{"id":62892,"date":"2020-06-08T13:16:36","date_gmt":"2020-06-08T12:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=62892"},"modified":"2020-06-08T13:16:36","modified_gmt":"2020-06-08T12:16:36","slug":"taylor-castro-releases-abyss-embarks-on-virtual-world-tour-with-live-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/taylor-castro-releases-abyss-embarks-on-virtual-world-tour-with-live-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Castro Releases \u2018Abyss\u2019, Embarks On Virtual World Tour With Live Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2018Abyss\u2019 is the latest release from Taylor Castro, who is currently broadcasting to countries all over the world in partnership with Live Nation. This virtual world tour is a brilliant example of the resilience of the music industry, proving that artists can and will find ways around the coronavirus pandemic to bring us music in whatever way possible!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition to this innovative way of performing, Taylor Castro has released \u2018Abyss\u2019, the latest track to be taken from her sophomore album, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Girl Afraid<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, coming soon. It\u2019s a brilliant track, which shows Castro truly possesses the intuitive and insightful talents to shoot straight to the head of the singer-songwriter pack. She interestingly shares talents with her namesake, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">other<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Taylor (Swift) &#8211; making use of the storytelling tradition of country and folk music and translating it into a more mainstream pop hit.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This song in particular sees Castro meditate on topics of toxic masculinity, mental health and platonic love with a wisdom beyond her modest years. The instrumentation remains bright and light-hearted throughout, allowing such important topics into the mainstream consciousness under the guise of a song set to be the hit of the summer.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Watch the gorgeous video for \u2018Abyss\u2019 below!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justifyv;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iJ75qYM0Snk?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><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Abyss\u2019 is the latest release from Taylor Castro, who is currently broadcasting to countries all over the world in partnership with Live Nation. This virtual world tour is a brilliant example of the resilience of the music industry, proving that artists can and will find ways around the coronavirus pandemic to bring us music in whatever way possible!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":62893,"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":[7,9,21453,21446,640],"tags":[25019,14068,77,370,18471,24705,3821],"class_list":["post-62892","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-single-reviews","category-videos","tag-abyss","tag-live-nation","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-taylor-castro","tag-world-tour"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gmo","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63364,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/taylor-castro-is-at-the-forefront-of-a-pioneering-new-way-to-watch-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":62892,"position":0},"title":"Taylor Castro Is At The Forefront Of A Pioneering New Way To Watch Music","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"26\/06\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"During the pandemic, we have to make do with what we have. 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