{"id":31983,"date":"2017-12-21T14:29:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=31983"},"modified":"2017-12-21T14:29:08","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T14:29:08","slug":"nya-mania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/12\/nya-mania\/","title":{"rendered":"NYA &#8211; &#8216;Mania&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"31985\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/12\/nya-mania\/hero\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hero.jpg?fit=300%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"300,380\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"hero\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hero.jpg?fit=300%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-31985\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/hero.jpg?resize=600%2C760&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"760\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The video for &#8216;Mania&#8217;, the lastest track from singer songwriter Nya, starts with the camera positioned inside the body of an acoustic guitar, with the singer framed by the sound-hole. Symbolically Nya is a bird in a cage, impisoned by circumstances beyond her control, and although she fights back &#8211; she can never be entirely free.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the end of the clip however we come to the realisation for this &#8211; the prison is her very own unsettled mind.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Mania&#8217; is a much tougher song than Nya&#8217;s previous release, &#8216;Let Go&#8217;. It&#8217;s pure and raw. It&#8217;s intense and dangerous, and although both tracks live side by side on the &#8216;Mania&#8217; EP, it&#8217;s testament to Nya&#8217;s talent that she is able to tackle both songs with the same passion.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Mania&#8217;, directed by Andrew Morris, is stripped down and raw, while at the same time immediate and provocative. There&#8217;s an actual tangible feeling of destabilisation built up around Nya. The imagery of the guitar &#8211; its strings like bars; the cold light of distant windows &#8211; when she smashes the guitar she wins her freedom.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Nya from her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thisisnya.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offiicial website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_18248\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/led7p6bVLnY?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\/led7p6bVLnY\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video for &#8216;Mania&#8217;, the lastest track from singer songwriter Nya, starts with the camera positioned inside the body of an acoustic guitar, with the singer framed by the sound-hole. 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