Ariana Grande has never been less apologetic than with her most recent album, “Dangerous Woman.” Last July, the tween-pop singer was caught on a bakery’s surveillance camera licking a doughnut she did not buy and then proclaiming “I hate America.” Grande’s words generated massive backlash from people who accused her of shaming overweight Americans. Read more...
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Kristóf Almásy ducked into Rendezvous to make a call about organizing a club event. Just when the conversation turned serious, the familiar “Macarena” blared through the restaurant’s speakers. Read more...
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“I’ve never really played many shows,” says third-year international development studies student Isaiah Murtagh. Murtaugh and his roommate, third-year geography and environmental studies student Andre Arifin, will perform at Saturday night’s Spring Sing 2016, having met through mutual friends. Read more...
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The crowd fell silent as the spotlight shone on the Pauley Pavilion stage. Isaiah Murtaugh, vocalist of the duet Tom Shay and a third-year international development studies student, held a guitar and propped a harmonica on his shoulder. Read more...
Photo: Third-year sociology student Laura Savage took home Spring Sing’s top prize, the Northern California Alumni Grand Sweepstakes Award, for her original song “Once.” Spring Sing, held Saturday night, showcased Bruin talent in singing, dancing, comedy and acting to a large Pauley Pavilion audience. (Daniel Alcazar/Photo editor)
1945: The beginnings of Spring Sing The first Spring Sing was held on May 18, 1945, at the now-demolished UCLA Greek theatre. Created by then-ASUCLA director William Ackerman, the competition was advertised as a showcase for “Top Bruin Vocal Talent” and featured singing groups made of UCLA students. Read more...
Singing wasn’t something Taylor Broom thought about; it was something she naturally did. As a young girl, she skied on the slopes of Whitetail in southern Pennsylvania, humming and singing songs from musicals such as “Annie” and “Wicked.” Broom, a third-year psychology student known on stage as Temme Scott, will perform a secret original song in the warmer climate of UCLA’s Pauley Pavilion for Spring Sing on Saturday. Read more...
Photo: Taylor Broom, a third-year psychology student, is easing herself back into performing after dealing with musical insecurities that developed after high school. (Aubrey Yeo/Daily Bruin senior staff)
Lydia Luce describes herself as a sponge. She grew up listening to Mozart with her mother, Peter, Paul and Mary with her father and Stevie Nicks on her own. Read more...
Photo: Lydia Luce, a world music and viola performance graduate student, will perform her song “Love You True” at Spring Sing. She wrote the song for her brother’s wedding. (Keila Mayberry/Daily Bruin staff)
