{"id":35284,"date":"2018-04-20T19:33:20","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:33:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35284"},"modified":"2018-04-20T19:33:20","modified_gmt":"2018-04-20T18:33:20","slug":"sofia-hardig-releases-creative-single-illuminate-from-upcoming-lp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/sofia-hardig-releases-creative-single-illuminate-from-upcoming-lp\/","title":{"rendered":"Sofia H\u00e4rdig Releases Creative Single &#8216;Illuminate&#8217; From Upcoming LP"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.18.46-PM.png?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35285\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/04\/sofia-hardig-releases-creative-single-illuminate-from-upcoming-lp\/screen-shot-2018-04-20-at-4-18-46-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.18.46-PM.png?fit=487%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"487,498\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"Screen Shot 2018-04-20 at 4.18.46 PM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.18.46-PM.png?fit=487%2C498&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-35285\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Screen-Shot-2018-04-20-at-4.18.46-PM.png?resize=640%2C654&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"654\" \/><\/a><\/h4>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\">Swedish artist Sofia H\u00e4rdig releases a new creative video for single \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079SWVWLP\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079SWVWLP&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=0da804cff5d78439b9d47434ce3acd61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Illuminate<\/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=B079SWVWLP\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019 from upcoming LP \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/gp\/product\/B079B8X81W\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1634&amp;creative=6738&amp;creativeASIN=B079B8X81W&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=essentiallypo-21&amp;linkId=f3516f0fc04a056283a7240511150f47\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Changing The Order<\/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=B079B8X81W\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/>\u2019.<\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The lead single with deep glowing synths, slow-build guitar rhythms and echoing vocals, is a fitting addition to the 80\u2019s-themed Drive soundtrack.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Lyrically the song explores a loneliness and an endless search, while the accompanying music video \u2013 featuring textural loops of illuminated streets and vignette close-ups on Sofia, adds to the song\u2019s exploration of darkness.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The end of the video- perfectly matching the crescendo of positivity that makes an appearance with instrumental part of the song &#8211; shows the shots become day lit.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having worked with major Swedish artists, as well with Yoshimi from Japanese noise-rockers\u00a0<strong>Boredoms<\/strong>\u00a0and the alternative indie band\u00a0Free Kitten. Sofia\u2019s experimental nature shines through with her new material that blends rock and electronic influences.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Sofia is currently on tour across Europe. See full dates below:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">25\/03 Central Station,\u00a0Malm\u00f6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">07\/04 Plan B + Bergakungensfestsal,\u00a0Malm\u00f6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">18\/04 Fylkingen,\u00a0Stockholm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">20\/04 Rundg\u00e5ng,\u00a0Malm\u00f6<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">21\/04 Prinz Willy,\u00a0Kiel<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">25\/04 \u00c4,\u00a0Berlin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">26\/04 elo bar,\u00a0Bremen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">01\/05 Hafen 2,\u00a0Offenbach<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">02\/05 Schocoladen,\u00a0Berlin<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">19\/7-22\/7\u00a0Berlin Soup Festival<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">01\/09 Landet,\u00a0Stockholm<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TBA Garageprojektet,\u00a0Hammenh\u00f6g<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">TBA Vega,\u00a0Copenhagen<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to \u2018Illuminate\u2019:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ILLUMINATE by Sofia H\u00e4rdig\" 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%2F388334624&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=960&#038;maxwidth=640\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Follow Sofia on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sofiahardig.net\/\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sofiahardigmusic\/\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sofiahardig\">Twitter<\/a> and catch more of her music on <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/sofia-hardig\">SoundCloud<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3ARTsrGa1bngNvpoYPT5MK?si=I003ty_sS7K0HwQ_1FeWgg\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Swedish artist Sofia H\u00e4rdig releases a new creative video for single \u2018Illuminate\u2019 from upcoming LP \u2018Changing The Order\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":35298,"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":[13534,6927,11018,77,370,13533,13920,13921],"class_list":["post-35284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-changing-the-order","tag-illuminate","tag-malvika-padin","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-sofia-hardig","tag-swedish-artist","tag-upcoming-lp"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9b6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56609,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/boerd-brings-a-lofty-serenity-to-his-latest-single-before-we-drown-ft-stella-explorer\/","url_meta":{"origin":35284,"position":0},"title":"boerd brings a lofty serenity to his latest single \u2018Before We Drown\u2019 ft. 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