{"id":57252,"date":"2019-11-18T16:05:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=57252"},"modified":"2019-11-18T16:05:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-18T16:05:21","slug":"timi-dakolo-releases-video-for-merry-christmas-darling-ft-emeli-sande","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/timi-dakolo-releases-video-for-merry-christmas-darling-ft-emeli-sande\/","title":{"rendered":"Timi Dakolo Releases Video For &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217; ft. Emeli Sand\u00e9"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Dubbed &#8220;the golden voice of Africa&#8221; by 16 time Grammy winner Humberto Gatica, Nigerian sensation Timi Dakolo is set to release his debut UK album, &#8216;<a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/timi-dakolo-announces-christmas-album-merry-christmas-darling-and-reveals-title-track-featuring-emeli-sande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Merry Christmas, Darling<\/a>&#8216;, this Friday, 22 November, through Hafe Music\/Virgin EMI. The title track, recorded at Abbey Road Studios in London, features Emile Sand\u00e9, as well as a sparkling music video.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking about recording at Abbey Road studios, Timi said,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cRecording this album one of the greatest experiences of my life. It was like a dream I didn\u2019t want to wake up from.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u2018Merry Christmas Darling\u2019 is Timi&#8217;s first Christmas album, and also features Eric Benet on \u2018White Christmas\u2019, Kenny G. and The Eben Voices of Gabon Choir on \u2018Hallelujah\u2019.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, below. You can stream and download the single <a href=\"https:\/\/timidakolo.lnk.to\/MerryChristmasDarlingPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Find Timi Dakolo online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/timidakolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/timidakolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">YouTube<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/timidakolo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Timidakoloofficial\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>, and his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.timidakolo.ng\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_84790\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/10RIzbvvyG8?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=\"Timi Dakolo, Emeli Sand\u00e9 - Merry Christmas, Darling (Studio Performance Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/10RIzbvvyG8\/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>Dubbed &#8220;the golden voice of Africa&#8221; by 16 time Grammy winner Humberto Gatica, Nigerian sensation Timi Dakolo is set to release his debut UK album, &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, this Friday, 22 November, through Hafe Music\/Virgin EMI.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57253,"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":[3768,7,9,21453,640],"tags":[13524,132,23438,7095,23437,144,370,7192,20584,23557,23556],"class_list":["post-57252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-videos","tag-british-nigerian","tag-emeli-sande","tag-humberto-gatica","tag-kenny-g","tag-merry-christmas-darling","tag-new-album","tag-new-single","tag-nigeria","tag-nigerian","tag-the-eben-voices-of-gabon-choir","tag-timi-dakolo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-eTq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57055,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/timi-dakolo-announces-christmas-album-merry-christmas-darling-and-reveals-title-track-featuring-emeli-sande\/","url_meta":{"origin":57252,"position":0},"title":"Timi Dakolo Announces Christmas Album \u2018Merry Christmas, Darling\u2019 And Reveals Title Track Featuring Emeli Sand\u00e9","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"08\/11\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"He\u2019s been dubbed \u2018the golden voice of Africa\u2019 by 16-time Grammy Award-winning Humberto Gatica (Michael Buble, Michael Jackson, Celine Dion) and now Nigerian sensation Timi Dakolo releases his debut UK album \u2018Merry Christmas, Darling\u2019 November 22nd on Hafe Music\/Virgin EMI. 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