Girl

A girl is a female human from birth through childhood and adolescence to attainment of adulthood when she becomes a woman. The term girl may also be used to mean a young woman, and is often used as a synonym for daughter.

Etymology

The English word girl first appeared during the Middle Ages between 1250 and 1300 CE and came from the Anglo-Saxon words gerle (also spelled girle or gurle). The Anglo-Saxon word gerela meaning dress or clothing item also seems to have been used as a metonym in some sense.

Girl has meant any young unmarried woman since about 1530. Its first noted meaning for sweetheart is 1648. The earliest known appearance of girl-friend is in 1892 and girl next door, meant as a teenaged female or young woman with a kind of wholesome appeal, dates only to 1961.

Usage for adults

The word girl is sometimes used to refer to an adult female, usually a younger one. This usage may be considered derogatory or disrespectful in professional or other formal contexts, just as the term boy can be considered disparaging when applied to an adult man. Hence, this usage is often deprecative. It can also be used deprecatively when used to discriminate against children ("you're just a girl").

Sweetness

Sweetness is one of the five basic tastes and is universally regarded as a pleasurable experience, except perhaps in excess. Foods rich in simple carbohydrates such as sugar are those most commonly associated with sweetness, although there are other natural and artificial compounds that are sweet at much lower concentrations, allowing their use as non-caloric sugar substitutes. Examples of foods that may be used as non-sugar sweet substitutes include saccharin, aspartame, acesulfame potassium, sucralose, xylitol, erythritol, and stevia. Other compounds, such as miraculin, may alter perception of sweetness itself.

The chemosensory basis for detecting sweetness, which varies between both individuals and species, has only begun to be understood since the late 20th century. One theoretical model of sweetness is the multipoint attachment theory, which involves multiple binding sites between a sweetness receptor and a sweet substance.

Sweet Girl

Sweet Girl is the sixth mini-album released by B1A4 under WM Entertainment. The album was released on August 10, 2015, by WM Entertainment (also the first one to be distributed by LOEN Entertainment). The title song of the album, "Sweet Girl", along with the other songs, was produced by leader Jinyoung. CNU also produced one song in the album called "Love is Magic". B1A4 won a trophy with "Sweet Girl" on the August 19 episode of MBC Every1 Show Champion and earned the title of the tenth most watched music video in America for August by Billboard.

Teasers

B1A4 posted five red-tinted images on Facebook and Twitter of the individual members showing off a new mature B1A4. On July 31, 2015, B1A4 posted a teaser video of all five songs on the album and a music video teaser on August 4, 2015. On August 6, they held a Guerilla Concert which was broadcast live via Naver V app where they debuted three songs from their new album including "Sweet Girl". The official music video for "Sweet Girl" was released August 10, 2015 alongside their album.

Sweet Lovin'

"Sweet Lovin'" is the second single from British musician Sigala, featuring vocals from I See MONSTAS frontman Bryn Christopher. It was released on 4 December 2015 as a digital download in the United Kingdom through Ministry of Sound. It is the follow-up to his UK number-one single "Easy Love". The song has reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 6 in Ireland.

Critical reception

In a highly positive review, Lewis Corner of Digital Spy called the song "another tropical house thumper with a euphoric chorus and luscious, soulful vocals."

Music video

The music video was filmed in Los Angeles, California. It was uploaded to Sigala's official Vevo channel on 13 November 2015. It features a woman (Candice Heiden of LA Roller Girls Entertainment. ) rollerskating around the streets and leaving clouds of red smoke in her wake, causing anyone in the smoke's path to dance infectiously to the track.

Track listing

Charts and certifications

Release history

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