and fighting. And, like, spy movies, especially, if they're just like punching people for 30 minutes, I'm so over it;
I don't care. But Baby Driver
definitely has a lot more plot than fighting, and
every single gunshot and every single kick in the face and like, all of those sounds are all in sync with the music
that's playing, which makes it really fun to watch.
I think that's why I was able to watch it 3 times as well. And since I am a massive music geek,
I just, I just loved it so much. Last on my list is the TV show
Gilmore Girls. Gilmore Girls is from the like, late 90's, early
2000's-ish. It is about a mother and her child who the mother had when she was
16 years old, and now the child that she had is 16,
and she's
32. It's all about their life
and what happened along the way, and what types of people they ended up being, and their town, and all the weird characters in their
Town. It's one of those really good cozy shows that you watch with a friend or with your family,
which is exactly what I've been doing.
It's also a really good show to binge because it's kind of like, you don't really have to pay massive attention to it,
so you can kind of like have it playing in the background.
And the show is set in a small town, and obviously I live in a small town,
so I just really relate to it,
and I think that it's one of those extremely iconic TV shows for a reason, so. You know. It's good; I like watching it.
I watched about
50 episodes in, like, the past 2 weeks, so. You know. That is everything on my list, all donezo.
I really hope you enjoyed watching this video. As always, in the comments below I'd love for you guys to tell me what your favorites
have been in the past month, that way I can hopefully find some more favorites.
I found the Japanese House because of you guys and I'm very grateful. You and I, we got, we got similar tastes.
So I'd really appreciate if you helped me out in the discovering process,
especially in the upcoming month because this next month is going to be
crazy, guys. I'm releasing a single. I'm moving from my tiny town to Los Angeles, California.
I'm starting school. I just, I would love your help. And with that, I'm going to go. I love you guys so much.
I'll see you guys in a few days with a brand new video. God bless and goodbye!