{"id":34441,"date":"2018-03-28T17:44:32","date_gmt":"2018-03-28T16:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=34441"},"modified":"2018-03-28T18:06:54","modified_gmt":"2018-03-28T17:06:54","slug":"bonander-pays-homage-to-forgotten-women-in-history-with-empowering-new-single-smile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/bonander-pays-homage-to-forgotten-women-in-history-with-empowering-new-single-smile\/","title":{"rendered":"Bonander Pays Homage To Forgotten Women In History With Empowering New Single &#8216;Smile&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34444\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/03\/bonander-pays-homage-to-forgotten-women-in-history-with-empowering-new-single-smile\/screen-shot-2018-03-28-at-2-32-38-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-2.32.38-PM.png?fit=598%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"598,372\" 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=\"Screen Shot 2018-03-28 at 2.32.38 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-2.32.38-PM.png?fit=598%2C372&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34444\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Screen-Shot-2018-03-28-at-2.32.38-PM.png?resize=640%2C398&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"398\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Scandi alternative\/dark pop artist Bonander, is a perfect example of female empowerment within music, as she challenges gender norms and shackles of patriarchy, as she remembers forgotten Scandinavian women, in her haunting and, goosebump-inducing single \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079XZF17N\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079XZF17N&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=7cc89ff700d5960736e853d2a986d4af\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Smile<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B079XZF17N\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The music video which features historic women and transwomen &#8211; Ada Nilsson, Anna Margret Holmgren,\u00a0Anna Whitlock, Elin W\u00e4gner, Elise Ottesen Jensen, Elsa Laula, Ester Blenda Nordstr\u00f6m, Karin Boye, Karolina Widestr\u00f6m, Kata Dahlstr\u00f6m, Katarina Taikon, Lili Elbe, Siri Derkert, Sofia Gumaelius \u2013 is backed by slow-build instrumentals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With her angelic vocals, the song, taken from her new EP \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079Y11913\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079Y11913&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=b473bcc6dde2a128f714cf255620137e\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&#8217;s A Girl<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"\/\/ir-uk.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=essentiallypo-21&amp;l=am2&amp;o=2&amp;a=B079Y11913\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019, addresses the patriarchal shackles around women within society. It is about the expectations placed on women to always smile and stay pretty. About how a women\u2019s pain is hidden away- never for the world to see. It\u2019s a pain, ignored and with time, forgotten.<\/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;\">Having honed her skills from all over Sweden, and with her jazz background, Bonander has a sound that pushes boundaries while still remaining accessible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Experimental with both her music and the message she conveys through it, her mission is to affect people with her art, allowing the listener to emotionally connect with music in the same way that she has all her life; and with \u2018Smile\u2019 she succeeds, at every point.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Beginning with the phrase \u201cHe said I should\u201d and ending with \u201cWhat did he say?\u201d, the song makes you wonder why we so often let ourselves be guided through life by the words of others- man or not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is the theme of Bonander\u2019s upcoming debut EP, \u2018It\u2019s A Girl\u2019, set to be released on 23<sup>rd<\/sup> March: gender against a dark, dreamlike backdrop exploring anger, frustration and despair juxtaposed with a feeling of escape, acceptance and empowerment \u2013 it\u2019s a journey through the uncertainty of the female identity in 2018.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Smile&#8217; below ;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IVuJ17eXXdc?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Check out Bonander\u2019s music on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/4tM87IYx08XNUSdrlky6y2\">Spotify<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/iconscreatingevilart\/quit-everything-and-become-a\/s-V5XcK\">SoundCloud<\/a>. You can find Bonander online on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/bonandermusic\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bonandermusic\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scandi alternative\/dark pop artist Bonander, is a perfect example of female empowerment within music, as she challenges gender norms and shackles of patriarchy, as she remembers forgotten Scandinavian women, in her haunting and, goosebump-inducing single \u2018Smile\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34474,"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":[7,9,640],"tags":[13527,13528,144,77,370,116,9339],"class_list":["post-34441","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-bonnier","tag-its-a-girl","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-smile"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-8Xv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85983,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2024\/03\/goth-cowgirl-brings-empowerment-with-her-political-anthem-witches\/","url_meta":{"origin":34441,"position":0},"title":"Goth Cowgirl Brings Empowerment With Her Political Anthem, &#8216;Witches&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"12\/03\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Released on January 26, 'Witches' is a politically charged track from UK artist, Lauren Jennifer. 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