{"id":27428,"date":"2017-05-15T14:36:49","date_gmt":"2017-05-15T13:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=27428"},"modified":"2018-03-07T15:55:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T15:55:01","slug":"elias-releases-single-thinking-of-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/05\/elias-releases-single-thinking-of-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Elias Releases Single, \u2018Thinking of You\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27429\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/05\/elias-releases-single-thinking-of-you\/elias\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Elias.png?fit=1126%2C1126&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1126,1126\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Elias\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Elias.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-27429 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Elias.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Swedish vocal powerhouse Elias has released his new single \u2018Thinking Of You\u2019. Produced by longtime partner HYENA, it features sweeping strings and singers from the Tensta Gospel Choir forming a choral wall of sound to perfectly complement Elias\u2019s beautiful baritone.<\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<p>Elias says,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cI wrote \u2018Thinking of You\u2019 during a farewell process. A farewell to an end of an era and a goodbye to a person that had a big impact on my life and will always affect me in a way. This someone will always be with me as a memory of that period of my life. \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elias first emerged with his 2015 debut single \u2018Revolution\u2019. His undeniably striking voice and ability to convey love, loss and devastation with utter sincerity quickly sparked attention. Here was an artist with a voice that was truly something else.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">Not only was it striking in its nuance and in its power, but it also was the voice of a man who has seemingly weathered a lifetime\u2019s worth of emotional upheaval. And yet Elias was still just nineteen-years-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-format=\"auto\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/noisey.vice.com\/en_dk\/article\/sponsored-by-warner-i-rendezvoused-with-swedens-newest-golden-boy-elias\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Noisey described him as<\/a>\u00a0\u201ca concoction of James Blake soulfulness and Bon Iver potential\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\" style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"s1\">While i-D Magazine prompted comparisons with FKA Twigs, Spooky Black, Anthony Hamilton and Sam Cooke as they praised his\u00a0<i>\u201cgorgeously profound voice.\u201d\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">And it wasn\u2019t long before things took off for the young Stockholm resident. Releases such as the stunning \u2018Green Eyes\u2019 (premiered with BBC Radio 1\u2019s Annie Mac), and \u2018Down N Out\u2019 proved that \u2018Revolution\u2019 was no fluke flash-in-the-pan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Factor in a stunning once-in-a-lifetime performance at Sweden\u2019s Grammis Awards in 2016 and an interesting collaboration with the Cullberg Ballet.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Returning with \u2018Thinking of You\u2019, Elias is ready to launch a new wave of music ahead of his upcoming debut album due later this year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish vocal powerhouse Elias has released his new single \u2018Thinking Of You\u2019. Produced by longtime partner HYENA, it features sweeping strings and singers from the Tensta Gospel Choir forming a choral wall of sound to perfectly complement Elias\u2019s beautiful baritone.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":27429,"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":[2291,9967,9968,6333,370,9970,1657,299,858,9969,9939],"class_list":["post-27428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","tag-bon-iver","tag-elias","tag-hyena","tag-james-blake","tag-new-single","tag-noisey","tag-revolution","tag-sweden","tag-swedish","tag-tensta-gospel-choir","tag-thinking-of-you"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-78o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48980,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/female-trio-spring-city-set-to-release-new-single-by-the-fire\/","url_meta":{"origin":27428,"position":0},"title":"Female Trio Spring City Set To Release New Single, &#8216;By The Fire&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"11\/04\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Swedish trio Spring City will release their latest single, 'By The Fire', tomorrow, April 12.","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\/2019\/04\/SPRING-CITY_Press1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SPRING-CITY_Press1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SPRING-CITY_Press1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SPRING-CITY_Press1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/SPRING-CITY_Press1.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":76853,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/07\/when-thundermother-tell-us-to-watch-out-we-listen-new-single-and-video-from-swedens-hard-rocking-all-female-quartet\/","url_meta":{"origin":27428,"position":1},"title":"When THUNDERMOTHER Tell Us To &#8216;Watch Out&#8217; We Listen! 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