{"id":19928,"date":"2016-04-27T11:15:53","date_gmt":"2016-04-27T10:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=19928"},"modified":"2016-04-27T15:36:20","modified_gmt":"2016-04-27T14:36:20","slug":"fifi-rong-to-make-special-ep-release-at-launch-show-in-02-academy-islington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/fifi-rong-to-make-special-ep-release-at-launch-show-in-02-academy-islington\/","title":{"rendered":"FiFi Rong to Make Special EP Release at Launch Show  In 02 Academy, Islington"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"19970\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2016\/04\/fifi-rong-to-make-special-ep-release-at-launch-show-in-02-academy-islington\/ac99ae7a-92ee-4443-8ee6-c1e84d0bb62b\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ac99ae7a-92ee-4443-8ee6-c1e84d0bb62b.jpeg?fit=850%2C1276&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"850,1276\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"ac99ae7a-92ee-4443-8ee6-c1e84d0bb62b\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ac99ae7a-92ee-4443-8ee6-c1e84d0bb62b.jpeg?fit=640%2C961&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-19970\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/ac99ae7a-92ee-4443-8ee6-c1e84d0bb62b.jpeg?resize=640%2C961&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"ac99ae7a-92ee-4443-8ee6-c1e84d0bb62b\" width=\"640\" height=\"961\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">London based artist, Fifi Rong is all kinds of right with her new release set to excite fans at O2 Academy Islington, London 28 April 2016. <\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Part of China\u2019s top 10 most popular new artists of 2014, Fifi has also been nominated Best Electronic Music Artist. The eccentric and honest-worded artist has collaborated with the likes of Tricky, Phaeleh, Skepta and Yello. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">She has received play time and great support from The 405, Clash, Fader Magazine, Hype Magazine, Pigeon and Planes, BBC Radio 1, BBC Radio 1 Extra and BBC Radio 6 Music.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Fifi Rong is a mixture of Hip Hop, Jazz and Dub, with a Lana Del Rey esque feel to her music. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">The international stand-out live performer has headlined shows across the UK, Europe and China\/Hong Kong. Her much anticipated EP, \u2018Violently Silently\u2019 was released December 2015. Following on from that her new EP \u2018Forbidden Desire\u2019 is set to be released on 29 April 2016, during a special release show at the 02 Academy this Thursday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">All the latest on this exciting Artist is available on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/fifirong\/tracks\" target=\"_blank\">SoundCloud<\/a> and on her <a href=\"http:\/\/fifirong.com\" target=\"_blank\">website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fifirong\" target=\"_blank\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/fifirong\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/fifirongmusic\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>.\u00a0&#8216;Forbidden Desire&#8217; is available to preorder from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B01DTRJTSO?ie=UTF8&amp;keywords=fifi%20rong%20forbidden%20desire&amp;qid=1460987345&amp;ref_=sr_1_1&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\">Amazon<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">For further details of Fifi Rong&#8217;s EP launch at O2 Academy Islington, visit her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/events\/619183714899873\/\" target=\"_blank\">event page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; 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