{"id":62428,"date":"2020-05-20T06:28:47","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T05:28:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=62428"},"modified":"2020-05-20T06:28:47","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T05:28:47","slug":"fletcher-releases-bitter-with-kito","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/05\/fletcher-releases-bitter-with-kito\/","title":{"rendered":"FLETCHER RELEASES &#8216;BITTER&#8217; WITH KITO"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>On 13th May, FLETCHER released her highly anticipated collaboration with Kito. &#8216;Bitter&#8217; can now be streamed on all major streaming platforms\u00a0<a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/fletcher.lnk.to\/BitterPR\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Not only that, but Fletcher also directed a sexy music video alongside the release which can now be watched on\u00a0YouTube.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_64845\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aetZC3Hwdkw?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=\"FLETCHER - Bitter (with Kito)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/aetZC3Hwdkw\/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;\">The singer co-wrote &#8216;Bitter&#8217; with Kito, and Mary Weitz. It was later produced during their time in quarantine over Facetime. Her EP &#8216;you ruined new york city for me&#8217; demonstrates a highly personal story of heartbreak. &#8216;Undrunk&#8217; was featured on this EP and was FLETCHER&#8217;s breakthrough hit. It was on Billboard&#8217;s Hot 100 for many weeks and took the top place on Spotify\u2019s Viral Chart.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;you ruined new york city for me&#8217; has so far reached an enormous 250 million streams on Spotify. &#8216;Bitter&#8217; is FLETCHER&#8217;s most recent single after &#8216;Forever&#8217; &#8211; both singles are reaching massive success. A stripped-back version of &#8216;Bitter&#8217; was also released as well as a stunning visualizer which can be seen\u00a0here:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_47012\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LoJ7Q_9Kf_4?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=\"FLETCHER - Forever (Stripped)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/LoJ7Q_9Kf_4\/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;\">One Direction&#8217;s Niall Horan recently teamed up with FLETCHER on a Spotify Singles cover of Taylor Swift&#8217;s song, &#8216;Lover&#8217;. This is worth taking a look at. You can listen to this incredible collab\u00a0here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Spotify Singles\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/6qU8mH51eBvwyqYgg2Wsui?utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Be sure to stream FLETCHER&#8217;s and Kiko&#8217;s new song now! It&#8217;s something you won&#8217;t regret.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 13th May, FLETCHER released her highly anticipated collaboration with Kito. &#8216;Bitter&#8217; can now be streamed on all major streaming platforms here. Not only that, but Fletcher also directed a sexy music video alongside the release which can now be watched on Youtube.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":62429,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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],"tags":[25191,1481,24580,21607,286,23430,25190,25192,12,77,370,289,88,25136,135,25194,25193],"class_list":["post-62428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","tag-bitter","tag-collaboration","tag-covid-19","tag-emma-mages","tag-ep","tag-fletcher","tag-kiko","tag-mary-weitz","tag-music","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-song","tag-niall-horan","tag-quarantunes","tag-taylor-swift","tag-undrunk","tag-you-ruined-new-york-city-for-me"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-geU","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":85030,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2023\/12\/the-essential-advent-calendar-december-4-neighbours-star-alan-fletcher-releases-original-holiday-song-its-gonna-be-a-good-christmas\/","url_meta":{"origin":62428,"position":0},"title":"The Essential Advent Calendar &#8211; December 4: Neighbours Star Alan Fletcher Releases Original Holiday Song, \u2018It&#8217;s Gonna Be A Good Christmas\u2019","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"04\/12\/2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Neighbours\u00a0star and singer-songwriter\u00a0Alan Fletcher\u00a0kicks off the festive season with the release of his brand new original song, \u2018It\u2019s Gonna Be A Good Christmas\u2019. 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