{"id":68366,"date":"2021-03-17T10:40:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T10:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=68366"},"modified":"2021-03-17T10:43:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-17T10:43:41","slug":"vissia-celebrates-the-power-of-platonic-love-in-neo-soul-track-the-cliffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/03\/vissia-celebrates-the-power-of-platonic-love-in-neo-soul-track-the-cliffs\/","title":{"rendered":"VISSIA Celebrates The Power Of Platonic Love In Neo-Soul Track \u2018The Cliffs\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>It\u2019s a laid back, summer-y tune for the Canadian songstress\u2019 fourth single of this current album cycle. \u2018The Cliff\u2019s unmistakably taps into the kind of sound put forward by Halsey and the kind of visuals which Lana del Ray makes her own &#8211; full of endless hazy summers\u2019 days, a hitchhiked road trip with a stranger, love found in the most unlikely places. &#8216;The Cliffs&#8217; is taken from Vissia&#8217;s upcoming album,\u00a0<em>With Pleasure<\/em>, out in April.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vissia is an artist whose unmistakable grin, youthful writing style and intuitive perception are warm enough to thaw out any Canadian winter. \u2018The Cliffs\u2019 is no exception, with Vissia taking on the role of platonic cheerleader, championing the struggles and achievements of her friend in song form.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For Vissia, writing the songs for this album has been a growth process. <\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cMy only motive [in writing <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Pleasure<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">] was: do what feels good. Not what I thought somebody else would think is good or cool or the most profound, but what feels good to me. I luxuriated in emotion, indulged my curiosity and really had fun with the process. This might all sound like a very obvious approach to take, but we are all coming home to ourselves in our own time. The kind of growth it takes to stand firmly in our own convictions takes the time that it takes, but the timing is always right.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\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\/eoCr_Cl1VKg?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<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u2018The Cliffs\u2019 is out now with the rest of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">With Pleasure <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to follow on the 30th April 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a laid back, summer-y tune for the Canadian songstress\u2019 fourth single of this current album cycle. \u2018The Cliff\u2019s unmistakably taps into the kind of sound put forward by Halsey and the kind of visuals which Lana del Ray makes her own &#8211; full of endless hazy summers\u2019 days, a hitchhiked road trip with a stranger, love found in the most unlikely places. &#8216;The Cliffs&#8217; is taken from Vissia&#8217;s upcoming album,\u00a0With Pleasure, out in April.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":68367,"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],"tags":[673,3937,144,370,18471,116,1181,27124,26286,27123],"class_list":["post-68366","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-new-album","tag-new-single","tag-polly-havelock","tag-review","tag-singer-songwriter","tag-the-cliffs","tag-vissia","tag-with-pleasure"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hMG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":69288,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/05\/vissias-with-pleasure-is-finally-here\/","url_meta":{"origin":68366,"position":0},"title":"VISSIA&#8217;s &#8216;With Pleasure&#8217; Is Finally Here!","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"12\/05\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Coming from the frozen lands of Canada comes a new kind of popstar who's ready to thaw out that winter chill. 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