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Pop Essentials Fifth Harmony are Scared Of Happy!  Official Artwork. Syco Records  7/27 is not just their sophomore album but it actually cemented their sound and elevated them as a girl group in the pop genre. Maturing in music they found their glass slippers without Prince Charming of course. Scared Of Happy is a Tropical Pop , dance driven record which is fresh ok the island, served with a slice of lemon as they question their fear to be loved, nobody wants to fall and have no catch me moment or just to be abandoned. Lauren opens up the song as she has the nerves, goosebumps and the excitement of a new love. Served chill like a drink but truly crispy like a sprite you feel the heat and the burn.  All the girls truly shine and the beat has some interesting and engaging transitions that feel like surging emotions. The highs, lows, the freaking out, heart racing thoughts till a calm on the bridge as if searching for clarity and finally a determination as Ca...

Monday Music Motivation: Middle Of Your Heart by For King & Country Luke & Joel pictured, @4kingandcountry on X Welcome to the first Monday of 2026 and we're feeling as good as Music! In tune and singing along to the blessings of The Lord God Almighty. This week we have the Christian Contemporary Duo For King & Country who have an impressive discography with empowering hits such as It's Not Over Yet & Fix My Eyes .  Official Album Cover Middle Of Your Heart by For King & Country is soft rock bliss taken from their debut studio album released on February 28th 2012 by Fervent-Curb records . Lyrically it's about surrendering and turning to God. With such a riveting melody, it takes you into that space of intimacy and longing. Desiring a relationship with the Lord Jesus. Wanting Him to be the centre of it all, forgetting and leaving the past to embracing the new life. Our Faith isn't some empowering affirmation to make ourselves feel better with a sur...

Year End Awards 2025 Welcome to the 2025 Mzansi Avenue Year End Awards! Our tagline for this year is Secure The Win we don't just get into ẞspecific industries to be irrelevant players, we want to set a standard, leave an impressionable mark and be one of the best to ever do it. So we celebrate those who went out there and won big in their professional lives. Aim. Strike & Celebrate. Breakout Star Of The Year: Mawelele A man who understands his voice, he moves in rhythm like an expert who knows what he's doing. Smooth and keeps it interesting. An active singer who is captivating. With just a verse you're pulled into his library of music, ready to hear more. His work such as Answers the EP, tell us that he's only going to get bigger because he's one of the best vocalists and is what we've been missing on the scene, a male talent who is into the swoon worthy hits.  Artist Of The Year: Faouzia With just porcelain I think she stole the s...

Entertainment Avenue: Winx Club Reboot, what went wrong? Promotional Poster featuring the Winx Girls . Rainbow S.P.A This is one of the biggest franchises to ever come from Italy, created by Iginio Straffi who had a dream to create a magical girl series taking inspiration from his wife and women in entertainment such as Britney Spears ( Bloom ), Stella ( Cameron Diaz ), Musa ( Lucy Liu ), Flora ( Jennifer Lopez ), Tecna ( Pink ) & Aisha (Beyoncé).  The show first premiered in 2004 produced by rainbow and was a hit with praise for its mature themes , unique yet criticized art style at times. The transformations and music were iconic signatures for this brand, initially planned to last for 3 seasons, due to popularity and demand there was a 4th season which saw the Winx girls embrace adulthood, maturing and facing another threat in the form of the wizards of the black circle , everything seemed to indicate our girls are growing only for a new partnership wit...

Faith Avenue: Christianity and Legalism by Apostle E.K Thulare Unsplash Images/ Sasun Bughdaryan Welcome back to our Best Sermons of 2025 series as we End the Year with a bang. We've been taught so much, equipped with wisdom and an awareness of identity we operate from a point of power and a firm faith knowing the authority we've been given is unmatched.  Grace Encounter Church March 9th 2025 Sunday Service  Title: Christianity and Legalism Legalism is the law. The Apostle opened up with clarifying the difference between Legalism and Christianity and how we'll see they operate in the church, among Christians. The application and characterization. We dove right into this scripture to kick things off: John 8:3-11 GNTD [3] The teachers of the Law and the Pharisees brought in a woman who had been caught committing adultery, and they made her stand before them all. [4] “Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the very act of committing adultery. [5] ...

Faith Avenue: Trusting God even in Silence (Top 3 Sermons of 2025 from Grace Encounter Church) Unsplash Images/ Priscilla Du Preez  Good Day and God bless Aveneurs around the world. From your guy Aaron in Mzansi we bring you a delicious and Godly feast aimed at filling you will all that is Good and is from God. Apostle Thulare shared this back in March (2nd 2025). It details how God's silence isn't rejection nor a sign of abandonment as God has assured He'll never leave nor forsake us. Let's dive right into it, shall we? Grace Encounter Church March 2nd 2025, Sunday Service  By: Apostle E.K Thulare The Apostle opened with the following: During God's silence we should remain in the truth He has taught us; Patience and perseverance are required. You need to persevere, during hard times  We have to sit and keep still when God is quiet.  When God is silent, no matter what you do, nothing will move Him to speak. During a silent season, it doesn't mean God isn't a...

Entertainment Avenue: How To Ruin Love: The Lobola - Desperate Deals, Cows on the Highway and on the loose, A Love that wins no matter what!  Promotional poster. / Netflix  A Burnt Onion Productions .  The first installment was a brilliant and unforgettable experience, love was in the air, there was family chaos, a lot of breaking the fourth wall to famous TV tropes done right. We found ourselves rooting for Kagiso (Bohang Moeko) and Zoleka (Sivenathi Mabuya). Their story had so much depth, layers of complexity yet simplicity as in the we fight, break up just to makeup was beautifully executed. The 2nd season however struggles to walk, it takes baby steps as in while it has effective and swoon worthy moments, there seems to be not much to tell this time around. It feels minimal, stripped as if it's toned down and the way everyone is scattered is alarming. It almost felt like a different show with its overall tone. Zoleka didn't become a meme (her running gag wasn't as o...

Avenue Lifestyle: The Wrong Call. When Sin comes Knocking. Pexels Images/ Alex Gonzo This is an extension of a previous article talking about temptation, the wrestling that comes in which often has with a rude awakening that resistance isn't just a simple no and walk off, at times our opponents get in our way, the offer on the table keeps trying to lure you in for another bite or lucrative deal . Toying and tasking your emotions, a manipulative play that is often devastating. It's like a taunt on how weak you are, close to giving in so you can be a pleasurable trap that robs you of your joy. It was sin that brought about condemnation over all mankind so imagine us continuing with it, unable to break free because we find it hard to let go, those urges to watch pornography, hit up that sneaky link as today's society calls it, to give in one more time to masturbating, it's always that voice that seems to mean well "just this once, give in today, then you...