{"id":58296,"date":"2019-12-11T16:41:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-11T16:41:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=58296"},"modified":"2019-12-12T10:00:32","modified_gmt":"2019-12-12T10:00:32","slug":"giovanna-celebrates-recognition-in-the-worlds-of-music-and-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/12\/giovanna-celebrates-recognition-in-the-worlds-of-music-and-film\/","title":{"rendered":"Giovanna Celebrates Recognition In The Worlds Of Music AND Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Did we mention that our girl Giovanna has had success in more than just the music world?<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Yes, we\u2019re here to remind you about her fantastic alt-pop masterpiece \u2018Young Heart Player\u2019 (seriously, if you haven\u2019t listened to it yet where have you <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">been?<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) but also to tell you that this month, Giovanna is celebrating another one of her music videos, the nostalgia-laced ballad \u2018Can\u2019t Go Back\u2019, being recognised amongst some other gorgeous works of art in the Moscow International Short Film Festival.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This recognition should come as no surprise for those of us who have followed Giovanna from the very beginning, and know that her roots lie in film scoring. This knowledge of differing media types lends her music a certain cinematic quality which is apparent in both \u2018Can\u2019t Go Back\u2019 and \u2018Young Heart Player\u2019. Both these songs, and their accompanying videos, transcend the barriers of pop music as the music swells to fill the space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The space the music fills is not a nightclub, nor is it a lipsyncing, airbrushed image of Giovanna against a glittery background. In both cases, the song is explored in a way more intellectual than your average pop song. \u2018Can\u2019t Go Back\u2019 sees Giovanna performing the piano part live in an abandoned church whilst home movies are projected across her face, whilst \u2018Young Heart Player\u2019 makes use of a power struggle told through contemporary dance to tell the story of the song.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In both cases, it is clear that Giovanna is an artist to be reckoned with, one that inspires further art to be created. Award-nominated music videos or stunning choreography, the mark of a truly important artist is one who inspires other artists to create in her wake. Giovanna is one such artist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the video for \u2018Young Heart Player\u2019 down below:<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fgpuTf5oJww?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-GB&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Did we mention that our girl Giovanna has had success in more than just the music world?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":58297,"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":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,640],"tags":[21944,77,370,1945,18471,21945],"class_list":["post-58296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-videos","tag-giovanna","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-polly-havelock","tag-young-heart-player"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fag","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":50928,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/06\/giovanna-releases-new-single-young-heart-player\/","url_meta":{"origin":58296,"position":0},"title":"Giovanna Releases New Single &#8216;Young Heart Player&#8217;","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"29\/06\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Rising alt pop star Giovanna has had an unconventional journey as a musician. 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