Starts with Two initials
The idea for the first book of her popular series came to her on a delayed train from Manchester to London
J.K Rowling
This boy band kicked off their DNA World Tour in 2022; they sang "I Want It That Way" & other hits
Backstreet Boys
It's the _______!
And it moves us all!
Through despair and hope
Through faith and love!
Circle of Life
Lion King
In "We Didn't Start The Fire", Billy Joel sings of "trouble in" this Mideast canal region, the site of a 1956 crisis
Suez
Composer baptized with the given names Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Explosive pyrotechnic devices used for aesthetic purposes and a Katy Perry song
Firework
Known as the "Mozart of Madras" this musical composer and record producer has won Two Academy awards, Golden Globe, BAFTA and Grammy for the same film
A.R Rahman
In her song "Can't Be Tamed", she sings "it's set in my DNA"; her dad, Billy Ray, passed down to her some of that genetic code
Miley Cyrus
"The seaweed is always greener in somebody else's lake, you dream about going up there but that is a big mistake"
"It ain't me, it ain't me, I ain't no senator's son" is the central refrain of "Fortunate Son" which was a criticism of class privilege in draft dodging of this war which took place from 1955-1975
Vietnam War
No one knows "Für" sure who is the title girl of this Beethoven piece, aka Bagatelle No. 25
Fur Elise
Radioactive
Nicknames include "The Future of the Funk", balanced aggressive tracks such as "Mama Said Knock You Out" with Radio Hits
L.L Cool J
"I got, I got, I got, I got loyalty, got royalty,
inside my DNA" is a lyric in a 2017 rap hit by this Pulitzer winner
K Dot
"Come stop your crying
It will be alright
Just take my hand
Hold it tight"
You'll be in my heart - Tarzan
"Pompeii" by Bastille uses the destruction of Pompeii by this volcano as a metaphor for emotional numbness, denial and living through catastrophe
Vesuvius
An ordained priest, this "Four Seasons" composer gave up celebrating mass due to what might have been asthma
Vivaldi
Element with the symbol Ti and a song by David Guetta ft. Sia
Titanium
"Fringe" & "Lost" producer
J.J Abrams
For their hit song "DNA", this K-pop band released a video in which they dance and form a double helix
BTS
"Who am I? I am a girl who loves my island and the girl who loves the sea, it calls me"
How Far I'll Go - Moana
In the song "American Pie" Don McLean references "The Day the Music Died" - a plane crash in which J.P Richardson, Ritchie Valens and this Rock and Roll singer passed
Buddy Holly
"Ride of the Valkyries" has been popularized in modern media ever since its use in a helicopter attack scene in this 1979 war movie
Astronomical object being temporarily obscured; Bonnie Tyler hit No. 1 singing, "Nothing I can do, a total....."
Eclipse (of the heart)
The Inklings were an informal literary discussion group at the Eagle and Child Pub at Oxford prominently composed of J.R.R Tolkien, Charles Williams, Owen Barfield and this Christianity inspired author
A Kidz Bop version of her 2017 song opens "I just took a DNA test, turns out I'm 100% that kid"
Lizzo
"You think you own whatever land you land on, the earth is just a dead thing you can claim"
Colors of the Wind - Pocahontas
OMD's 80s synth-pop hit "Enola Gay" referred to the name of the plane that dropped the uranium bomb named this on Hiroshima
Little Boy
A friend of this composer heard him sadly sing "Four Serious Songs" after the death of his crush Clara Schumann
Brahms
Coated with a protective layer of zinc to prevent rusting; A song by the Chemical Brothers
Galvanize(d)