{"id":41638,"date":"2018-10-16T16:27:24","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T23:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=41638"},"modified":"2018-10-16T16:59:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-16T23:59:36","slug":"joji-is-back-once-again-with-his-latest-video-test-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=41638","title":{"rendered":"Joji Delivers His Latest Video &#8220;Test Drive&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"625\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PEBS2jbZce4\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/?p=39724\">Joji<\/a>, the multi-talented visionary with a cult following from every corner of the internet, is back once again this time with &#8220;Test Drive&#8221;  the latest since last month&#8217;s &#8220;Slow Dancing In The Dark&#8221;, &#8220;Can&#8217;t Get Over You&#8221;  and May&#8217;s &#8220;Yeah Righ&#8221;. All are featured on the upcoming <em>BALLADS 1<\/em>, courtesy of 88rising.  In true Joji form, &#8220;Test Drive&#8221; is another power ballad melancholic take on love and heartbreak, encompassing all that make him the artist who he is &#8211; his quintessential low-fi hip hop down tempo, honest, soulful vocals and beautiful yet eccentric, unconventional and unexpected visuals.<\/p>\n<p>The haunting James Defina-directed video pairs dark, ominous visuals with Joji&#8217;s tortured vocals and depicts a tormented lovesick Joji complete with straight jacket, searching for the long ride of love, rather than the TEST DRIVE he&#8217;s offered. Like a jilted bride left at the alter donning a wedding gown, Joji takes off, on that ride, looking for the other side.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the video above.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joji, the multi-talented visionary with a cult following from every corner of the internet, is back once again this time with &#8220;Test Drive&#8221; the latest since last month&#8217;s &#8220;Slow Dancing In The Dark&#8221;, &#8220;Can&#8217;t Get Over You&#8221; and May&#8217;s &#8220;Yeah Righ&#8221;. All are featured on the upcoming BALLADS 1, courtesy of 88rising. In true Joji [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":41639,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,25],"tags":[9657,9119,9658,4887,1001,9116,9659,531,3256],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41638"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=41638"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41647,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/41638\/revisions\/41647"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/41639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=41638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=41638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/illsocietymag.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=41638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}