{"id":66280,"date":"2020-12-05T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2020-12-05T09:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=66280"},"modified":"2020-12-07T13:29:02","modified_gmt":"2020-12-07T13:29:02","slug":"essential-advent-calendar-december-5-ktj-carly-gift-me-to-you-special-holiday-song-advance-listen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-5-ktj-carly-gift-me-to-you-special-holiday-song-advance-listen\/","title":{"rendered":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 5 &#8211; KTJ &#038; CARLY &#8216;Gift Me to You&#8217; Special Holiday Song"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>It&#8217;s the 5th day of our Essential Advent Calendar and KTJ &amp; CARLY treat us to a special holiday song, &#8216;Gift Me to You&#8217; released on Wednesday, December 2nd.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dynamic pop duo KTJ &amp; CARLY reflect on the loneliness of the holiday season on &#8216;Gift Me to You&#8217;. Amidst a life-altering pandemic, many of us are experiencing the holidays a little differently this year. Separated from those we love, confined to our homes, the sense of joy and togetherness can almost feel as though it&#8217;s gone entirely.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Drifting on a soulful yet lonely melody, KTJ &amp; CARLY encompass the ache of missing what once was. Their soaring vocals and stunning harmonies bring brightness to a track reminiscent of days spent surrounded by our loved ones, lost in the joy of Christmas. &#8216;Gift Me to You&#8217; is the perfect holiday single for 2020 \u2014 heartfelt, hopeful, and awash in happy memories experienced from a distance.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Find out more about KTJ &amp; CARLY online on their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ktjcarly.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">official website<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/ktjcarly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Instagram<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ktjcarlymusic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Twitter<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ktjcarly\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Facebook<\/a>. Listen to &#8216;Gift Me To You&#8217; here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Gift Me to You\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4sNJEq82ubBh0m9FFk1f0f?si=eGGPiDDeRi2Ln5XqgYnQ9w&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s the 5th day of our Essential Advent Calendar and KTJ &#038; CARLY treat us to a special holiday song, &#8216;Gift Me to You&#8217; released on Wednesday, December 2nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":57972,"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":[3768,7],"tags":[470,3938,24673,77,370,3787],"class_list":["post-66280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-christmas","category-music","tag-christmas","tag-essential-advent-calendar","tag-ktj-carly","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-the-essential-advent-calendar"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hf2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66317,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2020\/12\/essential-advent-calendar-december-20-carly-rae-jepsen-releases-new-holiday-song-its-not-christmas-till-somebody-cries\/","url_meta":{"origin":66280,"position":0},"title":"Essential Advent Calendar: December 20 &#8211; Carly Rae Jepsen Releases New Holiday Song \u201cIt\u2019s Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries\u201d","author":"Essentially Pop","date":"20\/12\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"On Day 20 of The Essential Advent Calendar, pop dynamo Carly Rae Jepsen brings some much-needed Yuletide cheer a little early with her cheeky new song \u201cIt\u2019s Not Christmas Till Somebody Cries,\u201d out on 604\/Schoolboy\/Interscope Records. 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