{"id":63083,"date":"2020-06-16T18:51:48","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63083"},"modified":"2020-06-16T18:51:48","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:51:48","slug":"jonny-ong-releases-the-existential-video-for-psychedelic-track-fools","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/jonny-ong-releases-the-existential-video-for-psychedelic-track-fools\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Ong Releases The Existential Video For Psychedelic Track, \u2018Fools\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>\u2018Fools\u2019 is the latest track to see Jonny Ong melding East and West philosophies and musical influences in his astute observations of the human condition.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The music video, linked below, is an existential visual to accompany this indictment of humanity\u2019s shortcomings. In it, we see Jonny Ong following\u00a0 a woman through forests and city streets. No matter how close he gets, she always remains just outside of his reach. This is the perfect metaphor for the mistakes humans make in the quest for happiness and perfection &#8211; always reaching for something more rather than being comfortable with what we have.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The performance sections of this video feature Ong playing his signature instrument &#8211; a handpan &#8211; and his bandmate playing a heartbreaking trumpet solo. There\u2019s something eerie about the location &#8211; an empty hotel.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Themes of movement and impermanence pervade, and the track and the video take on a haunting quality alongside the emotive instrumentation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can watch the video below and also look out for Jonny Ong on his socials to stay up to date!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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\/TOCcCUYQGAc?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><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2018Fools\u2019 is the latest track to see Jonny Ong melding East and West philosophies and musical influences in his astute observations of the human condition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":63084,"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":[7,9,21453,21445,21446,21449,640],"tags":[24776,77,370,1945,18471,10677,22992],"class_list":["post-63083","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-video-reviews","category-videos","tag-jonny-ong","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-polly-havelock","tag-single-review","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gpt","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":63083,"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":62739,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/jonny-ongs-fools-sees-a-maturation-in-his-sound-already\/","url_meta":{"origin":63083,"position":1},"title":"Jonny Ong&#8217;s &#8216;Fools&#8217; 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