{"id":64835,"date":"2020-09-04T12:05:30","date_gmt":"2020-09-04T11:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=64835"},"modified":"2020-09-04T13:21:10","modified_gmt":"2020-09-04T12:21:10","slug":"elijah-raw","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/09\/elijah-raw\/","title":{"rendered":"Elijah &#8211; &#8216;Raw&#8217;\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>A native of Brooklyn, Elijah takes his inspiration from every aspect of his life, whether it be a night out, a casual chat, or a random thought. He&#8217;s undoubtedly influenced by his City, and it has a deep impact on his sound and the words he sings, with his moody RnB style reminiscent of The Weeknd, and an energy clearly influenced by Michael Jackson.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Elijah&#8217;s latest single, &#8216;Raw&#8217;, is pure RnB; it&#8217;s dark, yet because of his gorgeous vocals, along with the alluring video, it&#8217;s smoothly accessible and catchy.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The video also takes a dark turn &#8211; to match the provocative song it&#8217;s gone down the same lines. Set in Madame X, in Manhattan&#8217;s Soho, known as &#8220;the sexiest bar in New York City&#8221;, we are taken through the dimly lit lounges, after hours. Elijah and his admirer make sure their party of two doesn&#8217;t get any larger. Sexy, sultry, and alluring, in just three minutes Elijah establishes where he wants to be &#8211; &#8220;beneath the stars and above the law&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about Elijah by following him on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Instagram.com\/itselijahmusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>. You can watch the video for &#8216;RAW&#8217; below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_56537\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xSnZZmNMMq8?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=\"Elijah - RAW(Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/xSnZZmNMMq8\/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","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A native of Brooklyn, Elijah takes his inspiration from every aspect of his life, whether it be a night out, a casual chat, or a random thought. He&#8217;s undoubtedly influenced by his City, and it has a deep impact on his sound and the words he sings, with his moody RnB style reminiscent of The Weeknd, and an energy clearly influenced by Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":64861,"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":[26000,11720,77,370,1945,26001,10677,81,22992],"class_list":["post-64835","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-elijah","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-raw","tag-single-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gRJ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":77920,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2022\/09\/texas-artist-elijah-william-releases-video-and-new-single-zone\/","url_meta":{"origin":64835,"position":0},"title":"Texas Artist Elijah William Releases Video And New Single, &#8216;Zone&#8217;\u00a0","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"22\/09\/2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Out now, 'Zone' is the latest release from Elijah William, a singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, from Fort Worth, Texas.","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\/2022\/09\/Elijah-William-scaled.jpg?fit=1198%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Elijah-William-scaled.jpg?fit=1198%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Elijah-William-scaled.jpg?fit=1198%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Elijah-William-scaled.jpg?fit=1198%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Elijah-William-scaled.jpg?fit=1198%2C1200&ssl=1&resize=1050%2C600 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":67911,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/02\/elijah-wolf-brighter-lighting\/","url_meta":{"origin":64835,"position":1},"title":"Elijah Wolf &#8211; &#8216;Brighter Lighting&#8217;\u00a0","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"25\/02\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Elijah Wolf's new single, 'Brighter Lighting', sees him move out of the self-isolation of his first album, and into a more collaborative, immersive sound. 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