{"id":34145,"date":"2020-04-28T17:15:00","date_gmt":"2020-04-28T21:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34145"},"modified":"2020-04-25T08:51:18","modified_gmt":"2020-04-25T12:51:18","slug":"jonsi-returns-with-new-song-video-for-exhale","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cultureaddicts.com\/?p=34145","title":{"rendered":"J\u00f3nsi returns with new song + video for \u2018Exhale\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>For the first time in 10 years,\u00a0J\u00f3nsi<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>has returned with a brand new song <em>Exhale<\/em>, along with a new video directed by\u00a0himself and\u00a0Giovanni\u00a0Ribisi. <em>Exhale<\/em> is his first solo work in over a decade and was co-produced by\u00a0J\u00f3nsi\u00a0and<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>A. G. Cook.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Exhale<\/em> begins softly, featuring\u00a0J\u00f3nsi\u00a0and a somber piano.\u00a0Over a bed of pillowy, glitchy synths, and piano, J\u00f3nsi\u00a0repeats \u201c<em>just let it go now \/ it isn\u2019t your fault<\/em>,\u201d which feels like both a mission statement as well as a guide for living in the tumultuous 21st century. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The accompanying visuals depict a dancer emerging from a black polyethylene tarp. As the song crescendos, and more instruments and a muffled beat enter the fray, the dancer\u2019s mesmerizing movements toss pieces of the fabric into the air, where they float like leaves in the wind.\u00a0Watch the video clip via YouTube below. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/U44-xky1vjw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-CA&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also stream <em>Exhale<\/em>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=0016RlLZDdFy1LhR1M4AYwCzz07nBiKJ--Mpz0XI0a2MBGer7dotOzAfBrekklVncNV9IK66F03S05kodPQ3M7dMGhU3-R_osUV02o1aF41aSc80SDC9TQ-XaHgdQCDpYAFXbW7Ei10cHKS0B2ieSn_Xg==&amp;c=YoD73rYgCDD3-Dr57WfeqK4bbz9kvNra8MlVSD6vTS0ANF68148Img==&amp;ch=UaCqLm1xE0Wo3ycL5mWfzKRDAP7pZU0gCXJhV4Tqo7VpESfkb936xQ==\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>J\u00f3nsi\u00a0made a career on sweeping music that plumbed the depths of the human experience and our connection to the natural world. With his multi-million selling, award-winning band\u00a0Sigur\u00a0R\u00f3s,\u00a0J\u00f3nsi\u00a0transmuted the rugged terrain of Iceland into music that sounds pure, organic and untouched by the modern world, even as it exists comfortably within it. Cook\u2019s production exists at the opposite end of the spectrum: synthetic, sometimes abrasive, and often on the cutting edge of experimentalism. On paper, their collaboration is surprising, but <em>Exhale<\/em> is a beautiful track that pushes\u00a0Jonsi\u2019sotherworldly voice into startling new territories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year,\u00a0J\u00f3nsi\u00a0had his first solo art exhibition at the renowned\u00a0Tanya\u00a0Bonakdar Gallery\u00a0in Los Angeles. The avant-garde pieces explored the ways sound impacts the senses in more ways than just hearing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>For the first time in 10 years,\u00a0J\u00f3nsi\u00a0has returned with a brand new song Exhale, along with a new video directed by\u00a0himself and\u00a0Giovanni\u00a0Ribisi. 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