{"id":68499,"date":"2021-04-06T09:42:32","date_gmt":"2021-04-06T08:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=68499"},"modified":"2021-04-06T11:11:09","modified_gmt":"2021-04-06T10:11:09","slug":"greg-hoy-here-comes-the-light","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/04\/greg-hoy-here-comes-the-light\/","title":{"rendered":"Greg Hoy &#8211; &#8216;Here Comes The Light&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Greg Hoy has worn many different hats, working under many different names over the past 15 years. The singer songwriter, multi instrumentalist, recording producer and engineer, has had a hand in more than 30 albums over that time, but now he&#8217;s just performing under his own name. His first of 3 EPs, &#8216;Cacophony 1&#8217;, deep dives into the creativity of various life extremes like births, deaths, fires, and riots, which works well with a word that is defined as a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds: we&#8217;re certainly surrounded by a lot of overwhelming noise in this current climate; but music, as always, is our salvation and way free.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the new music video for his song, &#8216;Here Comes The Light&#8217;, Greg Hoy sings an honest track about being born and reborn, inspired by the birth of his daughter. The video was released to coincide with Women&#8217;s History Month, and lyrics such as &#8220;Here comes the light you never wanted \/ Spin it round, round, round, round again&#8221;, serve as well-wishes to his daughter for a safe journey into this world while at the same time providing a note to himself about becoming a father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The clip is an animated take on the album cover, with illustrations spinning and flickering in cut-and-paste style while the bold lyrics facilitate questions, thoughts, and answers. Hoy emerges from the darkness and moves towards a future unknown, manifesting safety, creativity, and vision for his new baby girl.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch the video for &#8216;Here Comes The Light&#8217; below, and follow Greg Hoy&#8217;s journey via his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.TheGregHoy.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_77186\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/I6T6KdzsqnE?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=\"Greg Hoy - Here Comes the Light (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/I6T6KdzsqnE\/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>Greg Hoy has worn many different hats, working under many different names over the past 15 years. The singer songwriter, multi instrumentalist, recording producer and engineer, has had a hand in more than 30 albums over that time, but now he&#8217;s just performing under his own name. His first of 3 EPs, &#8216;Cacophony 1&#8217;, deep dives into the creativity of various life extremes like births, deaths, fires, and riots, which works well with a word that is defined as a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds: we&#8217;re certainly surrounded by a lot of overwhelming noise in this current climate; but music, as always, is our salvation and way free.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":68618,"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":[26189,27189,11720,77,370,1945,116,79,10677,81,22992],"class_list":["post-68499","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-greg-hoy","tag-here-comes-the-light","tag-lisa-hafey","tag-new-release","tag-new-single","tag-new-video","tag-review","tag-single","tag-single-review","tag-video","tag-video-review"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hOP","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":92942,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2025\/10\/greg-hoy-gives-us-his-last-quarter-in-second-single-from-latest-album-hit-music\/","url_meta":{"origin":68499,"position":0},"title":"Greg Hoy Gives Us His &#8216;Last Quarter&#8217; 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