{"id":5219,"date":"2023-02-21T12:33:16","date_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:33:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/?p=5219"},"modified":"2023-02-21T12:35:03","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T12:35:03","slug":"single-review-captain-elon-garlen-lo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/21\/single-review-captain-elon-garlen-lo\/","title":{"rendered":"Single Review: &#8220;Captain Elon&#8221; &#8211; Garlen Lo"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-spotify wp-block-embed-spotify wp-embed-aspect-21-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe title=\"Spotify Embed: Captain Elon\" style=\"border-radius: 12px\" width=\"100%\" height=\"152\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/track\/5VcqG3C6MzKUNOKXTMduxA?si=_S3r45-tRoS2FaFXlLlkNw&#038;utm_source=oembed\"><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"746\" height=\"754\" src=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1823.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5220\" srcset=\"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1823.jpg 746w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1823-297x300.jpg 297w, https:\/\/platinummind.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/IMG_1823-59x60.jpg 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 746px) 100vw, 746px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>This. Is. Bloody. Brilliant.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This song is a commentary on life in the 21st century &#8211; specifically with one of the world\u2019s richest men having enough wealth and influence to be able to make a difference.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Lyrically this references climate change, the rise of AI technology, fake news, countries tweeting other countries, and of course the fact that Elon has a desire to launch man into space and conquer there too.<\/p>\n<p>Instrumentally, the song kicks off with an acapella of the titular character being sung &#8211; this kind of reminds me of \u201cYellow Submarine\u201d it\u2019s very ramshackle in the way it\u2019s put together and that\u2019s what gives it the charm. Love the tongue clicks and percussion!<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>I can imagine this being the theme to a cartoon, or having a video that\u2019s sketched and just morphs into different things.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Brilliant work.<\/p>\n<p>Garlen Lo is a one-man band from London. He makes quirky indie-pop. He likes singalongs and wordplay.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s also a geeky travel vlogger and the most unscrupulous centre-back in Regent&#8217;s Park on a Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This. Is. Bloody. Brilliant.\u00a0 This song is a commentary on life in the 21st century &#8211; specifically with one of the world\u2019s richest men having enough wealth and influence to be able to make a difference.\u00a0 Lyrically this references climate change, the rise of AI technology, fake news, countries tweeting other countries, and of course &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5220,"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,"footnotes":""},"categories":[161,191,129,143,132,30,142,73,150,162,126],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-acoustic","category-alternative","category-drums","category-london","category-lyricist","category-music","category-producer","category-singer-songwriter","category-songwriter","category-uk","category-vocals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5219"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5223,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5219\/revisions\/5223"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5220"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinummind.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}