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I made it for the May edition of the Neoxian City Talent Hunt and I'm entering with an Acapella cover of a song that reminds me a lot of my teenage years. I had sang this song with my music group back in those years and I remember we won music competitions more than twice.

Those were amazing days and I felt so happy when I first replayed this song after so many years. I remembered the contest and decided to freestyle on it and share as my entry. Honestly, I felt reluctant to post this even at the point where I was done editing. It just felt too simple but I forced myself to just go ahead and share it.

**"Every Praise"** is a song about praises to God who creates, loves and blesses. I owe Him so much than I even realize and singing His praises is one of the things I enjoy doing. Glad I could share it with you in this way. You can check out **"Praise And Harmony"** group that sang the original, I love to sing their songs a lot.

Let me know what you think about the song cover, I mean, the parts I sang in. I hope you enjoy listening. Looking forward to the next.

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**About Song**

*Hold Us Together by H.E.R that sings about God's faithfulness even when things seem hard, unclear or endless. The song has taught me more than I can share in just singing it but I'm glad I have this opportunity to share it in way, by singing it.*

Wow! It's been exactly three months since my last entry to the Neoxian City talent hunt, today. That's no coincidence because I had this feeling to make an entry today while I was facing the camera for another purpose. Yeah, I had no clue of a song to present until I decided to present.

There was no prior special preparation but I knew the song for a while, I decided to do something different from what I usually do and that is singing along the original artist and this time, using melodies from different musical parts. I had a lot of fun creating this, it is a beautiful first.

I hope you enjoy listening to it as much as I enjoyed making it, and yeah, do answer what I asked in the intro after listening. I have something for the first person who gets it correctly. Until next time, not for long this time.

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Hello Neoxian City!

This is my very first time entering the Neoxian City Talent Hunt, and honestly, it pushed me more than I expected. Dusting up my voice to sing a full, challenging song again was not easy at all. I had to warm up, retry parts, and remind myself to keep going. Creating the video came with its own struggle too, from setting to editing to this stage.

But at the very least, I got something better. I connect deeply with the song I chose for this cover. It speaks about being free from what has happened in the past, moving forward, accepting who I am, and still striving to become a better version of myself. That message alone made this song special to me, like I was speaking to myself.

The song itself is one of my favorites from the movie **“Kpop Demon Hunters”**, originally sung by **Ejae & Andrew Choi**. I love it's emotion and strength. Now, let’s be real, I’m not great with rap, but I still tried my best to sing Jinu’s part as well as I could. I also enjoyed doing a little duo play in the cover, switching between parts and energy.

And yes, the hair change was intentional. Just a tiny way to show who’s Rumi and who’s Jinu so don’t take it too seriously. This cover may not be perfect, but it’s honest, fun, and a big step for me. I’m proud I showed up and tried. Good luck to every other participants and thanks to the organizers of this hunt. Until next time, bye!!! ❤️

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A fruitful and Happy New Year to anyone reading this! We made it to Year 2026, congratulations!

I've shared a lot and enough about 2025 but for the very last time and my own way of ushering the new year in good spirit, I want to share one more thing I've been holding off until now because I needed to complete it no matter what.

**A 31-Day "Face The Camera" Streak** I started on the 1st of December 2025. Before that day, I didn't think I'd be able to even start than to complete it but here I am today looking back to it with a sense of pride and gratitude, I really did it.

What inspired making these videos was simply to groom myself in facing the camera doing more than just singing. Anyone who knows me know how easily I can sing to the camera, well, it's totally different for me when I have to talk to it.

So the video above is a compilation of all the videos I made through from 1st - 31st of the last month of the year. There were days I wanted to let it go, since I didn't have anyone who'd hold me accountable for missing a day but I didn't let go.

On my last video of the month, I didn't just talk a little, I sang a song of gratitude acknowledging that God has indeed held us together all year even when some things failed. It's one of my favorite gratitude song through out year 2025.


**What do I plan to do with this streak in this new year?** To be honest, I have no idea but I recently gained a new skill that might require me exploring more of using the camera and saying the things I know and I'm sure of that I can do.

I believe with my experience facing the camera, it's not as hard as I had first thought it to be even though most of what I said were on mute. I shared how my day went, told stories and mumbled words to myself, I can do a lot better.

One of my major 2026 plan using this completed streak challenge is to do more video content of me, not just singing but saying words that would impact the listeners. I'm not sure how I'll go about it yet but it's definitely a plan to succeed in.

