{"id":63611,"date":"2020-07-10T08:26:24","date_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:26:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=63611"},"modified":"2020-07-10T08:26:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-10T07:26:24","slug":"jonny-ong-brings-a-sense-of-curiosity-to-the-psychedelic-tradition-with-fools-music-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/07\/jonny-ong-brings-a-sense-of-curiosity-to-the-psychedelic-tradition-with-fools-music-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Jonny Ong Brings A Sense Of Curiosity To The Psychedelic Tradition With \u2018Fools\u2019 Music Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The video for Jonny Ong\u2019s \u2018Fools\u2019 has dropped, and it shows the failings of humanity in all their beautiful futility.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sounds like a lot, huh? Jonny Ong is more than capable of balancing tough and honest themes such as these mirthful indictments of the human condition, with an exquisitely crafted melody and hopeful arrangement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The video is set in several stunning locations, all of which sees the messages in his song brought to life &#8211; the theme of futility mirrored in his following of the woman in the video, who always remains just out of reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A brilliant song, a stunning video and certainly an artist to watch out for.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><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\/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><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The video for Jonny Ong\u2019s \u2018Fools\u2019 has dropped, and it shows the failings of humanity in all their beautiful futility.<\/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":[25347,24776,423,77,370,18471,2721,1524,116,81,22992],"class_list":["post-63611","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-fools","tag-jonny-ong","tag-music-video","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-psych","tag-psychedelic","tag-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gxZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63083,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/06\/jonny-ong-releases-the-existential-video-for-psychedelic-track-fools\/","url_meta":{"origin":63611,"position":0},"title":"Jonny Ong Releases The Existential Video For Psychedelic Track, \u2018Fools\u2019","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"16\/06\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"\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.","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":63611,"position":1},"title":"Jonny Ong&#8217;s &#8216;Fools&#8217; 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