{"id":19912,"date":"2016-04-29T10:35:30","date_gmt":"2016-04-29T09:35:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19912"},"modified":"2016-04-26T16:02:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-26T15:02:33","slug":"mira-aasma-whale-song","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/mira-aasma-whale-song\/","title":{"rendered":"Mira Aasma &#8211; &#8216;Whale Song&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19915\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/mira-aasma-whale-song\/mira-aasma-1-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mira-Aasma-1.png?fit=1290%2C880&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1290,880\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Mira Aasma 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mira-Aasma-1.png?fit=640%2C437&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19915\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/Mira-Aasma-1.png?resize=640%2C437&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Mira Aasma 1\" width=\"640\" height=\"437\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The music of 19 year old singer Mira Aasma, from Gothenburg, Sweden, is filled with maturity and grace way beyond her years. Her single, &#8216;Whale Song&#8217;, released on April 8, is the follow up to &#8216;Ghost&#8217;, which received airplay in her homeland and also on Amazing Radio in the UK.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>Mira, who has been compared favourably to Florence Welch, has written, arranged and produced all the tracks on her forthcoming EP, &#8216;Stereoscope&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Find Mira online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Mira-Aasma-847062358745806\/?fref=ts\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/miramiramiramiras\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/birds-records\/mira-aasma-whale-song\" target=\"_blank\">Soundcloud<\/a>. You can stream &#8216;Whale Song&#8217; on\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spoti.fi\/1SiDPg0\" target=\"_blank\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/apple.co\/1S12oRQ\" target=\"_blank\">Apple Music<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/25OUkuu\" target=\"_blank\">Deezer<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_48757\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HYrGH9syHMg?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=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/HYrGH9syHMg\/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>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The music of 19 year old singer Mira Aasma, from Gothenburg, Sweden, is filled with maturity and grace way beyond her years. 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