I'd have asked for rating on my videos but I think there's no need, just providing evidence that I did finish all day of the month facing the camera for over 1 minute on each video. It was a feat that I'm glad I did completed. I got encouraged too.

P.S: This post was supposed to be published last throwback Thursday (New Year's Day) but I couldn't meet up to get it posted so here it is.

**First image is mine and edited with Canva.

Videos are from my gallery.**

I've been procrastinating when to write about this event I witnessed late last month. It was an unplanned invite that I couldn't refuse and I was so glad I got to accept the invite. I went with a family friend and her family, the journey to the place is a story on it's own. It was so far away.

To make things worse, it rained heavily while we were on our way. It made me wonder if I should have rejected the offer but we were almost at the place so no turning back. Thankfully, we got to the venue and it turned out that we were among the first three persons who have showed up early.


The wait for the family's arrival was long but it got very lively when the mother came around and greeted her invitees. We all gathered in a room she had decorated for the surprise bash awaiting the arrival of the celebrant. We were told her grandmother took her out to buy us enough time.

Finally, Hadassah (the celebrant) arrived and was welcomed with a loud **"Surprise!!!"** and a beautiful saxophone play. I had never seen her before that moment except on pictures but I must say, she looked more beautiful than in the pictures. Her smiles and gratitude was massive.



This was the hall we were made to sit and wait for their arrival before the surprise bash. I and the family friend I went there with couldn't stay long enough to do the after surprise party but I thought the decorations were cool. We only got to take pictures and our gifts then we went home.

I think this was the first surprise birthday party I've attended. Even though it was a kinda low key, I saw the love and happiness in the faces of everyone who were there to celebrate the 16 year old girl. She couldn't stop smiling and embracing everyone who came to make a memory with her.


There were lots of gifts for her from family and friends. A beautiful cake, money cake, perfumes, Pam slippers, a doll, framed picture and a lot more. I think the most emotional part of the birthday bash was when she had a moment with her mother. From the story I heard, it's been a lot.

I'm sure she would remember that day for a long time and that was definitely the essence of throwing a party like that. I had fun watching in the scenes, taking shoots and singing birthday song to her. After the whole indoor celebrations, we didn't stay long to see the celebrant change for more activities to play out but it was all good.

**Images used are mine**

**Hello Vibes Community!**

It's always a pleasure to join in with the great musicians for the vibes week and so I'm glad to be here with my entry for this week. There are no theme chosen so I decided to take this chance to explore a song I've had on my playlist for a while.


***"Stronger"** is a song with powerful lyrics, originally sang by **Kelly Clarkson**, an American singer and songwriter. This song teaches me everything about moving on and staying strong for oneself.* I could relate to the words because it reminds me that I can only love myself better after God's love. Self acceptance is a major lift.

So many are faced with one hurt or the other that want to move past but find it hard, this song is a reminder that it's not impossible. People will always hurt us, our wrong actions will always bring us pain but the ability to rise stronger again after all that is what makes us humans, stronger.

I hope you do watch and enjoy my cover of the song. Share your feedbacks and thoughts about the cover, it will be very much appreciated. Well done to all the entries so far, I've been having fun watching a lot of you until I got the chance to share mine. Until next time, stay on the vibes.

[**Promotional video link on YouTube**](https://youtu.be/mRVn5TwHBrI?si=zeIHx7Ao6jnvZ3N6)

**Image is mine, edited with ca**

**Hello Vibes Community!**

It's always a pleasure to join in with the great musicians for the vibes week and so I'm glad to be here with my entry for this week's theme. I decided to go back to an old movie I saw long ago, a movie that held deep meaning for me when I saw it. The song is one of the best parts.


***"Only Hope"** is a song sang during a play in the movie, originally sang by **Mandy Moore**, an American singer and actress. The song is from the 2002 movie **"A Walk To Remember"**.* I could relate to the emotions in the song as she sang it at a request wearing a pretty dress and feeling more confident and wowed everyone at the play.

If you're yet to see this movie, it's old but a good one to see. Deep life lessons to learn and a good song to sooth the mind as Mandy has a very beautiful voice for the song. I think my only difficulty making this cover was trying to show the emotions as much as she did when I watch it.

I hope you do watch and enjoy my cover of the song. Share your feedbacks and thoughts about the cover, it will be very much appreciated. Well done to all the entries so far, I've been having fun watching a lot of you until I got the chance to share mine. Until next time, stay on the vibes.

