{"id":51230,"date":"2019-07-11T11:23:10","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=51230"},"modified":"2019-07-11T11:23:10","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T10:23:10","slug":"fati-queen-and-l-o-v-e-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/07\/fati-queen-and-l-o-v-e-love\/","title":{"rendered":"FATi &#8211; &#8216;QUEEN&#8217; And &#8216;L.O.V.E. Love&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>You can trace just about every part of contemporary American music, from the rhythms, the harmonies, the compositional structure &#8211; even the scales &#8211; to the folk music of Western Africa. This is quite probably why the current sounds of Western Africa work so well as modern pop songs.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><br \/>\n<!-- Random Ad stuff --><br \/>\n<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><script>\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Case in point FATi, with her new singles, &#8216;QUEEN&#8217;, and L.O.V.E. Love&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;QUEEN&#8217;, from one angle, fuses hip-hop and RnB with drums, brass, and lead guitar, calling to mind Afropop, while matching it with a Tropical vibe. Looking at it from a different angle, it&#8217;s a simple return to her roots, and an empowering statement of African pride and international feminist solidarity. Listen to &#8216;QUEEN&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_75095\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/f7My4K5R2m8?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=\"FATi &quot;QUEEN&quot; - (Official Music video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/f7My4K5R2m8\/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;\">Conversely, &#8216;L.O.V.E. Love&#8217;, her previous release, shows another side to FATi, the one which can be sultry and soulful; romantic and full of love &#8211; while never once losing her strength, in a smoking summer song. Watch the video for &#8216;L.O.V.E. Love&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_55503\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gl1uPTH3hAM?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=\"FATi - L.O.V.E Love (Official Music video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/Gl1uPTH3hAM\/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;\">You can find FATi on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/OfficialFATi1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official Twitter page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You can trace just about every part of contemporary American music, from the rhythms, the harmonies, the compositional structure &#8211; even the scales &#8211; to the folk music of Western Africa. Case in point FATi, with her new singles, &#8216;QUEEN&#8217;, and L.O.V.E. Love&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":51274,"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":[7,57,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[22117,22115,22116,11720,77,370,1945,688,116,18621,79,6234,81],"class_list":["post-51230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-afropop","tag-fati","tag-l-o-v-e-love","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-queen","tag-review","tag-rnb-2","tag-single","tag-tropical","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-dki","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69034,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/04\/afropop-artist-obdyk-releases-latest-single-so-long\/","url_meta":{"origin":51230,"position":0},"title":"Afropop Artist Obdyk Releases Latest Single, &#8216;So Long&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"28\/04\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Afropop artist Obdyk takes the positivity associated with the genre to the next level with his new single, 'So Long'. 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