My Holy Grail

It's been more than twenty years since I had music in my life. I'm not a singer or someone who can make music. I simply enjoy them. I could spend one whole day doing nothing but listen to it. I admire those people who have the talent to mix beautiful voice, cool melody, powerful lyrics, and add a soul to it. They bring such inspiration to me. Their love and dedication to music literally made me want to do something different.

There are lots of great artists in this world who can do that, but these are, the ones that inspired me the most. The one that pretty much made me who I am today.

The first one is Backstreet Boys. Such a beautiful voice and beautiful songs they had. I still enjoy their beautiful music these days. Their voices calm all my worries in my younger days. Yes, I had that moment in my life like everybody else, and I'm lucky enough to find a beautiful voice who could help me get through those days. I feel grateful that they still made music these days. "Chances" is a beautiful love song. They sound awesome like they used to. And for those who don't know them, if you're interested, you can check their music, try "I want it that way", "As Long As You Love me", or "Everybody ( Backstreet's Back )" and "Quit playing Games".

Then came Linkin Park. Haunting voices, powerful lyrics, and Uplifting music. I can't get enough of Chester's voice and their powerful music. This band had a special spot in my life. But now that Chester's gone. I still remember that day, it was Thursday at noon, and I saw the news from my friend's phone. My mind was occupied with something else at that time so I didn't really aware of the news, probably just some fake news anyway. But later at night, the news was all over the platform on the internet. And I just couldn't believe it. He was gone. I feel numb for the next few weeks, couldn’t accept what it means, I was in a state of shock. Then, a few days later, a fact that there will be no new Linkin Park album to wait for, really hits me hard. All I can say right now is he will never be forgotten. As their music still inspired me to be myself until today.

And finally, this is the last paragraph for this article. To me, music is something magical. Through it, we're connected and inspired by each other. Through music, we find friends and comfort. It's something hard to find. Not many can do this and bring positivities to someone else's life. Hail to music, my Holy Grail.

With Love

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