{"id":65334,"date":"2020-10-02T09:22:17","date_gmt":"2020-10-02T08:22:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=65334"},"modified":"2020-10-02T09:22:17","modified_gmt":"2020-10-02T08:22:17","slug":"steerner-shadow-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/10\/steerner-shadow-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Steerner &#8211; Shadow Side"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Sweden&#8217;s prolific dance artist and producer <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteernerOfficial\">Steerner<\/a> is here with another record that bridges the gap between pop and electronic music this week. The guy behind big hits like &#8220;I Wouldn&#8217;t Lie&#8221; has been hard at work in 2020 creating &#8220;Shadow Side,&#8221; which offers up a little look at his personal inspirations.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">He says of this guitar-fuelled single:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThe brighter the light, the darker the\u00a0shadow.\u00a0\u2018Shadow\u00a0Side\u2019\u00a0is a love song about diving deep at the risk of drowning.\u00a0It could be for a person, a lifestyle or a passion. On another level,\u00a0\u2018Shadow\u00a0Side\u2019\u00a0is\u00a0also about the intoxicating thrill of flirting with danger and darkness.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Released in collaboration with TikTok creator and influencer Liam Kalevi, &#8220;Shadow Side&#8221; offers anthemic beats and an invigorating, singalong melody that we&#8217;re already humming over and over.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take a listen right here.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Shadow Side\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/4xhSe2VYQbWBugfm8O4UW8?si=5UAhg01ZQXaQoYRnxCWoeA&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sweden&#8217;s prolific dance artist and producer Steerner is here with another record that bridges the gap between pop and electronic music this week.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":66,"featured_media":65335,"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":[105,20352,370,116,26141,10677,25436,299,26140],"class_list":["post-65334","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-dance","tag-hanna-brunt","tag-new-single","tag-review","tag-shadow-side","tag-single-review","tag-steerner","tag-sweden","tag-universal-music-sweden"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-gZM","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":89858,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/02\/prolific-producer-parkerjax-ai-dj-releases-new-anthem-chasing-shadows\/","url_meta":{"origin":65334,"position":0},"title":"Prolific Producer ParkerJax AI DJ Releases New Anthem, &#8216;Chasing Shadows&#8217;","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"13\/02\/2025","format":false,"excerpt":"ParkerJax AI DJ brings their latest single, 'Chasing Shadows'. 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