{"id":58911,"date":"2020-01-13T10:52:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-13T10:52:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=58911"},"modified":"2020-01-13T10:52:10","modified_gmt":"2020-01-13T10:52:10","slug":"rapta-shares-farewell-through-2dex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/01\/rapta-shares-farewell-through-2dex\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapta Shares &#8216;Farewell&#8217; Through 2DEX"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Delivering a new sound for 2DEX to get 2020 off to a flying start this week is Rapta. The Boston-based producer marks his second release on the label \u2013 the first being \u2018Farewell\u2019 \u2013 with \u2018Energy Therapy&#8217;.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is nothing short of a delightful piece of work. There are smooth quips of R&amp;B and pop notes, whilst the melody comes cleanly supported by some well-placed, rolling percussion. Rapta explains a little more about its meaning, sharing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI just feel like there was lot I needed to get off my chest and for anyone trying to knock my blessings, I dedicate to you.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Listen to &#8216;Farewell&#8217; now.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Farewell\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4aNVgWh79mdBybL0oWvjgM?si=1nJUVR_3QB6ozk0FdOeY3g&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delivering a new sound for 2DEX to get 2020 off to a flying start this week is Rapta. The Boston-based producer marks his second release on the label \u2013 the first being \u2018Farewell\u2019 \u2013 with \u2018Energy Therapy&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":58912,"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":[9,21453],"tags":[22787,2349,23994,23995,20352,77,370,23991],"class_list":["post-58911","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","tag-2dex","tag-boston","tag-energy-therapy","tag-farewell","tag-hanna-brunt","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-rapta"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-fkb","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82608,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/07\/foreigner-announce-farewell-compilation-album-to-go-along-with-final-tour\/","url_meta":{"origin":58911,"position":0},"title":"FOREIGNER Announce \u2018Farewell\u2019 Compilation Album To Go Along With Final Tour","author":"Declan Hafey","date":"07\/07\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"In the closing months of 2022, the world-famous rock band FOREIGNER made an announcement about a very difficult decision they had come to - to start their farewell tour, going through 2023 to 2024. 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