{"id":48790,"date":"2019-04-09T10:19:08","date_gmt":"2019-04-09T09:19:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=48790"},"modified":"2019-04-09T10:19:19","modified_gmt":"2019-04-09T09:19:19","slug":"james-smith-hailey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/james-smith-hailey\/","title":{"rendered":"James Smith &#8211; &#8216;Hailey&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Following a string of releases and his debut album \u2018Little Love\u2019 last year, singer-songwriter James Smith has established himself as a rising musician, and as he returns with the first new track of the year, \u2019Hailey\u2019, it only gets better for him.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><!-- Random Ad stuff --> <ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display: block;\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\" data-ad-format=\"auto\" data-ad-slot=\"3107208401\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-2076862002005673\"><\/ins><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Emotive and delicate, the track is the story of someone scared to show emotion or open up, fearing that they will get hurt. Lyrically simple, the track is packed full of meaning and realness, as it explores the life of someone who tries to keep their heart intact by making sure never to let anyone into it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Having achieved critical acclaim, with a successful EP and sold-out debut show in London\u2019s Borderline in March, at just 19, James is definitely one to watch in 2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for \u2018Hailey\u2019 below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_50959\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Jp1n5kPiWcM?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=\"James Smith - Hailey\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Jp1n5kPiWcM\/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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">James Smith is online on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jamessmithvocal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/James-Smith-261361314060121\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/jamessmithvocal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a>. Stream and download &#8216;Hailey&#8217; <a href=\"https:\/\/jamessmith.lnk.to\/Hailey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following a string of releases and his debut album \u2018Little Love\u2019 last year, singer-songwriter James Smith has established himself as a rising musician, and as he returns with the first new track of the year,\u2019Hailey\u2019, it only gets better for him.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":48791,"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":[7,57,9,640],"tags":[111,3420,286,20628,18331,18333,11018,77,370,1945,78,304],"class_list":["post-48790","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-videos","tag-album","tag-borderline","tag-ep","tag-hailey","tag-james-smith","tag-little-love","tag-malvika-padin","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-singer","tag-songwriter"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-cGW","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":44107,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/12\/james-smith-returns-with-new-single-tell-me-that-you-love-me\/","url_meta":{"origin":48790,"position":0},"title":"James Smith Returns With New Single &#8216;Tell Me That You Love Me&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"22\/12\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Following a string of releases and his debut EP \u2018Little Love\u2019 earlier this year, up and coming UK singer James Smith returns with \u2018Tell Me That You Love Me\u2019.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;New Artists&quot;","block_context":{"text":"New Artists","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/new-artists\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47292419_913463345516578_1926411107065397248_n.jpg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47292419_913463345516578_1926411107065397248_n.jpg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47292419_913463345516578_1926411107065397248_n.jpg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/47292419_913463345516578_1926411107065397248_n.jpg?fit=828%2C315&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":66345,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/11\/kenward-releases-debut-album-safe-and-sound\/","url_meta":{"origin":48790,"position":1},"title":"Kenward Releases Debut Album &#8216;Safe And Sound&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"23\/11\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Set for release on December 1, and inspired by his transition into fatherhood, 'Safe And Sound' is the debut album from singer-songwriter Kenward. 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