Feeling good with you

Esther Rodriguez, Parents & Teachers Section Editor
March 4, 2015

Up-and-coming artist, Tori Kelly, released her newest single “Nobody Love” on Feb. 8 2015. . Kelly is mostly known for her being a contestant of the ninth season of American Idol. Her covers on YouTube caught the eye of Scooter Braun, a well-known music manager, which led to her to be signed with Capitol Records. This single is the first off an, as of now, unnamed upcoming album. Kelly wrote this song with songwriter/producer Max Martin, who is known for co-writing and producing Ariana Grande’s hit single: “Problem”. The two songs have been compared because of their bass-heavy chorus that Martin is known for. In an interview, the artist stated that “Nobody Love” is exactly how she envisioned her music to sound. This song speaks of a relationship that doesn’t seem to have a future. With lyrics like “Try my best to fight it, say I hate you, but I always stay”, she tells how she cannot leave this relationship because “ain’t nobody love like you do”. The “Nobody Love” music video was released on Feb. 26 and features her and her friends singing and dancing in a diner while the workers attempt to stick to the work, but can’t help but dance and sing along. Kelly has already released two full-length albums, but her upcoming album will be her major label debut.

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Esther Rodriguez, Parents & Teachers Section Editor

Entering her second year as a writer for The Downey Legend, senior Esther Rodriguez has high hopes. As a sophomore, she heard about joining Newspaper during the morning announcements and her English teacher, Mr. Kraus, encouraged her to fill out an application and display her knack for writing. This inspired her to apply and see if she could make it, which she did. Rodriguez joined in hopes of improving her writing skills, becoming less shy, and learning to write in more detail. To her, the best part about being on the newspaper staff is finding out about interesting, random things going on around the school. “There are things you would not know just coming to school, but being in Newspaper you learn things that aren’t common knowledge,” Rodriguez said. “We are the eyes and ears of the school.”

In her down time, Rodriguez enjoys reading young adult literature, writing fictional stories, and spending quality time with her cell phone on websites like YouTube, Tumblr, and Twitter. Besides being in Newspaper at school, she is also a new tutor at Downey High’s Writing Center. Writing as much as possible is important to her because she dreams of one day being an author. Along with chasing her aspirations of writing for a living, after she finishes high school, Rodriguez also looks forward to attending a university such as UCLA, San Diego State, or UC San Diego and obtaining a degree in English. Next summer, she will also be going on a missionary trip with church to Japan. Although her head is full of thoughts about the surreal future, for now Rodriguez is focusing on her schoolwork and activities and soaking up her last year as a high schooler.