"Streets" is a song by American rapper and singer Doja Cat (pictured). Appearing on her second studio album Hot Pink (2019), it is an R&B; ballad with lyrics about a desire to return to a former romantic partner. The song became a sleeper hit around 15 months after the album's release—specifically, it went viral on the video-sharing application TikTok. It appeared in over 300,000 TikTok videos as background music for the "Silhouette Challenge", an online challenge in which participants danced while illuminated from behind with red lighting. Driven primarily by streams and digital sales, the song peaked within the top 20 of many national record charts, including the US Billboard Hot 100, and received platinum certifications in eight countries. "Streets" was sent to US contemporary hit radio stations as Hot Pink's seventh and final single on February 16, 2021. A corresponding music video premiered the next month, depicting Doja Cat's own version of the Silhouette Challenge.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1854:
Florence Nightingale and a staff of 38 nurses and 15 nuns were sent to the Ottoman Empire to help treat wounded British soldiers fighting in the Crimean War. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence_Nightingale
1944:
World War II: The three-week-long Battle of Aachen concluded, making the city the first on German soil to be captured by the Allies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Aachen
1959:
The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, designed by American architect Frank Lloyd Wright, opened in New York City. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solomon_R._Guggenheim_Museum
1966:
A coal tip fell on the village of Aberfan, Wales, killing 144 people, mostly schoolchildren. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aberfan_disaster
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
hide one's light under a bushel: (idiomatic) To conceal one's positive qualities or talents, especially due to modesty or shyness; to avoid attention. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/hide_one%27s_light_under_a_bushel
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
I came into office at a time of great economic and international instability. Families and businesses were worried about how to pay their bills. Putin's illegal war in Ukraine threatens the security of our whole continent. And our country had been held back for too long by low economic growth. I was elected by the Conservative Party with a mandate to change this. We delivered on energy bills and on cutting national insurance. And we set out a vision for a low tax, high growth economy — that would take advantage of the freedoms of Brexit. I recognise though, given the situation, I cannot deliver the mandate on which I was elected by the Conservative Party. I have therefore spoken to His Majesty The King to notify him that I am resigning as Leader of the Conservative Party. --Liz Truss https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Liz_Truss