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Rhee is back on PNG Music. She explains her name and talks about women in PNG Music. Here is what she says:
What is your real name?
'My full name is Matu Harina. That's originally from Vanuatu, and so my family friends call me Rheena. So from the arena I yeah that's where #Rhee came from.
Are you single?
I've got a family of my own. I'm a mom of two, they're only girls, one is um six and the other one's not yet one.
What do you think about PNG Music?
PNG music has always been dominated by males and back way back to when it all started and there wasn't a lot of um all I say like a boost for women to be part of the music industry in PNG.
Are there any women in PNG Music, lately?
Yeah but um so far we've got like good women like Mariani Masani, we've got Rock Set out there, Danielle Morgan.
Yeah, women like that um and myself coming up yeah well they're a lot coming out now it doesn't get that much challenging like how it is now.
I walked through the door with you, the air was cold
But something 'bout it felt like home somehow
And I left my scarf there at your sister's house
And you've still got it in your drawer, even now
Oh, your sweet disposition and my wide-eyed gaze
We're singing in the car, getting lost upstate
Autumn leaves falling down like pieces into place
And I can picture it after all these days
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know it's long gone and
That magic's not here no more
And I might be okay, but I'm not fine at all
Oh, oh, oh
[Chorus]
'Cause there we are again on that little town street
You almost ran the red 'cause you were lookin' over at me
Wind in my hair, I was there
I remember it all too well
[Verse 2]
Photo album on the counter, your cheeks were turning red
You used to be a little kid with glasses in a twin-sized bed
And your mother's telling stories 'bout you on the tee-ball team
You taught me 'bout your past, thinking your future was me
And you were tossing me the car keys, "fuck the patriarchy"
Key chain on the ground, we were always skipping town
And I was thinking on the drive down, any time now
He's gonna say it's love, you never called it what it was
'Til we were dead and gone and buried
Check the pulse and come back swearing it's the same
After three months in the grave
And then you wondered where it went to as I reached for you
But all I felt was shame and you held my lifeless frame
[Pre-Chorus]
And I know it's long gone and
There was nothing else I could do
And I forget about you long enough
To forget why I needed to
[Chorus]
'Cause there we are again in the middle of the night
We're dancing 'round the kitchen in the refrigerator light
Down the stairs, I was there
I remember it all too well
And there we are again when nobody had to know
You kept me like a secret, but I kept you like an oath
Sacred prayer and we'd swear
To remember it all too well, yeah
[Bridge]
Well, maybe we got lost in translation
Maybe I asked for too much
But maybe this thing was a masterpiece
'Til you tore it all up
Running scared, I was there
I remember it all too well
And you call me up again just to break me like a promise
So casually cruel in the name of being honest
I'm a crumpled up piece of paper lying here
'Cause I remember it all, all, all
[Verse 3]
They say all's well that ends well, but I'm in a new Hell
Every time you double-cross my mind
You said if we had been closer in age maybe it would have been fine
And that made me want to die
The idea you had of me, who was she?
A never-needy, ever-lovely jewel whose shine reflects on you
Not weeping in a party bathroom
Some actress asking me what happened, you
That's what happened, you
You who charmed my dad with self-effacing jokes
Sipping coffee like you're on a late-night show
But then he watched me watch the front door all night, willing you to come
And he said, "It's supposed to be fun turning twenty-one"
[Verse 4]
Time won't fly, it's like I'm paralyzed by it
I'd like to be my old self again, but I'm still trying to find it
After plaid shirt days and nights when you made me your own
Now you mail back my things and I walk home alone
But you keep my old scarf from that very first week
'Cause it reminds you of innocence and it smells like me
You can't get rid of it
'Cause you remember it all too well, yeah
'Cause there we are again when I loved you so
Back before you lost the one real thing you've ever known
[Chorus]
It was rare, I was there
I remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, you were there
You remember it all
Down the stairs, you were there
You remember it all
It was rare, I was there
I remember it all too well
[Verse 5]
And I was never good at telling jokes, but the punch line goes
"I'll get older, but your lovers stay my age"
From when your Brooklyn broke my skin and bones
I'm a soldier who's returning half her weight
And did the twin flame bruise paint you blue?
Just between us, did the love affair maim you, too?
'Cause in this city's barren cold
I still remember the first fall of snow
And how it glistened as it fell
I remember it all too well
[Outro]
Just between us, did the love affair maim you all too well?
Just between us, do you remember it all too well?
Just between us, I remember it (Just between us), all too well
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
It was rare, you remember it all too well
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
It was rare, you remember it
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
It was rare, you remember it
Wind in my hair, I was there, I was there
Down the stairs, I was there, I was there
Sacred prayer, I was there, I was there
It was rare, you remember it
I love you guys so much
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Latest News about Taylor Swift Grammys Award 2022
Taylor Swift opted to skip out on walking the 2022 Grammys red carpet and attending the ceremony entirely tonight despite being up for Album of the Year for Evermore. While it was possible that Swift would pull a Beyoncé and arrive later in the ceremony, as Album of the Year is among the last awards announced, she ultimately didn't. She lost the award to Jon Batiste for We Are.
Taylor Swift skip the 2022 Grammys with her boyfriend Joe Alwyn
Given she had only one nod in a very competitive category, Swift understandably skipped the night entirely, perhaps not expecting to win again after winning for Folklore last year.
Swift was seen out at an Oscars pre-party in Los Angeles last Friday with her boyfriend Joe Alwyn. Multiple eyewitnesses detailed to E! how Swift acted at CAA's bash at the San Vicente Bungalows. One source said Alwyn and Swift “looked very much in love.”
'Taylor was introducing Joe to many people around her,' that source detailed.
'She looked smitten and proud to be there with him.'
A second source said that Swift and Alwyn 'were very coupley and cute and seemed happy to be there together. Taylor and Joe were together all night. He was leading her around introducing her to people, and Taylor also introduced people to Joe. When Joe was leading Taylor around, he held his arm around her back'.
Neither Swift nor Alwyn was seen at the Oscars ceremony or its after-parties.
