{"id":63257,"date":"2020-06-23T10:03:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63257"},"modified":"2020-06-23T10:03:00","modified_gmt":"2020-06-23T09:03:00","slug":"president-streets-something-to-believe-sees-them-back-on-top-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/president-streets-something-to-believe-sees-them-back-on-top-again\/","title":{"rendered":"President Street\u2019s \u2018Something To Believe\u2019 Sees Them Back On Top Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>President Street\u2019s \u2018Something to Believe\u2019 sees them back on top again, even in the face of a global pandemic.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A melding of genres, the song begins with an isolated vocal, before a trap-inspired drum track kicks in. The chorus is victorious and full of wonder, sounding like someone suddenly realising how beautiful the world can truly be. It\u2019s reminiscent of classic R&amp;B tunes such as Jordin Sparks\u2019 \u2018No Air\u2019 and are carried off with the same sense of emotional catharsis.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It\u2019s a statement of defiance; the song itself was inspired by the fallout of a toxic relationship, in which vocalist Ruby proclaims her independence and strength &#8211; and, in listening, we are enabled to find our own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F830892637&#038;auto_play=false&#038;hide_related=false&#038;visual=false&#038;show_comments=true&#038;show_user=true&#038;show_reposts=false&#038;color=ff5500\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Street\u2019s \u2018Something to Believe\u2019 sees them back on top again, even in the face of a global pandemic.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":63258,"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],"tags":[24580,77,370,18471,15203,3223,10677,25503],"class_list":["post-63257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-covid-19","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-president-street","tag-reivew","tag-single-review","tag-something-to-believe"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gsh","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64528,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/president-street-reveals-the-stunning-visual-for-something-to-believe\/","url_meta":{"origin":63257,"position":0},"title":"President Street Reveals The Stunning Visual For &#8216;Something To Believe&#8217;","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"18\/08\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"President Street is a music duo, formed by Australian Pete Moses because of his love of music production. 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