{"id":18494,"date":"2016-02-29T10:19:58","date_gmt":"2016-02-29T10:19:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=18494"},"modified":"2016-02-29T10:19:58","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T10:19:58","slug":"kelly-pepper-is-wishing-on-a-star-with-new-single-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/kelly-pepper-is-wishing-on-a-star-with-new-single-release\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelly Pepper Is &#8216;Wishing&#8217; On A Star With New Single Release"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18497\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/kelly-pepper-is-wishing-on-a-star-with-new-single-release\/kelly_pepper_3_lr\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kelly_Pepper_3_LR.jpg?fit=1162%2C1749&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1162,1749\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;8&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D300&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1416050530&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;200&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00625&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kelly_Pepper_3_LR\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kelly_Pepper_3_LR.jpg?fit=640%2C963&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18497\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kelly_Pepper_3_LR.jpg?resize=640%2C963&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kelly_Pepper_3_LR\" width=\"640\" height=\"963\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Growing up on the London\/Kent borders in Bexleyheath, Kelly Pepper&#8217;s talent was evident from an early age. She began songwriting at the age of 13, after enrolling on several songwriting and development classes, including PPT (Polo Piatti Management).<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A singer songwriter who&#8217;s written for Matrix &amp;\u00a0Futurebound and Sigma, Kelly Pepper is the protege of drum and bass producer, Ray Keith. Kelly&#8217;s charted in the Top 20 Music Week charts with her first three singles, &#8216;Believe In Me&#8217;, &#8216;Drop The Bomb&#8217;, and &#8216;Koh Samui&#8217;. The video for &#8216;Koi Samui&#8217;\u00a0hit 20,000 views in its first week on VEVO, and found considerable radio support from DJ Target on BBC1 Xtra, and DJ EZ on KISS FM.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"18498\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/02\/kelly-pepper-is-wishing-on-a-star-with-new-single-release\/kelly_pepper_wishing\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kelly_Pepper_Wishing.jpg?fit=4000%2C4000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"4000,4000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Kelly_Pepper_Wishing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kelly_Pepper_Wishing.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-18498\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/Kelly_Pepper_Wishing.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Kelly_Pepper_Wishing\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Kelly&#8217;s latest release is &#8216;Wishing&#8217;, her take on the classic 70s hit from Rose Royce, &#8216;Wishing On A Star&#8217;. Produced by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.driftaproductions.co.uk\" target=\"_blank\">Drifta<\/a>, who&#8217;s worked with Kelly on her previous releases, it&#8217;s a gorgeous track capitalising on her considerable vocal range &#8211; an incredible six octaves &#8211; and combining it with a fast paced\u00a0syncopated rhythm\u00a0perfect for the dance floor. In an recent interview\u00a0with Maximum Pop, Kelly described her music as &#8220;DnB vibes, a little bit of trance, a pop edge and big hooks and vocals&#8221; &#8211; &#8216;Wishing&#8217; has all of this, and then some.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Wishing&#8217; is available to preorder from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/wishing-single\/id1081831448\" target=\"_blank\">iTunes<\/a> and is set for release on March 18\u00a0It\u00a0precedes Kelly&#8217;s EP set for release this year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Kelly Pepper online on<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/kellypepper\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/misskellypepper\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/misskellypepper\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.soundcloud.com\/kellypepper\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vevo.com\/artist\/kelly-pepper\" target=\"_blank\">VEVO<\/a>.<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F243850324&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=true&#038;show_comments=true&#038;color=false&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false\"><\/iframe>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London D&#8217;n&#8217;B artist Kelly Pepper is set to release her latest track, &#8216;Wishing&#8217;, on March 18. It&#8217;s available to preorder now from iTunes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":18496,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[57,9],"tags":[4715,4708,4703,4716,4714,4705,4707,4704,4702,1490,4706,4713,77,4712,4710,4709,4711],"class_list":["post-18494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-bbc1-xtra","tag-believe-in-me","tag-d-and-b","tag-dj-ez","tag-dj-target","tag-drifta","tag-drop-the-bomb","tag-drums-and-bass","tag-kelly-pepper","tag-kiss-fm","tag-koi-samui","tag-music-week","tag-new-release","tag-ray-keith","tag-rose-royce","tag-wishing","tag-wishing-on-a-star"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4Oi","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41539,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/kellie-anne-unlived-dreams\/","url_meta":{"origin":18494,"position":0},"title":"Kellie-Anne &#8211; &#8216;Unlived Dreams&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"19\/10\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Still aged only 15, Kellie-Anne is already an accomplished artist. 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