Remember 2012?

By: Serena

There's no doubt that "Gangnam Style" has dominated 2012; but what were the other trends in 2012? Well, that's why I'm here to tell you.

                   Music

     There were many great songs last year. Many were so memorable. This includes Taylor Swift's "We Are Never Getting Back Together", Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe", "Die Young" from Ke$ha, Bruno Mars's "Locked Out of Heaven", Justin Bieber's "Beauty and a Beat", Fun's "Some Nights", and last but not least One Direction's "One Thing", "Live While We're Young", and "Little Things". But tune in to the Grammy's on February 10, 2013 for some awesome performances and see who wins what.

                                                                              Word Up                

"Swag" was a commonly used term, except no one really knows what it means. The proper definition for "swag" is actutally an ornamenatal festoon of flowers, fruit, and greenery. So when people say, "I got swag", they're really saying," I have a decorative bouquet of flowers". Or in other words, they can also be saying,"I got Edible Arrangments" if they were talking about fruit. Another abbreviation that people were using was "YOLO"; which stands for "you only live once". When "The Motto" came out by Drake feat. Lil Wayne and Tyga, people on Twitter were tweeting things such as, "Didn't do my science project #YOLO" or,"Gonna try to go on #16&Pregnant!#YOLO." This "motto" was basically an excuse for people to do stupid things. But thankfully some people took the motto to experience something that will benefit them, instead of trying to get themselves killed.   

                                          Fashion

Fashion in 2012 was a twist of 80's and 90's fashion. This includes light colored jeans, crop tops, the Aztec pattern, cropped jean jackets, and combat boots. As for the guys, baggy pants, hats and caps, and varsity jackets were in style.

                                                         TV Shows

Shows such as X Factor, Pretty Little Liars, The Simpsons, Modern Family, Glee and Here Comes Honey Boo Boo were favoured in 2012. But unfortunately, Jersey Shore ended.

Sports

The San Francisco Giants won again last year. We won 2 years before and before that we won in 1954. And for this year, we are going to the Superbowl. We'll be going against the Saints on February 3, 2013. Make sure you cross your fingers!