{"id":64398,"date":"2020-08-11T10:52:49","date_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=64398"},"modified":"2020-08-11T10:55:28","modified_gmt":"2020-08-11T09:55:28","slug":"james-billett-returns-with-sophomore-single-what-will-they-say-about-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/james-billett-returns-with-sophomore-single-what-will-they-say-about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"James Billett Returns With Sophomore Single, \u2018What Will They Say About Us\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>In keeping with the tradition of political songs, James Billett follows his release of \u2018Faith Over Family\u2019 with his take on the police brutality crisis, sophomore single \u2018What Will They Say About Us\u2019.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The song is a gentle meditation on the tragedies of human folly, with Billett\u2019s poetic lyricism taking the spotlight once again, to speak out in solidarity with those marginalised communities who the world and its systems so often overlook. Tender, heartfelt, tragic and emotional, Billett\u2019s vocals are whispered and hazy, with an impressive falsetto tone. Telling the stories of others requires a degree of insight and empathy, which Billett certainly has in abundance. Lyrics such as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201call I see is ignorance breeding superior believing\/as the story repeats history weeps as we do it all over again,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> reveal a frustration which is held under the surface of Billett\u2019s tranquil composure, illustrating how these long-held beliefs can be fought with reason as well as rage.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once again, the music video sees Billett take the back seat, performing his song as more of a soundtrack to the stories of which he sings, than the main focal point. The video sees the impact of police brutality and assault on marginalised groups, as Billett laments in the background at the sorry state of the world in which we now find ourselves. In this way, he is able to cast himself in the role of fireside bard, telling the stories and legends of others from an observational point of view.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">James Billett has partnered with Black Minds Matter UK for this release, an essential mental health charity aiming to provide free mental health support for Black families in the UK following the impact of the death of George Floyd.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/tLVn1j-lq-M?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>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In keeping with the tradition of political songs, James Billett follows his release of \u2018Faith Over Family\u2019 with his take on the police brutality crisis, sophomore single \u2018What Will They Say About Us\u2019.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":64399,"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":[7,9,21445,21446,640],"tags":[25340,25441,77,370,1945,18471,116,78,10677,304,81,25889],"class_list":["post-64398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-releases","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","category-videos","tag-faith-over-family","tag-james-billet","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-singer","tag-single-review","tag-songwriter","tag-video","tag-what-will-they-say-about-us"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gKG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64909,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/09\/ep-review-james-billett-is-captivating-on-what-will-they-say-about-us\/","url_meta":{"origin":64398,"position":0},"title":"EP REVIEW: James Billett Is Captivating On &#8216;What Will They Say About Us&#8217;","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"25\/09\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Watching your own downward spiral from the detached vantage point of a spectator is nothing to scoff at. 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