{"id":84071,"date":"2021-08-11T16:15:35","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T15:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/?p=84071"},"modified":"2021-08-11T17:32:22","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T16:32:22","slug":"introducing-rising-rb-singer-songwriter-olivia-nelson-and-her-gorgeous-new-offering-oblivion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/2021\/08\/introducing-rising-rb-singer-songwriter-olivia-nelson-and-her-gorgeous-new-offering-oblivion\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing rising R&#038;B singer-songwriter Olivia Nelson and her gorgeous new offering \u2018Oblivion\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bhDTrmvMJmM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>One of the foremost rising British R&amp;B talents Olivia Nelson releases her gorgeous new offering \u2018Oblivion\u2019 \u2013 her first brand new material since the electrifying Back To You EP.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Oblivion\u2019 opens with haunting violins a contemplative R&amp;B piano instrumental, forming a classic bed for Olivia\u2019s remarkable vocal performance to dance over, its raw beauty marked by her stark, bluesy lyricism. \u201cI\u2019m letting loose, I\u2019ve lost control, lost my mind, can\u2019t find my soul, I\u2019ve been sipping on oblivion.\u201d Speaking on the track, Olivia states:<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>\u201cOblivion is about a love lost and using different vices to help yourself cope with that feeling. It\u2019s about being numb and free.\u201d<\/em><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_84079\" style=\"width: 535px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-84079\" class=\"wp-image-84079\" src=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OLIVIA-NELSON-PRESS-SHOT-JEFF-HAHN-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"700\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OLIVIA-NELSON-PRESS-SHOT-JEFF-HAHN-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OLIVIA-NELSON-PRESS-SHOT-JEFF-HAHN-1-300x400.jpg 300w, https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OLIVIA-NELSON-PRESS-SHOT-JEFF-HAHN-1-390x520.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-84079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: Jeff Hahn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>With a gorgeously expressive visual that underlines her creative flourishes, Olivia is defining herself as a significant talent in the UK landscape, with the kind of effortless, assured performance that\u2019s seen her gain critical acclaim across the likes of BBC R1 Xtra, NOTION and METAL MAGAZINE at this early stage.<\/p>\n<p>Being handpicked by BBC 1Xtra\u2019s DJ Target to record two songs from her previous EP Back To You in collaboration with the world-famous Abbey Road Studios \u2013 part of the stories of musical legends from The Beatles to Lady Gaga &#8211; it\u2019s clear Olivia is coming through in a very potent lane \u2013 and \u2018Oblivion\u2019 excitingly sets the bar from a star primed to do big things this year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Oblivion\u2019 is available now <a href=\"https:\/\/bfan.link\/oblivion\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">via all major platforms<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/09q4ALH4QxYkoBaPFy4AKg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"380\" frameborder=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>Connect with Olivia Nelson<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/oliviajnelson\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/oliviajnelson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the foremost rising British R&amp;B talents Olivia Nelson releases her gorgeous new offering \u2018Oblivion\u2019 \u2013 her first brand new material since the electrifying Back To You EP. \u2018Oblivion\u2019 opens with haunting violins a contemplative R&amp;B piano instrumental, forming a classic bed for Olivia\u2019s remarkable vocal performance to dance over, its raw beauty marked [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84073,"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":"","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}},"categories":[4080,1],"tags":[5611,190,632,11110,593,853],"class_list":{"0":"post-84071","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-introducing","8":"category-music","9":"tag-music-blog","10":"tag-new-music","11":"tag-new-video","12":"tag-oblivion","13":"tag-rb","14":"tag-singer"},"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/OLIVIA-NELSON-PRESS-SHOT-JEFF-HAHN.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84071","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=84071"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84071\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":84082,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84071\/revisions\/84082"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/84073"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=84071"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=84071"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nijimagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=84071"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}