{"id":25670,"date":"2017-02-16T10:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-02-16T10:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=25670"},"modified":"2017-02-05T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2017-02-05T15:30:32","slug":"matthew-koma-releases-new-single-hard-to-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/02\/matthew-koma-releases-new-single-hard-to-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew Koma Releases New Single &#8216;Hard To Love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25671\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/02\/matthew-koma-releases-new-single-hard-to-love\/unnamed-2-7\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/unnamed-2.jpg?fit=350%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"350,349\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"unnamed (2)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/unnamed-2.jpg?fit=350%2C349&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-25671\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/unnamed-2.jpg?resize=350%2C349&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"349\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>On the heels of the release of his recent single, &#8216;Kisses Back&#8217;, singer-songwriter and producer Matthew Koma returns with his new autobiographical single &#8216;Hard To Love&#8217; which is co-produced by Louis The Child, the co-writer of The Chainsmokers\u2019 Grammy-nominated hit single &#8216;Closer&#8217;.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Matthew Koma is one of the most accomplished writers behind numerous smash hits including Zedd\u2019s &#8216;Spectrum&#8217;, and GRAMMY-winning hit &#8216;Clarity&#8217;. &#8216;Hard to Love&#8217;\u00a0shows how unique Koma\u2019s songwriting is, with deep metaphorical verses paired with his own style of comedic yet serious undertones as seen with the following lyrics:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I\u2019m OCD with panic attacks. I&#8217;ve got a thing for Japanese dry snacks. My voice was on like every fuckin house track. Tell me when you&#8217;ve heard enough&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This new body of work shows Koma\u2019s evolution with a refined sound as he taps into the new generation of producers such as Jai Wolf, Louis The Child, Flux Pavilion and Grey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On the heels of the release of his recent single, &#8216;Kisses Back&#8217;, singer-songwriter and producer Matthew Koma returns with his new autobiographical single &#8216;Hard To Love&#8217; which is co-produced by Louis The Child, the co-writer of The Chainsmokers\u2019 Grammy-nominated hit single &#8216;Closer&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25671,"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":[9],"tags":[1711,9035,9034,77,370,403,1181],"class_list":["post-25670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-hard-to-love","tag-kisses-back","tag-matthew-koma","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-producer","tag-singer-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-6G2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":59805,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/02\/rac-never-let-you-go-feat-matthew-koma-and-hilary-duff-out-now-via-counter-records\/","url_meta":{"origin":25670,"position":0},"title":"RAC &#8211; \u2018Never Let You Go\u2019 feat. 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