{"id":37862,"date":"2018-07-03T12:05:32","date_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=37862"},"modified":"2018-07-03T12:05:32","modified_gmt":"2018-07-03T11:05:32","slug":"alice-kristiansen-weightless","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/alice-kristiansen-weightless\/","title":{"rendered":"Alice Kristiansen &#8211; &#8216;Weightless&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"37863\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/07\/alice-kristiansen-weightless\/alice\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/alice.png?fit=1370%2C1370&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1370,1370\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"alice\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/alice.png?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-37863\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/alice.png?resize=640%2C640&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" \/><\/p>\n<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>New York based singer songwriter Alice Kristiansen first started in 2011 by posting covers of songs by the likes of Adele, Arctic Monkeys, and the Civil Wars onto her YouTube channel, while also playing guitar or piano. This led to her releasing her self-titled EP in 2014, while still only 18. Her biggest boost was the following year when Ashton Kutcher shared her cover of Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;Wildest Dreams&#8217; on his social media, leading to a surge in her popularity.<\/strong><\/h4>\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;\">&#8216;Weightless&#8217; is one side of a double A release, the other side being &#8216;Saints&#8217;. Kristiansen&#8217;s vocals are a cross between Florence Welch and Lana Del Rey &#8211; the lightness and airiness of her voice is nonetheless strong.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Alice Kristiansen online on her <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/alkristiansen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/pg\/alicelkristiansen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/alicelk\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> accounts, as well as her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.alicekristiansen.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/fanlink.to\/Alice-summer-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">stream and download &#8216;Weightless\/Saints&#8217; here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Weightless \/ Saints\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/5q1G8Wl1pkizqkAMNTeeXV?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York based singer songwriter Alice Kristiansen first started in 2011 by posting covers of songs by the likes of Adele, Arctic Monkeys, and the Civil Wars onto her YouTube channel, while also playing guitar or piano. This led to her releasing her self-titled EP in 2014, while still only 18. Her biggest boost was the following year when Ashton Kutcher shared her cover of Taylor Swift&#8217;s &#8216;Wildest Dreams&#8217; on his social media, leading to a surge in her popularity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":37864,"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],"tags":[15317,15318,15319,4412,77,370,15316,135,13751],"class_list":["post-37862","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","tag-alice-kristiansen","tag-ashton-kutcher","tag-florence-welch","tag-lana-del-rey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-saints","tag-taylor-swift","tag-weightless"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-9QG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41741,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/swedish-pop-folk-singer-songwriter-annielle-releases-4-track-ep-recorded-with-taylor-swift-producer\/","url_meta":{"origin":37862,"position":0},"title":"Swedish Pop\/Folk Singer Songwriter Annielle Releases 4-track EP Recorded With Taylor Swift Producer","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"24\/10\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Annielle grew up in a small town in Southern Sweden, and started making her own variety of Americana-vibed pop-folk at an early age, with inspiration from the likes of Bj\u00f6rk, Sting, and Norah Jones. 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