Feeling of a lightning strike

Carlos Garcia, Staff Writer
January 28, 2015

On May 18, 2014, British pop-rock band, The Vamps, released their single “Somebody to You” featuring American singer Demi Lovato. The song was released as the band’s first US single and fourth single from their debut album Meet the Vamps, which was released on Nov. 4, 2014. In addition, they took the UK by storm, with “Somebody to You” peaking at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart. In an interview with THE Magazine, lead singer Bradley Simpson describes the single as a “summer-y feel-good song.” He adds on, saying, “There’s a nice sentiment about the song, all you want to be is somebody to this one girl.” Lyrics like “Never really gave enough/ And then you caught my eye/ Giving me the feeling of a lightning strike” can further explain the theme of the song about wanting to be significant in someone else’s life. Originally starting on YouTube doing covers of popular songs, the pop rock band essentially became huge, with 700,000 subscribers on YouTube and 1 million followers on Twitter. Conquering the UK, they soon faced the biggest challenge of all: the North American demogrpahic. Now with their sophomore album underway, frontman Bradley Simpson hopes for his bandmates to have a stronger voice.

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Carlos Garcia, Staff Writer

17 year-old Carlos Garcia is an ex-Yearbook staff writer, and a newcomer on The Downey Legend’s writing team. He states that the major deadlines of Yearbook were too much for the then junior; Newspaper’s bi-weekly deadlines impose less stress on Garcia – who is now also juggling ROP classes, kudos to his Teacher Track, a course students can take to prepare for being a teacher. After graduation this year, Teacher Track will send him to Cerritos Community College for two years, where Garcia then hopes to transfer to the California State University of Long Beach. “I’m really hoping that I have more patience than I did before,” Garcia said, “because the track teaches patience for working with children.” Ideally, Garcia wants to be a renowned journalist, for a magazine of some sort; regardless, both jobs require varying levels of patience. Aside from being an aspiring journalist, Garcia is also a Netflix buff, dog enthusiast, Twitter connoisseur, and a music junkie. Garcia claims music is a huge part of his life, with his eclectic music taste ranging from garage rock artist Mac Demarco to rapper Azealia Banks. Since childhood, Garcia was a reserved person, preferring pencils and notebooks over the latest Nintendo. Leisure time consists of staying at home, cozying up to movies with his dogs Princess and Foxy. Still, Garcia plans to finish off senior year with a big bang: put on his best outgoing attitude, show off all his school spirit, and get the word out about The Downey Legend. With goals set in stone, Garcia is already looking like a promising addition to the 2014-2015 Downey Legend staff.