{"id":19195,"date":"2016-03-24T12:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-03-24T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19195"},"modified":"2016-03-22T15:56:16","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T15:56:16","slug":"introducing-monika-wilagos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/introducing-monika-wilagos\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing: Monika Wilagos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"p1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19196\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/03\/introducing-monika-wilagos\/attachment\/03\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03.jpg?fit=960%2C860&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,860\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"03\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03.jpg?fit=640%2C573&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19196\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/03.jpg?resize=640%2C573&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"03\" width=\"640\" height=\"573\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Singing from an early age, Monika Wilagos always knew music was her destiny. As a young child she used to perform at her family and friends&#8217; parties. Later as a teenager she was invited to sing for school and other events.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monika&#8217;s\u00a0big break came in 2006 when she moved to London, where she met a producer who was looking for a singer to work with. From this meeting came her album, &#8216;Taste Me&#8217;, which was released in December 2009. Songs from that album included &#8216;Taste Me&#8217;, &#8216;Another Life&#8217;, and &#8216;Summertime&#8217;. In February 2011, Monika released her second album, &#8216;Evolution&#8217;, which featured the song, &#8216;No Matter Who You Are&#8217; &#8211; a positive, feel good song Wilagos meant to inspire everyone in the world to not give up what they really want from life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Third album, &#8216;Diversity&#8217;, released in 2012, and fourth album &#8216;Looking West&#8217;, from August 2014, brought her to the attention of some talented producers, and she has recently released her latest EP, &#8216;Eternity&#8217;. The EP contains the song,\u00a0&#8216;Get It Up &#8211; Shake It Up&#8217; ft Mr Blarny. Monika has also written a song, &#8216;Love Is Broken&#8217;, with Australian blues band, Random Jammer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Monika is currently\u00a0working on an acoustic album.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to Monika&#8217;s\u00a0beautiful vocals on her latest song, &#8216;Take Me There&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_55863\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tYQ2zkQYYFE?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"MoNiKa WiLagos - Take Me There\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/tYQ2zkQYYFE\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Monika Wilagos online on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.monikawilagos.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Monika-Wilagos-166789573378563\/\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MONIKAWILAGOS\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/monikawilagos\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/mwilagos.tumblr.com\" target=\"_blank\">Tumblr<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/monikawilagos\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCYZpLfGCW0p8DxiYpyutADQ\" target=\"_blank\">Youtube<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singing from an early age, Monika Wilagos always knew music was her destiny. As a young child she used to perform at her family and friends&#8217; parties. Later as a teenager she was invited to sing for school and other events.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":19197,"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],"tags":[1343,5022,112,5024,65,5025,5021,144,226,666,5023],"class_list":["post-19195","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","tag-blues","tag-diversity","tag-europe","tag-evolution","tag-london","tag-looking-west","tag-monika-wilagos","tag-new-album","tag-pop","tag-rap","tag-taste-me"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-4ZB","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":10979,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2015\/05\/this-means-nothing-to-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":19195,"position":0},"title":"This Means Nothing To Me&#8230;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"26\/05\/2015","format":false,"excerpt":"This means nothing to me....ahhh Vienna!","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/songcontest.jpg?fit=734%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/songcontest.jpg?fit=734%2C350&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/songcontest.jpg?fit=734%2C350&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/songcontest.jpg?fit=734%2C350&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":39781,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/genevieve-vincent-shares-her-little-dream-with-release-of-petit-reve-ep\/","url_meta":{"origin":19195,"position":1},"title":"Genevieve Vincent Shares Her Little Dream With Release Of &#8216;Petit R\u00eave&#8217; EP","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"24\/08\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Genevieve Vincent grew up in a small Canadian city surrounded by nature. 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