{"id":68447,"date":"2021-03-23T10:22:35","date_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:22:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=68447"},"modified":"2021-03-23T10:23:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-23T10:23:25","slug":"kel-sykes-releases-latest-single-ride-to-the-end","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/03\/kel-sykes-releases-latest-single-ride-to-the-end\/","title":{"rendered":"Kel Sykes Releases Latest Single, ‘Ride (To the End)’"},"content":{"rendered":"

Describing himself as, “Just a songwriter trying to navigate through the lanes of the musical highway”, Kel Sykes explores the early stages of a new love, in his latest single, ‘Ride (To The End)’, which is set for release on March 25. The track is available to <\/b>pre-save here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

R&B and Hip Hop artist, Kel Sykes, bases his new single around the search for his “ride or die”, that person with whom you’re determined to spend your entire life – you’ll ride out any problems or die trying. In ‘Ride (To The End)’, Kel Sykes is filled with hope and for a new relationship, but at the same time painfully aware that the reality isn’t always what he’d dreamed of. The track is filled with a bittersweet sentiment, and while it’s essentially a sad tune, it’s nonetheless offset by Sykes’ dreamy bedroom pop sound, his laidback vocals, and airy rhythms.<\/p>\n

Kel Sykes has been writing music since he was 10 years old, and describes his sound, a unique blend of R&B and Hip Hop, as, “lofi R&B laced Emo hip hop” – we’re excited to hear what more is to come from this artist, whose debut EP, ‘Aches In The Bay’, is hotly anticipated as it explores the tales of a 20 something dealing with life, relationships, and heartbreak.<\/p>\n

Find out more about Kel Sykes and his music by supporting him online on\u00a0Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a>,\u00a0 Soundcloud<\/a>, Spotify<\/a>, and Apple Music<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Describing himself as, “Just a songwriter trying to navigate through the lanes of the musical highway”, Kel Sykes explores the early stages of a new love, in his latest single, ‘Ride (To The End)’, which is set for release on March 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68448,"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":[7,57,9,21453,21445,21446],"tags":[27144,11720,77,370,240,116,27145,79,10677],"class_list":["post-68447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","category-new-artists","category-new-releases","category-new-singles","category-reviews","category-single-reviews","tag-kel-sykes","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-rb","tag-review","tag-ride-to-the-end","tag-single","tag-single-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hNZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":56288,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2019\/10\/luh-kel-cold-heart\/","url_meta":{"origin":68447,"position":0},"title":"Luh Kel – ‘Cold Heart’","author":"Lisa Hafey","date":"11\/10\/2019","format":false,"excerpt":"With his first single, 'Wrong' garnering 58 million views on YouTube, 67 million Spotify streams and over 3 million monthly listeners, Luh Kel, to put it mildly, isn't doing too badly for someone who's still only 17. 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