{"id":57837,"date":"2019-11-28T15:32:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:32:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=57837"},"modified":"2019-11-28T15:32:31","modified_gmt":"2019-11-28T15:32:31","slug":"timi-dakolo-releases-behind-the-scenes-video-for-merrychristmas-darling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/timi-dakolo-releases-behind-the-scenes-video-for-merrychristmas-darling\/","title":{"rendered":"Timi Dakolo Releases Behind The Scenes Video For &#8216;MerryChristmas, Darling&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Following the release of his debut UK album, &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, last week, Timi Dakolo, also known as &#8220;the golden voice of Africa&#8221;, has released a behind the scenes video for the title track and latest single, &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, which features Emeli Sande.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_27268\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j9UXsmoia7M?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 Sande - Merry Christmas, Darling (Behind The Scenes)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/j9UXsmoia7M\/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 read our review of Timi Dakolo&#8217;s album, &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, <a href=\"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/timi-dakolos-merry-christmas-darling-is-the-only-christmas-album-we-need-this-year\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the release of his debut UK album, &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, last week, Timi Dakolo, also known as &#8220;the golden voice of Africa&#8221;, has released a behind the scenes video for the title track and latest single, &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217;, which features Emeli Sande.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":57056,"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":[7,21455,9,21453,640],"tags":[6526,470,132,23437,144,77,370,1945,23556],"class_list":["post-57837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-albums","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-videos","tag-behind-the-scenes","tag-christmas","tag-emeli-sande","tag-merry-christmas-darling","tag-new-album","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-timi-dakolo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-f2R","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57252,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/timi-dakolo-releases-video-for-merry-christmas-darling-ft-emeli-sande\/","url_meta":{"origin":57837,"position":0},"title":"Timi Dakolo Releases Video For &#8216;Merry Christmas, Darling&#8217; ft. 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