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# #DaleyPop: Our Christmas cracker Dale Melita shares magical POP for the festive season
- URL: https://www.scenemag.co.uk/daleypop-our-christmas-cracker-dale-melita-shares-magical-pop-for-the-festive-season/
- Published: 2022-11-29T19:00:51.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-29T18:53:21.000Z
- Description: A sprinkling of POP in time for Christmas
- Author: Contributor
- Tags: Arts, Music, Christmas, Dale Melita, DaleyPop, Kim Petras, Mylène Farmer, Olly Alexander, pop Music, Rupaul, Years & Years

Music has been embedded in my life ever since I was in the womb, my Mum and Dad basically raised me on music, especially POP music! I grew up listening to **Madonna**, **Mariah**, **Kylie**, **Spice Girls**, **Britney**… even **AQUA**! I love sharing my favourite songs and album every month with you all from *Scene* magazine HQ! Follow me on Twitter [@DaleMelita](https://twitter.com/DaleMelita?ref=scenemag.co.uk) and Instagram [@itsdalemelitabitch](https://www.instagram.com/itsdalemelitabitch/?hl=en&ref=scenemag.co.uk) and [here’s your #DaleyPOP playlist for this month](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/08Mq7CPMlXlsiZMbsuVGUj?si=2dbbeed387214cf6&pt=a4f0ae4610daa1d6afb83834e4a3163c&ref=scenemag.co.uk)! Oh and a very happy little Christmas to you… AND YOU!

**Lindsay Lohan and Ali Tomineek – *Jingle Bell Rock* (from Netflix film *Falling for Christmas*)**

OMG Christmas miracles actually do happen! Lilo has finally given us the best Christmas present ever – her own version of *Jingle Bell Rock* (my second favourite Christmas bop after Mariah’s, obvs) like 18 years after the classic *Mean Girls*!

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/aaaaba3n1nczyylxn6wkvnflhsv8n-du8fqdbw3e8vfodq0nxpdu1pwp01ghljk5c4ody4hindmrpr8gxe1789lmvg6tannkwgoxjckq-e1669744207617.jpg)

She’s back on screen too in this cosy Christmas film, which will now be added to my list of ‘must watch’ Christmas films every Christmas. Sorry I keep saying Christmas BTW, I’m feeling festive already.

**P!nk – *Never Gonna Not Dance Again***

Wooo, P!nk is back and back to her best with her new uplifting and infectious single with such great lyrics like “I want my life to be a **Whitney Houston** song,” taken from her upcoming ninth studio album *TRUSTFALL* out in February.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/maxresdefault-2-e1669744109676.jpg)

Oh and did you catch her **AMAs** performance?! It’s on YouTube if you didn’t but she literally roller-skated into the AMA’s and made rollerskating and singing look so effortless and easy peasy and I’m still not over it!

**RuPaul – *Show Me That You Festive***

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/maxresdefault-e1669744071755.jpg)

YAY another new Christmas present for us all, this one from Mama Ru and it’s a sleigh (pun definitely intended). I’d say Mariah would be shaking in her little space boots but she’s the Queen of Christmas so she’ll be chilllllled.

**Louise – *Super Magic***

Louise Redknapp has dropped *Super Magic,* which is a slinky ’80s-esque bop. Louise tweeted: “This is my most favourite I’ve released so far!” and I’m obsessed personally, definitely **Janet Jackson** vibes.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/ab67616d0000b2734ed8d01630071d1ef56cecb1-e1669744013319.jpg)

Oh also, Louise has just signed a new contract with record label **BMG** (YAY) so surely that must mean even more new music on the way?! Welcome back Louise 😍

PS: if you’re reading this, just to remind you, you were fab at **Mighty Hoopla** in the summer and thank you again!

