{"id":39488,"date":"2018-08-17T11:25:19","date_gmt":"2018-08-17T10:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=39488"},"modified":"2018-08-17T11:25:19","modified_gmt":"2018-08-17T10:25:19","slug":"mika-means-single-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/mika-means-single-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Mika Means &#8211; &#8216;Single Life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Originally from Atlanta, R&amp;B and hip hop artist Mika Means has been in the music industry for close to a decade, writing songs for\u00a0notable gold and platinum artists such as Bando Jonez, Chris Brown, and Zomboy. Now she&#8217;s started out on her solo career, with her latest single, &#8216;Single Life&#8217;, a fun summer jam, ahead of the release of her debut album, &#8216;Sheezus Christ&#8217;.<\/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\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p><script>\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Single Life&#8217; sees Mika engaged to herself and throwing her own party ahead of her wedding. She takes a humorous look at life, with her careless confidence shown in her dance moves and the transitions between her in her wedding dress and in her tracksuit. She&#8217;s not got time for anything other than the single life. Shot in LA, Mika not only brings life to the video, but she also directed it herself.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Mika Means online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/songstarllc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mikameans?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/therealmikameans\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mikameans\">SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_83197\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2ND9EicZEW8?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=\"Mika Means -  SINGLE LIFE\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/2ND9EicZEW8\/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>Originally from Atlanta, R&#038;B and hip hop artist Mika Means has been in the music industry for close to a decade, writing songs for notable gold and platinum artists such as Bando Jonez, Chris Brown, and Zomboy. Now she&#8217;s started out on her solo career, with her latest single, &#8216;Single Life&#8217;, a fun summer jam, ahead of the release of her debut album, &#8216;Sheezus Christ&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":39489,"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":[323,1870,27,16129,144,77,370,1945,240,16131,78,16130,304],"class_list":["post-39488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-atlanta","tag-hip-hop","tag-los-angeles","tag-mika-means","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-rb","tag-sheezus-christ","tag-singer","tag-single-life","tag-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-agU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55934,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/jack-savoretti-releases-video-for-youth-love-ft-mika-starring-david-bradley\/","url_meta":{"origin":39488,"position":0},"title":"Jack Savoretti Releases Video For &#8216;Youth &#038; Love&#8217; (ft. 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