{"id":69785,"date":"2021-06-15T11:05:25","date_gmt":"2021-06-15T10:05:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=69785"},"modified":"2021-06-15T11:05:29","modified_gmt":"2021-06-15T10:05:29","slug":"lucia-cifarelli-girls-like-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/06\/lucia-cifarelli-girls-like-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Lucia Cifarelli &#8211; &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Lucia Cifarelli, on her new single, &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217;, sings, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s better you know I have a dark side&#8221;. It&#8217;s a formidable introduction to the solo work of the singer who&#8217;s best known from her long association with German industrial band, KMFDM, as well as her own alt rock band, Drill.<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The track, from her upcoming album, &#8216;I Am Eye&#8217;, is brash, smart, outspoken, and above all, danceable &#8211; as well as upbeat, inspiring, and containing some of that little black magic that comes with everything Cifarelli does. In short, it&#8217;s everything that her fans and followers have come to love about her music.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8216;I Am Eye&#8217; has been a long time coming; it&#8217;s Cifarelli&#8217;s first solo long player since her scorching 2003 release, &#8216;From The Land Of Volcanos&#8217;. She&#8217;s worked with KMFDM frontman and co-producer Sascha Konietzko on this new album to find a striking middle ground between a post-industrial rumble and contemporary pop-rock. Additionally, her feminism and fighting spirit are brought to the foreground on &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217;, which comes over like an anthem and a personal statement. It&#8217;s easy to see how it could well apply to the lives of millions of women &#8211; right from the very first verse.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">No less expressive or personal, the video for &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217;, nonetheless leaves Cifarelli herself a mystery. The singer turns her camera on women of all kinds: some young, some old, some visibly badass, some apparently sweet, but all containing apparent reserves of strength. Lucia has a gift for capturing the personalities of her subjects in a few quick strokes. Although we don&#8217;t personally know the stars of the &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217; clip, we still know them, or at least, girls like them &#8211; girls like me. Lucia Cifarelli identifies with them all, and makes sure we will, too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Watch &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217; below, and find out more about Lucia Cifarelli and her music online on her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.LuciaCifarelli.com\">official website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\">\n<div  style=\"display: block; margin: 0px auto;\"  id=\"_ytid_13518\"  width=\"640\" height=\"360\"  data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\"  data-relstop=\"1\" data-facadesrc=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/peNN01uahoQ?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=\"Lucia Cifarelli  Girls Like Me (Official Music Video)\"  src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/i.ytimg.com\/vi\/peNN01uahoQ\/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>Lucia Cifarelli, on her new single, &#8216;Girls Like Me&#8217;, sings, &#8220;I think it&#8217;s better you know I have a dark side&#8221;. 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