{"id":32865,"date":"2018-02-09T12:30:35","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T12:30:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=32865"},"modified":"2018-02-09T11:52:12","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T11:52:12","slug":"fifi-rong-awake","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/fifi-rong-awake\/","title":{"rendered":"Fifi Rong &#8211; &#8216;Awake&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"32866\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/02\/fifi-rong-awake\/fifirongawake\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FifiRongAwake.jpg?fit=800%2C800&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,800\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"FifiRongAwake\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FifiRongAwake.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-32866\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/FifiRongAwake.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>London-based vocalist, songwriter and electronic music producer Fifi Rong is back with her new EP, &#8216;Awake&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Fifi is a pioneering artist who has organically integrated Chinese influences into western pop music. With roots in dark ambient electronica, the avant-pop songstress has the rare ability to glide across an eclectic range of influences, seamlessly blending them into her own trademark sound. She says,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;I like to challenge people\u2019s musical taste buds and boggle the conventional minds that tend to pigeonhole things.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Returning from legendary Swiss duo Yello\u2019s\u00a0seven-date arena tour of Germany, Switzerland and\u00a0Austria as a special guest, the captivating live performer has contributed to Yello\u2019s album Toy and Skepta\u2019s Mercury Award-winning &#8216;Konnichiwa&#8217;. Fifi has also received strong support from publications such as The 405, Clash, The Fader, Notion, Pigeon and Planes, as well as BBC Radio 1 and 6 music airplay. Awake is the latest in a constant stream of independent releases supported by Fifi\u2019s loyal fan base through Pledge Music.<\/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;\">After her critically acclaimed trilogy of singles (\u2018Future Never Comes\u2019, \u2018The Same Road\u2019 and \u2018The One\u2019), Fifi continues to break new ground by taking listeners on a thrilling adventure with her playful versatility and her unmistakably melancholic voice, highlighting her deep, poetic lyrics.<br \/>\nIn Fifi\u2019s own words:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8221; &#8216;Awake&#8217; is about waking up to the truth after you have hypnotised yourself and deconstructing the paradoxes of human nature: subordination and rebellion, pain and joy, self-limitation and liberation.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">All songs were written and produced by Fifi, except \u2018Attack\u2019, which was co-written with Nick Ford. The title track \u2018Awake\u2019 was mixed by Max Dingel,\u00a0whose credits include\u00a0Goldfrapp, The Killers, White Lies and Muse amongst others. \u2018Attack\u2019 and \u2018Horizon\u2019 were mixed by Late Cambrian\u2019s multitalented\u00a0frontman John Wlaysewski, who has also worked with Tracy Bonham. \u2018Sin City\u2019 was mixed by Leandro Mu\u00f1oz, who also mastered the EP.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Fifi Rong - Awake by Fifi Rong\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F395889024&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640&#038;secret_token=s-4wubF\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>London-based vocalist, songwriter and electronic music producer Fifi Rong is back with her new EP, 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