{"id":62739,"date":"2020-06-03T11:06:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=62739"},"modified":"2020-06-03T11:06:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-03T10:06:36","slug":"jonny-ongs-fools-sees-a-maturation-in-his-sound-already","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/jonny-ongs-fools-sees-a-maturation-in-his-sound-already\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Ong&#8217;s &#8216;Fools&#8217; Sees A Maturation In His Sound &#8211; Already"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2018Fools\u2019 is the follow up to Jonny Ong\u2019s psychedelically-charged ballad, \u2018Isolation\u2019, and sees a maturation in his sound &#8211; already.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Already building on the underground success of previous single \u2018Isolation\u2019 comes \u2018Fools\u2019 &#8211; the culmination of years of hard work and musical study on the part of Ong. It\u2019s a song which arrives fully and perfectly formed in all its astute observations of the human condition, as well as a near-perfect arrangement spanning the genres of jazz, folk and rock all at once.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Taking obvious inspiration from the greats &#8211; The Beatles, The Doors, Love and more psychedelic giants are all paid homage to during \u2018Fools\u2019, as well as more avant-garde artists such as David Bowie, in the flourishes of the handpan, Ong\u2019s signature instrument.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Growing up in Singapore, Ong was influenced by the culture around him before becoming interested in the psychedelic movement of the West. Later on, he was inspired by a busker in Amsterdam to pick up the handpan, and this was then introduced into his sound.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">East meets West in Ong\u2019s approach to psychedelia, in a way which breathes fresh air into this somewhat tired genre. It\u2019s refreshing to hear this melting pot of influences in a song which sounds wholly new yet with recognisable elements throughout. An essential listen.<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/jonny-ong\/fools-radio-edit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Fools\u2019 is the follow up to Jonny Ong\u2019s psychedelically-charged ballad, \u2018Isolation\u2019, and sees a maturation in his sound &#8211; already.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":62741,"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":[7,57,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[25347,24778,24776,77,370,18471,116,7757,79,10677],"class_list":["post-62739","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-fools","tag-handpan","tag-jonny-ong","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-singapore","tag-single","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gjV","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63611,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/07\/jonny-ong-brings-a-sense-of-curiosity-to-the-psychedelic-tradition-with-fools-music-video\/","url_meta":{"origin":62739,"position":0},"title":"Jonny Ong Brings A Sense Of Curiosity To The Psychedelic Tradition With \u2018Fools\u2019 Music Video","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"10\/07\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The video for Jonny Ong\u2019s \u2018Fools\u2019 has dropped, and it shows the failings of humanity in all their beautiful futility.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/IMG_0403-3.jpeg?fit=800%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64699,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/jonny-ong-releases-the-unique-sounding-chloe\/","url_meta":{"origin":62739,"position":1},"title":"Jonny Ong Releases The Unique-Sounding &#8216;Chloe&#8217;","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"25\/08\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Jonny Ong is a man of intrigue. 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