{"id":64568,"date":"2020-08-18T12:20:30","date_gmt":"2020-08-18T11:20:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=64568"},"modified":"2020-08-18T12:20:30","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T11:20:30","slug":"allegra-speaks-about-her-decision-to-record-covers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/08\/allegra-speaks-about-her-decision-to-record-covers\/","title":{"rendered":"Allegra Speaks About Her Decision To Record Covers"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Allegra, star of recent reworking of Dua Lipa\u2019s \u2018Physical\u2019, has taken to Instagram to discuss her decision to release mostly cover versions since her breakout single, \u2018All About Us\u2019.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking about the decision, the teenage superstar has said <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCovers are a way for me to challenge myself, work on my vocals and grow my stage performance,\u201d<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> before going on to speak about how she enjoys showing support for those artists who have helped shaped her as a musician on her journey to finding her own sound.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This latest cover certainly sees Allegra looking confident and professional in front of the camera, in her innovative reworking of Dua Lipa\u2019s smash hit \u2018Physical\u2019 &#8211; in which she makes use of electronic cellos, synth keyboards and backing vocals to make the song her own.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can hear it below:<\/span><\/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\/FVpW102rrEA?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>Allegra, star of recent reworking of Dua Lipa\u2019s \u2018Physical\u2019, has taken to Instagram to discuss her decision to release mostly cover versions since her breakout single, \u2018All About Us\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":64569,"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":[18498,6464,7805,77,370,25761,18471,79],"class_list":["post-64568","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-allegra","tag-covers","tag-dua-lipa","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-physical","tag-polly-havelock","tag-single"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gNq","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":64126,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/07\/allegra-gets-physical-in-latest-cover-version\/","url_meta":{"origin":64568,"position":0},"title":"Allegra \u2018Gets Physical\u2019 In Latest Cover Version","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"30\/07\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"It\u2019s a darkened room with a neon pink-lit background this time for Allegra\u2019s latest foray into the world of stylish cover videos.\u00a0","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\/07\/Screenshot_20200728-162637.png?fit=1047%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200728-162637.png?fit=1047%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200728-162637.png?fit=1047%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/Screenshot_20200728-162637.png?fit=1047%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":69294,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/05\/your-guide-to-the-brits-2021-by-allegra\/","url_meta":{"origin":64568,"position":1},"title":"Your Guide To The BRITs 2021, By Allegra","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"13\/05\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"As one of the primary rising stars of the pop world today, Allegra has a keen eye for what's currently in vogue, as she hovers at the side-lines waiting for her time to shine... 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