{"id":63086,"date":"2020-06-16T18:28:57","date_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:28:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63086"},"modified":"2020-06-16T18:28:57","modified_gmt":"2020-06-16T17:28:57","slug":"james-billett-has-just-dropped-the-video-for-his-release-faith-over-family-and-its-breathtaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/james-billett-has-just-dropped-the-video-for-his-release-faith-over-family-and-its-breathtaking\/","title":{"rendered":"James Billett Has Just Dropped The Video For His Release, \u2018Faith Over Family\u2019 &#8211; And It\u2019s Breathtaking."},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The \u2018Faith Over Family\u2019 singer has orchestrated one of the most breathtaking music videos in recent years &#8211; and he appears nowhere in it!<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The song tackles sensitive but important topics this Pride month &#8211; putting issues of homophobia out into the open and addressing them with the calm clarity of sadness, disappointment and frustration instead of unadulterated rage. The video is similarly understated and effective, depicting the same-sex love story against the magnificent expanse of the Icelandic landscape.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Stunning, dreamlike and heartfelt, the video reflects the song\u2019s message of love above all else, with the scenes between the couple taking precedence over the hateful behaviour of those surrounding them.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can watch the video below (C\/W for homophobia) and follow James Billet on social media now to stay up to date on future releases!<\/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\/83Dgus2JHxE?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>The \u2018Faith Over Family\u2019 singer has orchestrated one of the most breathtaking music videos in recent years &#8211; and he appears nowhere in it!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":63087,"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":[25340,5565,25441,77,370,1945,18471,116,81,22992],"class_list":["post-63086","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-faith-over-family","tag-iceland","tag-james-billet","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gpw","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48768,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/04\/hildur-releases-video-for-new-single-1993\/","url_meta":{"origin":63086,"position":0},"title":"Hildur Releases Video For New Single &#8216;1993&#8217;","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"08\/04\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Following the release of her single, '1993', back in February, through AntiFragile Music, Icelandic Pop Artist has today revealed the music video for the track.","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\/2019\/04\/hildur.png?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hildur.png?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hildur.png?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/hildur.png?fit=750%2C1125&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":47334,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/02\/icelandic-pop-artist-hildur-releases-new-single-1993\/","url_meta":{"origin":63086,"position":1},"title":"Icelandic Pop Artist Hildur Releases New Single \u20181993\u2019","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"27\/02\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"'1993' is the new single from rising Icelandic pop artist, Hildur. 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