Empire State of Mind

I cannot get over how much I love this song! I get goosebumps when I listen to it. Apart from … personal reasons, it’s also because of the whole mood of this song, talking about New York, a big city … it just makes me anticipate my studies in America next year! I honestly do think America is one of the best places in the world to go to college in, I really can’t imagine why people would choose anywhere else. I really want to go to New York and people always give me shit for it, going oh New York is overrated bla bla bla I’m just being a typical Asian bla bla bla … when they don’t even know the real reason behind my love for New York.

The real reason stems from my writing background which knows it can only benefit from New York’s vibrant art/literature scene and just, the whole idea of New York as this big, dynamic and loved-by-all cosmopolitan city … the people, the hustle-bustle, the vibe, the hype and just the sheer energy from the city. How can you not feel inspired by that? I love how artists and writers, people of art, can get so much more from life than philistines who go, “Oh so you’re going to New York to be gay” can. And if you’re asking what if it does not turn out to be what I expected it to be, then you’ve completely missed the point. Heck even if this may bring me back to the “typical reasons that Asians like New York” well whatever. I don’t care if New York is overrated, I don’t care if America is overrated … I believe there is a reason they are seen as overrated. And I love this city to death.

“Concrete jungle where dreams are made of,

There’s nothing you can’t do,

Now you’re in New York,

These streets will make you feel brand new,

Big lights will inspire you,

Let’s hear it for New York, New York.”