{"id":68743,"date":"2021-04-13T11:35:51","date_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:35:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=68743"},"modified":"2021-04-13T11:36:15","modified_gmt":"2021-04-13T10:36:15","slug":"exclusive-interview-with-rising-pop-star-allegra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/04\/exclusive-interview-with-rising-pop-star-allegra\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive Interview With Rising Pop Star Allegra"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We sat down with the star who&#8217;s about to break through to the big time, Allegra, to find out more about her upcoming single&#8230;<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Nice to have you back, Allegra. We\u2019re big fans of yours over here at Essentially Pop and we can\u2019t wait to hear new music from you &#8211; what have you got in store for us next?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Well I\u2019m very happy to announce that my third single will be coming out very soon! I just finished filming the music video and I can\u2019t wait for everyone to see what I\u2019ve been planning!<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>How does this release differ from your previous tracks?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This release really shows how much I\u2019ve developed as an artist. I\u2019m really coming out of my own box and stepping it up. I\u2019m so passionate about this release that\u00a0 I think a few people will be shocked.\u00a0 It\u2019s very different to anything I\u2019ve ever release before.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What inspired you to write this track?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I wrote this from a personal experience and I really think you can hear\/see this in my performance. I just wanted to write a song about you realising that you\u2019ve been wasting your time on someone who doesn\u2019t give you the same energy back and that they just don\u2019t deserve you.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What has been your favourite thing about the recording process?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I think because this single is so personal to me I was able to really enjoy the recording process. I really believed what I was singing and I want my fans to feel the same. So know that\u00a0 when you\u2019re dancing to this track, I was dancing my whole way through while recording.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What\u2019s the inspiration behind the video?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I don\u2019t want to say too much just yet but I just wanted to create a feel good music video which makes you feel the sassy person you are.\u00a0 To make the people\u00a0 who didn\u2019t want you feel the regret and know they\u2019ve missed their chance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Allegra will be back soon&#8230;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/allegraworld\/\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/allegraworld\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We sat down with the star who&#8217;s about to break through to the big time, Allegra, to find out more about her upcoming single&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":48,"featured_media":68744,"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":[641,7],"tags":[18498,407,12,18471,78],"class_list":["post-68743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interviews","category-music","tag-allegra","tag-interview","tag-music","tag-polly-havelock","tag-singer"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5yMhl-hSL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":67410,"url":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/01\/exclusive-interview-with-allegra\/","url_meta":{"origin":68743,"position":0},"title":"Exclusive interview with Allegra","author":"Polly Havelock","date":"25\/01\/2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Allegra, star of new pop bop-and-a-half,\u00a0Do What I Want, is a girl on a mission. 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