{"id":63209,"date":"2020-06-22T12:08:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-22T11:08:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63209"},"modified":"2020-06-22T12:08:07","modified_gmt":"2020-06-22T11:08:07","slug":"george-pelham-reveals-stripped-back-acoustic-version-of-be-myself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/george-pelham-reveals-stripped-back-acoustic-version-of-be-myself\/","title":{"rendered":"GEORGE PELHAM REVEALS STRIPPED BACK ACOUSTIC VERSION OF &#8216;BE MYSELF&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>George Pelham has recently dropped a fantastic acoustic version of his single, &#8216;Be Myself&#8217;. You can now stream it <a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/track\/056mnOxu26uIzSpXnpEHSP?si=h-5rdolBRn6XxWoouK6sPA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>\u00a0and watch the video of George&#8217;s acoustic performance\u00a0<a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=b3EJXQnpnK0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The original version of &#8216;Be Myself&#8217; found it&#8217;s place on the Spotify\u2019s New Pop UK playlist and has surpassed 15 thousand streams. It&#8217;s an extremely bouncy song which is sure to put you in a good mood. The music video &#8211; which can be watched below &#8211; was directed by the talented Lindsey Henderson during the first few days of lockdown.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_76515\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/r9nO7pF8w1Y?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=\"George Pelham - Be Myself (Official Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/r9nO7pF8w1Y\/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;\">When talking of the acoustic version of the single, George says,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI recorded this in the middle of lockdown in my tiny garden shed. This song was originally written on an acoustic guitar and had a beachy acoustic feel to it until it turned into something quite full-on and Motown-inspired, so this acoustic version is how the song sounded before that.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">George will be performing alongside McFly, and KT Tunstall at The Bath Festival Finale weekend, next year On Saturday 29th May 2021. Don&#8217;t miss the opportunity to catch him performing &#8216;Be Myself&#8217; live &#8211; tickets can be found <a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/bathfestivals.org.uk\/the-bath-festival\/finale-weekend\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>. Show additional support by following him on\u00a0<a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/georgepelham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">, and\u00a0<a class=\"_e75a791d-denali-editor-page-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/georgepelham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>\u00a0for more updates.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>George Pelham has recently dropped a fantastic acoustic version of his single, &#8216;Be Myself&#8217;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":63210,"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],"tags":[1376,25204,21607,23307,12,68,370,116,10677,25499,81],"class_list":["post-63209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","tag-acoustic","tag-be-myself","tag-emma-mages","tag-george-pelham","tag-music","tag-new-music","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-single-review","tag-the-bath-festival","tag-video"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-grv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":57177,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/11\/premiere-george-pelham-releases-beautifully-stripped-back-acoustic-version-of-latest-single-good-thing-going\/","url_meta":{"origin":63209,"position":0},"title":"Premiere! 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