[**Promotional video link on YouTube**](https://youtu.be/mRVn5TwHBrI?si=zeIHx7Ao6jnvZ3N6)

**Image is mine, edited with Canva**

**Hello Vibes Community!**

It's always a pleasure to join in with the great musicians for the vibes week and so I'm glad I am here with my entry for the no theme week. I decided to do a cover of a Korean drama OST, my favourite from the series **"18 Again"** and I bet you'd see why it's my favourite when you listen.


***"Hello"** is a song in Korea Ballads genre, originally sang by **Sohyang**, a south korean singer and songwriter. The song is used as an original soundtrack for **"18 Again"**, a 2020 kdrama.* It's a love song that portrays a lot of emotions as it has both a happy and sad feel mixed in the lyrics.

I'm so glad I'm able to make this entry, I almost didn't because of some technical issues but that's solved now and I totally enjoyed the process making this video. This is my cover of the song but I recommend the song and if you're yet to see the drama, it's a recommendation too.

I hope you do watch and enjoy my cover of the song. Share your feedbacks and thoughts about the cover, it will be very much appreciated. Well done to all the entries so far, I've been having fun watching a lot of you until I got the chance to share mine. Until next time, stay on the vibes.

[**Promotional video link on YouTube**](https://youtu.be/mRVn5TwHBrI?si=zeIHx7Ao6jnvZ3N6)

**Image used is mine, edited with Canva**

**Hello Vibes Community!**

I've been feeling a lot better since the last time I shared about my health worries and I'm grateful about it. It's always a pleasure to join in with the great musicians for the vibes week and so I'm glad I am able to participate one more time, this time with my younger Bro for another duet cover.

No theme was chosen for this week and it didn't make deciding a song to cover easy but I had fun with the one I finally chose to do a cover of. There were two songs in mind but this one won it for us and I was glad my Bro accepted to do it with me, we should be having his own entry soon.


*So we're bringing to you, a duet cover of the song **"With You"** by **Dean Lewis"*** one of 2025 recent release and the song that introduces Lewis' impressive vocals to me. I played this song non-stop for a while when I first listened to it on Tiktok. It's like an honour doing a cover of it now.

It's a love song that portrays a lot of emotions in it's lyrics especially in the chorus. We had to do a lot of takes to get this final work that we decided to share. Always looking forward to doing better and improving our vocals, so the challenge is very much welcomed and it's exciting to take.

I hope you do watch and enjoy my cover of the song. Share your feedbacks and thoughts about the cover, it will be very much appreciated. Well done to all the entries so far, I've been having fun watching a lot of you until I got the chance to share mine. Until next time, stay on the vibes.

[**Promotional video link on YouTube**](https://youtu.be/cXBEWVcvX2g?si=vyCFoIeEuLyiA4yc)

**Image is mine, edited with inshot**

Hello my fellow music lovers in the Hive Open Mic community! I'm here with another entry for the special theme of this week **"Holy Spirit"**. A theme that reminds me of the power of holiness.

A lot of spiritual songs fits this theme for me but I decided to go back in time with my brother using a medley we've once learnt because of it's powerful lyrics. Playing this song again after so many years felt nostalgic but more than that, it reminds me of God's love and kindness to man.


God and the Holy spirit work hand in hand to make everyone of us live right with our conscience judging us to keep us in check. One of God's attributes that humans should have especially in today's world is what the song medley I chose emphasised on, that is **Merciful**.

**"Mercy/Touch The Sky"** is a medley song by **Caleb** And **Kesley**, a husband and wife who has been touching lives with their spiritual medley songs. This particular song seem more like my favourite but if I am being honest, I love all their medley songs because every of their song lyrics has a deep message for it's listeners.

So my brother and I did a cover of this medley in response to the theme, we hope you enjoy listening especially to the lyrics. Let me know what you think about the song, share your feedback in the comments. Until the next week!

**Song Lyrics**

*My past embraced

My sin forgiven

I'm blameless in Your sight

My history rewritten*

*Cause You delight in showing mercy

And mercy triumphs over judgment

And You delight in showing mercy

And mercy triumphs over judgment*

*What fortune lies beyond the stars

Those dazzling heights too vast to climb

I got so high to fall so far

But I found heaven as love swept low*

[Lyrics source](https://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/calebandkelsey/mercytouchthesky.html)

**Image is edited with Canva**