{"id":52949,"date":"2019-09-04T12:08:59","date_gmt":"2019-09-04T12:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=52949"},"modified":"2019-09-04T12:08:59","modified_gmt":"2019-09-04T12:08:59","slug":"velvet-code-mary-offered-ladybugs-and-love-yous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/09\/velvet-code-mary-offered-ladybugs-and-love-yous\/","title":{"rendered":"Velvet Code &#8211; &#8216;Mary Offered Ladybugs And Love Yous&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Velvet Code is more than just a cool name. He&#8217;s a Toronto-based artist who in life knows that the best thing you can ever be is yourself. His previous releases, &#8216;Get Outta My House&#8217; &#8211; peaking at #19, while staying on the Billboard Dance Music Chart; and his legendary hit, &#8216;Say You Love Me&#8217;, which saw play on The Hills, and Jersey Shore.<\/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;\">The Electronic Dance Music DJ\/producer and songwriter has also found time in his life to design and manage a clothing line, with the proclamation, &#8216;You Do You&#8217;, emblazoned across all his merch. It&#8217;s the perfect statement for the passion, the uncompromising individuality, the bravery required to establish the kind of career he has so quickly.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Velvet Code&#8217;s new single, &#8216;Mary Offered Ladybugs And Love Yous&#8217; sounds like a throwback to the free love psychedelic 60s, but that\u2019s where the similarity ends. It&#8217;s got timeless songwriting and melodies, and it brings together people of all walks of life, and fans of all genres, while the synth pop and incredible production &#8211; performed by Velvet Code &#8211; make it an instant classic. It&#8217;s a modern take on the likes of 1980s pop tracks by the likes of Depeche Mode,\u00a0 and Erasure, while adding in the atmosphere of artists such as Goldfrapp, and Muse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;Mary Offered Ladybugs And Love Yous&#8217; is the second single from his sophomore album, &#8216;Dreamer&#8217;, and released through AMG\/Sony Music Entertainment in collaboration with Wendy Starland, who is known for discovering, and further developing Lady Gaga.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video for &#8216;Mary Offered Ladybugs And Love Yous&#8217;, takes an interstellar journey which sees Velvet Code on a tiny stage, a few feet off the ground, while he&#8217;s transfixed, seeing a future where everyone is offered love &#8211; and of course, ladybugs. Below him is a pair diving, spinning, and careering around each other, in a choreography which matches the song&#8217;s complex, yet warm layers. Portraits of heroes of equality and bravery, some of whom have personal importance to Velvet Code, flash across the screen, alongside CGI flowers. Velvet Code&#8217;s shirt says &#8220;Revolution&#8221;, indeed, we at once feel that if he can reach as many minds and ears as his song deserves, that&#8217;s exactly what might happen next.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Mary Offered Ladybugs And Love Yous&#8217; below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_16408\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tKetJ4aiXdM&nbsp;&nbsp;?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=\"Velvet Code - Mary Offered Ladybugs and Love Yous (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/tKetJ4aiXdM%C2%A0%C2%A0\/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>Velvet Code is more than just a cool name. He&#8217;s a Toronto-based artist who in life knows that the best thing you can ever be is yourself. His previous releases, &#8216;Get Outta My House&#8217; &#8211; peaking at #19, while staying on the Billboard Dance Music Chart; and his legendary hit, &#8216;Say You Love Me&#8217;, which saw play on The Hills, and Jersey Shore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":52950,"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":[1,7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[22582,22581,77,370,1945,22583,22580],"class_list":["post-52949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-get-outta-my-house","tag-mary-offered-ladybugs-and-love-yous","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-say-you-love-me","tag-velvet-code"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-dM1","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85370,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2024\/01\/love-crushed-velvet-take-a-gamble-with-new-rock-release-ride-the-dice\/","url_meta":{"origin":52949,"position":0},"title":"Love Crushed Velvet Take A Gamble With New Rock Release, &#8216;Ride The Dice&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"10\/01\/2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Love Crushed Velvet\u2019s latest track, 'Ride The Dice', comes as a response to life's unpredictability. 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