{"id":58224,"date":"2019-12-20T09:20:27","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T09:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=58224"},"modified":"2019-12-20T09:23:36","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T09:23:36","slug":"the-essential-advent-calendar-december-20-robert-oconnor-releases-river-video-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-20-robert-oconnor-releases-river-video-for-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"The Essential Advent Calendar: December 20 &#8211; Robert O\u2019Connor Releases \u2018River\u2019 Video For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Can you believe it&#8217;s already the 20th of December? Behind our 20th door is the wonderful Robert O&#8217;Connor, with the video for his festive track, &#8216;River&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert first released his cover of the Joni Mitchell classic last year, and we featured it in our Essential Advent Calendar then too, but now it&#8217;s got a fantastic music video to accompany it we thought it only right that we&#8217;d feature it again.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video shows a sombre Robert wandering aimlessly throughout the streets of Dublin, with shoppers &#8211; shot out of focus &#8211; navigate their way around him, while he seems frozen to the spot in the thronging Grafton Quarter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Speaking about the video, directed by David Duggan, Robert said:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cIt felt misguided to make a typical lip sync video for a song like this. I wanted it to show me feeling out of sync with the environment I was in. For a lot or people, Christmas is the hardest time of year for so many reasons \u2014 and most of the media messages we see are hyper-positive \u2014 so this is a little nod to those who are struggling to feel festive\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert is currently working on new material to be released in 2020.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Robert O&#8217;Connor can be found online on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iamrobertoconnor\">Facebook<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/robertoconnor\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/iamrobertoconnor\/\">Instagram<\/a>. Make sure to also show your support by streaming his music through <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/3cGgPditxbsHzV6v6jRAXC?si=li-Qss5MTC-7ADRwImDDMg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the official music video for &#8216;River&#8217; below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_67719\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/-e7ny6MUHD8?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=\"Robert O&#039;Connor - River (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/-e7ny6MUHD8\/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: left;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can you believe it&#8217;s already the 20th of December? 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