{"id":35918,"date":"2018-05-12T19:03:47","date_gmt":"2018-05-12T18:03:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=35918"},"modified":"2018-05-12T19:03:47","modified_gmt":"2018-05-12T18:03:47","slug":"pop-artist-simon-releases-debut-video-simon-sez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/pop-artist-simon-releases-debut-video-simon-sez\/","title":{"rendered":"Pop Artist Simon Releases Debut Video &#8216;Simon Sez&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"35919\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/pop-artist-simon-releases-debut-video-simon-sez\/094750af-818c-47a0-ba0d-550c4e4f621e\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/094750AF-818C-47A0-BA0D-550C4E4F621E.png?fit=1000%2C1000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1000,1000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"094750AF-818C-47A0-BA0D-550C4E4F621E\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/094750AF-818C-47A0-BA0D-550C4E4F621E.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35919 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/094750AF-818C-47A0-BA0D-550C4E4F621E.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"12.800000190734863\"><b>Hailing from a small town in Yorkshire, pop singer Simon released\u00a0his debut single with an accompanying music video\u00a0\u2018Simon\u00a0Sez\u2019\u00a0on 14th March.<span data-removefontsize=\"true\" data-originalcomputedfontsize=\"12.800000190734863\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/h4>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Simon started performing arts at the age of 6, and quickly found entertainment was his forte. He takes his inspiration from legendary pop artists such as George Michael, Elton John, Bruno Mars, and the Spice Girls. In fact, his single, \u2018Simon Sez\u2019 was recorded at Steelworks Studios, where the Spice Girls recorded.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Simon Sez\u2019 was penned by Simon, and contains a strong message to young people to \u2018D.I.F.Y\u2019 &#8211; do it for you. He encourages them to take the advice of others, and follow direction and seek inspiration, but to always make sure it\u2019s something they actually agree with. Although aimed at younger people, it\u2019s sound advice for all ages.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for \u2018Simon Sez\u2019 was shot in Simon\u2019s home town, and includes a great dance that all fans can easily follow. It\u2019s a song with a serious message but nonetheless a bright ray of fun in the dark times we currently live in.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Simon Sez\u2019 is the lead track from Simon\u2019s as yet to be released debut album. It\u2019s now available to stream and download from all major platforms.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find Simon online on <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/officially%20simon.sez\">Facebook\u00a0<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/simon_sez\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/instagram.com\/s1m0n.sez\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">[space height=&#8221;10&#8243;]<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/3emCdTDqoV4?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><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hailing from a small town in Yorkshire, pop singer Simon released his debut single with an accompanying music video \u2018Simon Sez\u2019 on 14th March. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":35919,"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":[57,9,640],"tags":[989,77,370,1945,14301,14302,306],"class_list":["post-35918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-new-artist","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-simon","tag-simon-sez","tag-yorkshire"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9lk","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66586,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/monet-releases-latest-single-u-r\/","url_meta":{"origin":35918,"position":0},"title":"Monet Releases Debut Single, &#8216;U R&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"03\/12\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Chinese singer songwriter, Monet, has released the first single from his upcoming debut EP. 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