{"id":56751,"date":"2019-10-24T19:21:20","date_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:21:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=56751"},"modified":"2019-10-24T19:21:20","modified_gmt":"2019-10-24T18:21:20","slug":"mysterious-los-angeles-artist-ming-continues-to-mesmerize-with-avant-garde-visuals-for-my-self-and-day-of-the-animal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/mysterious-los-angeles-artist-ming-continues-to-mesmerize-with-avant-garde-visuals-for-my-self-and-day-of-the-animal\/","title":{"rendered":"Mysterious Los Angeles Artist MING Continues To Mesmerize With Avant-Garde Visuals For &#8216;My Self&#8217;, And &#8216;Day of the Animal&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Little is known about the mystery that is MING. Born and raised in China, MING arrived in Los Angeles five years ago, like so many others, to pursue a dream in film making. After earning her film degree, MING soon realized that the film industry was not to be her destiny.<\/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-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;\">MING\u00a0began writing songs when she found it hard to find songs that were relatable or that fit exactly what she felt. She began writing in English a year and a half ago, at first for fun and enjoyment, but gradually song writing became the most important part of her life.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"56752\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/mysterious-los-angeles-artist-ming-continues-to-mesmerize-with-avant-garde-visuals-for-my-self-and-day-of-the-animal\/ming-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MING-1.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-title=\"MING 1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MING-1.jpg?fit=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-56752\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/MING-1.jpg?resize=600%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">With her poetic soulful, lyrics, angelic voice and the artistic, avant-garde and mysterious side of her she slowly reveals, MING is positioning herself as the next creative genius the world has been waiting for.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the official music video for &#8216;Day of the Animal&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_26663\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8PmvSlfHvYg?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=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/8PmvSlfHvYg\/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;\">And the official music video for &#8216;My Self&#8217;:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_92189\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I2_6mjrloxM?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=\"YouTube player\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/I2_6mjrloxM\/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;\">MING&#8217;s latest album, &#8216;Stinky Feet&#8217;, is now available to stream and download <a href=\"https:\/\/mingland.hearnow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. You can find out more about MING online on her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ming.land\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ming.land\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Little is known about the mystery that is MING. Born and raised in China, MING arrived in Los Angeles five years ago, like so many others, to pursue a dream in film making. After earning her film degree, MING soon realized that the film industry was not to be her destiny. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":56753,"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":[7,21455,57,9,21453,21445,21446,640],"tags":[277,23283,27,23280,23282,77,370,116,78,304,23281,81],"class_list":["post-56751","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-videos","tag-china","tag-day-of-the-animal","tag-los-angeles","tag-ming","tag-my-self","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-singer","tag-songwriter","tag-stinky-feet","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-eLl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":39088,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2018\/08\/alternative-posters-released-the-meg-starring-jason-statham-in-cinemas-10th-august-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":56751,"position":0},"title":"ALTERNATIVE POSTERS RELEASED: THE MEG Starring Jason Statham In cinemas 10th August 2018","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"03\/08\/2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Jason Statham and award-winning Chinese actress Li Bingbing star in the science fiction action thriller 'The Meg', directed by Jon Turteltaub.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Films&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Films","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/films\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/image005-1.jpg?fit=361%2C534&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":51321,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/07\/terry-light-lately\/","url_meta":{"origin":56751,"position":1},"title":"Terry Light &#8211; &#8216;Lately&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"15\/07\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Los Angeles based group Terry Light owe their music video for their debut single, 'Lately' to the fact that independent filmmaker Kailee McGee loved their track so much that she put it into her film, 'The Person I Am When No One Is Looking'. 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