{"id":9,"date":"2023-08-06T22:29:08","date_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/?p=9"},"modified":"2023-08-06T22:29:08","modified_gmt":"2023-08-06T22:29:08","slug":"uk-songwriter-ever-explores-her-selfish-side-in-new-single","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/2023\/08\/06\/uk-songwriter-ever-explores-her-selfish-side-in-new-single\/","title":{"rendered":"UK songwriter EVER explores her &#8220;Selfish&#8221; side in new single"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>English Alt-pop singer&nbsp;<strong>EVER<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 AKA Louise Smith \u2013 is set to release her new single &#8220;Selfish&#8221; alongside her 6 track EP&nbsp;<em>There\u2019s Nothing Small About You.&nbsp;<\/em>With &#8220;Selfish&#8221; being the first track on her EP, it sets the tone and demonstrates her powerful style beautifully, Following her debut EP<em>&nbsp;Golden Hour<\/em>&nbsp;which includes singles such as &#8220;Close&#8221; and &#8220;Indigo Sky.&#8221; Released via&nbsp;<strong>Yada Yada Music<\/strong>, Selfish is a perfect example of how EVER portrays her unique songwriting guile, with an element of fun and tongue in cheek lyrical content.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-embed-handler wp-block-embed-embed-handler wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"EVER - Selfish (Official Video)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MuSIsZPxzFw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of the full EP, EVER perfectly captures a sense of nostalgia in her affecting pop music, as she explains,&nbsp;\u201cI\u2019m an incredibly nostalgic person, and whilst writing these songs I delved back into my favorite 00\u2019s childhood songs to feel a sense of familiarity and comfort. It was joyous recording my vocals for this record because it just felt like talking, there was an ease to it I have never felt before. I tried to make some bolder choices with the production and melodies, with the aim of leaning in deeper to the music I have always wanted to make\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The track contains distinctive harmonies that blend with a cute style of drums, guitar and bass. It\u2019s rich and packs a punch with her frank lyricism, and shows that her sound is constantly developing throughout each release. Though this is the first track on the EP, there\u2019s a lot more to learn and discover behind EVER\u2019s impeccable sound. The track is accompanied by a gloriously shot video, with Smith enjoying her time in a retro dancehall, very&nbsp;<strong>Lana Del Rey<\/strong>-esque<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selfish is out now via Yada Yada Music<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Connect with EVER:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/everrrmusic\">Twitter<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/everrrmusic\">Facebook<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/everrrmusic\/?hl=en\">Instagram<\/a>&nbsp;|&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/7f3i7KtcsMEyZO6jWYFPmI?si=zNrR-S-MSdW0wwX4JUROqQ\">Spotify<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Alt-pop singer&nbsp;EVER&nbsp;\u2013 AKA Louise Smith \u2013 is set to release her new single &#8220;Selfish&#8221; alongside her 6 track EP&nbsp;There\u2019s Nothing Small About You.&nbsp;With &#8220;Selfish&#8221; being the first track on her EP, it sets the tone and demonstrates her powerful style beautifully, Following her debut EP&nbsp;Golden Hour&nbsp;which includes singles such as &#8220;Close&#8221; and &#8220;Indigo Sky.&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":11,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-discover"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nightshiftblog.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}