{"id":49654,"date":"2019-05-31T10:30:14","date_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=49654"},"modified":"2019-05-31T10:21:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-31T09:21:05","slug":"be-the-bear-new-single-mermaid-set-for-release-may-31","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/05\/be-the-bear-new-single-mermaid-set-for-release-may-31\/","title":{"rendered":"Be The Bear &#8211; New Single &#8216;Mermaid&#8217; Out Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Be\u00a0The\u00a0The\u00a0Bear\u00a0is\u00a0the performance name of Swedish artist and producer Christina Wehag. A one-woman music machine, she fuses clever pop with an avant-garde persona, much like fellow Nordic artists, Bj\u00f6rk, AURORA, and Sada Vidoo. The nom de plume of &#8216;Be The Bear&#8217; comes from her childhood fear of bears. She reclaimed her nightmares by adopting the wild bear as her totem, thus also creating a musical persona for herself.<\/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;\">New song, &#8216;Mermaid&#8217;, was written for her friend, who was in a psychiatric hospital at the time. It is a love song for her friend, but it&#8217;s also a love song for anyone who is struggling with mental illness. Be The Bear hopes that this song will be one more step towards ending the taboo surrounding mental health.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Mermaid&#8217; is a siren song &#8211; but rather than calling sailors to their doom, it rather encourages people struggling with their mental health to seek assistance from others. It&#8217;s a lyrical motivation:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You\u2019re not alone<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">When you\u2019re swimming in the dark<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Follow the glowing bodies drifting<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can find Be The Bear online on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bethebear.se\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bethebear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bethebear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/bethebear\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bethebear\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">SoundCloud<\/a>. &#8216;Mermaid&#8217; is out today May 31. Stream &#8216;Mermaid&#8217; on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7f5VEMddewWBrJDORbjOkM\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/se\/album\/mermaid-single\/1462165256?l=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Apple Music<\/a> &amp; <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/bethebear\/mermaid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soundcloud<\/a>, and download on <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/se\/album\/mermaid-single\/1462165256?l=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Be The The Bear is the performance name of Swedish artist and producer Christina Wehag. A one-woman music machine, she fuses clever pop with an avant-garde persona, much like fellow Nordic artists, Bj\u00f6rk, AURORA, and Sada Vidoo. The nom de plume of &#8216;Be The Bear&#8217; comes from her childhood fear of bears. She reclaimed her nightmares by adopting the wild bear as her totem, thus also creating a musical persona for herself.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":49655,"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":[7,9],"tags":[2977,17151,1814,21236,21238,21237,77,370,384,78,304,858],"class_list":["post-49654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","tag-aurora","tag-be-the-bear","tag-bjork","tag-christina-wehag","tag-mental-illness","tag-mermaid","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-sada-vidoo","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-swedish"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-cUS","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41503,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/10\/be-the-bear-x-goldhouse-ruler\/","url_meta":{"origin":49654,"position":0},"title":"Be The Bear x Goldhouse &#8211; &#8216;Ruler&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"18\/10\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Be The Bear, alias of Swedish artist Christina Wehage, has united with American DJ Goldhouse making the ultimate team for their goose bump provoking track, \u2018Ruler\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\/10\/7f6e3391-e839-418d-8c0c-7575be25eee4.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7f6e3391-e839-418d-8c0c-7575be25eee4.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7f6e3391-e839-418d-8c0c-7575be25eee4.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7f6e3391-e839-418d-8c0c-7575be25eee4.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/7f6e3391-e839-418d-8c0c-7575be25eee4.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":50784,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/icelandic-siren-hildur-channels-strong-female-role-models-on-new-ep-intuition-and-single-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":49654,"position":1},"title":"Icelandic Siren Hildur Channels Strong Female Role Models On New EP &#8216;Intuition&#8217; And Single, &#8216;Work&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"28\/06\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Icelandic pop artist Hildur draws on the power of iconic female role models with her forthcoming single, 'Work', and her new EP, 'Intuition', both out today, June 28 through Anti Fragile Music.v","rel":"","context":"In &quot;EP Reviews&quot;","block_context":{"text":"EP Reviews","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/reviews\/ep-reviews\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/hildur.jpg?fit=436%2C640&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"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":49654,"position":2},"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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