**SZA – *Shirt***

One and a half years later or maybe even two years later, *Shirt* has finally arrived (basically SZA posted a snippet on Instagram in 2020 and then the snippet went viral on TikTok) but now she’s released it in all its glory and it was worth the wait IMPO.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/maxresdefault-3-e1669744289494.jpg)

She even teases another new song at the end of the video (which sounds lush), I’ve got a feeling in my waters that 2023 will be SZA’s year and hopefully… a new album? manifesting

**Kim Petras – *If Jesus Was A Rockstar***

Kim Petras released her first solo single since her hugely successful duet with Sam Smith (read my review for Unholy here if you missed it: https://www.gscene.com/arts/column-its-daleypop/) and it’s bit of a different sound for Kim-“No one’s heard anything like this from me before. Gay club music was always my shit before, but now everyone is doing that, so where’s the excitement? If I did it again, it would just be boring.”so now Kim’s decided to “sing about something deeply meaningful, something that I struggle with and something that is just honest.” oh and it’s her first ever solo song without controversial Dr.Luke on the credits which will make most fans super happy!

**Years & Years – *100% Pure Love***

**Olly Alexander** aka Years & Years has taken us back to the ’90s with his cover of one of the best dance songs ever and has given it a new lease of life. Olly: said “Crystal’s vocal on the original is so captivating, she has such a special energy and that really inspired me when I came to record my vocals. I’m really hoping people enjoy it, it has such a positive message and liberating feel to it, I love it!”

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/maxresdefault-4-e1669746639876.jpg)

We love it too, 100% pure love from *Scene* x DaleyPOP HQ heheheheheheh.

**Rhian! – *Be My Baby This Christmas***

This month’s *Scene* cover star Rhian! understood the brief with his first ever Christmas song! Definitely bringing fun, warm and excitement of the holiday season. Rhian! said: “I love Christmas and because I love Christmas so much, I wanted to create something that had a timeless feel to it.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/image-13-scaled-e1669746790229.jpg)

“It’s upbeat and fun but it also touches on that yearning and longing for love. A lot of people are alone at Christmas time, so I wanted to acknowledge that. I was very inspired by the Motown sound of the ’60s and the Christmas albums of that era”. Read the full interview in the December issue of *Scene* and stream this festive bop!

### ALBUM OF THE MONTH

**Mylène Farmer – *L’Emprise***

I’m so excited to enjoy a new Mylène Farmer album in real time for the first time – like I’ve said before I discovered Mylène last year when I met my partner and he’s like so obsessed with her! She’s basically the Canadian-French **Madonna** and is one of the most successful recording artists of all time in France with over 30 million records sold, a huge discography, epic music videos and live clips.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/mylene-farmer-justmusic-fr_-1068x1047-1-e1669747295572.png)

Right let’s get to the album – Mylène’s 12th, which is currently on course to hit number 1 in France! At first I was like meh butttt it’s a grower, and who doesn’t love a grower? Every time I listen to it I love it even more and as soon as it finishes I want to listen again, it’s very dark and moody, cinematic and… dramatic, even a bit Goldfrappy.

*Invisibles* is the perfect intro for the album although I think it could’ve been half the length, for some reason it feels really long even though it’s only 3 minutes and 35 seconds. Check out my first review of the second track *À tout jamais* (Forever) [HERE](https://www.gscene.com/arts/daleypop-dale-melita-serves-you-bop-after-bop-after-bop-2/?ref=scenemag.co.uk)

My favourite on the album right now is the title track *L’Emprise*, which translates as The Influence (thanks Google translate), but my favourite does keep on changing depending on my mood.

*Do You Know Who I Am* makes me want to cry and cry. *Rallumer les étoiles* (Rekindle the Stars) is simply beautiful, while *Rayon vert* (Green Ray) (with **AaRON**) is delicious and gets better with every listen.

![](https://www.scenemag.co.uk/content/images/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/rayon1668512446918-e1669747382649.jpg)

Mylène Farmer and AaRON

I also love *Ode à l’apesanteur* (Ode to Weightlessness) and *Ne plus renaître* (No Longer Reborn), which is an epic and 6 minutes and 6 seconds long but I wouldn’t mind it being 20 minutes long! *D’un autre part* (On the Other Hand) will be amazing live and I’m keeping my fingers and toes and eyes crossed Mylène performs this on tour next year!

*Bouteille à la mer* (Bottle in the Sea) rounds off the album – it’s the only real bop here, but overall the album is just… magnifique (gorgeous) 🙂