{"id":36099,"date":"2018-05-22T11:48:48","date_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:48:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=36099"},"modified":"2018-05-22T11:48:48","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T10:48:48","slug":"smashby-wild-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/smashby-wild-one\/","title":{"rendered":"Smashby &#8211; &#8216;Wild One&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"36105\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/05\/smashby-wild-one\/wildoneep\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WILDONEEP.jpg?fit=3000%2C3000&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,3000\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"WILDONEEP\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WILDONEEP.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-36105\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/WILDONEEP.jpg?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Smashby is back with his brand new EP, &#8216;Wild One&#8217;, released on May 18. The 20 year old singer songwriter describes the opening song, and title track, as a song of empowerment for the LGBTQ community. It was produced and mastered by London-based Moseley.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the video accompanying &#8216;Wild One&#8217;, the openly gay Smashby represents a mythical creature, captured in a net, and trying to break free. We cut to a scene where he&#8217;s subjected to online trollling about his sexuality, something which has occurred in real life. From there we find a scene where he&#8217;s thrown out by his onscreen father, portrayed by Tim Walker. The video finishes with Smashby scrubbing off hateful words scrawled all over his body, in a bath filled with glittery dark water. He receonciles with his father, and stands up for who he is.<\/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;\">Smashby says,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI feel like this EP finally showcases my talent and diversity as an artist, especially on Wild One, it\u2019s the anthem my 13 year old self needed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI really hope it helps people, anyone who&#8217;s going through something hard in their life. I want them to turn this record on and feel empowered.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Smashby collaborated with a number of producers including Moseley, Luke Jackson and Monkey Harper.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Wild One&#8217; is available from <a href=\"https:\/\/itunes.apple.com\/gb\/album\/wild-one-ep\/1381669412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">iTunes<\/a>. You can find Smashby online on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.smashbyofficial.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashbyofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/smashbyofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/smashbyofficial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/smashbyofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/smashbyofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.snapchat.com\/add\/smashbyashby\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Snapchat<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_48532\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/AfLiuj4USi8?enablejsapi=1&#038;origin=https:\/\/essentiallypop.com&#038;autoplay=0&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=1&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;color=red&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__ epyt-facade epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" data-epautoplay=\"1\" ><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-spai-excluded=\"true\" class=\"epyt-facade-poster skip-lazy\" loading=\"lazy\"  alt=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/AfLiuj4USi8\/maxresdefault.jpg?w=640&#038;ssl=1\"  \/><button class=\"epyt-facade-play\" aria-label=\"Play\"><svg data-no-lazy=\"1\" height=\"100%\" version=\"1.1\" viewBox=\"0 0 68 48\" width=\"100%\"><path class=\"ytp-large-play-button-bg\" d=\"M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.55 C3.97,2.33,2.27,4.81,1.48,7.74C0.06,13.05,0,24,0,24s0.06,10.95,1.48,16.26c0.78,2.93,2.49,5.41,5.42,6.19 C12.21,47.87,34,48,34,48s21.79-0.13,27.1-1.55c2.93-0.78,4.64-3.26,5.42-6.19C67.94,34.95,68,24,68,24S67.94,13.05,66.52,7.74z\" fill=\"#f00\"><\/path><path d=\"M 45,24 27,14 27,34\" fill=\"#fff\"><\/path><\/svg><\/button><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Smashby is back with his brand new EP, &#8216;Wild One&#8217;, released on May 18. The 20 year old singer songwriter describes the opening song, and title track, as a song of empowerment for the LGBTQ community. It was produced and mastered by London-based Moseley.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":36106,"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":[9,640],"tags":[727,286,10954,12023,10470,14408,14407,939,77,370,226,10508,79,3292,81,14406],"class_list":["post-36099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-british","tag-ep","tag-gay","tag-lgbtq","tag-luke-jackson","tag-monkey-harper","tag-moseley","tag-new-ep","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-pop","tag-queer","tag-single","tag-smashby","tag-video","tag-wild-one"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9of","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32599,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/01\/smashby-ringleader\/","url_meta":{"origin":36099,"position":0},"title":"Smashby &#8211; &#8216;Ringleader&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"25\/01\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Smashby's back with his new single, 'Ringleader', the followup to his smash track 'Birthday Suit'. 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