{"id":34537,"date":"2018-04-07T12:35:36","date_gmt":"2018-04-07T11:35:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=34537"},"modified":"2018-04-07T12:35:36","modified_gmt":"2018-04-07T11:35:36","slug":"freja-francis-single-papercuts-showcases-authentic-vocals-backed-by-minimal-instrumentals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/freja-francis-single-papercuts-showcases-authentic-vocals-backed-by-minimal-instrumentals\/","title":{"rendered":"Freja Francis&#8217; Single &#8216;Papercuts&#8217; Showcases Authentic Vocals Backed By Minimal Instrumentals"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-01-at-5.28.00-PM.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"34538\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/freja-francis-single-papercuts-showcases-authentic-vocals-backed-by-minimal-instrumentals\/screen-shot-2018-04-01-at-5-28-00-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-01-at-5.28.00-PM.png?fit=572%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"572,233\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-01 at 5.28.00 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-01-at-5.28.00-PM.png?fit=572%2C233&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-34538\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-01-at-5.28.00-PM.png?resize=640%2C260&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"260\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Singer-songwriter Freja Francis&#8217; single &#8216;Papercuts&#8217;, which was released in February 2018, is a minimalist piece with a powerful message.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A song about self-inflicted isolation, the track with Freja\u2019s strong vocals and a piano-led melody is emotive, simple and relatable.The soundscape in its simplicity achieves an ethereal feel of a fairy-tale world away from reality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">It showcases, an isolation and distance for fear of being hurt, a feeling that many identify with. This feeling is presented in the simplest and most beautiful way within the track.<\/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;\">In \u2018Papercuts\u2019, Freja once again showcases her clear and captivating vocal ability, which soars and stands out amidst the instrumentals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The track \u2013 which also includes a remix by Alex Hughes- is out via ShimmerSun Music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to &#8216;Papercuts&#8217; below;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Freja Frances - Papercuts by Freja Frances\" width=\"640\" height=\"450\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Fplaylists%2F436917045&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow Freja on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/frejafrances\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/frejafrances?lang=en\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/abadgeoffriendship\/sets\/freja-francis-papercuts\/s-tTgDl\">SoundCloud<\/a> accounts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singer-songwriter Freja Francis&#8217; single &#8216;Papercuts&#8217;, which was released in February 2018, is a minimalist piece with a powerful message.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":34595,"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],"tags":[13581,13579,11018,68,77,370,13580,116],"class_list":["post-34537","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-alex-hughes","tag-freja-francis","tag-malvika-padin","tag-new-music","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-papercuts","tag-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-8Z3","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":26150,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2017\/03\/alex-francis-releases-single-make-believe\/","url_meta":{"origin":34537,"position":0},"title":"Alex Francis Releases Single, \u2018Make Believe\u2019","author":"Laurabeth Evans","date":"10\/03\/2017","format":false,"excerpt":"UK singer\/songwriter Alex Francis has released his new single, \u2018Make Believe\u2019, ahead of his upcoming UK and European tour dates. 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